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This is a book dealing with the big questions about development:
· What is development?
· Can Third World countries ever hope to 'catch up'?
· Can a development path be found that avoids indefinite impoverishment on the one hand, and environmental destruction on the other?
· What is the relationship, if any, between economic growth and political development?
· Can a country that has failed hitherto create for itself a second chance?
In their wide-ranging and insightful exploration, the authors take as their main examples two contrasting countries: Ghana, the first African colony to win independence, but which plunged into a downward spiral of economic decay; and Thailand, which was poorer than West Africa in the 1950s, but which went on to achieve decades of extraordinarily rapid economic growth, albeit at considerable environmental and human cost.
Intensely readable, this thought-provoking and courageous book brings the big questions about development to a wide audience of college students and interested readers.
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A thoughtful narrative of modern development.......2005-01-31
I was unfamiliar with the trends in African and Southeast Asian development before reading this book ... the title and subject seemed interesting. However, during the course of my reading it, I have grown significantly more knowledgable about how "3rd world" nations are on their own tracts to develop and enter the ranks of "modern societies".
He begins with a short history of both African and Asain developments, the key players, and background that sets each region up before they take charge of their own destinies. From there, he investigates the cultural, economic, environmental, and international pressures that disseminate one economy from another, as well as invesitgating the ultimate consequences of this growth.
This book is well-written, interesting evenfor a non political science or economics major, and thought-provoking to the core. I highly recommend this book to any who would be interested in learning more about modern development in differing regions of the world.
A must buy book for everyone.......2001-11-08
I am from Thailand and a native Thai.
I read his book; he is my professor.
I am impressed with his idea- the so " socratic idea".
I love his book and everyone should buy it.
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A much-needed, up-to-date primer on the risk arbitrage investment process. Widely popular during the M&A boom of the early '80s, risk arbitrage is making a comeback. This complete resource takes investors through the ins and outs of risk arbitrage, explaining how it works and how to apply it in real-world situations. It also presents a systematic approach to risk arbitrage techniques that work in today's market.
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poorly written.......2007-05-16
This book is an introduction to investing in corporate restructuring. Unfortunately, it is very flabby and poorly written, much less helpful than the insultingly titled but brilliant book by Joel Greenblatt "You can be a stock market genius." Go to pages 67-69 and you will see photocopies of price lists and stock charts taking up two full pages. This is typical of the padding that makes up too much of this book. Leave this one alone.
Risk Arbitrage Analysis Framework.......2005-08-09
This book outlines a solid framework to assess risk arbitrage opportunities. The author describes types of transactions and the elements of return, risk, and probability to systematically analyze a deal. A number of useful formulas are included. However, a more thorough discussion on collar deals would be helpful.
Good Intro Book.......2002-03-08
As value investor, this book provides a good but simple understanding of what RA is. His experience in the industry is more interesting as others have noted. This book provides conceptual issues that can be applied to options, etc. WITHOUT knowing all these greek letters like delta and gamma. Arbitrage is about common sense, and if you rely on greek letters to support your decision, you will be disappointed.
Acurate and detailed explanation of the R.A business.......2002-02-12
Keith Moore goes in depth into the Risk Arbitrage world, with usefull and simple examples. His analysis progresses at the right speed enabling young professional to understand fundamental issues easily and with steady progress.
The experienced Risk Arbitrageur will also find in it a usefull reference guide with interesting issues discussed.
a good starting point.......2001-12-11
By the time you are done with this book, you will hunger for greater detail on the fascinating topic of merger arbitrage. For the most part, the book glosses over in mostly limited detail the key steps in understanding merger arbitrage. The author's considerable experience has allowed him to convey a somewhat complicated topic in non-complicating language. The author could have offered a more animated and detailed walk through of previous deals, to involved the reader in the drama that often unfolds during the lifetime of deals. Anyone with some degree of financial acumen, or who is interested in perhaps starting a hedge fund, will find it an incomplete discussion, but a very worthy read along the way toward greater mastery of this subject.
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A Moorish calendar: From the Book of Agriculture of Ibn al-Awam
Yahya ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Awwam
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Raymond F. Boyer
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This book teaches modern Markov chain Monte Carlo (MC) simulation techniques step by step. The material should be accessible to advanced undergraduate students and is suitable for a course. It ranges from elementary statistics concepts (the theory behind MC simulations), through conventional Metropolis and heat bath algorithms, autocorrelations and the analysis of the performance of MC algorithms, to advanced topics including the multicanonical approach, cluster algorithms and parallel computing. Therefore, it is also of interest to researchers in the field. The book relates the theory directly to Web-based computer code. This allows readers to get quickly started with their own simulations and to verify many numerical examples easily. The present code is in Fortran 77, for which compilers are freely available. The principles taught are important for users of other programming languages, like C or C++.
Customer Reviews:
can use the book for other languages.......2006-06-27
The book is best suited for those actually using Fortran. The Markov chain examples of Monte Carlo runs are well explained. Hopefully, the reader should not have any problem with the concepts. Of course, the actual runs are very compute intensive, but that's why you need a computer.
If you are coding in another language, the book can still be of use. The algorithms are the same, of course. You'll have to manually recode the examples in your language. But the core of the algorithm implementations is relatively small. Shouldn't take too long.
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Morehouse Publishing is pleased to offer this exclusive edition of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. Ideal as a pew book or gift, this Prayer Book features luxurious imitation leather binding (Vivella) with a soft, matte finish. A textured cross is embossed on the cover, with gold lettering on the spine. The cover is available in red or forest green, colors available only with this Morehouse edition. The Prayer Book is sturdily assembled, with smyth-sewn pages and a spine that won't crack under heavy use. The text is easily readable in 9-point type. A presentation page and certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and marriage are included. Red Vivella.
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1899 edition by Uiversity press; Henry Frowde, Oxford uiversity press Warehouse, Oxford; London.
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