This dissertation challenges the prevailing periodization of Quebec and Ontario’s economic development in Canadian historiography by contrasting the specificity of capitalist social relations with the non-capitalist forms of social reproduction belonging to French Canad...

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Economists have either avoided or struggled with the concept of culture and its role in economic development. Although a few theoretical works -- and even fewer empirical studies -- have appeared in the past decades, this paper tries to build on a multidisciplinary appr...

LDM filialas Lietuvos muziejų informacijos, skaitmeninimo ir LIMIS centras (LM ISC LIMIS), 2011 m. gavęs kvietimą dalyvauti tarptautiniame senųjų nuotraukų, sukurtų pirmąjį fotografijos gyvavimo šimtmetį (1839- 1939 m.), skaitmeninimo ir sklaidos projekte „Europeana Pho...

This report provides an analysis of the land and water resources, as required by the World Bank, and focuses particularly on sea ports and potential tourism. The analysis identifies shortcomings, challenges, opportunities and advantages in competitive operations, that w...

The aim of this paper is to create a publicly available resource that provides concise descriptions of selected infoDev ICT-for-development projects, and their impact on poverty. The paper first presents case studies of a cross-section of projects funded by the infoDev ...

This dissertation narrates the rise of Chinese scientific forestry during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focusing primarily on central officials in Beijing and local officials in Jilin Province, it argues that forestry served as the lens through whic...

In conformity with its objective of functioning as a local Government, Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) sought the assistance of the World Bank for the preparation of a City Development Strategy (CDS) for Kathmandu. The various sectoral as well as integrated strategies...