UID:
almahu_9949190301902882
Format:
xxii, 498 pages :
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illustrations, maps ;
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23 cm.
ISBN:
0821369539
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0821369547 (electronic)
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9780821369531
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9780821369548 (electronic)
Series Statement:
Directions in development. Poverty
Note:
Health --
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Macroeconomics and Health --
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Health and Economic Growth --
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Macroeconomic Policy and Health --
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Beyond GDP --
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Investing in Health --
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Global Health Initiatives --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Labor Markets --
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Labor-Friendly Economic Growth --
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Labor Markets in Developing Countries --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Land and Agriculture --
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Land Distribution in Poor Countries --
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Land Inequality and Rural Poverty --
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Land Inequality and Economic Development --
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The Role of Government in Land Markets --
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The Role of Agriculture in Reducing Rural Poverty --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Productivity --
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Total Factor Productivity --
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Spending on Research and Development --
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Technology Diffusion and Adoption --
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Information and Communication Technology --
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Are Entrepreneurship and Growth Linked? --
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Entrepreneurial Activity arid Growth --
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Policy Implications --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Bibliography
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Urbanization and Growth --
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Trends in Urbanization --
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Urbanization and Growth --
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Urbanization and Poverty --
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Key Issues in Urbanization --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Corruption and Poverty --
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Detection and Measurement of Corruption --
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Analytical Framework for the Study of Corruption --
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Causes of Corruption --
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Costs and Benefits of Corruption --
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Impact of Corruption on Economic Performance --
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Persistence of Corruption --
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Conclusion --
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Note --
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Bibliography --
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Regulation and Economic Growth --
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Product-Market Regulation --
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Labor Regulation --
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Regulation and the Private Sector --
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Financial Regulation --
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Policy Lessons from the Recent Crisis --
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Regulation and Reform of the Infrastructure Sector --
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Impact of Regulation on Growth and Informality --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Shocks, Volatility, and Growth --
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Avoiding Economic Downturns --
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Interdependence of North and South --
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The Synchronized Movement of Developed and Developing Countries
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Government and the Economy -- Focus on Fiscal Policy --
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The Role of Government in the Economy --
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Fiscal Policy: Taxing and Spending --
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The Uses of Fiscal Policy --
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Conclusion --
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Note --
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Bibliography --
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Monetary Policy, Inflation, and Exchange Rates --
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Definitions and Concepts --
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Inflation --
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Inflation and Economic Growth --
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Inflation and the Poor --
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Exchange-Rate Policy --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Financial Development --
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Financial Development and Economic Growth --
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Four Decades of Financial Sector Reform in Developing Countries --
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Financial Development and Poverty Reduction --
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Widening Access to Financial Services --
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Microfinance and the Poor --
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Emigrant Remittances --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Development Assistance --
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Aid Sources and Trends --
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Aid in the Context of Overall Capital Flows --
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Does Aid Spur Economic Growth? --
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Ensuring That More Aid Means More Growth
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Poverty, National Income, and Economic Growth --
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Poverty and How We Measure It --
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Poverty and Well-Being --
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Measuring Poverty --
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Collecting Data --
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Household Surveys and National Accounts --
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Conclusion --
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Note --
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Bibliography --
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National Income and How We Measure It --
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Macroeconomic Sectors --
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Macroeconomic Concepts --
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Determining Gross Domestic Product --
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The Business Cycle --
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The Balance of Payments --
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Some Basic Accounting Relationships --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Growth, Poverty, and Inequality: An Overview --
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Growth Theory, Then and Now --
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Institutions and Modern Growth Theory --
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Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction --
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Variations in Poverty Responses to Growth --
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Pro-Poor Growth --
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Conclusion --
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Note --
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Bibliography --
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Government Policy, Growth, and the Poor
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International Initiatives to Improve the Effectiveness of Aid --
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Conclusion --
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Annex The Five Principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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External Debt --
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Measures of External Indebtedness --
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External Indebtedness, Growth, and Poverty --
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Debt Relief and Low-Income Countries --
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Debt Relief versus Development Assistance --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Trade Policy --
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The Rationale for Trade --
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Trade Barriers --
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Trade and Economic Growth --
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Trade, Inequality, and the Poor --
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Conclusion --
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Bibliography --
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Factor Accumulation and Structural Policy --
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Institutions and Growth --
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Measures of Institutional Quality --
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Institutions and Economic Growth --
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Social Capital and Culture --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Education --
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Education, Growth, and Poverty Reduction --
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Global Education Initiatives --
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Development Assistance for Education --
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What Do We Know about Educational Policy? --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Bibliography
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The Complexity of North-South Links --
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Monetary Policies and Capital Flows --
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North-South Capital Flows --
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Globalization, Volatility, and Growth --
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The Financial Crisis of 2008 and Global Growth --
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Growth Booms --
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The Microeconomic Foundations of Growth --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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The Politics of Growth and Poverty --
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Political Power and Economic Institutions --
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Economic Origins of Political Regimes --
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Do Democratic Countries Grow Faster than Dictatorships? --
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The Interplay of Politics and Economics --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Climate Change and the Wealth of Nations --
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National Wealth and Genuine Saving --
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Consumption Saving, and a Counterfactual to the Hartwick Rule --
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How Does Natural Capital Affect Well-Being? --
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High Carbon, High Growth --
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Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change --
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Conclusion --
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Annex Empirical Evidence of the Causes of Growth --
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Notes --
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Bibliography.
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Print Version: ISBN 9780821369531
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