Challenges of the Developing World represents a thorough update of Howard Handelman's previously titled The Challenge of Third World Development. For many Westerners, the challenges faced by Less Developed Countries, or LDCs, seem remote until a major event bursts into the news and demands our atten
World Development Report 1991: The Challenge of Development
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- Publisher
- World Bank
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 306
- Category
- Library
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