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On the trail of a member of his lost family, Rei witnesses a community tragedy he just can't walk away from. But one boy's—er, man's—heroics aren't the way to uncover the dark secrets and conspiracy t
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This book assesses how various institutional, policy and managerial options can enhance nature tourism's contribution to the 'triple bottom line'. There are win-win outcomes but also trade offs betwee
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This book consists of a collection of papers that analyze the constraints on fiscal systems imposed by problems of institutions, administrations, and incentives in developing and post-Socialist econom
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The movement toward decentralization, accountability, and democratic forms of government at the local level is gathering momentum and the enormous costs of corruption are being explicitly recognized.
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