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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS THE ETHICS OF DEVELOPMENT? -- CHAPTER 2 THE MEANING OF 'DEVELOPMENT' -- CHAPTER 3 'EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS': MAINSTREAM DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE -- CHAPTER 4 'EQUITY': WHO BEARS COSTS AND WHO REAPS BENEFITS? -- CHAPTER 5 VIOLENCE AND HUMAN SECURITY -- CHAPTER 6 NEEDS AND BASIC NEEDS -- CHAPTER 7 'HUMAN DEVELOPMENT' CAPABILITIES AND POSITIVE FREEDOM -- CHAPTER 8 CULTURES AND THE ETHICS OF DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER 9 EPILOGUE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

"The Great Lockdown" is an event not seen in the last 100 years. The implications for consumer behaviors and businesses are profound. Different countries and industries are feeling different degrees of impact from COVID-19. Many industries are seeing a net negative impact due to COVID-19 - tourism & leisure, aerospace, mobility, construction & real estate, and manufacturing. However, some other industries are seeing a net positive impact from COVID-19. Healthcare supplies, personal care, home care, ICT and digital collaboration, online learning, online gaming, eCommerce, catering are seeing demand spike during The Great Lockdown. Seen through the eyes of CEOs of billion-dollar corporations from across the world, this book chronicles the experience of various industries going into The Great Lockdown and navigating the crisis through initiatives impacting people, processes, and technology. It will highlight the 'hits' and the 'misses' and give leaders a strong sense of what to do within their own organizations should this happen again."

"Africa-Europe Cooperation and Digital Transformation explores the opportunities and challenges for cooperation between Africa and Europe in the digital sphere. Digitalisation and digital technologies are not only essential for building competitive and dynamic economies; they transform societies, pose immense challenges for policymakers, and increasingly play a pivotal role in global power relations. Digital transformations have had catalytic effects on African and European governance, economies, and societies, and will continue to do so. The Covid-19 pandemic has already accelerated the penetration of digital tools all over the globe and is likely to be perceived as a critical juncture in how and to what purpose the world accepts and uses new and emerging technologies. This book offers a holistic analysis of how Africa and Europe can manage and harness digital transformation as partners in a globalised world. The authors shed light on issues ranging from economic growth, youth employment, and gender, to regulatory frameworks, business environments, entrepreneurship, and interest-driven power politics. They add much-needed perspectives to the debates that shape the two continents' digital transformation and innovation environments. This book will interest practitioners working in the areas of innovation, digital technologies, and digital entrepreneurship, as well as students and scholars of international relations. It will also be relevant for policymakers, regulators, decision-makers, and leaders in Africa and Europe"--

"By October 2020, more than 33 million people had contracted COVID-19 worldwide. Without a blueprint to follow for curbing a pandemic, the nations of the world were left to come up with their own plans of action. The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life in the United States"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Note -- 2 Regional economic theory and the impact of transport investments -- Introduction -- How natural advantage and governance can explain differences in regional economic development -- Explaining differences in regional economic development in the absence of differences in natural advantage and governance -- Imperfect competition due to increasing returns to scale -- Home market effect -- Core-periphery model -- Input-output linkages -- Increasing spatial fragmentation of firms and the role of communication costs -- Long-term developments in the costs of trade and transport -- Empirical assessment of the effects of transport costs on regional development -- Economic impact studies -- Econometric studies on the effects of air transport on economic development -- European regional policy -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- 3 A review of connectivity utility models and their applications -- Introduction -- A review of the Connectivity Utility Model -- The construction of the direct air connectivity measure -- The construction of indirect air connectivity measure -- The construction of a multi-modal connectivity measure -- Applications of the Connectivity Utility Model -- China's direct air connectivity with other countries/economies -- China's overall connectivity (the sum of direct and indirect connectivity) -- Using the extended ConnUM for vulnerability analysis -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 4 Wider economic benefits: What they are, how they manifest, and an example from network air services -- Introduction -- Literature evolution -- Public capital and economic growth -- Mechanisms of WEB -- Wider economic benefits vs catalytic effects -- Wider economic benefits (WEBs) and aviation.

Camp theory and research -- Conflict-border-camp -- Public camp orders, temporality and discipline -- Governance, public meetings, and camp secrets -- Public bureaucracy, examination and panopticon -- Normality, anomy and economy -- Mobility, architecture and border regimes -- The power of microstructures in camp systems

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Conversions -- 1 Earthquakes: Origins and Consequences -- 2 In the Holy Land: Earthquakes and the Hand of God -- 3 The Decline of Ancient Sparta: A Tale of Hoplites, Helots, and a Quaking Earth -- 4 Earthquakes in England: Echoes in Religion and Literature -- 5 The Great Lisbon Earthquake and the Axiom "Whatever Is, Is Right" -- 6 New Madrid, Missouri, in 1811: The Once and Future Disaster -- 7 Earthquake, Fire, and Politics in San Francisco -- 8 Japan's Great Kanto Earthquake: "Hell Let Loose on Earth" -- 9 Peru in 1970: Chaos in the Andes -- 10 The 1972 Managua Earthquake: Catalyst for Revolution -- Afterword -- Glossary -- Notes and References -- Index

CHAPTER ONE: Introduction -- Focus and Objective of This Report -- What Is Institutional Trust? -- The State of Institutional Trust: A Snapshot -- Should We Be Concerned About the Decline in Institutional Trust -- Organization of this Report -- CHAPTER TWO: What Does the Literature Tell Us About Trust in Institutions? -- Trends in Institutional Trust -- Factors That Influence Trust in Institutions -- Strengths and Weaknesses in Existing Literature -- How Is This Research Different? -- CHAPTER THREE: Methodology and Data -- Survey of Institutional Trust -- Measuring Trust -- Measuring Components of Trustworthiness -- Empirical Analyses -- CHAPTER FOUR: Congress -- Levels of Trust -- Individual Characteristics and Levels of Trust: Who Trusts Congress? -- Institutional Components of Trustworthiness: Why Do People Trust Congress? -- The Role of Individual Characteristics in Assessing Trust in Congress: Do the Reported Drivers of Trust Differ Among Groups? -- Is Distrust in Congress Distinct? -- Chapter Summary -- CHAPTER FIVE: Media Institutions -- Levels of Trust -- Individual Characteristics and Levels of Trust: Who Trusts Media? -- Institutional Components of Trustworthiness: Why Do People Trust the Media? -- The Role of Differences in Individual Characteristics in Assessing Trust in the Media: Do the Drivers of Trust Differ Among Groups? -- Is Distrust in Media Distinct? -- Chapter Summary -- CHAPTER SIX: The Military -- Levels of Trust -- Individual Characteristics and Levels of Trust: Who Trusts the Military? -- Institutional Components of Trustworthiness: Why Do People Trust the Military? -- The Role of Differences in Individual Characteristics in Assessing Trust in the Military: Do the Drivers of Trust Differ Among Groups? -- Is Distrust in the Military Distinct? -- Chapter Summary -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Research -- Key Findings -- Limitations and Future Research -- APPENDIX A. Full Regression Results -- APPENDIX B. Methodology -- APPENDIX C. Survey -- APPENDIX D. Graphs and Figures: Trust in Media and Trust in Military