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  • Gender Equality and Sustainable Development

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    Seria seria Pathways to Sustainability
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    Seria seria State of the World
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    Seria seria Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
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    Seria seria Routledge Humanitarian Studies
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    China is growing in importance to the economies and governments of the world, and it has been run by men with very different ideas. How China copes with the pressures for good governance with the Asian economic model, treats its ethnic minorities under scrutiny, and gathers resources to fuel its dynamic economy, impacts us all. ... Citiți mai mult

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