Focusing on personal communities, this book explores how individuals connect with friends, neighbors, relatives, and coworkers across the globe. It uniquely compares these networks, offering insights into the diverse ways people engage and interact within their communities worldwide.
Why should people - and economies - save? This book on the savings problem in Latin America and the Caribbean suggests that, while saving to survive the bad times is important, saving to thrive in the good times is what really counts.
Policies for young children belong at the core of a country's development agenda, alongside policies to develop infrastructure and strengthen institutions.
How social networks, the personalized Internet, and always-on mobile connectivity are transforming-and expanding-social life.
Looks at the way of life enabled by online social networking and mobile devices, arguing that the large, loose social circles of networked individuals allow greater opportunities and greater freedom from small-scale, tightly-knit groups.