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Good Governance and Sustainable Development (Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development)


Good Governance and Sustainable Development (Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development)
English | 2026 | ISBN: 1032741090 | 211 pages | True EPUB | 1.99 MB
Addressing the big questions to advance the debate on good governance for sustainable development, this book asks: what is governance for sustainable development? What makes governance 'good'? And what are the factors that inhibit good governance?

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Goldsmith Banking A History (Routledge Focus on Financial History)


Goldsmith Banking: A History (Routledge Focus on Financial History)
English | 2026 | ISBN: 1041042337 | 107 pages | True PDF,EPUB | 3.01 MB
In seventeenth-century England goldsmiths became what we would now recognise as bankers. Goldsmiths' shops sold not only gold and silver plate but also instruments of credit, such as bonds and bills of exchange, and offered 'safe' places to lodge capital at interest. As well as offering financial services to private individuals, goldsmith bankers also became trusted financial agents to the Crown.