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"Woman's Role in Economic Development"
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In the context of the struggle for women's rights, massive urbanization and international efforts to reduce poverty, this text is suitable for economists, sociologists, development workers, activists and all those who take an active interest in women's social and economic circumstances and problems throughout the world. With figures, tables, index. New ed. Paperback, 304 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 351g.
Author: Boserup, Ester
ISBN: 1844073920
Publisher: Earthscan Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"Development Redefined"How the Market Met Its Match
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"International Studies Intensives" series; Offers a debate over the best route to development for the poorer nations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This book takes readers on a journey through the rise and fall of the one-size-fits-all model of development that richer nations began imposing on poorer ones. Paperback, 160 pages. Size: 222 x 150 mm. Weight: 228g.
Author: Broad, Robin Cavanagh, John
ISBN: 1594515239
Publisher: Paradigm
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Development Studies
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"Hainan"State, Society and Business in a Chinese Province
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"China Policy Series" series; The island of Hainan was given provincial rank in 1988 and became the testing ground for experiments of an economic, political, and social nature that have received great attention from Beijing. This book provides an account of this transition, showing how Hainan casts important light on a number of issues in contemporary China studies. With 8 black & white illustrations, 37 black & white tables, 8 black & white line drawings. Hardback, 208 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 455g.
Author: Brodsgaard, Kjeld Erik
ISBN: 0415460336
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Development Studies
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"Popular Development"Rethinking the Theory and Practice of Development
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This critical evaluation of development strategies examines development frameworks, and looks at their theoretical underpinnings and the results of their implementation in practice. It covers all the major regions, including Africa, Latin America and Asia. With 0. Paperback, 416 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 672g.
Author: Brohman, John
ISBN: 1557863164
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Date: 1996 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"The Trouble With Africa"Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working
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Shows that Africa has steadily lost markets by its own mismanagement; that corrupt, dictatorial regimes have hobbled agriculture, enterprise and foreign investment; that African family values and fatalism are more destructive than tribalism; and, that African leaders prey intentionally on Western guilt. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 440g.
Author: Calderisi, Robert
ISBN: 0300125127
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Development Studies
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"Ideas for Development"
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Draws on experiences from Africa, Asia and elsewhere, covering topics and concepts as wide and varied as irreversibility, continuity and commitment; administrative capacity as a scares resource, procedures and principles, participation and more. With figures, tables, index. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 449g.
Author: Chambers, Robert
ISBN: 1844070883
Publisher: James & James (Science Publishers) Ltd
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"Whose Reality Counts?"Putting the First Last
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This volume explores the boundaries of participatory rural appraisal (PRA). With PRA now widely adopted, with varying degress of success, the author examines the next steps as the methodological revolution continues. With illustrations. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 229 x 145 mm. Weight: 454g.
Author: Chambers, Robert
ISBN: 185339386X
Publisher: Itdg Publishing
Date: 1997 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"Globalization, Economic Development and the Role of the State"
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The role of the state continues to be a key debate in economics and development studies. In this collection of essays, Dr Ha-Joon Chang reviews theories and practices of state intervention as they have developed over two centuries of modern capitalism. With notes, bibliography, index. Paperback, 334 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 453g.
Author: Chang, Ha-Joon
ISBN: 1842771434
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"Institutional Change and Economic Development"
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"Anthem Studies in Development and Globalization" series; A comprehensive discussion of the issues surrounding institutional progression in relation to the economy of the developing world. With tables and figures. Paperback, 322 pages. Size: 234 x 153 mm. Weight: 583g.
Author: Chang, Ha-Joon Nayyar, Deepak
ISBN: 1843312816
Publisher: Anthem Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Undergraduate Development Studies
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"Just War Or Just Peace?"Humanitarian Intervention and International Law
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"Oxford Monographs in International Law" series; This volume, which won an ASIL Certificate of Merit in 2002, critically examines the right of humanitarian intervention, asserted most spectacularly by NATO during its 1999 air strikes over Kosovo. With bibliography. New ed. Paperback, 328 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 469g.
Author: Chesterman, Simon
ISBN: 019925799X
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"A Modern History of Southeast Asia"Decolonization, Nationalism and Separatism
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This work covers the recent history of all the states of Southeast Asia. It charts the problems faced by the nations of the region as the colonial powers departed, and the strategies for survival and growth which they adopted. With maps. Paperback, 312 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 408g.
Author: Christie, Clive J.
ISBN: 186064354X
Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Date: 1997 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Development Studies
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"Tourism, Culture and Development"Hopes, Dreams and Realities in East Indonesia
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"Tourism and Cultural Change" series; Can tourism help a poor remote community to develop? How much does tourism change a village? How can a village have the benefits tourism offers without the problems it can cause? This book provides a holistic, multi-stakeholder picture of the first twenty years of tourism development in a remote region of Eastern Indonesia. With illustrations. Paperback, 264 pages. Size: 210 x 148 mm. Weight: 382g.
Author: Cole, Stroma
ISBN: 1845410696
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"Tourism, Culture and Development"Hopes, Dreams and Realities in East Indonesia
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"Tourism and Cultural Change" series; Can tourism help a poor remote community to develop? How much does tourism change a village? How can a village have the benefits tourism offers without the problems it can cause? This book provides a holistic, multi-stakeholder picture of the first twenty years of tourism development in a remote region of Eastern Indonesia. With illustrations, maps. Hardback, 264 pages. Size: 210 x 148 mm. Weight: 491g.
Author: Cole, Stroma
ISBN: 184541070X
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"The Bottom Billion"Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
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Global poverty, Collier argues, is actually falling quite rapidly. The real crisis lies in a group of about 50 failing states, the bottom billion, whose problems defy traditional approaches to alleviating poverty. He contends that these failed states pose the core challenge of the developing world in the 21st century. Hardback, 222 pages. Size: 235 x 156 mm. Weight: 465g.
Author: Collier, Paul
ISBN: 0195311450
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"The Bottom Billion"Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
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The Bottom Billion is an elegant and impassioned synthesis from one of the world's leading experts on Africa and poverty. It was hailed as the best non-fiction book so far this year by Nicholas Kristoff of The New York Times. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 196 x 129 mm. Weight: 170g.
Author: Collier, Paul
ISBN: 0195374630
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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