Development Studies
"Good Governance and Development"
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Explores the implications of the 'good governance' agendas for developing and newly democratized countries. This book assesses each item on the 'good governance' agenda for its contribution to development and the cost to society of bad governance. It examines the view of the international development agencies on each dimension of governance. With illustrations. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 416g.
Author: Smith, Brian
ISBN: 0230525660
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Development Studies
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"Third World Cities in Global Perspective"Political Economy of Uneven Urbanization
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In this innovative book, David Smith ultimately links what happens on the ground in the neighborhoods where people live to the larger political and economic forces at work. He takes the emerging political economy perspective on urbanization, with its focus on global inequality and dependency, as the context for city growth in the Third World. With tables, figures, notes, bibliography, index. New ed. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 236 x 156 mm. Weight: 500g.
Author: Smith, David A.
ISBN: 0813329981
Publisher: The Perseus Books Group
Date: 1996 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"The Politics of the New International Financial Architecture"Reimposing Neoliberal Domination in the Global South
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This is a critique of the attempts of the G7 industrialized countries to rewrite the rules of international finance. It includes case studies on capital controls from Chile and Malaysia and is aimed at scholars and students of international political economy and development and reform activists. With notes, tables, acronyms, bibliography, index. Hardback, 240 pages. Size: 215 x 135 mm. Weight: 399g.
Author: Soederberg, Susanne
ISBN: 184277378X
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"Give and Take"What's the Matter With Foreign Aid?
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"Global Issues" series; Billions are spent each year on foreign aid and tens of thousands are employed in the aid industry. Here, David Sogge asks questions such as: is there a real net flow of financial resources to the South?; how much aid should there be?; and on what terms should it be given? With illustrations. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 246g.
Author: Sogge, David
ISBN: 1842770691
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"The Political Economy of Rural Livelihoods in Transition Economies"Contested Land in the 'East'
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"Routledge Iss Studies in Rural Livelihoods" series; Looks critically at rural poverty in Central Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia, China and Vietnam in relation to land reform, farm restructuring and the development of rural markets and in the context of a large gap between rural and urban incomes and deteriorating rural social services and infrastructure. With 36 black & white illustrations, 57 black & white tables, 36 black & white line drawings. Hardback, 288 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 800g.
Author: Spoor, Max
ISBN: 0415460433
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Development Studies
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"Development Finance"Debates, Dogmas and New Directions
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"Routledge Advanced Texts in Economics and Finance" series; Examines the subject of Development Finance, or more specifically how financial systems can help or hinder the process of human development. This book reviews the components of the domestic and international financial systems, and considers reform options objectively against the central goal of human development. With 77 black & white illustrations, 54 black & white tables, 77 black & white line drawings. Paperback, 432 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 646g.
Author: Spratt, Stephen
ISBN: 0415423171
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"International Development Studies"Theories and Methods in Research and Practice
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How do the many theoretical, methodological and espistemological approaches relate to research and practical studies in development? How are development research and practice linked? This book is suitable for students of development studies who require a concise, penetrating overview of its foundations. With illustrations. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 242 x 170 mm. Weight: 338g.
Author: Sumner, Andrew Tribe, Michael A.
ISBN: 1412929458
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Development Studies
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"Evaluating the Internet as a Medium for the Dissemination of Development Research Findings"
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"Intrac Occasional Papers" series; Paperback, 65 pages. Weight: 505g.
Author: Taylor, Jon
ISBN: 1897748671
Publisher: Intrac
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"Politics and Development"A Critical Introduction
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This text introduces analytical approaches and their use in the study of Third World politics and development. The author presents a critical overview of the main schools of thought, illustrates how students can apply a framework for research, and offers insights into Third World democratization. With illustrations. Paperback, 208 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 300g.
Author: Tornquist, Olle
ISBN: 0761959343
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Date: 1998 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Development Studies
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"The Challenge of Slums"Global Report on Human Settlements 2003
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The Global Report on Human Settlements demonstrates that to meet the UN Millennium Goals of significantly improving the lives of 100 million slum dwellers by 2020, policies must go beyond traditional infrastructural approaches to create livelihoods, and hope, for the urban poor. With maps, figures, tables, index. Paperback, 352 pages. Size: 296 x 210 mm. Weight: 965g.
Author: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
ISBN: 1844070379
Publisher: Earthscan Ltd
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"Hunger and Health"
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"World Hunger Series 2007" series; Explores the multiple relationships between hunger and poor health, and how they affect the growth of individuals, physiologically and psychologically, constraining the development of nations both socially and economically. This book demonstrates how aligning of hunger and health interventions can offer solutions that reach those most in need. With full colour, maps, figures, tables, graphs, index. 2007. Paperback, 216 pages. Size: 297 x 210 mm. Weight: 893g.
Author: United Nations World Food Programme
ISBN: 184407546X
Publisher: Earthscan Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"Realizing Community Futures"A Practical Guide to Harnessing Natural Resources
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Seeks to serve as a guide for helping communities in any location or context - from a fishing community in England to a logging town in Canada to a farming village in India - to develop a collective vision of a prosperous and sustainable future, and a road-map for mobilizing and managing their natural resources to realize that future. With figures, tables, boxes, photographs, index. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 288g.
Author: Vanclay, Jerry Prabhu, Ravi Sinclair, Fergus
ISBN: 1844073831
Publisher: Earthscan Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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"The Anti-Development State"The Political Economy of Permanent Crisis in the Philippines
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This title is an assessment of the failure of the Philippines to address poverty and social inequality. Paperback, 360 pages. Size: 234 x 152 mm. Weight: 130g.
Author: Walden, Bello Docena, Herbert De Guzman, Marissa
ISBN: 1842776312
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Development Studies
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"The Community Planning Event Manual"How to Use Collaborative Planning and Urban Design Events to Improve Your Environment
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"Tools for Community Planning" series; Provides advice on how to organize community planning events - a cooperative and collaborative approach to planning that allows people from different walks of life to participate and work together creatively. This book includes a guide, checklists and other tools for event organizers. With photographs, figures, index. Paperback, 128 pages. Size: 210 x 148 mm. Weight: 277g.
Author: Wates, Nick
ISBN: 1844074927
Publisher: Earthscan Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Development Studies
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"Spaces of Sustainability"
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Provides an introduction to the key philosophical ideas which lie behind the principles of sustainable development. This work discusses key contemporary issues including global warming, third world poverty, trans-national citizenship and globalization. It offers an insight into contemporary attempts to create a more sustainable society. With 32 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 21 black & white halftones, 9 black & white. New ed. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Whitehead, Mark
ISBN: 0415358043
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Development Studies
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