Developing & Emerging Countries

Why has India's astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy? Travelling the length and breadth of the subcontinent, this book shows how India's 'untouchables' and 'tribals' fit into the global...

This edited volume focuses on the largest single tract contiguous mangrove forest in the world- the Sundarbans- exploring traditional knowledge, customary sustainable use and community-based innovation. The book analyses the current state of the...

This report brings together the findings of a decade-long field survey conducted in the Indian state of Sikkim. It outlines the interventions made by the state government in human development, biodiversity, gender equity, justice and other parameters. It...

In this compact, powerful new study Thembisa Waetjen explores how gender structured the mobilization of Zulu nationalism in South Africa as antiapartheid efforts gained force during the 1980s. Undercutting assumptions of male power and nationalism as...

Products and services based on advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain are normally considered to be for rich consumers in advanced countries. Fourth Revolution and the Bottom Four Billion demonstrates how marginalized and...

First published in 1989, this book provides a macro-micro approach to economic development - taking account of multi-level linkages, both inter and intra, that had been missed by previous analyses. The author argues that these linkages demonstrate that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609947897Author Eric G. BingFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Berrett-KoehlerPublisher Berrett-KoehlerWeight(grams) 548gDimensions(mm) 243mm * 164mm *...

This book provides contributions in international law, development, and international relations from a cross section of jurists and scholars including a justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and a former Judge of the International Court of Justice at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789241505918Author World Health OrganizationFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint World Health OrganizationPublisher World Health Organization

In this groundbreaking book, Frank K .Upham uses empirical analysis and economic theory to demonstrate how myths surrounding property law have blinded us to our own past and led us to demand that developing countries implement policies that are mistaken...

The New Regional Politics of Development assesses the various development strategies being pursued in each of the major regions of the world. While huge inequalities in wealth and capacity remain a hallmark of the twenty-first century world order, the...

This clearly-written and comprehensive introductory text provides a critical review of the principal theoretical approaches to the study of Third World politics in the second half of the twentieth century. Arguments are illustrated by examples drawn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853396618Author Kate CzuczmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815702115Author Ricardo Ffrench-DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

Care work, both paid and unpaid, contributes to well-being, social development and economic growth. But the costs of providing care are unequally borne across gender and social class. Feminist scholarship on the gendered construction of welfare...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899365753Author Nick CaistorFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Latin America BureauPublisher Latin America BureauWeight(grams) 112gDimensions(mm)...

According to estimates by the International Land Coalition based at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), 57 million hectares of land have been leased to foreign investors since 2007. Current research has focused on human rights...

In the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Brazil improved the health and well-being of its populace more than any other large democracy in the world. Long infamous for its severe inequality, rampant infant mortality, and clientelist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815726333Author Laurence ChandyFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815702450Author Robert E. LitanFormat PaperbackPage Count 450Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm)...

This book addresses the question of whether greater inclusion in the global economy offers a solution to rising unemployment and poverty in contemporary Africa. The authors trace the connection between global demographic change and new mechanisms of...

Over the past few decades, India has experienced a sudden and spectacular urban transformation. Gleaming business complexes encroach on fields and villages. Giant condominium communities offer gated security, indoor gyms, and pristine pools. Spacious,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853393372Author John NortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

This book offers a comparative and thematic introduction to third world politics, placing it in historical, social and international context. The second edition has been expanded with new sections on East and South East Asia added to revised and updated...

Globalization and economic restructuring have decimated formal jobs in developing countries, pushing many women into informal employment such as direct selling of cosmetics, perfume, and other personal care products as a way to "make up the difference"...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789956792283Author Munyaradzi MawereFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Langaa RPCIDPublisher Langaa RPCIDWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

This volume is an historical survey of advisory and mentoring missions from the 1920s onwards, starting from the Soviet missions to the Kuomintang and ending with the mission to Iraq. It focuses on Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation and after 2001,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780472054442Author Elisha RenneFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint The University of Michigan PressPublisher The University of Michigan Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853394560Author John GouldFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

Coastal zones represent a frontline in the battle for sustainability, as coastal communities face unprecedented economic challenges. Coastal ecosystems are subject to overuse, loss of resilience and increased vulnerability. This book aims to interrogate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853397134Author Ruth PearsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815734970Author Alison HarwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815713616Author Lael BrainardFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853399695Author Meine Pieter van DijkFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853395543Author Somesh KumarFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780717808878Author Enfu ChengFormat PaperbackPage Count 430Imprint International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S.Publisher International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788532020Author Neil McCullochFormat HardbackPage Count 166Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 328g

Now in its fourth edition, Geographies of Development: An Introduction to Development Studies remains a core, balanced and comprehensive introductory textbook for students of Development Studies, Development Geography and related fields. This clear and...

Are schools failing working class children or does working class life present alternative means for gaining social status that conflict with what it means to do well at school? Focusing on Southeast London, this book provides insight into class values...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853397417Author Duncan GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 760g