Developing & Emerging Countries

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853395031Author Ilse Koehler-RollefsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853398520Author Danny BurnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 498g

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The transition to more just and sustainable development requires radical change across a wide range of areas and particularly within the nexus between learning and work. This book takes an...

This "remarkable new book" (The Observer) is an exploration of the new India through the lens of young people from different worlds: a woman who becomes a Maoist rebel; a brother charged for the murder of his sister who had married the "wrong" man; and a...

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This book argues that it is time to step back and reassess the anti-corruption movement, which despite its many opportunities and great resources has ended up with a track record that is indifferent at best. Drawing on many years of experience and...

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On January 20, 1949 US President Harry S. Truman officially opened the era of development. On that day, over one half of the people of the world were defined as "underdeveloped" and they have stayed that way ever since. This book explains the origins...

How does public transport work in an African city under neoliberalism? Who owns what in it? Who has the power to influence its shape and changes in it over time? What does it mean to be a precarious and informal worker in the private minibuses that...

This edited volume brings together international authors to explore how cities around the world are implementing their commitment towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).To achieve sustainability, cities choose their own goals and develop the...

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Development and the State in the 21st Century provides a comprehensive analysis of the state's role in contemporary development. The book examines the challenges that states face in the developing world - from lasting poverty and political...

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This history examines Ireland's development from the medieval to the modern era, comparing its unique trajectory with that of England, Scotland and Wales. Maurice Coakley focuses on key elements that contributed to Ireland's development, examining...

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The main goal of this book is to put urbanization and its challenges squarely on Africa's development agenda. Planned urbanization can improve living conditions for the majority, help in the expansion of the middle class, and create conditions for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812979329Author Katherine BooFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Designed to replace Martin Holland's The European Union and the Third World, this new text provides systematic coverage of the European Union's policies in relation to the developing world in the 21st century and includes substantial coverage of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789987160440Author Godfrey MwakikagileFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint New Africa PressPublisher New Africa PressWeight(grams) 458gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Inclusive Urban Development in the Global South emphasizes the importance of the neighbourhood in urban development planning, with case studies aimed at transforming current intervention practices towards more inclusive and just means of engagement with...

Somini Sengupta emigrated from Calcutta to California as a young child in 1975. Returning thirty years later as the bureau chief for The New York Times, she found a vastly different country: one defined as much by aspiration and possibility-at least by...

Mexico Unconquered is an evocative report on the powers of violence and corruption in Mexico and the rebel underdogs who put their lives on the line to build justice from the ground up. Mexico Unconquered probes the overwhelming divisions in contemporary...

It is commonly imagined that in recent years the rampant growth of consumer credit has lured American consumers into a crippling state of indebtedness, a state that has upended old cultural values of Puritan thrift and stimulated a frenzy of consumption...

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With the increasing worldwide problems of migration, research into its causes and effects become every more urgent. This volume takes stock of recent advancements that social science research in both Europe and the United States has made to understanding...

This book investigates the hostile environment and politics of visceral and racial denigration which have characterised responses to refugees and migrants within the UK and Europe in recent years. The European 'migrant crisis' from 2015 onwards has been...

Today most would agree that Mexico and the United States have never been closer-that the fates of the two republics are inextricably intertwined. It has become an intimate part of life in almost every community in the United States, through immigration,...

Two-thirds of the population of the world are poor, and their number is growing in the first as well as in the third world, despite billions of dollars of aid. The economic development policies of the last two decades, and the theory which gave rise to...

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While Africa is too often regarded as lying on the periphery of the global political arena, this is not the case. African nations have played an important historical role in world affairs. It is with this understanding that the authors in this volume set...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780906156681Author Chico MendezFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Latin America BureauPublisher Latin America BureauWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853392412Author Nici NelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

The Handbook of Social Policy and Development makes a groundbreaking, coherent case for enhancing collaboration between social policy and development. With wide ranging chapters, it discusses a myriad of ways in which this can be done, exploring both...

How does public transport work in an African city under neoliberalism? Who owns what in it? Who has the power to influence its shape and changes in it over time? What does it mean to be a precarious and informal worker in the private minibuses that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788532655Author R.A ReedFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 400g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788532068Author Sundeep SahayFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 425g

The subject of food security and land issues in Africa has become one of increased importance and contention over recent years. In particular, the focus has shifted to the role new global South donors - especially India, China and Brazil - are playing in...

This book investigates the power of art to enhance human development and to initiate positive social change for individuals and societies recovering from conflict. Interventions aimed at reinforcing social justice and bringing communities together after...