Developing & Emerging Countries

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853399176Author Henry VeltmeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 194g

The new updated edition of Children, Youth and Development explores the varied ways in which global processes in the form of development policies, economic and cultural globalisation, and international agreements interact with more locally specific...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853393174Author Prabha ShekarFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint ITDG PublishingPublisher ITDG PublishingWeight(grams) 234gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm...

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This book studies the recent legacy of basti "evictions" in Delhi-mass clearings of some of the city's poorest neighborhoods as a way to understand how the urban poor are disenfranchised in the name of "public interest" and, in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899365203Author Joel SimonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Latin America BureauPublisher Latin America BureauWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 227mm...

For years economists have spoken of 'Africa rising', and despite the global financial crisis, Africa continues to host some of the fastest growing economies in the world.Africa's Shadow Rise however argues that the continent's apparent economic 'rise' is...

Since its inception, the field of political ecology has served as a critical hub for inclusive and transformative environmental inquiry. Doing Political Ecology offers a distinctive entry point into this ever-growing field and argues that our scholarly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899365029Author Marcus ColchesterFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Latin America BureauPublisher Latin America BureauWeight(grams) 275gDimensions(mm)...

Public banks are banks located within the public sphere of a state. They are pervasive, with more than 900 institutions worldwide, and powerful, with tens of trillions in assets. Public banks are neither essentially good nor bad. Rather, they are dynamic...

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At the start of the 21st century, the relationship between media and development has never felt more important. Following a series of 'media revolutions' throughout the developing world - beginning with the advent of cheap transistor radio sets in the...

In 2005, pop star Bono proclaimed, “Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. Give a woman microcredit, she, her husband, her children and her extended family will eat for a lifetime.” By the mid-2000s, it had become international development dogma that...

This work examines the way in which much "third world" aid, far from contributing to the prosperity of recipient countries, helps to shore up global relations of domination and subordination. In particular, Goudge focuses on the role played by "race" in...

This book explores the complex relationship between energy and development and discusses the core issues and concepts surrounding this growing area of research and policy.In the field of energy and development, the world faces two major challenges: (1)...

To this day, women globally are subjected to forms of control over their bodies, and their ability to exercise their reproductive rights in particular is still constrained. Amid a rise of challenges to the advancement of women's rights, including the...

Exploring a wide variety of case studies and developmental issues from a capability perspective, this book is an original contribution to both development and children's studies that raises a strong case for placing children's issues at the core of human...

The thousands uprooted and displaced by the Holocaust had a profound cultural impact on the countries in which they sought refuge, with numerous Holocaust escapees attaining prominence as scientists, writers, filmmakers and artists. But what is less well...

In 2007, for the first time in human history, a majority of the world's population lived in cities. However, on a global scale, poverty overwhelmingly retains a rural face. This book assembles an unparalleled group of internationally-eminent scholars in...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781897748817Author Lucy EarleFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint INTRACPublisher INTRACWeight(grams) 321g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853390395Author Barrie AxtellFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 120g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780855984885Author Thomas FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Oxfam ProfessionalPublisher Oxfam PublishingWeight(grams) 450gDimensions(mm) 214mm *...

This collection considers the role of long-term urban planning in the development of cities, covering a range of North American and European cities, and focusing on Belfast's social, economic and political developments. The major cities of the West...

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Ever since Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) was officially embedded in the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, many assumed that ESD had arrived in formal education settings. In reality however, this is only true to quite a small degree...

The present document provides a summary of the progress made by the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) and the United Nations Member States in implementing the ECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) during the implementation phase...

East and North-East Asian (ENEA) economies have come to play an increasingly important role in foreign aid regime over the past couple of decades. They are key providers of development assistance; moreover, their development experiences and strategies...

What motivates individuals to take up arms against their government? What types of states have historically been more prone to internal conflicts? In Civil Wars: Internal Struggles, Global Consequences Marie Olson Lounsbery and Frederic Pearson explore...

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