Developing & Emerging Countries

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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...

Winner of Balsillie Prize for Public Policy Winner of Donner Prize A Summer Book of 2021, Financial Times Longlisted Financial Times and McKinsey Best Business Book of the Year A challenge to prevailing ideas about innovation and a guide to...

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 9781853394089Author Thomas FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint ITDG PublishingPublisher ITDG PublishingWeight(grams) 473g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903031813Author Marilyn CarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint ITDG PublishingPublisher ITDG PublishingWeight(grams) 180g

Development and Social Change explores the historical, socio-political, and ecological aspects of development. The Eighth Edition critically engages with the concept of development, tracing its roots and examining its implications in the contemporary...

The interwoven futures of humanity and our planet are under threat. Urgent action, taken together, is needed to change course and reimagine our futures. Education, long acknowledged as a powerful force for positive change, has new, urgent and important...

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In this compelling and controversial study, Neil Middleton and Phil O'Keefe examine the links between disasters, aid, development and relief - in the context of globalisation, the 'free market' ideology of the industrialised nations, the rapacity of...

Development is recognised as a major challenge, if not the major challenge, facing us all as we enter the twenty-first century. Yet those who practise development do so in a terrain which has become highly contested and contentious. Allan Kaplan...

This year's report presents how far we have come towards reaching the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It warns that with just 6 years remaining to the 2030 deadline, and nearly a year from reaffirmed commitments at the SDG Summit, current...

This book brings together scholars from the universities of Bergen and Leeds who explore how we may understand different trajectories of development in Asia, arguably the most dynamic and certainly the most diverse part of our world. It asserts that...

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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)...

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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