Development Studies

The onset of the global crisis has emphasised the persistence of substantial differences in development and social progress within the euro area. T...

This book explores the relationship between the state, development policy, and gender (in)equality in India. It discusses the formation of state po...

Why do aid agencies from wealthy donor countries with diverse domestic political and economic contexts arrive at very similar positions on a wide a...

This volume is a collection of articles dealing with various dimensions of the Global Financial Crisis and its economic and social impact in terms ...

This book tracks the trajectory of gender in the social sciences and humanities through an exploration of the challenges and contradictions that co...

The history of China dates back thousands of years, with periods of decline followed by periods of growth and innovation. This book puts the last 5...

This ground breaking volume raises radical critiques and proposes innovative solutions for social sustainability in the built environment. Urban So...

Cities in the 21st Century provides an overview of contemporary urban development. Written by more than thirty major academic specialists from diff...

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has established itself as one of the most powerful private forces in global politics, shaping the trajectorie...

The question of why countries give aid and assistance to other countries has long been a topic of debate- is it altruism, or selfishness? The assum...

In the twenty-first century technology has become global, and firms compete using knowledge and capital. The traditional firm has a need for innova...

This book demonstrates how agriculture can play a determining role in integrated, climate-optimised urban development. Agriculture within urban gro...

The vast majority of the worlds population lives on or near the coast. These communities are an extraordinary and largely untapped resource that ca...

Most, if not all of the global biogeochemical cycles on the earth have been broken or are at dangerous tipping points. These broken cycles have exp...

This book endeavors to take the conceptualization of the relationship between business, government and development in African countries to a new le...

This book explores the complex problem of how to measure the success of social organisations, projects and activities. Whether improving a local si...

The UN Security Council has been given the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security. The precise meaning of this res...

First published in 1998, this book provides a broad but in-depth description of the issues, concepts, methods of analysis, and empirical results re...

Virtually all pertinent issues that the world faces today such as nuclear proliferation, climate change, the spread of infectious disease and econ...

Africa is well known for the production of national liberation movements (NLMs), stemming from a history of exploitation, colonisation and slavery....

Since independence in 1965, Singapore has developed its own unique approach to managing the diversity of Race, Religion, Culture, Language, Nationa...

Sustainable development is an internationally recognised objective for governments, businesses and societies. However, how the private sector engag...

In 1994, BRAC, the world's largest NGO, made headlines by putting women's rights centre stage in Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the wo...

Over the last decade, policies and financing decisions aiming to support low carbon resilient development within the least developed countries have...