Development Studies

In the present global context, some countries still face many challenges to bringing about inclusive, efficient, and environmentally sustainable de...

This book presents edited and revised versions of most of the papers presented at the First International Conference on Sustainable Alternatives fo...

Manuel Orozco moves beyond the numbers to provide a uniquely comprehensive, historically informed overview and analysis of the complex role of migr...

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting team, husband and wife Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, take us on a journey through Africa and Asia to meet...

The chapters within this volume comprise selected papers from the 5th Annual Conference of the Asian Studies Irish Association (A.S.I.A.) held at D...

Evaluating how land ownership relates to workings of global capital and the lives of both women and men, this analysis draws from field research in...

Social development can be summarily described as the process of organising human energies and activities at higher levels to achieve greater result...

This book presents current research on new developments and policies in the American Indian population in the United States. Topics discussed in th...

One day in 2006, the rich, well connected but very private philanthropist Ray Chambers flicked through the holiday snaps of his friend, the develop...

The emergence of China as a major economic superpower has raised concern among many U.S. policymakers. Some express concern over the large annual U...

In 2000, Congress passed the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a U.S. trade preference program, in order to help spur market-led economic ...

The Zambezi Teak forests of western Zambia have been exploited for their timber for over 80 years. The record of this exploitation and the subseque...

The world is in a mess. For more than a billion people, everyday life is played out against the backdrop of civil wars, military coups and failing ...