Development Studies

Return migration has received growing levels of attention in both academic and policy circles in recent years, as the African diaspora's role in co...

An unprecedented trade war broke out between the world’s two largest economies in 2018 and escalated subsequently. It is the first major economic c...

This book offers a critical insight into how the study of NGOs can be more theoretically grounded and methodologically creative. The role of NGOs i...

Across organisations and communities there are leaders who manage to get things done through their ability to understand how a network of individua...

This book explores the evolution of the 30 functioning multilateral development banks (MDBs). MDBs have their roots in the growing system of intern...

International cooperation has never been more needed, but the current system of “aid” is outdated and ineffective. The Future of Aid calls for a wh...

Peacekeeping training centres play a crucial role in preparing peacekeepers for their deployment. However, despite their popularity within the inte...

Now available in paperback, the Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Economics offers new insights into the rapidly developing economies of Southe...

This widely adopted text starts with the fundamentals--what is economic growth, what is development, and what is the relationship between these two...

Foreign aid is about charity. International development is about technical fixes. At least that is what we, as donor publics, are constantly told. ...

Scaling Impact introduces a new and practical approach to scaling the positive impacts of research and innovation. Inspired by leading scientific a...

The international development community invests billions of dollars to improve organisational capacity. But real-life practice is poorly understood...

Whilst classical approaches linked development with peace, security has become central to understandings of both war and peacetime. This book uniqu...

The Routledge Handbook of the New African Diasporic Literature introduces world literature readers to the transnational, multivocal writings of imm...

A pathbreaking introduction to the controversial, contested and deeply political topic of development. Written in an engaging and eminently readabl...

This book examines the underlying conditions that give rise to states that are effective, efficient, and bureaucratically inclusive with their deve...

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book is about the opportunities and challenges involved in mainstreaming knowledge about childre...