Development Studies

When the Wall Street banker takes the side of the indebted developing countries in his feature articles reviewing the impact of the global sovereig...

Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) argues that social contracts must be recreated if they are to fulfil the promise of human ...

Since 2000, countries across Africa have maintained over a decade of unprecedented economic expansion in a phenomena known as Africa rising. Howev...

China's recent stepping up of relations with Africa is one of the most significant developments on the African continent for decades. For some it p...

With the international community providing billions of dollars each year to promote democratic institutions/cultures in transitional and developing...

The Airport Improvement Program (AIP) has been providing federal grants for airport development and planning since the passage of the Airport and A...

Earnings management is an issue that directly affects the overall integrity and quality of financial reporting and to date, many studies have been ...

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is increasingly used to civilize grassroots disabled persons' organ...

Postdevelopment in Practice critically engages with recent trends in postdevelopment and critical development studies that have destabilised the co...

Why does authoritarian China provide a higher level of public goods than democratic India? Studies based on regime type have shown that the level o...

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are widely heralded as an opportunity for the poor to have greater access to information that can...

The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti''s capital on January 12, 2010 will be remembered as one of the world''s deadliest disasters. The earth...

No country has managed as rapid and positive a turnaround in governance and security conditions this century than Colombia. In 1999, rebels of the ...

The fifth edition of this classic reader retains many of the articles that have made the book a must-assign for classes on development and politica...

How can we best empower people living in the most economically disadvantaged areas of the world to improve their lives in ways that matter to them?...

The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti''s capital on January 12, 2010 will be remembered as one of the world''s deadliest disasters. The earth...

The lives of a previously `invisible and forgotten `first people of South Africa come to the fore in this carefully researched study. The `Karretji...

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are widely heralded as an opportunity for the poor to have greater access to information that can...

Most of the typical international agricultural trade research evolves around traditional topics such as the impact of various trade policies includ...

''Development'' is often misunderstood and can embrace everything from building a large dam to planting trees. The idea can often mask confusion, c...

''Enthralling'' PHILIP PULLMAN''Such a hopeful book'' ELIZABETH DAY''GO BIG should be the rallying cry of progressives around the world'' RUTGER BR...

How do we prepare for and manage the challenges and the transformations that are increasingly confronting cities? Solutions are necessary for the i...

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...