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This guide provides lessons for decison-makers on improving the effectiveness of policy implementation, the feasibility of reform, and to foster stronger...
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Examines the impact of the private sector on development, whether through core business practices, corporate responsibility endeavors, or philanthropic...
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The essays collected in this volume elucidate some of the underlying tensions between trade unions and NGOs and illustrate the scope for constructive and...
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This is a collection of writings on development theory and the development experience that highlight the links between the two. Chakravarty critically...
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This work looks at the policies and projects of the Asian Development Bank, which, like the other multilateral banks, has come under growing criticism...
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This title prioritizes the facts and issues that are central to the lives
of people in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean...
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An exploration of development in a world divided by poverty and wealth. The volume offers lessons on improving the effectiveness of aid, country ownership,...
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This work shows people at a local level working through municipal institutions to take more responsibility for their own lives and environment. The study...
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Illustrated by data and 'stylized' accounts, this work charts the evolution of knowledge economies, questioning the way in which they work, criticizing...
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Using as a reference point the issues and theories that dominated social science research on Latin America in 1960-80, this volume contributes to "rethinking...
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Based on Dawn Chatty's work on a development project for the Harasiis tribe in Oman, this book gives details on the conception, drafting, implementation...
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This text presents a perspective on the third sector; rather than considering non-governmental development organizations and voluntary agencies separately,...
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Foreign aid donors believe civil society will enable people to escape the poverty trap. This volume makes a critical appraisal of this new emphasis in...
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This title focuses on the on the future, on perceptions, on positive indicators, on job creation, on corporate initiatives and on hope.
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An overview of the population problem and its relationship with issues such as health, biodiversity, climate change and education. It seeks to offer global...
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Policy-makers in the developing world are now grappling with new dilemmas created by openness to trade and capital flow. The author of this work argues...
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