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“daphne chang”

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  • Chinese Migrants and Africa's Development

    New Imperialists or Agents of Change?

    by Doctor Ben Lampert, Doctor May Tan-Mullins, Daphne Chang, Giles Mohan ...
    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 promises an end to Africa's dependent aid relationships, as the Chinese bring expertise, technology and a stronger business focus. But for others it is no more than a new form of imperialism.This book is the first to systematically study the motivations, ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

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  • Clay Water Brick

    Finding Inspiration from Entrepreneurs Who Do the Most with the Least

    by Jessica Jackley ...
    In the tradition of Kabul Beauty School and Start Something That Matters comes an inspiring story of social entrepreneurship from the co-founder of Kiva, the first online microlending platform for the working poor. Featuring lessons learned from successful businesses in the world’s poorest countries, Jessica Jackley’s Clay Water Brick will motivate readers to more deeply appreciate the incredible ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • World Heritage

    Benefits Beyond Borders

    Edited by Amareswar Galla ...
    Published on the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, this thematic collection of case studies provides a thorough understanding of World Heritage sites and their Outstanding Universal Value in the context of sustainable development. The case studies describe twenty-six thematically, typologically and regionally diverse World Heritage sites illustrating their benefits to local ... Read more

    $50.09 USD

  • Roots of Brazil

    by Sérgio Buarque de Holanda ...
    Translated by G. Harvey Summ ...
    Series series Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development
    Sérgio Buarque de Holanda's Roots of Brazil is one of the iconic books on Brazilian history, society, and culture. Originally published in 1936, it appears here for the first time in an English language translation with a foreword, "Why Read Roots of Brazil Today?" by Pedro Meira Monteiro, one of the world's leading experts on Buarque de Holanda.Roots of Brazil focuses on the multiple cultural ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Africa and the War on Drugs

    by Neil Carrier, Gernot Klantschnig ...
    Series series African Arguments
    Nigerian drug lords in UK prisons, khat-chewing Somali pirates hijacking Western ships, crystal meth-smoking gangs controlling South Africa's streets, and narco-traffickers corrupting the state in Guinea-Bissau: these are some of the vivid images surrounding drugs in Africa which have alarmed policymakers, academics and the general public in recent years. In this revealing and original book, the ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Palestine Ltd.

    Neoliberalism and Nationalism in the Occupied Territory

    by Toufic Haddad ...
    Series series SOAS Palestine Studies
    ince the 1993 Oslo Accords, the Occupied Palestinian Territory has been the subject of extensive international peacebuilding and statebuilding efforts coordinated by Western donor states and international finance institutions. Despite their failure to yield peace or Palestinian statehood, the role of these organisations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is generally overlooked owing to their ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • Development Crises and Alternative Visions

    Third World Women's Perspectives

    by Gita Sen, Caren Grown ...
    More than half of the world's farmers are women. They are the majority of the poor, the uneducated and are the first to suffer from drought and famine. Yet their subordination is reinforced by well-meaning development policies that perpetuate social inequalities. During the 1975-85 United Nations Decade for the Advancement of Women their position actually worsened.This book analyses three decades ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Aid, Technology and Development

    The Lessons from Nepal

    Edited by Dipak Gyawali, Michael Thompson, Marco Verweij ...
    Series series The Earthscan Science in Society Series
    Over the last 50 years, Nepal has been considered an experiential model in determining the effectiveness and success of global human development strategies, both in theory and in practice. As such, it provides a rich array of in-depth case studies in both development success and failure. This edited collection examines these in order to propose a novel perspective on how human development occurs ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Siren Song

    Chilean Water Law As a Model for International Reform

    by Carl J. Bauer ...
    Increasing scarcity, conflict, and environmental damage are critical features of the global water crisis. As governments, international organizations, NGOs, and corporations have tried to respond, Chilean water law has seemed an attractive alternative to older legislative and regulatory approaches. Boldly introduced in 1981, the Chilean model is the worlds leading example of a free market approach ... Read more

    $150.00 USD

  • The Political Economy of State-owned Enterprises in China and India

    Edited by X. Yi-chong ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Focused on unique features of economic development, this edited volume examines the nature and structure of corporate governance of several key state-owned enterprises in China and public sector units in India in five strategic sectors: oil and natural gas, steel, coal, electricity generation, and banking industries. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Governance and Governed

    Multi-Country Perspectives on State, Society and Development

    Edited by Madhushree Sekher, S. Parasuraman, Ruth Kattumuri ...
    Building, largely, on insights from India, and case studies in Brazil, China, and South Africa, this book provides insights into the contested topic of ‘governance and governed’ from a state–society inter-relationship perspective. It argues that the centrality of an understanding of state-governance today is rooted in concerns regarding diversities and contingencies of concrete political reality ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus

    Migration, Democratisation and Inequality in the Post-Soviet Era

    by Sophie Hohmann, Claire Mouradian, Silvia Serrano ...
    After the final collapse of the Soviet Union, the so-called 'last empire', in 1991, the countries of Central Asia - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan - and of the Caucasus - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia - became independent nations. These countries, previously production centres under the socialist planning system of the Soviet Union, have made enormous economic ... Read more

    $153.99 USD