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  • An Introduction to Sustainable Development

    by Peter P. Rogers, Kazi F. Jalal, John A. Boyd ...
    This volume is the most comprehensive textbook on sustainable development. It has been developed with students and professionals from around the world specifically for those who need a thorough grounding in the subject. Coverage includes: background to sustainable development and global environmental issues; measurement and sustainability indicators; environmental assessment, management and policy ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

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  • From Recipients to Donors

    Emerging Powers and the Changing Development Landscape

    by Doctor Emma Mawdsley ...
    From Recipients to Donors examines the emergence, or re-emergence, of a large number of nations as partners and donors in international development, from global powers such as Brazil, China and India, to Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia, to former socialist states such as Poland and Russia. The impact of these countries in international development has grown sharply, and as a result they have ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Hidden Hunger

    Gender and the Politics of Smarter Foods

    by Aya Hirata Kimura ...
    For decades, NGOs targeting world hunger focused on ensuring that adequate quantities of food were being sent to those in need. In the 1990s, the international food policy community turned its focus to the "hidden hunger" of micronutrient deficiencies, a problem that resulted in two scientific solutions: fortification, the addition of nutrients to processed foods, and biofortification, the ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • English and Development

    Policy, Pedagogy and Globalization

    Edited by Elizabeth J. Erling, Philip Seargeant ...
    Series Book 17 - Critical Language and Literacy Studies
    This book investigates the relationship between English and personal and national development, as this is both discursively promoted (particularly through language policy) and practically realized in developing societies. It addresses the effects that the increased use of English and the promotion of English-language education are having in developmental contexts, and their impact on broader ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Social Protection for the Poor and Poorest

    Concepts, Policies and Politics

    Edited by A. Barrientos, D. Hulme ...
    Series series Palgrave Studies in Development
    Social protection is fast becoming an important theme in development policy. This book examines the political processes shaping social protection policies; compares the key conceptual frameworks available for analyzing social protection; and provides a comparative discussion on social protection policies focused on the poor and the poorest. ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Gender, Asset Accumulation and Just Cities

    Pathways to transformation

    Edited by Caroline O.N. Moser ...
    With more than half the world’s population now living in urban areas, urbanisation is undoubtedly one of the most important phenomena of the 21st century. However, despite increasing recognition of the critical relationship between economic and social development in cities, gender issues are often overlooked in understanding the complexities of current urbanisation processes. This book seeks to ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • A Twist of Faith

    An American Christian's Quest to Help Orphans in Africa

    by John Donnelly ...
    American Christians, veteran reporter John Donnelly has discovered, are an ever-increasing source of aid in Africa, with some experts estimating that U.S. churches supply more resources to Africa than USAID. In A Twist of Faith, he tells the unlikely story of how faith and determination compelled one such American Christian to travel to Africa and open a school for children orphaned by the AIDS ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Contemporary Piracy and Maritime Terrorism

    The Threat to International Security

    by Martin N. Murphy ...
    Series series Adelphi series
    Do piracy and maritime terrorism, individually or together, present a threat to international security, and what relationship if any exists between them?Piracy may be a marginal problem in itself, but the connections between organised piracy and wider criminal networks and corruption on land make it an element of a phenomenon that can have a weakening effect on states and a destabilising one on ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Insecure Spaces

    Peacekeeping, Power and Performance in Haiti, Kosovo and Liberia

    by Doctor Marsha Henry, Doctor Paul Higate ...
    In recent times, the Blue Berets have become markers of peace and security around the globe. Yet, the iconoclastic symbol of both the Blue Beret and the Blue Helmet continue to engage the international political imagination in ways that downplay the inconsistent effects of peacekeeping missions on the security of local people.In this book, Paul Higate and Marsha Henry develop critical perspectives ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Afghanistan Towards A Viable state

    by Arpita Basu Roy ...
    The tragedy of the afghan situation lies in the fact that both external as well as internal forces have hampered its progress towards a viable state. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Atlas of Nepal in the Modern World

    by Michael Sill ...
    Series series Sustainable Development Set
    Nepal is associated, in most people's imagination, with Everest (Sagarmatha to the Nepalese), vivid plants and picturesque villages and people. The truth, as always, is other. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, surrounded by big and powerful neighbours. It is immensely diverse, ranging from the great mountains to the north through the trans-Himalaya, a high barren plateau, through ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Competitiveness

    Edited by João J. M. Ferreira, Mário L. Raposo, Cristina I. Fernandes, Marcus Dejardin ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
    Research interest in the service sector has boomed in recent years as deindustrialisation became entrenched. Instead of being regarded as merely supplementary to traditional industry and manufacturing, services have generated progressively rising levels of growth in developed economies while at the same time coming to be recognised as major drivers of innovation.Among the factors which have helped ... Read more

    $59.99 USD