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Palgrave Studies in Development Serie de eBooks

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  • Social Protection for the Poor and Poorest

    Concepts, Policies and Politics

    Edición de 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. ... Leer más

    $116.09 USD

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  • Planet of Slums

    de Mike Davis ...
    Series series Essential Mike Davis
    THE BEST-SELLING MODERN CLASSIC: The world’s leading urbanist offers a “profound . . . brilliant” account of the rise of the world’s slums and the failures of modern urbanization (Arundhati Roy, activist and Booker Prize–winning author).According to the United Nations, more than one billion people now live in the slums of the cities of the South. In this brilliant and ambitious book, Mike Davis ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

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  • No Such Thing as a Free Gift

    The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy

    de Linsey McGoey ...
    Philanthro-capitalism: How charity became big businessThe charitable sector is one of the fastest-growing industries in the global economy. Nearly half of the more than 85,000 private foundations in the United States have come into being since the year 2000. Just under 5,000 more were established in 2011 alone. This deluge of philanthropy has helped create a world where billionaires wield more ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Living through Crises: How the Food, Fuel, and Financial Shocks Affect the Poor

    de Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva ...
    What did the global food, fuel, and financial crises of 2008-11 mean to people living in the developing world? How did people cope with the crisis and how effective were they at averting major impacts? These are the questions addressed by this book, which emerged out of qualitative crisis monitoring initiatives carried out by IDS and the World Bank. As such, this is not a book about the causes of ... Leer más

    $21.59 USD

  • Mixed Methods Research in Poverty and Vulnerability

    Sharing Ideas and Learning Lessons

    Edición de Keetie Roelen, Laura Camfield ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The added value of mixed methods research in poverty and vulnerability is now widely established. Nevertheless, gaps and challenges remain. This volume shares experiences from research in developed and developing country contexts on how mixed methods approaches can make research more credible, usable and responsive to complexity. ... Leer más

    $107.09 USD

  • Who Needs Jobs?

    Spreading Poverty or Increasing Welfare

    de P. Lemieux ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    In Who Needs Jobs?, Lemieux explains how jobs are not the goal of economic life and how creating jobs should not be the goal of public policy. He delves into how income and prosperity are created (businesses producing what consumers demand), proposes solutions to the unemployment problem, and provides readers with the knowledge to navigate the jobs discussions of politicians and economists in ... Leer más

    $89.09 USD

  • The Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines

    Global Implementation

    Edición de Svein Jentoft, Ratana Chuenpagdee, María José Barragán-Paladines, Nicole Franz ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In June 2014, FAO member-states endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines). These Guidelines are one of the most significant landmarks for small-scale fisheries around the world. They are comprehensive in terms of topics covered, and progressive, with their foundations based on human rights and other key principles. It can be anticipated that ... Leer más

    $134.09 USD

  • Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

    de A. Estache, Q. Wodon ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa analyzes the extent to which, how, and how fast the infrastructure needs of the poor have been met in Sub-Saharan Africa. Estache and Wodon explore the extent to which some key policies have hurt or helped progress in trying to speed the expansions of coverage so clearly needed in the region. They focus on electricity, water, sanitation, and other ... Leer más

    $49.49 USD

  • Chronic Poverty

    Concepts, Causes and Policy

    Edición de A. Shepherd, J. Brunt ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Based on a decade of research by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, this volume includes material on inter-generational transmission, the importance of assets and vulnerability, and conflict, and new thinking about the close relationship between social exclusion and adverse incorporation. ... Leer más

    $49.49 USD

  • Learning, Capability Building and Innovation for Development

    Edición de G. Dutrénit, K. Lee, R. Nelson, L. Soete, A. Vera-Cruz ...
    Series series EADI Global Development Series
    Today, a large number of scholars studying development understand this process as involving learning and capability building. Capability building is an active, not a passive, process. It requires a purposeful effort from the learner's side, with support and commitment on allocation of time and resources toward learning activities. This process implies the possibility of failure as well as success, ... Leer más

    $49.49 USD

  • Africa Toward 2030

    Challenges for Development Policy

    Edición de E. Lundsgaarde ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Combining studies of demography, climate change, technology and innovation, political development, new actors in international development, and global governance frameworks, this book highlights the major underlying determinants of change in the African context and key uncertainties about the continent's future development prospects. ... Leer más

    $49.49 USD

  • International Development Policy

    Aid, Emerging Economies and Global Policies

    de Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    International development cooperation is undergoing a revolution. The authors question how far bilateral and multilateral aid agencies succeed in mainstreaming global issues in their operations and assess how emerging and traditional donors address competing objectives, often with diverging rationales. Cases include Brazil, China and South Africa. ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD