Development economics and emerging economies

There is a growing recognition that living well must go beyond economic and material plenty to encompass social and spiritual well-being.

Training for Transformation is an approach to community organization encompassed in three books which enables people to 'read their reality and write their own history' using a combination of group processes, socio-economic analysis and organizational development processes.

Poor people in developing countries need water for many purposes: for drinking, bathing, irrigating vegetable gardens, and watering livestock.

Savings Groups reach those rarely served by mainstream financial institutions.

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

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

The Zapatistas of Chiapas and the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) of Brazil are often celebrated as shining examples in the global struggle against neoliberalism.

The Zapatistas of Chiapas and the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) of Brazil are often celebrated as shining examples in the global struggle against neoliberalism.

In a primary commodities boom spurred on by the rise of China, countries the world over are turning to the extraction of natural resources and the export of primary commodities as an antidote to the global recession.

In a primary commodities boom spurred on by the rise of China, countries the world over are turning to the extraction of natural resources and the export of primary commodities as an antidote to the global recession.

There is no alternative to neoliberal economics - or so it appeared when Reclaiming Development was published in 2004.

There is no alternative to neoliberal economics - or so it appeared when Reclaiming Development was published in 2004.

Women as a group have often been divided by a number of intersecting inequalities: class, race, ethnicity, caste.

Women as a group have often been divided by a number of intersecting inequalities: class, race, ethnicity, caste.

The mineral-rich mountains of Tibet so far have been largely untouched by China's growing economy.

The mineral-rich mountains of Tibet so far have been largely untouched by China's growing economy.

In recent years, it has become apparent that South-South economic relations are increasing, and will continue to do so.

In recent years, it has become apparent that South-South economic relations are increasing, and will continue to do so.

Are Africa's world markets really contributing to development across the continent for individuals, nations and regions?

Are Africa's world markets really contributing to development across the continent for individuals, nations and regions?

In recent years Africa appears to have turned a corner economically.

In recent years Africa appears to have turned a corner economically.

This important book places culture back at the centre of debates in development studies.

In the wake of the global financial crisis, and ongoing savage government cuts across the world, Garry Leech addresses a pressing and necessary topic: the nature of contemporary capitalism, and how it inherently generates inequality and structural violence.

In the wake of the global financial crisis, and ongoing savage government cuts across the world, Garry Leech addresses a pressing and necessary topic: the nature of contemporary capitalism, and how it inherently generates inequality and structural violence.

The Women, Gender and Development Reader is the definitive volume of literature dedicated to women in the development process.

After almost forty years of development aid most commentators agree that aid as we know it has not worked.

After almost forty years of development aid most commentators agree that aid as we know it has not worked.

The current framework of development cooperation is dominated by the experiences of industrialized countries.

The current framework of development cooperation is dominated by the experiences of industrialized countries.

This guide explores the idea of economic growth, tracing its history and questioning why it has become so unchallengeable and powerful when unlimited growth in a finite world is ultimately impossible.

This essential text addresses the growing need for a dedicated coursebook for students and teachers of world development.

The world is in a mess - but the United Nations has a plan to fix things.

A development education resource designed and written by an international group of authors and educationalists.

"e;Development"e; is often misunderstood and can embrace everything from large infrastructure projects to small-scale environmental initiatives.

Capitalism is failing and ordinary people are forced to pay the price.

Beyond the Enclave sets out to unravel the contradiction of a country, Zimbabwe, where a rich, diverse resource base co-exists with endemic poverty.

Clashes between vendors and authorities have become a common feature of Zimbabwe society.

In this accessible and authoritative book, Godfrey Kanyenze provides a comprehensive and far-reaching analysis of the socio-economic development in Zimbabwe in light of the expanding authoritarianism and the ongoing destruction of democratic institutions during the four decades after independence.

For the past two decades, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been the dominant paradigm in water resources.

The dawn of the twenty-first century heralded an apparent change of fortunes for most sub-Saharan African economies, with annual growth averaging over 5% for fifteen years.

Shaping markets through competition and economic regulation is at the heart of addressing the development challenges facing countries in southern Africa.

Shaping markets through competition and economic regulation is at the heart of addressing the development challenges facing countries in southern Africa.

Revised and updated for the third edition, this text is an introduction to the newer features of growth theory that are particularly useful in examining the issues of economic development.

As Canadians, we are faced with a choice: do we continue to allow communities to merely survive or can we help them to thrive?

Build resilience in your company to weather the greatest crises.

Igniting the $100 billion Indigenous economyIt is time.

An easy-to-use guide for local leaders working to engage their community in growing a more equitable, healthy, and sustainable future Building Community is the easy-to-use guide that distills the success of healthy thriving communities from around the world into twelve universally applicable principles that transcend cultures and locations.

Build a better society through happiness policyThomas Jefferson said that "e;the purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness.