Development studies

What is the link between information communication technology and women's empowerment in today's development context?

This book fills a growing gap in the literature on international development by addressing the debates about good governance and institution-building within the context of political development.

Indigenous knowledge that embraces ornithology takes in whole social dimensions that are inter-linked with environmental ethos, conservation and management for sustainability.

This book will provide readers with an in-depth theoretical awareness and practical guidance on the implementation of an effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system to ensure construction projects meet approved quality, cost, time and social sustainability objectives.

Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Rabat, Morocco, this ethnography analyzes the relationship between neoliberal development policies, women's reproductive practices, and popular understandings of Islam.

An estimated 2 billion people live in countries affected by fragility, conflict and violence.

This volume outlines the specific conditions and responses to climate change in India.

Through a rigorous examination of "e;China's rise"e;, Lee addresses an important question-Did China catch up?

What is the answer to inspiring sustainable behaviour?

Covers topical issues for Africa's development, economics and politics of climate change, water management, public service delivery, and delivering aid.

There has been a deliberative, but as yet unsuccessful, attempt by scholars and policy makers to articulate a more meaningful idea of Europe, which would enhance the legitimacy of the European Union and provide the basis for a European identity.

This book makes an original contribution in addressing contemporary critical discussions and reflections on international health policies, strategies, programmes, systems, diseases, disasters, and public health issues.

This book brings together Indian and European perspectives on India's polity, economy and international strategy.

This book brings together a range of arts and development scholars and practitioners to explore the unique ways in which arts-based research methods can make a unique positive contribution to effective global development practice.

There is a considerable gap between the science of conservation biology and the design and execution of biodiversity conservation projects in the field.

This book provides an in-depth study of the moral economies emerging from within conditions of precarity in rural communities in contemporary Myanmar.

This book focuses on the understudied social and cultural dimensions of sustainability in the Arctic.

National Museums in Africa brings the voices of African museum professionals into dialogue with scholars and, by so doing, is able to consider the state of African national museums from fresh perspectives.

This is the first biography of a world-famous pioneering development economist, Sir Hans W.

Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India seeks to position the conservation profession within historical, theoretical, and methodological frames to demonstrate how the field has evolved in the postcolonial decades and follow its various trajectories in research, education, advocacy, and practice.

This book focuses on the prospects of fresh market waste management in developing countries.

This edited volume analyzes African knowledge production and alternative development paths of the region.

This edited collection critically discusses the relevance of, and the potential for identifying conceptual common ground between dominant urban theory projects - namely Neo-Marxian accounts on planetary urbanization and alternative 'Southern' post-colonial and post-structuralist projects.

Traditional valuation approaches are increasingly recognised as being insufficient to address the wicked valuation problems of the diverse peoples and groups that inhabit the globe from north, south, east to west.

This edited book provides a broad collection of current critical reflections on heritage-making processes involving landscapes, positioning itself at the intersection of landscape and heritage studies.

This book examines cacao cultivation with a view to improving the sustainable management and production of this crop.

This book examines how increasing Africa-China relations in the fields of trade, development finance and investment have impacted productive capacities and structural economic transformation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

After two decades of spectacular growth, the Tunisian economy is in crisis.

Featuring chapters from an international range of leading and emerging scholars, this Handbook provides a collection of cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research that sheds new light on contemporary futures studies.

Originally published in 1981, this book analyses how development aid works in practice.

This book is about the tragic journeys and livelihood insecurities of coastal fisherfolk jailed by India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh for having entered each other's territorial waters.

Marine Environmental Governance: From International Law to Local Practice considers the relationship between international environmental law and community-based management of marine areas.

Zero Hunger (SDG-2) and Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG-12) of the United Nations are very crucial aspects for any economy in the world.

This book examines development aid for climate change adaptation.

First published in 1982.

This is the first book to examine Britain's geopolitical identity and how it is expressed in foreign policy discourse.

Ethical Debates in Orangutan Conservation explores how conservationists decide whether, and how, to undertake rehabilitation and reintroduction (R&R) when rescuing orphaned orangutans.

This book considers a wide range of key developments and key areas of debate in China's education system.

This book examines childhood in four Caribbean SIDS (Barbados, Jamaica, Haiti and St.

The production, use and eventual disposal of most clothing is environmentally damaging, and many fashion and textile designers are becoming keen to employ more sustainable strategies in their work.

Local Government in West Africa (1964) examines colonial and independent local government in Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone.

Decentralized energy systems paradigm calls for - a) evidence-based policy for local resource assessment, and b) context-specific energy needs assessment for- overcoming 'barriers' to decentralized energy systems in India.

There is a recent surge in the use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) within education globally, with disproportionate claims being made about what they show, 'what works', and what constitutes the best 'evidence'.

Innovation is the creation of new, technologically feasible, commercially realisable products and processes and, if things go right, it emerges from the ongoing interaction of innovative organisations such as universities, research institutes, firms, government agencies and venture capitalists.

The first history of the German multinational''s resounding failure in its global development project of a cattle ranch in the Brazilian Amazon.

This book captures the essence of Hong Kong's development in the past two decades from 1997 to 2017.

This book uncovers a new dimension in the study of sustainability, offering balanced development from a spiritual and cultural values perspective.