Development studies

This book identifies the main challenges to confronting global health (in)securities at three levels.

This edited volume addresses various aspects of social and political development in Turkey and the latter's role within a global context.

This book examines the main reasons and challenges for the success of the human development approach both in theory and practice as an alternative to the economic growth model.

This book introduces readers to a powerful method for cross-cultural due diligence in mergers and organizational collaborations.

Drawing on an original UK-wide study of public responses to humanitarian issues and how NGOs communicate them, this timely book provides the first evidence-based psychosocial account of how and why people respond or not to messages about distant suffering.

This book debunks the foundations of contemporary government-led development policy.

This volume analyzes the corruption phenomenon in Africa and how to combat it from a governance perspective with illustrated case studies from three of the most corrupt of those nations covering, respectively, the Southern Africa region (Swaziland); the Eastern Africa region (Kenya); and the Western Africa region (Nigeria).

This book examines the twin critical processes of state-building and nation-building in Africa and the confluence of major domestic and global issues that shape them.

In a fragile and conflict-ridden context such as the Gaza Strip, where the de facto Hamas government faces isolation and lacks international recognition, the provision of aid and development schemes challenges donors and CSOs delivering services to Palestinians.

This eagerly anticipated book equips readers to understand the dynamics of policy processes, relevant decision-making and the significance of key decision-makers.

This book provides essential insights into Bhutan's developmental challenges.

This book examines the relationship between post-Soviet societies in transition and the increasingly important role of their diaspora.

This book addresses the changes in education practices, especially basic education, necessitated by the global challenges of climate change and sustainable development and in a context characterized by increasing poverty and inequality, migration and refugees.

This book makes a thorough investigation of the population problem issues in India from diverse angles- demographic, policy and programme.

This book contributes to our understanding of a neglected and poorly-understood concept within the development field: 'capacity development' in the context of human and organisational sustainable development.

This book examines the promises as well as the challenges the demographic dividend brings to sub-Saharan Africa as fertility rates in the region fall and the labor force grows.

This book provides a timely examination of the Ebola pandemic in Sierra Leone from four different standpoints: 1) a social standpoint that focuses on the way in which the vulnerable Sierra Leonian population viewed the pandemic in light of their cultural beliefs, memories of past wars and narratives and actions of the government; 2) a good governance standpoint that exposes lapses in health governance and the general unpreparedness of the government and international community to deal with the outbreak; 3) a scientific research standpoint that looks at the role played by the Sierra Leone's Lassa Fever Research Laboratories as a main hub for the investigation, monitoring and evaluation of communicable diseases in the Mano River Union countries; and 4) an international politics standpoint that examines the development of a new bio-security international apparatus involving a wide range of international actors and institutions.

This book presents a socio-economic and livelihood analysis of agriculturally-dependent communities of Mizoram, the eastern extension of the Himalaya, using the sustainable livelihood approach.

This book explores regionalism in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and highlights the influence of the European Union (EU) as an extra-regional actor on the organization and integration process.

This book identifies key factors that drive the development and improvement of higher education research in emerging and advanced economies.

This SpringerBrief focuses on Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) in the three basins in the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

This book focuses on the Nordic countries through a European perspective and wishes to draw attention to their place in the new world order.

This study provides a conceptual framework for analysing Results-Based Approaches to improving public sector effectiveness and efficiency according to their actor constellation and shared characteristics.

This book critically engages with how formal and informal mechanisms of governance are used across the world.

This book brings together a unique collection of theoretical and empirical analyses of women's access to land, labour and livelihoods in contemporary India.

This book overcomes the dichotomies, generalizations and empirical shortcomings that surround the understanding of return migration within the migration-development-peace-building nexus.

This book identifies the strengths and weaknesses of different methodological approaches to research in communication and social change.

This book takes food parcels as a vehicle for exploring relationships, intimacy, care, consumption, exchange, and other fundamental anthropological concerns, examining them in relation to wider transnational spaces.

This book examines post-secession and post-transition state building in Somaliland, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan.

This book offers an original analysis of the long-term impact of western and Chinese economic and development cooperation policies in Africa.

This book presents a theory of economic integration in developing regions, where the level of intraregional economic interdependence is low and the dependence on extra-regional economic relations is high.

The book examines management strategies for developing and implementing strategic resilience and sustainability plans for sustainable and climate-resilient communities and organizations.

This book critically examines the argument that the Global South has risen in recent years, that its rise has intensified since the 2008 financial crisis, and that this in turn has hastened the decline of the West and the US in particular.

This book describes how a program of values deliberations--sustained group reflections on local values, aspirations, beliefs and experiences, blending with discussions of how to understand and to realize human rights--led to individual and collective empowerment in communities in rural Senegal.

This book contributes to broadening the interdisciplinary knowledge basis for the description, analysis and assessment of land use practices.

This book discusses the geopolitics of development from the point of view of the Global South.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the wheat production developments in the Eurasian region and assesses the potential contribution of the region to domestic and international food security.

This book critically addresses concepts and analyses related to the higher education and development nexus in Africa.

Value chains are a vital part of how our world operates, yet we are only beginning to understand how to make them sustainable.

"Ein Tag Honig, ein Tag Zwiebeln" lautet ein arabisches Sprichwort, und diese Lebensphilosophie schimmert durch alle Geschichten, die Karim El-Gawhary in diesem Buch erzählt.

This book is based on the observation that international law is undergoing a process of change and modernization, driven by many factors, among which the affirmation and consolidation of the role of the individual and of the theory of human rights stand out.

This book argues that Sierra Leone's ten-year civil conflict demonstrates the criticality of freedom of information (FOI) as a facet of good governance where corruption thrives, spanning both public and private sectors, if Sierra Leone's continued security and stability are to be ensured.

The proliferation of energy, agricultural, water and food insecurity can be attributed to a multitude of factors, including advancements in technology that have facilitated the technical and economic utilization of energy and water resources, environmental degradation, climate anomalies, mounting pressure on water resources due to escalating demand, and surging energy requirements.

This book presents relevant and timely endogenous procedures for addressing the challenge of transforming ideas into sustainable opportunities in Africa.

The role of firms, corporations, and businesses in shaping social outcomes has long been a key area of focus for economics and business scholars.

In June 2014, FAO member-states endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines).

Routledge Handbook of Climate Law and Governance: Courage, Contributions and Compliance recognises calls from the United Nations (UN), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

This book offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary issues of regional development.

This book addresses the highly differentiated spatial, social, cultural and demographic structure(s) of Germany, with a particular focus on the reciprocal relations between different levels of spatial development.

This volume discusses how different geographical spaces can enhance or hinder the capacity of a variety of organizational settings to achieve economic value creation in the pursuit of sustainable regional development.