Development studies

En la cooperación internacional, el surgimiento y desarrollo del concepto sur como algo necesariamente diferente al norte se ha traducido en la elaboración de nuevos esquemas de cooperación Sur-Sur.

This book highlights some of the main areas of debate around the subject of agricultural policy in Eastern Africa.

Fundamentos conceptuales y metodológicos de la planificación, la cultura de la planificación, la institucionalización del proceso de planificación en Colombia y en busca de un nuevo sistema de planificación en Colombia son los cuatro grandes capítulos que desarrollan los autores de este libro; ellos, como especialistas en el tema, aportan sus puntos de vista en forma atractiva, clara y rigurosa.

There are lots of fun and religious places in Southeast Asia.

As a pluralistic nation, Malaysia consists of diverse ethnic groups of people with various cultures that integrate harmonious and peaceful living in a politically stable and wonderfully rich environmental setting.

"e;The world economy was still reeling from the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 when the COVID-19 pandemic struck like a bolt of lightning in late 2019.

The adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000 by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly was a major breakthrough in the fight against poverty.

This publication suggests solutions that can be built into the design of urban development projects undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to address the common problems and grievances of the urban poor, and to improve urban governance overall.

This report provides an overview of important urban poverty questions.

This publication suggests solutions that can be built into the design of urban development projects undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to address the common problems and grievances of the urban poor, and to improve urban governance overall.

The adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000 by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly was a major breakthrough in the fight against poverty.

This report provides an overview of important urban poverty questions.

Este segundo libro conmemorativo de tres décadas de existencia de desarrollo familiar en Colombia, tiene como objetivo reconocer y construir a la apropiación de los significativos aportes realizados por la profesora Dalia Restrepo para sentar las bases de la nueva perspectiva académica disciplinar en el campo de familia u consolidar como una línea de pensamiento crítico, de saber y de acción desde la Universidad de Caldas.

The Poor People's Energy Outlook presents a unique perspective on energy access in developing countries.

Access to energy is essential for poor people to earn a decent living, to work their way out of the vicious cycle of poverty and subsistence.

In many countries poor people's energy access is yet to be given sufficient priority and fails to be acknowledged as a key enabler in improving health, education, and other community services.

The world's food system is broken, and today's peasant societies are at a crossroads.

Modern-day science is under great pressure.

This new, updated edition of the influential Development Against Democracy is a critical guide to postwar studies of modernisation and development.

Urban Sustainability and Justice presents an innovative yet practical approach to incorporate equity and social justice into sustainable development in urban areas, in line with the commitments of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda.

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In recent years, scholars have noted the rise of a particular type of authoritarianism worldwide, in which rulers manipulate institutions designed to implement the rule of law so that they instead facilitate the exercise of arbitrary power.

This book discusses the historical context, country experience, and best practices that led to eliminating infectious diseases from the WHO's South-East Asia Region, such as malaria, lymphatic filariasis, yaws, trachoma, and mother-to-child HIV in the mid-twentieth and twenty-first century.

It,s been ten years since open data first broke onto the global stage.

The persistence of indigenous African markets in the context of a hostile or neglectful business and policy environment makes them worthy of analysis.

This book is a major contribution exploring the policy options available for developing and emerging economies in response to the global economic crises.

With the adoption of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement, the purpose of development is being redefined in both social and environmental terms.

In June 2016, the Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development (Norhed) hosted a conference on the theme of eknowledge for developmenti in an attempt to shift the focus of the programme towards its academic content.

In what ways does access to undergraduate education have a transformative impact on people and societies?

This book is a major contribution exploring the policy options available for developing and emerging economies in response to the global economic crises.

With the adoption of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement, the purpose of development is being redefined in both social and environmental terms.

The world's food system is broken, and today's peasant societies are at a crossroads.

In June 2016, the Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development (Norhed) hosted a conference on the theme of ,knowledge for development, in an attempt to shift the focus of the programme towards its academic content.

'The definitive account of the history of poverty finance' - Susanne SoederbergFinance, mobile and digital technologies - or 'fintech' - are being heralded in the world of development by the likes of the IMF and World Bank as a silver bullet in the fight against poverty.

Recent years have witnessed considerable speculation about the potential of open data to bring about wide-scale transformation.

This new, updated edition of the influential Development Against Democracy is a critical guide to postwar studies of modernisation and development.

Urban Sustainability and Justice presents an innovative yet practical approach to incorporate equity and social justice into sustainable development in urban areas, in line with the commitments of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda.