Development studies

This book explores the transition from Soviet socialism to the present state of Central Asia's five countries.

This book interrogates the major challenges of postcolonial Africa that have hindered development, peace, and security.

This Handbook brings together a plethora of decolonial perspectives from and about Asian countries beyond Southeast Asia.

This book interrogates the wars in Ukraine and in Gaza and asks whether meaningful distinctions can be made between just and unjust wars.

This book critically examines the interplay between gender inequality and activism in Nigeria and related African contexts.

This book critically examines the interplay between gender inequality and activism in Nigeria and related African contexts.

This book is a call to action for housing recovery policymakers and practitioners to leverage foresight and planning capacities to achieve long-term resilience.

This book is a call to action for housing recovery policymakers and practitioners to leverage foresight and planning capacities to achieve long-term resilience.

The book unravels the entangled relationship between ascriptive identity (caste) and space (urban) and how this interaction (re)moulds urban stratification.

The book unravels the entangled relationship between ascriptive identity (caste) and space (urban) and how this interaction (re)moulds urban stratification.

This book, through systematic analyses and reviews, provides an up-to-date and holistic perspective on the progress of sustainable awareness and practices in different fields in Vietnam, such as Economics, Business, Finance, Law, and Management.

This book, through systematic analyses and reviews, provides an up-to-date and holistic perspective on the progress of sustainable awareness and practices in different fields in Vietnam, such as Economics, Business, Finance, Law, and Management.

This volume explores the diverse meanings and ways of implementing development programs and technical assistance projects, through several case studies grounded in Mexico but transcending its geography.

This Handbook brings together a plethora of decolonial perspectives from and about Asian countries beyond Southeast Asia.

This book focuses on the regulatory, supervisory and policy resolutions of the problems of the financial and banking system during the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.

This book explores the future of African-European relations with a focus on achieving equity in a global context.

This book is part of a two-volumes exploration comprising 18 chapters organized into four distinct thematic sections.

This book explores the future of African-European relations with a focus on achieving equity in a global context.

This book focuses on the impact of environmental chemicals on human health.

This book focuses on the impact of environmental chemicals on human health.

Africa provides a unique perspective to understand today's global crises.

An estimated 75% of the infrastructure that societies will depend on in 2050 does not yet exist, reflecting $139 trillion of investment over the next quarter century.

Africa provides a unique perspective to understand today's global crises.

An estimated 75% of the infrastructure that societies will depend on in 2050 does not yet exist, reflecting $139 trillion of investment over the next quarter century.

This book assumes that "e;women's empowerment"e; is a social movement aimed at producing political, economic and social change.

This book critically examines how the media assistance and broader 'development' sector have appropriated the catch-all concept of sustainability, originally rooted in economic and environmental fields, to suit their agendas.

This book highlights the challenges with respect to climate change in the Global South.

This book assumes that "e;women's empowerment"e; is a social movement aimed at producing political, economic and social change.

This book highlights the challenges with respect to climate change in the Global South.

This book examines the influence of prevailing colonial heritage in Africa on its socio-economic development.

This book examines the influence of prevailing colonial heritage in Africa on its socio-economic development.

This book covers the impact of global warming on environmental toxins, occupational toxins, food toxins, marine toxins and agricultural toxins.

This book covers the impact of global warming on environmental toxins, occupational toxins, food toxins, marine toxins and agricultural toxins.

This book interrogates the wars in Ukraine and in Gaza and asks whether meaningful distinctions can be made between just and unjust wars.

Plastics derived from renewable sources, such as biomass or animal-based materials, offer an eco-friendly alternative to traditional petroleum-based plastics.

In an era of environmental challenges, Waste to Wealth: Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Development explores cutting-edge biotechnological innovations transforming waste into valuable resources.

Southern Africa stands at a critical juncture, facing the urgent need to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and align with the African Union's Agenda 2063.

This book presents international experiences of territorial strategies and urban projects in which universities have played a major role over the past fifteen years, through spatial planning and within a multiscalar approach.

The edited collection, African Urban Creativity: Exploring Creative Economies Within and Beyond the Cities, seeks to contribute to understanding creative economies in Africa, specifically the urban dynamics of creativity and the urbanisation of the creative economy.

The Palgrave Handbook of Ubuntu, Inequality and Sustainable Development interrogates the multiple inequalities that subsist in the world and explores how Ubuntu, emerging from Africa but being potentially applicable elsewhere, holds promise for mitigation and resolution.

This handbook provides a comprehensive look into the emerging issues confronting ageing societies across the world.

The Palgrave Handbook of Ubuntu, Inequality and Sustainable Development interrogates the multiple inequalities that subsist in the world and explores how Ubuntu, emerging from Africa but being potentially applicable elsewhere, holds promise for mitigation and resolution.