Development studies

This book evaluates development progress using the lens of structural transformation in four groups of developing countries: Africa’s least developed countries (LDCs), Asia’s LDCs, landlocked Central Asian countries, and Pacific small island states.

This book evaluates development progress using the lens of structural transformation in four groups of developing countries: Africa’s least developed countries (LDCs), Asia’s LDCs, landlocked Central Asian countries, and Pacific small island states.

This book is a compendium of rigorous and original research, exploring the use of media systems and communication techniques to mitigate sustainable development issues in Nigeria.

This book is a compendium of rigorous and original research, exploring the use of media systems and communication techniques to mitigate sustainable development issues in Nigeria.

This book sets out to develop a policy design process that is more inclusive by creating space for emotions and feelings.

This book presents an in-depth and provoking analysis of the current global landscape and the challenges it presents for development.

This book presents an in-depth and provoking analysis of the current global landscape and the challenges it presents for development.

The ongoing devastation in Gaza and other parts of Palestine, alongside the systematic destruction of Palestinian universities, has coincided with intensified censorship and repression within Western academic institutions.

This handbook provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive review of the literature on inequality.

This handbook provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive review of the literature on inequality.

This innovative book has combined the latest drive to integrate the findings and principles of quantum mechanics and quantum technology, especially here quantum computing, into the flamboyant world of social sciences.

This book gathers the thoughts of 8 hospital presidents, 9 vice presidents focusing on construction management in hospitals, and 6 hospital architects regarding the hospital design and construction in China.

This book gathers the thoughts of 8 hospital presidents, 9 vice presidents focusing on construction management in hospitals, and 6 hospital architects regarding the hospital design and construction in China.

The purpose of this volume is to revisit the core principle that growth is a function of communication, encapsulated in the term, negentropy, in the light of noteworthy initiatives that applied this construct in the pursuit of development goals.

The purpose of this volume is to revisit the core principle that growth is a function of communication, encapsulated in the term, negentropy, in the light of noteworthy initiatives that applied this construct in the pursuit of development goals.

This book will argue that lodging is a hugely ignored, largely invisible but critical sector of housing provision and economic contributor of burgeoning African cities.

This book will argue that lodging is a hugely ignored, largely invisible but critical sector of housing provision and economic contributor of burgeoning African cities.

The China-Pakistan-Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the flagship project of Belt and Road Initiative by China.

This book is the first comprehensive study of the history, nature, and purposes of peace museums, comprising twenty-one essays by a leading authority in the field.

This book presents an integrated international exploration of social well-being from a comparative standpoint: how it is framed, how it is perceived by the people, and how it is exploited by the state.

This book presents an integrated international exploration of social well-being from a comparative standpoint: how it is framed, how it is perceived by the people, and how it is exploited by the state.

This book aims to enhance understanding of the academia, policymakers, and general readers about the development challenges and constraints on long-term economic growth of Pakistan.

This book presents essential insights on the interaction between rising risks and raising the bar for resilience during the climate crisis.

This book presents essential insights on the interaction between rising risks and raising the bar for resilience during the climate crisis.

This volume examines land and resource contestations in the East African Albertine region, where Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania intersect.

The economic and social impact of Covid-19 pandemic both on developing and developed countries has been significant.

This book examines father-son relations and their role in the transfer of forms of masculinity and fathering practices.

This book examines father-son relations and their role in the transfer of forms of masculinity and fathering practices.

Highly informalized cities of the global South are often portrayed as chaotic and out of control - this book reveals a spatial logic of informal urbanism that is central to the economic life and livelihoods of such cities.

Highly informalized cities of the global South are often portrayed as chaotic and out of control - this book reveals a spatial logic of informal urbanism that is central to the economic life and livelihoods of such cities.

Uganda, Ethiopia and Rwanda have figured prominently in the post- Cold War relations between Western donors and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Uganda, Ethiopia and Rwanda have figured prominently in the post- Cold War relations between Western donors and Sub-Saharan Africa.

This edited volume analyzes South Asian public administration and its role in development through the lens of SDG 16.

This edited volume analyzes South Asian public administration and its role in development through the lens of SDG 16.

This book delves into the intricate interplay between climate change and the dynamic shifts in global power structures, focusing on the expanded BRICS.

This book analyses the failure factors of democratic experiences in Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the Republic of Sudan.

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.

This timely and ambitious volume - a product of close research collaboration with the United Nations Multi-Country Office for Micronesia - is conceived as a holistic "e;journey"e; across various domains of progress in a region that, despite fundamental common traits, remains vast and diverse.

The book utilises Gramsci's concepts of hegemony, counter-hegemony, organic intellectuals, and integral state to interrogate how modes of engagement between the state and civil society have contributed to a polarised polity in Zimbabwe, and in turn how this has impacted democratisation processes.

This book explores the relationship of natural and artificial intelligence in our rapidly evolving world.

This book explores the relationship of natural and artificial intelligence in our rapidly evolving world.

This book provides practical guidance on managing international development and aid projects for sustainability and lasting impact on the lives of vulnerable people around the globe.

This book provides practical guidance on managing international development and aid projects for sustainability and lasting impact on the lives of vulnerable people around the globe.

Devant l'uniformisation de la pensee et du cadre de vie, devant l'orientation tendanciellement inhumaine de l'histoire, face aux hypotheques multiples qui pesent sur le devenir individuel et sur le devenir-ensemble des sujets humains, face enfin aux risques de catastrophe pour l'homme, pour les societes et pour la planete tout entiere, n'est-il pas urgent, plus que jamais, de philosopher ?

This book provides a comprehensive look into the development challenges and critical socio-economic issues of the Muslim communities in Uttar Pradesh-India's most populous state and home to one of its largest Muslim populations.

In the years since Independence in 1962, Jamaica's foreign policy has reflectedthe flux and reflux of international affairs.

In the years since Independence in 1962, Jamaica's foreign policy has reflectedthe flux and reflux of international affairs.

This book contributes significantly to the international literature by bringing forth a novel and comprehensive exploration of urban resilience in the face of climate change and environmental pollution.

This book contributes significantly to the international literature by bringing forth a novel and comprehensive exploration of urban resilience in the face of climate change and environmental pollution.

This book is the first comprehensive study of the history, nature, and purposes of peace museums, comprising twenty-one essays by a leading authority in the field.