Development Studies
This outstanding study focuses on the growth of microfinance in the context of social and economic change—and upheavals—in developing countries. Rather than relying on More >
John Clark explores increasingly important role that both Northern and Southern NGOs play in efforts to assist the poor in achieving development, democracy, and justice. More >
Excessive government discretion, greed, and the abuse of power for private gain are widespread phenomena in developing countries, denying citizens the critical services that they are More >
After the 1994 Real Plan ended fourteen years of high inflation in Brazil, the country’s economy was expected—mistakenly—to grow quickly. Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira More >
Can local, small-scale development successes can be scaled up to create wider, long-term benefits? Focusing on this question, the chapters in Development and Agroforestry, drawn from the More >
The authors of Development and Cities focus on the political, social, and economic viability of new or alternative approaches to urban management in the South that aim to increase More >
Humanitarian intervention invariably rubs shoulders with politics—awkwardly, and sometimes with tragic results. Development and Humanitarianism draws from the contents of the More >
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As development NGOs and aid agencies embrace the idea of "becoming a learning organization," they are increasingly concerned with issues of knowledge generation. This collection, More >
Presenting both analytical chapters and case studies ranging from El Salvador, to Kenya, to Timor-Leste, the authors of Development and the Private Sector explore how the private sector can More >
The fifth edition of this classic reader retains many of the articles that have made the book a must-assign for classes on development and political economy, but has been updated with 14 new More >
The contributors to Development Brokers and Translators, all anthropologists with practical experience in development work, show how ethnography can be an indispensable tool for More >
Although scholars and practitioners have identified explicit structural impediments that constrain countries' efforts to alleviate poverty and promote sustainable social development, More >
Many aid agencies advocate approaches to development that are people-centered, participatory, empowering, and gender-fair. This volume explores the middle ground between such values-based More >
