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  • The Economics of International Development

    Foreign Aid versus Freedom for the World's Poor

    by William Easterly, Sylvie Aboa-Bradwell, Christian Bjørnskov, Abigail Hall-Blanco ...
    Foreign aid and overseas military intervention have been important and controversial political topics for over a decade. The government’s controversial target to spend 0.7 per cent of national income on foreign aid has been widely welcomed by some, but strongly criticised by others. Furthermore, the controversy of the Iraq war rumbles on, even today. This is all happening amongst much instability ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • No Such Thing as a Free Gift

    The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy

    by Linsey McGoey ...
    Philanthro-capitalism: How charity became big businessThe charitable sector is one of the fastest-growing industries in the global economy. Nearly half of the more than 85,000 private foundations in the United States have come into being since the year 2000. Just under 5,000 more were established in 2011 alone. This deluge of philanthropy has helped create a world where billionaires wield more ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Living through Crises: How the Food, Fuel, and Financial Shocks Affect the Poor

    by Rasmus Heltberg, Naomi Hossain, Anna Reva ...
    What did the global food, fuel, and financial crises of 2008-11 mean to people living in the developing world? How did people cope with the crisis and how effective were they at averting major impacts? These are the questions addressed by this book, which emerged out of qualitative crisis monitoring initiatives carried out by IDS and the World Bank. As such, this is not a book about the causes of ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Caring in Crisis? Humanitarianism, the Public and NGOs

    by Irene Bruna Seu, Shani Orgad ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    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. The book highlights what NGOs seek to achieve in their communications and explores how their approach and hopes match or don’t match what the ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • Who Needs Jobs?

    Spreading Poverty or Increasing Welfare

    by P. Lemieux ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    In Who Needs Jobs?, Lemieux explains how jobs are not the goal of economic life and how creating jobs should not be the goal of public policy. He delves into how income and prosperity are created (businesses producing what consumers demand), proposes solutions to the unemployment problem, and provides readers with the knowledge to navigate the jobs discussions of politicians and economists in ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Capability Approach

    From Theory to Practice

    Edited by S. Ibrahim, M. Tiwari ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    How can human capabilities be articulated and promoted in practice? How can the challenges encountered in its application be addressed? This volume answers these research questions through nine country case studies from the Global North and the Global South. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Precarious Enterprise on the Margins

    Work, Poverty, and Homelessness in the City

    by Jessica Gerrard ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores the contemporary conditions of marginal work within the context of persistent unemployment, poverty, and homelessness in wealthy nations. Drawing from research concerning three cities—Melbourne, San Francisco, and London—Jessica Gerrard offers a rich account of one of the most precarious informal forms of work: selling homeless street press (The Big Issue and Street Sheet). ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • The World Bank and Transferring Development

    Policy Movement through Technical Assistance

    by Adrian Robert Bazbauers ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book analyses the World Bank’s provision of technical assistance from 1946 to the present day. It argues that the relational dynamics between technical assistance provider and recipient affects the legitimacy of policy norms travelling from the ‘international’ to the ‘domestic’. Beginning from the constructivist position that ‘development’ is a social construct, the author contends that ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines

    Global Implementation

    Edited by Svein Jentoft, Ratana Chuenpagdee, María José Barragán-Paladines, Nicole Franz ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In June 2014, FAO member-states endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines). These Guidelines are one of the most significant landmarks for small-scale fisheries around the world. They are comprehensive in terms of topics covered, and progressive, with their foundations based on human rights and other key principles. It can be anticipated that ... Read more

    $167.99 CAD

  • Inequality, Poverty and Precarity in Contemporary American Culture

    by Sieglinde Lemke ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book analyzes the discourse generated by pundits, politicians, and artists to examine how poverty and the income gap is framed through specific modes of representation. Set against the dichotomy of the structural narrative of poverty and the opportunity narrative, Lemke's modified concept of precarity reveals new insights into the American situation as well as into the textuality of ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Learning, Capability Building and Innovation for Development

    Edited by G. Dutrénit, K. Lee, R. Nelson, L. Soete, A. Vera-Cruz ...
    Series series EADI Global Development Series
    Today, a large number of scholars studying development understand this process as involving learning and capability building. Capability building is an active, not a passive, process. It requires a purposeful effort from the learner's side, with support and commitment on allocation of time and resources toward learning activities. This process implies the possibility of failure as well as success, ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • The World Bank Group A to Z 2015

    by World Bank Group ...
    Series series The World Bank Group A to Z
    The World Bank Group A to Z provides the most concise and essential information about the mission, policies, procedures, products, and services of the new World Bank Group. With more than 280 entries arranged in encyclopedic A-to-Z format, readers can easily find up-to-date information about the five agencies of the World Bank Group and the wide range of areas in which they work: from agriculture, ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD