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  • Seaports and Development

    The Experience of Kenya and Tanzania

    de B. S. Hoyle ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Development
    This book, originally published in 1983, demonstrates the importance of seaports in the growth of less-developed countries. The author focuses on the character of port activity within the context of transport systems and regional economic planning. General principles of port development are illustrated by detailed reference to one Third World port group, that of the Indian Ocean coasts of Kenya ... Leer más

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  • Failing in the Field

    What We Can Learn When Field Research Goes Wrong

    A revealing look at the common causes of failures in randomized control experiments during field reseach—and how to avoid themAll across the social sciences, from development economics to political science departments, researchers are going into the field to collect data and learn about the world. While much has been gained from the successes of randomized controlled trials, stories of failed ... Leer más

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  • Community Development in Asia and the Pacific

    Series series Routledge Studies in Development and Society
    There is a tremendous need for community development practice in the Asia-Pacific region due to its size and prevailing diverse socio-economic, political and cultural needs and issues. Both developed and developing countries have been reemphasizing the importance of community development and have introduced several schemes or programs for overall development. Manohar Pawar familiarizes readers ... Leer más

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  • The Political Economy of Sustainable Development

    Valuation, Distribution, Governance

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The author shows how sustainable development may be organized, valued and distributed by introducing situational contracting as an interactive and contextual mode of governance. Situational contracting provides a road map for where we want to go, serving the prevailing ideology in implementing the trade between efficiency and fairness. ... Leer más

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  • Fair Trade and a Global Commodity

    Coffee in Costa Rica

    Series series Anthropology, Culture and Society
    Fair trade is widely regarded as a universal good. This fascinating anthropological study takes a closer look at a coffee-growing community and cooperatives in Costa Rica - and subjects the fair trade movement to critical scrutiny.As with conventional coffee, Western demand for organic fair trade produce is largely met by more affluent individuals with larger landholdings. As a result, it is ... Leer más

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  • NGOs under Pressure in Partial Democracies

    Over the past decade, international human rights organizations and think tanks have expressed a growing concern that the space of civil society organizations around the world is under pressure. This book examines the pressures experienced by NGOs in four partial democracies: Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia and the Philippines. ... Leer más

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  • When the State Fails

    Studies on Intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War

    Edición de Tunde Zack-Williams ...
    Compared with Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo, the recent western intervention in Sierra Leone has been largely forgotten. When the State Fails rectifies this, providing a comprehensive and critical analysis of the intervention.The civil war in Sierra Leone began in 1991 and was declared officially over in 2002 after UK, UN and regional African military intervention. Some claimed it as a case of ... Leer más

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  • Bauxite Mining in Africa

    Transnational Corporate Governance and Development

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book deals with the consequences of the inclusion of African states and communities in the global aluminium chain. The so-called “New Scramble for Africa” of the 2000s illustrated how seriously African living conditions are affected by continuous cycles of boom and bust, and how strongly the quality of life currently depends on the investment decisions and corporate social responsibility ... Leer más

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  • The Political Economy of Rare Earth Elements

    Rising Powers and Technological Change

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The contributors argue that rare earths are essential to the information technology revolution on which humans have come to depend for communication, commerce, and, increasingly, engage in conflict. They demonstrate that rare earths are a strategic commodity over which political actors will and do struggle for control. ... Leer más

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  • Decentring Development

    Understanding Change in Agrarian Societies

    de T. Jakimow ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The ways we understand processes of agrarian change are pressing issues for policy makers and development practitioners. Interpreting changes in two agrarian societies in India and Indonesia, the author reveals how transformations to self are critical factors shaping change, as well as under-recognized consequences of development initiatives. ... Leer más

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  • Derivatives and Development

    A Political Economy of Global Finance, Farming, and Poverty

    Breger Bush argues that derivatives markets work in the development context as engines of inequality and instability, aggravating poverty among those they are purported to help and highlighting some of the dangers of neoliberal globalization for the poor. ... Leer más

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  • The Economic Roots of Conflict and Cooperation in Africa

    Edición de W. Ascher, N. Mirovitskaya ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book combines overviews of the nature and causes of inter-group violence in North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa with a collection of country case studies. Both the overview chapter and the case studies trace how economic policy initiatives, and consequent changes in the roles and statuses of various groups, shape conflict or cooperation. ... Leer más

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