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  • A Geography of the Third World

    The label of "Third World" covers half the land surface and three quarters of the population of the planet. The problems and potential of this region and its peoples are attracting increasing concern and interest. Fully revised and updated this edition includes: * a wealth of photographic and line illustrations * boxed case studies * chapter summaries * guides to further reading Issues of ... Leer más

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  • Population and Development

    de W.T.S. Gould ...
    Series series Routledge Perspectives on Development
    The new edition of Population and Development offers an up-to-date perspective on one of the critical issues at the heart of the problems of development for all countries, and especially those that seek to implement major economic and social change: the reflexive relationships between a country’s population and its development. How does population size, distribution, age structure and skill base ... Leer más

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    The Battle for the Future of Farming

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  • The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa

    Series series National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century
    Endowed with natural resources, majestic bodies of fresh water, and a relatively mild climate, the Great Lakes region of Central Africa has also been the site of some of the world's bloodiest atrocities. In Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo-Kinshasa, decades of colonial subjugation—most infamously under Belgium's Leopold II—were followed by decades of civil warfare that spilled into neighboring ... Leer más

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  • Dynamic Sustainabilities

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  • Reclaiming Development

    An Alternative Economic Policy Manual

    Series series Global Issues
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  • The Future of African Peace Operations

    From the Janjaweed to Boko Haram

    Series series Africa Now
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  • NGOs in India

    The challenges of women's empowerment and accountability

    de Patrick Kilby ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
    A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via www.tandfebooks.com as well as the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license and is part of the OAPEN-UK research project.By examining how NGOs operate in Southern India in the early 2000’s, this book discusses the challenges ... Leer más

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  • Africa's Return Migrants

    The New Developers?

    Series series Africa Now
    Many African migrants residing abroad nurture a hope to one day return, at least temporarily, to their home country. In the wake of economic crises in the developed world, alongside rapid economic growth in parts of Africa, the impetus to 'return' is likely to increase. Such returnees are often portrayed as agents of development, bringing with them capital, knowledge and skills as well as ... Leer más

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  • Ebola

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  • Brazil Emerging

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  • Planning and Design for Sustainable Urban Mobility

    Global Report on Human Settlements 2013

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