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Current international development discourse is starting to look at how religion affects globalization, peacebuilding and the environment. But how do the roles, approaches and world …
Presents a basic description of what aid practices are and how they evolved. This book analyzes arguments of both proponents and opponents of aid, along with real-life examples of …
International humanitarian activities have grown enormously in scale over the past ten years. A longside this greater experience, the complex links between humanitarian work and …
The seventh edition of this perennial stalwart of the Kumarian Press list continues the discussion of the ""new American hegemony"" and the ""war on terror"" that began with the …
Excessive government discretion, bribery and abuse of power for private benefit are widespread phenomena in developing countries. This corruption results in hundreds and thousands …
Draws lessons from a companion volume of case studies ( Reasons for Hope: Instructive Experiences in Rural Development ) and from other cases to assist both planners and …
Traces BRAC's evolution from a small relief operation indistinguishable from hundreds of others, into a variegated social experiment in the developing world.
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are widely heralded as an opportunity for the poor to have greater access to information that can help them escape poverty. ICTs …
Using Afghanistan as a pivot, this text illustrates how emerging international ordering practices affect the role and policy of international actors such as United Nations agencies …
Development NGOs and trade unions have much to gain from collaborating in the pursuit of a social justice and rights agenda, yet the two sectors have traditionally tended to …