Development Studies

This book, a valuable resource for postgraduate students of development economics and political economy, examines all the current issues surrounding free trade in Latin America and brings together some of the world’s leading experts...

This review of policy and practice in relation to women's lives in social and economic terms in America, Africa and Asia raises questions about planning and the empowerment of women. It presents ten case studies of women's lives and coping strategies in the Third World...

Provides a cross-cultural perspective on research on women's work in South Asia, examining how policy makers frequently ignore their economic role despite the work being a central part of the social and economic aspirations of the country...

This significant text examines the factors, both internal and external to the World Bank that have influenced its urban development agenda, and is essential reading for those involved in the areas of urban and development studies...

Explaining the essential political character of hunger, Young exposes popular myths and identifies positive changes where prevailing inequalities and ideologies are challenged, making a world where hunger is history foreseeable...

With frontline reports from around the world World in Crisis explores many of the issues at the heart of contemporary humanitarian aid and highlights what can be done to alleviate human suffering in the future...