Concerned primarily with statistical data, this text aims to provide a guide to the nature, uses, availability and limitations of the main data sources for interpreting and undertaking regional studies of economic activity. It also considers the methods used for the collection of this data.
Western ideas, worldviews, actors, tools, models, and frameworks have long dominated development theory and practice in Africa. This book gives a plat..
This book provides an extended analysis of how resource extraction projects stimulate social, cultural and economic change in indigenous communities. ..
This book discusses alternative development and its relevance for local/global processes of marginalization and change in the Global South. It questio..
This book presents up-to-date research results on LEADER’s achievements and restrictions at the local level in a comparative way in order to discuss i..
Examining the experiences of the international community of batik producers, this book studies individual and collective activities and the emergence ..
Global Finance and Development describes and explains the variety of relationships between finance and development. Finance is broken down into its va..
This volume re-imagines development through a careful and imaginative exploration of some of the many ways that culture – in the broadest sense of liv..
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Latin American development in the twenty-first century. It provides detailed and accessible informa..
This is an indispensable career guide for everyone wanting to work in or already working in the international development and humanitarian emergencies..
Does poverty lead to environmental degradation? Do degraded environments and natural resources lead to poverty? Or are there other forces at play? Is ..
First published in 1988, this reissue presents a comprehensive overview of contemporary developments and research into the geography of the Third Worl..
This volume addresses the question: to what extent and under what conditions does international migration contribute to local and national development..