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Book SynopsisThis Handbook considers the myths and untruths that currently exist in international development and education. Using historic and contemporary evidence, this compendium redefines the international development narrative through a new understanding of 'what works', drawn from pragmatic ideas and approaches.Collaborative efforts from esteemed academics and practitioners outline the current plans to improve systems and offer better outcomes for the poor. The resultant sections offer a new direction for policy renewal and research development in education. These twenty-eight chapters are therefore a reflection of how modern developing economies operate within a diverse economic, cultural and ethical landscape. They represent an important argument in light of the quest to achieve 'quality education for all'; discuss poverty reduction strategies; and offer innovative vistas for future development in research, policy and practice.Offering real policy initiatives, this Handbook provides researchers, practitioners and policymakers with essential up-to-date information, including empirical evidence for replication or implementation. It is also a valuable resource for students and those involved in international development and education.Contributors: J. Alwindi, T. Andrabi, M. Aslam, G. Ayittey, J. Centenera, C.J. Counihan, J. Das, P. Dixon, A.J. Egalite, G. Elacqua, O.I. Eshiet, E.A. Hanushek, J. Härmä, D. Hawker, S.P. Heyneman, S. Humble, A.I. Khwaja, J. Kimmitt, M. Latham, D. Longfield, M. Martinez, J.G. Maree, P. Marshall, S. Mitra, E. Mpofu, K. Ntinda, T. Oakland, V. Pota, B. Rangaraj, S. Rawal, H. Santos, E.G. Seeco, B. Snowdon, J. Stanfield, J. Stern, J. Tooley, L. Woessman, P. WolfTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION 1. Introduction to Part 1 Pauline Dixon 2. The Economic Impact of Educational Quality Eric A. Hanushek and Ludger Woessman 3. Development and Education Stephen Heyneman and Jonathan Stern 4. The Role of Human Capital in Economic Development Brian Snowdon PART II EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 5. Introduction to Part II Steve Humble 6. Delivering Education: A Pragmatic Framework for Improving Education in Low Income Countries Tahi Andrabi, Jishnu Das and Asim Ijaz Khwaja 7. Affordable Learning: Transforming Education at the Bottom of the Pyramid James Stanfield 8. The Private Schools Revolution in Patna, Bihar, India James Tooley and Baladevan Rangaraju 9. Private Schooling for Development: A Review Joanna Härmä 10. Low Cost Private Schools in the Slums of Colombia Joni Alwindi 11. Improving the Status and Quality of Teachers in Developing Countries Vikas Pota 12. Education in Post Conflict Zones: A Case Study of South Sudan David Longfield PART III PEDAGOGY AND POLICY FOR DEVELOPMENT 13. Introduction to Part III Chris Counihan 14. Teachers – An Indispensable Asset: Examining Teacher Effectiveness in South Asia Monazza Aslam and Shenila Rawal 15. Teaching Reading Skills through Synthetic Phonics: An Example from Nigeria Olubusola I. Eshiet 16. Endogenous Education in India and the Implications of Universal Peer Teaching in the 19th Century Chris Counihan 17. Baseline Assessment in an International Context David Hawker 18. Locality, Observability and Community Action (LOCUM) in Test Development and use in Emerging Education Settings Elias Mpofu, Thomas Oakland, Kati Ntinda, Jacobus G. Maree and Elizabeth G. Seeco 19. In Search of Human Capital – Identifying Gifted Children in Poor Areas of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Steve Humble 20. From Hole in the Wall to School in the Cloud Sugata Mitra PART IV ACCESS, AID AND FINANCING EDUCATION 21. Introduction to Part IV Pauline Dixon 22. Why Africa Remains Poor George Ayittey 23. Voucher Policies and the Response of for Profit and Religious Schools: Evidence from Chile Gregory Elacqua, Matias Marinez and Humberto Santos 24. Examining the Role of the Entrepreneur in Development and Education Jonathan Kimmett 25. Private School Choice in Developing Countries: Experimental Results from Delhi, India Patrick Wolf, Anna J. Egalite and Pauline Dixon 26. International Aid and Schooling for the Poor Pauline Dixon, Steve Humble and Paul Marshall 27. Formulating The Recipe for the Ideal Low-Cost Private School – Hints on the Ingredients James Centenera 28. Community Participation and School Based Management Michael Latham Index

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Book SynopsisThe importance of community-based and participatory approaches to rural development in developing countries has long been emphasized. Local Societies and Rural Development demonstrates how rural people, who are economically and politically weak as individuals, can only participate in development projects when they are collectively organized. With the input of expert collaborators in the field, this book identifies the local social mechanisms that motivate and control people's self-organizing activities.Through their use of typology and case studies the contributors identify the mechanisms through which rural people can best organize themselves to meet their development requirements. With the understanding that social context matters, the authors propose a method that both researchers and practitioners of rural society can apply to their work.Providing a unique and enlightening perspective on rural development, this book will be of value to academics interested in development, regional and rural studies, particularly those who are interested in researching collective action in community-based societies. It will also appeal to practitioners in the field including planners and front-line workers.Contributors: A. Hayama, M. Iwai, I. Okamoto, S. Shigetomi, M. Shimagami, A. Venkateswarlu, N. YamadaTable of ContentsContents: List of Contributors Preface 1. Local Societies and Rural People’s Self-organizing Activities: An analytical framework Shinichi Shigetomi and Ikuko Okamoto PART I LOCALITY GROUPS AND HOST ORGANIZATIONS IN LOCAL SOCIETY 2. Composition of Locality Groups as the Basis for Local Social Systems: A Case of Rural Thailand Shinichi Shigetomi 3. Rural Development in Multi-layered Local System: A Case of Poverty Reduction Program in Central Vietnam Misaki Iwai 4. Organizing Community Forestry in Rural Myanmar: Capability and Functions of Villages Ikuko Okamoto PART II LOCAL SOCIETY AND ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS 5. Organizational Responses of Local Societies in Regional Diversity: Case Study of a Microfinance Project in Rural Indonesia Motoko Shimagami 6. Forms of Collective Actions in a Dyadically Woven Local Society: Case of the Philippines Atsuko Hayama 7. Common Fund Procurement through Rent Collection: A Form of Collective Action for Public Works and Public Services in Indian Villages Akina Venkateswarlu and Shinichi Shigetomi 8. Communal Resource Driven Rural Development: The Salient Feature of Organizational Activities in Chinese Villages Nanae Yamada PART III CONCLUSION 9. Propositions for Understanding Local Society Shinichi Shigetomi Index

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Book Synopsis'This Handbook is a long-needed, comprehensive examination of fair trade's multifaceted and shifting coordinates by leading scholars from a wide range of disciplines. An invaluable resource for researchers and students alike.'- Daniel Jaffee, Portland State University'Raynolds and Bennett have done a major service with this excellent Handbook, providing a sweeping overview of the past quarter century of fair trade work and research. The book offers wide-ranging insights from top experts concerned with theory and practice, and careful attention to fair trade's gains and losses. It will be of great interest to practitioners, activists, and scholars, and bound to be a cornerstone for the next phase of fair trade work and research.'- Gavin Fridell, Saint Mary's University, CanadaFair trade critiques the historical inequalities inherent in international trade and seeks to promote social justice by creating alternative networks linking marginalized producers (typically in the global South) with progressive consumers (typically in the global North). This unique and wide-ranging Handbook analyzes key topics in fair trade, illuminating major theoretical and empirical issues, assessing existing research, evaluating central debates and identifying critical unanswered questions.The first of its kind, this volume brings together 43 of the foremost fair trade scholars from around the world and across the social sciences. The Handbook serves as both a comprehensive overview and in-depth guide to dominant perspectives and concerns. Chapters analyze the rapidly growing fair trade movement and market, exploring diverse initiatives and organizations, production and consumption regions, and food and cultural products.Written for those new to fair trade as well as those well versed in this domain, the Handbook is an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners interested in global regulation, multi-stakeholder initiatives, social and environmental certification, ethical labeling, consumer activism and international development.Contributors: C.M. Bacon, G. Balineau, L. Becchetti, E.A. Bennett, V. Bezençon, K. Brown, S. Brown, S. Castriota, P. Conzo, E. Davenport, B. Doherty, C. Getz , M.K. Goodman, N. Greenfield, A. Herman, A. Hughes, B. Huybrechts, J. Keahey, R. Le Velly, A. Linton, M.A. Littrell, W. Low, S. Lyon, R. Makita, A.M. Martin, H. Maryanski, M. McConway, G. Moore, T. Mutersbaugh, V. Nelson, L.T. Raynolds, D. Reed, M-C. Renard, R.A. Rice, L. Riisgaard, C. Rosty, A.M. Smith, S. Smith, D. Stevis, S. Suranovic, A. Tallontire, P. Utting, B.R. WilsonTrade Review'Fairtrade is at a cross roads. It faces the challenges of managing successful rapid expansion in scale and scope, and tensions within the movement over whether its founding principles are compromised by mainstream commercial engagement. This handbook brings together an excellent set of critical contributions at the cutting edge of research on fair trade. They provide a wide range of perspectives and insights into different conceptual approaches and empirical case studies covering a variety of products, issues and regions. The handbook is vital reading for all academics, students and practitioners with an interest in fair trade and its future advance in a rapidly changing world.' --Stephanie Barrientos, University of Manchester, UK'This is an important contribution to building the research field of fair trade globally. The contributions significantly move a range of important debates forward and offer a state-of-the-art account of this most significant sector within ethical consumption' --Alex Nicholls, Said Business School and Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, UK'Handbook of Research on Fair Trade is a critically important and highly recommended addition to governmental, NGO, and academic library International Economics reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists.' --The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION: FAIRTRADE 1. Introduction to Research on Fair Trade Laura T. Raynolds and Elizabeth A. Bennett 2. Fair Trade: Movement and Markets Laura T. Raynolds and Nicholas Greenfield PART II THE FAIR TRADE MOVEMENT 3. The Meaning of Fair Trade Steven Suranovic 4. Corporate Accountability, Fair Trade and Multi-stakeholder Regulation Peter Utting 5. Fairtrade International Governance Elizabeth A. Bennett 6. Global Labor Politics and Fair Trade Dimitris Stevis 7. Fairtrade Certification, Conventions and Labor Lone Riisgaard 8. Connections in Fair Trade Food Networks Michael K. Goodman and Agatha Herman 9. Consumer Politics, Political Consumption and Fair Trade Keith Brown 10. Domestic Fair Trade in the United States Sandy Brown and Christy Getz 11. Fair Trade Places Alastair M. Smith PART III THE BUSINESS OF FAIR TRADE 12. Cooperatives, Corporations and Fair Trade Darryl Reed 13. Fair Trade and Social Enterprise Benjamin Huybrechts 14. Local Fair Trade Organizations and Institutional Logics Manush McConway and Geoff Moore 15. Fair Trade and Mainstreaming Ronan LeVelly 16. Fair Trade Certification, Performance and Practice Bradley R.Wilson and Tad Mutersbaugh 17. Retailers, Corporate Ethics and Fair Trade Alex Hughes 18. Fairtrade International and the European Market Bob Doherty, Valéry Bezençon and Gaëlle Balineau 19. The US Market and Fair Trade Certified April Linton and Claudia Rosty PART IV FAIR TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 20. Fair Trade, Peace and Development in Conflict Zones Eileen Davenport and William Low 21. Fair Trade and Development in African Agriculture Anne Tallontire 22. Fair Trade Coffee and Environmental Sustainability in Latin America Christopher M. Bacon, Robert A. Rice and Hannah Maryanski 23. Fair Trade and Women’s Empowerment Sally Smith 24. Fair Trade and Indigenous Communities in Latin America Sarah Lyon 25. Fair Trade and Racial Equity in Africa Jennifer Keahey 26. Fair Trade and Artisans Mary A. Littrell 27. Fair Trade for Small Farmer Cooperatives in Latin America Marie-Christine Renard 28. Fair trade and Plantation Workers in Asia Rie Makita 29. Fair Trade International’s Multi-dimensional Impacts in Africa Valerie Nelson and Adrienne Martin 30. Quantative Analysis of the Impacts of Fair Trade Leonardo Becchetti, Stefano Castriota and Pierluiga Conzo Index

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Book Synopsis'This Handbook is a long-needed, comprehensive examination of fair trade's multifaceted and shifting coordinates by leading scholars from a wide range of disciplines. An invaluable resource for researchers and students alike.'- Daniel Jaffee, Portland State University'Raynolds and Bennett have done a major service with this excellent Handbook, providing a sweeping overview of the past quarter century of fair trade work and research. The book offers wide-ranging insights from top experts concerned with theory and practice, and careful attention to fair trade's gains and losses. It will be of great interest to practitioners, activists, and scholars, and bound to be a cornerstone for the next phase of fair trade work and research.'- Gavin Fridell, Saint Mary's University, CanadaFair trade critiques the historical inequalities inherent in international trade and seeks to promote social justice by creating alternative networks linking marginalized producers (typically in the global South) with progressive consumers (typically in the global North). This unique and wide-ranging Handbook analyzes key topics in fair trade, illuminating major theoretical and empirical issues, assessing existing research, evaluating central debates and identifying critical unanswered questions.The first of its kind, this volume brings together 43 of the foremost fair trade scholars from around the world and across the social sciences. The Handbook serves as both a comprehensive overview and in-depth guide to dominant perspectives and concerns. Chapters analyze the rapidly growing fair trade movement and market, exploring diverse initiatives and organizations, production and consumption regions, and food and cultural products.Written for those new to fair trade as well as those well versed in this domain, the Handbook is an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners interested in global regulation, multi-stakeholder initiatives, social and environmental certification, ethical labeling, consumer activism and international development.Contributors: C.M. Bacon, G. Balineau, L. Becchetti, E.A. Bennett, V. Bezençon, K. Brown, S. Brown, S. Castriota, P. Conzo, E. Davenport, B. Doherty, C. Getz , M.K. Goodman, N. Greenfield, A. Herman, A. Hughes, B. Huybrechts, J. Keahey, R. Le Velly, A. Linton, M.A. Littrell, W. Low, S. Lyon, R. Makita, A.M. Martin, H. Maryanski, M. McConway, G. Moore, T. Mutersbaugh, V. Nelson, L.T. Raynolds, D. Reed, M-C. Renard, R.A. Rice, L. Riisgaard, C. Rosty, A.M. Smith, S. Smith, D. Stevis, S. Suranovic, A. Tallontire, P. Utting, B.R. WilsonTrade Review'Fairtrade is at a cross roads. It faces the challenges of managing successful rapid expansion in scale and scope, and tensions within the movement over whether its founding principles are compromised by mainstream commercial engagement. This handbook brings together an excellent set of critical contributions at the cutting edge of research on fair trade. They provide a wide range of perspectives and insights into different conceptual approaches and empirical case studies covering a variety of products, issues and regions. The handbook is vital reading for all academics, students and practitioners with an interest in fair trade and its future advance in a rapidly changing world.' --Stephanie Barrientos, University of Manchester, UK'This is an important contribution to building the research field of fair trade globally. The contributions significantly move a range of important debates forward and offer a state-of-the-art account of this most significant sector within ethical consumption' --Alex Nicholls, Said Business School and Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, UK'Handbook of Research on Fair Trade is a critically important and highly recommended addition to governmental, NGO, and academic library International Economics reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists.' --The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION: FAIRTRADE 1. Introduction to Research on Fair Trade Laura T. Raynolds and Elizabeth A. Bennett 2. Fair Trade: Movement and Markets Laura T. Raynolds and Nicholas Greenfield PART II THE FAIR TRADE MOVEMENT 3. The Meaning of Fair Trade Steven Suranovic 4. Corporate Accountability, Fair Trade and Multi-stakeholder Regulation Peter Utting 5. Fairtrade International Governance Elizabeth A. Bennett 6. Global Labor Politics and Fair Trade Dimitris Stevis 7. Fairtrade Certification, Conventions and Labor Lone Riisgaard 8. Connections in Fair Trade Food Networks Michael K. Goodman and Agatha Herman 9. Consumer Politics, Political Consumption and Fair Trade Keith Brown 10. Domestic Fair Trade in the United States Sandy Brown and Christy Getz 11. Fair Trade Places Alastair M. Smith PART III THE BUSINESS OF FAIR TRADE 12. Cooperatives, Corporations and Fair Trade Darryl Reed 13. Fair Trade and Social Enterprise Benjamin Huybrechts 14. Local Fair Trade Organizations and Institutional Logics Manush McConway and Geoff Moore 15. Fair Trade and Mainstreaming Ronan LeVelly 16. Fair Trade Certification, Performance and Practice Bradley R.Wilson and Tad Mutersbaugh 17. Retailers, Corporate Ethics and Fair Trade Alex Hughes 18. Fairtrade International and the European Market Bob Doherty, Valéry Bezençon and Gaëlle Balineau 19. The US Market and Fair Trade Certified April Linton and Claudia Rosty PART IV FAIR TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 20. Fair Trade, Peace and Development in Conflict Zones Eileen Davenport and William Low 21. Fair Trade and Development in African Agriculture Anne Tallontire 22. Fair Trade Coffee and Environmental Sustainability in Latin America Christopher M. Bacon, Robert A. Rice and Hannah Maryanski 23. Fair Trade and Women’s Empowerment Sally Smith 24. Fair Trade and Indigenous Communities in Latin America Sarah Lyon 25. Fair Trade and Racial Equity in Africa Jennifer Keahey 26. Fair Trade and Artisans Mary A. Littrell 27. Fair Trade for Small Farmer Cooperatives in Latin America Marie-Christine Renard 28. Fair trade and Plantation Workers in Asia Rie Makita 29. Fair Trade International’s Multi-dimensional Impacts in Africa Valerie Nelson and Adrienne Martin 30. Quantative Analysis of the Impacts of Fair Trade Leonardo Becchetti, Stefano Castriota and Pierluiga Conzo Index

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Book SynopsisAurora Plomer explores international human rights, and its relevance to battles over intellectual property and science. Her work highlights the need for the benefits of scientific research to be fairly and equitably shared. Her work is an important original contribution to the literature on intellectual property, human rights, and the sociology of science.'- Matthew Rimmer, Queensland University of Technology, Australia'This remarkable book highlights and analyzes the inherent tensions and complementarities of patents with access to science, as materialized in the most prominent international human rights agreements. A must-read for anyone interested in one of the most crucial and debated questions of intellectual property, examined here from the perspective of its fascinating but complex interactions with human rights.'- Christophe Geiger, University of Strasbourg, France'The relationship between patents, human rights and science raises fundamental questions for innovation and for access to the benefits of scientific endeavour. Yet the complexities of the underlying science and legal environment in which it operates cannot be underestimated. Aurora Plomer deftly navigates this terrain with great clarity and skill. The resulting book is timely, accessible and a thorough scholarly work that demystifies and throws new light on the interface between science and the law.'- Duncan Matthews, Queen Mary University of London, UKThe new millennium has been described as 'the century of biology', but scientific progress and access to medicines has been marred by global disputes over ownership of the science by universities and private companies. This book examines the challenges posed by the modern patent system to the right of everyone to access the benefits of science in international law.Aurora Plomer retraces the genesis and evolution of the key Articles in the UN system (Article 27 UDHR and Article 15 ICESCR). She combines the historiography of these Articles with a novel perspective on the moral foundations of rights of access to science to draw out implications for today's controversies on patents in the life-sciences. The analysis suggests that access to science as a fundamental right requires both freedom from political and religious interference and the existence of enabling research institutions and educational facilities which promote the flow of knowledge through transparent and open structures. From this perspective, the global patent system is shown to fail spectacularly when it comes to the human rights ideal of universal access to science. The book concludes that a fundamental restructuring of patent institutions is required, in which democratic oversight of patent policies would ensure meaningful realization of the right of everyone to access the benefits of science.Students and scholars of international law, particularly those focusing on intellectual property and human rights, will find this book to be of considerable interest. It will also be of use to practitioners in the field.Trade Review‘Aurora Plomer explores international human rights, and its relevance to battles over intellectual property and science. Her work highlights the need for the benefits of scientific research to be fairly and equitably shared. Her work is an important original contribution to the literature on intellectual property, human rights, and the sociology of science.’ -- Matthew Rimmer, Queensland University of Technology, Australia‘This remarkable book highlights and analyzes the inherent tensions and complementarities of patents with access to science, as materialized in the most prominent international human rights agreements. A must-read for anyone interested in one of the most crucial and debated questions of intellectual property, examined here from the perspective of its fascinating but complex interactions with human rights.’ -- Christophe Geiger, University of Strasbourg, France‘In sum, Patents, Human Rights and Access to Science is an excellent book that scholars interested in the interplay of intellectual property, science and human rights should add to their reading list. Plomer is manifestly passionate about instituting significant reform in the global patent system to facilitate democratic oversight of patent policies and their compliance with human rights, and to ensure meaningful realisation of the right of everyone to access the benefits of science. Her argument is compelling. Let us hope that the international agencies created to defend universal human rights, as well committed individuals, patent offices, courts, non-governmental organisations and companies across the globe, work together to heed the sage advice offered in this book.’ -- SCRIPT-ed – the Online Law and Technology Journal‘This book offers an innovative and insightful reflection on the interplay between fundamental human rights and the intellectual property regime. It builds on Amartya Sen's theory of human capabilities in offering a fresh analysis of the the tension between the rights of inventors and the public interest in access to the benefits of science. The timeliness of this contribution is underscored by the growing scope of 'patentability' over genetic material and other life forms permitted by patent offices and superior courts in the United States and in Europe, as well as the entrenchment of corporate power at the expense of basic health needs through the extension and enforcement of intellectual property rights over essential medicines. Professor Plomer's argument for greater consideration of the public dimension is secured by her impressive archival study of the drafting history of the Article 27 Universal Declaration on Human Rights and Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.’ -- John Harrington, Cardiff University, UK‘The relationship between patents, human rights and science raises fundamental questions for innovation and for access to the benefits of scientific endeavour. Yet the complexities of the underlying science and legal environment in which it operates cannot be underestimated. Aurora Plomer deftly navigates this terrain with great clarity and skill. The resulting book is timely, accessible and a thorough scholarly work that demystifies and throws new light on the interface between science and the law.’ -- Duncan Matthews, Queen Mary University of London, UK‘We are indebted, indeed, to Aurora Plomer for writing this book and for saying out loud and clearly the most important thing that needs to be said: we might be where we are, and it might not be the ideal place to be, but we should all – patent lawyers, scientists and citizens – take human rights seriously.’ -- Law, Innovation and TechnologyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Patents, Profits and the Public 2. The Moral Architecture of Human Rights and Rights of Access to Science 3. The Human Rights Paradox: Intellectual Property Rights and Rights of Access to Science 4. From Moral Ideals to Legal Obligations: The Genesis of Article 15 ICESCR 5. The UN’s Official Thinking on Article 15(1)(c) 6. UNESCO : Biotechnology, Bioethics and the Rights to Share in the Benefits of Science 7. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThe role of social capital in regional development is a multifaceted topic which is studied all over the world using various methods and across numerous disciplines. It has long been evident that social capital is important for regional development, however, it is less clear how this works in practice. Do all types of social capital have the same effects and are different kinds of regions impacted in the same way? This book is the first to offer an overview of this rapidly expanding field of research and to thoroughly analyze the complex issue of social capital and regional development.The authoritative and original chapters, written by leading scholars from around the world, combine theory and new empirical research to analyze various types of regions from metropolitan to rural. A particular focus is on entrepreneurship and the social capital of enterprises, whilst the role of social capital for modern governance and planning is also highlighted. The different components of social capital and data availability are also treated in depth. This handbook is an ideal resource for students and scholars studying social capital, social networks, and regional growth and development.It also offers great insight for policymaker and planners in the fields of urban, regional and rural development.Contributors include: M. Andersson, P. Arenius, R.E. Bolton, N. Bosma, A. Christoforou, M. Emmelin, M. Eriksson, M.P. Feldman, E. Ferragina, R. Franzén, M. Fritsch, T. Hatori, D. Iriwati, B. Johannisson, B. Johansson, L. King, K. Kobayashi, J.P. Larsson, M. Lindberg, M. Ljunggren, J. Peiró-Palomino, E. Pisani, J. Poot, Y. Pu, M. Ramírez Pasillas, M. Roskruge, R. Rutten, V. Schutjens, E. Setiawan, T.F. Slaper, M.F. Thompson, E. Tortosa-Ausina, B. Volker, J. Wernberg, H. Westlund, M. Wyrwich, A. Xiong, T.D. ZollerTrade Review'In the Handbook of Social Capital and Regional Development, Westlund and Larsson have gathered a truly impressive list of experts on how social capital - an often neglected topic - shapes economic development. A must for all those interested in understanding the dynamics of regional development processes.' --Andres Rodriguez-Pose, London School of Economics, UK'Research into the role played by social capital in shaping and fostering regional development is burgeoning, and rightly so. Many previously opaque and little-understood aspects of local development processes and mechanisms are now increasingly coming to light due to our growing understanding of social capital. This has led to both major empirical and theoretical breakthroughs, many of which are reflected and articulated in this excellent volume, comprising some of the very best scholars in the field. This is a valuable resource for all scholars working on these topics.' --Philip McCann, University of Groningen, the Netherlands'This excellent volume combines a rich set of papers linking space and social relationships. It reminds everyone who studies entrepreneurship that entrepreneurs exist in a place - and derive strength from their social networks. This provides a wide view of the exciting world of spatial research in the 21st century.' --Edward Glaeser, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsContents: 1. Social Capital and Regional Development: An Introduction Hans Westlund and Johan P. Larsson 2. Social Capital and Networks in Spatial Economies Börje Johansson PART I ASPECTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP 3. Local Social Entrepreneurship and Social Capital Niels Bosma, Veronique Schutjens and Beate Volker 4. Does Persistence in Start-up Activity Reflect Persistence in Social Capital? Michael Fritsch and Michael Wyrwich 5. Women’s Entrepreneurship and Social Capital Pia Arenius and Riikka Franzén 6. Dealmakers in Place: Social Capital Connections in Regional Entrepreneurial Economies Maryann P. Feldman and Ted Douglas Zoller 7. Social Capital and the Economics of Cities Martin Andersson, Johan P. Larsson and Joakim Wernberg 8. Indonesian Entrepreneurs in the UK: A Social Capital Perspective on Challenges and Opportunities of Migrant Entrepreneurs Eddy Setiawan, Dessy Irawati and Roel Rutten 9. Social Capital, Entrepreneurship and Living Standards: Differences Between Migrants and the Native Born Matthew Roskruge, Jacques Poot and Laura King PART II MEASUREMENT AND REGIONAL PERFORMANCE 10. The Social Capital of European Regions Emanuele Ferragina 11. Social Capital and Regional Economic Performance: A Study Across U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas Michael F. Thompson and Timothy F. Slaper 12. Social Capital and Income Convergence in European Regions Jesús Peiró-Palomino and Emili Tortosa-Ausina PART III ASPECTS OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 13. Challenges and Opportunities for Local Development Initiatives to Influence Social Capital for Health Promotion Purposes: Theoretical and Empirical Support Malin Eriksson and Maria Emmelin 14. Social Capital and Rural Development in Southern European Regions: The Case of EU-funded LEADER Projects Asimina Christoforou and Elena Pisani 15. Research on Social Capital and Regional Development in China: What Has Been Done So Far and What Should be Done in Future Ailun Xiong and Yongjian Pu PART IV GOVERNANCE, STRATEGIES AND PLANNING 16. Social Capital and Regional Learning Governance: A Japanese Perspective Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Tsuyoshi Hatori 17. Clusters as a Take-Off for Glocal Strategies: the Role of Social Capital Bengt Johannisson, Marcela Ramirez-Pasillas and Malin Lindberg 18. A Habermas-inspired Approach to Social Capital in Regional Planning Roger E. Bolton 19. Researchers’ Role in Regional Development – Collaboration and Social Capital in Swedish Higher Education Institutions Maria Ljunggren Index

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Book SynopsisIn this important book, Kathy Pain and Gilles Van Hamme bring together a prestigious group of contributors to provide a systematic assessment of the dynamic, multi-scale network restructuring and spaces of flows associated with globalization that have shaped Europe's contemporary position in the world during the past decade.The book examines the changing relations of cities and regions in Europe in a global perspective both through its position in the international division of labour and in different types of networks and flows: trade of goods; advanced services and finance - stock exchange and office real estate investments; human; knowledge; and maritime - and considers how European territories are being unequally impacted by these trends. A distinctive feature of the research results presented is their specific empirical focus on the functional and economic relations of cities and regions in globalization and how these relate to territorial structures in a spatial context.Providing in-depth reflection on territorial policies in Europe in a global context and pointing to a basic contradiction between EU economic and spatial strategies to promote sustainable growth alongside socio-territorial equity, this volume will appeal to scholars, students and researchers with interests in urban and regional planning, spatial and economic development and globalization. It also has strong relevance for government policy makers at the state, regional and local levels, as well as professional practitioners in a wide variety of disciplines.Contributors: B. Derudder, C. Ducruet, M. Hoyler, O. Joly, V. Jurie, M. Le Cam, C. Lizieri, P. Medina Lockhart, A. Montanari, K. Pain, D. Pelckmans, Y. Richard, P. Roukova, M. Sainteville, B. Staniscia, P. Taylor, G. Van Hamme, S. Vinciguerra, P. Warda, I. WertzTable of ContentsContents: PART I: EXPLORING THE EUROPEAN SPACE IN A CHANGING GLOBAL CONTEXT 1. Theoretical and Methodological Challenges Kathy Pain and Gilles Van Hamme PART II: POSITIONING EUROPE IN THE WORLD 2. Europe as a Global Actor – Between Decline and Inconsistency Kathy Pain, Yann Richard and Gilles Van Hamme 3. European Countries and Regions in the International Division of Labour Pablo Medina-Lockhart, Poli Roukova, Gilles Van Hamme and Peter Warda 4. Europe and its Territories in Global Human Flows Armando Montanari and Barbara Staniscia PART III: ANALYZING EUROPE’S GLOBAL NETWORK RELATIONS 5. European Cities in Global Networks César Ducruet, Violaine Jurie, Marine Le Cam, Kathy Pain, Maude Sainteville, Sandra Vinciguerra, Gilles Van Hamme and Isaline Wertz 6. European Cities in Advanced Producer Services and Real Estate Capital Flows: A Dynamic Perspective Michael Hoyler, Colin Lizieri, Kathy Pain, Peter Taylor and Sandra Vinciguerra, Ben Derudder and Daan Pelckmans 7. European Stock Markets in the Arena of Financial Globalization Violaine Jurie and Maude Sainteville 8. Europe in Global Maritime Flows: Gateways, Forelands and Subnetworks César Ducruet, Olivier Joly and Marine Le Cam PART IV: FROM THE EUROPEAN SPACE OF FLOWS TO RESILIENT TERRITORIAL POLICY 9. Territorial Performance and Position in the Global Economy Kathy Pain, Gilles Van Hamme and Sandra Vinciguerra 10. Europe in the Global Economy – Policy at a Crossroads Kathy Pain and Gilles Van Hamme References

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Book SynopsisCharacterised by conceptual diversity, the Handbook of Globalisation and Development presents contributions from prominent international researchers on all aspects of globalisation and carefully considers their role across a whole host of development processes. The Handbook is structured around seven key areas: international trade, international production, international finance, migration, foreign aid, a broader view, and challenges. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, the section on 'a broader view' delves into dimensions of globalisation and development that go beyond the mere economic, such as culture, technology, health, and poverty. Carefully crafted, the chapters herein offer a rigorous and comprehensive assessment of the available research to date and provide an assessment of policy options across all areas considered. Comprehensive and engaging, this Handbook will be an important reference for researchers in academia, government, and international organisations as well as for policy analysts needing access to the central research results in the field. Post-graduate students of international development will also find this a thorough and essential overview.Contributors include: J.C. Anyanwu, E.D. Arias, M. Baliamoune-Lutz, J.K. Boyce, R. Chanda, J. Clapp, D.A. Clark, G. Debebe, K.A. Elliott, G. Epstein, S. Fennell, M. Forsyth, S. Gopalan, P. Gupta, I. Hardie, D. Hulme, P. James, C. Jeffords, D. Kingsbury, A. Klekowski von Koppenfels, O. Kodongo, Z. Kone, S. Lundan, P. Martin, L. Ndikumana, K. Ojah, I. Omelaniuk, C. Ozden, K. Reinert, L. Rethel, D. Roy, L. Shelley, T. Schrecker, J.P. Singh, I. SirkeciTrade Review'Globalisation offers many benefits but is also the source of major risks facing all our societies. This timely and comprehensive addition to the literature provides much-needed perspectives on the impact of globalisation and how it may more effectively be managed. A must-read for everyone with an interest in this vital topic.' --(Ian Goldin, University of Oxford, UK)Table of ContentsContents: 1. Globalisation and Development: Introduction and Overview Kenneth A. Reinert PART I INTERNATIONAL TRADE 2. Trade in Goods Kenneth A. Reinert 3. Trade in Services Rupa Chanda 4. Agricultural Trade Devesh Roy 5. Intellectual Property Miranda Forsyth 6. Illicit Trade Louise Shelley 7. Drug Trade and Human Security Enrique Desmond Arias PART II INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION 8. Foreign Direct Investment John C. Anyanwu 9. Global Production Networks Pralok Gupta 10. Governance of Multinational Enterprises Sarianna M. Lundan 11. Labor Standards Kimberly Ann Elliott PART III INTERNATIONAL FINANCE 12. Equity Markets Odongo Kodongo and Kalu Ojah 13. Bond Finance Lena Rethel and Iain Hardie 14. Banking Sasidaran Gopalan 15. Debt and Capital Flight James K. Boyce and Léonce Ndikumana 16. Capital Controls Gerald Epstein PART IV MIGRATION 17. Migration Irena Omelaniuk 18. Recuitment, Remittances, and Return Philip Martin and Ibrahim Sirkeci 19. Human Trafficking Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels 20. Brain Drain, Gain and Circulation Zovanga L. Kone and Caglar Özden PART V FOREIGN AID 21. Foreign Aid Effectiveness Mina Baliamoune-Lutz 22. Food Aid Jennifer Clapp PART VI A BROADER VIEW 23. Culture Paul James 24. Technology J.P. Singh 25. Political Development Damien Kingsbury 26. Global Organizations Gelaye Debebe, PART VII CHALLENGES 27. Poverty and Inequality David A. Clark, Shailaja Fennell and David Hulme 28. Economic and Social Rights Christopher Jeffords 29. Global Health Ted Schrecker Index

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Book SynopsisAt a time when remittances are widely recognised as of growing importance for development in many countries, John Connell and Richard Brown present this comprehensive overview of the role of remittances in economic and social development. They investigate various topics including reflections on methodology, the motives and determinants of remittances, their socio-economic impacts, the particular role of community organisations and social remittances, and the broad social and cultural impacts of remittances. They pay special attention to small island and Central Asian states, where remittances are of particular significance and explore the recent historical evolution of remittances and the policy implications in both sending and receiving countries. Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Migration and Remittances: A Multidisciplinary Synthesis John Connell and Richard Brown PART I INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 1. Robert E.B. Lucas (2008), 'Reported and Informal Remittances: How Much? Who Sends? Who Benefits?', in International Migration and Economic Development: Lessons from Low-Income Countries, Chapter 5, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 145–206 2. Nazli Choucri (1986), 'The Hidden Economy: A New View of Remittances in the Arab World', World Development, 14 (6), June, 697–712 3. Mohammed El Qorchi, Samuel Munzele Maimbo and John F. Wilson (2003), 'Informal Funds Transfer Systems: An Analysis of the Informal Hawala System', Occasional Paper 222, A Joint IMF-World Bank Paper, Washington, DC, USA: International Monetary Fund, i-v, 1-51 PART II ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES 4. Richard H. Adams, Jr. (2011), 'Evaluating the Economic Impact of International Remittances on Developing Countries Using Household Surveys: A Literature Review', Journal of Development Studies, 47 (6), June, 809–28 5. Dean Yang (2011), 'Migrant Remittances', Journal of Economic Perspectives, 25 (3), Summer, 129–51 6. J. Edward Taylor (1999), 'The New Economics of Labour Migration and the Role of Remittances in the Migration Process', International Migration, 37 (1), March, 63–86 7. Ester Hernandez and Susan Bibler Coutin (2006), 'Remitting Subjects: Migrants, Money and States', Economy and Society, 35 (2), May, 185–208 PART III RATIONALE AND DETERMINANTS 8. Jørgen Carling and Kristian Hoelscher (2013), 'The Capacity and Desire to Remit: Comparing Local and Transnational Influences', Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 39 (6), 939–58 9. Henry Rempel and Richard A. Lobdell (1978), 'The Role of Urban-to-Rural Remittances in Rural Development', Journal of Development Studies, 14 (3), 324–41 10. Flore Gubert (2002), 'Do Migrants Insure Those who Stay Behind? Evidence from the Kayes Area (Western Mali)', Oxford Development Studies, 30 (3), 267–87 11. Bénédicte de la Brière, Elisabeth Sadoulet, Alain de Janvry and Sylvie Lambert (2002), ‘The Roles of Destination, Gender and Household Composition in Explaining Remittances: An Analysis for the Dominican Sierra’, Journal of Development Economics, 68 (2), August, 309–28 12. L. Le De, J.C. Gaillard and W. Friesen (2013), 'Remittances and Disaster: A Review', International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 4 (4), June, 34–43 PART IV USES AND IMPACTS 13. A.S. Oberai and H.K. Manmohan Singh (1980), 'Migration, Remittances and Rural Development. Findings of a Case Study in the Indian Punjab', International Labour Review, 119 (2), March–April, 229–41 14. Richard H. Adams, Jr. (1998), ‘Remittances, Investment and Rural Asset Accumulation in Pakistan’, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 47 (1), October, 155–73 15. Pablo Acosta, Pablo Fajnzylber and J. Humberto Lopez (2007), 'The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Human Capital: Evidence from Latin American Household Surveys', [https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/7392 License: CC BY 3.0 Unported], in Çağlar Özden and Maurice Schiff (eds), International Migration, Economic Development and Policy, Chapter 2, Washington, DC: World Bank and Palgrave Macmillan, [https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/6766 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO], 59–98 16. Richard P.C. Brown, John Connell and Eliana V. Jimenez-Soto (2014), 'Migrants' Remittances, Poverty and Social Protection in the South Pacific: Fiji and Tonga', Population, Space and Place, 20 (5), July, 434–54 17. Richard H. Adams Jr. and John Page (2005), 'Do International Migration and Remittances Reduce Poverty in Developing Countries?', World Development, 33 (10), October, 1645-69 18. Robert Goldfarb, Oli Havrylyshyn and Stephen Mangum (1984), ‘Can Remittances Compensate for Manpower Outflows: The Case of Philippine Physicians’, Journal of Development Economics, 15 (1–3), June–August, 1–17 19. Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Susan Pozo (2010), 'Accounting for Remittance and Migration Effects on Children's Schooling', World Development, 38 (12), December, 1747–59 20. Dilip Ratha, Sanket Mohapatra and Elina Scheja (2011), 'Impact of Migration on Economic and Social Development: A Review of Evidence and Emerging Issues', Policy Research Working Paper 5558, Washington, DC: World Bank, http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-5558, Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0, 1-37 21. Hein de Haas (2006), 'Migration, Remittances and Regional Development in Southern Morocco', Geoforum, 37 (4), July, 565–80 PART V COMMUNITY REMITTANCES 22. Richard P.C. Brown, Gareth Leeves and Prabha Prayaga (2014), 'Sharing Norm Pressures and Community Remittances: Evidence from a Natural Disaster in the Pacific Islands', Journal of Development Studies, 50 (3), 383–98 23. Partha Deb, Cagla Okten and Una Okonkwo Osili (2010), ‘Giving to Family versus Giving to the Community Within and Across Generations’, Journal of Population Economics, 23 (3), June, 1091–1115 (963–87) 24. Rafael Alarcón (2002), ‘The Development of the Hometown Associations in the United States and the Use of Social Remittances in Mexico’, in Rodolfo O. de la Garza and Briant Lindsay Lowell (eds), Sending Money Home: Hispanic Remittances and Community Development, Chapter 5, Lanham, MD, USA: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc., 101–24 25. Abdoulaye Kane (2010), ‘Charity and Self-help. Migrants’ Social Networks and Health Care in the Homeland’, Anthropology Today, 26 (4), August, 8–12 PART VI SOCIAL REMITTANCES AND SOCIAL CHANGE 26. Jeffrey H. Cohen (2011), ‘Migration, Remittances and Household Strategies’, Annual Review of Anthropology, 40, October, 103–14 27. Russell King, Mirela Dalipaj and Nicola Mai (2006), ‘Gendering Migration and Remittances: Evidence from London and Northern Albania’, Population Space and Place, 12 (6), November/December, 409–34 PART VII ISLANDS AND LANDLOCKED STATES 28. John Connell and Dennis Conway (2000), ‘Migration and Remittances in Island Microstates: A Comparative Perspective on the South Pacific and the Caribbean’, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 24 (1), March, 52–78 29. Dono Abdurazakova (2011), ‘Social Impact of International Migration and Remittances in Central Asia’, Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 26 (3), September, 29–54 PART VIII POLICY RESPONSES 30. Hein de Haas (2005), 'International Migration, Remittances and Development: Myths and Facts', Third World Quarterly, 28 (8), 1269–84 31. Jørgen Carling (2007), ‘Interrogating Remittances: Core Questions for Deeper Insight and Better Policies’, in Stephen Castles and Raúl Delgado Wise (eds), Migration and Development: Perspectives from the South, Chapter 3, Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Migration, 43, 45–64 32. John Gibson, Geua Boe-Gibson, Halahingano Rohorua and David McKenzie (2007), 'Efficient Remittance Services for Development in the Pacific', Asia-Pacific Development Journal, 14 (2), December, 55–74 Index

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Book SynopsisInternational investment law has often been seen as an obstacle to sustainable development. While the connections between investment and development are plain, for a long time there has been relatively little scholarship exploring them. Combining critical reflection and detailed analysis, this book addresses the relationship between contemporary investment law and development.The book is organized around two competing visions of investment and development - as working either harmoniously or in conflict with one another. The expert contributors reflect on both of these views and analyse the social dimensions of development and its impact on investment law. Coverage includes in-depth discussion on such issues as human rights, poverty reduction, labor standards, and indigenous peoples.Students and scholars of international investment law will benefit from the informed analysis of the links between investment and development. This book will also be of use to practitioners and experts of development law who are looking for an up-to-date perspective of the field.Contributors: W. Ben Hamida, C. Binder, J. Bonnitcha, M.-C. Cordonier Segger, D.A. Desierto, M.G. Desta, I. Feichtner, M.W. Gehring, A.R. Hippolyte, R. Hofmann, K. Magraw, K.Nadakavukaren Schefer, V. Prislan, Y. Radi, A. Saldarriaga, S.W. Schill, M. Sornarajah, C.J. Tams, C. Tan, R. ZandvlietTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION AND KEYNOTE 1. International Investment Law and Development: Friends or Foes? Stephan W. Schill, Christian J. Tams and Rainer Hofmann 2. Developing Countries in the Investment Treaty System: A Law for Need or a Law for Greed? Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah PART II CONCEPTUAL LINKAGES BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW AND DEVELOPMENT 3. International Investment Law and Development: A History of Two Concepts Yannick Radi 4. Overcoming Obstacles with Opportunities: Trade and Investment Agreements for Sustainable Development Markus W. Gehring and Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger 5. UNCTAD’s Effort to Foster the Relationship between International Investment Law and Sustainable Development Andrea Saldarriaga and Kendra Magraw 6. Reviving the Emperor’s Old Clothes: The Good Governance Agenda, Development and International Investment Law Celine Tan 7. Aspiring for a Constructive TWAIL Approach Towards the International Investment Regime Antonius R. Hippolyte PART III DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-DETERMINATION 8. Sovereignty over Natural Resources and International Investment Law: The Elusive Search for Equilibrium Melaku Geboye Desta 9. International (Investment) Law and Distribution Conflicts over Natural Resources Isabel Feichtner 10. Democracy, Development and Compensation under Investment Treaties: The Case of Transition from Authoritarian Rule Jonathan Bonnitcha 11. Investment Treaties and Democratic Transition: Does Investment Law Authorize Not to Honor Contracts Concluded with Undemocratic Regimes? Walid Ben Hamida PART IV DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL INCLUSION 12. The International Mandate for Development: Building Compliant Investment within the State’s Development Decision-Making Processes Diane A. Desierto 13. The Law of Investment Protection and Poverty Reduction Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer 14. Mainstreaming Sustainable Development into International Investment Agreements: What Role for Labor Provisions? Vid Prislan and Ruben Zandvliet 15. Investment, Development and Indigenous Peoples Christina Binder Index

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Book SynopsisProviding a comprehensive introduction to the literature and approaches used in the field, this illustrious Handbook explores and interrogates the link between security and development at a global level whilst offering a broad survey of current thinking.With a mixture of approaches and methodologies, each chapter is written by an acknowledged expert and includes international contributions spanning six continents. The topics covered range from the politics of aid by remote control through to intervention and the post-conflict re-establishment of security and demobilization of combatants.This essential book will engage academics involved in research surrounding security and development, along with practitioners who are interested in the philosophy of their actions and their practical implications. Members of organizations such as policy institutes and NGOs will also find this to be a valuable read.Contributors: P. Albrecht, L.R. Andersen, B. Baker, D. Beswick, L. Cooley, L. Denney, T. Donais, M. Duffield, R. Freedman, H. Hudson, P. Jackson, H.M. Kyed, N. Lemay-Hébert, H. Marquette, N. Mlambo, L.W. Moe, R. Muggah, S.M. Murshed, A. Özerdem, A. Schnabel, M. Sedra, F. Stepputat, G.S. Wagle, N. Wilén, C. Wilkinson, S.A. ZyckTrade Review‘Security and economics have traditionally been separate fields of study. This very impressive collection brings them together precisely when the need for this is becoming obvious to everyone.’ -- Roy Licklider, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Security and Development Paul Jackson PART I: THE LINK BETWEEN SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT 2. On the Nature of Disagreements Regarding the Causes of Civil War Syed Mansoob Murshed 3. The Securitization of Development Cai Wilkinson 4. Untangling the Gendering of the Security-Development Nexus Heidi Hudson 5. Human Security and Security Sector Reform: Mutually Reinforcing Approaches Towards People-centred Security Provision Albrecht Schnabel 6. The Digital Development-Security Nexus Linking Cyber-humanitarianism and Drone Warfare Mark Duffield 7. Statebuilding, Neocolonialism and Neotrusteeships Nicolas Lemay-Hébert PART II: SECURITY SECTOR REFORM 8. Security Sector Reform as a Manifestation of the Security-Development Nexus? Towards Building SSR Theory Albrecht Schnabel 9. Operationalizing the Security-Development Nexus: Security sector reform and its implications Lisa Denney 10. The Rise and Fall of Security Sector Reform in Development Peter Albrecht and Finn Stepputat 11. Transitioning from First to Second Generation Security Sector Reform in Conflict-Affected Countries Mark Sedra 12. Security Sector Reform and Liberal State Building Nina Wilén 13. When Security and Development Meet – Security Sector Reform in Sierra Leone Paul Jackson and Peter Albrecht 14. The African Union Security Sector Reform and Governance: Challenges for African Peace and Development Norman Mlambo PART III: LOCAL OWNERSHIP AND ACTORS AND COMMUNITY POLICING 15. Ownership: From Policy to Practice Timothy Donais 16. Local Actors in Security and Justice Programming Peter Albrecht and Helene Maria Kyed 17. Community Policing in Rural Mozambique and Sierra Leone Helene Maria Kyed and Peter Albrecht 18. Building on What Works: Local Actors and Service Delivery in Fragile Situations Peter Albrecht 19. Policing at the Local Level Bruce Baker PART IV CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND APPROACHES 20. Stabilizing Fragile States Robert Muggah and Steven A. Zyck 21. Hybridity and Simultaneity in the Global South Louise Moe and Peter Albrecht 22. Corruption and Post-Conflict Reconstruction Heather Marquette and Laurence Cooley 23. Responsibility to Protect Louise Riis Andersen 24. Hybrid Human Rights Rosa Freedman 25. Military Forces in Contemporary Development Danielle Beswick 26. Lessons from Peace Processes: The Case of Nepal Geja Sharma Wagle and Paul Jackson 27. Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) of Ex-Combatants and Development with a Specific Reference to the Reintegration of the Taliban in Afghanistan Alpaslan Özerdem Index

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Book SynopsisGovernance is central to mass prosperity since it affects both the prospects for enhanced and sustained income growth as well as non-income indicators of human development. This volume, edited by Anil Deolalikar, Shikha Jha and Pilipinas Quising, puts together cogent and well-rounded analyses by leading scholars on this topic and hence provides an in-depth and prescient perspective on governance in the Asia-Pacific countries. As such, this is an invaluable contribution and will be welcomed by academics and students as well as policymakers.'- Raghbendra Jha, Australian National University'This is an outstanding set of essays on the state of, and changes in, public services in developing Asia, paying particular attention to evidence and lessons and examining the role that governance and citizen empowerment can play in improving public service delivery. The themes cover the complex relationship between governance and economic development; the delivery of public services as the face of governance; and the role of empowerment in improving the delivery of public services. Each chapter, written by an acknowledged expert, offers an insightful review of the debates and evidence, and a meticulous distillation of policy implications. A tour de force that will be indispensable for both policymakers and scholars in this field.'- Raghav Gaiha, University of Delhi, IndiaGovernance in Developing Asia is one of the first books of its kind to provide an overview of the role that better governance and citizen empowerment can play in improving public service delivery in developing Asia. The World Development Report 2004 set a framework for public service delivery in terms of the short and long roads to accountability of service providers to citizens. More than a decade on, this important book revisits the issue and departs from the WDR framework, highlighting its shortcomings and offering alternative solutions.The contributors present fresh evidence on the relationship between governance and development outcomes, including growth and indicators of living standards. They argue that the Asia-Pacific region must do better in delivering essential public services if it wishes to continue improving the quality of life for millions of its people. They show how the quantity and quality of public services in a country can be improved if the government actively solicits citizen involvement in service delivery.Researchers and students of public policy and Asian studies will find this to be a useful read. Public policymakers and practitioners in government and non-government agencies will draw important lessons from the issues raised and solutions proposed in this book.Contributors: Y. Aiyar, B. Babajanian, S. Bhatnagar, G. Brosio, J.J. Capuno, J. de Ree, A.B. Deolalikar, X. Han, S. Jha, H.A. Khan, M. Pradhan, M.G Quibria, P.F. Quising, K. Sen, M. Walton, Z. ZhuangTrade Review‘Governance is central to mass prosperity since it affects both the prospects for enhanced and sustained income growth as well as non-income indicators of human development. This volume, edited by Anil Deolalikar, Shikha Jha and Pilipinas Quising, puts together cogent and well-rounded analyses by leading scholars on this topic and hence provides an in-depth and prescient perspective on governance in the Asia-Pacific countries. As such, this is an invaluable contribution and will be welcomed by academics and students as well as policymakers.’ -- Raghbendra Jha, Australian National University‘This is an outstanding set of essays on the state of, and changes in, public services in developing Asia, paying particular attention to evidence and lessons and examining the role that governance and citizen empowerment can play in improving public service delivery. The themes cover the complex relationship between governance and economic development; the delivery of public services as the face of governance; and the role of empowerment in improving the delivery of public services. Each chapter, written by an acknowledged expert, offers an insightful review of the debates and evidence, and a meticulous distillation of policy implications. A tour de force that will be indispensable for both policymakers and scholars in this field.’ -- Raghav Gaiha, University of Delhi, IndiaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Overview Anil B. Deolalikar and Shikha Jha PART I GOOD GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 2. Governance and Developing Asia: Concepts, Measurements, Determinants and a Paradox M.G. Quibria 3. Do Governance Indicators Explain Growth Performance: A Cross-Country Analysis Xuehui Han, Haider A. Khan and Juzhong Zhuang 4. Governance and Development Outcomes in Asia Kunal Sen 5. Corruption in Asia and the Pacific: A Manifestation of Weak Governance Shikha Jha and Pilipinas F. Quising PART II SERVICE DELIVERY AS THE FACE OF GOVERNANCE 6. The State of Public Services in Developing Asia Anil B. Deolalikar and Shikha Jha 7. Harnessing Public-private Service Delivery Arrangements in Developing Asia Joseph J. Capuno 8. Improving Service Provision through Decentralization Giorgio Brosio 9. Improving Education Services: District Governance and Student Learning in Indonesia Menno Pradhan and Joppe de Ree PART III ROLE OF EMPOWERMENT IN IMPROVING PUBLIC SERVICES 10. Citizen Empowerment in Service Delivery Babken Babajanian 11. Rights, Accountability and Citizenship: India’s Emerging Welfare State Yamini Aiyar and Michael Walton 12. Using ICT to Improve Governance and Service Delivery to the Poor Subhash Bhatnagar 13. Conclusion Anil B. Deolalikar and Shikha Jha Index

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Book SynopsisGovernance is central to mass prosperity since it affects both the prospects for enhanced and sustained income growth as well as non-income indicators of human development. This volume, edited by Anil Deolalikar, Shikha Jha and Pilipinas Quising, puts together cogent and well-rounded analyses by leading scholars on this topic and hence provides an in-depth and prescient perspective on governance in the Asia-Pacific countries. As such, this is an invaluable contribution and will be welcomed by academics and students as well as policymakers.'- Raghbendra Jha, Australian National University'This is an outstanding set of essays on the state of, and changes in, public services in developing Asia, paying particular attention to evidence and lessons and examining the role that governance and citizen empowerment can play in improving public service delivery. The themes cover the complex relationship between governance and economic development; the delivery of public services as the face of governance; and the role of empowerment in improving the delivery of public services. Each chapter, written by an acknowledged expert, offers an insightful review of the debates and evidence, and a meticulous distillation of policy implications. A tour de force that will be indispensable for both policymakers and scholars in this field.'- Raghav Gaiha, University of Delhi, IndiaGovernance in Developing Asia is one of the first books of its kind to provide an overview of the role that better governance and citizen empowerment can play in improving public service delivery in developing Asia. The World Development Report 2004 set a framework for public service delivery in terms of the short and long roads to accountability of service providers to citizens. More than a decade on, this important book revisits the issue and departs from the WDR framework, highlighting its shortcomings and offering alternative solutions.The contributors present fresh evidence on the relationship between governance and development outcomes, including growth and indicators of living standards. They argue that the Asia-Pacific region must do better in delivering essential public services if it wishes to continue improving the quality of life for millions of its people. They show how the quantity and quality of public services in a country can be improved if the government actively solicits citizen involvement in service delivery.Researchers and students of public policy and Asian studies will find this to be a useful read. Public policymakers and practitioners in government and non-government agencies will draw important lessons from the issues raised and solutions proposed in this book.Contributors: Y. Aiyar, B. Babajanian, S. Bhatnagar, G. Brosio, J.J. Capuno, J. de Ree, A.B. Deolalikar, X. Han, S. Jha, H.A. Khan, M. Pradhan, M.G Quibria, P.F. Quising, K. Sen, M. Walton, Z. ZhuangTrade Review‘Governance is central to mass prosperity since it affects both the prospects for enhanced and sustained income growth as well as non-income indicators of human development. This volume, edited by Anil Deolalikar, Shikha Jha and Pilipinas Quising, puts together cogent and well-rounded analyses by leading scholars on this topic and hence provides an in-depth and prescient perspective on governance in the Asia-Pacific countries. As such, this is an invaluable contribution and will be welcomed by academics and students as well as policymakers.’ -- Raghbendra Jha, Australian National University‘This is an outstanding set of essays on the state of, and changes in, public services in developing Asia, paying particular attention to evidence and lessons and examining the role that governance and citizen empowerment can play in improving public service delivery. The themes cover the complex relationship between governance and economic development; the delivery of public services as the face of governance; and the role of empowerment in improving the delivery of public services. Each chapter, written by an acknowledged expert, offers an insightful review of the debates and evidence, and a meticulous distillation of policy implications. A tour de force that will be indispensable for both policymakers and scholars in this field.’ -- Raghav Gaiha, University of Delhi, IndiaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Overview Anil B. Deolalikar and Shikha Jha PART I GOOD GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 2. Governance and Developing Asia: Concepts, Measurements, Determinants and a Paradox M.G. Quibria 3. Do Governance Indicators Explain Growth Performance: A Cross-Country Analysis Xuehui Han, Haider A. Khan and Juzhong Zhuang 4. Governance and Development Outcomes in Asia Kunal Sen 5. Corruption in Asia and the Pacific: A Manifestation of Weak Governance Shikha Jha and Pilipinas F. Quising PART II SERVICE DELIVERY AS THE FACE OF GOVERNANCE 6. The State of Public Services in Developing Asia Anil B. Deolalikar and Shikha Jha 7. Harnessing Public-private Service Delivery Arrangements in Developing Asia Joseph J. Capuno 8. Improving Service Provision through Decentralization Giorgio Brosio 9. Improving Education Services: District Governance and Student Learning in Indonesia Menno Pradhan and Joppe de Ree PART III ROLE OF EMPOWERMENT IN IMPROVING PUBLIC SERVICES 10. Citizen Empowerment in Service Delivery Babken Babajanian 11. Rights, Accountability and Citizenship: India’s Emerging Welfare State Yamini Aiyar and Michael Walton 12. Using ICT to Improve Governance and Service Delivery to the Poor Subhash Bhatnagar 13. Conclusion Anil B. Deolalikar and Shikha Jha Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Research Handbook offers an innovative analysis of environmental law in the global South. It contributes to an important reassessment of some of the major concepts underlying environmental law, from a perspective that emphasises how their application affects poor and marginalised people as well as the wider ecosystems in which they live. Through legal analysis of environmental issues themselves, rather than the often limited discussion of existing legal instruments, this Research Handbook discusses areas rarely prioritised in environmental law, such as land rights, and underlines how these intersect with issues including poverty, livelihoods and the use of natural resources. Featuring contributors largely from, or working in, the global South with a variety of approaches and backgrounds, the Research Handbook challenges familiar narratives around development and sustainability in this context and provides new insights into environmental rights and justice. Researchers and postgraduate students will find this Research Handbook's unique perspective invaluable, particularly in the context of a growing interest in 'people-centric' environmental law. Policymakers and activists in the global South will also be interested in its analysis of key issues and suggestions for alternative models and future policy. Contributors include: S. Adelman, U. Baxi, V. Bhagat-Ganguly, S. Bhattacharjee, L. Bhullar, C.R. Bijoy, P. Cullet, J. Dehm, B. Gebremichael, K. Gill, S. Gopalakrishnan, E. Grant, M. Gupta, T. Kaime, P. Kameri-Mbote, A.H. Khan, M. Kidd, K. Kohli, S. Koonan, A. Kothari, L. Kotzé, F. Lesniewska, L. Lohmann, M. Menon, F. Padel, U. Ramanthan, J. Razzaque, G. Sahu, P. SampatTrade Review‘The book is a timely and essential contribution to the literature on environment policy, due in no small part to its insistence on speaking with the voice of the Global South on such matters, in a way that often conflicts with prevailing narratives from forces of globalization and neoliberalism, and on challenging the premise of sustainable development and unlimited growth.’ -- Christopher Atkinson, International Journal of Public Administration'Professors Cullet and Koonan have assembled an impressive array of scholars from the global South for this state of the art Research Handbook. It takes the perspective that efforts to sustain the ecological basis of all life must first consider the lives of poor and marginalised people who are often further harmed by the rules that should protect them. As such, it is invaluable for the reader looking for a guide to sustaining and synergising human and nonhuman ecologies in the twenty-first century.' --David Takacs, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco'Environmental law has often adopted an ahistorical, technocratic approach to environmental protection that neglects the relationship between the abuse of nature and the exploitation and subordination of human beings. This book gives voice to the perspectives and priorities of marginalised communities in the South and the North, and places justice at the centre rather than the periphery of environmental law and policy.' --Carmen G. Gonzalez, Seattle University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Research Handbook on Law, Environment and the Global South xvi Philippe Cullet and Sujith Koonan PART I QUESTIONING THE CONCEPTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY 1 Intergenerational justice, water rights, and climate change 2 Upendra Baxi 2 Justice, development and sustainability in the Anthropocene 14 Sam Adelman 3 Neoliberalism, law and nature 32 Larry Lohmann 4 Radical well-being alternatives to development 64 Ashish Kothari PART II ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ACCESS TO REMEDIES 5 Environmental rights in the Global South 86 Louis J. Kotzé and Evadne Grant 6 North-South transboundary movement of hazardous wastes – the Basel Ban and environmental justice 109 Julia Dehm and Adil Hasan Khan 7 The Bhopal case: retrospect and prospect 138 Usha Ramanathan PART III LAND USE, ACQUISITION AND DISPOSSESSION 8 Land rights, poverty, and livelihoods: the case of Ethiopia 147 Brightman Gebremichael 9 Wildlife conservation and land rights in Kenya: competing or complementary agendas? 169 Patricia Kameri-Mbote 10 Land-grabs and dispossession in India: laws of value 190 Preeti Sampat PART IV FORESTS: A CONTESTED RESOURCE OR COMMODITY 11 Environmental impact assessment in the context of mangrove forest ecosystem management in Bangladesh: a case study of Rampal coal power plant project 207 Jona Razzaque 12 Forests, people and poverty: failing to reform the global development paradigm 231 Feja Lesniewska 13 Access to and control over forest resources – the case of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 in India 249 Shankar Gopalakrishnan PART V INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: RESOURCE USE, CONSERVATION, LIVELIHOODS AND RIGHTS 14 Forest rights and tribals in mineral rich areas of India: the Vedanta case and beyond 272 Geetanjoy Sahu 15 Conservation and livelihoods: conflicts or convergence? 286 CR Bijoy PART VI ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 16 International energy policy for development: human rights and sustainable development law imperatives 305 Thoko Kaime 17 Nuclear energy and liability: an environmental perspective 322 Saurabh Bhattacharjee PART VII WATER: PRIVATISATION, DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS 18 Realisation of the right to water: lessons from South Africa 348 Michael Kidd 19 Dams and displacement: the case of the Sardar Sarovar Project, India 371 Varsha Bhagat-Ganguly 20 Wastewater reuse in irrigated agriculture in urban and peri-urban India: a farmers’ rights perspective 396 Lovleen Bhullar PART VIII COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USE OF RESOURCES AND EQUITY 21 Mining, development and environment in India 413 Felix Padel and Malvika Gupta 22 Environment impact assessment in India: contestations over regulating development 435 Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli 23 The informal waste sector: ‘surplus’ labour, detritus, and the right to the post-colonial city 452 Kaveri Gill Index 477

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a critical reflection of the North-South regional trade agreements (RTAs), known as the Economic Partnership Agreements, negotiated between the EU and the African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries. Conceiving of regions as legal regimes, Clair Gammage highlights the challenges facing developing countries when negotiating RTAs with developed countries. North-South Regional Trade Agreements as Legal Regimes offers a rich analysis of the negotiations between the EU and the southern African regional group as well as a factual presentation of liberalisation under the final agreement. Interrogating the assumption that economic growth will lead to sustainable development, this book draws insights from the experience of the Caribbean countries as they implement their Economic Partnership Agreement to question the extent to which RTAs between developed and developing countries will and can promote development through trade. This unique book will appeal to academics and advanced students in international trade law and development law. Trade practitioners in government, the private sector and civil society, including those involved in policy making and challenging the policy making process will appreciate the author's lucid analysis of analysis of the law and the broader concept of promoting development through trade.Trade Review'This is a must-read for anyone interested in regionalism, trade, human rights and sustainable development, and how law connects these areas. While focusing empirically on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Gammage transcends the bounderies of law, politics, economics, development studies and ethics with a truly critical and interdisciplinary account that combines various theoretical perspectives including the Habermasian paradigm of law as discourse, the Gramsian notion of hegemony, and the capabilities approach of Amartya Sen.' --Jan Orbie, Ghent University, Belgium'For the best part of two decades, the EU and ACP have been engaged in protracted negotiations, to find a successor to the Lome trade and development regime. In this important new book, Clair Gammage shows how and why these negotiations have defied common understanding of how North-South trade diplomacy actually works. Combining critical legal and international political economy scholarship with rich empirical detail, Gammage argues that the absence of equitable and meaningful deliberation during the process of the negotiations ultimately determined the outcome of these negotiations. This, in turn, explains why the EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements have, in almost all instances, fallen a long way short of original ambitious. In short, this book is an essential read for all interested in the past, present and future of EU-ACP relations.' --Tony Heron, University of York, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Integration Through Law 2. Regional Trade Agreements as Legal Regimes 3. The EU as a Global Actor 4. The Normative Legal Character of Sustainable Development 5. Transforming the ACP-EU ‘Special’ Relationship 6. African Regionalisms as Flexible Legal Regimes 7. Regionalism in Southern Africa 8. The SADC EPA: A Driver of Development? 9. Lessons from the CARIFORUM EPA Index

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Book SynopsisCommitted to highlighting the regulatory needs and priorities of emerging economies in the context of AI and big data, this expertly crafted Companion explores the nature and role of regulation in the Global South from a techno-dependent societal perspective. It not only amplifies the unspoken and underrepresented voices in AI and data regulation scholarly discourse, but also provides a novel approach to otherwise recipient economies in an age of digital transformation.Covering central themes such as regulatory flows, self-regulation and AI ethics, contextual regulation, and regulatory devices, the Companion brings together an array of eminent academics from across the globe. Chapters critically reflect on the nature and role of regulation, charting the tapestry of regulatory influence and capacity, values, and relationships of dependence and vulnerability attendant on advancing AI and mass data sharing. The regulatory challenges facing emerging economies and post-colonial societies are examined, and contributors engage new frames of thinking and solutions from perspectives beyond the interests of techno-colonialism.International and interdisciplinary in scope, this Companion will be an interesting read for academics and students in development studies, law and development, innovation and technology studies, and regulation and governance.Table of ContentsContents : Introduction to the Elgar Companion to Regulating AI and Big Data in Emergent Economies 1 Mark Findlay, Li Min Ong and Wenxi Zhang PART I EDITORS’ REFLECTIONS: REGULATORY FLOWS 1 The ongoing AI-regulation debate in the EU and its influence on the emergent economies – a new case for the ‘Brussels Effect’? 22 Shu Li, Béatrice Schütte and Suvi Sankari 2 Challenges and opportunities of ethical AI and digital technology use in emerging economies 42 Meera Sarma, Chaminda Senaratne and Thomas Matheus 3 Private-public data governance in Indonesia’s smart cities: promises and pitfalls 59 Berenika Drazewska PART II EDITORS’ REFLECTIONS: SELF-REGULATION AND AI ETHICS 4 The challenges of industry self-regulation of AI in emerging economies: implications of the case of Russia for public policy and institutional development 81 Gleb Papyshev and Masaru Yarime 5 The place of the African relational and moral theory of Ubuntu in the global artificial intelligence and big data discussion: critical reflections 99 Beatrice Okyere-Manu 6 The values of an AI ethical framework for a developing nation: considerations for Malaysia 115 Jaspal Kaur Sadhu Singh PART III EDITORS’ REFLECTIONS: CONTEXTUAL REGULATION 7 The relevance of culture in regulating AI and big data: the experience of the Macao SAR 138 Sara Migliorini and Rostam J. Neuwirth 8 Digital self-determination: an alternative paradigm for emerging economies 158 Wenxi Zhang, Li Min Ong and Mark Findlay PART IV EDITORS’ REFLECTIONS: REGULATORY DEVICES 9 Regulating AI in democratic erosion: context, imaginaries and voices in the Brazilian debate 183 Clara Iglesias Keller and João Carlos Magalhães 10 The importance and challenges of developing a regulatory agenda for AI in Latin America 201 Armando Guio Español, María Antonia Carvajal, Elena Tamayo Uribe and María Isabel Mejía 11 Artificial intelligence: dependency, coloniality and technological subordination in Brazil 228 Joyce Souza and Rodolfo Avelino Conclusion: reflecting on the ‘new’ North/South 245 Mark Findlay, Li Min Ong and Wenxi Zhang Index 259

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Book SynopsisProviding an assessment of regional frameworks in Africa, this timely book looks at how regional cooperation among countries in Africa has intensified over the last 30 years. The authors explore how unequal power relations and unequal levels of development among partner states influence these frameworks. Analysing the main factors influencing the political economy of Africa's asymmetrical regionalism, chapters focus on regional and sub-regional trade, investment, and the movement of people and services. Wil Hout and M.A. Mohamed Salih pay particular attention to the ways in which regional and sub-regional dynamics are impacted by extra-regional relations. Peace and security are also analysed as important factors shaping relations and dynamics, demonstrating that African regionalism is influenced by more than economic processes. Political economy and development studies scholars will benefit from the data-rich analysis in the book. It will also be a valuable read for policy makers and advisors involved in regional cooperation in and with African regions.Trade Review‘. . . this work brings a new and substantive analysis of the issues on African regionalism.’ -- Akiko Yanai, The Developing Economies‘Hout and Salih have provided a tour d’horison of African regionalisms – a project that has dominated many of the discussions at continental and sub-regional level. As Africa enters a new chapter in its continental integration, the African Continental Free Trade Area, and as the AU aims to silence the guns, this academic work provides an essential analysis of the specificities and challenges of African regionalism and the multiple asymmetries that have come to define it and impact on its effectiveness. Critically, this analysis eschews a European-determined framework of regionalism. Hout and Salih have painted a holistic picture of the successes and weaknesses of the regional integration project, providing a pragmatic, yet not cynical perspective, of the road that still needs to be traversed.’ -- Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, South African Institute of International Affairs, South Africa‘This excellent book by Wil Hout and M.A. Mohamed Salih bridges the gap in African literature on regional integration and the asymmetric relations it is characterized by. Thus, this is an invaluable book for researchers, students and policy makers in the continent that are concerned with regional integration and African development.’ -- Alemayehu Geda, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, University of London, UK and African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Kenya‘Africa’s Regional Economic Communities (RECs), which have the potential to be building blocks for continental integration and to facilitate Africa’s peaceful transformation, are still a work in progress. Employing an empirically-grounded comparative approach, this book provides an authoritative analysis of the internal and external drivers and hindrances to the development of Africa’s RECs. The book is an essential read for scholars and students of regionalism as well as for policy makers.’ -- Kidane Mengisteab, Pennsylvania State University, US‘The authors of this book have lived up to their promise of offering the reader a well-argued overview of the theoretical and policy implications of the development of African regional asymmetries. This book is a must read for senior management and staff of the AU, RECs and other regional institutions, as well as academics and professionals working on regionalism in Africa and other developing countries.’ -- From the Foreword by Abdalla Hamdok, Prime Minister, Republic of the Sudan and Former Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Dr Abdalla Hamdok Introduction 1. African Regionalisms: Exploring the Drivers and Actors 2. Evolution of African Regionalisms 3. Regional Socio-economic Asymmetries 4. Conflict, Democracy and Regional Integration 5. Intra-African Trade: Aspirations, Realities and Asymmetries 6. Africa and the World: Continuing or New Asymmetries? Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Social Policy and Development makes a groundbreaking, coherent case for enhancing collaboration between social policy and development. With wide ranging chapters, it discusses a myriad of ways in which this can be done, exploring both academic and practical activities. As the conventional distinction between 'developed' and 'developing' countries becomes increasingly blurred, this Handbook explores how collaboration between social policy and development is needed to meet global social needs.With contributions from leading experts in both social policy and development studies, this Handbook analyses the complexities of integrating social policy and development studies. Examining a diverse and comprehensive range of countries and case studies that highlight ways to improve this integration, contributors deal with critical debates, covering a wide range of services, programmes, providers and policy sectors.The Handbook of Social Policy and Development is an invaluable introduction to the subject for students of social policy and development studies. Its comprehensive approach also makes it a valuable reference for researchers and specialists in the field. Contributors include: L. Alfers, A. Barrientos, J. Beall, A. Datta, H. Dean, K. Falkenberg, R. Jolkonnen, D. Kiwan, H.-j. Kwon, J. Lee, A. Lombard, F. Lund, P. Mader, J. Midgley, L. Patel, M. Pawar, M. Rogan, R. Surender, M. Terano, M. Urbina-Ferretjans, A. Virk, N. YeatesTrade Review'If you read one book to understand current scholarship on social policy and development in the global south, this should be it. Lucid and comprehensive, it is encyclopaedic in scope. The role of the state is set out and powerfully defended. The bunkers into which the social sciences and policy-making have been artificially divided are exposed and questioned. Robert Kennedy said that GDP measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile: this book covers a large part of what makes life worthwhile.' --David Piachaud, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook of Social Policy and Development James Midgley, Rebecca Surender and Laura Alfers PART I SOCIAL POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT: ORIGINS AND PROGRESSION 1. Social policy and development: an overview James Midgley 2. The social policy nexus and development: convergence, divergence and dynamic change Rebecca Surender PART II KEY ISSUES AND DEBATES 3. Shaping society from below: social movements, social policy and development Laura Alfers 4. Gender: toward gender equality and poverty reduction Leila Patel 5. Global social policy in a development context: ideas, actors and implementation Huck-ju Kwon 6. The SDGs: towards a social development approach in the 2030 Agenda? Marian Urbina-Ferretjans 7. Social and human rights Hartley Dean 8. Social policy and urban development Jo Beall 9. Rural development Amrita Datta 10. The environment and development: fight against poverty and/or protection of the environment – a conflict of interests? Karl Falkenberg 11. Security and development Dina Kiwan 12. World-regional social governance, policy and development Nicola Yeates 13. The informal economy and informal employment Francie Lund 14. Employment-based social protection: ‘productivism’, universalism and social citizenship Michael Rogan and Laura Alfers PART III SERVICES, PROGRAMMES AND POLICY SECTORS 15. Health and development Amrit Virk 16. Education, social policy and development Mayumi Terano 17. Housing, development and social justice James Lee 18. Social insurance, pensions and development James Midgley 19. Social assistance, poverty and development James Midgley 20. Conditional income transfers, social policy and development Armando Barrientos 21. Social work and family services Antoinette Lombard 22 Financial inclusion and microfinance Philip Mader and Solène Morvant-Roux 23. Community development programmes Manohar Pawar 24. NGOs and their role in the welfare mix Roosa Jolkkonen Index

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume offers a multidisciplinary perspective on innovation challenges and innovative practices in the context of developing and transition countries. The contributions mostly embrace a national innovation system approach in an attempt to understand innovation processes and their implications at both macro and micro levels. The chapters in this book, taken as a whole, offer insights on a range of issues grouped around the following questions: What are the challenges for innovation at the macro (system) and micro (firm) level according to the experiences of developing and transition countries? What is the role of public policies in the transformation of national innovation systems? What innovation practices allow to successfully overcome challenges to innovation? What is the role of collaboration and learning in fostering innovation? A variety of methods are presented including historical analysis, participatory action research, case studies, document analysis and survey-based quantitative research as well as triangulation to study innovation and adaptation strategies in developing and transition countries. It also provides 10 case studies selected from developing and transition countries, to offer a detailed and comprehensive perspective on innovation and innovation practices at macro and micro levels. Students and researchers interested in innovation and innovation systems around the world will find this volume an invaluable tool and reference.Contributors include: G. Abuduxike, C.G. Acevedo Peña, S.M. Aljunid, W.M.H. Céspedes Quiroga, L. Csonka, A. Faggian, O.O. Jegede, M. Lukacs de Pereny Martens, A. Morero Hernán, T. Poghosyan, R. Rasiah, J. Schmutzler, M. Suarez, C. Tomassini Urti, A. Tsvetkova, N. Yacoub, X.-S. Yap, J.E. Zambrana MontánTrade Review'This book makes important contributions both to theory and public policy. It develops the understanding of the concept national innovation systems by confronting it with the reality of ten developing and transition countries from four different continents. The case studies apply the concept to different sectors and technologies spanning from mining in Nigeria to the health sector in Brazil. Common themes are the importance of informal institutions and the systemic interdependence between national patterns of innovation on the one hand and patterns of interaction among firms on the other. One lesson that policy makers can learn from this diversity of experiences is that getting to know the specificity of your own national innovation system, including how it is linked to the rest of the world, is a prerequisite for smart policy and necessary in order to overcome path-dependency and social exclusion.' --Bengt-Ake Lundvall, Aalborg University, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction. A context-specific two-way approach to the study of innovation systems in developing and transition countries Jana Schmutzler, Marcela Suarez, Alexandra Tsvetkova and Alessandra Faggian Part I. The role of public policies in developing and transforming national and sectoral innovation systems 2. From industrialization to innovation: Building the Peruvian National System of Science, Technology and Innovation, 1968-2015 Miklos Lukacs de Pereny 3. State of the National Innovation System of Armenia Tatevik Poghosyan 4. The role of public policies in building-up a national pharmaceutical innovation system in Tunisia: Challenges after the Jasmine Revolution Nejla Yacoub 5. Public policies to orient science, technology and innovation in healthcare towards inclusive development: Evidence from Brazil Cecilia Tomassini Urti 6. The role of public policies in promoting innovations and innovation complementarities in developing countries: The case of Argentinian software industry Hernan Alejandro Morero Part II. Innovation challenges and response strategies in national and sectoral innovation systems: A firm-level perspective 7. Health biotechnology in Malaysia: Issues and challenges faced by the innovative biotechnology firms Gulifeiya Abuduxike and Syed Mohamed Aljunid 8. Collaborating to innovate: The case of the Nigerian mining industry Oluseye Oladayo Jegede 9. Collaboration among Hungarian SMEs in innovation László Csonka 10. Developmental university in emerging innovation systems: The case of the Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Bolivia Carlos Gonzalo Acevedo Peña, Walter Mauricio Hernán Céspedes Quiroga and José Eduardo Zambrana Montán 11. The lost tiger in technological catch-up: Lessons learned and implications for latecomer strategic typology Xiao-Shan Yap and Rajah Rasiah 12. Epilogue. Innovation systems in developing and transition countries: What is different, what is missing and what are the implications? Alexandra Tsvetkova, Jana Schmutzler and Marcela Suarez Index

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Book SynopsisTwo perspectives have dominated the social science discourse on climate change adaptation. Firstly, an international narrative among UN and donor agencies of technical and financial support for planned climate change adaptation. Secondly, a significant volume of studies discuss how local communities can undertake their own autonomous adaptation. Effective and sustainable climate adaptation requires a third focus: understanding of the political processes within sub-national institutions that mediate between national and local practices. This book address the knowledge gap that currently exists about the role of district-level institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa in providing an enabling institutional environment for rural climate change adaptation. Key Features: · Analyses the disconnect between national and local policy and practice, and how to overcome it · Analysis of the political ecology of climate change adaptation in 10 diverse rural districts across Sub-Saharan Africa based on evidence from thorough field work · Explains how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of climate change adaptation programmes by engaging with decentralized local governments and principles of subsidiarity with regards to decision-making and control over financial resourcesTable of Contents1: Introduction 2: Implementing African National Climate Change Policies 3: Contemplating Climate Change at Local Government: On-the-ground Politics of Adaptation Delivery in Tanzania 4: Climate Change Adaptation and Decentralisation Politics: the Case of Local Governments in Rural Zambia 5: A White Elephant in a Changing Climate: a Territorial Approach to Climate Change Adaptation in Uganda 6: Creating Political Space for Climate Change Adaptation in Northern Ghana 7: Local Politics of Climate Change Adaptation in Uganda 8: Political Ecology of Climate Change Management in Rural Uganda 9: Local Political Processes and the Management of the Awoja Watershed in Eastern Africa 10: Competing Interests over Natural Resources and Adaptation to Climate Change: the Case of Rice Cultivation in the Gweri Wetlands, Uganda 11: Social and Institutional Dynamics of Mobility as an Adaptation to Climate Change 12: Hoarders as Saviours: The Performance of Regional Grain Traders During and After Extreme Drought 13: Conclusion: Towards Subnational Climate Change Action Amidst Ambiguity and Contestation Over Power and Resources

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Book SynopsisThis book shares research and practice on current trends in digital technology for agricultural and rural development in the Global South. Growth of research in this field has been slower than the pace of change for practitioners, particularly in bringing socio-technical views of information technology and agricultural development perspectives together. The contents are therefore structured around three main themes: sharing information and knowledge for agricultural development, information and knowledge intermediaries, and facilitating change in agricultural systems and settings. The book includes: -Views from diverse academic disciplines as well as practitioners with experience of implementing mobile applications and agriculture information systems in differing country contexts. -Case studies from a range of developing countries and information from across the public and private sector. -A set of practitioner guidelines for successful implementation of digital technologies. With contributions reaching beyond just a technological perspective, the book also provides a consideration of social and cultural factors and new forms of organization and institutional change in agricultural and rural settings. An invaluable read for researchers in international development, socio-economics and agriculture, it forms a useful resource for practitioners working in the area.Table of ContentsSection 1: Creating and Sharing Knowledge 1: Mobile Phone Applications for Weather and Climate Information for Smallholder Farmer Decision Making 2: Smartphones Supporting Monitoring Functions: Experiences from Sweet Potato Vine Distribution in sub-Saharan Africa 3: Customized Information Delivery for Dryland Farmers 4: mNutrition: Experiences and Lessons Learned in Content Development Section 2: Information and Knowledge Intermediaries 5: Introducting a Technology Stewardship Model to Encourage ICT Adoption in Agricultural Communities of Practice: Reflections on a Canada/Sri Lanka Partnership Project 6: Reducing Transaction Costs in Contract Farming Arrangements: the Case of Farmforce 7: Adoption of ICT Products and Services among Rice Farmers in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone 8: The Effect of ICTs on Agricultural Distribution Channels in Mexico Section 3: Facilitating Change in Agricultural Systems 9: Towards Alternate Theories of Change for M4ARD 10: Mobile for Agriculture (m4Agric) Services: Evidence from East Africa 11: Understanding the Impacts of Mobile Technology on Smallholder Agriculture 12: Farmerline: a For-profit Agtech Company with a Social Mission 13: Best Practice Lessons and Sources of Further Information

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Book SynopsisThis book shares research and practice on current trends in digital technology for agricultural and rural development in the Global South. Growth of research in this field has been slower than the pace of change for practitioners, particularly in bringing socio-technical views of information technology and agricultural development perspectives together. The contents are therefore structured around three main themes: sharing information and knowledge for agricultural development, information and knowledge intermediaries, and facilitating change in agricultural systems and settings. The book includes: -Views from diverse academic disciplines as well as practitioners with experience of implementing mobile applications and agriculture information systems in differing country contexts. -Case studies from a range of developing countries and information from across the public and private sector. -A set of practitioner guidelines for successful implementation of digital technologies. With contributions reaching beyond just a technological perspective, the book also provides a consideration of social and cultural factors and new forms of organization and institutional change in agricultural and rural settings. An invaluable read for researchers in international development, socio-economics and agriculture, it forms a useful resource for practitioners working in the area.Table of ContentsSection 1: Creating and Sharing Knowledge 1: Mobile Phone Applications for Weather and Climate Information for Smallholder Farmer Decision Making 2: Smartphones Supporting Monitoring Functions: Experiences from Sweet Potato Vine Distribution in sub-Saharan Africa 3: Customized Information Delivery for Dryland Farmers 4: mNutrition: Experiences and Lessons Learned in Content Development Section 2: Information and Knowledge Intermediaries 5: Introducting a Technology Stewardship Model to Encourage ICT Adoption in Agricultural Communities of Practice: Reflections on a Canada/Sri Lanka Partnership Project 6: Reducing Transaction Costs in Contract Farming Arrangements: the Case of Farmforce 7: Adoption of ICT Products and Services among Rice Farmers in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone 8: The Effect of ICTs on Agricultural Distribution Channels in Mexico Section 3: Facilitating Change in Agricultural Systems 9: Towards Alternate Theories of Change for M4ARD 10: Mobile for Agriculture (m4Agric) Services: Evidence from East Africa 11: Understanding the Impacts of Mobile Technology on Smallholder Agriculture 12: Farmerline: a For-profit Agtech Company with a Social Mission 13: Best Practice Lessons and Sources of Further Information

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Book SynopsisThere is an ever growing importance of events in modern society and until now existing literature on events has been dominated by the economic perspective. Social and Cultural Aspects of Events addresses the social and cultural side of events and explores the role they have in fostering change and community development. It examines the transformatory function of events in the context of development studies - as phenomena that can promote and facilitate human development, including social, societal and individual change. This book provides vital and timely exploration and encourages the study of more diverse themes within event management.Table of ContentsI: Preface Part 1: INTRODUCTORY POINTERS 1: Events as Societal Phenomena 2: Events in the Liquid Modern World: The Call for Fluid Acumen in the Presentation of Peoples, Places, Pasts, and Presents Part 2: IDEOLOGICAL UNDERTONE 3: The Making of Societies through Events: On Ideology, Power and Consent 4: Let There Be Rock! A Tale of Two Christian Music Festivals 5: Exit Festival: Contesting Political Pasts, Impacts on Youth Culture and Regenerating the Image of Serbia and Novi Sad Part 3: CONSTRUCTING VALUES AND COLLECTING VISIONS 6: Social Constructions of Value: Marketing Considerations for the Context of Events and Festivals 7: Transformation and Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008 8: Re-imagining a Sustainable Future through Artistic Events: A Case study from Wales Part 4: MULTI-CULTURALISL, COMMUNITY AND INTEGRATION 9: Yag'ubi: A Transforming Event that Flowered and Died 10: Mindful of the Mosaic: A Multicultural Approach to Analysing Perceptions of Non-profit Festival Exhibitors at Multi-ethnic events 11: Halifax Greek Fest: The social and cultural significance of hosting a festival for the Halifax Greek community and Halifax society 12: The ‘Community Action Dash’: Resident and Visitor Perceptions of an Inner City Neighbourhood during a Community-Led Event 13: Beyond Economic Benefits: Exploring the Effects of Festivals and Events on Community Capitals 14: VFR Event Tourism and Social Networks at-a-Distance: Rural Community Development through Reunion and Celebration Part 5: CONCLUSION 15: Event Studies and the Crisis of Representation

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Book SynopsisAs the failings of neoliberalism become evident, the need for a new development paradigm becomes increasingly urgent. This Handbook offers a ground-breaking critical review of development and social change, and in doing do sets out the terms of the debates needed in areas where the orthodoxy has worn thin.The Handbook on Development and Social Change tackles key global topics including sustainability, regionalism, and international finance, as well as examining key developing regions from Latin America to China. With original chapters by recognised experts from across the globe with proven practical experience this Handbook examines the economic, political and cultural aspects of development and social change. Promoting a strong interdisciplinary approach, and integrating knowledge with practice, it moves beyond current development theories which deal poorly with the non-causal and chaotic and thus provides an approach which is fit for purpose in the modern era of global complexity.With it?s accessible coverage of complex issues this Handbook will be of particular interest for students in the fields of development studies, development economics, comparative sociology and global politics.Contributors include: N. Absenger, F. Blank, P. Brown, C. Bruzelius, H. Dean, K. Hyltén-Cavallius, C. Jacqueson, P. Martin, F. Pennings, P. Phoa, L. Scullion, M. Seeleib-Kaiser, S. Stendahl, O. Swedrup, A.M. Swiatkowski, M. WujczykTrade Review'Confident and ambitious, this Handbook pushes the debate on development as capitalism in new directions. It offers a critical, sociological - or genealogical - approach, emphasising capitalism's unpredictability above all. Highly recommended as much for the detail and novelty of the chapters as for the profound commitment of the contributors to global transformation and a more equal world' --Jean Grugel, University of York, UK'This is an excellent volume. Topics for chapters have been well chosen and chapters are written by authors well placed in the field. This valuable collection provides a rich and pertinent review of the development field.' --Jan Nederveen Pieterse, University of California, Santa Barbara, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Development and Social Change: A Genealogy for an Era of Complexity Ronaldo Munck Part I Economic Aspects 2. Towards An Ecology of Development Philip McMichael 3. Development and Imperialism: Rethinking Old Concepts for a New Age Rowan Lubbock 4. Development and the private sector: the challenge of extractives-led development in Uganda Laura Smith, Anne Tallontire and James Van Alstine 5. Financialization and Development: Issues and Perspectives Cecilia Allami and Alan Cibils 6. Development and Regionalism Philippe De Lombaerde, Stephen Kingah, Liliana Lizarazo Rodríguez and Stefano Palestini 7. Small Loans, Big Problems: The Rise and Fall of Microcredit as Development Policy Milford Bateman 8. ‘A rising tide lifts us all; don’t rock the boat!’: Economic growth and the legitimation of inequality Gareth Dale Part II: Political Aspects 9. Developing democracy, democratizing development: a backlash against hegemonic norms and practice? Matthew Louis Bishop 10. Development NGOs, civil society and social change Su-ming Khoo 11. The Developmental State Paradigm in the age of financialization Ben Fine and Gabriel Pollen 12. Development and Social Change in Latin America Raúl Delgado Wise and Henry Veltmeyer 13. Development in Africa as the global commodity super-cycle ends: African uprisings during and after ‘Africa Rising’ Patrick Bond 14. Tracing the Emergence of Sino-Capitalism: Social Change and Development in Contemporary China Christopher A. McNally 15. Culture and Development: Contemporary Debates and Practices Susanne Schech Part III: Social Aspects 16. The Migration–Development Nexus: Current Challenges and Future Research Agenda Tanja Bastia 17. Requiem for the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach? A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi 18. Development and Inequality: A Critical Analysis Ray Kiely 19. Water and a Fluid International Development Agenda G. Honor Fagan 20. Gender equality and the discursive landscape of non-governmental action in development: the inevitable failure of international NGOs to represent the interests of women? Fenella Porter 21. Development and Poverty in the twenty-first Century: A challenge for research and social transformation Alberto D. Cimadamore 22. From the Ghost of Development to Buen Vivir (Living Well): Building Utopias Alberto Acosta Index

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Book SynopsisOffering a comprehensive review of contemporary research on inclusive innovation, chapters address the systemic, structural issues that present the 'grand challenges' of our time. With 27 contributions from 57 expert scholars, this Handbook highlights both emerging practices and scalable solutions. Acting as a call to action, the chapters place social impact at the heart of theory and practice, providing fresh insight into global issues and practical solutions. Organized into five distinct sections to reflect current theoretical approaches and frameworks, contributions cover social innovation as practice; community and place; systems, institution and infrastructure; individual, organizations and organizing, and networks and social change. This Handbook emphasises the fundamental shift needed in management scholarship to address global problems and achieve social impact through sustainable development goals. This will be an invaluable resource for those championing social inclusion in both research and practice, including innovation researchers and management scholars more broadly.Trade Review'Bravo! Inclusive innovation is one of the most important topics in management research. Yet, there has been no standard reference available for mapping out the topic and providing a systematic discussion of what we know and what remains to be done. In this essential contribution, George, Baker, Tracey and Joshi have brought together many of the leading scholars on the topic and have provided a much needed overview. This will undoubtedly become the key reference in inclusive innovation.' --Nelson Phillips, Imperial College Business School, London, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1. Inclusion and Innovation: A Call to Action Gerard George, Ted Baker, Paul Tracey and Havovi Joshi PART II SOCIAL INNOVATION IN PRACTICE 2. A Silent Evolution: Innovative and Inclusive Narratives on Sustainability Ana Cristina Campos Marques 3. Climate Change and Social Innovation Christopher Wright and Daniel Nyberg 4. Problem, person, and pathway: A framework for social innovators Julie Battilana, Brittany Butler, Marissa Kimsey, Johanna Mair, Christopher Marquis and Christian Seelos 5. Inclusion and Innovation in Healthcare Anita M. McGahan 6. How do we know when social innovation works? A review and contingency model of social impact assessment Greg Molecke and Anne-Claire Pache PART III COMMUNITY AND PLACE 7. Indigenous Social Innovation: What Is Distinctive? And a Research Agenda Ana María Peredo, Murdith McLean, Crystal Tremblay 8. Urban Innovation: At the nexus of urban policy and entrepreneurship Jeffrey A. Robinson, Amol M. Joshi, Lutisha Vickerie-Dearman and Todd Inouye 9. Community social innovation: Taking a long view on community enterprise Neil Stott, Michelle Fava and Natalie Slawinski 10. Collective Social Innovation: Leveraging Custodianship, Tradition and Place on Fogo Island M. Tina Dacin and Peter A. Dacin PART IV SYSTEMS, INSTITUTIONS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE 11. Coordinating Infrastructure Changes to Meet Retiring Baby Boomers’ Needs David Souder 12. Sustainable Technology-Enabled Innovations for Ageing-in-Place: The Singapore Example Hwee-Pink Tan and Hwee-Xian Tan 13. How Firms Bring Social Innovation and Efficiency to the Global Effort to Recover From national uncertainty shocks Luis Ballesteros 14. The Lack of Public Goods in Emergent Economies: A Call for Research and a Case Study of Innovative Organisational Design Nuno Gil 15. An institutional framework to the scaling up of inclusive social innovations: the case of La Salada Silvia Dorado and Pablo D. Fernández 16. Social Innovation as Institutional Work Warren Nilsson 17. Challenges for Global Supply Chains and Opportunities for Social Innovation Yong H. Kim and Gerald F. Davis PART V INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND ORGANIZING 18. Emotions as the Glue, the Fuel and the Rust of Social Innovation Charlene Zietsma and Madeline Toubiana 19. Income Inequality: Consequences and Implications for Social Innovation Xiang Zhou and Jason D. Shaw 20. Frugal Innovation and Social Innovation: Linked Paths to Achieving Inclusion Sustainably Yasser Bhatti and Jaideep Prabhu 21. Climate Change and Entrepreneurship Elizabeth Embry, Jessica Jones and Jeffrey G. York 22. A Framework for Sustaining Hybridity in Social Enterprises: Combining Differentiating and Integrating Marya Besharov, Wendy Smith and Tiffany Darabi 23. Organizing for global change Yves Plourde PART VI NETWORKS AND SOCIAL CHANGE 24. Collaborative Governance Ann Florini 25. Inclusive Innovation through Alliance Networks Arno Kourula 26. Social Entrepreneurs as Network Orchestrators: A Framework and Research Agenda on Networks and Leadership in the Context of Social Innovation Christian Busch and Harry Barkema 27. Empowerment, Social Innovation and Social Change Helen M Haugh and Maggie O’Carroll Index

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Book SynopsisChina is beginning to overtake the US as the world's largest economy, and a few other East and South Asian countries are steadily increasing their presence in global markets. The authors of this book agree that the contours of a 'different' economic and political order are emerging as the West is effectively struggling to hold onto its global pre-eminence. Meanwhile, the torch is slowly (albeit uncertainly) passing to a new generation of international players. Some version of a new multilateral order is emerging; an order that is both different from the previous one, but also marked by multiple and significant continuities. This book identifies possible factors responsible for the recent rise of many developing countries. It examines how robust these trends actually are and speculatively predicts the implications and consequences that may result from a continuation of these trends. It also suggests possible scenarios of future development. Ultimately, it argues that the rise of the 'Rest' would not only imply geopolitical shifts, but could also lead to the proliferation of the new growth models in the Global South and to profound changes in international economic relations. This innovative book is written from a multicultural and multidisciplinary perspective by the leading scholars in the field. It will appeal to professionals, PhD students and graduate students alike, namely those in the fields of international relations, political economy, political science, international development and regional studies.Contributors include: S. Amin, L.C. Bresser-Pereira, P. Dutkiewicz, J. Ghosh, S.S. Karatasli, S. Kumral, J.Y. Lin, J.A. Ocampo, D. Pasciuti, P. Patnaik, V. Popov, R. Sakwa, B.J. Silver, J.K. SundaramTrade Review‘The discussions in this book are interesting, thought-provoking, and well-written. The book would be an excellent choice for an undergraduate or graduate student working to better understand current international relations—particularly following the succession of the post-Cold War world and the theories surrounding the complexities of a multi-polar world. The book would also be a great choice for an individual hoping to learn more about the current state of international politics.’ -- Allison G.S. Knox, International Social Science Review‘Despite the book’s several chapters being written by different authors with many and varied views and perspectives, it is coherent and fascinating to read. . . The intended readers are graduate and PhD students, as well as professionals in development studies and related fields, who should find this book a compelling proposition that answers many questions but raises even more.’ -- Hungarian Geographical Bulletin'This book, written by leading specialists in the economics of catch-up development, makes a fresh and important addition to the literature on the subject. The authors introduce readers to a discussion of the most important problems of our modernity. They analyze a complicated picture of the rising ''Rest'', including China and India, Russia and Latin America, trying to understand the consequences of the current economic trends and outline a way to the more harmonized New World Order.' --Victor Polterovich, Central Economics and Mathematics Institute, Russia'This book, edited by Vladimir Popov and Piotr Dutkiewicz, with contributions from an array of well-known scholars and former policy-makers, is an important contribution to understanding critical issues of our time: will convergence between the west and ''the rest'' accelerate in the 21st century? Can convergence come to a halt? How can global and regional institutions accommodate the irruption of new world economic powerhouses? Do neoliberalism and structural development theories provide appropriate conceptual and policy responses for a rapidly changing world order? This book offers useful insights, historical evidence and prospective scenario analysis to address these important questions. I strongly recommend it.' --Andres Solimano, International Center for Globalization and Development, author of Global Capitalism at Disarray, OUP, 2017Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Vladimir Popov 1. Convergence? More Developing Countries are Catching Up Vladimir Popov and Jomo Kwame Sundaram 2. World Hegemonies and Global Inequalities Sahan Savas Karatasli, Sefika Kumral, Daniel Pasciuti and Beverly J. Silver 3. Why Growth Rates Differ Vladimir Popov 4. Lessons from China and East Asia's Catch Up: The New Structural Economics Perspective Justin Yifu Lin 5. Why the “Rest” doesn’t need Foreign Finance Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira 6. Global “disorder” and the rise of finance: Implications for the development project Jayati Ghosh 7. Capitalism and India's Democratic Revolution Prabhat Patnaik 8. Latin America’s Development: a Short Historical Account José Antonio Ocampo 9. Russia and the European Union: the Clash of World Orders Richard Sakwa 10. Contemporary Imperialism Samir Amin 11. The Rest beyond the West - Conclusions Piotr Dutkiewicz Index

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Book SynopsisPublic Private Partnership for WTO Dispute Settlement is an interdisciplinary work examining the growing interaction between business entities and public officials. Crucially, it identifies how this relationship can enable developing countries to effectively utilize the provisions of the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Understanding (WTO DSU).Building on more than five years of empirical investigation, Amrita Bahri reflects on the dispute settlement partnership experiences of the top DSU users from the developed and developing world. This enables her to evaluate a diverse range of dispute settlement partnership strategies, which have allowed the governments involved to harness resources and expertise from the private sector.With practical suggestions on dispute settlement capacity building, this book provides a roadmap to policymakers, industry representatives and legal professionals on how to effectively engage with business entities for the resolution of international trade conflicts. It also provides a template for teaching and research activities to scholars focusing on international trade law, development studies and international dispute settlement.Trade Review'Extremely insightful and groundbreaking book based on comprehensive and rigorous research. Its admirable treatment of public private partnership in WTO disputes would attract policymakers, industry, legal professionals and the academic community. Incisive recommendations made by the author provide an effective template for countries to engage purposefully for resolving trade friction.' --Abhijit Das, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, India'This book is a tremendous and timely contribution to the existing scholarship on law and development. Based on the full internalization of the literature, on painstaking empirical analysis and on an enriching comparative analysis, it explores the obstacles developing countries face in participating in legal institutions and suggests the strategies and synergies they can deploy to overcome them. The ultimate value of this strong project, not to be underscored in these critical times, is that legal institutions matter and can represent an important factor in shaping development.' --Luca Rubini, Birmingham Law School, UK'This is a stimulating comparison of how governments in developed countries (the United States and the EU) and in key developing countries (Brazil, China and India) have been handling their industries' complaints about foreign trade barriers. The lessons drawn in this study, on how such cooperation could be formalized and possibly improved from a developing country perspective, are worthwhile. Deserves a wide readership.' --Marco Bronckers, Leiden University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Developing Countries at WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding: Strengthening Participation 2. WTO Dispute Settlement Partnerships: A Conceptual Framework 3. Handling of WTO Disputes: The United States and the European Union 4. Handling of WTO Disputes: China’s Experience 5. Handling of WTO Disputes: Brazil’s Experience 6. Handling of WTO Disputes: India’s Experience 7. Devising Dispute Settlement Partnerships: “Lessons Learnt” Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book documents and analyses the seriousness of growing national inequality in different regions around the world. It argues that the treatment of inequality in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is wholly insufficient due to their failure to recognise the growing difference between the income of work and the income of capital and the super rich, and the strain this places on a country's social fabric. Sustainable Development Goals and Income Inequality provides a critical view on how inequality is dealt with in the process of setting global goals. It reviews the development of inequality globally and the various processes leading up to formulation of the SDGs. With chapters from top researchers on inequality and development economics it provides a strong and unique intellectual basis for a more prominent treatment of inequality in the follow up process to the SDGs. Combining a global perspective and in-depth regional analysis, this book will be of interest to students and academics in sustainable development, social policy and development economics.Contributors include: T. Addison, A. Cornia, P. Edward, R. Jolly, M. Luebker, D. Nayyar, A. Sumner, P.A.G. van Bergeijk, R. van der Hoeven, J. Vandemoortele, R. VosTrade Review'The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations have set the most ambitious development agenda in history. For the first time, income inequality was included as a specific goal, and one that is essential to stem one of the worst trends that the world has been experiencing in recent decades. Ambitious political efforts will be needed to reverse this trend because without equality the inclusive and transformative development that the SDGs have set cannot be achieved. Providing accessible analysis and evidence-based policy advice, Sustainable Development Goals and Income Inequality is a must read for development researchers and practitioners, politicians and concerned citizens alike.' --Jose Antonio Ocampo, Member of the Central Bank Board of Colombia, former UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs'Sustainable Development Goals and Income Inequality is a timely book. It discusses causes and consequences of the unprecedented rise of income inequality, and especially functional income inequality, over the last twenty years in developing countries. It demonstrates that the Sustainable Development Goals adopted in 2015, though acknowledging the inequality problem, provide only weak recommendations to stem this growing inequality. In this easily accessible book, well-known scholars thoroughly analyse and discuss policy alternatives for a more equal and transformative development process and portray what citizens and governments can do to achieve that.' --Thandika Mkandawire, London School of Economics, former Director, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)'This book puts the post-2015 sustainable development agenda in thought-provoking perspective. The two editors and an expert group of leading thinkers and practitioners in the field of economic development take the reader on a most stimulating voyage into the realm of the MDGs and the SDGs. They pointedly ask whether the SDGs have the potential to address the thorny issues of inclusiveness in implementation, manageability, appropriate measurement and financial planning. The book departs from the need for transformative development and zooms in on the vast challenge of income inequality. A timely and much-needed contribution.' --Finn Tarp, Director, UNU-WIDERTable of ContentsContents: 1. The challenge to reduce income inequality (introduction and overview) Peter A.G. van Bergeijk and Rolph van der Hoeven 2. Broadening the development agenda for the SDG world Richard Jolly 3. From MDGs to SDGs: critical reflections on global targets and their measurement Jan Vandemoortele 4. From billions to trillions: towards reform of development finance and the global reserve system Rob Vos 5. Global inequality and global poverty since the Cold War: how robust is the optimistic narrative? Peter Edward and Andy Sumner 6. Is Latin America’s recent inequality decline permanent or temporary? Giovanni Andrea Cornia 7. Thirty years in Africa’s development: from structural adjustment to structural transformation? Tony Addison 8. Poverty, employment and inequality in the SDGs: heterodox discourse, orthodox policies? Malte Luebker 9. Can catch up reduce inequality? Deepak Nayyar 10. Can the SDGs stem rising income inequality in the world? Rolph van der Hoeven Index

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Book SynopsisEvents such as the global financial crisis have helped reveal that the drivers and contours of governance on a national and international level remain a mystery in many respects. This is so despite the ever-increasing complexity and sophistication in the management and understanding of economic, legal and political spheres of global society. Set in this context, this timely Research Handbook is the first to explicitly address the constitutive relationship between law and political economy.With scholarly contributions from diverse disciplinary and geographic backgrounds, this authoritative book provides an expansive overview of the legal architecture of the global political economy. It covers, in three parts, topics surrounding money and markets, the relations of organization, and commodities, land and resources.Scholars and policymakers as well as undergraduate and postgraduate law students interested in the intersection of socio-political, economic, and legal dynamics of governance will find this book a thought-provoking and insightful resource.Contributors: A. Andreoni, G. Baars, S. Bailey, B. Bowring, T.A. Canova, D. Danielsen, J. Desautels-Stein, J. Ellis, A. Gupta, F. Guy, A. Hanieh, I. Isailovi , V. Kishore, R. Kreitner, T. Krever, P. Luff, T. Mahmud, B.N. Mamlyuk, M. McCluskey, R. Míguez, C. Mummé, A. Ng Boyte, Ö. Orhangazi, U. Özsu, A. Rasulov, L. Russi, C. Salom o Filho, P. Skott, J. Toporowski, R.A. Woodcock, L.R. WrayTrade Review'Law creates and regulates our political and economic life. If the legal institutions of citizenship and political authority, property and contract, money and credit, or labor and capital were put together differently, our world might be more equal, productive, democratic, sustainable and just. This terrific collection explores how this might be done. Each essay puts law at the center of a story about political economy and asks how things might be otherwise. Original, broad-reaching and imaginative, these essays will change how you think about the world: what seemed natural and inevitable will seem open to rethinking and remaking. An excellent overview of law's role in contemporary political economy by some of the most creative thinkers in the legal academy today.' --David Kennedy, Harvard Law School, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction John D. Haskell and Ugo Mattei PART I MONEY AND MARKETS 2. Toward a Political Economy of Money Roy Kreitner 3. The Market as a Legal Concept: Classical Liberalism, Modern Liberalism, Pragmatic Liberalism Justin Desautels-Stein 4. The New Global Dis/Order in Central Banking and Public Finance Timothy A. Canova 5. Neoliberalism, Debt and Discipline Tayyab Mahmud 6. Free Trade and Comparative Advantage: A Study in Economic Sleight of Hand Vishaal Kishore 7. Technology, Power and the Political Economy of Inequality Frederick Guy and Peter Skott 8. Finance and the ‘Real’ Economy: Systemic Complexity, Complex Agencies Luigi Russi 9. Financialization and the Non-Financial Corporate Sector Özgür Orhangazi 10. Debt and Financial Stability Jan Toporowski 11. The Law of Value and the Law Bill Bowring 12. Less Markets: A Critical Analysis of Market Existence and Functioning Calixto Salomão Filho PART II THE RELATIONS OF ORGANIZATION: INDUSTRY, LABOR AND THE STATE 13. Beyond Corporate Governance: Why a New Approach to the Study of Corporate Law is Needed to Address Global Inequality and Economic Development Dan Danielsen 14. The Job Guarantee, Full Employment and Human Rights L. Randall Wray 15. Personal Responsibility for Systemic Inequality Martha McCluskey 16. From the ‘Semi-Civilized State’ to the ‘Emerging Market’: Remarks on the International Legal History of the Semi-Periphery Umut Özsu 17. From the Dutch East India Company to the Corporate Bill of Rights: Corporations and International Law Grietje Baars 18. Mapping the Political Economy of Neoliberalism in the Arab World Adam Hanieh 19. Ending Impunity? Eliding Political Economy in International Criminal Law Tor Krever 20. The Political Economy of Court-Based Regulation Patrick Luff, 21. Law and Development: A History in Three Moments Arpita Gupta 22. The Political Economy of Industrial Policy: After the Crisis, Back on the Agenda Antonio Andreoni PART III COMMODITIES, LAND AND RESOURCES 23. The Empty Circularity of Regulatory Takings: The Legacy of a Legal Realist Critique for a 21st-Century Context Akbar Rasulov 24. Property in Labor and the Limits of Contract Claire Mummé 25. Property Issues in the Indigenous Historical Contexts of Republican Latin America Rodrigo Míguez 26. Indigenous Peoples’ Claims and Challenges Over Control of Property Ivana Isailović 27. Early Soviet Property Law in Comparison with Western Legal Traditions Boris N. Mamlyuk 28. The Architecture of Commons Legal Institutions Saki Bailey 29. Political Economy and Environmental Law: A Cost-Benefit Analysis Jaye Ellis 30. The Propertization of Intellectual Property Alina Ng Boyte 31. Property, Efficiency, the Commons, and Theft Ramsi A. Woodcock Index

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Book Synopsis'These authors take an in-depth look at poverty in developed countries and offer the unique solution of entrepreneurship's empowering and transformative venture creation impact to the problem. They introduce a framework as a holistic approach for understanding what is required for the low-income individual to successfully pursue the entrepreneurial path. For anyone concerned about the alleviation of poverty, this is a must read!'- Donald F. Kuratko, Indiana University, Bloomington, US'Poor people are more frequently business owners than any other economic group, but, because of resource constraints, they rarely break out of the informal economy so their entrepreneurship co-exists with poverty rather than replacing it. Could we reduce the resource constraints and simultaneously educate poor people about business management and strategy, more poor people could break into the formal sector, creating jobs and building wealth exactly where jobs and wealth are most needed. The social benefit would be huge. In their pragmatic, informed, and readable manual, Morris, Santos, and Neumeyer bring together the inter-disciplinary information that a public/private partnership requires to launch a successful effort to reduce poverty by enabling the entrepreneurship of the poor. In a nutshell, the public sector provides the infrastructure; the private sector and NGOs provide the business education. Everyone who has a practical or theoretical interest in poverty, entrepreneurship, or social policy should read this book.'- Ivan Light, University of California, Los Angeles, US While extensively explored as a solution to poverty at the base of the pyramid, this is the first in-depth examination of entrepreneurship and the poor within advanced economies. Entrepreneurship is presented as a source of empowerment that represents an alternative pathway out of poverty. The book explores the underlying nature of poverty and draws implications for new venture creation. This book fosters a richer dialog among academics, government officials, policy makers, economic development professionals, bankers and the financial community, leaders of non-profit organizations, and others committed to moving beyond status quo solutions - committed to finding ways to help people create their own entrepreneurial pathways out of poverty. Trade Review'A refreshing, timely and valuable contribution. Warm congratulations - and kind thanks - to the authors, for producing a masterpiece with brilliant ideas likely to foster a rich dialogue among academics, bankers, economic development professionals, government, policy makers, and others committed to finding ways to help people create their ways out of poverty.' --Léo-Paul Dana, Montpellier Business School, France'Linking poverty and entrepreneurship in developed economies seems at a first glance a little bit unusual. Entrepreneurship is mostly viewed and understood as heroic, risk-taking and successful behaviours by few talented individuals. Researchers, media and governments alike often adopt an ideological rhetoric of innovation-driven, economy-growing and job-creating processes. However, we know that entrepreneurship also concerns disadvantaged individuals, low income and necessity entrepreneurs even in developed countries. The greatest merit of this book is to pay attention to those entrepreneurs with the aim to explore new venture creation and entrepreneurial behaviours as ways out of poverty. I strongly recommend the reading of this necessary book giving us the opportunity to enrich our understanding of entrepreneurship as a social and economic phenomenon, by throwing light on one of its hidden side.' --Alain Fayolle, Emlyon Business School, France'In Poverty and Entrepreneurship in Developed Economies the authors tackle important and pressing questions about the interplay between entrepreneurship and poverty. Although the poor are often overlooked in discussions around entrepreneurship, the book fills this gap by examining the poor and their struggle to create thriving businesses. Exploring numerous barriers to successful entrepreneurship the book provides a must read for anyone grappling with issues around poverty alleviation, microenterprise, and economic mobility.' --Rob Fairlie, University of California, Santa Cruz, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Understanding Poverty 2. The Nature of Entrepreneurship 3. Entrepreneurship and the Poor 4. Types of Entrepreneurs and Types of Ventures 5. Opportunity Horizons and the Poor 6. The Challenges of Literacy among the Poor 7. Technology and the Poor 8. Building Supportive Infrastructure for Low Income Entrepreneurs 9. Financing the Ventures of the Poor 10. Overcoming Resource Constraints 11. From Vulnerability to Sustainability: The Challenges of Planning and Strategy 12. Making Sense of the Economics 13. Policies and Programs to Support Low Income Entrepreneurship Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Tourism is integral to local, regional and national development policies; as a major global economic sector, it has the potential to underpin economic growth and wider development. Yet, transformations in both the nature of tourism and the dynamic environment within which it occurs give rise to new questions with regards to its developmental role. This Research Agenda offers a state-of-the-art review of the research into the tourism-development nexus. Bringing together contributors from across the globe, this Research Agenda answers the key questions including: Are growth-focused tourism policies becoming increasingly detrimental to destination development? Can mass forms of tourism in fact generate more benefits than alternative forms of tourism? Does the role of the state in supporting tourism-induced development require reconsideration? How effective is tourism-related philanthropy in contributing to development? Is community-based tourism a realistic development policy? To what extent can tourism contribute to what is still the most pressing development challenge, namely poverty reduction? A Research Agenda for Tourism and Development offers valuable insights for students and researchers of development studies and tourism, as well as for policymakers and practitioners in tourism industries.Trade Review‘The book serves as a valuable guide for graduate students and scholars from different disciplines and contexts to contribute to comprehensive knowledge and understanding on tourism and development by situating tourism in a broader global development agenda, and contributes to efforts for better rebuilding tourism.’ -- Bengi Ertuna, Journal of Qualitative Research in TourismTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: tourism and development – towards a research agenda Richard Sharpley and David Harrison 2. A policy research agenda for tourism and development Dianne Dredge 3. The tourism-development nexus from a governance perspective: a research agenda Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong 4. NGOs, tourism and development Helene Balslev Clausen 5. Travel philanthropy and development Amy Scarth and Marina Novelli 6. Tourism and Poverty David Harrison and Stephen Pratt 7. Community-based tourism and ‘development’ Tazim Jamal, Christine Budke and Ingrid Barradas-Bribiesca 8. Tourism, development and the consumption of tourism Richard Sharpley 9. Now everyone can sail: on the need to understand mass tourism Julio Aramberri 10. A sustainable hospitality and tourism workforce research agenda – exploring the past to create a vision for the future Shelagh Mooney and Tom Baum 11. Tourism and (re)development in developed nations David J. Telfer Index

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Book SynopsisExploring and updating the controversial debates about the relationship between democracy and development, this Research Handbook provides clarification on the complex and nuanced interlinkages between political regime type and socio-economic development. Distinguished scholars examine a broad range of issues from multidisciplinary perspectives across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.Analysing the relationship between political regime types, including varieties of democracies and autocracies, and broader development indicators, chapters cover economic growth, poverty and human development, inequality, corruption, conflict, human rights, and environmental sustainability. The Research Handbook examines longstanding and unresolved debates in the field over the past 60 years, as well as investigating contemporary issues of rising global inequalities, the resurgence of authoritarian populism, and the crisis of liberal democracy.Thorough and invigorating, this will be an essential read for social science scholars and students, particularly those studying sociology, politics, economics and global development studies. Policy makers and government officials dealing with foreign affairs and international development will appreciate the detailed case studies the Research Handbook offers.Trade Review‘Democracy and development as inclusive pursuits do not come naturally to humans as self-interested actors. They require institutionalization and rules of practice to balance between autonomy and responsibility, the self and the collective. This impressive book, rich in theory and substantiation, reminds us why we must not give up on the imperatives of democracy and development despite the phenomenal challenges to their fulfillment.’ -- Francis B. Nyamnjoh, University of Cape Town, South Africa‘This is a volume of unusual quality, substantive breadth, and grounding in social science. The editors and contributors embed cutting-edge findings in the past two or three decades of scholarship on development and democracy, and on the relationship between the two. The volume will be valuable both as a resource and as a launching point for new research.’ -- Catherine Boone, London School of Economics, UK‘Too often it is taken for granted that democracy translates into development. The variety of reflections in this volume go beyond this convenient but far too easy equation. They offer valuable food for thought, motivating further deliberations in search and support of promoting and strengthening democracy as an ingredient to meaningful development.’ -- Henning Melber, President of the European Association for Development Research and Training Institutes, Germany‘Two of the most contested subjects in contemporary scholarship – democracy and development—are boldly unpacked, re-packaged, and (re)connected in this refreshing new text. The Handbook answers your foremost questions and foregrounds the timeliness and timelessness of these phenomena and their perplexities.’ -- Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, Babcock University, Nigeria‘Crawford and Abdulai have brought together a wonderful slate of illustrious scholars to address central questions about the relationships between democracy, development, and sustainability. This brilliant handbook is a “must-have” guide alike for new learners looking for an introduction to seasoned researchers seeking a ready reference. An invaluable resource for political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, economists, and many multidisciplinary scientists among others.’ -- Arun Agrawal, University of Michigan, US and Editor-in-Chief, World DevelopmentTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Research Handbook on Democracy and Development : an overview of the debates 1 Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai and Gordon Crawford PART I DEFINITIONS AND INTERLINKAGES 1 Democracy: contested concept with a common core 27 Svend-Erik Skaaning 2 Development: a multidimensional concept 45 Eija Ranta 3 Democracy and development: moving beyond the conundrum 60 Alina Rocha Menocal 4 Sen and development as freedom 79 Darley Jose Kjosavik PART II CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY AND AUTOCRACY 5 Neoliberal democracy vs neoliberal authoritarianism: capitalism and democracy’s global contest in the twenty-first century 99 Rita Kiki Edozie 6 Autocracy and variations in economic development outcomes 117 Carl Henrik Knutsen 7 Varieties of autocracy and human development 135 Andrea Cassani PART III REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES 8 Democracy and growth in Africa 152 Michael T. Rock and Marc Howard Ross 9 Democracy and development in Africa 174 Augustin Kwasi Fosu 10 Leaders, multiparty elections and developmental performances in sub-Saharan Africa 194 Giovanni Carbone and Alessandro Pellegata 11 Democracy and development in Latin America 212 Luis F. Angosto-Ferrández 12 Democracy and development in Asia 228 Aurel Croissant and Lars Pelke 13 Democracy and development in the MENA 250 Imad Salamey 14 Democracy, development and Islam 263 Michael T. Rock and Soli Ozel PART IV INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND AID POLICY 15 Corruption, democracy and development: the role of the European Union 293 Ina Kubbe and Liljana Cvetanoska 16 Human rights and development: civic engagement, approaches and outcomes 313 Bård A. Andreassen PART V DEMOCRACY AND CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION 17 Consociational democracy: compromise or collapse? 331 Allison McCulloch 18 Post-conflict reconstruction and democracy promotion 347 Alpaslan Özerdem 19 Transitional justice, transformative justice, democracy and development 359 Matthew Evans 20 South Africa: democracy and development in the post-apartheid era 372 Tom Lodge PART VI INEQUALITIES AND DEMOCRACY 21 Why inequality is democracy’s catch-22 392 Alina Rocha Menocal 22 Gender inequality and democracy in Africa 408 Gretchen Bauer 23 Horizontal inequalities and democracy 420 Frances Stewart PART VII DEEPENING DEMOCRACY 24 Participatory budgeting: contributions to reversing social and spatial priorities 442 Yves Cabannes 25 NGOs and the democratic space within Uganda’s emerging oil sector 462 Badru Bukenya 26 Democratic decentralization and local development: insights from Morocco’s advanced regionalization process 482 Sylvia I. Bergh PART VIII DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT 27 Representation, citizenship and the public domain: choice and recognition in natural resource decentralization 503 Jesse Ribot 28 Democracy, ideological orientation and sustainable development 522 Peter Söderbaum Index 536

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Book SynopsisMultinational enterprises (MNEs) are everywhere and the perception of their engagement in myriad activities ranges between extremely positive and extremely negative. Based on original comprehensive research, this groundbreaking book examines the impact of Chinese and European MNEs in the African context. Sharing knowledge and insights from the authors' empirical research, Multinationals, Local Capacity Building and Development uses Ghana as a case study to analyse trends in MNEs and assess the advantages and disadvantages of their involvement. The book examines the role of MNEs in Ghana's industrial sector, their management practices and the effects of skill transfer from foreign managers to local workers. The authors explore the impact MNEs are having on the development of local capabilities, the contribution of MNEs to sustainable development goals, and the benefits and drawbacks of foreign direct investment in Ghana. Previously unexamined roles of work and social networks, and the differences between European and Chinese MNEs, are exposed, all subjects previously unaddressed in the field. The insights presented in this book will be of significant interest to policy makers, both public and private sector development practitioners, and students of development, as well as any readers concerned with addressing better engagement with key economic actors on the African continent.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. MNEs, managerial knowledge transfer and local capability building: Conceptual framework 3. MNEs and the industrial sector in Ghana 4. Management practices of MNEs in Ghana 5. Knowledge transfer in MNEs in Africa: A comparison between Chinese and European MNEs in Ghana, Xiaolan Fu and Hao Xu 6. MNEs and managerial knowledge transfer to Africa: A comparison between Chinese and European MNEs in the construction sector in Ghana, Cyrielle Auffray and Xiaolan Fu 7. MNEs and their impact on local capabilities building and sustainable development 8. Conclusions and policy implications References Index

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Book SynopsisScaling the Social Enterprise is an ideal text for courses that focus on social entrepreneurship and social innovation, at either the graduate or undergraduate level. Common themes across high growth social startups discussed in the book include: building and modifying a management team for growth creating and maintaining a dynamic stakeholder network choosing corporate form and funders moving from idea to pilot, to roll-out, and pivots along the way the importance of media magic in building a brand developing and refining one’s value chain the pivotal role of technology in scaling. Featuring high profile, high growth social startups including Fair Trade USA, Revolution Foods, Sanergy, Kiva, d.light, Back to the Roots, and Grameen America, the chapter on funding social startups also profiles social funders such as Bridges Fund Management and Better Ventures, amongst others.Trade Review'Scaling the Social Enterprise is an insightful and practical guide to the rapidly growing number of purpose-driven businesses and capital-savvy nonprofits that are developing innovative, cost-effective and scalable solutions to the systemic problems that our world faces.' -- – Brian Trelstad, Bridges Fund Management, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to Scaling the Social Enterprise 1. Building and modifying the team for growth 2. Creating and maintaining a dynamic stakeholder network 3. Choosing corporate form and funders 4. The role of media in building a brand 5. Moving from idea to pilot to scale 6. Defining and refining one’s value chain 7. The pivotal role of technology in scaling 8. Measuring impact Conclusion to Scaling the Social Enterprise Index

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Book SynopsisScaling the Social Enterprise is an ideal text for courses that focus on social entrepreneurship and social innovation, at either the graduate or undergraduate level. Common themes across high growth social startups discussed in the book include: building and modifying a management team for growth creating and maintaining a dynamic stakeholder network choosing corporate form and funders moving from idea to pilot, to roll-out, and pivots along the way the importance of media magic in building a brand developing and refining one’s value chain the pivotal role of technology in scaling. Featuring high profile, high growth social startups including Fair Trade USA, Revolution Foods, Sanergy, Kiva, d.light, Back to the Roots, and Grameen America, the chapter on funding social startups also profiles social funders such as Bridges Fund Management and Better Ventures, amongst others.Trade Review'Scaling the Social Enterprise is an insightful and practical guide to the rapidly growing number of purpose-driven businesses and capital-savvy nonprofits that are developing innovative, cost-effective and scalable solutions to the systemic problems that our world faces.' -- – Brian Trelstad, Bridges Fund Management, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to Scaling the Social Enterprise 1. Building and modifying the team for growth 2. Creating and maintaining a dynamic stakeholder network 3. Choosing corporate form and funders 4. The role of media in building a brand 5. Moving from idea to pilot to scale 6. Defining and refining one’s value chain 7. The pivotal role of technology in scaling 8. Measuring impact Conclusion to Scaling the Social Enterprise Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.How can financial services, such as credit, deposit accounts, financial transfers, and insurance be provided to people in need? This challenging and complex issue has been a topic of interest for the international aid community for decades. Drawing on renowned experts in microfinance and financial inclusion, this Research Agenda sheds much-needed light on this multifaceted challenge and points the way ahead for future research.Providing a critical and multidisciplinary approach to research in microfinance and financial inclusion, the authors provide a state-of-the-art overview of current scholarly knowledge on the provision of financial services to disadvantaged populations worldwide. Reviewing the literature on the subject from the fields of economics, management science and development studies, they discuss the limitations and challenges of current research and chart avenues for future developments.With its fascinating insights, this Research Agenda will be of interest to students of finance and economics, development, and business and management, as well as researchers with a specific interest in microfinance and financial inclusion.Contributors include: J. Bastiaensen, A. Cozarenco, B. D'espallier, K.O. Djan, M. Duvendack, A. Garcia, J. Goedecke, I. Guérin, V. Hartarska, B. Hathaway, N. Hermes, F. Huybrechs, R. Lensink, R. Mersland, J. Morduch, S. Morvant, D. Nadolnyak, T. Ogden, J.-M. Servet, T.W. Sommeno, A. Szafarz, G. Van Hecken, B. Venet, L. Weill, T. Wry, S. ZamoreTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I Framing Research On Microfinance And Financial Inclusion 1. The Challenges of Social Investment Through the Microfinance Lens Jonathan Morduch and Timothy Ogden 2. Microfinance and Management Theory Brian Hathaway and Tyler Wry 3. Breaking Away From Ready-Made Remedies and Normative Approaches to Financial Practices Isabelle Guérin, Solène Morvant and Jean-Michel Servet 4. What Do We Really Know About Microfinance Impact? Maren Duvendack Part II Social, Environmental, and Financial Performance 5. Social Performance Measurement in Microfinance Bert D’espallier and Jann Goedecke 6. Microfinance and Financial Inclusion in the Transformation to Environmental Sustainability Johan Bastiaensen, Frédéric Huybrechs and Gert Van Hecken 7. Efficiency and Productivity Analysis of Microfinance Institutions Valentina Hartarska and Denis Nadolnyak Part III Targets for Financial Inclusion 8. Islamic Microfinance Laurent Weill 9. Microfinance Plus: A Review and Avenues for Research Adriana Garcia and Robert Lensink 10. Microfinance in the North: Where Do We Stand? Anastasia Cozarenco and Ariane Szafarz Part IV Institutional and Technological Design 11. Internationalization of the Microfinance Industry Roy Mersland, Stephen Zamore, Kwame Ohene Djan and Tigist Woldetsadik Sommeno 12. Microfinance and Governance Niels Hermes 13. Fintech and Financial Inclusion Baptiste Venet Index

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Book SynopsisBy examining the evolution of industrial relations institutions in the emerging economies of Brazil, China, India, South Africa and Turkey, the authors in this book assess the contribution of these institutions to inclusive development. Industrial Relations in Emerging Economies uses real world examples to assess the relevance of the conceptual frameworks used to examine employment relations. The chapters focus on the evolution of industrial relations institutions and the role these have played in periods of economic and political transition. They demonstrate that rather than acting as a constraint on development, trade unions can contribute to stability, security and equity. However, the contribution of industrial relations institutions to inclusive development is at best a contested pathway. At worst it is viewed as increasingly irrelevant to the vast numbers of workers in the informal economy. The authors reveal a continuing demand for independent collective interest representation in labour relations, whether in the informal economy or in rapidly industrialising districts.This book will prove an interesting and stimulating read for students, academics and researchers in the fields of human resources, industrial relations, sociology and labour economics, in addition to trade union researchers and policy-makers.Contributors include: J. Berg, A. Celik, S. Hayter, C.-H. Lee, N. Pons-Vignon, U. Rani, E. Schneider, R. SenTrade Review'As the share of emerging economies in the global economy grows, interest in industrial relations in these countries is also increasing among academics, policy-makers and practitioners. This book makes a significant contribution to the analysis of industrial relations' role relative to inclusive growth in the era of socio-economic polarization.' --Dong-One Kim, President, International Labor and Employment Relations Association (ILERA)'This timely volume goes a long way towards filling an important gap in the literature on industrial relations. It shows that the role that trade unions play in the development process is contested terrain, exposing the inherent limitations of pluralist frameworks in the largest emerging economies.' --Richard Hyman, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Industrial Relations in Emerging Economies Susan Hayter 2. Labour Relations and Inclusive Growth in India: New Forms of Voice Uma Rani and Ratna Sen 3. Industrial Relations and Inclusive Development in South Africa: A Dream Deferred? Susan Hayter and Nicolas Pons-Vignon 4. Industrial Relations and Inclusive Growth in Brazil: The Swinging Pendulum Janine Berg and Eduardo Schneider 5. Industrial Relations and Inclusive Development in China: Connecting Institutions and Voice Chang-Hee Lee 6. Industrial Relations in Turkey: Still Waiting for a Strong and Modern System Aziz Çelik Index

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Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge Handbook offers fresh perspectives on the key topics related to the unequal use of digital technologies. Considering the ways in which technologies are employed, variations in conditions under which people use digital media and differences in their digital skills, it unpacks the implications of digital inequality on life outcomes.International contributors assess a variety of key contexts that impact access to digital technologies, including contextual variations related to geography and infrastructure, as well as individual differences related to age, income, health and disability status. Chapters explore how variations emerge across the life course, illustrating the effects of digital disparities on personal wellbeing. Intervening in critical debates relating to the digital divide, this Handbook offers key insights into privacy and trust issues that affect technological usage.Employing both quantitative and qualitative investigations into the relationship between social inequality and the Internet, this Handbook is crucial reading for scholars and researchers in both communication and sociology, particularly those focusing on digital inequalities and human-computer interaction. It will also benefit policymakers in need of innovative approaches to understanding, challenging and addressing the digital divide.Trade Review‘This collection is deeply needed amid the hype of digital equity and inclusion. Not only does it focus attention on areas, topics, and communities that demand greater understanding (the elderly, hardware access, disability, and privacy) but it adds crucial nuance and context to the present public and political conversation on digital equity and inclusion, especially given the IIJA’s digital equity programs. It reminds us that money will not solve these issues without deeper understanding and community-driven approaches. In addition to being a must-read for policy makers, this collection would be welcome in senior undergraduate or graduate courses on digital policy, broadband policy, the digital divide, digital media, health communication, media and disability, and research methods, among many others.’ -- Christopher Ali, International Journal of Communication‘Eszter Hargittai's edited volume, Handbook of Digital Inequality, is an important addition to the communication and technology literature. Digital inequalities are very real and significantly impactful, and this volume shines a bright light on the areas to which we should be giving more attention. Hargittai has compiled a thoughtful collection of chapters that collectively create a robust resource that readers will likely find themselves revisiting frequently for references, data points, and interesting ideas for research directions.’ -- James Jarc, Communication Research Trends‘At the dawn of the Internet age, digital inequality was a central concern. But then a combination of triumphalism (in the developed nations) and spiraling complexity (rapid proliferation of ways to go online and things to do there) led attention to shift away from this topic. As work and schooling moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic, the world rediscovered that inequality in access to digital platforms and resources remains high and is ever more central to social inequality overall. Eszter Hargittai has identified the scholars who have sustained a research focus on digital inequality and have found ways to cast empirical light on such complex issues as the impact of different ways of accessing the Internet and variation in online skills, and has produced a Handbook that will be invaluable to anyone who cares about social inequality – just when we need it the most.’ -- Paul DiMaggio, Princeton University, US‘This is a must-have book for any social scientist concerned with the digital age for, as its multiple authors clearly demonstrate, not only is almost every dimension of our lives now digital, but everything digital is, in one way or another, unequal. The task is to transcend early ideas of the digital divide to develop a complex and contextual understanding of digital inequality that can, potentially, help us to ameliorate or overcome its excesses and adverse consequences.’ -- Sonia Livingstone, LSE, UK and author, Parenting for a Digital Future‘The pandemic highlighted the critical and persistent need for widespread and equitable use of the internet in societies throughout the world. This timely Handbook provides a roadmap forward, with a comprehensive view of leading research, written by an international and stellar set of authors who have shaped the field and continue to innovate with new insights.’ -- Karen Mossberger, Arizona State University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Digital Inequality 1 Eszter Hargittai PART I INFRASTRUCTURES AND GEOGRAPHIES 2 What’s missing? How technology maintenance is overlooked in representative surveys of digital inequalities 9 Amy L. Gonzales, Harry Yan, Glenna L. Read and Allison Brown 3 Geographic inequality and the Internet 28 Chris Forman, Avi Goldfarb and Shane Greenstein 4 Infrastructure and instance: how rural communities approach short- and long-term solutions to access 43 Alexis Schrubbe and Sharon Strover 5 Digital inequality and mobiles: opportunities and challenges of relying on smartphones for digital inclusion in disadvantaged contexts 59 Teresa Correa, Isabel Pavez and Javier Contreras 6 Network and neighborhood effects in digital skills 72 Ellen Helsper PART II DIGITAL INEQUALITY THROUGHOUT THE LIFECOURSE 7 Mobile media in teen life: information, networks and access 95 junoh kimm and Jeffrey Boase 8 Looking back at millennials’ mobile transitions: differentiated patterns of mobile phone use among a diverse group of young adults 111 Su Jung Kim and Eszter Hargittai 9 Smartphone pervasiveness in youth daily life as a new form of digital inequality 128 Marco Gui and Tiziano Gerosa 10 Avoiding Facebook: low-income youths’ (negative) discourses about Facebook 145 Marina Micheli 11 Inequality in access to information about college: how low-income first-year college students use social media for seeking and sharing information about college 162 Michael G. Brown and Nicole B. Ellison 12 Digital skills inequality in the context of an aging society: the case of Poland 179 Tomasz Drabowicz 13 Digital inequality among older adults: how East Yorkers in Toronto navigate digital media 191 Anabel Quan-Haase, Barry Wellman and Renwen Zhang 14 Online social connectedness and well-being among older adults in the USA 206 Travis Kadylak and Shelia R. Cotten PART III HEALTH AND DISABILITY 15 Digital inequalities in health communication 217 Heinz Bonfadelli 16 Inequalities in digital health behaviors in American disadvantaged communities 233 Xiaoqian Li and Wenhong Chen 17 Disability, internet, and digital inequality: the research agenda 252 Gerard Goggin 18 The closing skills gap: revisiting the digital disability divide 271 Kerry Dobransky and Eszter Hargittai PART IV PRIVACY AND TRUST 19 Why privacy matters to digital inequality 281 Yong Jin Park 20 Digital inequalities in online privacy protection: effects of age, education and gender 293 Moritz Büchi, Noemi Festic, Natascha Just and Michael Latzer 21 How feelings of trust, concern, and control of personal online data influence web use 308 Elissa M. Redmiles and Cody L. J. Buntain 22 Inequalities in online political participation: the role of privacy concerns 323 Christoph Lutz and Christian Pieter Hoffmann 23 Algorithmic literacy and platform trust 338 Bianca C. Reisdorf and Grant Blank 24 Drills and spills: developing skills to protect one’s privacy online 355 Ashley Marie Walker and Eszter Hargittai Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook demonstrates that global linkages, flows and circulations merit a more central place in theorization about development. Calling for a mobilities turn, it challenges the sedentarist assumptions which still underlie much policy making and planning for the future. Expert contributors analyze development from a mobilities perspective, exploring how globalization connects distant people and places, so that what happens in one place has direct bearing on another. Chapters provide an overview of the global trends related to the flows of people and capital over the past decade, and offer insights into the consequences of developmental practices and policies that unfold on the ground. Drawing on specific case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America, this Handbook considers how, in many localities, livelihood opportunities are ever more shaped by positionality, and the ways in which people are attached to and participate in translocal and transnational networks. Providing a bottom-up analysis of the implications of globalization for translocal development, this Handbook will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of development studies, human geography, and sustainability and environmental science. Its use of global case studies will also be useful for practitioners and policy makers who desire a better understanding of the developmental impact of policies and investments.Trade Review'This exceptionally rich and innovative text engages issues of translocal development and mobility through detailed, often empirically-based case studies. Its chapters expand on how meta-trend such as digitalization and environmental degradation affect development, and advocate for a mobilities perspective in analysing and addressing resulting issues. ''Local'' perspectives are highlighted to give guidance to policymakers on how to avoid the pitfalls and unintended consequences of previous approaches. It offers us a new way to think through the major issues of our time.' -- Pádraig Carmody, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland'Globalizing capitalism, originally imagined by global policymakers as diffusing development from North to South and enabling the latter to catch-up, has a much more complex, networked spatiality triggering persistently uneven outcomes. This important collection interrogates this complexity and its implications. Trans-local development interrogates how global networks of capital, commodities, logistics and migrants, unevenly connecting the world, come to earth: differentially shaping local landscapes and conditions of possibility for progress towards the good life, while also being shaped by local agency and initiative. Unraveling the implications for specific communities across the post-colony, these essays illuminate how contemporary globalization leapfrogs across space in ways that advantage certain localities and positionalities at the expense of many others. Readers will see the development implications of globalizing capitalism in new and transformative ways.' -- Eric Sheppard, University of California, Los Angeles, US'Combining new empirical research with novel conceptualizations, the Handbook of Translocal Development and Global Mobilitie explores the complex and changing ways in which global flows are restructuring livelihood possibilities. While recognizing the potential for peoples' agency, the authors draw attention to the increasing constraints on local development, and thus the challenges that new capital and human flows present for securing inclusion and sustainability. This book is a sympathetic but serious challenge to livelihoods research, as well as to arguments that global value chains offer pathways to human development.' -- Anthony Bebbington, Clark University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Translocal Development and Global Mobilities 1 Guus van Westen, Maggi Leung, Kei Otsuki and Annelies Zoomers PART I TRANSLOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN MIGRATORY LANDSCAPES 2 Moving far away to stay: translocal livelihoods, labour migration corridors and mobility in rural Nicaragua 13 Nanneke Winters, Griet Steel and Carlos Sosa 3 Environmentally related migration in the digital age: the case of Bangladesh 27 Ingrid Boas 4 Development against migration: investments, partnerships and counter-tactics in the West African–European migration industry 42 Joris Schapendonk PART II TRANSLOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN LANDSCAPES OF VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT AND AGRIBUSINESS 5 Beyond the value chain: local impacts of ‘global’ inclusive agribusiness investments – examples from Ghana 58 Guus van Westen 6 Land-based investments and the inevitability of increased farmer–Fulani pastoralist conflicts in Northern Ghana 76 Sebastiaan Soeters, Ruben Weesie and Annelies Zoomers 7 Global flows of investments in agriculture and irrigation-related technologies in sub-Saharan Africa 92 Janwillem Liebrand, Wouter Beekman, Chris de Bont and Gert Jan Veldwisch 8 Land investment flows and translocal development chains of ‘impairing destruction’ 110 Alberto Alonso-Fradejas PART III TRANSLOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN LANDSCAPES OF NATURE CONSERVATION AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION 9 Global investment flows in land restoration and nature conservation 131 Marja Spierenburg 10 Involuntary resettlement projects as a frontier of sustainable translocal development 147 Kei Otsuki PART IV TRANSLOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN LANDSCAPES OF LARGE-SCALE MINING 11 The mining sector in sub-Saharan Africa: flows of capital and people in large-scale mining and artisanal and small-scale mining 162 Chris Huggins 12 Corporate and migrant investment in a gold-mining development corridor: the case of Suriname 179 Marjo de Theije 13 Civil society’s positionality in new development chains: insights from the land and mining sectors in Tanzania 191 Joanny Bélair and Thabit Jacob PART V TRANSLOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN LANDSCAPES OF NEW CITY DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURES 14 New master-planned cities in Africa: translocal flows ‘touching ground’? 206 Femke van Noorloos 15 Urban infrastructure and displacement: two sides of the sustainability coin 218 Murtah Shannon 16 Conclusions 232 Kei Otsuki, Guus van Westen and Annelies Zoomers Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Encyclopedia is an indispensable resource in the area of law and development. Bringing together more than 80 entries, the Encyclopedia spans a variety of approaches, contextualised histories, recent developments and forward-looking insights into the role of law in development.Entries cover the social, economic and environmental aspects of sustainable development, and offer a conceptual and contextualised perspective on key topics and terms. The Encyclopedia pluralises scholarship in the field by featuring eminent scholars of law and development alongside up-and-coming voices from both the Global South and North with diverse approaches and backgrounds.The Encyclopedia of Law and Development is an invaluable reference point for scholars seeking to engage with issues at the intersection of law and development from both within and outside of the legal field. It is also a thorough but succinct overview for post-graduate students wishing to familiarise themselves with the various aspects of law and development research and study.Key features: More than 80 entries Organised alphabetically for ease of reference Entries by both leading scholars and up-and-coming voices Each entry features selected references for further study Up-to-date outlook linked to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals. Trade Review’The full realization of the right to development is still a long quest for the international community. This unique and pioneering Encyclopedia reveals and deconstructs the power of law in achieving development in its economic, social, cultural, environmental and political dimensions. De Feyter, Türkelli and de Moerloose have concocted a masterpiece that highlights how lawyers can contribute to the welfare of the developing world as much as Amartya Sen. -- - Makane Moïse Mbengue, University of Geneva, Switzerland and SciencesPo Law School, FranceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Future of Law and Development Research: An Introduction to the Encyclopedia of Law and Development 1 Koen de Feyter, Gamze Erdem Türkelli and Stéphanie de Moerloose 2. Academy and Law and Development: The United States and Beyond 4 David M. Trubek 3. Actors and Instruments 8 Philipp Dann and Michael Riegner 4. Approaches to Law and Development 11 Liliana Lizarazo-Rodríguez 5. Armed Conflict 16 Ajla Škrbić 6. Biodiversity 20 Christine Frison 7. Cities 24 Urmila Soni (Govindjee) 8. Civil Society 28 Ada Ordor 9. Climate 32 Justine Bendel 10. Common but Differentiated Responsibility 36 Amita Punj 11. Common Heritage of Mankind 40 Alberto Pecoraro 12. Comparative Law 44 Diego A. Dolabjian 13. Corruption 47 Martin Skladany 14. Courts 51 Octávio Luiz Motta Ferraz 15. Cultural Heritage 55 Alessandra Asteriti 16. Decent Work 59 Avinash Govindjee and Thando Qotoyi 17. Democracy 64 Daniel Mathew 18. Duty to Cooperate 68 Julien Dellaux 19. Education 72 Joanna Botha 20. Enabling International Environment 76 Celine Tan 21. Energy 80 Ignacio Sabbatella 22. Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations 84 Arne Vandenbogaerde 23. Financing for Development 87 Siobhán Airey 24. Future Generations 91 Julien Dellaux 25. Gender Equality 95 Joanna Botha with Glancina Mokone 26. Global Governance 99 Ikboljon Qoraboyev 27. Good Governance 104 Morag Goodwin 28. Growth and De-growth 108 Wouter Vandenhole 29. Health 110 Avinash Govindjee and Mayowa Ajigboye 30. Human Rights 114 Wouter Vandenhole 31. Humanitarian Crisis 118 Deborah Casalin 32. Hunger 121 Amita Punj 33. Imperialism 124 Nadia Latif 34. Indigenous Peoples 128 Felix Mukwiza Ndahinda 35. Industry and Infrastructure 131 Kinnari Bhatt 36. Inequality 135 Mikaela Heikkilä and Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso 37. Intellectual Property Rights 139 Titilayo Adebola 38. International Commodity Agreements 143 Michael Fakhri 39. International Financial Regulation and Sustainable Finance 147 Jeremmy Okonjo 40. International Law 151 Yusra Suedi 41. International Solidarity 154 Obiora Chinedu Okafor 42. International Trade Law 158 Rafael Lima Sakr 43. Investor 163 Nitish Monebhurrun 44. Law and Development Experts 166 Deval Desai 45. Law, Finance and Development 169 Andreia Costa Vieira 46. Law of Foreign Investment 173 Mavluda Sattorova 47. Law, Race and Development 177 Foluke Adebisi 48. Legal Pluralism 181 Helga María Lell 49. Life below Water 184 Patrick H.G. Vrancken 50. Local Authorities 187 Paul Stacey 51. Migration 191 Lila García 52. Mother Earth 195 Leonardo Villafuerte Philippsborn 53. Multilateral Development Banks 198 Philipp Dann and Thomas Dollmaier 54. Multistakeholderism 202 Gamze Erdem Türkelli 55. National Policy Space 207 Celine Tan 56. Natural Resources 211 Julia Dehm 57. Official Development Assistance 216 Siobhán Airey 58. Parliaments 220 Philipp Dann and Michael Riegner 59. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions 224 Ntemesha Maseka 60. Philanthropic Institutions 228 Amaka Vanni 61. Planetary Boundaries 232 Vincent Bellinkx 62. Poverty 236 Lilla Crouse 63. Public Administration 240 Yong-Shik Lee 64. Regulating Multinational Corporations 243 Daria Davitti 65. Resistance 246 Giedre Jokubauskaite 66. Right to Development 249 Julie Gibson 67. Rights of Nature 253 María Valeria Berros 68. Rule of Law 256 Juan Bautista Etcheverry 69. Security 260 Anna-Liisa Heusala 70. Social Protection 264 Markus Kaltenborn 71. South-South and Triangular Cooperation 268 Raquel de Mattos Pimenta, Lívia Gil Guimarães and Diogo R. Coutinho 72. Sovereign Debt 271 Liliana Lizarazo-Rodríguez 73. Sovereignty 276 Koen de Feyter 74. Sustainability 279 Stéphanie de Moerloose 75. Tax and Development 283 Attiya Waris 76. Terrorism 287 Martin Scheinin 77. Traditional Authorities 291 Janine Ubink 78. Transfer of Technology 294 Vitor Henrique Pinto Ido, Sheila C. Neder Cerezetti and Juliana Krueger Pela 79. Transitional Justice 298 Jeannette Francesca Rodgers 80. United Nations 301 Michael Riegner 81. Water and Sanitation 305 Devanshi Saxena Index 309

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Book SynopsisThis pioneering Handbook details the origins of the concept of frugal innovation, its emergence as an academic field of interest, and the driving forces behind it. It presents new empirical evidence and critical perspectives on what frugal innovation entails, from a range of disciplines including science and engineering, humanities, and the social sciences.Analysing case studies on frugal innovation from across the globe, this Handbook assesses the role of innovation in addressing societal challenges such as poverty, inequality, and climate change. Chapters examine key topics in the field, covering gender as a lens for frugal innovation, managing frugal innovation for sustainable development, design and engineering in frugal product formation, and the global markets for frugal innovation policies. Contributors pay specific attention to the role of technology as an enabler for frugal innovation, and the institutional and social contexts in which it takes place.Providing a comprehensive overview of frugal innovation, this Handbook will be essential reading for academics and students in the fields of development economics, business and management studies and organisational innovation. It will also be beneficial for policymakers and government officials interested in perspectives on innovation that could be instrumental in the formation and implementation of innovation policies.Trade Review‘With an impressive line-up of diverse contributors from Latin America to Asia, from post-docs to senior academics, from engineers to social scientists, and from practitioners to public policy shapers, this Handbook impressively covers a wide range of historical and modern perspectives on frugal innovation. For anyone looking to advance their own research into this topic, this Handbook would be an excellent starting point. I have already highly recommended it to my PhD students.’ -- Yasser Bhatti, Oxford University, UK‘As we confront the growing pressures of resource scarcity and sustainability challenges across the globe, frugal innovation becomes a valuable lens to explore the types of solutions that are needed. This book captures the complexities of frugal innovation and highlights the value of innovations that emerge from constrained environments, mainly in the Global South. A must-read.’ -- Erika Kraemer-Mbula, University of Johannesburg, South Africa‘The Handbook on Frugal Innovation is a truly remarkable achievement. Expertly edited by André Leliveld, Saradindu Bhaduri, Peter Knorringa, and Cees van Beers, it is breath-taking in conception and execution. The range of topics covered, the list of contributors, and the quality of research writing that underlies everything is peerless. It is a must read for students and practitioners of business more broadly and innovation in particular.’ -- Jaideep Prabhu, Cambridge Judge Business School, UK‘The Handbook on Frugal Innovation is a must read for all of those concerned with the trajectory of innovation. It provides a valuable and wide-ranging mix of contributions focusing on the history of ideas, the relevance of frugal innovations to innovation theory and development policy, and the implications for the management of innovation. It is truly collaborative and impressive book.’ -- Raphael Kaplinsky, University of Sussex, and Open University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface xvii André Leliveld, Saradindu Bhaduri, Peter Knorringa and Cees van Beers 1 Capturing frugal innovation: introduction to the Handbook on Frugal Innovation 1 André Leliveld, Saradindu Bhaduri, Peter Knorringa and Cees van Beers PART I INCLUDING FRUGAL INNOVATION THINKING IN DISCIPLINARY DEBATES 2 Anchoring: a historical perspective on frugal innovation 28 Miguel John Versluys and Ineke Sluiter 3 Frugal innovation: some theoretical observations from innovation-economic and social-entrepreneurial perspectives 43 Cees van Beers and André Leliveld 4 The apolitical framing of frugal innovation in the global south: beyond the tales of scarcity, heroic inventors and techno-fixes 54 Mario Pansera 5 Frugality in innovation processes: a heuristics-based perspective from the ‘informal economy’ 69 Saradindu Bhaduri, Ariane Agnes Corradi, Hemant Kumar and Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh PART II EMBEDDING FRUGAL INNOVATION IN TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEMATIC DEBATES 6 Frugal innovation and sustainability: bringing together polarized views from the state of the art 84 Stephanie Knizkov and Julia Arlinghaus 7 Frugal innovators as change agents in circular economy transitions 102 Jarkko Levänen, Eugenia Rosca and Sukyung Park 8 A gender lens for frugal innovation 114 Saskia Vossenberg and Solange Hai 9 Governing frugal innovation for sustainable development: the hybrid domain 126 Balaji Parthasarathy and Yuko Aoyama 10 Frugal innovation and legitimacy 142 Greetje Schouten and Peter Knorringa 11 Fairness institutions for frugal innovation 154 Haye Hazenberg and Saradindu Bhaduri PART III TECHNOLOGY AS AN ENABLER 12 Value-sensitive design practices for frugal innovations 164 Neelke Doorn 13 The frugal design of a medical centrifuge: distributed production as a frugal technology to increase access to medical devices in low- and middle-income countries 176 Jan Carel Diehl, Temitope Agbana, G-Young Van, Ludo Hille Ris Lambers and Samenjo Karl Heinz Tondo 14 Frugal engineering solutions for recovery of resources from wastewater 197 Pamela Ceron-Chafla and Ralph E.F. Lindeboom 15 Engineering capabilities for frugal innovations: the case of a radiation-free cancer detection device 220 Christine Wimschneider and Nivedita Agarwal 16 Design and engineering for frugal product development 239 Balkrishna C. Rao 17 Frugality and jugaad in science: evidence from a research laboratory 249 Pankaj Sekhsaria 18 ICTs as frugal innovations: enabling new pathways towards refugee self-reliance and resilience in fragile contexts? 262 Holly A. Ritchie 19 Frugal innovation and digital platforms 278 Erwin van Tuijl and Peter Knorringa PART IV ACTORS, BUSINESS MODELS AND BLURRING BOUNDARIES 20 Lead markets, international business and frugal innovation 296 Rajnish Tiwari and Cornelius Herstatt 21 Frugal energy and the global markets of pico solar systems 313 Pascale Trompette and Céline Cholez 22 Frugal process innovation and local innovation systems – the case of a small producers’ cluster in northern Vietnam 330 Jaap Voeten 23 Frugal innovation: balancing between value capture and value creation 346 Rachel Howell 24 Frugal innovation in public service delivery: reflections from case studies in Kenya 364 Elsie Onsongo 25 University–business cooperation for frugal innovation: a case study of the University of Campinas 379 Bruno Brandão Fischer, José Guimón and Paola Rücker Schaeffer 26 University-driven frugal innovations 393 Marjolijn Dijksterhuis, Sara Grobbelaar and Robert Tijssen Index

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Book Synopsis'The Handbook of Diverse Economies offers a rich, beautiful, organic garden of ideas to nourish the project of ''doing economy'' differently. These sprouts and vines will, eventually, alter the institutional structures we inhabit.' - Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts Amherst, US'Let us forget, just for a moment, ''capitalism'' and instead investigate the diversity of new forms of economic activities that are flourishing everywhere: this is the essential, energizing, message of J. K. Gibson-Graham, Kelly Dombroski and her colleagues. This innovative book must be absolutely put into all hands. It takes us on a long and rewarding journey around the world to explore ongoing experiences that all attempt to invent new ways of living together.' - Michel Callon, Centre de Socologie de l'Innnovation, Mines ParisTech, FranceTheorising and illustrating diverse, more-than-capitalist economies, this broad-ranging Handbook presents ways in which it is possible to imagine and enact other ways of being. It gathers together empirical examples of diverse economic practices and experiments from across the world, framed by in-depth discussions of key theoretical concepts.Organised into thematic sections, the Handbook moves from looking at diverse forms of enterprise, to labour, transactions, property, and finance as well as decentred subjectivity and diverse economies methodology. Chapters present a wide diversity of economic practices that make up contemporary economies, many of which are ignored or devalued by mainstream economic theory. Pushing the boundaries of economic thinking to include more than human labour and human/non-human interdependence, it highlights the challenges of enacting ethical economies in the face of dominant ways of thinking and being.Economic geography, political economy and development studies scholars will greatly appreciate the empirical examples of diverse economic practices blended with theory throughout the Handbook. It will also benefit policy-makers and practitioners working within diverse economies, or looking to create more ethical ways of living.Trade Review‘This impressive collection of stimulating theorization and descriptions of a multitude of other-than-capitalist economic practices could not have been published at a more pertinent time. The Handbook is truly international in terms of authors’ affiliations and case studies’ geographies, covering the 'minority world' (developed countries) and the 'majority world' (those less developed). The Handbook offers key conceptual tools for housing scholars to unlock the diverse economies of housing. It also makes an inspiring read for students and scholars of any discipline who want to imagine alternative, more ethical futures which are already seeded in the practices of today.’ -- Adriana Mihaela Soaita, Housing, Theory and Society‘The editors and their many contributors have to be congratulated for an impressive volume that succeeds in presenting an empirically grounded and theoretically robust Marxism which is fit for the challenges of the Anthropocene. Whether one agrees with their approach and visions or not, this is a highly recommended read and a valuable resource for teaching on economic practices in our more-than-capitalist world.’ -- Jens Kaae Fisker, Eurasian Geography and Economics‘The Handbook of Diverse Economies offers a rich, beautiful, organic garden of ideas to nourish the project of “doing economy” differently. These sprouts and vines will, eventually, alter the institutional structures we inhabit.’ -- Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US‘Let us forget, just for a moment, “capitalism” and instead investigate the diversity of new forms of economic activities that are flourishing everywhere: this is the essential, energizing, message of J. K. Gibson-Graham, Kelly Dombroski and her colleagues. This innovative book must be absolutely put into all hands. It takes us on a long and rewarding journey around the world to explore ongoing experiences that all attempt to invent new ways of living together.’ -- Michel Callon, Centre de Socologie de l'Innnovation, Mines ParisTech, France'So much of the world's economy is informal, cooperative, community-based and unwaged: a diverse kaleidoscope of activities, all with their own ecologies, for worse . . . and often for better. How do they work? What work do they do? Finally a global, inclusive, and exhaustive guide to the planet s actually-existing economies.' --Paul Robbins, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US'In the face of a zombie capitalism that will not die, The Handbook of Diverse Economies offers the most potent response possible: the fierce creativity of life itself. The 58 essays of this book introduce us to a pluriverse of practical, non-capitalist lifeforms that are humane, socially grounded, and constantly evolving. Be prepared to enter a portal of new perspectives that loosens the grip of the capitalist imaginary and opens up a fertile transdisciplinary space for envisioning and making a new world.' --David Bollier, coauthor of Free, Fair and Alive: The Insurgent Power of the Commons'The Handbook of Diverse Economies marks a major milestone for the influential program of research, action, and experimentation initiated by Gibson-Graham's The End of Capitalism (As We Knew It) some 25 years ago. It presents an array of provocative strategies for ''doing economy'' differently, and for imagining and enacting different economic worlds.' --Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to The Handbook of Diverse Economies : inventory as ethical intervention 1 J.K. Gibson-Graham and Kelly Dombroski PART I ENTERPRISE 2 Framing essay: the diversity of enterprise 26 Jenny Cameron 3 Worker cooperatives 40 Maliha Safri 4 Self-managed enterprise: worker-recuperated cooperatives in Argentina and Latin America 48 Ana Inés Heras and Marcelo Vieta 5 Community enterprise: diverse designs for community-owned energy infrastructure 56 Jarra Hicks 6 Eco-social enterprises: ethical business in a post-socialist context 65 Nadia Johanisova, Lucie Sovová and Eva Fraňková 7 Enterprising new worlds: social enterprise and the value of repair 74 Isaac Lyne and Anisah Madden 8 Anti-mafia enterprise: Italian strategies to counter violent economies 82 Christina Jerne 9 State and community enterprise: negotiating water management in rural Ireland 90 Patrick Bresnihan and Arielle Hesse 10 Independent and small businesses: diversity amongst the 99 per cent of businesses 98 Peter North 11 Homo economicus and the capitalist corporation: decentring authority and ownership 106 Jayme Walenta PART II LABOUR 12 Framing essay: the diversity of labour 116 Katharine McKinnon 13 Precarious labour: Russia’s ‘other’ transition 129 Marianna Pavlovskaya 14 The persistence of informal and unpaid labour: evidence from UK households 137 Colin C. Williams and Richard J. White 15 Paid and unpaid labour: feminist economic activism in a diverse economy 146 Megan Clement-Couzner 16 Caring labour: redistributing care work 154 Kelly Dombroski 17 Non-human ‘labour’: the work of Earth Others 163 Elizabeth Barron and Jaqueline Hess 18 Collectively performed reciprocal labour: reading for possibility 170 Katherine Gibson 19 Informal mining labour: economic plurality and household survival strategies 179 Pryor Placino 20 Migrant women’s labour: sustaining livelihoods through diverse economic practices in Accra, Ghana 186 Chizu Sato and Theresa Tufuor PART III TRANSACTIONS 21 Framing essay: the diversity of transactions 195 Gradon Diprose 22 Gleaning: transactions at the nexus of food, commons and waste 206 Oona Morrow 23 Direct producer–consumer transactions: Community Supported Agriculture and its offshoots 214 Ted White 24 Direct food provisioning: collective food procurement 223 Cristina Grasseni 25 Alternative currencies: diverse experiments 230 Peter North 26 Transacting services through time banking: renegotiating equality and reshaping work 238 Gradon Diprose 27 Fair trade: market-based ethical encounters and the messy entanglements of living well 246 Lindsay Naylor 28 Social procurement: generating social good through market transactions, directly and indirectly 254 Joanne McNeill 29 Sharing cities: new urban imaginaries for diverse economies 262 Darren Sharp PART IV PROPERTY 30 Framing essay: the diversity of property 271 Kevin St. Martin 31 Commoning property in the city: the ongoing work of making and remaking 283 Anna Kruzynski 32 Community land trusts: embracing the relationality of property 292 Louise Crabtree 33 Urban land markets in Africa: multiplying possibilities via a diverse economy reading 300 Colin Marx 34 A Slow Food commons: cultivating conviviality across a range of property forms 308 Melissa Kennedy 35 Free universities as academic commons 316 Esra Erdem 36 Diverse legalities: pluralism and instrumentalism 323 Bronwen Morgan and Declan Kuch PART V FINANCE 37 Framing essay: the diversity of finance 332 Maliha Safri and Yahya M. Madra 38 Islamic finance: diversity within difference 346 Gemma Bone Dodds and Jane Pollard 39 Rotating savings and credit associations: mutual aid financing 354 Caroline Shenaz Hossein 40 Indigenous finance: treaty settlement finance in Aotearoa New Zealand 362 Maria Bargh 41 Community finance: marshalling investments for community-owned renewable energy enterprises 370 Jarra Hicks 42 Hacking finance: experiments with algorithmic activism 379 Tuomo Alhojärvi PART VI SUBJECTIVITY 43 Framing essay: subjectivity in a diverse economy 389 Stephen Healy, Ceren Özselçuk and Yahya M. Madra 44 More-than-human agency: from the human economy to ecological livelihoods 402 Ethan Miller 45 On power and the uses of genealogy for building community economies 411 Nate Gabriel and Eric Sarmiento 46 Techniques for shifting economic subjectivity: promoting an assets-based stance with artists and artisans 419 Abby Templer Rodrigues 47 Affect and subjectivity: learning to be affected in diverse economies scholarship 428 Gerda Roelvink 48 Diverse subjectivities, sexualities and economies: challenging heteroand homonormativity 436 Gavin Brown 49 Journeys of postdevelopment subjectivity transformation: a shared narrative of scholars from the majority world 444 Anmeng Liu, S.M. Waliuzzaman, Huong Thi Do, Ririn Haryani and Sonam Pem PART VII METHODOLOGY 50 Framing essay: diverse economies methodology 453 Gerda Roelvink 51 Translating diverse economies in the Anglocene 467 Tuomo Alhojärvi and Pieta Hyvärinen 52 Reading for economic difference 476 J.K. Gibson-Graham 53 Field methods for assemblage analysis: tracing relations between difference and dominance 486 Eric Sarmiento 54 Visualizing and analysing diverse economies with GIS: a resource for performative research 493 Luke Drake 55 Working with Indigenous methodologies: Kaupapa Māori meets diverse economies 502 Joanne Waitoa and Kelly Dombroski 56 Action research for diverse economies 511 Jenny Cameron and Katherine Gibson 57 Focusing on assets: action research for an inclusive and diverse workplace 520 Leo Hwang 58 How to reclaim the economy using artistic means: the case of Company Drinks 527 Kathrin Böhm and Kuba Szreder Index 535

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.In this thoroughly revised and updated second edition, Mariana Mota Prado and Michael J. Trebilcock offer a succinct and readable introduction to the main concepts and debates in the field of law and development. They examine the role of legal systems and institutions, investigate perceptions around what laws and legal arrangements encourage and facilitate development, and probe the issues arising in both private law and public law as well as in international economic relations.Key features of the second edition include: Discussion of the role of technology in promoting development Analysis of the potential impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on developing countries A brand new chapter investigating the role of health and education in development Written with the insight of two top experts in the field, this Advanced Introduction covers the most recent trends in law and development research and highlights areas that remain underexplored. It will be essential reading for students, practitioners and policy-makers looking to gain a clear understanding of the core principles of this multifaceted topic.Trade Review'The Advanced Introduction to Law and Development is the most comprehensive and interdisciplinary textbook on the role of law in socioeconomic development. The authors cover an impressive range of topics, including a new chapter on health and education, and offer a clear synthesis of the main academic and policy debates for each. A must read not only for the novice to the field but for anybody needing an update on the major debates and a great teaching tool.' -- Katharina Pistor, Columbia Law School, US'The Advanced Introduction to Law and Development by Mariana Mota Prado and Michael J. Trebilcock offers a concise, sophisticated, and highly readable overview of key areas in this vast and dynamic field. It is an excellent resource for students, scholars, and policymakers interested in understanding and contributing to the different roles of law in promoting economic and social development.' -- Mariana Pargendler, Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School, BrazilTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Advanced Introduction to Law and Development, second edition PART I CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS 1. Defining development 2. Determinants of development 3. Institutional theories of development PART II THE STATE AND DEVELOPMENT 4. The rule of law and development 5. Political regimes and development 6. Public administration and development PART III HUMAN CAPITAL, CAPABILITIES AND DEVELOPMENT 7. Ethnic conflict and development 8. Gender and development 9. Education, health and development PART IV THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND DEVELOPMENT 10. Property rights, contracts and development 11. Infrastructure and development 12. Corruption and development PART V INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS, LAW AND DEVELOPMENT 13. International trade and development 14. Foreign direct investment and development 15. Foreign aid 16. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.In this thoroughly revised and updated second edition, Mariana Mota Prado and Michael J. Trebilcock offer a succinct and readable introduction to the main concepts and debates in the field of law and development. They examine the role of legal systems and institutions, investigate perceptions around what laws and legal arrangements encourage and facilitate development, and probe the issues arising in both private law and public law as well as in international economic relations.Key features of the second edition include: Discussion of the role of technology in promoting development Analysis of the potential impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on developing countries A brand new chapter investigating the role of health and education in development Written with the insight of two top experts in the field, this Advanced Introduction covers the most recent trends in law and development research and highlights areas that remain underexplored. It will be essential reading for students, practitioners and policy-makers looking to gain a clear understanding of the core principles of this multifaceted topic.Trade Review'The Advanced Introduction to Law and Development is the most comprehensive and interdisciplinary textbook on the role of law in socioeconomic development. The authors cover an impressive range of topics, including a new chapter on health and education, and offer a clear synthesis of the main academic and policy debates for each. A must read not only for the novice to the field but for anybody needing an update on the major debates and a great teaching tool.' -- Katharina Pistor, Columbia Law School, US'The Advanced Introduction to Law and Development by Mariana Mota Prado and Michael J. Trebilcock offers a concise, sophisticated, and highly readable overview of key areas in this vast and dynamic field. It is an excellent resource for students, scholars, and policymakers interested in understanding and contributing to the different roles of law in promoting economic and social development.' -- Mariana Pargendler, Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School, BrazilTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Advanced Introduction to Law and Development, second edition PART I CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS 1. Defining development 2. Determinants of development 3. Institutional theories of development PART II THE STATE AND DEVELOPMENT 4. The rule of law and development 5. Political regimes and development 6. Public administration and development PART III HUMAN CAPITAL, CAPABILITIES AND DEVELOPMENT 7. Ethnic conflict and development 8. Gender and development 9. Education, health and development PART IV THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND DEVELOPMENT 10. Property rights, contracts and development 11. Infrastructure and development 12. Corruption and development PART V INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS, LAW AND DEVELOPMENT 13. International trade and development 14. Foreign direct investment and development 15. Foreign aid 16. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisSustainable development remains a high priority in international politics and commerce. This timely book explores how the contours and facets of economic, environmental and social sustainability are reflected in the legal norms that govern trade, investment and finance. Examining a range of issues arising from private initiatives, national conduct and international organisations, the chapters interrogate the role of powerful global actors in the pursuit of sustainable development: China, the United States and the EU are all recognised as significant actors in a wider context of global partnership. The authors identify and investigate challenges to the realisation of a coherent sustainable development policy, engaging with the complex interactions of international, regional and national mechanisms that pose significant problems for the future of the planet, its people and their prosperity. Offering interdisciplinary insights on legal frameworks through the lens of sustainability, this discerning book will appeal to a range of academics interested in sustainability, trade, investment and finance, while also offering crucial insights for policy-makers into specific areas of regulation.Trade Review‘Understanding the regulatory frameworks of trade, investment and finance and their impact on corporate sustainability is crucial. This highly topical volume provides fresh insights combined with a comprehensive analysis that makes it a necessary contribution not only in trade, investment and finance, but also for scholars, students and policy-makers of company law, corporate governance and business generally.’ -- Beate Sjåfjell, University of Oslo and coordinator of the SMART project, NorwayTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Concept of Sustainability and its Application in International Trade, Investment and Finance Clair Gammage and Tonia Novitz PART I TRADE LAW 2. Sustainable Trade, Renewable Energy and the WTO Daniel Szabo 3. Social Norms in EU-Free Trade Agreements: Justiciable or Not? Clair Gammage 4. Increasing the Social Sustainability of Trade Agreements in Terms of Labour Standards: Insights from the TPP Experience Franz Christian Ebert PART II SUPPLY CHAINS 5. Sustainable Global Supply Chains: From Transparency to Due Diligence Kasey McCall-Smith and Andreas Rühmkorf 6. Regulating Sustainability by Combining Legality Verification and Market Access: Critical Reflections on the EU’s FLEGT Scheme as ‘Smart-Mix’ Multi-Level Regulation for the Timber Sector Karin Buhmann and Iben Nathan PART III CONTENT OF INVESTMENT TREATIES 7. Old Players, New Rules: A Critique of the China-Ethiopia and China-Tanzania Bilateral Investment Treaties Amy Man 8. The Principle of ‘CBDR’ in BITs to Promote Sustainable Development Strategies while Combating Environmental Degradation: A Developing Country Perspective Shamila Dawood PART IV INVESTMENT ARBITRATION 9. Human Rights Obligations in Investor-State Contracts: Reconciling Investors' Legitimate Expectations with the Public Interest Enrique Boone Barrera 10. From Myopia to Flashes of Clear Vision? Deciding Interaction and Conflict of Treaties in Investor-State Arbitration after Urbaser v Argentina Ahmad Ghouri 11. Achieving Sustainable Development Objectives in International Investment Law through the Lens of Treaty Interpretation Ying-Jun Lin PART V FUNDING, FINANCE AND TAX 12. Fossil Fuels Divestment: A Strategy for Sustainability? Benjamin J. Richardson 13. Creative Cocktails or Toxic Brews? Blended Finance and the Regulatory Framework for Sustainable Development Celine Tan 14. Apple Tax: The Core Issues Irene Lynch Fannon Index

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Book SynopsisThis Research Handbook on Development and the Informal Economy captures the magnitude of the informal economy for the global labour force. It unravels numerous concepts, definitions and methods of data collection to offer valuable insight into the differences between the informal, non-observed and shadow economies. Situating the concept of the informal economy within the evolution of development theories, strategies and thinking over the past 50 years, this Research Handbook also explores the future direction of the informal economy. Chapters consider recent debates around the transition from the informal to the formal economy, a transition which would reshape the social contract between people and state. Expert international contributors examine a range of policies, actions, regions and groups of vulnerable workers to uncover which forms of organisation will lead to more power, recognition and sustainable livelihoods for the working poor. They also analyse how innovation, knowledge co-production and technological change at a grassroots level can improve the working and living conditions of the informal worker. This Research Handbook maps the changing landscape of the informal economy and will be an essential resource for academics, researchers and students in the fields of development studies, economics and international studies. Trade Review'Jacques Charmes and Edward Elgar Publishing are to be warmly congratulated for this Handbook, which reflects on 50 years of academic discussion on the informal economy, and offers us new insights and inspiration for the next 50 years of such work.' --Simon McGrath, University of Nottingham, UK'This Research Handbook on Development and the Informal Economy is a landmark volume offering a uniquely comprehensive overview of the informal economy across the global landscape. Expertly edited by Jacques Charmes, the volume is international in coverage and exhaustive in scope. Bringing together a global roster of authors and many of the leading authorities on the subject, the individual chapters address the multi-faceted dimensions in an expert manner, and collectively cover all the important issues arising from the persistence of the informal economy globally. It is a timely and authoritative Handbook, offering cutting-edge analysis and reflection, and is an essential read for students, academics and practitioners.' --Colin C. Williams, University of Sheffield, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Why and how should the informal economy be revisited after 50 years? 1 Jacques Charmes PART I CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS, METHODS OF MEASUREMENT AND ESTIMATION, MAGNITUDE AND CHARACTERISTICS, AND GLOBAL CONCEPTION OF STRATEGIES 2 The success story of a loose but useful concept: origins, development, magnitude and trends of the informal economy 19 Jacques Charmes 3 The Non-Observed Economy vs. the Shadow Economy in the European Union: concepts, measurements methods and estimates revisited 45 Philippe Adair 4 Informality and development in Africa 79 Dorothy McCormick, Erick Manga, Radha Upadhyaya, Paul Kamau, Herbert Wamalwa and Samuel Ngigi 5 Facing informal economy practices and institutions: the challenge of formalisation policies in Africa 116 Frédéric Lapeyre PART II RECONSIDERING THE MARGINS AND FRONTIERS OF THE INFORMAL ECONOMY 6 Informal employment and non-market work 147 Nancy Folbre 7 Assessing the figures of sex work throughout non-transition and transition European countries: magnitude, premium on earnings and informal employment 168 Philippe Adair and Oksana Nezhyvenko 8 Kinship groups and informal trade in West and Central Africa 210 Stephen S. Golub and Mirayda Martinez PART III GIVING VISIBILITY AND VOICE TO THE MOST VULNERABLE: OBSERVING, PARTICIPATING, SUPPORTING AND ORGANISING 9 Street vendors in Tunisia: encountering the informal economy 240 Laurence Michalak 10 Formalisation from the ground: the case of waste pickers’ cooperatives 263 Sonia Maria Dias and Lucía Fernández 11 Collective bargaining by informal workers in the global South: where and how it takes place 285 Françoise Carré, Pat Horn and Chris Bonner 12 Knowledge co-production with and for organisations of informal workers: building democratic capacity for social change 317 Ana Carolina Ogando and Jenna Harvey PART IV SKILLS, INNOVATION AND IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY 13 Skills development and the informal sector: a review of reports and commitments of the international institutions 347 Kenneth King 14 Informality and innovation: an avenue towards bottom-up industrialisation for Africa? 363 Erika Kraemer-Mbula and Lorenza Monaco 15 Innovation in refugee economies: supporting intermediaries that embrace informality 387 Jeremy de Beer and Nicole Tumaine 16 Women in the informal economy and the impact of technological change 410 Jacques Charmes Index 435

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Book SynopsisThis accessible textbook provides a comprehensive guide to the building blocks of sustainable social enterprise, exploring how core elements contribute to either the success or failure of the social venture. It analyzes the key skills needed to synthesize effective business practices with effective social innovation and points out both what works and what does not. Taking a practical approach, it demonstrates how big ideas can be transformed into entities that produce lasting change.Key Features: Discussion questions and activities to aid student learning and debate A multi-part case study that helps students see social enterprise in practice Recommended resources sections that encourage students to explore the topic further Readable, real-life anecdotes, examples, and analogies that illustrate how social entrepreneurship initiatives operate Learning objectives and chapter summaries to guide students through key topics including product development, idea generation, social change theory, marketing, and operating structures Making the case that social entrepreneurship may be the most effective way to bring about positive changes in society, this textbook will be an essential resource for introductory courses and electives in social entrepreneurship.Trade Review‘Highly recommended. This book admirably defines social entrepreneurship and serves as a gazetteer for practitioners and interested readers by clarifying current practices and providing applicable case studies to illuminate them. The text is clear and concise and conveys complex concepts in an inviting, almost conversational tone particularly well suited to the topic. It is an important and welcome addition to the literature. Undergraduates through faculty; practitioners; general readers.’ -- S.A. Schulman, CHOICE‘Social Entrepreneurship - A Practice-based Approach to Social Innovation is a highly readable text which prefers to focus on the practical rather than be overly theoretical. It would make a great introductory text for those with no previous knowledge, for example a student taking an entrepreneurship/social entrepreneurship module as an optional unit, or for practitioners, those exploring how they might take a social enterprise idea forward who are at an early stage. The practical nature of the book describing common issues and pitfalls with creating and running a social enterprise makes it suitable for those using an action learning approach - ideally where students are able to interact with real social enterprises in parallel with their studies.’ -- Robert A Phillips, Action Learning: Research and Practice‘Enhanced for the reader with the inclusion of an Appendix featuring an eleven page Sample Business Plan, and a five page Index, 'Social Entrepreneurship: A Practice-Based Approach to Social Innovation' is extraordinary and thoroughly “student friendly” in organization and presentation. While highly recommended for college and university library Business/Entrepreneurship collections, it should be noted for students, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that the book is also available in a paperback edition.’ -- John Taylor, Midwest Book Review‘Social entrepreneurship continues to prove an impactful organizational model that provides value to multiple stakeholders and reshapes communities and culture. Dr. J. Howard “Jim” Kucher and Dr. Stephanie E. Raible provide readers with the insight and knowledge needed to understand social entrepreneurship as well as offer valuable case studies throughout the text. The information compiled in this book will help all social entrepreneurs hit the ground running as changemakers.’ -- Steve McDavid, CEO, The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation‘J. Howard Kucher and Stephanie E. Raible have put together a roadmap to entrepreneurship that allows the reader to learn from the successes and challenges of local, national, and international efforts. Resources are shared that expand the ability to make a genuine difference. Recognizing the power of social enterprise and its purpose in addressing new challenges, I highly recommend Social Entrepreneurship: A Practice-Based Approach to Social Innovation as a necessary resource for the emerging social entrepreneur.’ -- Pamela J. King, Open Society Institute-Baltimore, USTable of ContentsCONTENTS: Foreword by Tom Lumpkin PART I SOCIAL, COMMERCIAL OR BOTH? 1. Crazy little thing called love 2. The basics of entrepreneurship still matter 3. Social entrepreneurship is messy 4. The field is extra-disciplinary PART I CASE STUDY DC Central Kitchen: from barroom to breadline PART II WHO CARES? 5. The basics of product development 6. It springs up from the ground: idea generation and community assets 7. Social Change Theory as product design 8. Outputs or outcomes PART II CASE STUDY DC Central Kitchen: from non-profit to social enterprise PART III WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? 9. Metrics matter 10. Marketing has three faces PART III CASE STUDY DC Central Kitchen: spread the love PART IV HOW DOES THIS WORK? 11. Finance follows function 12. Form follows function: operating models first, legal structures second 13. Global perspectives on legal and operating structures PART IV CASE STUDY DC Central Kitchen: WHO’S DRIVING THE CART? PART V YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT 14. Don’t worry, be happy PART V CASE STUDY DC Central Kitchen: westward ho! Index

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Book SynopsisThis accessible textbook provides a comprehensive guide to the building blocks of sustainable social enterprise, exploring how core elements contribute to either the success or failure of the social venture. It analyzes the key skills needed to synthesize effective business practices with effective social innovation and points out both what works and what does not. Taking a practical approach, it demonstrates how big ideas can be transformed into entities that produce lasting change.Key Features: Discussion questions and activities to aid student learning and debate A multi-part case study that helps students see social enterprise in practice Recommended resources sections that encourage students to explore the topic further Readable, real-life anecdotes, examples, and analogies that illustrate how social entrepreneurship initiatives operate Learning objectives and chapter summaries to guide students through key topics including product development, idea generation, social change theory, marketing, and operating structures Making the case that social entrepreneurship may be the most effective way to bring about positive changes in society, this textbook will be an essential resource for introductory courses and electives in social entrepreneurship.Trade Review‘Highly recommended. This book admirably defines social entrepreneurship and serves as a gazetteer for practitioners and interested readers by clarifying current practices and providing applicable case studies to illuminate them. The text is clear and concise and conveys complex concepts in an inviting, almost conversational tone particularly well suited to the topic. It is an important and welcome addition to the literature. Undergraduates through faculty; practitioners; general readers.’ -- S.A. Schulman, CHOICE‘Social Entrepreneurship - A Practice-based Approach to Social Innovation is a highly readable text which prefers to focus on the practical rather than be overly theoretical. It would make a great introductory text for those with no previous knowledge, for example a student taking an entrepreneurship/social entrepreneurship module as an optional unit, or for practitioners, those exploring how they might take a social enterprise idea forward who are at an early stage. The practical nature of the book describing common issues and pitfalls with creating and running a social enterprise makes it suitable for those using an action learning approach - ideally where students are able to interact with real social enterprises in parallel with their studies.’ -- Robert A Phillips, Action Learning: Research and Practice‘Enhanced for the reader with the inclusion of an Appendix featuring an eleven page Sample Business Plan, and a five page Index, 'Social Entrepreneurship: A Practice-Based Approach to Social Innovation' is extraordinary and thoroughly “student friendly” in organization and presentation. While highly recommended for college and university library Business/Entrepreneurship collections, it should be noted for students, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that the book is also available in a paperback edition.’ -- John Taylor, Midwest Book Review‘Social entrepreneurship continues to prove an impactful organizational model that provides value to multiple stakeholders and reshapes communities and culture. Dr. J. Howard “Jim” Kucher and Dr. Stephanie E. Raible provide readers with the insight and knowledge needed to understand social entrepreneurship as well as offer valuable case studies throughout the text. The information compiled in this book will help all social entrepreneurs hit the ground running as changemakers.’ -- Steve McDavid, CEO, The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation‘J. Howard Kucher and Stephanie E. Raible have put together a roadmap to entrepreneurship that allows the reader to learn from the successes and challenges of local, national, and international efforts. Resources are shared that expand the ability to make a genuine difference. Recognizing the power of social enterprise and its purpose in addressing new challenges, I highly recommend Social Entrepreneurship: A Practice-Based Approach to Social Innovation as a necessary resource for the emerging social entrepreneur.’ -- Pamela J. King, Open Society Institute-Baltimore, USTable of ContentsCONTENTS: Foreword by Tom Lumpkin PART I SOCIAL, COMMERCIAL OR BOTH? 1. Crazy little thing called love 2. The basics of entrepreneurship still matter 3. Social entrepreneurship is messy 4. The field is extra-disciplinary PART I CASE STUDY DC Central Kitchen: from barroom to breadline PART II WHO CARES? 5. The basics of product development 6. It springs up from the ground: idea generation and community assets 7. Social Change Theory as product design 8. Outputs or outcomes PART II CASE STUDY DC Central Kitchen: from non-profit to social enterprise PART III WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? 9. Metrics matter 10. Marketing has three faces PART III CASE STUDY DC Central Kitchen: spread the love PART IV HOW DOES THIS WORK? 11. Finance follows function 12. Form follows function: operating models first, legal structures second 13. Global perspectives on legal and operating structures PART IV CASE STUDY DC Central Kitchen: WHO’S DRIVING THE CART? PART V YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT 14. Don’t worry, be happy PART V CASE STUDY DC Central Kitchen: westward ho! Index

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