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Book SynopsisIn the post-Cold War era, the pre-eminent threats to our security derive from human degradation of vital ecosystems as well as the possibility of war and terrorist attack. This substantial book examines this new 'security-environment' paradigm and the way in which the activities of societies are shifting the balance with nature. The distinguished authors investigate this redefinition of security with particular reference to environmental threats such as climate change and the availability of adequate supplies of food and water. They illustrate how unfettered economic growth, rising levels of personal consumption and unsustainable natural resource and energy procurement are taking a heavy toll on the global environment. This, in turn, is forcing both developed and developing countries to re-evaluate the more immediate environmental security of their own populations. For a truly global perspective, the authors present a series of country case-studies, looking at issues of security and environment, and comparing how they influence policy and human well-being. They also discuss a number of theoretical issues which underpin discussions of 'environmental security', demonstrating that this is a relatively new and essentially contested concept.This thought-provoking book highlights the way in which both security and sustainability are being reworked as concepts and are being linked increasingly to social, economic and cultural factors. It will be of great interest to academics, researchers and students in environmental management, sociology, geography, international relations and politics.Table of ContentsContents Introduction: Human security and the environment at the new millennium Edward Page and Michael Redclift PART I CONCEPTS 1 Human security and the environment Edward Page 2 Democracy and the environment Nils Petter Gleditsch and Bjørn Otto Sverdrup 3 The environment and civil society: the rights to nature, and the rights of nature Michael Redclift 4 Global environmental change and human security: what do indicators indicate? Steve Lonergan, Fred Langeweg and Henk Hilderink PART II CHALLENGES 5 Climate change as a security issue Johannes Stripple 6 Food security Colin Sage 7 Water and ‘cultural security’ Chris Cocklin PART III INTERNATIONAL CASES 8 The European Union and the ‘securitisation’ of the environment John Vogler 9 Human security and the environment: the North American perspective Richard Matthew 10 Human security and the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: the challenge of the new millennium Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah 11 The semantics of ‘human security’ in North-west Amazonia: between indigenous peoples’ ‘management of the world’ and the USA’s state security policy for Latin America Oscar Forero and Graham Woodgate 12 Fresh water in Costa Rica: abundant yet constrained Álvaro Fernández-González, Viviana Blanco-Barboza and Edgar E. Gutiérrez-Espeleta Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is the result of a comparative investigation that contrasts micro-systems of innovation in several regions of China and Australia - two vastly different countries in terms of traditions, industry structures, political systems and economic organisation. Six regional studies comprehensively document the experiences of firms engaged in product or process innovation. The book also examines the institutions that support research and development and the impact of government policies on innovation in each of the regions studied. The case-studies present original and informative insights into the different ways in which local, national and transnational interests interact and influence regional development. These findings support the view that local innovation systems are emerging with quite different structural characteristics. The authors conclude that local, national and transnational dimensions are continually redefining and aligning themselves in novel and interesting ways. They highlight the importance of identifying these structural relationships in order to encourage dynamic innovation to occur. This, they argue, has important implications for policymakers concerned with the promotion of innovation in regional areas. Innovation, Technology Policy and Regional Development will be of great interest to those involved in research and policy in the fields of economic growth and employment, industrial economics and innovation.Table of ContentsContents: Part I: Innovation Knowledge Systems and Regional Development 1. Introduction 2. Contemporary Perspectives and Debates 3. Contrasting Policies for Regional and National Innovation Systems in China and Australia Part II: Evidence from China 4. Innovation in Liuzhou: A Case of State-Led Innovation by State-Owned Enterprises 5. Quanzhou: Innovating Through Non-State-Owned Enterprises 6. Integrated Innovation in Ningxia: Natural Resources and New Knowledge Part III: Evidence from Australia 7. Regional Innovation: Experiences of Small Firms in Non-Metropolitan Australia 8. Innovation Linkages and Clustering Among Information Technology and Telecommunications Firms in Metropolitan Melbourne 9. Citadels and Clusters: Towards a Regional Innovation System in Adelaide 10. Conclusion: Intersecting Systems of Innovation References Index

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Book SynopsisDuring the past few decades the economies of East and South East Asia have grown at a significant rate, resulting in a large proportion of the world's population being relieved from poverty in a relatively short space of time. This unprecedented phenomena underlines the importance of understanding the driving forces behind the growth 'miracle' of East Asia.Yanrui Wu addresses some of the most critical macroeconomic issues associated with East Asian growth. Principally focusing on the most rapidly emerging economies in the region, the author covers a broad base of topics. Several determinants of growth are examined and in each case an analytical framework is applied to empirical data. Specific themes include: economic openness and growth stock market development intra-industry trade growth engines in Singapore productivity growth in Taiwan the Asian financial crisis. Employing both cross-country analyses and case studies of individual economies, this important new book substantially contributes to the many debates surrounding economic growth in East Asia. The author's concise yet absorbing style will appeal to economic researchers, lecturers and students of economics, as well as business economists and market analysts.Trade Review'. . . it will be a very good reference, not only for researchers interested in East Asia, but also for final year undergraduate students learning the craft of empirical investigation.' -- Mun-Heng Toh, Economic RecordTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Openness and Growth 3. The Impact of Stock Markets 4. Intra–Industry Trade 5. The Role of Productivity Growth 6. Mechanics of Growth: The Singaporean Experience 7. Asian Financial Crisis and Recovery Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRonald Dore's enquiring mind, rigorous reasoning and comparative methodology have greatly enhanced our understanding of Japan. His insights from Japan have been deployed to generate fresh perspectives on Britain and other industrialized and developing countries. This careful selection of writings reflects his underlying concern with what light the study of Japan sheds on theoretical generalizations about how societies evolve and how economies work. Social Evolution, Economic Development and Culture brings together Ronald Dore's key writings for the first time, making his work accessible across a wide range of social science disciplines. It produces a distinctive perspective with four interlinking themes - technology-driven social evolution, late development, culture and polemics. These are highly topical in the current context of rapid technological innovation and socio-economic change, globalization and accompanying policy choices.The book provides a rich empirical and conceptual source for those interested in technology, socio-economic evolution and culture, and the ways in which they interact. Researchers, teachers and students in the fields of evolutionary economics, economic development, comparative education, institutional economics, political economy and economic and classical sociology (as well as Japanese studies) will find this volume invaluable reading.Trade Review'. . . I can recommend no better reading material. . . than the writings of Ronald Dore presented in this fine volume from Edward Elgar.' -- James Reveley, Australian Economic History Review'This is not a mere selection of the writing of one of the most versatile Japan specialists, but a book which provides abridged versions of some of Ronald Dore's most representative writings in the various fields which he has been covering over several decades: development, education, political economy, sociology, etc . . . Dore's writing is eminently readable, enlightening and compassionate. It is therefore a book which is to be recommended to anybody with a broad interest in the issues confronting contemporary society.' -- Reinhard Drifte, Asian Affairs'By focusing on writings that represent Dore's theoretical assumptions and arguments within the tradition of comparative sociology, the editors have created a very neat 'one-stop-shopping' opportunity for us to review the underlying intellectual themes and coherence that unify his work . . . Those who have long been his admirers will read this collection with renewed respect and anticipate with relish his next salvo or carefully argued analysis. Those new to the field will find this book a useful introduction to the rich cornucopia of Dore's writings on Japan.' -- Thomas P. Rohlen, Journal of Japanese Studies'The image that emerges from this [collection] is one of an impressive scholar who is theoretically sophisticated, well read in a large variety of topics, extremely honest and acutely aware of social problems both in highly industrialized and in developing countries. [Dore's] insights . . . are always challenging and are still at the forefront of scholarship on Japan . . . I contend that his writings provide the most important contribution to the understanding of contemporary Japan in a Western language. This selection of writings reveals the immense importance of Dore's work not only for the analysis of Japanese society, economy and culture, but also for the development of a highly sophisticated multidisciplinary comparative approach to economic development and industrialization. I would suggest it is required reading for all interested in Japan, and also for those who are reflecting on more complex theoretical frameworks in the analysis of current problems and on ways to solve them.' -- Bernard Bernier, Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Technology-driven Social Evolution Part II: And Late Development Part III: But Culture Does Matter, Too Part IV: Polemics: For All the Constraints of Structure and Culture, Is There Still Room for Hope and Reason? Index

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative Handbook provides a comprehensive account of migration and economic development throughout the world, in both developed and developing countries. Some of the world's most experienced researchers in this field look at how population redistribution patterns have impacted on urban development in a wide selection of advanced and developing countries in all the major regions of the world over the past half century. The study results show that, despite local differences there are signs of remarkable similarities in the underlying forces that drive the migration process and urban development across the development spectrum.The International Handbook of Urban Systems is a must for social and economic geographers, urban and regional planners, regional scientists, urban, regional and development economists and sociologists.Trade Review'The volume makes a timely contribution to the international study of urban systems. It is a useful source of theoretical and empirical information on migration urbanization in both developed and developing societies. And it should be consulted by all scholars and students of urban studies, especially those who are interested in comparative, multidisciplinary research on cities and regional economic development.' -- Robert L. Boyd, Journal of Regional Science'This is an extremely useful collection of up-to-date cas studies focusing on the links between population redistribution, migration and urbanisation.' -- Geography'It is difficult to underestimate the potential contribution of this corpus to the understanding of urban systems in spaces that have often been out of bounds to Anglo-American readers, owing to linguistic, cultural and physical barriers. Possibly the greatest strength of the book is its genuinely global character, drawing from a rich body of locally situated knowledge that has hitherto been marginalized in the mainstream geography literature.' -- Stefan Buzar, Progress in Human Geography'This book might be considered a benchmark of demography and urban geography at the beginning of the 21st century, a snapshot of this rapidly changing situation . . . Essential.' -- M.I. Glassner, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Theoretical Fundamentals 1. The Fundamentals of Urban Space 2. An Exploration in Migration Theory 3. On Urban Systems Evolution 4. The Urban Future Part II: Empirical Findings A. Western European Countries 5. Population Change and Migration in the British Urban System 6. The French Urban System 7. Urbanization in Germany Before and After Unification 8. Urban Development in the Netherlands: New Perspectives 9. Counter Urbanization in Italy B. Nordic and Central European Countries 10. Past, Present and Future of Urbanization in Finland 11. The Maturing of the Polish Urban System 12. The Maturing of the Romanian Urban System 13. The Demographic Transition and Urban Development in Turkey C. American Countries 14. A History of Recent Urban Development in the United States 15. The Dynamics of the Canadian Urban System 16. Evolution and Maturing of the Mexican Urban System 17. Urbanization and the Redistribution Population in Brazil: Recent Changes and Trends D. Asian Countries 18. Migration and the Development of the Japanese Urban System, 1950–2000 19. Migration and the Urban Systems of South Korea 20. Urbanization and Migration in India: A Different Scene E. African Countries 21. Current Perspectives on Urban Change in South Africa Index

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Book SynopsisInnovation is crucial for small enterprises to become and remain competitive in the global economy. In this book, the authors have combined theoretical insights with comprehensive case studies on innovation among small-scale enterprises in developing countries, paying particular attention to technological change in clusters of small firms.The authors deliberately use a broad definition of innovation in order to emphasise the fact that technological change and innovation adoption takes place on a wider scale and in a greater number of forms than is frequently assumed. The unusual case studies such as the Kenyan food processing sector, furniture making in Nicaragua and tile manufacturing in Indonesia highlight the patterns of innovation adoption and diffusion, and serve as a unique and fascinating backdrop to the study. The authors pay specific attention to innovation by small enterprises in times of economic crisis and go on to assess the mechanisms employed to promote innovation. They demonstrate that although radical innovation among small enterprises occurs on a limited scale, innovation through gradual incremental improvements in production processes and products is continuous. Innovation and Small Enterprises in the Third World will be widely read by academics, researchers and policymakers concerned with innovation adoption and diffusion, and third world development issues.Table of ContentsContents 1. Innovation and small enterprise development in developing countries Meine Pieter van Dijk and Henry Sandee Part I FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING INNOVATION DIFFUSION 2. Small enterprise development in developing countries: innovation or acquisition of technological capability? Henny Romijn 3. Cluster trajectories and the likelihood of endogenous upgrading Peter Knorringa Part II CASES OF SMES AND INNOVATION 4. Trying to innovate far from international frontiers: case study from the small-scale briquetting industry in India Joy Clancy 5. Competitive response, innovation and creating an innovative milieu in the manufacturing industry in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe A.H.J. Bert Helmsing 6. Innovation and small enterprise development examples from Burkina Faso, Ghana and Zimbabwe Meine Pieter van Dijk Part III INNOVATION IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC CRISIS 7. Innovation and competitiveness within the small furniture industry in Nicaragua Mario Davide Parrilli 8. Why do(n’t) they innovate? Explaining diverse SME adjustment strategies after an external shock Regine Qualman 9. The impact of the crisis on small-scale enterprises in Java, findings from selected case studies Henry Sandee Part IV MECHANISMS FOR INNOVATION DIFFUSION 10. Enhancing innovation capabilities in SME clusters: evidence from a service centre in Spain Manuel Albaladejo 11. Linkages between small and large firms in the Kenyan food processing sector Dorothy McCormick and Rosemary Atieno 12. The role of a research and development institute in the development and diffusion of technology Bert Bongenaar and Adam Szirmai 13. Social capital and technological innovation processes in the South Árni Sverrisson Part V CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14. Enterprise co-operation, technology partnerships and S&T policies for the promotion of innovation for SMEs Meine Pieter van Dijk 15. Innovation and small enterprise development in developing countries: some conclusions Meine Pieter van Dijk and Henry Sandee Index

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Book SynopsisFrom Industrial Districts to Local Development introduces a set of papers representing the main contribution of the 'Florence school' to the recent literature on industrial districts. The authors illustrate that the revitalisation of the concept of industrial districts, returning to Alfred Marshall's nineteenth-century writings, is rooted in an unconventional interpretation of the economic development of Tuscany after the Second World War.Models of industrial organisation and empirical investigation of industrial tendencies are featured, and Alfred Marshall's concepts of the advantages of the geographical agglomeration of specialised small firms in industrial districts are reintroduced. The authors extend the analysis of purely economic effects of agglomeration, including social, cultural and institutional foundations of local development, and current case studies are presented.This book will appeal to scholars, lecturers and researchers focusing on industrial economics, development economics and economic geography. Its references to Italian political experiences will also be of interest to policymakers in both developed and developing countries.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Werner Sengenberger Introduction: An Itinerary Part I: The Development of Tuscany: Industrial Districts 1. Industrial Districts in the Development of Tuscany 2. The ‘Tuscan Model’ and Recent Trends 3. The Past in the Present: Prato’s People Part II: Inside the District: Clues for Theoreticians 4. The Governance of Transactions in the Industrial District: The ‘Commodity Market’ 5. The Incentives to Decentralised Creativity in Local Systems of Small Firms 6. Trust, Interlinking Transactions and Credit in the Industrial District 7. On Entrepreneurship, Region and the Constitution of Scale and Scope Economies Part III: Towards Local Development 8. Local Development in the Experience of Italian Industrial Districts 9. Local Governance and Industrial Districts’ Competitive Advantage 10. The Multiple Paths of Local Development 11. Towards a Geographical Redefinition of the Form of the State Index

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Book SynopsisTropical islands are fragile, vulnerable environments and yet they are coming under increasing strain due to coastal developments and global environmental change. As a result of their remote location, small size and limited natural resource endowments, tourism has become an important economic activity, leading to emerging conflicts between the interests of developers, tourists and residents.Whilst much has been written about tourism-related development in tropical islands from a socio-cultural and economic point of view, the political ecology of environmental change has received surprisingly little attention. Political ecology is a powerful tool with which to investigate the role and interests of different actors in the process of environmental change, and this highly original volume represents a first ever study of tourism and tropical island development employing this novel but effective approach. Central to the argument is the belief that environmental problems cannot properly be understood without considering their economic and political context. The political ecology focus allows the authors to compare a wide range of tropical islands and to identify more sustainable development paths. They are also able to analyse the role of the various actors involved in the tourism development versus environmental change debate such as the state, international organizations, the tourism industry, local communities and non-governmental organizations.The continued growth of tourism will undoubtedly cause greater environmental problems. This book makes a major contribution toward understanding and solving these conflicts, particularly in those islands where the problems are most pressing. It will be required reading for students, researchers and academics of tourism, service management, geography, environmental studies, human ecology and economic development.Trade Review'. . . the book deserves to be widely read. The book offers something for everybody from practitioner to undergraduate student to "serious" academic. I aim to encourage particularly the latter to read the book, if only for the truly exceptional contributions by Gossling and Patterson and Rodriguez.' -- Daniela Schilcher, Journal of Sustainable Tourism'Gossling's volume is a welcome contribution to island literature and the broader body of work on tourism. This book is recommended for both personal and institutional libraries of governments, academics, and practitioners concerned with tourism development in island environments.' -- Lee Jolliffe, Annals of Tourism Research'The Tropics. Islands. Tourism. These are the troika of landscapes and processes which have perhaps been most heavily hyped and themed by contemporary discourse as segregated sites of (con)sensual pleasure. Such narratives camouflage the nature of these pseudo-ideal sites as contested spaces; and alienate publics from a critical discussion of the ever-central relationship between land, profit and power. Tourism and Development in Tropical Islands adopts a challenging 'political ecology' approach to expose and trace the history of these 'warm water' island narratives and how they manufacture very particular and partial images of nature, society and development. It unabashedly asks Who Gains? Who Loses? from a particular tourism policy, plan, project and/or 'product'. The book proposes to replace unidirectional discourse with bidirectional dialogue as the vehicle for sustainable development. It is a useful and timely addition to the burgeoning literature on 'island studies', inviting readers to consider a clutch of insightful case studies - or 'Tales of Conflict' - along with a penetrating analytical synthesis.' -- Godfrey Baldacchino, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada'This is a welcome addition to the literature on island tourism. It is the first sustained cross-national attempt to apply the political ecology perspective across a global sample of inter-tropical coastal settings. This conceptual framework focuses on the interaction between various tourism stakeholders - national and international, public and private - to explain the process of environmental change in island resort areas. The volume contains an unusual diversity of case studies, rich and informative in their own right. It will provide valuable reading for both tourism academics and professionals and spawn further research along the same lines.' -- Jerome L. McElroy, Saint Mary's College, Indiana, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Tourism and Development in Tropical Islands: Political Ecology Perspectives 2. The Political Ecology of Tourism in the Cayman Islands 3. The Political Ecology of Tourism in the Commonwealth of Dominica 4. Tourism Policy and Planning in St Lucia 5. The Political Ecology of Marine Protected Areas: The Case of the Bay Islands 6. Native Tourism, Natural Forests and Local Incomes on Ilha Grande, Brazil 7. The Political Ecology of Tourism in Zanzibar 8. ‘High-value Conservation Tourism’: Integrated Tourism Development in the Seychelles? 9. Human Resources Development for Tourism in a Peripherial Island: Hainan, China 10. Community-oriented Marine Tourism in the Philippines: Role in Economic Development and Conservation 11. Tourism Development and the Coastal Environment on Bintan Island Index

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Book SynopsisThe Elgar Companion to Development Studies is an innovative and unique reference book that includes original contributions covering development economics as well as development studies broadly defined. This major new Companion brings together an international panel of experts from varying backgrounds who discuss theoretical, ethical and practical issues relating to economic, social, cultural, institutional, political and human aspects of development in poor countries. It also includes a selection of intellectual biographies of leading development thinkers. While the Companion is organised along the lines of an encyclopaedia, each of its 136 entries provide more depth and discussion than the average reference book. Its entries are also extremely diverse: they draw on different social science disciplines, incorporate various mixes of theoretical and applied work, embrace a variety of methodologies and represent different views of the world. The Elgar Companion to Development Studies will therefore appeal to students, scholars, researchers, policymakers and practitioners in the filed of development as well as the interested layman.Trade Review'If handbooks can be inspiring, this is it! Like a true companion, it takes in its stride conversations both big and small. Its entries do not just present an international and multidisciplinary mix, but - true to life - they work on several different scales. And, importantly, the book makes its authority evident. For it is like an extended website, but with all the added advantages of an encyclopaedia that actually tells you about the authors and the sources on which they have drawn. The resulting compilation is highly intelligent, thoughtful and above all usable.' -- Dame Marilyn Strathern, University of Cambridge, UK'The Elgar Companion to Development Studies is a major production in the development studies field, authored by a star-studded cast of contributors. With 136 entries covering a vast range of topics, it should quickly establish itself as a leading work of reference. We should all feel indebted to David Clark, who has successfully brought this substantial publishing project to completion.' -- John Toye, University of Oxford, UK'This is a most comprehensive handbook on development studies. It brings together a wide, varied array of carefully crafted summaries of 136 key topics in development by an international cast of well-respected academics and other experts in respective areas of study. The handbook is heavily interdisciplinary, organically combining economic, political, historical, social, cultural, institutional, ethical, and human aspects of development. While the wide range of entries might appear as a simple glossary listing or an encyclopedic collection, each of the 136 entries offers more depth and discussion than the average handbook. . . . Viewed in this light, this companion is highly likely to become known as a leading reference work on the topic. Highly recommended.' -- Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: Development Studies in the Twenty-First Century David A. Clark 1. Ageing and Development Peter Lloyd-Sherlock 2. Agriculture and Economic Growth C. Peter Timmer 3. Assets, Markets and Entitlement Julian May 4. Basic Needs Approach Frances Stewart 5. Bauer, Peter Tamas (1915–2002) Walter Elkan 6. Boserup, Ester (b. 1910) Irene Tinker 7. Cambridge Controversies in Growth Theory Avi J. Cohen 8. Capability Approach David A. Clark 9. Capitalism and Development John Sender and Jonathan R. Pincus 10. Child Labour Kristoffel Lieten 11. Child Poverty Santosh Mehrotra 12. Chronic Poverty David Hulme 13. Class Alastair Greig, David Hulme and Mark Turner 14. Colonialism Stephen Howe 15. Conflict and Conflict Resolution Tom Woodhouse 16. Corporate Social Responsibility David Birch 17. Cost–Benefit Analysis for Development John Weiss 18. Crisis Management David Alexander 19. Culture and Development Des Gasper 20. Debt Crisis A.P. Thirlwall 21. Democracy and Development Irma Adelman 22. Dependency John S. Saul and Colin Leys 23. Development Ethics Denis Goulet 24. Diploma Disease Angela W. Little 25. Disability and Development Barbara Harriss-White and Devi Sridhar 26. Disaster Mitigation Ailsa Holloway 27. The Domar Model Robert M. Solow 28. East Asian Crisis Kaushik Basu 29. Economic Aid Howard White 30. Education for All and the Millennium Development Goals Keith M. Lewin 31. Education, Returns to Geeta Kingdon 32. Endogenous Growth Heinz D. Kurz 33. Environment and Development David Pearce 34. Ethnicity Robert H. Bates 35. Famine as a Social Phenomenon S.R. Osmani 36. Food Security John Cathie 37. Foreign Direct Investment Luiz de Mello 38. Gender and Development Ruth Pearson 39. Global Inequalities Richard Jolly 40. Globalisation and Development Leslie Sklair 41. Globalisation and Development Policy Ian Goldin 42. Green Revolution and Biotechnology Jonathan R. Pincus 43. Haq, Mahbub ul (1934–1998) Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Selim Jahan 44. The Harrod Model of Growth and Some Early Reactions to It G.C. Harcourt 45. Hill, Polly (1914–2005) C.A. Gregory 46. Hirschman, Albert Otto (b. 1915) Osvaldo Feinstein 47. History and Development Studies Amiya Bagchi 48. HIV/AIDS and Development Tony Barnett 49. Human Capital Sriya Iyer 50. Human Development Mozaffar Qizilbash 51. Human Development and Economic Growth Gustav Ranis 52. Human Development Index Amartya K. Sen 53. Human Rights Bas de Gaay Fortman 54. Human Security Selim Jahan 55. Income Distribution Richard Jolly 56. Inequality Measurement James E. Foster 57. Informal Sector Employment Jan Breman 58. Institutions and Development Pranab Bardhan 59. Internal Migration and Rural Livelihood Diversification Rachel Murphy 60. International Trade Arvind Panagariya 61. Kaldor, Nicholas (1908–1986) J.S.L. McCombie 62. Kalecki, Michal (1899–1970) Jan Toporowski 63. Kindleberger, Charles Poor (1910–2003) Mića Panić 64. Kuznets, Simon (1901–1985) Moshe Syrquin 65. Labour Markets Guy Standing 66. Land Reform Henry Bernstein 67. Least Developed Countries Dharam Ghai 68. The Lewis Model Prabhat Patnaik 69. Lewis, (William) Arthur (1915–1991) Andrew S. Downes 70. Livelihoods Approach Frank Ellis 71. Marx, Karl (1818–1883) Peter Nolan 72. Media Communications and Development Rachel Murphy 73. Microfinance Michael Woolcock 74. Migration for Rural Work Ben Rogaly 75. Migration, International Ronald Skeldon 76. Militarism and Development Jean Drèze 77. Military Expenditure and Economic Growth Jean Drèze 78. Millennium Development Goals Howard White 79. Missing Women Stephan Klasen 80. Modernisation Theory Ray Kiely 81. Myrdal, Gunnar (1898–1987) Paul Streeten 82. National Accounting John M. Hartwick 83. National Economic Planning Paul G. Hare 84. Nationalism and Development John Harriss 85. NGOs and Civil Society Anthony Bebbington and Sam Hickey 86. North, Douglass (b. 1920) Alexander J. Field 87. Participatory Research Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi 88. Planning Marshall Goldman 89. Population and Development Tim Dyson 90. Population: Policy and Ethics Shailaja Fennell 91. Post-Development Arturo Escobar 92. Poverty and Growth Martin Ravallion 93. Poverty Measurement Stefan Dercon 94. Poverty, Characteristics of Mamphela Ramphele 95. Prebisch, Raul (1901–1986) Edgar J. Dosman 96. Privatisation Paul Cook, Colin Kirkpatrick and David Parker 97. Property Rights and Development Daniel W. Bromley 98. Public Works Anna McCord 99. Purchasing Power Parity John Cullis 100. Rawls, John (1921–2002) Nigel Dower 101. Refugees Khalid Koser 102. Religion and Development Sabina Alkire 103. Rent Seeking and Corruption Mushtaq Khan 104. Robinson, (Edward) Austin (Gossage) (1897–1993) G.C. Harcourt 105. Robinson, Joan (1903–1983) G.C. Harcourt 106. Rural Poverty Reduction Frank Ellis 107. Seers, Dudley (1920–1983) Mike Faber 108. Sen, Amartya Kumar (b. 1933) Carl Riskin 109. Sharecropping Terence J. Byres 110. Singer, Hans (b. 1910–2006) D. John Shaw 111. Smith, Adam (1723–1790) Peter Nolan 112. Social Capital Ben Fine 113. Social Exclusion Adolfo Figueroa 114. Social Justice Christopher Bertram 115. The Solow–Swan Model Robert Dixon 116. State and Development Atul Kohli 117. Stock Market and Economic Development Ajit Singh 118. Streeten, Paul Patrick (b. 1917) Hugh Stretton 119. Structural Adjustment Howard Stein 120. Structural Transformation Moshe Syrquin 121. Structure and Agency Jan Douwe van der Ploeg 122. Sustainable Consumption David Pearce 123. Sustainable Development David Pearce 124. Technology and Development Sanjaya Lall 125. Tinbergen, Jan (1903–1994) Louis Emmerij 126. Tourism and Development Ron Ayres 127. Trade and Industrial Policy Ha-Joon Chang 128. Trade Negotiations and Protectionism Chien Yen Goh 129. Transition Michael Ellman 130. Transnational Corporations Bruce Weisse 131. Uneconomic Growth Herman E. Daly 132. Urban Livelihoods Carole Rakodi 133. Urbanisation and Third World Cities David Satterthwaite 134. Vulnerability and Coping Frank Ellis 135. Washington Consensus John Weeks and Howard Stein 136. Water and Development Jaqui Goldin Index

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Book SynopsisP.B. Anand argues that if water supply and sanitation were mainly problems of technology or financial resources, they would have been resolved long ago. While appreciating that technology and finances are important, he ascertains that there are many other factors affecting our ability to intervene and improve the effectiveness of policies. The author explores these factors, raising questions such as 'How is water scarcity defined?', 'Are there patterns that indicate how nations use available freshwater resources?', 'Does water shortage make nations use water more efficiently?', and 'What explains the variation in progress with regard to Millennium Development Goals related to water and sanitation?'. Other important themes examined include: availability and use of water resources inequality in access to water the role of institutions and policies access to water and sanitation river water agreements and disputes consumer perspectives and water utility management. Underpinned by international datasets and national- and local-level case studies based on primary research, the study identifies issues for policy and further research. As such, it will provide a fascinating and stimulating read for researchers, students and academics with an interest in water economics and public policy. Practitioners focusing on water management, sustainable development, water supply and health will also find this book useful.Trade Review'. . . it will provide a fascinating and stimulating read for researchers, students and academics with an interest in water economics and public policy. Practitioners focusing on water management, sustainable development, water supply and health will also find this book invaluable.' -- CABI'Those seeking an informed overview of the social and economic aspects of water issues in developing contexts today would do well to read P.B. Anand's book. Scarcity, Entitlements and the Economics of Water in Developing Countries is extensive - covering local, sub-national and international aspects of water scarcity, the human right to water, transboundary water disputes and progress on the Millennium Development Goals. . . It will be of interest to water resource managers, urban water and sanitation policy-makers, international donors, and students of environmental justice, water issues, and development more broadly. . . Anand's book is recommended as useful and interesting reading primarily for its broad range and interdisciplinary approach.' -- Mark Zeitoun, Waterlines'In this creative study Anand applies environmental economic tools and concepts to analyze water issues in developing countries. . . The author carefully integrates the poverty, inequality, and development issues of water; and he meticulously discusses the intertwined rivalrous and excludable public good characteristics of water supply. . . Highly recommended.' -- B.F. Hope, Choice'The book eloquently illustrates the economics of water and how economics can increase the understanding of topics such as water inequalities and the role of institutions. It convincingly explores and explains water scarcity, supply and demand to demystify water topics. It commendably presents different views and interpretations on contentious water topics such as large-scale dams, transboundary water and privatization of household water supply. In particular, the conceptual framework is helpful in illuminating the interface between water and well-being. The book contains several case studies and water multi-sectors, such as dams, water supply and sanitation and water resources and appeals to a wide readership interested in various water topics and their implementation.' -- Hakan Tropp, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Investigating Water ‘Scarcity’ 3. Access to Water Supply: Achieving the Millennium Development Goal 4. Sharing Water Peacefully: Understanding Transboundary Water-Resource Conflicts 5. An Analysis of a River Dispute: Interaction of Politics and Economics 6. Improving Access to Water: Institutions, Entitlements and Inequality 7. Consumer Preferences and Public Policy 8. Justice, Rights and Sustainability: Access to Water and the Capability Approach 9. Conclusions and a Research Agenda Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is an original study of the challenge of implementing sustainable development in Western democracies. It highlights the obstacles which sustainable development presents for strategic governance and critically examines how these problems can best be overcome in a variety of different political contexts.The renowned international contributors, including leading policy experts, try to identify the forms of governance necessary to realize the functions of sustainable development. With the help of detailed case studies, they document and analyze specific governance mechanisms for pursuing and achieving this aim. They move on to offer clearly formulated conclusions on the relationship between the demands of sustainable development and the current norms and practices of Western democracy. The book also raises the fundamental question of whether change can ever be achieved if the overriding goal of development is not firmly stated as 'sustainability' rather than 'business as usual'.This book offers a balanced focus on the difficulties and successes of promoting sustainable development through strategic governance. It will be of particular relevance to those interested in the institutional mechanisms of governance and policy implementation. The book will also appeal to scholars and students of political science, organizational studies and business administration, and policymakers and NGOs directly involved in the task of implementing sustainable development.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Form and Function in Governance for Sustainable Development William M. Lafferty 2. Implementation Theory and the Challenge of Sustainable Development: The Transformative Role of Learning Laurence J. O’Toole, Jr 3. Adapting Form to Function? From Economic to Sustainable Development Governance in the European Union Elizabeth Bomberg 4. Management by Objectives: A Comparison of Dutch, Swedish and EU Strategies for Realising Sustainable Development Lennart J. Lundqvist 5. ‘Sustainability is Cool’: Rhetorical Participatory Discourse in the Spanish Strategy for Sustainable Development Susana Aguilar Fernández 6. Participation and Sustainable Development: Modes of Citizen, Community and Organisational Involvement James Meadowcroft 7. From Environmental Protection to Sustainable Development: The Challenge of Decoupling through Sectoral Integration William M. Lafferty 8. Partners for Progress? The Role of Business in Transcending Business as Usual Audun Ruud 9. Governance by Diffusion: Implementing Global Norms through Cross-National Imitation and Learning Helge Jörgens 10. Implementing Sustainable Development: How to Know What Works, Where, When and How Hans T.A. Bressers 11. Governance for Sustainable Development: Lessons and Implications William M. Lafferty Index

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Book SynopsisA decade and a half since the Philippines embarked on a major program of decentralization, the authors of this book have undertaken a detailed examination of all aspects of the nation's regional dynamics and policies. Their analysis extends to comparable experiences in East Asia, particularly China and Indonesia. The lessons of this book are relevant not only for an audience interested in the Philippines - a large developing nation with a population soon to exceed 100 million people - but also for many other developing countries now embarking on decentralization programs. The book therefore has broad international appeal.The contributors focus on three main issues: Centre-region relations. While the decentralization program in the Philippines has been reasonably successful, they argue there is an urgent need for a clear, predictable, and stable regulatory environment that governs centre-region administrative and financial relations. Infrastructure. This is arguably the most important policy tool in shaping regional development patterns, yet decision-makers are rarely able to develop these investments on the basis of a coherent and integrated policy framework. The conflict in Mindanao. This deep and protracted conflict must be resolved for the benefit of the local and national population. This enlightening and topical book will appeal to postgraduate students of economic development, regional development/science, rural development, and Asian Studies. It will also attract the interest of researchers and practitioners in international development agencies, NGOs, and policymakers and legislators in developing countries.Trade Review'Balisacan and Hill have assembled several excellent contributions. . . The editors and contributing authors of this book document the story of regional development in great detail. . . with analytical clarity and a pleasing uniformity of style, making for a readable and very coherent volume overall. . . It is a must-read for all students of that country's economy, and for all who seek to understand better the regional implications of growth, policy, and devolution in low-income economies.' -- Ian Coxhead, The Developing Economies'Arsenio Balisacan and Hal Hill have edited a must-read volume of 13 essays that extract the results and relevant lessons of Philippine regional development amid decentralization and globalization.' -- Roberto de Vera, Journal of Regional Science'By focusing on a systematic analysis of the regional dimension, Professors Arsenio Balisacan and Hal Hill (with the help of other economists) succeed in presenting a definitive update of Philippine regional economic developments. This work is an indispensable sequel and complement to their earlier work on Philippine economic problems, which focused on national economic issues.' -- Gerardo P. Sicat, University of the Philippines'This volume integrates four of the "hottest" themes in current development debates - globalization, decentralization, inequality and governance. By combining a broad East Asian perspective on these four topics with a deep analysis of the Philippines experience, the editors get the very best out of their comparative research framework. This is not your typical edited volume, with only an occasional gem amongst the filler - the entire volume really holds together. Hill and Balisacan have clearly exercised a firm analytical and editorial hand, demonstrating, as does the analysis in the book, that firm, competent central leadership is crucial for decentralization to work.' -- Peter Timmer, Center for Global Development, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface The Philippine Regions, 1987 The Philippine Regions, 2003 1. The Philippines and Regional Development Hal Hill, Arsenio M. Balisacan and Sharon Faye A. Piza PART I: EAST ASIA AND BEYOND 2. Globalization, Geography and Regional Policy John Weiss 3. Regional Development: Analytical and Policy Issues Hal Hill 4. The East Asian Experience: The People’s Republic of China Ligang Song 5. The East Asian Experience: Indonesia Budy P. Resosudarmo and Yogi Vidyattama PART II: THE PHILIPPINES 6. Local Politics and Local Economy Emmanuel S. de Dios 7. The Quality of Local Governance and Development under Decentralization Joseph J. Capuno 8. Regional Labour Markets and Economic Development in the Philippines Emmanuel F. Esguerra and Chris Manning 9. Decentralization and the Financing of Regional Development Rosario G. Manasan 10. Infrastructure and Regional Growth Gilberto M. Llanto 11. Development of the Rural Non-farm Sector in the Philippines and Lessons from the East Asian Experience Jonna P. Estudillo, Tetsushi Sonobe and Keijiro Otsuka 12. Regional Responses to Trade Liberalization and Economic Decentralization Gwendolyn R. Tecson 13. Local Growth and Poverty Reduction Arsenio M. Balisacan References Index

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Book SynopsisThe transfer of new, economically useful knowledge from universities to the regional economy has recently attracted the attention of academics, professionals and policymakers alike. This book focuses on three issues at the centre of current research: the geography of academic knowledge transfers, the mechanisms of these transfers with regard to academic entrepreneurship and graduate mobility, and policy experience in university-based regional economic development. The expert contributors provide state-of-the-art overviews of the field, reviewing and outlining important advancements in theory, empirics and policy analysis. Importantly, the book includes unique case studies of university-based development in three lagging regions of Asia, Europe and North America to illustrate individual experiences. This timely and highly original book will be warmly welcomed by academics, students and researchers focusing on regional science, the economics of innovation, economic growth and technological change. Policymakers involved with regional development and innovation will also find much to interest them in this book.Trade Review'. . . this book contains a number of excellent chapters worthwhile reading. Therefore we would like to warmly recommend it to scholars as well as to students with an interest in this promising research field.' -- Roland Andersson and Mats Wilhelmsson, Papers in Regional Science'This is a valuable book for those interested in understanding the university's interactions with national and regional economic life; and many of the ideas it presents are capable of further, and productive, development.' -- Paul Temple, London Review of Education'. . . the studies of these experienced and well-known authors highlight almost all of the important parts of the themes indicated by the title.' -- Acta OeconomicaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Attila Varga PART I: SETTING THE SCENE: ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK AND KNOWLEDGE INVENTORY IN THEORY, EMPIRICS AND POLICY 2. What We Know and What We Don’t Know About the Regional Economic Impacts of Universities Harvey A. Goldstein 3. Jaffe-Feldman-Varga: The Search for Knowledge Spillovers Zoltán J. Ács 4. Detecting University-Industry Synergies: A Comparison of Two Approaches in Applied Cluster Analysis Edward Feser PART II: THE GEOGRAPHY OF ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE TRANSFERS: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 5. The Role of Higher Education and University R&D for Industrial R&D Location Martin Andersson, Urban Gråsjö and Charlie Karlsson 6. Internationalization and Regional Embedding of Scientific Research in the Netherlands Roderik Ponds, Frank van Oort and Koen Frenken 7. Academic Knowledge Transfers and the Structure of International Research Networks Attila Varga and Andrea Parag PART III: KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS: ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND GRADUATE MOBILITY 8. Academic Entrepreneurs: Critical Issues and Lessons for Europe Chiara Franzoni and Francesco Lissoni 9. Firm Formation and Economic Development: What Drives Academic Spin-offs to Success or Failure? Knut Koschatzky and Joachim Hemer 10. On the Economics of University Ranking Lists: Intuitive Remarks on Intuitive Comparisons Ádám Török 11. Product Differentiation or Spatial Monopoly? The Market Areas of Austrian Universities in Business Education Gunther Maier 12. Higher Education, Graduate Migration and Regional Dynamism in Great Britain Alessandra Faggian, Philip McCann and Stephen Sheppard PART IV: UNIVERSITY-BASED REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE EXPERIENCE OF LAGGING AREAS IN ASIA, EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA 13. Barriers Against the Transfer of Knowledge between Universities and Industry in Newly-Industrialised Countries: An Analysis of University-Industry Linkages in Thailand Daniel Schiller, Björn Mildahn and Javier Revilla Diez 14. Knowledge-based Local Economic Development for Enhancing Competitiveness in Lagging Areas of Europe: The Case of the University of Szeged Imre Lengyel 15. The Care and Feeding of High-growth Businesses in Rural Areas: The Role of Universities Hugh D. Sherman, William B. Lamb and Kevin Aspegren Index

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Book SynopsisMost governments attempt to target resources directly at the poor through a variety of measures including food and credit subsidies, job creation schemes and basic health and education projects. These measures are usually classified as being either promotional (to help raise welfare in the long term), or protectional (to support the poor in times of adverse shocks). However, for many Asian countries the reality of these poverty targeting measures has proved disappointing. Following a comprehensive overview by the editor, this book offers a detailed assessment of the results of directly channelling resources to the poor and extensively discusses the experience of five Asian countries - India, Indonesia, the People's Republic of China, the Philippines and Thailand. The authors demonstrate how in many cases these targeting measures have failed due to their high cost and errors of both undercoverage (where many of the poor are excluded) and leakage (when many of the better-off also benefit from these schemes). The authors conclude that whilst poverty targeting remains a critically important objective, past targeting errors must not be forgotten and improved methods of both identifying and reaching the poor must be implemented. Written by leading experts in the field and including analysis of original country surveys, this seminal text documents clearly the operation and success of aid schemes in Asia. This book will make a worthy addition to the literature on development, poverty reduction, social welfare and Asian studies. It will also be an important source of reference for academics and students of economic development, aid practitioners, government officials and development NGOs.Trade Review'This book is a "must read" for researchers and students interested in poverty, poverty reduction, social welfare and development. It provides systematic and comparative studies on the design features, achievements and problems of targeting, set against specific national contexts. The economic focus of the analysis is balanced with sections on the political economy of targeting and management aspects (administrative systems and incentives). While the considerable variations between targeting mechanisms, schemes and contexts demonstrate the difficulties of blanket policy prescriptions, the book presents a fascinating conclusion. Rather than continuing the debate about universal versus targeted approaches, it proposes that a mixed approach might be best: the "broad" targeting of basic services such as primary education and health care combined with the "narrow" targeting of social protection schemes for the very poor.' -- David Hulme, University of Manchester, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Maps 1. Experiences with Poverty Targeting in Asia: An Overview John Weiss 2. Poverty Targeting in India Pradeep Srivastava 3. Poverty Targeting in Indonesia Ari A. Perdana and John Maxwell 4. Poverty Targeting in the People’s Republic of China Wang Sangui 5. Poverty Targeting in Thailand Peter Warr and Isra Sarntisart 6. Poverty Targeting in the Philippines Arsenio Balisacan and Rosemarie Edillon 7. Micro-finance and Poverty Reduction in Asia John Weiss, Heather Montgomery and Elvira Kurmanalieva Index

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Book SynopsisThe development of competitive agro-industries is crucial for creating employment and income opportunities as well as enhancing the demand for farm products. However, in order to avoid adverse effects to vulnerable countries and people, sound policies and strategies for fostering agro-industries are needed. This book has been developed from a meeting of policy makers, governments, UN technical agencies and agro-industry specialists. It addresses the strategies and actions required for improving agro-industrial competitiveness in ways that can contribute to broad-based economic development and poverty reduction. This book is a co-publication with FAO and UNIDOTable of Contents1: Introduction 2: Building the political case for agro-industries and agribusiness in developing countries 3: Agro-industry trends, patterns and development impacts 4: Technologies shaping the future 5: Enabling environments for competitive agro-industries 6: Business models that are inclusive of small farmers 7: Corporate social responsibility for agro-industries development 8: Annexes A: Alain de janvry's plenary address on "agriculture for development - implications for agro-industries"

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Book SynopsisVegetables are a significant component of agricultural farming systems in Africa and have recently moved into the focus of research organizations, development partners and policy makers. Beyond income generating opportunities for producers, vegetable production for domestic and export markets is an important driver for growth due to employment opportunities in production, processing and trade. Providing the latest socioeconomic research methodologies alongside empirical examples, this volume explores the potential for vegetable production to alleviate poverty, the impact of food production standards on various stakeholders, an assessment of markets and marketing potential for different crops and advanced economic approaches to production.Table of Contents1: An Overview 2: Theoretical Concepts for Socio-economic Research of Vegetables in Africa 3: Framework for economic impact assessment of production standards and empirical evidence 4: The Impact of Food Safety Standards on Rural Household Welfare 5: The Impact of Compliance to GlobalGAP Standards on Small and Large Kenyan Export Vegetable-producing Farms 6: Food Production Standards and Farm Worker Welfare in Kenya 7: Group Culture and Smallholder Participation in Value Chains: French Beans in Kenya 8: Export Vegetable Supply Chains and Rural Households in Senegal 9: Comparative Assessment of the Marketing Structure and Price Behaviour of Three Staple Vegetables in Lusaka, Zambia 10: Value Chains and Regional Trade in East Africa: The Case of Vegetables in Kenya and Tanzania 11: Supply Chains for Indigenous Vegetables in Urban and Peri-urban Areas of Uganda and Kenya: A Gendered Perspective 12: Private Voluntary Standards, Co-investment and Inclusive Business 13: An Approach to Strengthening Vegetable Value Chains in East Africa: Potential for Spillovers 14: Challenges for Economic Impact Assessment of Classical Biological Control in Kenya and Tanzania 15: Indirect and External Costs of Pesticide Use in the Vegetable Sub-sector in Kenya 16: Integrated Pest Management Training and Information Flow among Smallholder Horticulture Farmers in Kenya

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Book SynopsisAuthored by an experienced agriculturalist with substantial field experience in developing countries, this book adds to the literature on food security by proposing practical measures for improving plant-based food security in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Covering issues affecting food security, the book discusses ways of measuring farmers' resources, strategies for action, and an analysis of the challenges and problems faced, concluding with a discussion of ways in which stakeholders could work better together.Table of ContentsI: Introduction 1: Defining the Food Security Problem 2: Evaluating the Resources of Small-scale and Subsistence Farmers 3: Alternative Approaches Examined 4: The Need for a Participatory Approach 5: Researching the Situation to Define Strategies 6: Challenges Presented by Natural and Man-made Factors 7: The Competition for Resources for Food Production 8: Monitoring Intervention Strategies in Different Farming Systems 9: Small-scale and Subsistence Farmers' Households and Selected Farming Systems 10: Liaison of International, National and Local Agencies II: Conclusion I: Introduction 1: Defining the Food Security Problem 2: Evaluating the Resources of Small-scale and Subsistence Farmers 3: Alternative Approaches Examined 4: The Need for a Participatory Approach 5: Researching the Situation to Define Strategies 6: Challenges Presented by Natural and Man-made Factors 7: The Competition for Resources for Food Production 8: Monitoring Intervention Strategies in Different Farming Systems 9: Small-scale and Subsistence Farmers' Households and Selected Farming Systems 10: Liaison of International, National and Local Agencies 11: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAfrica is a 'theme park' for Western tourists to experience untouched wilderness, untamed nature, and truly 'authentic' cultures, where the hosts, too, are part of a discourse about the 'other' and ourselves, about wildness, danger and roots. Tourism is important for Africa: international tourist arrivals to Africa continue to grow, income from tourism is crucial to national economies, and tourism investments are considered among the most profitable. This edited volumedeals with the interaction of local communities with tourists coming into their areas and villages. Based upon a common theoretical approach, fourteen cases of African tourism are discussed which involve direct contact between 'hosts' and 'guests'. The viewpoint throughout is from the side of the locals, establishing how the processes of interaction shape each small scale destination. Crucial in Africa is the fact that the large majority of tourism is game oriented and the interaction between locals and visitors is very much 'tainted' by this fact. Central is the notion of the tourist bubble - the infrastructure that is generated locally (and internationally) for hosting tourists, as it is this institutional interface that tends to impact on the local society and culture, not the tourists themselves directly. The examples come from all over Africa, from the Sahara to the Eastern Cape, and from Kenyato Ghana. All contributions are based upon original fieldwork. Walter van Beek is professor of anthropology at Tilburg University and Senior Researcher at the African Studies Centre, Leiden; Annette Schmidt is curatorof the African department at the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, and is an archaeologist with a long experience in cultural management projects.Trade ReviewHighly recommended. * AFRICA AFFAIRS *A welcome addition to the growing field of tourism research in Africa [which will] provide insights for policy-makers to further consider the benefit-sharing formulas in host-guest relations in Africa, especially when aiming for poverty reduction by utilising the tourism industry as a tool. * JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM *This collection of insightful essays on tourism in Africa makes a major contribution to the literature. . Highly recommended. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsForeword - Valene Smith African dynamics of cultural tourism - Walter E A Van Beek African dynamics of cultural tourism - PART I Culture, Identity & Tourism - Annette M. Schmidt To dance or not to dance: Dogon masks as a tourist arena - Walter E A Van Beek Semiotics & the political economy of tourism in the Sahara - Georg Klute 'How much for Kunta Kinte?!' Sites of memory & diasporan encounters in West Africa - Kim C. Warren 'How much for Kunta Kinte?!' Sites of memory & diasporan encounters in West Africa - Elizabeth MacGonagle Imitating heritage tourism: a virtual tour of Sekhukhuneland, South Africa - PART II At the Fringe of the Parks - Ineke van Kessel Hosts & guests: stereotypes & myths of international tourism in the Okavango Delta, Botswana - Joseph Mbaiwa Kom 'n bietjie kuier: Kalahari dreaming with the Khomani San - Kate Finlay and Shanade Barnabas Treesleeper camp: a case study of community tourism in Tsintsabis, Namibia - Stasja Koot 'The lion has become a cow': the Maasai hunting paradox - Vanessa Wijngaarden The organization of hypocrisy? Juxtaposing tourists & farm dwellers in game farming in South Africa - Shirley Brooks The organization of hypocrisy? Juxtaposing tourists & farm dwellers in game farming in South Africa - Marja Spierenburg The organization of hypocrisy? Juxtaposing tourists & farm dwellers in game farming in South Africa - PART III Intensive Contact - Harry Wels Backpacking in Africa - Ton van Egmond 'I'm not a tourist. I'm a volunteer': tourism, development & international volunteerism in Ghana - Eiliadh Swan Becoming 'real African kings & queens': chieftaincy, culture & tourism in Ghana - Marijke Steegstra Sex trade & tourism in Kenya: close encounters between the hosts & the hosted - Wanjohi Kibicho Host-guest encounters in a Gambian 'love' bubble - Lucy McCombes Afterword. Trouble in the bubble: comparing African tourism with the Andes trail - Annelou Ypeij

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Book SynopsisExamines the increasing significance of the volunteer and volunteerism in African societies, and their societal impact within precarious economies in a period of massive unemployment and faltering trajectories of social mobility. Across Africa today, as development activities animate novel forms of governance, new social actors are emerging, among them the volunteer. Yet, where work and resources are limited, volunteer practices have repercussions that raise contentious ethical issues. What has been the real impact of volunteers economically, politically and in society? The interdisciplinary experts in this collection examine the practices of volunteers - both international and local - and ideologies of volunteerism. They show the significance of volunteerism to processes of social and economic transformation, and political projects of national development and citizenship, as well as to individual aspirations in African societies. These case studies - from South Africa, Lesotho, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Sierra Leone and Malawi - examine everyday experiences of volunteerism and trajectories of voluntary work, trace its broaderhistorical, political and economic implications, and situate African experiences of voluntary labour within global exchanges and networks of resources, ideas and political technologies. Offering insights into changing configurations of work, citizenship, development and social mobility, the authors offer new perspectives on the relations between labour, identity and social value in Africa. Ruth Prince is Associate Professor in Medical Anthropology at the University of Oslo; with her co-author Wenzel Geissler, she won the 2010 Amaury Talbot Prize for their book The Land is Dying: Contingency, Creativity and Conflict in Western Kenya. Hannah Brown is a lecturer in Anthropology at Durham University.Trade ReviewVolunteer Economies is [.] an informative, recommended read that will serve an eclectic academic, practitioner and policy audience. * LUCAS *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The politics and ethics of voluntary labour in Africa - Ruth Prince and Hannah Brown Part 1: Citizenship & Civic Participation The many uses of moral magnetism: Volunteer caregiving and the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa - Christopher James Colvin The civics of urban malaria vector control: Grassroots and breeding places in Dar es Salaam - Ann H. Kelly The civics of urban malaria vector control: Grassroots and breeding places in Dar es Salaam - Prosper Chaki PART 2: Unequal Economies The purchase of volunteerism: Uses and meanings of money in Lesotho's development sector - Ståle Wig Positions and possibilities in volunteering for transnational medical research in Lusaka - Birgitte Bruun PART 3: Hosts and Guests Doing good while they can: International volunteers, development and politics in early independence Tanzania - Michael Jennings Hosting gazes: Clinical volunteer tourism and hospital hospitality in Tanzania - Noelle Sullivan Beneath the spin: Moral complexity and rhetorical simplicity in "global health" volunteering - Claire L. Wendland Beneath the spin: Moral complexity and rhetorical simplicity in "global health" volunteering - Susan L. Erikson Beneath the spin: Moral complexity and rhetorical simplicity in "global health" volunteering - Noelle Sullivan PART 4: Moral Journeys A third mode of engagement with the excluded other: Student volunteers from an elite boarding school in Kenya - Bjørn Hallstein Holte Undoing apartheid legacies?: Volunteering as repentance and politics by other means - Thomas G. Kirsch Epilogue: Ebola and the vulnerable volunteer

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Book SynopsisExamines the increasing significance of the volunteer and volunteerism in African societies, and their societal impact within precarious economies in a period of massive unemployment and faltering trajectories of social mobility. Across Africa today, as development activities animate novel forms of governance, new social actors are emerging, among them the volunteer. Yet, where work and resources are limited, volunteer practices have repercussions that raise contentious ethical issues. What has been the real impact of volunteers economically, politically and in society? The interdisciplinary experts in this collection examine the practices of volunteers - both international and local - and ideologies of volunteerism. They show the significance of volunteerism to processes of social and economic transformation, and political projects of national development and citizenship, as well as to individual aspirations in African societies. These case studies - from South Africa, Lesotho, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Sierra Leone and Malawi - examine everyday experiences of volunteerism and trajectories of voluntary work, trace its broaderhistorical, political and economic implications, and situate African experiences of voluntary labour within global exchanges and networks of resources, ideas and political technologies. Offering insights into changing configurations of work, citizenship, development and social mobility, the authors offer new perspectives on the relations between labour, identity and social value in Africa. Ruth Prince is Associate Professor in Medical Anthropology at the University of Oslo; with her co-author Wenzel Geissler, she won the 2010 Amaury Talbot Prize for their book The Land is Dying: Contingency, Creativity and Conflict in Western Kenya. Hannah Brown is a lecturer in Anthropology at Durham University.Trade Review[T]he volume's diverse depictions of voluntary labour is one of its greatest strengths. Asking the reader to consider 'voluntourists' alongside low-income individuals who rely on clinical trials to access healthcare challenges the reader's own conceptions of moral economic activity as well as the basic definition of the word 'volunteer'. * AFRICA *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The politics and ethics of voluntary labour in Africa by Ruth Prince and Hannah Brown - PART 1: Citizenship and Civic Participation? The civics of urban malaria vector control: Grassroots and breeding places in Dar es Salaam by Ann Kelly and Prosper Chaki The many uses of moral magnetism: Volunteer caregiving and the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa by Christopher J. Colvin - PART 2: Unequal Economies The purchase of volunteerism: Uses and meanings of money in Lesotho's development sector by Ståle Wig Volunteering in transnational medical research in Lusaka by Birgitte Bruun - PART 3: Hosts and Guests Doing good while they can: International volunteers, development and politics in early independence Tanzania by Michael Jennings Beneath the spin: Moral complexity and rhetorical simplicity in "global health" volunteering by Claire Wendland, Susan L. Erikson and Noelle Sullivan Hosting gazes: Clinical volunteer tourism and hospital hospitality in Tanzania by Noelle Sullivan - PART 4: Moral Journeys A third mode of engagement with the excluded other: Student volunteers from an elite boarding school in Kenya by Bjørn Hallstein Holte Volunteering as repentance by Thomas G. Kirsch Epilogue: Ebola and the Vulnerable Volunteer by Peter Redfield

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Book SynopsisA detailed examination of the nature of post-conflict society and youth violence, with important implications for peacebuilding and post-conflict recovery. High youth unemployment is seen as a major issue across Africa and globally, not solely as a source of concern for economic development, but as a threat to social stability and a challenge to fragile peace. In countries emerging from civil war in particular, it is identified as a key indicator for likelihood of relapse. But what do we really know about how lack of work shapes political identities and motivates youth violence? Drawing on rich empirical dataabout young people on the margins of the informal economy in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, in the wake of its civil war (1991-2002), this book moves beyond reductive portrayals of unemployed youth as "ticking bombs" to show how labour market experiences influence them towards political mobilisation. The author argues that violence is not inherent to unemployment, but that the impact of joblessness on political activism is mediated by social factors and the specific nature of the post-war political economy. For Freetown's youth, labour market exclusion is seen to have implications for social status, identities and social relations, ultimately keeping them in exploitative patterns of dependence. This in turn shapes their political subjectivities and claims on the state, and structures the opportunities and constraints to their collective action. Luisa Enria is a Lecturer in International Development at the University of Bath, where she also holds an ESRC Future Research Leaders Fellowship for the project "States of Emergency: Citizenship in Times of Crisis in Sierra Leone".Table of ContentsIntroduction Labour and Networks in the Making of Modern Sierra Leone Urban Microcosms: Defining Work at the Margins of the City "They Don't Even See Us as People": The Social Life of Labour Markets Associations, Citizenship Claims and the Political Imagination Love and Betrayal: The Moral Economy of Political Violence Conclusion: From Ticking Bombs to a Politics of Work The Ebola Epilogue: Chronic Crisis, Youth and the State

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Book SynopsisGrassroots researchers examine the barriers and ways of implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in Africa. Many have praised the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), first adopted by the UN in 2006, as a revolutionary step towards disability rights in Africa. But how real is the progress towards equality for persons with physical disabilities, mental health difficulties, blindness, deafness or albinism? What are the barriers to the CRPD's successful implementation on the continent, and how might we enforce inclusiveness and equality among those disadvantaged? This book brings together the findings of researchers in Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa to offer grassroots' perspectives on the challenges and possibilities of achieving disability rights under the CRPD. Challenging the generally optimistic view presented to date, the contributors provide evidence-based trenchant critiques of the Convention, highlight the ways in which disability rights are interpreted in varying contexts and with different disabilities, and examine particular issues in relation to children and women. Finally, the contributors suggest ways of moving forward and achieving disability rights in Africa.Trade Review[I]mportant, panoramic volume. Highly Recommended. -- CHOICE MAGAZINETable of ContentsIntroduction Jeff Grischow & Magnus Mfoafo-M'Carthy 1 Framing Disability Rights within African Human Rights Movements Bonny Ibhawoh 2 Legislation as a Care institution? The CRPD and Rights of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities in South Africa Charlotte Capri 3 Examining the Implementation of Inclusive Education in Zimbabwe Tsitsi Chataika & Lincoln Hlatywayo 4 Barriers to the Implementation of Education Article 24 of the CPRD in Kenya Billian Otundo 5 A Disabled Disability Movement: The Paradox of Participation in Uganda Herbert Muyinda & Susan Reynolds Whyte 6 Implementation of the CPRD in Ethiopia: Grassroots Perspectives from the University of Gondar Community-Based Rehabilitation Programme Mikyas Abera 7 Knowledge and Utilization of the CRPD and Persons with Disabilities Act 715 of Ghana among Deaf People Wisdom Kwadwo Mprah & Juventus Duorinaah 8 CRPD Article 6 - Vulnerabilities of Women with Disabilities: Recommendations for the Disability Movement and Other Stakeholders in Ghana Augustina Naami & Joana Okine 9 Assessing the benefits of the CRPD in Cameroon: The Experience of Persons with Disabilities in the Buea Municipality Wisdom Kwadwo Mprah, Maxwell Peprah Opoku & Bernard Nsaidzedze Sakah 10African Ontology, Albinism and Human Rights Elvis Imafidon Conclusion Jeff Grischow & Magnus Mfoafo-M'Carthy

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Book SynopsisInvestigates the production, trade and consumption of the bouquets sold in European supermarkets and the consequences of this for the globalised economy. From a macro-perspective, it appears that the cut flower industry has changed into a buyer-driven value chain with corporate retailers as the new lead firms. Yet, as this book shows, this is insufficient to explain how new trade relations come into being, and the consequences of this, not only for global economics, but for the producers, climate change and rural livelihoods. As the retailers and wholesalers of the flower industry in the West linked directly to producers in the Global South, trade relations changed fundamentally, and this critical new book explores the complexities of the power asymmetries and the way in which corporate retailers have shaped the market to promote their own interests, as well as the role non-economic actors played. This book examines in detail the situation at Lake Naivasha, Kenya, which has played a central part within this new market order. Since the 1970s, the area has developed into one of the most important production areas for the ready-made bouquets that sell so cheaply in European supermarkets. For the flower growers themselves, however, coping with the new conditions of supply and demand, the new market order has brought financial precariousness. Farms needed to be flexible in the production and marketing of their flowers. Yet while they were able to expand their production and achieve more stable employment conditions, this has not resulted in significantly higher remuneration. The rapidly changing economic situation has also had a profound impact, not only on local stakeholders, but on the environment, where there is intensified competition for resources and new production technologies. Published in association with the Collaborative Research Centre FUTURE RURAL AFRICA, funded by the German Research Council (DFG).Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Place, Chains, and Actor-Networks: Conceptualising Economic Linkages 3 Trading Roses: Reorganising Producer-Buyer Relations in the Dutch Cut Flower Network 4 The Lake Naivasha Cut Flower Industry: Past and Present 5 Linking to Buyers: The Making of the Global Cut Flower Market at Lake Naivasha 6 Growing Roses: Reorganising Flower Production at Lake Naivasha 7 The Cut Flower Industry in the Social-Ecological System of Lake Naivasha: Setting the Scene for a New Market Order 8 Conclusion: A New Market Order

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Book SynopsisExamines how pastoral peoples imagine, or even design, their futures under the pressure of changing environments and large-scale government projects. In East Africa and beyond, pastoral groups find themselves and their livelihoods under increasing threat when dealing with rapid environmental change. On the one hand, they contemplate major upheaval as a result of landscape and climate change on a scale never seen before. At the same time, these often-marginalised groups find themselves subsumed by the wider interests of national political economies prioritising new investment in land as well as encouraging tourism. This book investigates one such group - the nomadic pastoralists in East Pokot in north-west Kenya - and traces their social and ecological transformation over the past two hundred years to show how modern challenges are linked to the past history and also shape the perceptions of pastoral futures. In East Pokot the grass bush savannah upon which the pastoral lifestyle depends has strongly declined over a long period of time, with encroachment of acacia. Though traditionally cattle-rearing, its people have been forced to diversify into raising other browsing animals as well as cattle husbandry. The development efforts of the Kenyan government to use natural resources have also threatened their environment and their way of life. Bringing a long view to the history of human-environmental relations, the author reveals a more complex picture of change that, contrary to earlier assumptions, is not due exclusively to the pastoralists' pasture management, but also to the extinction of wildlife populations in the region, which were hunted heavily in colonial times. Attempts to move beyond Pokot territory, to the regions west of Lake Baringo and to the hard-fought Laikipia Plateau, have often been compromised by violent conflicts. While a younger generation looks to develop new sources of income through the job opportunities created by geothermal energy production, and diversify into other agricultural activities, this has also brought a dynamic social transformation: increasing production and sale of alcohol, decreasingly nomadic lifestyle, growing differences between the older and younger generations, and so on. Contributing to debates on future rural Africa, ecological history and environmental change, the book will appeal to anthropologists, sociologists, geographers, historians and development scholars. Published in association with the Collaborative Research Centre FUTURE RURAL AFRICA, funded by the German Research Council (DFG).Trade ReviewA solid and insightful modern ethnography of the Pokot people. Captures well the shifts in pastoral practice. An excellent book of its kind. * Judging Panel - Amaury Talbot Prize *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. East Pokot: A Place and its People 3. Pokot Pastoral Livelihoods 4. The Paka Community 5. Environmental Changes in East Pokot 6. Socio-Ecological Transformations in the Agro-Pastoral Highlands 7. Ecological Change and Local Livelihoods: Scientific and Pokot Perspectives 8. Ecological Invasions and Socio-Ecological Transformation 9. Ecological Challenges and Social Transformations Appendix: List of Plant Names (Pokot-Scientific - Scientific-Pokot) Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExplores the complex and intersecting dimensions of gender, ethnicity, and culture on women in the Global South, as well as the central roles of women in resisting colonial rule, and their foundational contributions to post-independence constitutional reform and nation building. For all the effort and attention women across the Global South receive from the international human rights community and from their own governments, human rights frameworks frequently fail to significantly improve the lives of these women or their communities. Taking Kenya as a case study, this book explores the reasons for this, emphasising the need to understand the effects of the legacy of local colonial and postcolonial histories on the production of gendered identities and power in modern Kenyan cultural and political life. Drawing on interviews with women in Nairobi and rural areas around Lake Victoria in Kenya, the author examinestheir access to, and experiences of, civil and political rights and citizenship, beginning with the colonial encounter, following these legacies into modern times, and the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution. In four thematic chapters, Kenny discusses women as victims and objects of cultural violence, the myths of the sorority of African women, women as victims of political and state violence, and women as actors in national political processes. In revealing that international human rights interventions have in fact reproduced the very patterns, structures, and hierarchies which are at the core of women's disenfranchisement and marginalization, the book provides new insights into the difficulties women face in accessing their rights and will be invaluable for scholars and NGOs working in developing states. Published in association with the British Institute in Eastern Africa.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Note on Ethnic Identities List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Kenya Colony in British East Africa: A History of Ethno-patriarchy 2. Bodies as Battlefields, Bodies as Weapons: The Colonial Regulation of Women's Bodies 3. Myths of Sorority: Kenyan Women's Community Organisation 4. Everyday Violence: Violence Against Women During Elections and Times of Peace 5. Gendered Citizenship, Politics and Public Space: Women's Participation in Government Conclusion Appendix: Field work, Focus Groups and Interviews Bibliography

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Book SynopsisRichly detailed and timely study on conservation, development and sustainability in Tanzania. Provides valuable insights into the successes and failures of the management and governance of wildlife, forestry and coastal resources. Responding to the urgent need to examine the outcome of interventions in governing natural resources, this book analyses different types of sustainability partnerships - with donors, governments, business, NGOs and other actors, and, crucially, assesses which result in better livelihood and environmental outcomes. The contributors, from a range of disciplines, compare 'more complex' partnerships to relatively 'simpler', more traditional top-down and centralized management systems and to location where sustainability partnerships are not in place. Within-sector comparisons allow a fine-tuned analysis that is formed of historical, location and resource-specific issues, which can be used as input for resource-specific policy and partnership design. Experiences and lessons can be drawn from comparisons across the three different sectors, which can be applied to natural resource governance more broadly. This book is openly available in digital formats under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND.Trade ReviewContested Sustainability responds to the urgent need in writings on conservation, sustainability, and development to attend more thoughtfully, systematically, and innovatively to how politics structures sustainability outcomes at multiple levels. This brilliant collection is required reading for students, scholars, and researchers globally. * Professor Arun Agrawal, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan *An insightful and highly accessible book that meticulously uncovers the complexity of partnerships touted as crucial for achieving sustainability. It challenges us all to interrogate sustainability networks and their environmental and socio-economic outcomes. -- Maano Ramutsindela * University of Cape Town *Impels all actors to read, reflect and interrogate the design of decentralization and devolution models and reassess their delivery strategy. -- Isilda Nhantumbo * Micaia Foundation *A substantial contribution to evidence and analysis of complex natural resource governance in the Global South. -- Fiona Nunan * University of Birmingham *A rich mixture of field research, presentations and discussions in meetings in Europe and Tanzania, this book is a treasure to be taken seriously. -- Chris Maina Peter * University of Dar es Salaam *This is an absolute gem of a book! The impressive and highly readable culmination of a six-year, interdisciplinary research project, it provides a fascinating insight into the dynamics, legitimacy, and environmental and livelihood impacts of complex sustainability partnerships across three sectors in Southwest Tanzania. The collaborative research approach presents in-depth case studies and sophisticated comparative analysis of rich quantitative and qualitative data that give a nuanced perspective on the question whether more stakeholder involvement is always better. A must-read for scholars interested in conservation, development, and livelihood improvements in the Global South. -- Janina Grabs * Esade Business School *An important contribution to the field ... as well as governance partnerships, the book provides valuable insights into the successes and failures of the management of wildlife, forests and coastal resources. -- J. Terrence McCabe * University of Colorado Boulder *Table of ContentsPART I: ISSUES, BACKGROUND, AND METHODS 1 New partnerships for sustainability Stefano Ponte, Christine Noe, and Dan Brockington 2 Conservation and development in Tanzania: Background, history, and recent developments Christine Noe, Asubisye Mwamfupe, Opportuna Kweka, Ruth Warimu John, Pilly Silvano, Faraja Daniel Namkesa, Robert Eliakim Katikiro, Rasul Ahmed Minja, Mette Fog Olwig, Dan Brockington, and Stefano Ponte 3 Design and Methodology Stefano Ponte, Christine Noe, Asubisye Mwamfupe, Opportuna Kweka, Kelvin Joseph Kamde, Mette Fog Olwig, Dan Brockington, Lasse Folke Henriksen, Ruth Warimu John, Pilly Silvano, Faraja Daniel Namkesa, Robert Eliakim Katikiro, Rasul Ahmed Minja, and Caleb Gallemore PART II: SECTORAL ANALYSIS 4 Sustainability partnerships in the wildlife sector in southeast Tanzania Christine Noe, RuthWarimu John, and Dan Brockington 5 Sustainability partnerships in the forestry sector in southeast Tanzania Asubisye Mwamfupe, Mette Fog Olwig, Pilly Silvano, Dan Brockington, and Lasse Folke Henriksen 6 Sustainability partnerships in the coastal resources sector in southeast Tanzania Opportuna Kweka, RobertEliakim Katikiro, Faraja Daniel Namkesa, Rasul Ahmed Minja, and Stefano Ponte PART III: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS 7 The legitimacy of sustainability partnerships in southeast Tanzania Rasul Ahmed Minja, Stefano Ponte, Asubisye Mwamfupe, and Christine Noe 8 The governance complexity of sustainability partnerships in southeast Tanzania: Institutional and network components Lasse Folke Henriksen, Caleb Gallemore, Ruth Warimu John, Faraja Daniel Namkesa, and Pilly Silvano 9 The environmental impacts of sustainability partnerships in southeast Tanzania Caleb Gallemore, Kelvin Joseph Kamde, Lasse Henriksen, and Dan Brockington 10 The livelihood impacts of sustainability partnerships in southeast Tanzania Caleb Gallemore, Kelvin Joseph Kamde, Asubisye Mwamfupe, Lasse Folke Henriksen, and Dan Brockington 11 Contested sustainability Dan Brockington, Christine Noe, and Stefano Ponte

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Book SynopsisA key book on Zimbabwe's industrial policy and the relationship between manufacturing, the state, and economic interest groups. Under pressure from local manufacturers, and recognising that industrial policy was a legitimate instrument for development, on 1 July 2016, to boost domestic production, the Government of Zimbabwe passed Statutory Instrument 64 which limited imports and foreign manufactures, allowing local producers satisfy demand. Zimbabwe's neighbours immediately protested that this flouted the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)'s Protocol on Trade, which aimed to increase trade across borders at regional and national levels. This matter revived the conversation about protectionism as an instrument of industrial policy. Protectionism in Africa is neither limited to Zimbabwe, nor is it a new phenomenon. This book brings a historical perspective to the conversation by exploring the policy proposals and political pressure exerted by manufacturing businesses on the trajectory of industrialisation in colonial Zimbabwe, and reveals that the major point of contention between the state, industry, and other economic interest groups in this period was protection. Tracing changing attitudes to the country's political economy, the author examines the way in which industrialists advanced their interests through the Association of Rhodesian Industries (ARnI) and other trade bodies, and shows how this pitted them not only against the state but other blocs of capital - farmers, miners and commerce. He examines the impact of the post-war Customs Union Agreement with South Africa, manufacturing strategy under UDI, and examines the impact of Southern Rhodesia's development on its trading partners in South Africa, Zambia and Malawi. Casting new light on the continuing debate on regional trade, this important book adds to our understanding of the settler colony's economic, business, and political history.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 The Origins of Secondary Industry: The Teething Years, 1890-1938 2 'To Industrialise or Not': Economic Interest Groups, the State and Secondary Industry, 1939-1948 3 Post-war Industrial Growth, Organised Industry and the Central African Federation, 1949-1957 4 Secondary Industry, Changing Economic Fortunes and Central African Decolonisation, 1957-1965 5 Industrialising under Sanctions: Organised Industry and the State during UDI, 1966-1979 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA compelling exploration of one of the most ill-advised and calamitous interventions in colonial development history. As colonial development took off after the Second World War, in the context of national food shortages, Britain's Labour Government initiated the Groundnut Scheme, an extraordinarily ambitious project to convert 3 million acres of bush in Tanganyika into the largest mechanized groundnut farm in the world. It was to prove the largest, most expensive and most disastrous development scheme ever undertaken by the British Government. Never previously analysed in depth, the author draws on a wide range of sources to discuss the political dynamics that drove the Groundnut Scheme forward, despite the gravest doubts of agriculturalists and economists, why it went wrong, and what its impact has been since on the practice of economic development. Initially employing the United Africa Company as agent, the government set up an Overseas Food Corporation to manage the Groundnut Scheme as an example of socialist development in Africa. Army surplus kit and demobbed soldiers poured into the country and were sent up the railway line to Kongwa to beat the bush. By the time the effort was abandoned in 1950, costs had risen to a colossal 36 million - equivalent to over 1 billion today - and yet almost no groundnuts had been exported. The prototype of many large-scale, government-run, high-cost development projects that failed to deliver, the Groundnut Scheme was perhaps the first major failure of agricultural development in Africa, and its legacy in development practice still with us today.Trade Review[B]eautifully written and interspersed with interesting observations and amusing anecdotes. The book is also exceedingly well researched, every statement and argument being painstakingly corroborated with primary and secondary resources. [An] important contribution to the historiography of Britain's imperialism and development policy in east Africa. * International Affairs *This is a ripping good read. [...] Nicholas Westcott is well qualified to spin this particular yarn with wit and academic aplomb. * Tanzanian Affairs *This book is a necessary addition to the study of post-war British imperialism, and relies on a remarkable array of primary sources. Its interweaving of the domestic and international aspects of the Scheme, as well as the impressive use of evidence, provide a laudable contribution to the existing research on colonial development and post-war British imperial history. -- English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction Austerity A Scheme is Born "The Poison of the Official Pen ..." The Groundnut Army Beating about the Bush The Overseas Food Corporation 1949: The Crisis The Last Chance A Sudden Death Legacy and Lessons

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Book SynopsisThe Elgar Companion to Development Studies is an innovative and unique reference book that includes original contributions covering development economics as well as development studies broadly defined. This major new Companion brings together an international panel of experts from varying backgrounds who discuss theoretical, ethical and practical issues relating to economic, social, cultural, institutional, political and human aspects of development in poor countries. It also includes a selection of intellectual biographies of leading development thinkers. While the Companion is organised along the lines of an encyclopaedia, each of its 136 entries provide more depth and discussion than the average reference book. Its entries are also extremely diverse: they draw on different social science disciplines, incorporate various mixes of theoretical and applied work, embrace a variety of methodologies and represent different views of the world. The Elgar Companion to Development Studies will therefore appeal to students, scholars, researchers, policymakers and practitioners in the filed of development as well as the interested layman.Trade Review'If handbooks can be inspiring, this is it! Like a true companion, it takes in its stride conversations both big and small. Its entries do not just present an international and multidisciplinary mix, but - true to life - they work on several different scales. And, importantly, the book makes its authority evident. For it is like an extended website, but with all the added advantages of an encyclopaedia that actually tells you about the authors and the sources on which they have drawn. The resulting compilation is highly intelligent, thoughtful and above all usable.' -- Dame Marilyn Strathern, University of Cambridge, UK'The Elgar Companion to Development Studies is a major production in the development studies field, authored by a star-studded cast of contributors. With 136 entries covering a vast range of topics, it should quickly establish itself as a leading work of reference. We should all feel indebted to David Clark, who has successfully brought this substantial publishing project to completion.' -- John Toye, University of Oxford, UK'This is a most comprehensive handbook on development studies. It brings together a wide, varied array of carefully crafted summaries of 136 key topics in development by an international cast of well-respected academics and other experts in respective areas of study. The handbook is heavily interdisciplinary, organically combining economic, political, historical, social, cultural, institutional, ethical, and human aspects of development. While the wide range of entries might appear as a simple glossary listing or an encyclopedic collection, each of the 136 entries offers more depth and discussion than the average handbook. . . . Viewed in this light, this companion is highly likely to become known as a leading reference work on the topic. Highly recommended.' -- Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: Development Studies in the Twenty-First Century David A. Clark 1. Ageing and Development Peter Lloyd-Sherlock 2. Agriculture and Economic Growth C. Peter Timmer 3. Assets, Markets and Entitlement Julian May 4. Basic Needs Approach Frances Stewart 5. Bauer, Peter Tamas (1915–2002) Walter Elkan 6. Boserup, Ester (b. 1910) Irene Tinker 7. Cambridge Controversies in Growth Theory Avi J. Cohen 8. Capability Approach David A. Clark 9. Capitalism and Development John Sender and Jonathan R. Pincus 10. Child Labour Kristoffel Lieten 11. Child Poverty Santosh Mehrotra 12. Chronic Poverty David Hulme 13. Class Alastair Greig, David Hulme and Mark Turner 14. Colonialism Stephen Howe 15. Conflict and Conflict Resolution Tom Woodhouse 16. Corporate Social Responsibility David Birch 17. Cost–Benefit Analysis for Development John Weiss 18. Crisis Management David Alexander 19. Culture and Development Des Gasper 20. Debt Crisis A.P. Thirlwall 21. Democracy and Development Irma Adelman 22. Dependency John S. Saul and Colin Leys 23. Development Ethics Denis Goulet 24. Diploma Disease Angela W. Little 25. Disability and Development Barbara Harriss-White and Devi Sridhar 26. Disaster Mitigation Ailsa Holloway 27. The Domar Model Robert M. Solow 28. East Asian Crisis Kaushik Basu 29. Economic Aid Howard White 30. Education for All and the Millennium Development Goals Keith M. Lewin 31. Education, Returns to Geeta Kingdon 32. Endogenous Growth Heinz D. Kurz 33. Environment and Development David Pearce 34. Ethnicity Robert H. Bates 35. Famine as a Social Phenomenon S.R. Osmani 36. Food Security John Cathie 37. Foreign Direct Investment Luiz de Mello 38. Gender and Development Ruth Pearson 39. Global Inequalities Richard Jolly 40. Globalisation and Development Leslie Sklair 41. Globalisation and Development Policy Ian Goldin 42. Green Revolution and Biotechnology Jonathan R. Pincus 43. Haq, Mahbub ul (1934–1998) Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Selim Jahan 44. The Harrod Model of Growth and Some Early Reactions to It G.C. Harcourt 45. Hill, Polly (1914–2005) C.A. Gregory 46. Hirschman, Albert Otto (b. 1915) Osvaldo Feinstein 47. History and Development Studies Amiya Bagchi 48. HIV/AIDS and Development Tony Barnett 49. Human Capital Sriya Iyer 50. Human Development Mozaffar Qizilbash 51. Human Development and Economic Growth Gustav Ranis 52. Human Development Index Amartya K. Sen 53. Human Rights Bas de Gaay Fortman 54. Human Security Selim Jahan 55. Income Distribution Richard Jolly 56. Inequality Measurement James E. Foster 57. Informal Sector Employment Jan Breman 58. Institutions and Development Pranab Bardhan 59. Internal Migration and Rural Livelihood Diversification Rachel Murphy 60. International Trade Arvind Panagariya 61. Kaldor, Nicholas (1908–1986) J.S.L. McCombie 62. Kalecki, Michal (1899–1970) Jan Toporowski 63. Kindleberger, Charles Poor (1910–2003) Mića Panić 64. Kuznets, Simon (1901–1985) Moshe Syrquin 65. Labour Markets Guy Standing 66. Land Reform Henry Bernstein 67. Least Developed Countries Dharam Ghai 68. The Lewis Model Prabhat Patnaik 69. Lewis, (William) Arthur (1915–1991) Andrew S. Downes 70. Livelihoods Approach Frank Ellis 71. Marx, Karl (1818–1883) Peter Nolan 72. Media Communications and Development Rachel Murphy 73. Microfinance Michael Woolcock 74. Migration for Rural Work Ben Rogaly 75. Migration, International Ronald Skeldon 76. Militarism and Development Jean Drèze 77. Military Expenditure and Economic Growth Jean Drèze 78. Millennium Development Goals Howard White 79. Missing Women Stephan Klasen 80. Modernisation Theory Ray Kiely 81. Myrdal, Gunnar (1898–1987) Paul Streeten 82. National Accounting John M. Hartwick 83. National Economic Planning Paul G. Hare 84. Nationalism and Development John Harriss 85. NGOs and Civil Society Anthony Bebbington and Sam Hickey 86. North, Douglass (b. 1920) Alexander J. Field 87. Participatory Research Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi 88. Planning Marshall Goldman 89. Population and Development Tim Dyson 90. Population: Policy and Ethics Shailaja Fennell 91. Post-Development Arturo Escobar 92. Poverty and Growth Martin Ravallion 93. Poverty Measurement Stefan Dercon 94. Poverty, Characteristics of Mamphela Ramphele 95. Prebisch, Raul (1901–1986) Edgar J. Dosman 96. Privatisation Paul Cook, Colin Kirkpatrick and David Parker 97. Property Rights and Development Daniel W. Bromley 98. Public Works Anna McCord 99. Purchasing Power Parity John Cullis 100. Rawls, John (1921–2002) Nigel Dower 101. Refugees Khalid Koser 102. Religion and Development Sabina Alkire 103. Rent Seeking and Corruption Mushtaq Khan 104. Robinson, (Edward) Austin (Gossage) (1897–1993) G.C. Harcourt 105. Robinson, Joan (1903–1983) G.C. Harcourt 106. Rural Poverty Reduction Frank Ellis 107. Seers, Dudley (1920–1983) Mike Faber 108. Sen, Amartya Kumar (b. 1933) Carl Riskin 109. Sharecropping Terence J. Byres 110. Singer, Hans (b. 1910–2006) D. John Shaw 111. Smith, Adam (1723–1790) Peter Nolan 112. Social Capital Ben Fine 113. Social Exclusion Adolfo Figueroa 114. Social Justice Christopher Bertram 115. The Solow–Swan Model Robert Dixon 116. State and Development Atul Kohli 117. Stock Market and Economic Development Ajit Singh 118. Streeten, Paul Patrick (b. 1917) Hugh Stretton 119. Structural Adjustment Howard Stein 120. Structural Transformation Moshe Syrquin 121. Structure and Agency Jan Douwe van der Ploeg 122. Sustainable Consumption David Pearce 123. Sustainable Development David Pearce 124. Technology and Development Sanjaya Lall 125. Tinbergen, Jan (1903–1994) Louis Emmerij 126. Tourism and Development Ron Ayres 127. Trade and Industrial Policy Ha-Joon Chang 128. Trade Negotiations and Protectionism Chien Yen Goh 129. Transition Michael Ellman 130. Transnational Corporations Bruce Weisse 131. Uneconomic Growth Herman E. Daly 132. Urban Livelihoods Carole Rakodi 133. Urbanisation and Third World Cities David Satterthwaite 134. Vulnerability and Coping Frank Ellis 135. Washington Consensus John Weeks and Howard Stein 136. Water and Development Jaqui Goldin Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful and important new book explores the role played by Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in articulating concerns at the TRIPS Council, the WIPO, the WHO, the CBD-COP and the FAO that intellectual property rights can have negative consequences for developing countries. Duncan Matthews describes how coalitions of international NGOs have influenced the way that the relationship between intellectual property rights and development is understood, often framing the message as a human rights issue to emphasize these concerns and ensure that access to medicines, food security and the rights of indigenous peoples over their traditional knowledge are protected. Based on extensive research undertaken in Geneva and in developing countries, the book also reveals how NGOs and broader social movements in Brazil, India and South Africa have played a crucial role in addressing the negative impacts of intellectual property rights by using human rights law as a practical tool before national courts and when seeking to influence national legislation and government policy. Intellectual Property, Human Rights and Development will appeal to academics, practitioners, activists, international negotiators and to postgraduate students in intellectual property law, human rights law, the international political economy of intellectual property rights and development studies.Trade Review‘Professor Matthews has deftly and meticulously contributed to our growing grasp of civil society actors and their expanding influence within global legal regimes. This is no minor feat, either for him or the subjects of this book.’ -- Margaret Chon, The IP Law Book Review‘Each chapter analyses both policy areas, access to medicines and agriculture/genetic resources. These three exceptionally rich, fieldwork-based case studies constitute the meat - and the principal contribution - of this book. . . The book marks a major contribution for the empirical material alone.’ -- Ken Shadlen, Journal of Development Studies‘Duncan Matthews has produced a first-rate, in-depth analysis of the role of NGOs in international and national intellectual property policy. Based on extensive primary research, this book provides a smart, thoughtful perspective on the role of key developing country NGOs, NGOs’ relationships with national policymakers, and with multilateral institutions. Everyone interested in the interface of intellectual property policy and human rights, development, access to medicines, farmers’ rights, and biodiversity should read this compelling account. I highly recommend this excellent contribution to our understanding.’ -- Susan K. Sell, George Washington University, US‘One of the features of international negotiations has been the increasing participation of non-governmental organizations. In this important book, Duncan Matthews shows the nature and extent of NGO influence in the negotiations over intellectual property. Written with great clarity and drawing on interview data and case studies, the book will be valuable to both scholars and practitioners working in international negotiation.’ -- Peter Drahos, Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Interface between Intellectual Property, Human Rights and Development 2. Public Health and Access to Medicines 3. Agriculture, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge 4. South Africa 5. Brazil 6. India 7. Emphasizing the Link between Intellectual Property, Human Rights and Development: The Role of NGOs and Social Movements 8. Reappraising Intellectual Property Rights and Development: The Role of NGOs and Social Movements Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFor a long time in-work poverty was not associated with European welfare states. Recently, the topic has gained relevance as welfare state retrenchment and international competition in globalized economies has put increasing pressures on individuals and families. This book provides explanations as to why in-work poverty is high in certain countries and low in others.Much of the present concern about the working poor has to do with recent changes in labour market policies in Europe. However, this book is not primarily about low pay. Instead, it questions whether gainful employment is sufficient to earn a living - both for oneself and for one's family members. There are, however, great differences between European countries. This book argues that the incidence and structure of the working poor cannot be understood without a thorough understanding of each country's institutional context. This includes the system of wage-setting, the level of decommodification provided by the social security system and the structure of families and households. Combining cross-country studies with in-depth analyses from a national perspective, the book reveals that in-work poverty in Europe is a diverse, multi-faceted phenomenon occurring in equally diverse institutional, economic and socio-demographic settings.With its rich detail and conclusions, this genuinely comparative study will be of interest to academics and researchers of labour and welfare economics, social policy and European studies as well as to policy advisers.Trade Review'The book provides important findings on the link between institutions and in-work poverty. The volume makes a significant contribution to this strand of literature as evidence on cross-country differences is scarce. The combination of case studies and comparative quantitative investigations is an interesting approach.' -- Annekatrin Niebuhr, Papers in Regional Science'This data-rich book explores the causes of in-work poverty in Europe. . . The balanced provision of theoretical insights and strong empirical support will prove useful to poverty scholars and policymakers alike.' -- Contemporary Sociology'A book on in-work poverty could not be timelier. . . At a time when many of the working poor are likely to become the non-working poor this book is a must-read.' -- Zoe Irving, Journal of Social Policy'This volume represents a valuable contribution to debates on welfare states, public policy, poverty and social exclusion. It is an empirically rich and analytically robust comparative collection, highlighting the variations between and contradictions of in-work poverty across Europe.' -- Patricia Kennett, University of Bristol, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Working Poor in Europe Hans-Jürgen Andreß and Henning Lohmann PART I: COMPARATIVE ISSUES 1. The Different Faces of In-Work Poverty Across Welfare State Regimes Henning Lohmann and Ive Marx 2. The Working Poor in European Welfare States: Empirical Evidence from a Multilevel Perspective Henning Lohmann PART II: COUNTRY CHAPTERS 3. When Famialism Fails: The Nature and Causes of In-Work Poverty in Belgium Ive Marx and Gerlinde Verbist 4. The Different Roles of Low-wage Work in Germany: Regional, Demographical and Temporal Variances in the Poverty Risk of Low-paid Workers Marco Gießelmann and Henning Lohmann 5. The Silent Transformation of the Dutch Welfare State and the Rise of In-Work Poverty Erik Snel, Jan de Boom and Godfried Engbersen 6. In-Work Poverty in a Transitional Labour Market: Sweden, 1988–2003 Björn Halleröd and Daniel Larsson 7. “Much Ado About Nothing?” Institutional Framework and Empirical Findings on the Working Poor Phenomenon in Finland from 1995 to 2005 Ilpo Airio, Susan Kuivalainen and Mikko Niemelä 8. Two Countries in One: The Working Poor in Italy Ferruccio Biolcati-Rinaldi and Federico Podestà 9. Is Work a Route Out of Poverty: What Have New Labour’s Welfare-to-Work Measures Meant for the Working Poor in Britain? Sara Connolly 10. Low Pay and Household Poverty During Ireland’s Economic Boom Brian Nolan PART III: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 11. Combating In-Work Poverty in Europe: The Policy Options Assessed Ive Marx and Gerlinde Verbist 12. Explaining In-Work Poverty Within and Across Countries Henning Lohmann and Hans-Jürgen Andreß Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the links between globalization, agriculture and development in a number of contemporary Asia-Pacific nations. It highlights the complex and diversified nature of agricultural change in these contexts, and the ways in which this shapes patterns of economic and social development. Globalisation, Agriculture and Development shows that while agriculture continues to play an important role in local, regional and national development, both the industry and the communities it supports are facing an increasing number of economic, social and environmental challenges.This well-researched book will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students in development studies, development economics, geography and rural sociology, public policy, politics and agricultural science. Researchers working in development studies, development economics, human geography, rural sociology, agricultural economics and rural sociology will also find this book beneficial.Trade Review’This book is an ambitious collection of 12 separate papers by different authors from Australia, New Zealand and China. . . The book is well-referenced throughout, with much new material. It is suitable for inclusion in University courses in agriculture, development studies and economic geography. Individual chapters provide up-to-date reference material for any reader interested in recent developments in agriculture for a particular country or region.' -- Mike Daw, Experimental Agriculture'This volume is both opportune and important. The issue of the links between globalization, agriculture and development need urgently to be emphasised in a world economy transfixed by issues of energy, industry and finance, the problems of the triad states, and the rise of the BRICs. The chapters in this volume begin this task through studies of agricultural change in Asia-Pacific countries, including Australia, New Zealand, the ASEAN nations, India and China. They show the uneven impacts of liberalization, contracting, and modernization that bring social change in their wake.’ -- Mike Taylor, University of Birmingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Globalisation, Agriculture and Development: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Matthew Tonts and M.A.B. Siddique 2. Australian Agriculture in the Global Economic Mosaic Neil Argent 3. Market Efficiency, Agriculture and Prosperity in Rural Australia Bill Pritchard and Matthew Tonts 4. Globalisation, Agriculture and Development: New Zealand’s Path to Prosperity? Kenneth E. Jackson 5. Agriculture and Economic Development in India and China: An Overview M.A.B. Siddique 6. Globalisation, India’s Evolving Food Economy and Trade Prospects for Australia and New Zealand Srikanta Chatterjee, Allan Rae and Ranjan Ray 7. Global Integration and Agricultural Productivity in China Yanrui Wu and Zhao Dingtao 8. Globalisation and Agriculture in the ASEAN Region M.A.B. Siddique 9. Agriculture, Development and Southeast Asian Megacities Brian J. Shaw 10. Contract Farming and Technology Transfer: Perspectives from the Philippines’ Oil Palm Industry Paul Huddleston 11. Agriculture, Land Use and Conservation Initiatives in Indonesia: Implications for Development and Sustainability Julian Clifton 12. Globalised Agriculture, Development and the Environment J.N. Callow and Julian Clifton 13. Globalisation, Agriculture and Development in the Asia-Pacific: Reflections and Future Challenges M.A.B. Siddique and Matthew Tonts Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of the origin and main substantive provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, the most influential international treaty on intellectual property currently in force. A uniquely qualified set of academics and experts from around the world discuss the historical context in which the Agreement was negotiated, its basic principles and the nature of the obligations it creates for WTO members. Together with the second volume –- Research Handbook on the Interpretation and Enforcement of Intellectual Property under WTO Rules - – it examines the minimum standards that must be implemented with regard to patents, trademarks, geographical indications, copyright and related rights, integrated circuits and test data. This Handbook is an essential tool for scholars, researchers and advanced students in the field of intellectual property. It also provides materials of direct relevance for policymakers and legal practitioners.Trade Review‘Carlos Correa has in these two Research Handbooks on the TRIPS Agreement, done a magnificent job of bringing together a large number of scholars to analyse the many issues raised by the Agreement. The result is an integrated resource of high quality that helps readers to understand the many complex dimensions of TRIPS.’ -- Peter Drahos, RegNet, The Australian National University, Canberra‘TRIPs is the only positive integration type of agreement in the WTO. Scholars have legitimately in my view, questioned its inclusion in the WTO since the protection of IP rights is no more a trade issue than many other similar issues. This is the first time that a set of well-known experts has dealt in a comprehensive manner with the vast array of issues regarding the coming-into-being, the functioning and the perspectives of the TRIPs regime under the aegis of the WTO. These two volumes will provide very useful guidance to students and policymakers alike dealing with protection of IP rights and international trade.’ -- = Petros C. Mavroidis, Columbia Law School, US and University of Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface Carlos M. Correa HISTORY, INTERPRETATION AND PRINCIPLES 1. Why IPR Issues Were Brought to GATT: A Historical Perspective on the Origins of TRIPS Charles Clift 2. Developing Countries in the Global IP System Before TRIPS: The Political Context for the TRIPS Negotiations Carolyn Deere-Birkbeck 3. Minimum Standards vs. Harmonization in the TRIPS Context: The Nature of Obligations under TRIPS and Modes of Implementation at the National Level in Monist and Dualist Systems Denis Borges Barbosa 4. Enhancing Global Innovation Policy: The Role of WIPO and its Conventions in Interpreting the TRIPS Agreement Graeme B. Dinwoodie and Rochelle C. Dreyfuss 5. The Objectives and Principles of the TRIPS Agreement Peter K. Yu 6. Mainstreaming the TRIPS and Human Rights Interactions Xavier Seuba 7. The TRIPS Agreement and Intellectual Property Rights Exhaustion Luis Mariano Genovesi 8. Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy Beatriz Conde Gallego 9. Intellectual Property Rights in Free Trade Agreements: Moving Beyond TRIPS Minimum Standards Pedro Roffe, Christoph Spennemann and Johanna von Braun SUBSTANTIVE RIGHTS 10. Limits, Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright under the TRIPS Agreement P. Bernt Hugenholtz 11. Copyright in TRIPS and Beyond: The WIPO Internet Treaties Ruth L. Okediji 12. The Protection of ‘Related Rights’ in TRIPS and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty Owen Morgan 13. Marks for Goods or Services (Trademarks) Annette Kur 14. Unresolved Issues on Geographical Indications in the WTO Kasturi Das 15. No ‘Lemons’ No More: A Sketch on the ‘Economics’ of Geographical Indications Dwijen Rangnekar 16. Exploring the Flexibilities of TRIPS to Promote Biotechnology in Developing Countries Graham Dutfield, Lois Muraguri and Florian Leverve 17. Compulsory Licensing of Patented Pharmaceutical Inventions: Evaluating the Options Jerome H. Reichman 18. The Doha Declaration and Access to Medicines by Countries Without Manufacturing Capacity S.K. Verma 19. Disease-based Limitations on Compulsory Licenses Under Articles 31 and 31bis Kevin Outterson 20. The Protection of Semiconductor Chip Products in TRIPS Thomas Hoeren 21. Data Exclusivity for Pharmaceuticals: TRIPS Standards and Industry’s Demands in Free Trade Agreements Carlos M. Correa Index

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Book SynopsisWritten by two widely published academics with many years' experience in university teaching, research and consultancy, Geographies of Development in the 21st Century provides a concise yet informative introduction to development in the contemporary Global South. Incorporating field research from Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia, El Salvador, the Philippines, Botswana and The Gambia, Sylvia Chant and Cathy McIlwaine bring alive a body of fascinating subject matter extending across gender, family, poverty, employment, household livelihoods, the informal economy, housing, migration, civil society, conflict and violence. Reflecting both authors' enduring interests in the academic-policy interface, the book is also informed by assignments they have undertaken for various international organisations such as the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, UNDP, UNICEF, ILO and the Commonwealth Secretariat.This timely and engaging volume will be an essential companion for undergraduate students taking introductory courses in development and globalisation as well as a useful reference and repository of teaching and learning ideas for those lecturing on the subject. Students will not only find this resource refreshingly accessible and user-friendly, but will be able to further their knowledge guided by annotated readings, key internet sources and a range of learning activities.Trade Review'. . . this book is a welcome addition to a growing pile of new or updated textbooks on "geographies of development".' -- Susanne Schech, The Geographical Journal'This is an excellent book and should prove to be a valuable text for geography and development studies students.'BR>- Hedley Knibbs, Geography'Geographies of Development in the 21st Century provides a very accessible and comprehensive account of a broad spectrum of key contemporary issues of concern to geographers and development studies specialists the world over. I am sure that this excellent volume will be widely read and appreciated.' -- Professor Andrea Cornwall, University of Sussex, UK'Uneven, contradictory and complex is how Sylvia Chant and Cathy McIlwaine describe the processes of development that constitute the subject of this distinctive and lively introductory text. Seeking to comprehend, let alone portray with any degree of accuracy, the burden of these three adjectives with reference to the sheer diversity within what is sometimes called the majority world is a daunting challenge. Chant and McIlwaine draw on their first-hand experience on the ground in several countries spread across all the major continents of the global South, stretching well beyond conventional academic research into NGOs, social movements and major international agencies. Students will find the blend of accessibly written broad survey and case study very helpful. In addition to lists of important websites, further reading and learning outcomes, the text is interspersed with focused activities to foster active learning.' -- Professor David Simon, Royal Holloway, University of London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Defining, Conceptualising and Measuring Development 2. Changing Theoretical Perspectives on Development and Newly Emerging Issues 3. Transforming Populations 4. Urbanisation and Shelter 5. Industrialisation and Trade for Development 6. Making a Living in Cities 7. Poverty, Vulnerability and Exclusion 8. Gender and Development 9. Families and Households in Transition 10. Health Inequalities and Health Care 11. The Development Community: From Multilateral Agencies to Community-based Organisations Appendix: Useful Journals and Internet Sources Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWritten by two widely published academics with many years' experience in university teaching, research and consultancy, Geographies of Development in the 21st Century provides a concise yet informative introduction to development in the contemporary Global South. Incorporating field research from Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia, El Salvador, the Philippines, Botswana and The Gambia, Sylvia Chant and Cathy McIlwaine bring alive a body of fascinating subject matter extending across gender, family, poverty, employment, household livelihoods, the informal economy, housing, migration, civil society, conflict and violence. Reflecting both authors' enduring interests in the academic-policy interface, the book is also informed by assignments they have undertaken for various international organisations such as the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, UNDP, UNICEF, ILO and the Commonwealth Secretariat.This timely and engaging volume will be an essential companion for undergraduate students taking introductory courses in development and globalisation as well as a useful reference and repository of teaching and learning ideas for those lecturing on the subject. Students will not only find this resource refreshingly accessible and user-friendly, but will be able to further their knowledge guided by annotated readings, key internet sources and a range of learning activities.Trade Review'. . . this book is a welcome addition to a growing pile of new or updated textbooks on "geographies of development".' -- Susanne Schech, The Geographical Journal'This is an excellent book and should prove to be a valuable text for geography and development studies students.'BR>- Hedley Knibbs, Geography'Geographies of Development in the 21st Century provides a very accessible and comprehensive account of a broad spectrum of key contemporary issues of concern to geographers and development studies specialists the world over. I am sure that this excellent volume will be widely read and appreciated.' -- Professor Andrea Cornwall, University of Sussex, UK'Uneven, contradictory and complex is how Sylvia Chant and Cathy McIlwaine describe the processes of development that constitute the subject of this distinctive and lively introductory text. Seeking to comprehend, let alone portray with any degree of accuracy, the burden of these three adjectives with reference to the sheer diversity within what is sometimes called the majority world is a daunting challenge. Chant and McIlwaine draw on their first-hand experience on the ground in several countries spread across all the major continents of the global South, stretching well beyond conventional academic research into NGOs, social movements and major international agencies. Students will find the blend of accessibly written broad survey and case study very helpful. In addition to lists of important websites, further reading and learning outcomes, the text is interspersed with focused activities to foster active learning.' -- Professor David Simon, Royal Holloway, University of London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Defining, Conceptualising and Measuring Development 2. Changing Theoretical Perspectives on Development and Newly Emerging Issues 3. Transforming Populations 4. Urbanisation and Shelter 5. Industrialisation and Trade for Development 6. Making a Living in Cities 7. Poverty, Vulnerability and Exclusion 8. Gender and Development 9. Families and Households in Transition 10. Health Inequalities and Health Care 11. The Development Community: From Multilateral Agencies to Community-based Organisations Appendix: Useful Journals and Internet Sources Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisUrban poverty is an emerging problem. This book explores the household and neighbourhood factors that lead to both the generation and continuance of urban poverty in China. It is argued that the urban Chinese are not a homogenous social group, but combine laid-off workers and rural migrants, resulting in stark contrasts between migrant and workers' neighbourhoods and villages.The expert authors examine the new urban poor in China and the dynamics of their poor neighbourhoods, highlighting both household experience and neighbourhood changes affecting the urban poor. Urban Poverty in China is based upon a comprehensive household survey in six Chinese cities and provides insights into microscopic and neighbourhood-level poverty dynamics. The comprehensive study explores the spatial implications such as concentration of poverty as well as the differentiation within poor neighbourhoods.This informative book tells an insightful story about evolving urban poverty in Chinese cities that will be invaluable to researchers and postgraduate students within urban studies, geography, social policy and development studies as well as Chinese and Asian studies. It will also prove to be an invaluable read for researchers in urban and social development and international development agencies.Trade Review‘The methodology is very rigorous, combining quantitative analysis with fieldwork observation and interviews. The conceptual framework used is clearly thought out and provides unity and coherence to what is a large-scale study. The volume provides a wealth of empirical findings which are always well located within the larger field of studies of urban poverty and urban change. It will no doubt become a benchmark, providing a basis for further studies of how poverty is affecting people in urban settings. . . should prove invaluable both for scholars versed in the study of contemporary China and for those interested in labour politics and urban change in transitional societies.’ -- Eric Florence, Local Economy‘Wow! What a tour de force! This timely, masterly work does everything, from broad empirical comparison to theory, quantitative correlation to case studies of neighborhoods and quotations from individual life histories. Its findings from 25 neighborhoods in six cities demonstrate convincingly that urban destitution is not homogeneous, is concentrated in and generated by location, and has patterned institutional roots that produced varying processes of pauperization. This superb book must put to rest once and for all references to Chinese poverty as a matter of just the rural areas and their residents.’ -- Dorothy J. Solinger, University of California, Irvine, US‘Market reform has brought new forms of poverty to urban China, even while the standard of living of most urban residents has greatly improved. This research uses interviews with people in six cities to document their situation and to show how poverty is rooted in the failure of support systems in their neighborhoods and communities. It offers a stark evaluation of a system of inequalities that is only beginning to be addressed by state policy.’ -- John R. Logan, Brown University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. China’s New Urban Poverty: An Introduction 2. Poverty Incidence and Determinants 3. Poverty Groups: Livelihood and Trajectories 4. Impoverished Neighbourhoods 5. Poverty Dynamics: Property Rights Perspective Reference Index

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Book SynopsisHealth policy is a central preoccupation of many, if not all, developing countries. This innovative book presents a selection of ten studies illustrating that carefully conducted research can address common health policy issues.The studies included in this book exemplify the major gains to patients and citizens that can accrue from research efforts, stimulating research capacity in developing countries. Although many of the challenges confronting health systems are universal, it is often the case that research results derived from developed countries can be misleading when applied to low or middle-income settings. The authors also demonstrate the best examples of successful research on health policies and systems from diverse countries such as Argentina, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.This insightful book will be a valuable research tool for academics, researchers and policymakers in economics and health. International agencies interested in applied research in health policy and economics will also find it a stimulating read.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Lyn Squire Introduction: Health System Performance, Finance and Design Diana Pinto Masís and Peter C. Smith PART I: HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE 1. Productivity Change in Health Services in Developing Countries: Some Empirical Estimates Ravindra P. Rannan-Eliya 2. Health Sector Outcomes in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka: A Tale of Two Countries Aparnaa Somanathan, Ravindra P. Rannan-Eliya and Tahmina Begum PART II: HEALTH SYSTEM FINANCING 3. Preventing Impoverishment, Promoting Equity and Protecting Households from Financial Crisis: Universal Health Insurance through Institutional Reform in Mexico Felicia Marie Knaul, Héctor Arreola-Ornelas, Oscar Méndez-Carniado and Martha Miranda-Muñoz 4. Community Prepayment of Health Care and the Willingness to Pay: Evidence of Rural Households in the Central Cameroon Joachim Nyemeck Binam, Diarra Ibrahim and Valère Nkelzok 5. Risk Segmentation, Moral Hazard and Equity in Chile’s Mandatory Health Insurance System Claudio Sapelli PART III: HEALTH SYSTEM DESIGN 6. The Impact of Public Health Insurance on Access and Equity: Peru’s Mother and Infant Insurance Program Miguel Jaramillo 7. Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Hospital Competition and Cardiac Patients in Taiwan Hsien-Ming Lien, Shin-Yi Chou, Jin-Tan Liu and Jason Hockenberry 8. Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services on Child Mortality Sebastian Galiani, Paul Gertler and Ernesto Schargrodsky PART IV: HIV/AIDS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD 9. Antenatal Clinics, Patients and HIV Prevalence in Cambodia Vonthanak Saphonn, Leng Bun Hor, Sun Penh Ly and Samrith Chhuon 10. Rural Household Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and Economic Efficiency in Southern Nigeria A.S. Oyekale Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book makes accessible to a broad audience the ideas, principles and practicalities of establishing effective social protection in Africa. It focuses on the major shift in strategy for tackling hunger and vulnerability, from emergency responses mainly in the form of food transfers to predictable cash transfers to the chronically poorest social groups. The first part of the book comprises nine theme chapters, covering vulnerability, targeting, delivery, coordination, cost-effectiveness, market impacts, and asset effects, while the second part consists of fifteen social protection case studies. The continuous interplay between these two parts makes for a unique contribution to the contemporary literature on social protection. The book takes a positive and forward looking view regarding the feasibility of achieving successful social transfers to the poorest in Africa; nevertheless, a critical stance is taken where appropriate, and unresolved strategic issues regarding the targeting, coverage and scale of social transfers are highlighted.Social Protection in Africa is an essential read for personnel, advisors and consultants working for aid donors, United Nations agencies, NGOs and governments on social transfer programmes in sub-Saharan African countries. In addition, the book represents a valuable resource for training courses on social protection, and will be vital reading for Masters level students and researchers studying emergency relief, social protection, vulnerability and poverty reduction in low-income countries.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Themes 1. Overview 2. Vulnerability 3. Targeting 4. Delivery 5. Coordination and Coverage 6. Cost-effectiveness 7. Market Effects 8. Asset Protection and Building 9. Lesson Learning: Strengths, Weaknesses and the State of the Art Part II: Case Studies from Southern Africa 10. Introduction to the Case Studies Case Studies: 1. Old Age Pension, Lesotho 2. Food Subsidy Programme, Mozambique 3. Public Works Programmes, Malawi 4. Dowa Emergency Cash Transfer, Malawi 5. Social Cash Transfers, Zambia 6. Urban Food Programme, Zimbabwe 7. Food Assistance Programme, Mozambique 8. School Feeding, Lesotho 9. Neighbourhood Care Points for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Swaziland 10. Education Material Fairs, Mozambique 11. Input Subsidy Programme, Malawi 12. Food Security Packs, Zambia 13. Input Trade Fairs, Mozambique 14. Chief’s Fields for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Swaziland 15. Small Livestock Transfers, Zimbabwe References Index

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Book Synopsis'With its breadth and depth, The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty certainly deserves a place on the bookshelves of university libraries and of every academic and development professional with a specific interest in gender and development.' Gender in Management: An International Journal 'I recommend this book to be a staple of reference libraries.' British Politics and Policy 'These diverse, thoughtful essays go far beyond a mere summary of international scholarship. They outline a fascinating and provocative agenda for future policy-relevant research. This book will help redefine and revitalise the field of gender and development.'- Professor Nancy Folbre, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts, AmherstIn the interests of contextualizing (and nuancing) the multiple interrelations between gender and poverty, Sylvia Chant has gathered writings on diverse aspects of the subject from a range of disciplinary and professional perspectives, achieving extensive thematic as well as geographical coverage. This benchmark volume presents women's and men's experiences of gendered poverty with respect to a vast spectrum of intersecting issues including local to global economic transformations, family, age, 'race', migration, assets, paid and unpaid work, health, sexuality, human rights, and conflict and violence.The handbook also provides up-to-the-minute reflections on how to theorize, measure and represent the connections between gender and poverty, and to contemplate how gendered poverty is affected - and potentially redressed - by policy and grassroots interventions. An unprecedented and ambitious blend of conceptual, methodological, empirical and practical offerings from a host of established as well as upcoming scholars and professionals from across the globe lends the volume a distinctive and critical edge. Notwithstanding the broad scope of The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty, one theme in common to most of its 100-plus chapters is the need to 'en-gender' analysis and initiatives to combat poverty and inequality at local, national and international levels. As such, the volume will inspire its readers not only to reflect deeply on poverty and gender injustice, but also to consider what to do about it.This book will be essential reading for all with academic, professional or personal interests in gender, poverty, inequality, development, and social, political and economic change in the contemporary world.Trade ReviewPossibly the most comprehensive contribution to a detailed and thorough analysis of gendered dimensions of international poverty contexts, causes, and consequences ever brought together into one volume. --Suzanne Clisby Gender and DevelopmentWith international attention focused on halving poverty by 2015, the appearance of The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty is both timely and essential. Sylvia Chant is to be congratulated for producing a state-of-the-art compendium of everything you need to know about the often hidden, gendered, dimensions of poverty. Edited and written by leading scholars and policy advisers, the Handbook comprehensively covers the key themes that are vital to understanding poverty as a gendered process, combining policy lessons with theoretical insight. Richly illustrated with examples from across the world, this book will not only be welcomed by all those dedicated to the study of poverty, but, by casting new light on its causes, will also help to develop appropriate measures to tackle it. --Professor Maxine Molyneux, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, UK While each of the articles in this impressive collection makes an original contribution to the conceptual, empirical and policy analysis of gender and poverty, together they provide a comprehensive overview of the field and an essential resource for all sections of the development community. Professor Sylvia Chant is to be congratulated for bringing together some of the leading thinkers in the field from across the world. This is not only an unprecedented feat of international co-operation but feminist collaboration at its best. --Professor Naila Kabeer, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UKWith international attention focused on halving poverty by 2015, the appearance of The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty is both timely and essential. Sylvia Chant is to be congratulated for producing a state-of-the-art compendium of everything you need to know about the often hidden, gendered, dimensions of poverty. Edited and written by leading scholars and policy advisers, the Handbook comprehensively covers the key themes that are vital to understanding poverty as a gendered process, combining policy lessons with theoretical insight. Richly illustrated with examples from across the world, this book will not only be welcomed by all those dedicated to the study of poverty, but, by casting new light on its causes, will also help to develop appropriate measures to tackle it. --Professor Maxine Molyneux, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, UKWhile each of the articles in this impressive collection makes an original contribution to the conceptual, empirical and policy analysis of gender and poverty, together they provide a comprehensive overview of the field and an essential resource for all sections of the development community. Professor Sylvia Chant is to be congratulated for bringing together some of the leading thinkers in the field from across the world. This is not only an unprecedented feat of international co-operation but feminist collaboration at its best. --Professor Naila Kabeer, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Gendered Poverty Across Space and Time: Introduction and Overview Sylvia Chant PART I: CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGIES FOR GENDERED POVERTY 2. Strategic Gendering: One Factor in the Constituting of Novel Political Economies Saskia Sassen 3. Subjectivity, Sexuality and Social Inequalities Henrietta L. Moore 4. Power, Privilege and Gender as Reflected in Poverty Analysis and Development Goals Gerd Johnsson-Latham 5. Gender Into Poverty Won’t Go: Reflections on Economic Growth, Gender Inequality and Poverty with Particular Reference to India Cecile Jackson 6. Advancing the Scope of Gender and Poverty Indices: An Agenda and Work in Progress Thomas Pogge 7. Methodologies for Gender-sensitive and Pro-poor Poverty Measures Sharon Bessell 8. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement in Mexico and Central America: Incorporating Rights and Equality Anna Coates 9. Gender, Time Poverty and Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach: Evidence From Guatemala Sarah Gammage 10. Why is Progress in Gender Equality So Slow? An Introduction to the ‘Social Institutions and Gender’ Index Dennis Drechsler and Johannes Jütting 11. Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend? Experiences with the Gender Action Learning System Linda Mayoux PART II: DEBATES ON THE ‘FEMINISATION OF POVERTY’, AND FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS 12. The ‘Feminisation of Poverty’: A Widespread Phenomenon? Marcelo Medeiros and Joana Costa 13. Poor Households or Poor Women: Is There a Difference? Gita Sen 14. Globalisation and the Need for a ‘Gender Lens’: A Discussion of Dichotomies and Orthodoxies with Particular Reference to the ‘Feminisation of Poverty’ Tine Davids and Francien van Driel 15. Towards a (Re)Conceptualisation of the ‘Feminisation of Poverty’: Reflections on Gender-differentiated Poverty from The Gambia, Philippines and Costa Rica Sylvia Chant 16. Post-adjustment, Post-mitigation, 'Post-poverty’? The Feminisation of Family Responsibility in Contemporary Ghana Lynne Brydon 17. Female-headed Households and Poverty in Latin America: State Policy in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic Helen I. Safa 18. Gender, Households and Poverty in the Caribbean: Shadows Over Islands in the Sun Janet Momsen 19. Poverty and Female-headed Households in Post-genocide Rwanda Marian Koster 20. Between Stigmatisation and Survival: Poverty Among Migrant and Non-migrant Lone Mothers in the Netherlands Annelou Ypeij 21. Lone Mothers, Poverty and Paid Work in the United Kingdom Jane Millar 22. Urban Poverty and Gender in Advanced Economies: The Persistence of Feminised Disadvantage Fran Tonkiss PART III: GENDER, FAMILY AND LIFECOURSE 23. Gender and Household Decision-making in Developing Countries: A Review of Evidence Agnes R. Quisumbing 24. Linking Women’s and Children’s Poverty Ruth Lister 25. Reducing the Gender Gap in Education: The Role of Wage Labour for Rural Women in Mozambique John Sender 26. Understanding the Gender Dynamics of Russia’s Economic Transformation: Women’s and Men’s Experiences of Employment, Domestic Labour and Poverty Sarah Ashwin 27. Gender, Poverty and Transition in Central Asia Jane Falkingham and Angela Baschieri 28. Urban Poverty, Heteronormativity and Women’s Agency in Lima, Peru: Family Life on the Margins Carolyn H. Williams 29. Youth, Gender and Work on the Streets of Mexico Gareth A. Jones and Sarah Thomas de Benítez 30. Sexuality, Poverty and Gender Among Gambian Youth Alice Evans 31. Ghettoisation, Migration or Sexual Connection? Negotiating Survival Among Gambian Male Youths Stella Nyanzi 32. Poverty and Old Age in Sub-Saharan Africa: Examining the Impacts of Gender with Particular Reference to Ghana Isabella Aboderin 33. Gender, Urban Poverty and Ageing in India: Conceptual and Policy Issues Penny Vera-Sanso 34. Poverty, Gender and Old Age: Pension Models in Costa Rica and Chile Monica Budowski 35. Gender, Poverty and Pensions in the United Kingdom Jane Falkingham, Maria Evandrou and Athina Vlachantoni PART IV: GENDER, ‘RACE’ AND MIGRATION 36. Assessing Poverty, Gender and Well-being in ‘Northern’ Indigenous Communities Janet Hunt 37. Gender and Ethnicity in the Shaping of Differentiated Outcomes of Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades Conditional Cash Transfer Programme Mercedes González de la Rocha 38. Gender, Poverty, and National Identity in Afrodescendent and Indigenous Movements Helen I. Safa 39. The Gendered Exclusions of International Migration: Perspectives from Latin American Migrants in London Cathy McIlwaine 40. Latino Immigrants, Gender and Poverty in the United States Cecilia Menjívar 41. Culturing Poverty? Ethnicity, Religion, Gender and Social Disadvantage Among South Asian Muslim Communities in the United Kingdom Claire Alexander 42. Gender, Occupation, Loss and Dislocation: A Latvian Perspective Linda McDowell 43. Gender, Poverty and Migration in Mexico Haydea Izazola 44. Migration, Gender and Sexual Economies: Young Female Rural–Urban Migrants in Nigeria Daniel Jordan Smith 45. Internal Mobility, Migration and Changing Gender Relations: Case Study Perspectives from Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania and Vietnam Cecilia Tacoli 46. Picturing Gender and Poverty: From ‘Victimhood’ to ‘Agency’? Kalpana Wilson PART V: GENDER, HEALTH AND POVERTY 47. Poverty Gender and the Right to Health: Reflections with Particular Reference to Chile Jasmine Gideon 48. Maternal Mortality in Latin America: A Matter of Gender and Ethnic Equality Anna Coates 49. New Labyrinths of Solitude: Lonesome Mexican Migrant Men and AIDS Matthew Gutmann 50. Gender, Poverty and AIDS: Perspectives with Particular Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa Catherine Campbell and Andrew Gibbs 51. Gender, HIV/AIDS and Carework in India: A Need for Gender-sensitive Policy Keerty Nakray 52. Women’s Smoking and Social Disadvantage Hilary Graham PART VI: GENDER, POVERTY AND ASSETS 53. Household Wealth and Women’s Poverty: Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Assessing Gender Inequality in Asset Ownership Carmen Diana Deere 54. Gender, Poverty and Access to Land in Cities of the South Carole Rakodi 55. Power, Patriarchy and Land: Examining Women’s Land Rights in Uganda and Rwanda Kate Bird and Jessica Espey 56. Gender, Livelihoods and Rental Housing Markets in the Global South: The Urban Poor as Landlords and Tenants Sunil Kumar 57. Renegotiating the Household: Successfully Leveraging Women’s Access to Housing Microfinance in South Africa Sophie Mills 58. Gender Issues and Shack/Slum Dweller Federations Sheela Patel and Diana Mitlin 59. Gender, Poverty and Social Capital: The Case of Oaxaca City, Mexico Katie Willis 60. Moving Beyond Gender and Poverty to Asset Accumulation: Evidence from Low-income Households in Guayaquil, Ecuador Caroline Moser 61. Conceptual and Practical Issues for Gender and Social Protection: Lessons from Lesotho Rachel Slater, Rebecca Holmes, Nicola Jones and Matšeliso Mphale PART VII: GENDER, POVERTY AND WORK 62. Gender, Work and Poverty in High-income Countries Diane Perrons 63. The Extent and Origin of the Gender Pay Gap in Europe Janneke Plantenga and Eva Fransen 64. Women’s Work, Nimble Fingers and Women’s Mobility in the Global Economy Ruth Pearson 65. Gender, Poverty and Inequality: The Role of Markets, States and Households Shahra Razavi and Silke Staab 66. Women’s Employment, Economic Risk and Poverty James Heintz 67. Gender and Ethical Trade: Can Vulnerable Women Workers Benefit? Stephanie Barrientos 68. Fraternal Capital and the Feminisation of Labour in South India Sharad Chari 69. Economic Transition and the Gender Wage Gap in Vietnam: 1992–2002 Amy Y.C. Liu 70. Gender, Poverty and Work in Cambodia Katherine Brickell 71. Informality, Poverty, and Gender: Evidence from the Global South Marty Chen 72. The Empowerment Trap: Gender, Poverty and the Informal Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa Kate Meagher 73. A Gendered Analysis of Decent Work Deficits in India’s Urban Informal Economy: Case Study Perspectives from Surat Paula Kantor 74. Gender and Quality of Work in Latin America Javier Pineda 75. Gender Inequalities and Poverty: A Simulation of the Likely Impacts of Reducing Labour Market Inequalities on Poverty Incidence in Latin America Joana Costa and Elydia Silva PART VIII: GENDERED POVERTY AND POLICY INTERVENTIONS 76. Gender, Poverty and Aid Architecture Gwendolyn Beetham 77. Brand Aid? How Shopping Has Become ‘Saving African Women and Children with AIDS’ Lisa Ann Richey 78. Sweden to the Rescue? Fitting Brown Women into a Poverty Framework Katja Jassey 79. Poverty Alleviation in a Changing Policy and Political Context: The Case of PRSPs with Particular Reference to Nicaragua Sarah Bradshaw and Brian Linneker 80. Gender-responsive Budgeting and Women’s Poverty Diane Elson and Rhonda Sharp 81. Reducing Gender Inequalities in Poverty: Considering Gender-sensitive Social Programmes in Costa Rica Monica Budowski and Laura Guzmán Stein 82. Is Gender Inequality a Form of Poverty? Shifting Semantics in Oxfam GB’s Thinking and Practice Nicholas Piálek 83. Tackling Poverty: Learning Together to Improve Women’s Rights Through Partnership – The Case of WOMANKIND Worldwide Tina Wallace and Ceri Hayes 84. Millennial Woman: The Gender Order of Development Ananya Roy PART IX: MICROFINANCE AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT 85. The Housewife and the Marketplace: Practices of Credit and Savings from the Early Modern to Modern Era Beverly Lemire 86. Money as Means or Money as End? Gendered Poverty, Microcredit and Women's Empowerment in Tanzania Fauzia Mohamed 87. Capitalising on Women’s Social Capital: Gender and Microfinance in Bolivia Kate Maclean 88. ‘A Woman and an Empty House are Never Alone For Long’: Autonomy, Control, Marriage and Microfinance in Women’s Livelihoods in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Caroline Sweetman 89. Gender and Poverty in Egypt: Do Credit Projects Empower the Marginalised and the Destitute? Iman Bibars 90. Women’s Empowerment: A Critical Re-evaluation of a GAD Poverty-alleviation Project in Egypt Joanne Sharp, John Briggs, Hoda Yacoub and Nabila Hamed 91. Impacting Women through Financial Services: The Self Help Group Bank Linkage Programme in India and its Effects on Women’s Empowerment Ranjula Bali Swain 92. Microcredit and Women’s Empowerment: Understanding the ‘Impact Paradox’ with Particular Reference to South India Supriya Garikipati 93. Gender and Poverty in Microfinance: Illustrations from Zambia Irene Banda Mutalima 94. The Impact of Microcredit Programmes on Survivalist Women Entrepreneurs in The Gambia and Senegal Bart Casier 95. Methodologies for Evaluating Women’s Empowerment in Poverty Alleviation Programmes: Illustrations from Paraguay and Honduras Yoko Fujikake PART X: NEW FRONTIERS IN GENDERED POVERTY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS 96. Women, Poverty and Disasters: Exploring the Links through Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua Sarah Bradshaw 97. Decentralisation, Women’s Rights and Poverty: Learning from India and South Africa Jo Beall 98. Poverty, Entitlement and Citizenship: Vernacular Rights Cultures in Southern Asia Sumi Madhok 99. Contradictions in the Gender–Poverty Nexus: Reflections on the Privatisation of Social Reproduction and Urban Informality in South African Townships Faranak Miraftab 100. Gender, Neoliberalism and Post-neoliberalism: Re-assessing the Institutionalisation of Women’s Struggles for Survival in Ecuador and Venezuela Amy Lind 101. Who Does the Counting? Gender Mainstreaming, Grassroots Initiatives and Linking Women Across Space and ‘Race’ in Guyana D. Alissa Trotz 102. Poverty, Religion and Gender: Perspectives from Albania Claire Brickell 103. Sexuality, Gender and Poverty Susie Jolly and Andrea Cornwall 104. Masculinity, Poverty and the ‘New Wars’ Jane L. Parpart Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book makes accessible to a broad audience the ideas, principles and practicalities of establishing effective social protection in Africa. It focuses on the major shift in strategy for tackling hunger and vulnerability, from emergency responses mainly in the form of food transfers to predictable cash transfers to the chronically poorest social groups. The first part of the book comprises nine theme chapters, covering vulnerability, targeting, delivery, coordination, cost-effectiveness, market impacts, and asset effects, while the second part consists of fifteen social protection case studies. The continuous interplay between these two parts makes for a unique contribution to the contemporary literature on social protection. The book takes a positive and forward looking view regarding the feasibility of achieving successful social transfers to the poorest in Africa; nevertheless, a critical stance is taken where appropriate, and unresolved strategic issues regarding the targeting, coverage and scale of social transfers are highlighted.Social Protection in Africa is an essential read for personnel, advisors and consultants working for aid donors, United Nations agencies, NGOs and governments on social transfer programmes in sub-Saharan African countries. In addition, the book represents a valuable resource for training courses on social protection, and will be vital reading for Masters level students and researchers studying emergency relief, social protection, vulnerability and poverty reduction in low-income countries.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Themes 1. Overview 2. Vulnerability 3. Targeting 4. Delivery 5. Coordination and Coverage 6. Cost-effectiveness 7. Market Effects 8. Asset Protection and Building 9. Lesson Learning: Strengths, Weaknesses and the State of the Art Part II: Case Studies from Southern Africa 10. Introduction to the Case Studies Case Studies: 1. Old Age Pension, Lesotho 2. Food Subsidy Programme, Mozambique 3. Public Works Programmes, Malawi 4. Dowa Emergency Cash Transfer, Malawi 5. Social Cash Transfers, Zambia 6. Urban Food Programme, Zimbabwe 7. Food Assistance Programme, Mozambique 8. School Feeding, Lesotho 9. Neighbourhood Care Points for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Swaziland 10. Education Material Fairs, Mozambique 11. Input Subsidy Programme, Malawi 12. Food Security Packs, Zambia 13. Input Trade Fairs, Mozambique 14. Chief’s Fields for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Swaziland 15. Small Livestock Transfers, Zimbabwe References Index

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Book SynopsisThe challenge presented by climate change is by its nature, global. The populations of the Mexican Caribbean, the focus of this book, are faced by everyday decisions not unlike those in the urban North. The difference is that for the people of the Mexican Caribbean, evidence of the effects of climate change, including hurricanes, is very familiar to them. This important study documents the choices and risks of people who are powerless to change the economic development model which is itself forcing climate change.The book examines the Mexican Caribbean coast and explores the wider issues of managing climate change in vulnerable areas of the tropics. It also points to the inability to integrate development thinking into climate change adaptation. The authors suggest that failures in local governance - the transparency of state actions, and the local populations lack of effective power - represents a greater threat to adaptation than the absence of technical capacity in vulnerable areas.Using local case studies of communities, fishing villages and tourist destinations, this well-researched book will appeal to international students and academics working on climate change and professionals in development, conservation and tourism industries.Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. The Dynamics of Coastal Urbanisation; 3. Nature and Space in the 'Discovery' of the Mexican Caribbean; 4. The Development of Mass Tourism in Mexico; 5. Human Security and Governance; 6. Governance as Process: the Evolution of 'Power Spheres' and Climate Change; 7. Lived Experiences on the Coast: Holbox and Mahahual; 8. ConclusionTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Dynamics of Coastal Urbanization 3. Nature and Space in the ‘Discovery’ of the Mexican Caribbean 4. The Development of Mass Tourism in Mexico 5. Human Security and Governance 6. Governance as Process: The Evolution of ‘Power Spheres’ and Climate Change 7. Lived Experiences on the Coast: Holbox and Mahahual 8. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisDevelopment and Religion explores how the world's five major religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam - understand and practice 'development' through an examination of their sacred texts, social teaching and basic beliefs. Religious belief is a common human characteristic with eighty percent of the world's population professing religious faith. Observable in all societies, religious belief is pervasive, profound, persuasive and persistent. The premise of this book is that despite this, religion has long been ignored within mainstream development paradigms and by development practitioners (both locally and at the international level) resulting in sub-optimal development outcomes. Matthew Clarke argues that each religion offers useful insights into various issues concerning development that should be considered by donors, NGOs, and others seeking to improve the lives of the poor. Undergraduates and postgraduate students of development studies, religious studies and theology will gratefully welcome this highly regarded book.Contents: Foreword by Katherine Marshall; Preface; 1. The Religion - Development Nexus; 2. Hinduism - Dharma and Active Citizenship; 3. Buddhism - A Middle Way for Development; 4. Judaism - A Cry for Justice; 5. Christianity - Development as an Option for the Poor; 6. Islam: Equality and Action; 7. Conclusion; References; IndexTrade Review‘This is a book I have been waiting for. . . While religion may still reside outside the mainstream of development thinking, this book makes an important and significant contribution to addressing this weakness. It enables the reader to engage in this complex field with much greater understanding and insight.’ -- Rick James, Development in PracticeTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Katherine Marshall Preface 1. The Religion–Development Nexus 2. Hinduism: Dharma and Active Citizenship 3. Buddhism: A Middle Way for Development 4. Judaism: A Cry for Justice 5. Christianity: Development as an Option for the Poor 6. Islam: Equality and Action 7. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThe enforcement of TRIPS-plus standards on Intellectual Property (IP) has become one of the most significant challenges for developing countries in recent years. This book is the first initiative linking IP enforcement and development, which fundamentally differs from the approach and perspective of developed countries.The editors encourage developing countries to address the emerging challenges in IP enforcement initiatives at various international forums, and to devise appropriate national policies and legislation on IP enforcement, in accordance with international treaties. The book examines the trend towards increasing global IP enforcement, recent case law developments, abuse of IP enforcement procedures, and provides strategic considerations and recommendations for developing countries.With an interdisciplinary approach Intellectual Property Enforcement will be a must-read for scholars, experts and students of international relations, government officials and negotiators and companies engaged in IP enforcement activities.Table of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: THE IP ENFORCEMENT DEBATE 1. The Changing Global Governance of Intellectual Property Enforcement: A New Challenge for Developing Countries Viviana Muñoz Tellez 2. Ten General Misconceptions About the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Xuan Li 3. Re-delineation of the Role of Stakeholders: IP Enforcement Beyond Exclusive Rights Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan 4. WCO SECURE: Legal and Economic Assessments of the TRIPS-plus-plus IP Enforcement Xuan Li PART II: CASES AND DEVELOPMENTS ON IP ENFORCEMENT 5. Enforcing Border Measures: Importation of GMO Soybean Meal from Argentina Carlos M. Correa 6. Flexible Application of Injunctive Relief in Intellectual Property Enforcement (with Reference to Lessons from the Emerging US Jurisprudence) Joshua D. Sarnoff 7. Enforcement for Development: Why Not an Agenda for the Developing World? Hong Xue PART III: STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES 8. Dealing with Forum Shopping: Some Lessons from the SECURE Negotiations at the World Customs Organization Henrique Choer Moraes 9. Ensuring the Benefits of Intellectual Property Rights to Development: A Competition Policy Perspective Yusong Chen 10. Towards a Development Approach on IP Enforcement: Conclusions and Strategic Recommendations Xuan Li and Carlos M. Correa Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe enforcement of TRIPS-plus standards on Intellectual Property (IP) has become one of the most significant challenges for developing countries in recent years. This book is the first initiative linking IP enforcement and development, which fundamentally differs from the approach and perspective of developed countries.The editors encourage developing countries to address the emerging challenges in IP enforcement initiatives at various international forums, and to devise appropriate national policies and legislation on IP enforcement, in accordance with international treaties. The book examines the trend towards increasing global IP enforcement, recent case law developments, abuse of IP enforcement procedures, and provides strategic considerations and recommendations for developing countries.With an interdisciplinary approach Intellectual Property Enforcement will be a must-read for scholars, experts and students of international relations, government officials and negotiators and companies engaged in IP enforcement activities.Table of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: THE IP ENFORCEMENT DEBATE 1. The Changing Global Governance of Intellectual Property Enforcement: A New Challenge for Developing Countries Viviana Muñoz Tellez 2. Ten General Misconceptions About the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Xuan Li 3. Re-delineation of the Role of Stakeholders: IP Enforcement Beyond Exclusive Rights Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan 4. WCO SECURE: Legal and Economic Assessments of the TRIPS-plus-plus IP Enforcement Xuan Li PART II: CASES AND DEVELOPMENTS ON IP ENFORCEMENT 5. Enforcing Border Measures: Importation of GMO Soybean Meal from Argentina Carlos M. Correa 6. Flexible Application of Injunctive Relief in Intellectual Property Enforcement (with Reference to Lessons from the Emerging US Jurisprudence) Joshua D. Sarnoff 7. Enforcement for Development: Why Not an Agenda for the Developing World? Hong Xue PART III: STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES 8. Dealing with Forum Shopping: Some Lessons from the SECURE Negotiations at the World Customs Organization Henrique Choer Moraes 9. Ensuring the Benefits of Intellectual Property Rights to Development: A Competition Policy Perspective Yusong Chen 10. Towards a Development Approach on IP Enforcement: Conclusions and Strategic Recommendations Xuan Li and Carlos M. Correa Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States brings together contributions from a multidisciplinary group of internationally renowned scholars on such important issues as the causes of violent conflicts and state fragility, the challenges of conflict resolution and mediation, and the obstacles to post-conflict reconstruction and durable peace-building.While other companion volumes exist, this detailed and comprehensive book brings together an unrivalled range of disciplinary perspectives, including development economists, quantitative and qualitative political scientists, and sociologists. Topical chapters include: Post-Conflict and State Fragility, Ethnicity, Human Security, Poverty and Conflict, Economic Dimensions of Civil War, Climate Change and Armed Conflict, Rebel Recruitment, Education and Violent Conflict, Obstacles to Peace Settlements and many others.With detailed and comprehensive coverage, this Handbook will appeal to postgraduate and undergraduate students, policymakers, researchers and academics in conflict and peace studies, international relations, international politics and security studies.Contributors include: P. Aall, T. Addison, P.H. Baker, R.H. Bates, J. Bercovitch, G.K. Brown, H. Buhaug, P. Clark, C.A. Crocker, H. Dorussen, V.P. Fortna, S. Fukuda-Parr, K.S. Gleditsch, N.P. Gleditsch, Y. Guichaoua, F.O. Hampson, C.A. Hartzell, H. Hegre, H. Holtermann, L.M. Howard, P. Justino, A. Langer, R. Licklider, K. Long, C. Lutmar, D.M. Malone, J. McGarry, C. Messineo, N.W. Metternich, R. Muggah, S.M. Murshed, H. Nitzscke, B. O Leary, J. Ohiorhenuan, A. Ruggeri, B.R. Sørensen, F. Stewart, M.Z. Tadjoeddin, O.M. Theisen, H. Urdal, P. Vermeersch, S. WolffTrade Review'The Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States is an impressive volume. Its distinguished contributors offer a rich menu of courses, ranging from conflict and war to peacemaking, transitional justice, peacekeeping, and powersharing. Encyclopedic in its scope, the volume encompasses many different approaches to stimulate and provoke the careful reader. It serves up a feast for scholars and policymakers alike.' --Donald L. Horowitz, Duke University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Conflict, Post-Conflict, and State Fragility: Conceptual and Methodological Issues Arnim Langer and Graham K. Brown 2. Ethnicity Robert H. Bates 3. Human Security Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Carol Messineo 4. Poverty and Conflict Håvard Hegre and Helge Holtermann 5. Conflict and the Social Contract Syed Mansoob Murshed 6. Economic Dimensions of Civil War Heiko Nitzschke and David M. Malone 7. Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict Frances Stewart 8. Conflict, Natural Resources and Development Mohammad Zulfan Tadjoeddin 9. Climate Change and Armed Conflict Ole Magnus Theisen, Nils Petter Gleditsch and Halvard Buhaug 10. Demography and Armed Conflict Henrik Urdal 11. Rethinking Durable Solutions for Refugees Katy Long 12. Rebel Recruitment Yvan Guichaoua 13. Violent Conflict and Human Capital Accumulation Patricia Justino 14. Education and Violent Conflict Birgitte Refslund Sørensen 15. International Dimensions of Internal Conflict Nils W. Metternich, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Han Dorussen and Andrea Ruggeri 16. Theories of Ethnic Mobilization: Overview and Recent Trends Peter Vermeersch 17. Transitions from War to Peace Caroline A. Hartzell 18. Fragile States and Civil Wars: Is Mediation the Answer? Carmela Lutmar and Jacob Bercovitch 19. Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Robert Muggah 20. Obstacles to Peace Settlements Roy Licklider 21. Pitfalls and Prospects in the Peacekeeping Literature Virginia Page Fortna and Lise Morjé Howard 22. Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies Phil Clark 23. Collective Conflict Management Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson and Pamela Aall 24. The Political Economy of Fragile States Tony Addison 25. Conflict Resolution versus Democratic Governance: Can Elections Bridge the Divide? Pauline H. Baker 26. Federations and Managing Nations John McGarry and Brendan O’Leary 27. Post-Conflict Recovery John Ohiorhenuan 28. Gendering Violent Conflicts Birgitte Refslund Sørensen 29. Complex Power Sharing Stefan Wolff References Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book explores the varied perspectives on contemporary processes of rural transformation and policy intervention in China. The expert contributors combine a critical review of current theoretical viewpoints and global debates with a series of case studies that document the specificities of China?s pathways to change. Central issues focus on the dynamics of state?peasant encounters; the diversification of labour and livelihoods; out-migration and the blurring of rural and urban scenarios; the significance of issues of ?value? and ?capital? and their gender implications; land ownership and sustainable resource management; struggles between administrative cadres and local actors; and the dilemmas of ?participatory? development.Rural Transformations and Development ? China in Context will prove a fascinating and stimulating read for academics and researchers in the areas of Asian studies, development and agriculture, and public policy.Trade Review‘This book is commended to rural development specialists, rural sociologists and anthropologists. These groups cover both, academics and practitioners who are interested in agrarian and development issues in China in particular and the world more generally.’ -- Axel Wolz, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture‘Rural Transformations and Development - China in Context is a thoughtful book in both senses - penetrating and packed with ideas. True to its title, it takes the reader through the main socio-economic and political changes of Chinese rural society. The book brings together a selected group of authoritative, international experts on agricultural development with particular reference to China. It is a good read for everyone, and an eminently recommendable text for professionals and students interested in issues of China’s rural change.’ -- Peter Ho, University of Groningen, The Netherlands‘This is an insightful and excellent theoretical and empirical collection about China’s contemporary agrarian transformation critically studied - not in isolation from either the urban sector or the broader world, but in relation to these. It is a must-read for academics and development policy practitioners who are interested in agrarian and development issues in China in particular and the world more generally.’ -- Saturnino M. Borras Jr, Saint Mary’s University, Canada‘Bringing together contributions by some of the leading Western scholars working on paths of rural transformation with studies by their counterparts in China, this book examines the value of contemporary development theories for understanding the specificities of China’s trajectory of change. It is a first-class contribution both to Modern China studies and to the renaissance of international research on agrarian change that is now going on. It deserves a wide readership.’ -- John Harriss, Simon Fraser University at Vancouver, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Norman Long PART I: AGRARIAN DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION 1. Histories of Development, Predicaments of Modernity: Thinking About Globalization from Some Critical Development Studies Perspectives Arturo Escobar 2. Peasants, Territorial Cooperatives and the Agrarian Question Jan Douwe van der Ploeg 3. Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Change: Bringing Class Back in Henry Bernstein 4. Value, Gender and Capital: Frameworks of Calculation in Micro-Financial Practices Magdalena Villarreal PART II: ENCOUNTERING THE STATE: PEASANT LIVELIHOOD ISSUES 5. Building Livelihoods: How Chinese Peasants Deal with State Regulation of Opportunity and Risk Flemming Christiansen 6. Land to the Tiller: The Complexities of Land Ownership and Use in a North China Village Zhao Xudong PART III: URBANIZATION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND MIGRATION DILEMMAS 7. Urbanization, Decentralization and the Reorganization of Rural Life Bryan Roberts 8. Rural Urbanization in Phoenix Village: Revisiting a Village in Guangdong Province Zhou Daming with Huang Xueliang 9. Growing Up and Growing Old in Rural Mexico and China: Care-giving for the Young and the Elderly at the Family–State Interface Gail Mummert 10. Rural–Urban Migration and the Plight of ‘Left-behind Children’ in Mid-west China Ye Jingzhong, Wang Yihuan and Zhang Keyun PART IV: POLITICS OF POLICY AND PARTICIPATION 11. State Policy Intervention in an Era of Civic Participation Alberto Arce 12. Stalemate of Participation: Participatory Village Development Planning for Poverty Alleviation in China Li Xiaoyun and Liu Xiaoqian 13. How Local Politics Shape Intervention Practices in the Xiaolongshan Forest Region of Gansu, NW China Liu Jinlong 14. ‘Accountability’ in Contemporary Rural China: Yu Lu Village Case Study Solange Guo Chatelard Index

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Book Synopsis'With its breadth and depth, The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty certainly deserves a place on the bookshelves of university libraries and of every academic and development professional with a specific interest in gender and development.' Gender in Management: An International Journal 'I recommend this book to be a staple of reference libraries.' British Politics and Policy 'These diverse, thoughtful essays go far beyond a mere summary of international scholarship. They outline a fascinating and provocative agenda for future policy-relevant research. This book will help redefine and revitalise the field of gender and development.'- Professor Nancy Folbre, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts, AmherstIn the interests of contextualizing (and nuancing) the multiple interrelations between gender and poverty, Sylvia Chant has gathered writings on diverse aspects of the subject from a range of disciplinary and professional perspectives, achieving extensive thematic as well as geographical coverage. This benchmark volume presents women's and men's experiences of gendered poverty with respect to a vast spectrum of intersecting issues including local to global economic transformations, family, age, 'race', migration, assets, paid and unpaid work, health, sexuality, human rights, and conflict and violence.The handbook also provides up-to-the-minute reflections on how to theorize, measure and represent the connections between gender and poverty, and to contemplate how gendered poverty is affected - and potentially redressed - by policy and grassroots interventions. An unprecedented and ambitious blend of conceptual, methodological, empirical and practical offerings from a host of established as well as upcoming scholars and professionals from across the globe lends the volume a distinctive and critical edge. Notwithstanding the broad scope of The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty, one theme in common to most of its 100-plus chapters is the need to 'en-gender' analysis and initiatives to combat poverty and inequality at local, national and international levels. As such, the volume will inspire its readers not only to reflect deeply on poverty and gender injustice, but also to consider what to do about it.This book will be essential reading for all with academic, professional or personal interests in gender, poverty, inequality, development, and social, political and economic change in the contemporary world.Trade ReviewPossibly the most comprehensive contribution to a detailed and thorough analysis of gendered dimensions of international poverty contexts, causes, and consequences ever brought together into one volume. --Suzanne Clisby Gender and DevelopmentWith international attention focused on halving poverty by 2015, the appearance of The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty is both timely and essential. Sylvia Chant is to be congratulated for producing a state-of-the-art compendium of everything you need to know about the often hidden, gendered, dimensions of poverty. Edited and written by leading scholars and policy advisers, the Handbook comprehensively covers the key themes that are vital to understanding poverty as a gendered process, combining policy lessons with theoretical insight. Richly illustrated with examples from across the world, this book will not only be welcomed by all those dedicated to the study of poverty, but, by casting new light on its causes, will also help to develop appropriate measures to tackle it. --Professor Maxine Molyneux, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, UK While each of the articles in this impressive collection makes an original contribution to the conceptual, empirical and policy analysis of gender and poverty, together they provide a comprehensive overview of the field and an essential resource for all sections of the development community. Professor Sylvia Chant is to be congratulated for bringing together some of the leading thinkers in the field from across the world. This is not only an unprecedented feat of international co-operation but feminist collaboration at its best. --Professor Naila Kabeer, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UKWith international attention focused on halving poverty by 2015, the appearance of The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty is both timely and essential. Sylvia Chant is to be congratulated for producing a state-of-the-art compendium of everything you need to know about the often hidden, gendered, dimensions of poverty. Edited and written by leading scholars and policy advisers, the Handbook comprehensively covers the key themes that are vital to understanding poverty as a gendered process, combining policy lessons with theoretical insight. Richly illustrated with examples from across the world, this book will not only be welcomed by all those dedicated to the study of poverty, but, by casting new light on its causes, will also help to develop appropriate measures to tackle it. --Professor Maxine Molyneux, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, UKWhile each of the articles in this impressive collection makes an original contribution to the conceptual, empirical and policy analysis of gender and poverty, together they provide a comprehensive overview of the field and an essential resource for all sections of the development community. Professor Sylvia Chant is to be congratulated for bringing together some of the leading thinkers in the field from across the world. This is not only an unprecedented feat of international co-operation but feminist collaboration at its best. --Professor Naila Kabeer, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Gendered Poverty Across Space and Time: Introduction and Overview Sylvia Chant PART I: CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGIES FOR GENDERED POVERTY 2. Strategic Gendering: One Factor in the Constituting of Novel Political Economies Saskia Sassen 3. Subjectivity, Sexuality and Social Inequalities Henrietta L. Moore 4. Power, Privilege and Gender as Reflected in Poverty Analysis and Development Goals Gerd Johnsson-Latham 5. Gender Into Poverty Won’t Go: Reflections on Economic Growth, Gender Inequality and Poverty with Particular Reference to India Cecile Jackson 6. Advancing the Scope of Gender and Poverty Indices: An Agenda and Work in Progress Thomas Pogge 7. Methodologies for Gender-sensitive and Pro-poor Poverty Measures Sharon Bessell 8. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement in Mexico and Central America: Incorporating Rights and Equality Anna Coates 9. Gender, Time Poverty and Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach: Evidence From Guatemala Sarah Gammage 10. Why is Progress in Gender Equality So Slow? An Introduction to the ‘Social Institutions and Gender’ Index Dennis Drechsler and Johannes Jütting 11. Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend? Experiences with the Gender Action Learning System Linda Mayoux PART II: DEBATES ON THE ‘FEMINISATION OF POVERTY’, AND FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS 12. The ‘Feminisation of Poverty’: A Widespread Phenomenon? Marcelo Medeiros and Joana Costa 13. Poor Households or Poor Women: Is There a Difference? Gita Sen 14. Globalisation and the Need for a ‘Gender Lens’: A Discussion of Dichotomies and Orthodoxies with Particular Reference to the ‘Feminisation of Poverty’ Tine Davids and Francien van Driel 15. Towards a (Re)Conceptualisation of the ‘Feminisation of Poverty’: Reflections on Gender-differentiated Poverty from The Gambia, Philippines and Costa Rica Sylvia Chant 16. Post-adjustment, Post-mitigation, 'Post-poverty’? The Feminisation of Family Responsibility in Contemporary Ghana Lynne Brydon 17. Female-headed Households and Poverty in Latin America: State Policy in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic Helen I. Safa 18. Gender, Households and Poverty in the Caribbean: Shadows Over Islands in the Sun Janet Momsen 19. Poverty and Female-headed Households in Post-genocide Rwanda Marian Koster 20. Between Stigmatisation and Survival: Poverty Among Migrant and Non-migrant Lone Mothers in the Netherlands Annelou Ypeij 21. Lone Mothers, Poverty and Paid Work in the United Kingdom Jane Millar 22. Urban Poverty and Gender in Advanced Economies: The Persistence of Feminised Disadvantage Fran Tonkiss PART III: GENDER, FAMILY AND LIFECOURSE 23. Gender and Household Decision-making in Developing Countries: A Review of Evidence Agnes R. Quisumbing 24. Linking Women’s and Children’s Poverty Ruth Lister 25. Reducing the Gender Gap in Education: The Role of Wage Labour for Rural Women in Mozambique John Sender 26. Understanding the Gender Dynamics of Russia’s Economic Transformation: Women’s and Men’s Experiences of Employment, Domestic Labour and Poverty Sarah Ashwin 27. Gender, Poverty and Transition in Central Asia Jane Falkingham and Angela Baschieri 28. Urban Poverty, Heteronormativity and Women’s Agency in Lima, Peru: Family Life on the Margins Carolyn H. Williams 29. Youth, Gender and Work on the Streets of Mexico Gareth A. Jones and Sarah Thomas de Benítez 30. Sexuality, Poverty and Gender Among Gambian Youth Alice Evans 31. Ghettoisation, Migration or Sexual Connection? Negotiating Survival Among Gambian Male Youths Stella Nyanzi 32. Poverty and Old Age in Sub-Saharan Africa: Examining the Impacts of Gender with Particular Reference to Ghana Isabella Aboderin 33. Gender, Urban Poverty and Ageing in India: Conceptual and Policy Issues Penny Vera-Sanso 34. Poverty, Gender and Old Age: Pension Models in Costa Rica and Chile Monica Budowski 35. Gender, Poverty and Pensions in the United Kingdom Jane Falkingham, Maria Evandrou and Athina Vlachantoni PART IV: GENDER, ‘RACE’ AND MIGRATION 36. Assessing Poverty, Gender and Well-being in ‘Northern’ Indigenous Communities Janet Hunt 37. Gender and Ethnicity in the Shaping of Differentiated Outcomes of Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades Conditional Cash Transfer Programme Mercedes González de la Rocha 38. Gender, Poverty, and National Identity in Afrodescendent and Indigenous Movements Helen I. Safa 39. The Gendered Exclusions of International Migration: Perspectives from Latin American Migrants in London Cathy McIlwaine 40. Latino Immigrants, Gender and Poverty in the United States Cecilia Menjívar 41. Culturing Poverty? Ethnicity, Religion, Gender and Social Disadvantage Among South Asian Muslim Communities in the United Kingdom Claire Alexander 42. Gender, Occupation, Loss and Dislocation: A Latvian Perspective Linda McDowell 43. Gender, Poverty and Migration in Mexico Haydea Izazola 44. Migration, Gender and Sexual Economies: Young Female Rural–Urban Migrants in Nigeria Daniel Jordan Smith 45. Internal Mobility, Migration and Changing Gender Relations: Case Study Perspectives from Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania and Vietnam Cecilia Tacoli 46. Picturing Gender and Poverty: From ‘Victimhood’ to ‘Agency’? Kalpana Wilson PART V: GENDER, HEALTH AND POVERTY 47. Poverty Gender and the Right to Health: Reflections with Particular Reference to Chile Jasmine Gideon 48. Maternal Mortality in Latin America: A Matter of Gender and Ethnic Equality Anna Coates 49. New Labyrinths of Solitude: Lonesome Mexican Migrant Men and AIDS Matthew Gutmann 50. Gender, Poverty and AIDS: Perspectives with Particular Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa Catherine Campbell and Andrew Gibbs 51. Gender, HIV/AIDS and Carework in India: A Need for Gender-sensitive Policy Keerty Nakray 52. Women’s Smoking and Social Disadvantage Hilary Graham PART VI: GENDER, POVERTY AND ASSETS 53. Household Wealth and Women’s Poverty: Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Assessing Gender Inequality in Asset Ownership Carmen Diana Deere 54. Gender, Poverty and Access to Land in Cities of the South Carole Rakodi 55. Power, Patriarchy and Land: Examining Women’s Land Rights in Uganda and Rwanda Kate Bird and Jessica Espey 56. Gender, Livelihoods and Rental Housing Markets in the Global South: The Urban Poor as Landlords and Tenants Sunil Kumar 57. Renegotiating the Household: Successfully Leveraging Women’s Access to Housing Microfinance in South Africa Sophie Mills 58. Gender Issues and Shack/Slum Dweller Federations Sheela Patel and Diana Mitlin 59. Gender, Poverty and Social Capital: The Case of Oaxaca City, Mexico Katie Willis 60. Moving Beyond Gender and Poverty to Asset Accumulation: Evidence from Low-income Households in Guayaquil, Ecuador Caroline Moser 61. Conceptual and Practical Issues for Gender and Social Protection: Lessons from Lesotho Rachel Slater, Rebecca Holmes, Nicola Jones and Matšeliso Mphale PART VII: GENDER, POVERTY AND WORK 62. Gender, Work and Poverty in High-income Countries Diane Perrons 63. The Extent and Origin of the Gender Pay Gap in Europe Janneke Plantenga and Eva Fransen 64. Women’s Work, Nimble Fingers and Women’s Mobility in the Global Economy Ruth Pearson 65. Gender, Poverty and Inequality: The Role of Markets, States and Households Shahra Razavi and Silke Staab 66. Women’s Employment, Economic Risk and Poverty James Heintz 67. Gender and Ethical Trade: Can Vulnerable Women Workers Benefit? Stephanie Barrientos 68. Fraternal Capital and the Feminisation of Labour in South India Sharad Chari 69. Economic Transition and the Gender Wage Gap in Vietnam: 1992–2002 Amy Y.C. Liu 70. Gender, Poverty and Work in Cambodia Katherine Brickell 71. Informality, Poverty, and Gender: Evidence from the Global South Marty Chen 72. The Empowerment Trap: Gender, Poverty and the Informal Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa Kate Meagher 73. A Gendered Analysis of Decent Work Deficits in India’s Urban Informal Economy: Case Study Perspectives from Surat Paula Kantor 74. Gender and Quality of Work in Latin America Javier Pineda 75. Gender Inequalities and Poverty: A Simulation of the Likely Impacts of Reducing Labour Market Inequalities on Poverty Incidence in Latin America Joana Costa and Elydia Silva PART VIII: GENDERED POVERTY AND POLICY INTERVENTIONS 76. Gender, Poverty and Aid Architecture Gwendolyn Beetham 77. Brand Aid? How Shopping Has Become ‘Saving African Women and Children with AIDS’ Lisa Ann Richey 78. Sweden to the Rescue? Fitting Brown Women into a Poverty Framework Katja Jassey 79. Poverty Alleviation in a Changing Policy and Political Context: The Case of PRSPs with Particular Reference to Nicaragua Sarah Bradshaw and Brian Linneker 80. Gender-responsive Budgeting and Women’s Poverty Diane Elson and Rhonda Sharp 81. Reducing Gender Inequalities in Poverty: Considering Gender-sensitive Social Programmes in Costa Rica Monica Budowski and Laura Guzmán Stein 82. Is Gender Inequality a Form of Poverty? Shifting Semantics in Oxfam GB’s Thinking and Practice Nicholas Piálek 83. Tackling Poverty: Learning Together to Improve Women’s Rights Through Partnership – The Case of WOMANKIND Worldwide Tina Wallace and Ceri Hayes 84. Millennial Woman: The Gender Order of Development Ananya Roy PART IX: MICROFINANCE AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT 85. The Housewife and the Marketplace: Practices of Credit and Savings from the Early Modern to Modern Era Beverly Lemire 86. Money as Means or Money as End? Gendered Poverty, Microcredit and Women's Empowerment in Tanzania Fauzia Mohamed 87. Capitalising on Women’s Social Capital: Gender and Microfinance in Bolivia Kate Maclean 88. ‘A Woman and an Empty House are Never Alone For Long’: Autonomy, Control, Marriage and Microfinance in Women’s Livelihoods in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Caroline Sweetman 89. Gender and Poverty in Egypt: Do Credit Projects Empower the Marginalised and the Destitute? Iman Bibars 90. Women’s Empowerment: A Critical Re-evaluation of a GAD Poverty-alleviation Project in Egypt Joanne Sharp, John Briggs, Hoda Yacoub and Nabila Hamed 91. Impacting Women through Financial Services: The Self Help Group Bank Linkage Programme in India and its Effects on Women’s Empowerment Ranjula Bali Swain 92. Microcredit and Women’s Empowerment: Understanding the ‘Impact Paradox’ with Particular Reference to South India Supriya Garikipati 93. Gender and Poverty in Microfinance: Illustrations from Zambia Irene Banda Mutalima 94. The Impact of Microcredit Programmes on Survivalist Women Entrepreneurs in The Gambia and Senegal Bart Casier 95. Methodologies for Evaluating Women’s Empowerment in Poverty Alleviation Programmes: Illustrations from Paraguay and Honduras Yoko Fujikake PART X: NEW FRONTIERS IN GENDERED POVERTY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS 96. Women, Poverty and Disasters: Exploring the Links through Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua Sarah Bradshaw 97. Decentralisation, Women’s Rights and Poverty: Learning from India and South Africa Jo Beall 98. Poverty, Entitlement and Citizenship: Vernacular Rights Cultures in Southern Asia Sumi Madhok 99. Contradictions in the Gender–Poverty Nexus: Reflections on the Privatisation of Social Reproduction and Urban Informality in South African Townships Faranak Miraftab 100. Gender, Neoliberalism and Post-neoliberalism: Re-assessing the Institutionalisation of Women’s Struggles for Survival in Ecuador and Venezuela Amy Lind 101. Who Does the Counting? Gender Mainstreaming, Grassroots Initiatives and Linking Women Across Space and ‘Race’ in Guyana D. Alissa Trotz 102. Poverty, Religion and Gender: Perspectives from Albania Claire Brickell 103. Sexuality, Gender and Poverty Susie Jolly and Andrea Cornwall 104. Masculinity, Poverty and the ‘New Wars’ Jane L. Parpart Index

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Book SynopsisOver the past decade the emergence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has helped to improve corporate governance by tackling such burning issues as child labour and human rights violations. However, as the author argues in this important new book, the time has now come to incorporate wage issues into CSR. Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead proposes a new methodology, the `Fair Wage' approach, providing CSR actors with a coherent and comprehensive set of fair wage dimensions and indicators. Application of this new approach in a large-scale auditing exercise on wages in Asia and a number of qualitative case studies in China provides unique, first-hand information on wage practices among suppliers. The results confirm the need to address wage issues using a broad spectrum of wage dimensions, including living wages, minimum wages, social dialogue, payment of working hours and wage development in accordance with prices, enterprise performance and changes in technology and human capital. The `Fair Wage' approach advocated in this book is a first, serious and concerted effort to address the issue of wages, which are increasingly being used as the adjustment variable at the end of the supply chain.Adverse wage developments clearly highlight the limitations of government action in regulating this aspect of the global economy. The ‘Fair Wage’ approach advocated in this book is a first, serious and concerted effort to address this critical issue. It will be required reading for practitioners and scholars of labour economics, development studies and CSR.Trade Review‘In his book Fair Wages, Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead provides a compelling view into how to strengthen CSR by incorporating a wage dimension and a monitoring process in this area. This book is unique in that it thoroughly explores the different wage indicators that have been used to capture a general wage concept, and after noting the main focal points and deficiencies present in each approach, provides us a new holistic fair wage framework of analysis and monitoring tool. . . Fair Wages is grounded in research and is written in a style that makes it accessible to multiple audiences.’ -- Ilyana Albarran, Public Organization Review‘While many economists, policy-makers and commentators often point at negative effects of globalisation on wage inequality and income distribution, few specific proposals have emerged so far. Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead’s book should be commended for proposing a concrete approach for addressing the wage-related dimension of the social issues raised by globalisation.’ -- Pascal Lamy, World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland‘Remedies should be brought to the global worrying wage trends so well documented in this book, not only by governments but by employers themselves, out of enlightened self-interest rather than generous benefaction, in the pursuit of the long-term profitability of their companies, through the positive impact that greater fairness exercises have on labour productivity and social peace. This is the line taken by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead in his book on fair wages. Daniel shows that there is still considerable room for tapping the resources of corporate social responsibility: this potential simply must be exploited to the full before anything else, and therefore it must be investigated and publicized the way he does.’ -- D. Mario Nuti, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ and formerly of London Business School, UK‘This is an exceptionally important and timely piece of work for the simple reason that it brings to our attention a global crisis - that of unfair wages. In this volume, Daniel provides an excellent analytical framework and tool that can be applied at firm level. I fully expect that the different dimensions of the fair wage proposed in this book will become standard features of company annual wage reviews and of social audits.’ -- Auret Van Heerden, President and CEO, Fair Labour AssociationTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Auret van Heerden Preface Introduction 1. The General Context: Global Wage Trends Part I: Towards a New Wage Policy: The Fair Wage Approach 2. CSR Deficit on Wages 3. Fair Wages: A More Comprehensive and Multidimensional Approach 4. Pilot Testing in Two Suppliers in China Part II: The Fair Wage Approach in Practice 5. First Comprehensive Auditing on Wages 6. Fair Wages within the Crisis Policy Conclusions 7. Towards a Fair Wage Campaign Bibliography Annexes Index

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