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Book SynopsisCelebrated for its natural beauty and its abundance of wildlife, the Mekong river runs thousands of miles through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Its basin is home to more than 70 million people and has for centuries been one of the world's richest agricultural areas and a biodynamic wonder. Today, however, it is undergoing profound changes. Development policies, led by a rising China in particular, aim to interconnect the region and urbanize the inhabitants. And a series of dams will harness the river's energy, while also stymieing its natural cycles and cutting off food supplies for swathes of the population. In Last Days of the Mighty Mekong, Brian Eyler travels from the river's headwaters in China to its delta in southern Vietnam to explore its modern evolution. Along the way he meets the region’s diverse peoples, from villagers to community leaders, politicians to policy makers. Through conversations with them he reveals the urgent struggle to save the Mekong and its unique ecosystem.Trade ReviewIn this compelling account, Brian Eyler travels down the river, meeting the rebels trying to save it from destruction. * China Dialogue *The book describes how unsustainable human society’s current relationship is with the Mekong * Council of Foreign Affairs *Brian Eyler … has penned an engaging and open-ended book, with a less elegiac tone than its title might imply. At many points a vividly reported travelogue. * China Dialogue *Eyler offers an unbiased, balanced, and nuanced sitrep of the challenges facing the Mekong ... Last Days of the Mighty Mekong is also full of stimulating facts and figures that grab and hold the reader’s attention. * Diplomat *The Last Days is a timely reminder that one of the world’s most remote and naturally beautiful areas is being trans­formed by industrial and urban development, the scale and pace of which have never been seen before. Eyler makes an erudite appeal for governments to face their past mistakes – including the over-damming of the river – and avert the further “wrecking of the Mekong’s amazing eco-system”. * South China Morning Post *Eyler has written a breathtaking account of a journey down the river, from high up in the Chinese province of Yunnan to the Mekong Delta more than 2,700 miles away [...] His book reads like a travelogue, filled with vivid descriptions of the places he visits and the people he encounters. But it is also a stark warning that the river is heading for irreparable ruin. * Wall Street Journal *A wonderfully illuminating and beautifully written portrait of life along the Mekong, and of the forces transforming the region. Eyler offers the type of insight that can only be gained from years of on-the-ground experience. * Elizabeth Economy, Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations *A moving requiem for a complex ecosystem upon which millions depend for their livelihoods. The book is an indictment of the failure to treat the Mekong as a single integrated system or to incorporate the local wisdom of the communities who best understand the river. * Judith Shapiro, author of China’s Environmental Challenges *Readers of this book will respond as I have done to Eyler’s richly evocative prose when he writes of the experiences that may be had travelling on and by the river ... I regret not having met Eyler and becoming aware of his writing only recently. I am envious of his sustained personal association with the river over a decade and a half. * Milton Osborne, Mekong Review *Brian Eyler tells the story of a river veiled in mystique. He sounds a warning about the ominous challenges it now faces: the encroachment of the state, breakneck hydropower development, the threats of climate change, and an increasingly powerful China bent on harnessing the Mekong to power its continued rise. This is the definitive story of the present and possible future of the Mekong, and an elegy for one of Asia’s great rivers. * Sebastian Strangio, author of Hun Sen's Cambodia *The definitive work on Asia's most vital river, this book is more than sound scholarship and wise policy. Brian Eyler shares lyrical and haunting stories, showing how and why the Mighty Mekong must be saved. * Ted Osius, Former US Ambassador to Vietnam (2014–17) *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Yubeng: The Last Shangri-la 2. Damming the Upper Mekong 3. The Erhai Valley 4. The Akha as Modern Zomians 5. The Golden Triangle in Transition 6. Laos as a Contested Space 7. Damming the Lower Mekong 8. Phnom Penh and Boeung Kak Lake 9. The Tonle Sap 10. Whither the Mekong Delta

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Book Synopsis600 million Indians, more than half the population, are under twenty-five. This generation lives between extremes: more connected and global than ever, but with narrow ideas of Indian identity; raised with the cultural values of their grandparents, but the life goals of American teenagers. These dreamers are the face of a new India. Angry, and frustrated with being marginalised by both globalisation and India's old politics, they place hope in the Modi government's exclusionary nationalism and, above all, in their personal truths: shape your own future; exploit, or be exploited. Journalist Snigdha Poonam tracks these young fortune-seekers -- aspiring Bollywood stars and clickbait gurus, the Cow Protection Army hoodlums and Allahabad University’s first female Student Union President --all united by the belief that they were born for bigger and better things. Dreamers brings to life their boundless ambition and extraordinary imagination to create opportunities in the unlikeliest of spaces.Trade Review'Wise, timely and, alas, deeply troubling . . . Poonam has a gift for finding the most telling stories of our time and constructs a powerful argument.' * Financial Times *‘At a time when nationalism and populism in the west and China are getting a lot of attention, this is an important contribution to understanding the 21st century’s other emerging superpower.’'A perceptive, useful book on an important topic . . . Poonam is clear-eyed on the challenges the youth of the Indian population present.'‘[Poonam’s] book offers valuable insights. . . . If young Indians really are changing the world, it may not be for the better.’ 'A clever, fresh, and honest book about one of the great unknowns - and one of the most important topics - of the developing world: the lives, aspirations, disappointments and achievements of India's young people.' -- Jason Burke, The Guardian'An illuminating and sometimes alarming book.' -- Ian Jack'Diligently reported and crisply written, Dreamers is an eye-opening guide to India’s troubled present — and future. No recent book has so astutely charted the treacherous Indian gap between extravagant illusion and grim reality.' -- Pankaj Mishra, author of 'Age of Anger: A History of the Present''Snigdha Poonam offers an enlightening and powerful examination into the absorbing world of India's youth, their unique complexities, aspirations, and ambitions in the 21st century. Rich in detail and engagingly crafted, Dreamers is a lively and compelling read.' -- Shashi Tharoor, author of 'Inglorious Empire''A brilliant dive into the seething psyche of India’s small-town youth: a mayhem of sexuality, sentimentality and insatiable hunger for success — at whatever price. Be afraid…' -- Sunil Khilnani, Avantha Professor and Director, King's India Institute, Kings College, London, and author of 'Incarnations: A History of India in Fifty Lives''Dreamers smashes the slick hype that has been constructed around India’s aspiring middle classes, calling our attention to the corruption, frustration, and dashed hopes bubbling beneath the surface. It may be convenient for India’s elites to whitewash these inconvenient truths. But, as Poonam shows, it would also be suicidal.' -- Foreign Affairs'Poonam is good on the aggressive nationalism of this generation.' 'A superbly reported study of aspirational Indian millennials and one of the best books about Modi’s India to date.''A brave and unusual debut . . . where other writers often squint at their indigenous subjects as if they were samples under a microscope, Poonam writes with a closeness that can be uncomfortable. . . a study rich in broken dreams'.'Dreamers is an intelligent and deeply reported journey into the lives of India's young people, and the hunger that drives them.''Timely and accomplished'.‘Dreamers is an eye-opener . . Poonam has a chatty, engaging style and is non-judgemental about the people she meets. The picture that emerges is of a generation fascinated and inspired by the US but fiercely patriotic.’

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Book SynopsisOn 25 September 2015, countries adopted a set of 17 goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda to be achieved by 2030. For the goals to be reached, everyone needs to do their part: governments, the private sector, civil society and people like you. Elyx, the United Nations' digital ambassador, uses various expressions and actions to help demonstrate the meaning of each goal. Created by French artist YAK, Elyx has no race, sex or nationality and is a universal character promoting the importance of the United Nations' work.

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Book SynopsisA penetrating, personal look at contemporary India—the world’s largest democracy at a moment of transition.Trade Review"[A] sharply observed study... richly detailed portraits." -- The Economist"Thoughtful and timely... Sengupta balances strong impartial analysis with emotional investment." -- The Wall Street Journal"[Sengupta] marvels at the resulting ambition and ingenuity, while also observing the power of residual caste and gender prejudices." -- The New Yorker"How India’s youth are trading fatalism and karma for free will and higher expectations, by a former New York Times New Delhi bureau chief who interweaves data, first-hand accounts and archival research to great effect." -- Best Books of 2016 - The Economist"For a topical taste of India on the turn, Somini Sengupta's The End of Karma offers just the ticket." -- Literary Review

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Book SynopsisThis book situates state failure and state collapse in historical context and explains the structures and forces that have led to state collapse in a number of countries around the world. It also analyses and critiques contemporary interventions and reconstruction efforts in collapsed states.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. State Failure, State Collapse and State Reconstruction: Jennifer Milliken and Keith Krause, Graduate Institute of International Studies. Part I: States, Statebuilding and State Collapse:. 1. Putting State Collapse in Context: History, Politics and the Genealogy of a Concept: Christopher Clapham, Lancaster University. 2. State Collapse and Fresh Starts: Some Critical Reflections: Martin Doornbos, Institute of Social Studies. 3.State Collapse and Implications for Peace-Building and Reconstruction: Alexandros Yannis, Graduate Institute of International Studies. Part II: Anatomies of Failure and Collapse:. 4. Collapsing States and Non-Revolutionary Insurgencies: William Reno, Northwestern University. 5. Rising From the Ashes? The Difficult Rebirth of the Georgian State: Spyros Demetriou, Graduate Institute of International Studies. 6. Try Again, Fail Again? Adventures in State-Building in Afghanistan: Jonathon Goodhand and Christopher Cramer, SOAS. 7. Africa: Private Military Intervention and Arms Proliferation in the Process of State Decay: Abdel-Fatau Musah, Centre for Democracy and Development. 8. State Collapse as Business: The Role of Conflict Trade and the Emerging Control Agenda: Robert Neil Cooper, University of Plymouth. Part III: Relief and Reconstruction:. 9. UNTAC in Cambodia: A New Model for Humanitarian Aid in Collapsed States?: Daniel Chong, School of International Service, American University. 10. From East Timor to Participatory Intervention: Jarat Chopra, Brown University. 11. Rebuilding State Institutions in Collapsed States: Marina Ottaway, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 12. Aid Conditionality as a Tool for Peacebuilding: Opportunities and Constraints: James Boyce, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 13. Reconstructing the Borderlands: Aid as a Relation of Global Governance: Mark Duffield, University of Leeds. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe ‘smart city’ is often promoted as a technology-driven solution to complex urban issues. While commentators are increasingly critical of techno-optimistic narratives, the political imagination is dominated by claims that technical solutions can be uniformly applied to intractable problems. This book provides a much-needed alternative view, exploring how ‘home-grown’ digital disruption, driven and initiated by local actors, upends the mainstream corporate narrative. Drawing on original research conducted in a range of urban African settings, Odendaal shows how these initiatives can lead to meaningful change. This is a valuable resource for scholars working in the intersection of science and technology studies, urban and economic geography and sociology.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Fantasies, Hope and Compelling Narratives The Expansive Nature of Platforms Hacking Mobility Digital Food Dialogues Cyborg Activism Platform Practices and the Public Imagination Conclusion: On Understanding Situated Platform Urbanism

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Book SynopsisChina has recently emerged as one of Africa's top business partners, aggressively pursuing its raw materials and establishing a mighty presence in the continent's booming construction market. Even though Africa has become a popular destination of foreign investment from around the world, China has stirred the most fear, hope, and controversy. Yet global debates about China in Africa have been based more on rhetoric than empirical evidence. Ching Kwan Lee's The Specter of Global China is the first comparative ethnographic study that addresses the critical question: Is Chinese capital a different kind of capital? Conducting extensive fieldwork in Zambia over a period of six years, Lee shadowed Chinese, Indian, and South African managers in underground mines, interviewed Zambian miners and construction workers, and worked with Zambian officials. Distinguishing carefully between Chinese state capital and global private capital in terms of their business objectives, labor practices, manager

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Book SynopsisAlthough most countries in the world are rapidly urbanizing, the majority of the global population - particularly the poor - continue to live in rural areas. This Handbook rejects the popular notion that urbanization should be universally encouraged and presents clear evidence of the vital importance of rural people and places, particularly in terms of environmental conservation. Expert contributors from around the world explore how global trends, state policies and grassroots movements affect contemporary rural areas in both developed and developing countries.Rural development policies have historically focused primarily on increasing agricultural productivity, but this volume demonstrates the need for a much broader approach as rural producers become increasingly integrated into the global economy. Following a comprehensive discussion of rural development theory and policy, the contributors tackle a number of diverse topics, including resource dependence, migration, entrepreneurship and microfinance, tourism and gender issues. The book concludes with detailed explorations of rural development in different areas of the world, including Africa, China and Latin America. Professors and students of development studies, agricultural economics, environmental studies and sociology will find this Handbook an indispensable resource, as will practitioners and policymakers working in rural areas around the world.Contributors: A. Bonanno, I. Carrillo, K.J. Curtis, M. Dougherty, S. Gasteyer, R. Goe, S. Goetz, S. Golding, G.P. Green, C. Herman, T.G. Johnson, D. Kraybill, L. Lobao, D. Marcouiller, A. Mukherjee, C. Sachs, J. Sharp, R. Stedman, E. da Via, L. Zhang, J.A. ZindaTrade ReviewThis comprehensive book deals with key issues of rural development. The authors address emergent issues of policy, structure and agency in complex and contrasting settings. Many of the chapters are written by scholars well known in their areas of expertise, and younger scholars contribute in new areas of rural development concerns. The research and analysis presented makes clear that rural is more than agriculture, although in some regions it is still a driver. By looking at the twin issues of conservation and development in the context of complex social relations, this Handbook is must for both scholars and practitioners of development. By including key articles addressing emerging rural development issues in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, the volume integrates global structures and local responses in a coherent and engaging manner. --Cornelia Flora, Iowa State UniversityThis handbook provides a fresh and decidedly political perspective on rural development issues and policies in the 21st century. Scholars, students, practitioners and policymakers who are working on and in rural areas around the world will welcome this book as an essential resource. --Andreas Neef, Quarterly Journal of International AgricultureTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: THEORY 1. Rural Development Theory Gary Paul Green and John Aloysius Zinda 2. Globalization Alessandro Bonanno 3. Rural Policy Thomas G. Johnson 4. Grassroots Rural Development: Models of Development, Capacity and Leadership Stephen Gasteyer and Cameron (Khalfani) Herman PART II: THEMES 5. Resource Dependence and Rural Development Richard C. Stedman 6. Migration and Rural Development: Resettlement, Remittances, and Amenities Shaun A. Golding and Katherine J. Curtis 7. Agriculture and Rural Development Linda Lobao and Jeff Sharp 8. Entrepreneurship Stephan J. Goetz 9. The Rural Development Attributes of Tourism David Marcouiller 10. Gender and Rural Development Carolyn Sachs 11. The Successes and Challenges of Microfinance Ian Carrillo 12. The Implications of Corn-Based Ethanol Production for Non-Metropolitan Development in the North Central Region of the US W. Richard Goe and Anirban Mukherjee PART III: REGIONAL 13. Land Grabbing in the Name of Development Elisa da Vià 14. Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa David Kraybill 15. Urbanization, Farm Dependence, and Population Change in China Li Zhang 16. Work, Mobility, and Livelihoods in a Changing Rural Latin America Michael L. Dougherty Index

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Book SynopsisThe exploding global consumption of meat is implicated in momentous but greatly underappreciated problems, and industrial livestock production is the driving force behind soaring demand. Following his previous ground-breaking book The Global Food Economy, Tony Weis explains clearly why the growth and industrialization of livestock production is a central part of the accelerating biophysical contradictions of industrial capitalist agriculture. The Ecological Hoofprint provides a rigorous and eye-opening way of understanding what this system means for the health of the planet, how it contributes to worsening human inequality, and how it constitutes a profound but invisible aspect of the violence of everyday life.Trade ReviewWeis delivers a penetrating and systematic structural analysis of the global industrial feeds-livestock complex that reveals the extent to which Earth's resources are subsumed to the logic of cheap meat production. Insightful, accessible, compelling, this is a must read for scholars and students of the food system. * Colin Sage, University College Cork, author of Environment and Food *With Tony Weis's powerful insights, we see that humanity's sudden, catastrophic shift to meat-centric farming and eating - killing us and our planet - is neither inevitable nor progress. We learn we have real choice. Packed with startling facts and framed in a compelling narrative, The Ecological Hoofprint is a mighty motivator. Bravo! * Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet and co-founder of The Small Planet Institute *A must read if you want to understand the scale, inefficiency, and wide-ranging impact of the rapid meatification of diets since the mid-twentieth century. The number of slaughtered animals, the author notes, has rocketed from 8 billion to 64 billion in fifty years. The dynamic driving this ecologically damaging change, rightly argues Tony Weis, is an industrial grain-oilseed-livestock complex driven by the demands of capitalism to seek new means of increasing returns, which involves totally reorganizing nature. * Geoff Tansey, co-author of The Food System - A Guide and member and trustee of The Food Ethics Council *Weis provides an intellectually compelling argument against the industrial farming of livestock. While recognizing that increasing meat consumption is often viewed favorably - as evidence of the globalization of the Western diet - he carefully details the costs for human health, the environment, and the industrially reared animals. Weis calls for an urgent reappraisal of factory farming as a first step in reducing the ecological hoofprint on planet meat. It's a great book! * Geoffrey Lawrence, The University of Queensland *In The Ecological Hoofprint Weis puts meat at the centre of global problems like climate change, poverty, workers' rights, and speciesism. Anyone seeking a just and sustainable world needs to consider his compelling argument that radical change must start by combating the meatification of the human diet. * Peter Singer, Princeton University, author of Animal Liberation *With the metaphor of the ecological hoofprint Tony Weis sounds a clear warning about the perils of the rising global consumption of meat. The powerful message of this book is that ascending the animal protein ladder is a formula for deepening social inequalities and compounding ecological risk. With compelling detail the author demonstrates that meatification is an inefficient and potentially catastrophic use of planetary resources. This didactic book provides an unforgettable perspective on the illusion of identifying animal protein consumption with modern progress. * Philip McMichael, Cornell University, author of Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective *Tony Weis has a mind that spans a multitude of disciplines, from philosophy to international political economy, from ecology to biology. In The Ecological Hoofprint, he brings these considerable skills to craft a concise, readable, and important reading of today's meatified world. It's an analysis that couldn't be more timely nor more urgent. * Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System *Table of ContentsIntroduction: meatification and why it matters 1. Contextualizing the hoofprint: global environmental change and inequality 2. The uneven geography of meat 3. The industrial grain-oilseed-livestock complex 4. Confronting the ecological hoofprint: towards a more sustainable, just, and humane world

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Book SynopsisOrphanage tourism is where tourist interactions with 'orphaned' children are central to traveller itineraries and experience making in less-developed contexts. While appealing to the desire of tourists and volunteers to 'do good' while travelling, underlining orphanage tourism is the fact that the vast majority of children (over 80%) in orphanages and allied care institutions are not orphans. Instead, children are often placed in institutions due to poverty and hardship, and as victims of human trafficking. In some cases, orphanages can be for-profit enterprises, where the commodification of good intentions begins and becomes embedded in the tourism supply chain. Children are becoming tourist attractions and the focus of tourist consumption, leading to orphanages as sites of tourism production and consumption. The first of its kind, this book highlights exploratory research that examines the links between modern slavery practices and orphanage tourism. Contributors include academics and practitioners with a long engagement in advocacy for the rights and protection of children and research into sustainable and responsible tourism. Written in an accessible manner that appeals to a broad audience. This book will appeal to researchers interested in the areas of tourism, human geography, development studies, childhood studies, law and social justice, as well as those interested in responsible and sustainable travel. Practitioners, policy makers and civil society groups working at the vanguard of tourism expansion and communities in less-developed contexts - particularly where labour rights transgressions, human exploitation and trafficking are prevalent - will also find the book insightful. Royalties from the sales of this book will be donated to Save the Children Australia and the Forget Me Not Foundation.Table of ContentsPart I: Orphanage Tourism, Modern Slavery and Convention on the Rights of the Child Chapter 1: Orphanage Tourism and the Convention on the Rights of the Child Chapter 2: Orphanages as sites of Modern Slavery Chapter 3: Historical and socio-political drivers of Australian participation in orphanage tourism in Bali Part II: Institutionalisation Chapter 4: People, money and resources: The drivers of institutionalisation Chapter 5: Promising Practices: Strengthening families and systems to prevent and reduce the institutional care of children Part III: Voluntourism Chapter 6: What drives voluntourism? Internal Impulses and External Encouragement Chapter 7: How filmmaking can support advocacy: The voluntourist and orphanage tourism Chapter 8: Consuming poverty: Volunteer tourism in an orphanage in Nepal Part IV: A counter narrative Chapter 9: A “nice, knock-down argument” about orphanage tourism, modern slavery, and the power and peril of naming

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Book SynopsisThis book details a process of creating a long-term sustainability and resilience plan for local governments to use in designing and implementing sustainability and resilience-related policies, initiatives, and programs. It offers guidance and methods in applying sustainability and resilience strategies to attain the prosperity of organizations and communities. The recommendations in this book are based on the author's years of experience in directing applied resilience and sustainability planning for a local government, and years of research covering diverse aspects of sustainability and resilience from climate change, climate preparedness and readiness, quadruple bottom line strategy, greenhouse gas emission reduction policies, climate adaptation and mitigation to sustainable energy policies and initiatives. Chapter one defines terms related to sustainability and resilience and addresses how the topics reshape local governments and communities. Chapter two maps out the sustainability and resilience process for organizations and communities, determining the appropriate steps to be taken at each level of sustainability and resilience planning. Chapter three identifies community and organizational level engagement, with internal and external stakeholders, including designs necessary throughout these processes. Chapter four contains measuring, tracking, monitoring and reporting methods using the quadruple bottom line strategy, and developing a sustainability and resilience progress report to ensure accountability, transparency, and good governance. Then, chapter five details the implementation of a sustainability and resilience plan once it is established, describing potential programs and initiatives to achieve sustainable and resilient communities. Chapter six describes the intersection between sustainability and resilience, and chapter seven examines the tools and resources available to create a practical sustainability and resilience plan. Chapter eight concludes the text by addressing the future of sustainability and resilience, and complexities of the modern dynamics of the interconnected systems in cities, counties, and organizations, and recommends how local government administrators in their planning methods and strategies must consider these challenges.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Reviewing and Defining the Sustainability and Resilience Terms.- Chapter 2: Mapping Out The Sustainability Process for Organizations and Communities.- Chapter 3: Organizational Level and Community Level Engagement and Defining Outcome Champions.- Chapter 4: Measuring, tracking and reporting using sustainability progress reports.- Chapter 5: Implementation of the Sustainability Plan - Putting A Plan to the Test.- Chapter 6: Intersection of Sustainability and Resiliency.- Chapter 7: Tools and Resources Available for Sustainability Planning.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisAfrica is on the rise. Enabled by natural resources, commodity trading and the recent discovery of Africa as the last frontier of capitalism by the global market, African entrepreneurs are now being empowered as economic change agents. How can this new economic elite engage in the sustainable development of the continent? ''Africapitalism'', the term coined by Nigerian economist Tony O. Elumelu, describes an economic philosophy embodying the private sector''s commitment to the economic transformation of Africa through investments generating economic prosperity and social wealth. The concept has attracted significant attention in both business and policy circles. Promoting a positive change in approach and outlook towards development in Africa, this book consolidates research and insights into the Africapitalism movement, and will appeal to scholars, researchers and graduate students of Africa studies, international business, business and society, corporate social responsibility, strateTrade Review'African societies have too often been interpreted and shaped through the eyes of other parts of the world. This is now being challenged by African social scientists and entrepreneurs, a major result of which is the idea of Africapitalism - a form of capitalism that responds to community rather than individualistic values. How viable is this? Is it a new contribution to study of the diversity of capitalism? Will it enable African economies to break out of their dependent role in world trade and innovation? The contributors to this original and path-breaking book subject these and related questions to constructively critical attention, with implications of interest to scholars and economic and political decision makers in all parts of the world.' Colin Crouch, Emeritus Professor, University of WarwickTable of ContentsForeword Tony O. Elumelu; 1. Introduction Uwafiokun Idemudia, Kenneth Amaeshi and Adun Okupe; 2. Africapitalism: a management idea for business in Africa? Kenneth Amaeshi and Uwafiokun Idemudia; 3. Business elites to the rescue! Reframing capitalism and constructing an expert identity: implications for Africapitalism George Ferns, Adun Okupe and Kenneth Amaeshi; 4. Africapitalism and corporate governance Emmanuel Adegbite, Franklin Nakpodia, Konan A. Seny Kan and Olorunfemi Onakoya; 5. Rethinking human capital development in Africa: towards an Africapitalism perspective Aminu Mamman, Ken Kamoche and Hamza B. Zakaria; 6. Africapitalism and corporate branding Tayo Otubanjo; 7. Who is an Africapitalist? Reimagining private sector leadership in Africa Adun Okupe and Kenneth Amaeshi; 8. Social entrepreneurship and Africapitalism – exploring the connections Diane Holt and David Littlewood; 9. Foreign investors and Africapitalism: the case for Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa Amon Chizema and Nceku Nyathi; 10. Good African coffee: adding value and driving community development in Uganda Lyal White and Adrian Kitimbo; 11. Reflections on Africapitalism and management education in Africa Stella M. Nkomo.

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary volume offers a timely reflection on law, development and economics through empirical and comparative perspectives on contemporary Myanmar. The book explores the business that takes place in times of major political change through law and development initiatives and foreign investment. The expert contributors to this volume identify the ways in which law reform creates new markets, embodies hopes of social transformation and is animated by economic gain. This book is an invitation to think carefully and critically about the intersection between law, development and economics in times of political transition. The chapters speak to a range of common issues - land rights, access to finance, economic development, the role of law including its potential and its limits, and the intersection between local actors, globalised ideas and the international community. This interdisciplinary book is for students, scholars and practitioners of law and development, Asian studies, political science and international relations.Trade Review'This is compulsory reading for policy analysts and/or academics interested in the process of business and commercial legal reform. Through the prism of Myanmar - a country at the confluence of geoeconomics, political and economic transition - the contributors to this volume bring to bear theoretical sophistication alongside deep empirical knowledge to explore the business of transition. The book eschews technocratic analysis of legal reform, and instead analyses how social forces such as business, labour, the legal profession as well as political elites and multilateral organisations are engaged in contestations that shape the business of transition. It is essential reading material for anyone wishing to understand the complex dynamics of legal change, not just in Myanmar but in an array transitional economies and polities.' Kanishka Jayasuriya, Murdoch University, Australia'Myanmar provides a particularly instructive context for exploring the relationship between law and development as it undergoes two dramatic and simultaneous transitions: from military rule to semi-democracy, and from socialism to a market economy. The essays in this volume make a compelling case that 'best practices' transplanted from foreign jurisdictions provide limited purchase on the unique challenges that such transitions entail and imply more modesty than has often been the case on the part of external agencies in promoting their conception of an appropriate law reform agenda.' Michael Trebilcock, University of Toronto'The contributors to this volume, diverse in origin, expertise and experience, blend to give an insightful commentary on and exposition of the present realities and future possibilities of this unique transitional economy. It places contemporary empirical data in a broader context. Its coverage of economic, legal, social, political, moral and humanitarian issues as well as the examination of the interaction between domestic, regional and international regimes make this a book that should be on the shelves of scholarly and business readers alike.' Mary E. Hiscock, Emeritus Professor of Law, Bond University, Australia'This is an important book, as the emergence of Myanmar from decades of relative isolation triggers yet another round of debates about the relationship between law and development. The contributors share their wealth of experience with law and business reform projects in the country and enable readers to understand the difficulties and prospects of success.' Christoph Antons, University of Newcastle'The Business of Transition offers a new and searching critique of the decades-long enterprise of law and development. Myanmar cross-disciplinary specialists in law and markets superbly question glib conventionalities, boldly encounter intricate complexities, and refuse to be locked into formulaic answers. Through intensive case studies the authors skillfully explore the complex, fraught and sometimes paradoxical interplay between international donors and advisors and domestic actors, whether political elites, businesses, non-profits, civil society or local communities. Every specialist in globalization, law and markets will benefit greatly from thoughtful engagement with this excellent volume as it reveals again the intricacy and particularity of every country's encounter with the transnational and global.' Terence Halliday, Center on Law and Globalization, American Bar Foundation'Having read the book, I now know a great deal about a great deal regarding law, development and economics in the 'business of transition' both in general and in Myanmar …' Anthony Rausch, newbooks.asiaTable of Contents1. Understanding the business of transition in Myanmar Melissa Crouch; 2. Labour standards and international investment in Myanmar Michele Ford, Michael Gillan and Htwe Htwe Thein; 3. The extractive industries transparency initiative: new openings for civil society in Myanmar Adam Simpson; 4. The risky business of transformation: social enterprise in Myanmar's emerging democracy John Dale and David Kyle; 5. Microfinance in Myanmar: unleashing the potential Sean Turnell; 6. The governance of local businesses in Myanmar: confronting the legacies of military rule Matthew Arnold; 7. Special economic zones: gateway or roadblock to reform? Josh Wood; 8. Facing the concentrated burden of development: local responses to Myanmar's special economic zones Lauren Nishimura; 9. Top-down transitions and the politics of US sanctions Catherine Renshaw; 10. The politics of aid in Myanmar Tim Frewer.

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Book SynopsisAfrica is home to many of the world''s fastest-growing economies. This powerful book traces new continental institutions for development and their capacity to affect economic growth, regional integration, and international cooperation in Africa. It also assesses Africa''s ability to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union''s Agenda 2063. As the continent''s most ambitious development initiative since independence, the African Union Development Agency (or AUDA, previously known as the New Partnership for Africa''s Development or NEPAD) provides an excellent case study for examining how an African-based, continent-wide development institution emerged. Inspired by the ideas of Pan-Africanism and the African renaissance, NEPAD was created to bring Africa into the globalizing world, to close the gap between developing and developed countries, to enhance economic growth, and to eradicate poverty. Almost two decades after NEPAD''s creation and given its transformation Trade Review'… a book for policymakers that would also be helpful to students and scholars with a working knowledge of the African Union.' Ben Jones, African Studies ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: the African Union Development Agency and Africa's transformation in the twenty-first century: innovation or continuity?; 1. An analytical framework to explain the origin, development, and effects of AUDA; 2. The foundations and first generations of structural adjustment programs; 3. Partial reorientation of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank discourse and the creation of AUDA; 4. AUDA and international financial institutions: change or continuity?; 5. AUDA in the twenty-first century: evolution, implementation of key programs, institutional development, and inter-state coperation; 6. Financing Africa's development in the twenty-first century: assessment and perspectives of AUDA's resource mobilization strategy; 7. The way forward to transforming Africa by 2030/2063: resource mobilization, financing, and capacity-building strategies for effective delivery of the sustainable development goals and the African Union Agenda 2063; Conclusion: continental development fifteen years after the creation of AUDA: theoretical and practical implications.

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Book SynopsisLabour internationalism is often viewed as impossible or inevitable, depending upon political perspective. O''Brien argues for a more nuanced, diverse understanding of labour internationalism, identifying six different ''faces'', shaped by the national or global orientation of particular groups in the fields of production, regulation and ideas. Providing a general view of labour''s global activity and a case study of the Southern Initiative on Globalisation and Trade Union Rights (SIGTUR), the book illustrates how the productive and regulatory structures of the global economy are pushing labour internationalism in particular directions. It details how leftist unions in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, India, the Philippines, South Africa, and South Korea have tried to bridge their differences and launch collective actions. Drawing upon twenty years of participant observation, O''Brien reveals a specific Global South approach based upon anti-imperialism, anti-capitalism and empathetic internationalism.Trade Review'O'Brien examines the politics associated with SIGTUR with theoretical confidence and profound empirical research. His ability to trace SIGTUR from its very beginning to the present provides us with an authoritative case study that will enhance our collective understanding of labour internationalism, especially as it relates to the Global South. A necessary volume for anyone who wants to understand global labour politics.' Dimitris Stevis, Colorado State University'In this masterful study, Robert O'Brien presents a fascinating analysis of SIGTUR's attempt at transnational solidarity. Based on conceptual innovation around six different forms of labour internationalism and drawing on years of close empirical observation, this is a path-breaking study that will shape the debate on labour internationalism for years to come.' Andreas Bieler, University of Nottingham'Widespread claims have been made on the emergence of a new labour internationalism in response to the growing insecurity created by globalisation. This theoretically informed and scholarly book documents and analyses a little known but imaginative attempt to bring together over a thirty-year period a network of democratic trade unions in the Global South, the Southern Initiative on Globalisation and Trade Union Rights (SIGTUR). It is an inspiring account of women and men who continue to believe in the common fate of humanity and the obligation of the strong to support the weak. This readable book fills a long-standing gap in international political economy.' Edward Webster, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgTable of Contents1. Six faces of labour internationalism; 2. The national prism; 3. The global prism; 4. The origins and faces of SIGTUR; 5. Building the SIGTUR identity and community; 6. SIGTUR's mobilising structures and repertoire; 7. Evolving labour internationalisms; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisDesigning Indicators for a Plural Legal World engages with the role of quantification in law, and its impact on law and development and judicial reform. It seeks to examine how different institutions shape and influence the making and use of legal indicators globally. This book sheds light on the limitations of existing quantification tools, which measure rule of law due to their lack of engagement with contexts and countries in the Global South. It offers an alternative framework for measurement, which moves away from an institutional look at rule of law, to a bottom up, user centered approach that places importance on the lives that people lead, and the challenges that they face. In doing so, it offers a way of thinking about access to justice in terms of human capabilities.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. 'Meanings', 'trust' and 'power': Critical perspectives on legal indicators; 3. Rule of law promotion, legal indicators and legal pluralism; 4. Epistemic diversity and voices from the global south: Countering the managerial implications of measuring justice; 5. A capability approach to access to justice in plural legal systems; Annexure; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive overview of the current, most critical political, economic and social issues, and challenges facing Serbia on its road towards integration in the European Union. The chapters in the book are written by highly renowned authorities in their respective research fields including prominent scholars, academics, and researchers.Thorough analysis of the challenges and issues currently facing the Serbian society and state encompasses the following: Finance and banking sector, including the cooperation with international and European financial organizations, and its internal competitive environment; Economic sector, including the effects of globalization on the entrepreneurship in Serbia and the intellectual potential of the Serbian economy; IT sector, which includes semantic technologies, the data-driven economy, and open-data ecosystems in Serbia and in related European areas; Foreign policy issues of Serbia related to the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia; Serbia and the European migrant crisis; Corruption phenomenon in all sectors and on all levels of Serbian society, including the varieties of its mechanisms, as well as methods and instruments for combating it; Media sector, including its status, challenges, and prospects in the context of Serbias Euro-integration; Social gender issues including womens domestic violence in Serbia and methods for its reduction; Status of rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases in Serbia. The book provides a representative account of the most important, current challenges and issues in Serbia. It can serve as an authoritative source of information on the covered topics for the general public, as well as for specialists in different fields, interested in having a deeper insight into these topics.

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Book SynopsisCurrently, developing countries seeking to maintain a sustained long-term growth is a key factor in increasing the welfare of their populations. Topics such as health, violence and the environment are decisive factors for strengthening human development and achieving sustainable development in these countries that have a variety of resources, accompanied by problems with corruption and governance. It is for this reason that this book, which focuses on health, violence, the environment and human development from the different perspectives of these countries, is integral for furthering a well-rounded discussion of this topic. Hence, the book combines different scientific approaches for enhancing our understanding of human development by analysing health, violence and the environment in several developing countries. This text will be essential for anyone that is interested in strengthening human development in developing countries and formulating new strategies for improving health and sustainability development, while decreasing violence and urbanisation problems.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the accountability mechanisms of the Community Driven Development (CDD) projects in provision of water-services to decentralised rural-Indonesia and examines how these mechanisms prevent or mitigate corruption risks. The analysis is based on three water supply community development programs in Indonesia. This book examines the selected projects accountability-mechanisms by analysing three key areas (factors): legitimacy, transparency and monitoring or oversight control. This book asserts that if the projects regulatory framework provides mechanisms of legitimacy, transparency and monitoring control at the community grass-roots level, this in turn can increase the responsiveness and accountability of the infrastructure providers and therefore prevent (more effectively) the risk of corruption. The core result attained from the research outlined in this book is that when projects include specific mechanisms of legitimacy, transparency and monitoring control, they improve accountability and tackle the corruption risk better. This book encourages bottom-up accountability, moving away from the developmental authoritarianism, and building projects of local adaptation, ownership and deep-rooted democratization.

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Book Synopsis 50 years ago, World Bank President Robert McNamara promised to end poverty. Alleviation was to rely on economic growth, resulting in higher incomes stimulated by Bank loans processed by deskbound Washington staff, trickling down to the poorest. Instead, child poverty and homelessness are on the increase everywhere. In this book, anthropologist and former World Bank Advisor Glynn Cochrane argues that instead of Washington’s “management by seclusion,” poverty alleviation requires personal engagement with the poorest by helpers with hands-on local and cultural skills. Here, the author argues, the insights provided by anthropological fieldwork have a crucial role to play.Trade Review “[This book] offers many significant insights regarding the World Bank, its institutional outlook, and [its] practices. The author, given his early involvement at the Bank, as well as his subsequent experience with NGOs, the private sector, and other organizations, is an ideal candidate to provide such an account.” • A. Peter Castro, Syracuse UniversityTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Money-Moving Chapter 2. Reputation Management Chapter 3. Disciplines Chapter 4. Public Service Chapter 5. Social Soundness Analysis Conclusions Appendix A: Engagement Issues for Anthropology Appendix B: The Culture of Poverty Debate Appendix C: World Bank Social Development Group Appendix D: Culture and Development Assistance Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOver the last two decades, China''s extraordinary rate of economic growth has been driven by the 120-150 million people who have flocked into China''s cities from the surrounding countryside in search of a better life. This book examines the manner in which these people live, work, and interact with their urban cousins. A particular feature of the book is its comparative focus, with interesting parallels drawn between China''s experience with mass internal migration and labour market restructuring and the experiences of India, Mexico, and France.

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Book SynopsisWhile concepts of Earth have a rich tradition, more recent examples show a distinct quality: Though ideas of wholeness might still be related to mythical, religious, or utopian visions of the past, "Earth" itself has become available as a whole. This raises several questions: How are the notions of one Earth or our Planet imagined and distributed? What is the role of cultural imagination and practices of signification in the imagination of "the Earth"? Which theoretical models can be used or need to be developed to describe processes of imagining Planet Earth? This collection invites a wide range of perspectives from different fields of the Humanities to explore the means of imagining Earth.

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Book SynopsisThe Pace of India''s development depends to a large extent on its ability to implement the latest global manufacturing and the information and communication technologies and increase its competitiveness in the international market. In the developing countries world-wide, in recent times, the Pace of India''s development depends to a large extent on its ability to implement the latest global manufacturing and the information and communication technologies and increase its competitiveness in the international market. In the developing countries world-wide, in recent times, manufacturing is taking over agriculture which in turn has led to the explosive growth of the service sector, especially in the fields of financial services, information and communication technologies, insurance, education and health. India''s service sector has already become the dominant contributor to GDP, accounting for 46 per cent of the total. Based on the information gathered from case studies, fact sheets and a range of self-assessment tools, and the author''s interaction with academicians, bureaucrats, business executives and industrial experts, this book attempts to bring together the best management practices and provides the readers with a toolkit a practical advice. This book projects the hypothesis that no matter what the size or industry sector a company belongs to, there are a few tactics towards successful management which if adopted can phenomenally improve its global competitiveness.

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents the collected wisdom of a distinguished economist whose academic contributions have been enriched by his experiences in policy making.

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Book SynopsisBook on women development & empowerment emphasizes the need for proper organizational structure, analysis, and planning to achieve goals in the 21st century. Authored by Prof. Aruna Goel, it covers various roles and entities involved in promoting women's welfare.

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Book SynopsisThe book critically reviews tribal development in India since British period, focusing on West Bengal. It highlights the failure of development programs and discusses new issues for planned development. Useful for social scientists, researchers, planners, administrators, and students.

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental migration is a topic which has given rise to widespread debate and gloomy predictions about the state of the world in 2050, but where rigorous research and empirical evidence are unfortunately in short supply. In this paper, we review the existing research on and empirical evidence of how climate change and climate variability in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) affects two main drivers of migration identified by migration models in the economic literature, namely income level differentials between origin and destination areas and income variability in origin areas, and how they in turn affect migration. We find that there are serious gaps in both the economic and the environmental literature that render it impossible to make sound and robust predictions of how climate change and increased climate variability will affect the economic migration drivers, and of how these in turn may change existing migration patterns. There are some empirical indications that income differentials may increase due to lower income levels in the origin areas of LDCs, but virtually no evidence exists of the effects of climate change or increased climate variability on income variability. Furthermore, although a negative relationship between migration and rainfall has been established by many researchers, there is only very limited evidence as to what drives it. A clearer picture of the driving force behind the link between rainfall and migration would greatly benefit policymaking in this area.

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Book SynopsisLaying out her winning traits and abilities, this book chronicles Saina Nehwal''s journey from entering the badminton court to winning the coveted Olympic medal. Saina is not the flamboyant kind, but considering her a dove will be a mistake. Always a silent hawk, she has notet success get to her mind and continues to be devoted to badminton. Driven partly by her parents and partly by Pullela Gopichand''s coaching, she has managed to establish herself as a woman with a good head on her shoulders. Commanding a substantial brand value in a sport other than cricket in a countryike India is something very few can achieve and Saina has managed to do that successfully. Based on the first-ever badminton queen of India, Winningike Saina: Think and Succeedike Nehwal focuses on an authentic portrayal of Saina and analyses her qualities that make her an ideal role model for every professional.

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Book SynopsisIt goes without saying that one building after the other was built in the Dutch East Indies, the current Indonesia. Newspapers jubilated again a jewel for the city. The man behind it was Eduard Cuypers (1859-1927). With his firm he was one of the most celebrated architects in the Netherlands around 1900. He has fallen into oblivion due to changed views in architecture. Working from Amsterdam, his office designed numerous projects overseas in collaboration with Marius Hulswit (1862-1921) and Arthur Fermont (1882-1967), many of this buildings still exist in Indonesia. They are landmarks of a bygone era in Indonesian city. This is a fascinating story about these buildings and the people behind them. This is the English revised edition of the book Alweer een sieraad voor de stad

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