Development studies Books

Book SynopsisTwo-thirds of the population of the world are poor, and their number is growing in the first as well as in the third world, despite billions of dollars of aid. The economic development policies of the last two decades, and the theory which gave rise to them, have been discredited. The rich are disillusioned, apprehensive or uninterested, while the poor are embittered and without hope, the victims and agents of ignorance, instability and environmental degradation. The need for radical rethinking is urgent: this book makes an important contribution towards that end. John Friedmann argues that poverty should be seen not merely in material terms, but as social, political and psychological powerlessness. He presents the case for an alternative development committed to empowering the poor in their own communities, and to mobilizing them for political participation on a wider scale. In contrast to centralized development policies devised and implemented at the national and international level, alternative development restores the initiative to those in need, on the grounds that unless people have an active role in directing their own destinies long-term progress will not be achieved. The author takes the household as the strategic starting-point - stressing its moral, political and economic potential - as a source of continuity and as a location for production. From this basis he propounds a politics of emancipation that would enable the disempowered poor to assert their rights. Empowerment provides a morally-informed theoretical framework for a development policy that meets the needs of its recipients rather than of its makers.Trade Review"This book is probably the most important contribution to the field of alternative development in the last ten years or so." Ignacy Sachs, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris "As an introduction into 'Alternative' development discourse, Friedman's work is definitely a valuable and timely addition." Community Development Journal "Friedmann's treatment of the subject of development here is highly innovative and should prove of interest to a broad range of planners, geographers, and others concerned with advancing an interdisciplinary perspective of development." Antipode "Interesting for any practitioner concerned with problems in the developing world, problems of local economy, and planning issues in the community." Journal Systems Practice "A worthy attempt to provide an alternative model to mainstream approaches to development. It is written in an accessible style, well punctuated with apt and interesting practical examples of alternative organisation." Capital and Class "Friedmann's work is a significant addition to the literature. It should be invaluable as a textbook for courses on development across disciplines." Development and ChangeTable of Contents1. Alternative Development: Its Origins and Moral Justification. 2. Trajectory: From Exclusion to Empowerment. 3. Rethinking the Economy: The Whole-Economy Model. 4. Rethinking Poverty: The (Dis)Empowerment Model. 5. Political Claims I: Inclusive Democracy and Appropriate Economic Growth. 6. Political Claims II: Gender Equality and Intergenerational Equity. 7. Practice: From Social to Political Power. Epilogue: Some Questions for Rich Countries. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a critical evaluation of development approaches, both mainstream and alternative. It considers how theories have been translated into policies, and the practical effects of these policies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It seeks to isolate those ideas and methods that have worked in practice and continue to show promise in meeting development requirements. The book opens with an analysis of Keynesian and neoliberal development approaches. The author describes the mixed results of their application in Latin America, Africa, and Asia's newly industrializing countries. He also examines the evolution of postwar development in all major regions, tying together economic, social, political and environmental factors. John Brohman then looks at alternative development theories and practices. He considers both their positive and negative aspects, and focuses on three critical areas: democratic participation and empowerment, women and gender, and environment and sustainability. He concludes by examining whether popular development - a strategy which rejects formal models - can succeed in providing an approach that will meet the needs and interests of people in diverse political, cultural and social conditions. This book is important and timely. It integrates theoretical analysis with practical experience in a wide range of development contexts. Its argument is trenchant, its analysis clear, and its recommendations urgent. It is fully referenced, contains a guide to further reading, and has a comprehensive index.Trade Review"... this ranks with the best books on alternative development... adds to the critical analysis of alternative development and renews it through the notion of popular development. It is one of the most effective, topical and critical books about development theory, which makes it eminently useful as a textbook." Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. Part I: Mainstream Theories and Practices: . 1. The Postwar Tradition in Theory. 2. Strategies of Growth and Industrialization. 3. The Asian Newly Industrialized Countries. 4. The South (1): Neoliberal Policy and Strategy. 5. The South (2): The Neglect of Politics and People. Part II: Alternative Theories and Practices:. 6. Refocusing on Needs. 7. New Concepts of Planning. 8. Participation and Power. 9. Women and Gender. 10. Environment and Sustainability. 11. Popular Development. Further Reading. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a critical evaluation of development approaches, both mainstream and alternative. It considers how theories have been translated into policies, and the practical effects of these policies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It seeks to isolate those ideas and methods that have worked in practice and continue to show promise in meeting development requirements. The book opens with an analysis of Keynesian and neoliberal development approaches. The author describes the mixed results of their application in Latin America, Africa, and Asia's newly industrializing countries. He also examines the evolution of postwar development in all major regions, tying together economic, social, political and environmental factors. John Brohman then looks at alternative development theories and practices. He considers both their positive and negative aspects, and focuses on three critical areas: democratic participation and empowerment, women and gender, and environment and sustainability. He concludes by examining whether popular development - a strategy which rejects formal models - can succeed in providing an approach that will meet the needs and interests of people in diverse political, cultural and social conditions. This book is important and timely. It integrates theoretical analysis with practical experience in a wide range of development contexts. Its argument is trenchant, its analysis clear, and its recommendations urgent. It is fully referenced, contains a guide to further reading, and has a comprehensive index.Trade Review"... this ranks with the best books on alternative development... adds to the critical analysis of alternative development and renews it through the notion of popular development. It is one of the most effective, topical and critical books about development theory, which makes it eminently useful as a textbook." Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. Part I: Mainstream Theories and Practices: . 1. The Postwar Tradition in Theory. 2. Strategies of Growth and Industrialization. 3. The Asian Newly Industrialized Countries. 4. The South (1): Neoliberal Policy and Strategy. 5. The South (2): The Neglect of Politics and People. Part II: Alternative Theories and Practices:. 6. Refocusing on Needs. 7. New Concepts of Planning. 8. Participation and Power. 9. Women and Gender. 10. Environment and Sustainability. 11. Popular Development. Further Reading. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis publication focuses on the ways in which the nexus of time and income poverty shapes or constraints the lives of women. It argues that addressing this double bind is critical to achieving sustainable development, particularly in low-income contexts, and presents an integrated policy agenda for doing so. The report finds large gender gaps in extreme poverty rates, especially between the ages of 25 and 34, coinciding with the phase of life oriented around family formation and child-rearing. During this phase, women and their households face increased expenses associated with having children, while also experiencing constraints on the time they have available for engaging in paid work. To address this double bind, public action must be geared towards supporting women at critical stages of their life course in an integrated manner through a combination of gender-responsive social protection and labour market interventions, as well as investments in time-saving public services (e.g. childcare, transport) and basic infrastructure.

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Book SynopsisDemocratizing educational access and building capacity in developing countries and amongst indigenous peoples in developed countries may be elusive but are hopeful goals. Many developing countries are striving to reengineer their incoherent education systems at a time when they are most vulnerable, particularly with susceptibility to natural disasters, political unrests, and economic instabilities (UNESCO, 2007). Similarly, indigenous peoples in developed countries are seeking more control over education as they consider the long?term effects of educational policies that have been forced on them.Research on education and social change in developing countries has a long history (Glewwe, 2002; Hanushek, 1995; Sider, 2011). However, there is limited research on educational capacity?building in developing countries such as Kenya, Honduras, Haiti, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Peru, China, and Thailand. Further, the educational frameworks by which Indigenous peoples (M?ori, Canada’s First Nations, and American Indian/Alaska Natives) have been educated have some significant similarities to those encountered in developing countries. The compilation of chapters illuminates research and collaborative initiatives between the authors and local leaders in developing countries’ and Indigenous peoples in developed countries’ efforts to solve the complexity of social inequities through educational access and quality learning. The authors draw on theoretical lens, knowledge bases, and strategies, and identify trends and developments to provide the scope of educational improvement in a globalization context (Brooks & Normore, 2010; Jean?Marie, Normore & Brooks,

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Book SynopsisDemocratizing educational access and building capacity in developing countries and amongst indigenous peoples in developed countries may be elusive but are hopeful goals. Many developing countries are striving to reengineer their incoherent education systems at a time when they are most vulnerable, particularly with susceptibility to natural disasters, political unrests, and economic instabilities (UNESCO, 2007). Similarly, indigenous peoples in developed countries are seeking more control over education as they consider the long?term effects of educational policies that have been forced on them.Research on education and social change in developing countries has a long history (Glewwe, 2002; Hanushek, 1995; Sider, 2011). However, there is limited research on educational capacity?building in developing countries such as Kenya, Honduras, Haiti, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Peru, China, and Thailand. Further, the educational frameworks by which Indigenous peoples (M?ori, Canada’s First Nations, and American Indian/Alaska Natives) have been educated have some significant similarities to those encountered in developing countries. The compilation of chapters illuminates research and collaborative initiatives between the authors and local leaders in developing countries’ and Indigenous peoples in developed countries’ efforts to solve the complexity of social inequities through educational access and quality learning. The authors draw on theoretical lens, knowledge bases, and strategies, and identify trends and developments to provide the scope of educational improvement in a globalization context (Brooks & Normore, 2010; Jean?Marie, Normore & Brooks,

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Book SynopsisThis study addresses the role of agricultural policies in raising incomes in developing countries. Higher incomes are essential for sustained progress on the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG1), which calls for the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, and includes a specific target of reducing by 50% between 1990 and 2015 the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day. The aim is to identify ways in which the appropriate set of policies may vary according to a country's stage of development. A synthesis volume will also be published for policy makers. With more than two-thirds of the world's poor living in rural areas, higher rural incomes are needed to sustain poverty reduction and reduce hunger. This volume sets out a strategy for raising rural incomes which emphasises the need to create diversified rural economies with opportunities within and outside agriculture. This means adopting policies that facilitate rather than impede structural change and integrate agricultural policies within the overall mix of policies and institutional reforms that are needed. By investing in public goods, such as infrastructure and agricultural research, and by building effective social safety nets, governments can reduce the pressures related to less efficient policies such as price controls and input subsidies.Table of Contents1: Executive summary 2: Agricultural policies for raising rural incomes: An introduction 2.1: A strategic framework for strengthening rural incomes in developing countries 2.2: Distributional impacts of commodity prices in developing countries 2.3: The distributional implications of agricultural policies in developing countries: Findings from the Development Policy Evaluation Model (DEVPEM) 2.4: Stabilisation policies in developing countries after the 2007-08 food crisis 2.5: The use of input subsidies in low-income countries

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Book Synopsis‘Banana Systems in the Humid Highlands of Sub-Saharan Africa: Enhancing Resilience and Productivity’ addresses issues related to agricultural intensification in the (sub)humid highland areas of Africa, based on research carried out in the Great Lakes Region by the Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa.Table of ContentsA: Preface B: Acknowledgements Part I: Musa Germplasm Diversity and Evaluation 1: Plantain Collection and Morphological Characterization in Democratic Republic of Congo: Past and Present Activities and Prospects 2: Musa Germplasm Diversity Status across a Wide Range of Agro-ecological Zones in Rwanda, Burundi and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 3: Banana Genotype Composition along the Uganda–Democratic Republic of Congo Border: A Gene Pool Mix for Plantain and Highland Bananas 4: Analysis of Farmer-preferred Traits as a Basis for Participatory Improvement of East African Highland Bananas in Uganda 5: Agronomic Evaluation of Common and Improved Dessert Banana Cultivars at Different Altitudes across Burundi 6: Growth and Yield of Plantain Cultivars at Four Sites of Differing Altitude in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Part II: Novel Seed Systems 7: Macropropagation of Musa spp. in Burundi: A Preliminary Study 8: Challenges and Opportunities for Macropropagation Technology for Musa spp. among Smallholder Farmers and Small and Medium-scale Enterprises 9: Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth of Banana Genotypes in Three Different, Pasteurized and Non-pasteurized Soils of Rwanda 10: Indigenous Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Growth of Tissue-cultured Banana Plantlets under Nursery and Field Conditions in Rwanda Part III: Banana Pests and Diseases 11: Development of ELISA for the Detection of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum, the Causal Agent of BXW: Banana Xanthomonas Wilt 12: Systemicity and Speed of Movement of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in the Banana Plant after Garden Tool-mediated Infection 13: Use of DNA Capture Kits to Collect Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum and Banana Bunchy Top Virus Pathogen DNA for Molecular Diagnostics 14: Banana Xanthomonas Wilt Management: Effectiveness of Selective Mat Uprooting Coupled with Control Options for Preventing Disease Transmission. Case Study in Rwanda and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 15: Effect of Length of Fallow Period after Total Uprooting of a Xanthomonas Wilt-infected Banana Field on Infection of Newly Established Planting Materials: Case Studies from Rwanda and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 16: Distribution, Incidence and Farmer Knowledge of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt in Rwanda 17: Xanthomonas Wilt Incidence in Banana Plots Planted with Asymptomatic Suckers from a Diseased Field Compared with Plots Using Suckers from a Disease-free Zone in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Part IV: Banana Intercropping Systems 18: Coffee/Banana Intercropping as an Opportunity for Smallholder Coffee Farmers in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi 19: The Use of Trees and Shrubs to Improve Banana Productivity and Production in Central Uganda: An Analysis of the Current Situation 20: Effect of Banana Leaf Pruning on Legume Yield in Banana–Legume Intercropping Systems in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 21: A Comparative and Systems Approach to Banana Cropping Systems in the Great Lakes Region 22: Agronomic Practices for Musa across Different Agro-ecological Zones in Burundi, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda Part V: Banana Use, Postharvest and Nutrition 23: The Beer Banana Value Chain in Central Uganda 24: Contribution of Bananas and Plantains to the Diet and Nutrition of Musa-dependent Households with Preschoolers in Beni and Bukavu Territories, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Part VI: Surveillance, Adoption and Communicating Knowledge 25: Processes and Partnerships for Effective Regional Surveillance of Banana Diseases 26: Adoption and Impact of Tissue Culture Bananas in Burundi: An Application of a Propensity Score Matching Approach 27: Communication Approaches for Sustainable Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt in East and Central Africa 28: A Global Information and Knowledge Sharing Approach to Facilitate the Wider Use of Musa Genetic Resources

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

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Book SynopsisCapacity building is a topic of intense focus in many industrialized countries. This book explores the theoretical underpinnings of capacity building to sustain the natural, cultural and human resources of communities. It reviews the extensive literature on capacity-building strategies and policies and examines the implications of sustainable development in communities around the world. The book's approach is both theoretical and applied. It offers methods of operationalizing sustainable development and sustainability theories and explores capacity building methods at different levels of government. Successful practices in non-governmental and governmental agency roles are examined. By considering the path towards embracing whole, or partial, sustainability, it provides a comprehensive analysis and examination of how to build capacity in tackling many development problems, especially those linked to infrastructure accumulation and land-use development. Contributors shed light on the overall impact of globalisation and many concepts related to sustainable development and sustainability of the economic socio-cultural and environmental systems. This book: · Examines the links between environment and sustainable development; · Provides models for capacity building; · Considers the role of globalization in sustainable development; · Renders a theoretical and applied examination of the issues; · Provides multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches. This book is recommended for research libraries, for graduate studies in economic development, sustainable development, environmental management; and undergraduate studies relating to developing and emerging countries. It is also useful for government officials, researchers, decision makers and policy analysts involved in sustainable development.Table of Contents1: Building the Capacities of Developing Countries to Protect the Environment 2: Operationalizing Concepts of Sustainable Development in Africa 3: Sustainability of Agriculture and Food Shortage: A Brief Analysis of the African Condition 4: Globalization and Sustainable Development in Africa: The Imperatives of Capacity Building 5: Understanding Capacity Building for Sustainable Tourism in the Niger Delta, Nigeria 6: The Link Between Environment and Development 7: Capacity Building for Environmental Impact Analysis in Nigeria 8: The Effect of Traditional Land Management Methods on Crop Yield in Betem, Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State Nigeria 9: Empowerment of Women and Sustainable Development in the Twentieth Century: The Yoruba Women Example 10: Capacity Building and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 11: Business Sector and Global Sustainable Future 12: Empowerment of Women and Sustainable Development 13: Subaltern Hydro-Struggles Against Unsustainable Commercial Diamond-Mining Practices in Chiadzwa, Zimbabwe (2009-2013) 14: Proactive Learning Framework: Educational Model for Capacity-Building and Sustainable Development 15: Can Competitiveness be the Framework for Sustainable Electricity Supply in Nigeria? 16: Energy Production and Consumption for Sustainable Development 17: Climate Change and Coping Strategies for Sustainable Food Production Among Small Scale Farmers in Nigeria 18: Capacity Building for Rural Development in Nigeria: The Case of Rural Road Network 19: Oil, Conflict, and Sustainable Development in Nigeria 20: Energy Production and Consumption and Sustainable Development 21: The Challenges of Climate Change on the Livelihood and Sustainable Development of Selected Coastal Communities in Nigeria’s Niger Delta (1990-2015) 22: Human Rights Violation in a Bid for Sustainable Development: A Case of Tokwe-Mukosi Dam Construction in Chivi District in Masvingo Province in Zimbabwe 23: Relationships of Climate Variability and Change to Development

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Book SynopsisAs we consider the plight of our consumer-driven economy, it is easy to forget that money is about relationship: between individuals and between communities. In our current financial mess, it is worth reminding ourselves of community-based alternatives, and to look closely at microcredit, a model of peer lending to enable people to move out of poverty. From Bangladesh, from South Africa, from Ghana, and from the East End of London, we are given a worm's eye view of small scale work, of personal transformation, and the building of community. Small and local is still beautiful, and has much to teach us.Trade ReviewJennifers book provides a very necessary look at the alternatives to big bank lending. Full of examples and intriguing facts, Jennifer engages you with a fascinating tale of money and microcredit. Recommended. (Jeremy Renals, accountant, lecturer, and writer.) This is a superb and timely book. Thoroughly researched, Jennifer Kavanagh enlivens the insights from data with real-world examples of persons who are bridging the current abyss between "money and relationship," to create new forms of personal and social wealth. In a period of lingering economic crisis, when many people in developed countries are slipping out of the middle class and into poverty, Kavanaghs book provides remedies that are practical, tested, and most of all, empowering. Money works as an asset, not an end: more than a mere exchange of value, money at its core represents the mutual commitment to values that is the basis for trust. By recovering the moral core of economics, Kavanagh has unleashed that most subversive of revolutions in which society achieves the very transformation it originally intended.(John Dalla Costa, Founding Director, Centre for Ethical Orientation Author of The Ethical Imperative: Why Moral Leadership is Good Business)

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Book SynopsisThe notion of proximity is increasing in popularity in economic and geographic literature, and is now commonly used by scholars in regional science and spatial economics. Few academic works, however, have explored the link between regional development and proximity relations. This comprehensive book redresses the balance with its assessment of the role of, and obstacles caused by, proximity relations in regional development processes.The expert contributors illustrate that the value of integrating proximity into the regional development analysis framework is due its plasticity and ability to draw connections between spatial, economic and social dimensions. Possible changes for regional and territorial policies are also an outcome of this integration. These areas are addressed via four main paradigms: Proximity and regional development Spatial innovation processes Networks and proximity relations Place-based strategies and proximity relations. Students, academics, researchers and regional development practitioners with an interest in regional proximity will find this highly original book to be an illuminating read.Contributors: A. Bailly, P.A. Balland, H. Bathelt, R. Boschma, O. Bouba-Olga, R. Camagni, R. Capello, P. Cooke, T. Dogaru, M. Ferru, R.D. Fitjar, R. Gibson, M. Grossetti, P. Nijkamp, F. van Oort, A. Rodriguez-Pose, R.J. Stimson, M. Thissen, E. Tranos, A. Torre, F. Wallet, M. de VaanTrade Review'Proximity is a concept increasingly used in the international literature on clusters, knowledge transfers and innovation, as well as in the policies that support these processes. In Regional Development and Proximity Relations, André Torre and Frédéric Wallet have collected contributions from some of the world s leading regional scientists to highlight these topics. They have done a good job.' --Hans Westlund, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden'Over the past decades, proximity has become a leading paradigm in economic geography and beyond. This landmark book marks the latest developments in proximity research, bringing together the leading scholars in the field.' --Koen Frenken, Eindhoven University of Technology, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: The Role of Proximity Relations in Regional and Territorial Development Processes André Torre and Fred Wallet PART I: PROXIMITY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: MAIN DEBATES AND CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVES 1. Proximity and Endogenous Regional Development Robert J. Stimson 2. Proximity Relations at the Heart of Territorial Development Processes. From Clusters, Spatial Conflicts and Temporary Geographical Proximity to Territorial Governance André Torre 3. Relatedness and Transversality in Spatial Paradigms and Regimes Phil Cooke PART II: THE ROLE OF PROXIMITY IN SPATIAL INNOVATION PROCESSES 4. Proximity and Regional Innovation Process: Is There Space for New Reflections? Roberta Capello 5. When Local Interaction Does Not Suffice: Sources of Firm Innovation in Urban Norway Rune Dahl Fitjar and Andres Rodriguez-Pose 6. How I Met My Partner. Reconsidering Proximities Olivier Bouba-Olga, Michel Grossetti and Marie Ferru PART III: NETWORKS AND PROXIMITY RELATIONS 7. The Formation of Economic Networks: A Proximity Approach Ron Boschma, Pierre Alexandre Balland and Mathijs de Vaan 8. Digital Infrastructure and Physical Proximity Peter Nijkamp and Emmanouil Tranos 9. Proximity Relations and Global Knowledge Flows: Specialization and Diffusion Processes across Capitalist Varieties Rachael Gibson and Harald Bathelt PART IV: PLACE-BASED STRATEGIES AND PROXIMITY RELATIONS 10. The Regional Policy Debate: A Territorial, Place-based and Proximity Approach Roberto Camagni 11. Economic Development, Place-based Development Strategies and the Conceptualization of Proximity in European Urban Regions Teodora Dogaru, Frank van Oort and Mark Thissen PART V: CONCLUSIONS 12. A Challenging Book: Regional Development and Proximity Relations Antoine Bailly Index

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Book SynopsisNow that the Earth has reached the limits of its biophysical carrying capacity, we have to change technologies, social practices and social norms relating to material production and consumption to ensure that we do not further jeopardize the functioning of our planet's life support systems. Through research, education and civic engagement, universities have a pivotal role to play in this transition. This timely book explores how universities are establishing living laboratories for sustainable development, and examines the communication networks and knowledge infrastructures that underpin impact both on and beyond the campus.The expert contributors present case studies of living laboratories being built in leading universities across four continents. Their aim is to cultivate the transition to sustainable development by actively fostering social and technological change to improve use of natural resources and reduce pollution. They are designed to link research, education and practice and to integrate knowledge across disciplines to develop more socially robust approaches to improving sustainability. Directing attention to what enables and constrains learning in communities of multiple and very diverse stakeholders in such laboratories can contribute to a better general understanding of factors influencing the chance of success (or failure), and the institutional arrangements, norms and values that accompany it.Focussing on social learning processes to drive societal change for sustainable development, this fascinating book will prove an invaluable read for academics, researchers, students and policy makers in the fields of higher education, regional and urban studies, public policy and the environment, and development studies.Contributors: B. Baleti , T. Becker, T. Berkhout, A. Campbell, A. Cayuela, S. Chen, M. Dalbro, J. Evans, M. Hesse, J. Holmberg, M. Holme Samsøe, Y. Hua, J.-H. Kain, A. Kildahl, H. Komatsu, A. König, N. Kurata, S. Liao, U. Lundgren, B. Meehan, E. Omrcen, T. Ozasa, M. Polk, C. Powell, J. Robinson, H. Tan, T. UenoTrade Review'This book's case studies from North America, Europe and Asia highlight an enormous, but as yet untapped, potential for achieving social and technological change in cities worldwide. The authors show how university campuses around the world can be ''living laboratories'' to investigate and demonstrate the practicality of ''regenerative sustainability'', which looks beyond environmental damage control to a vision of urban development that actually improves environmental quality and human welfare. If these ideas catch on, they could literally change the world.' --Steve Rayner, Oxford University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: A Shared Exploration of ‘Living Laboratories’ for Sustainability Bernd Kasemir and Roland Stulz 1. Introduction: Experimenting for Sustainable Development? Living Laboratories, Social Learning and the Role of the University Ariane König and James Evans PART I: CAMPUS AS LIVING LABORATORY: ENGAGING COMMUNITIES IN EXPERIMENTATION 2. Next Generation Sustainability at The University of British Columbia: The University as Societal Test-bed for Sustainability John Robinson, Tom Berkhout, Alberto Cayuela and Ann Campbell 3. Sustainable Campus as a Living Laboratory for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: The Role of Design Thinking Processes Ying Hua 4. Campus Building Energy Management in Tongji University: An Approach to Achieve Energy Efficiency of Buildings for Sustainability Hongwei Tan and Shuqin Chen 5. Can an Environmental Management System be a Driving Force for Sustainability in Higher Education? A Case from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden Eddi Omrcen, Ullika Lundgren and Marianne Dalbro 6. Creating Change: Building an Environmentally Sustainable Campus Bart Meehan 7. Reconciling the Pursuit of Excellence with Sustainable Development at the University of Hong Kong Ann Kildahl and Sarah Liao 8. What Might a Sustainable University Look Like? Challenges and Opportunities in the Development of the University of Luxembourg and its New Campus Ariane König PART II: THE CHALLENGE FOR UNIVERSITIES TO FOSTER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE SCALES 9. Mistra Urban Futures: A Living Laboratory for Urban Transformations Merritt Polk, Jaan-Henrik Kain and John Holmberg 10. Leading by Example: Developing an Effective Energy Efficiency Program for a Campus and Community Christopher Powell 11. How Can Physical Campus Planning Support Universities in their Development and Ultimately Help Cities Change? Bojan Baletić and Mikala Holme Samsøe 12. Campus Planning for Promoting Quality of Life in the Community Naomichi Kurata, Takao Ozasa, Takeshi Ueno and Hisashi Komatsu 13. Building a Sustainable University from Scratch: Anticipating the Urban, Regional and Planning Dimension of the ‘Cité des Sciences Belval’ in Esch-sur-Alzette and Sanem, Luxembourg Tom Becker and Markus Hesse 14. Conclusion: A Cross-cultural Exploration of the Co-creation of Knowledge in Living Laboratories for Societal Transformation Across Four Continents Ariane König Annex A: ISCN/GULF Sustainable Campus Charter Index

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Book SynopsisEver since the Asia-Pacific transformed from an 'institutional desert' into one of the most networked areas in the world, questions of the region's future and the future of the global system have become closely intertwined. This volume explores the key issues of regional co-operation, economic and political integration, security relations and international affairs within and across the Asia-Pacific. The expert contributors shed critical light on how significant developments are impacting on the global system. In particular, they consider emerging forms of global governance, and how the Asia-Pacific as a region, individual countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and the US, and regional organizations and forums like APEC are shaping the world. Uniquely, the discussion is not limited to East Asia but also takes Latin America prominently into the equation. This timely book will prove to be a stimulating read for academics, students, researchers and policy makers with an interest in Asian studies, development and agriculture, economics, international studies. Contributors: R.P. Appelbaum, M. Chen, C.M. Dent, H. Dobson, J. Dosch, M. Falck Reyes, Q. Fang, D.S.G. Goodman, J. Henderson, Y. Hong, J.L. Leon-Manriquez, S.A. Oyen, C.H. Park, R. Parker, J. Ravenhill, J. Reilly, A. Santa-Cruz, C. YaoTrade ReviewDent and Dosch have put together a superb volume that explores new dimensions of the world events for the past five decades and take decrypting the processes of regionalism, global system, and world society to a new height. The contributors have enhanced our understanding of how regionalism has been changing, when a world society will be created, and why East Asia's centrality matters in this unfolding drama. Policymakers, academics, and mass media opinion makers will find the book useful, provocative, and refreshing. --Eul-Soo Pang, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The Asia-Pacific, Regionalism and the Global System: An Introduction Jörn Dosch and Christopher M. Dent PART II: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION: ASIA-PACIFIC AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES 2. Is Japanese Foreign Direct Investment Fostering Production Networks in Mexico? Melba Falck Reyes 3. Managing the Great Recession in South Korea and Mexico: Economic Institutions, Domestic Market and Regional Trade José Luis León-Manríquez 4. On Globalisation and Region-building: The Case of North America Arturo Santa-Cruz PART III: REGIONAL AND GLOBAL MULTILATERALISM 5. The Numbers Game in Asia-Pacific Cooperation John Ravenhill 6. The Principle of ‘Subsidiarity’ and Asian Unification Yao Chaocheng 7. Asia Shaping the Group of 20 or the Group of 20 Shaping Asia? Hugo Dobson 8. From G8 to G20: A Shift of the Dynamics of Global Economic Governance? Hong Yousheng and Fang Qing 9. Regional Answers to the Global Crisis? Asia-Pacific Multilateral Organisations and the Economic Downturn Jörn Dosch 10. Intra-regional Geopolitical Dynamics in Northeast Asia Cheol Hee Park PART IV: EAST ASIA AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT 11. China and the Changing Nature of Globalisation Jeffrey Henderson 12. China’s Developmental Experience: Lessons for the Asia-Pacific Minglu Chen and David S.G. Goodman 13. China’s Move to High-tech Innovation: Some Regional Policy Implications Richard P. Appelbaum and Rachel Parker 14. A Northeast Asian Model of ODA? Comparing Chinese, Japanese and Korean Official Development Assistance James Reilly PART V: SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVES 15. The Rise of an Empire: EXPO 2010 as a Symbol of the Ambiguity of Chinese Modernisation Simen Andersen Øyen 16. The Century Belongs to All of Us: East Asian Regionalism and World Society Christopher M. Dent Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection addresses human rights and development for researchers, policymakers and activists at a time of major challenges. ‘Critical issues’ in the title signifies both the urgency of the issues and the need for critical rethinking. After exploring the overarching issues of development and economic theory, gender, climate change and disability, the book focuses on issues of technology and trade, education and information, water and sanitation, and work, health, housing and food.The chapters then examine how to operationalize human rights in development through accountability, the right to development, indicators and the Sustainable Development Goals. The conclusion proposes international standards and social mobilization for human rights and sustainable development as normative and policy-oriented tools for addressing the climate emergency, the coronavirus pandemic, social inequality, racial injustice, and the rise of populist authoritarianism and for advancing social justice and the equal value of all human beings.This book is of interest to students of development and human rights studies, international relations, international law and contemporary social issues, as well as professionals working at government, intergovernmental and civil society organizations dealing with these issues.Table of ContentsContents: General introduction and overview to Critical Issues in Human Rights and Development 1 PART I THE INTERSECTING PARADIGMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT 1 Development theories, old and new and their implications for human rights 10 Balakrishnan Rajagopal 2 Economics and human rights perspectives on development: tensions and compatibilities 21 Stephen P. Marks and Ajay Mahal 3 Gender in development 46 Celestine Nyamu Musembi 4 Climate change, development and human rights 66 Stephen Humphreys 5 A human rights perspective on disability-inclusive development 86 Michael Ashley Stein and Janet E. Lord PART II CRITICAL SOCIAL ISSUES OF DEVELOPMENT FROM A HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE 6 Transfer of technology and access to scientific knowledge and applications 108 Calestous Juma 7 Education rights as part of rights-based development 130 David Archer 8 Water and sanitation 152 Sharmila L. Murthy 9 Health priorities for sustainable development 186 Lisa E. Sachs and Jeffrey D. Sachs 10 The human right to adequate housing and land: guaranteeing the dignity to dwell 213 Miloon Kothari 11 Food and nutrition 239 Deborah Hines 12 Right to information 261 Aruna Roy and Suchi Pande 13 Work and conditions of work 282 Gerald B. Rodgers PART III OPERATIONALIZING HUMAN RIGHTS IN DEVELOPMENT 14 Trade, development and human rights 301 Gillian Moon 15 Accountability and human rights 331 Varun Gauri 16 The past and future of the right to development 347 Stephen P. Marks and Rajeev Malhotra 17 Human rights indicators in development: definitions, relevance and current trends 368 Siobhán McInerney-Lankford and Hans-Otto Sano 18 Human rights and the 2030 development agenda 395 Paul Nelson 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 highly original and thought-provoking book examines the recent expansion of social protection in China, India, Brazil and South Africa - four countries experiencing rapid economic growth and social change.The authors explore the developments in each country, analyze the impact of government cash transfers and discuss key future trends. The study reveals that social protection has complemented economic growth and supported development efforts and has been fundamental to promoting equitable and sustainable societies.The book is essential reading for students of social policy, economics, development studies and public administration and will be an important resource for policymakers and administrators everywhere.Contributors: F. Bastagli, M.P. Gomes dos Santos, A. Hall, R. Kattumuri, J. Kruger, B. Li, J. Midgley, L.G. Mpedi, R. Mutatkar, K. Ngok, L. Patel, D. Piachaud, M. Singh, F.V. Soares, S. Soares, Y. ZhuTrade Review‘This book is essential reading for students of social policy, economics, development studies and public administration and will be a useful resource for policymakers and administrators who feel interested to improve social protection schemes.’ -- China Journal of Social Work‘Especially useful is the authors’ critique of the gaps discovered in their work and the proffered recommendations for further study. This proves invaluable for researchers who are interested in this ?eld of study. The book is ideal for anyone interested in social issues as well as social scientist and is highly recommended for social policy majors.’ -- Journal of Human Development and CapabilitiesTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 1. Introduction David Piachaud 2. Social Protection in Countries Experiencing Rapid Economic Growth: Goals and Functions James Midgley PART II: CHINA 3. The Transition of Social Protection in China Kinglun Ngok 4. Current Approaches to Social Protection in China Yapeng Zhu 5. Future Trajectories for China Bingqin Li PART III: INDIA 6. Historical Developments and Goals of Social Protection Policies in India Ruth Kattumuri and Manju Singh 7. Social Protection in India: Current Approaches and Issues Rohit Mutatkar 8. Future Prospects of Social Protection in India Rohit Mutatkar PART IV: BRAZIL 9. The Brazilian Social Protection System: History and Present Configuration Maria Paula Gomes dos Santos 10. The Efficiency and Effectiveness of Social Protection Against Poverty and Inequality in Brazil Sergei Soares 11. Political Dimensions of Social Protection in Brazil Anthony Hall 12. The Future of Social Protection in Brazil Francesca Bastagli and Fabio Veras Soares PART V: SOUTH AFRICA 13. Social Protection in South Africa: History, Goals and Strategies Leila Patel 14. Current Approaches to Social Protection in the Republic of South Africa Letlhokwa George Mpedi 15. Social Protection in South Africa – Recent Achievements and Future Prospects John Kruger PART VI: CONCLUSION 16. Conclusion: Experiences, Issues and Future Possibilities David Piachaud and James Midgley Index

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Book SynopsisIn this innovative book, Laura E. Huggins finds path breaking entrepreneurial solutions to difficult environmental challenges in some of the world's poorest areas.The approaches entrepreneurs are taking to these challenges involve establishing property rights and encouraging market exchange. From beehives to barbed wire, these tools are creating positive incentives and promoting both economic development and environmental improvements. The case studies are from the developing world and reveal where the biggest victories for less poverty and more conservation can be won. The pursuit begins by learning from local people solving local problems.Environmental Entrepreneurship encourages a broad audience to consider secure property rights and free markets as key ingredients to moving out of poverty and improving environmental quality at the same time. It will appeal to academics and students of environmental studies, environmental economics, environmental policy, as well as international development and business. Entrepreneurs and environmental groups such as The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, and The World Resources Institute will also find a wealth of invaluable information in this book.Contents: 1. Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places 2. Saving Wildlife in Kenya and Sub-Sahran Africa with Shawn Regan and Terry Anderson 3. Fencing Fisheries in Namibia and Beyond 4. Ecosystems at Your Service in South America 5. The Thirsty Dragon 6. Un-American Indian Reservations and Resource Management with Terry Anderson IndexTrade Review‘Presenting five case studies in developing countries and in the US, [the book] reveals how entrepreneurs are finding innovative solutions in order to improve local economies and environmental quality. Laura Huggins' book is well written and well researched, drawing on a significant variety of sources. This book will be valuable to scholars, students, policymakers, activists and citizens in general, and provides excellent insights for those involved in public policy, community development and economic development in the context of sustainability.’ -- Mariza Almeida, Science & Public Policy‘An impressive work of original scholarship (Laura E. Huggins is a Research Fellow at PERC and the Hoover Institutions at Stanford University), Environmental Entrepreneurship: Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places is deftly written and will prove of immense interest to both entrepreneurs and corporate executives, as well as environmentalists and conservationists. . . It is important and very strongly recommended for academic library reference collections.’ -- Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places 2. Saving Wildlife in Kenya and Sub-Sahran Africa with Shawn Regan and Terry Anderson 3. Fencing Fisheries in Namibia and Beyond 4. Ecosystems at Your Service in South America 5. The Thirsty Dragon 6. Un-American Indian Reservations and Resource Management with Terry Anderson Index

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Book SynopsisProfessor Taylor and Professor Manzur offer in this volume a selection of published articles by leading scholars which are representative of recent key developments in this area of study. With an initial look at earlier papers which lay the groundwork for more recent research, the collection investigates three broad areas, namely, monetary policy and exchange rates, monetary unification, and exchange rates and commodity prices. With an authoritative introduction by these two leading specialists in the field, the collection is an essential reference source for students, researchers and lecturers in international finance and for policymakers. Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Mark P. Taylor and Meher Manzur PART I GROUNDWORK 1. W.E.G. Salter (1959), ‘Internal and External Balance: The Role of Price and Expenditure Effects’ 2. T.W. Swan (1960), ‘Economic Control in a Dependent Economy’ 3. Robert A. Mundell (1961), ‘A Theory of Optimum Currency Areas’ 4. Benjamin J. Cohen (1963), ‘The Euro-Dollar, the Common Market, and Currency Unification’ 5. Kenneth Rogoff (2001), ‘Why Not a Global Currency?’ 6. John B. Taylor (2001), ‘The Rules of Exchange Rate in Monetary-Policy Rules’ 7. Charles Engel and Kenneth D. West (2005), ‘Exchange Rates and Fundamentals’ 8. James Lothian and Mark Taylor (2008), ‘Real Exchange Rates over the Past Two Centuries: How Important is the Harrod-Balassa-Samuelson Effect?’ PART II MONETARY POLICY AND EXCHANGE RATES 9. Michael B. Devereux and Charles Engel (2003), ‘Monetary Policy in the Open Economy Revisited: Price Setting and Exchange-Rate Flexibility’ 10. Jay C. Shambaugh (2004), ‘The Effect of Fixed Exchange Rates on Monetary Policy’ 11. Jordi Galí and Tommaso Monacelli (2005), ‘Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate Volatility in a Small Open Economy’ 12. Jean Imbs, Haroon Mumtaz, Morten O. Ravn and Hélène Rey (2005), ‘PPP Strikes Back: Aggregation and the Real Exchange Rate’ 13. Almuth Scholl and Harald Uhlig (2008), ‘New Evidence on the Puzzles: Results from Agnostic Identification on Monetary Policy and Exchange Rates’ 14. Nelson C. Mark (2009), ‘Changing Monetary Policy Rules, Learning and Real Exchange Rate Dynamics’ 15. Bianca De Paoli (2009), ‘Monetary Policy and Welfare in a Small Open Economy’ 16. Frédérique Bec, Mélika Ben Salem and Marine Carrasco (2010), ‘Detecting Mean Reversion in Real Exchange Rates from a Multiple Regime STAR Model’ 17. José Rodríguez-López (2011), ‘Prices and Exchange Rates: A Theory of Disconnect’ PART III CURRENCY UNIFICATION 18. Alberto Alesina and Robert J. Barro (2002), ‘Currency Unions’ 19. Jeffrey Frankel and Andrew Rose (2002), ‘An Estimate of the Effect of Common Currencies on Trade and Income’ 20. Pierpaolo Benigno (2004), ‘Optimal Monetary Policy in a Currency Area’ 21. David Fielding and Kalvinder Shields (2005), ‘Do Currency Unions Deliver More Economic Integration than Fixed Exchange Rates? Evidence from the Franc Zone and ECCU’ 22. Barry Eichengreen (2006), ‘The Parallel-Currency Approach to Asian Monetary Integration’ 23. John H. Rogers (2007), ‘Monetary Union, Price Level Convergence and Inflation: How Close is Europe to the USA?’ 24. George Selgin and David VanHoose (2007), ‘The Euro and World Inflation’ 25. Helge Berger and Volker Nitsch (2008), ‘Zooming Out: The Trade Effect of the Euro in Historical Perspective’ 26. Thomas D. Willett, Orawan Permpoon and Clas Wihlborg (2010), ‘Endogenous OCA Analysis and the Early Euro Experience’ 27. Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Federico Sturzenegger and Iliana Reggio (2010), ‘On the Endogeneity of Exchange Rate Regimes’ PART IV CURRENCY COMMODITIES AND COMMODITY CURRENCIES 28. Yu-chin Chen and Kenneth Rogoff (2003), ‘Commodity Currencies’ 29. Christian Broda (2004), ‘Terms of Trade and Exchange Rate Regimes in Developing Countries’ 30. Paul Cashin, Luis F. Céspedes and Ratna Sahay (2004), ‘Commodity Currencies and the Real Exchange Rate’ 31. Harry Bloch, A. Michael Dockery and David Sapsford (2006), ‘Commodity Prices and the Dynamics of Inflation in Commodity-Exporting Nations: Evidence from Australia and Canada’ 32. Kenneth W. Clements and Renée Fry (2008), ‘Commodity Currencies and Currency Commodities’ 33. Radhamés A. Lizardo and André V. Mollick (2010), ‘Oil Price Fluctuations and U.S. Dollar Exchange Rates’ 34. Ramazan Sari, Shawkat Hammoudeh and Ugur Soytas (2010), ‘Dynamics of Oil Price, Precious Metal Prices, and Exchange Rate’ 35. Yu-Chin Chen, Kenneth S. Rogoff and Barbara Rossi (2010), ‘Can Exchange Rates Forecast Commodity Prices?’ 36. David S. Jacks, Kevin H. O’Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson (2011), ‘Commodity Price Volatility and World Market Integration since 1700’

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Book SynopsisThis volume makes a valuable contribution to the dynamic and expanding field of scholarship on social policy in developing countries. In combining analytical frameworks used in comparative social policy analysis with an examination of key areas of policy and provision in selected countries, it will be a key resource for anyone interested in current debates in international social policy and welfare.'- Nicola Yeates, Open University, UKThere is increasing interest in the significance of social policy in the management of welfare and risk in the developing world.This volume provides a critical analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing social protection systems in the global South, and examines current strategies for addressing poverty and welfare needs in the region. In particular, the text explores the extent to which the analytic models and concepts for the study of social policy in the industrialised North are relevant in a developing country context. The volume analyzes the various institutions, actors, instruments and mechanisms involved in the welfare arrangements of developing countries and provides a study of the contexts, development and future trajectory of social policy in the global South.The book's comparative and interdisciplinary approach will be of interest to anyone involved in social policy research and analysis and current welfare debates.Contributors: B. Deacon, J. Doherty, P. Dornan, D. Lewis, A. McCord, D. McIntyre, C. Meth, A. Nicholls, S. Pellissery, C. Porter, R. Surender, M. Urbina-Ferretjans, A. Vetterlein, R. WalkerTrade Review‘This volume makes a valuable contribution to the dynamic and expanding field of scholarship on social policy in developing countries. In combining analytical frameworks used in comparative social policy analysis with an examination of key areas of policy and provision in selected countries, it will be a key resource for anyone interested in current debates in international social policy and welfare.’ -- Nicola Yeates, Open University, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I: CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS 1. Introduction Rebecca Surender 2. The Role of Historical Contexts in Shaping Social Policy in the Global South Rebecca Surender PART II: INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS 3. The Role of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Poverty Reduction: Limits of Policy Change Antje Vetterlein 4. Building the Welfare Mix or Sidelining the State? Non-Governmental Organizations in Developing Countries as Social Policy Actors David Lewis 5. The Informal Economy: Dilemmas and Policy Responses Sony Pellissery 6. Addressing the Failings of Public Health Systems: Should the Private Sector be an Instrument of Choice? Jane Doherty and Diane McIntyre PART III: INSTRUMENTS AND MECHANISMS 7. Social Security: Risks, Needs and Protection Robert Walker 8. The Implications of Conditionality in Social Assistance Programmes Paul Dornan and Catherine Porter 9. Work and Welfare in the Global South: Public Works Programmes as an Instrument of Social Policy Anna McCord and Charles Meth 10. The Social Entrepreneurship–Social Policy Nexus in Developing Countries Alex Nicholls PART IV: SCENARIOS AND TRAJECTORIES 11. Globalization and Social Policy in Developing Countries Bob Deacon 12. South–South Cooperation: A New Paradigm for Global Social Policy? Rebecca Surender and Marian Urbina-Ferretjans 13. Conclusion: Towards the Analysis of Social Policy in a Developing World Robert Walker Index

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Book SynopsisWith eighty percent of the world's population professing religious faith, religious belief is a common human characteristic. This fascinating and highly unique Handbook brings together state-of-the-art research on incorporating religion into development studies literature and research.The expert contributors illustrate that as religious identity is integral to a community's culture, exclusion of religious consideration will limit successful development interventions; it is therefore necessary to conflate religion and development to enhance efforts to improve the lives of the poor. Issues addressed include: key tenets, beliefs and histories of religions; religious response to development concerns (gender, environment, education, microfinance, humanitarian assistance); and the role of faith based organizations and missionaries in the wider development context. Practical case studies of countries across Africa, Eastern Europe and the Pacific (including Australia) underpin the research, providing evidence that the intersection between religion and development is neither new nor static. By way of conclusion, suggestions are prescribed for extensive further research in order to advance understanding of this nascent field.This path-breaking Handbook will prove a thought-provoking and stimulating reference tool for academics, researchers and students in international development, international relations, comparative religion and theology.Contributors: N.A. Alolo, J. Anderson, M. Bano, L. Bi, S. Bradbury, G. Buchanan, M. Clarke, J.A. Connell, B. De Cordier, S. Deneulin, I. Fanany, R. Fanany, X. Fang, S.T. Flanigan, F. Helmiere, G. Hoffstaedter, R. Ireland, M. Jennings, H. Marquette, J. Miller, C. Moe-Lobeda, Y. Narayanan, I. Nolte, L. Rae, J. Rees, P. Riddell, A.W. Sanford, M. Sharpe, C. Starkey, J. Sweet, D.S. Tatla, D. Tittensor, E. Tomalin, A. Ware, V.-A. Ware, J. Wills, A. YuminaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Understanding the Nexus between Religion and Development Matthew Clarke PART I: RELIGIOUS FAITH AND DEVELOPMENT 2. Islam as Aid and Development Peter Riddell 3. Buddhism and Development Emma Tomalin and Caroline Starkey 4. Christianity and International Development Séverine Deneulin 5. Judaism – A Cry for Justice Matthew Clarke 6. Hinduism and Development A. Whitney Sanford 7. Sikhism and Development: A Perfect Match? Darshan S. Tatla 8. Daoism and Development James Miller 9. Confucianism Xiangshu Fang and Lijun Bi 10. Indigenous Religions and Development: African Traditional Religion Namawu Alhassan Alolo and James Astley Connell 11. Name It and Claim It: Prosperity Gospel and the Global Pentecostal Reformation Matthew Sharpe PART II: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES/THEMES AND RELIGION 13. Gender, Religion and Development Emma Tomalin 14. Moral Power at the Religion–Development–Environment Nexus Cynthia Moe-Lobeda with Frederica Helmiere 15. Corruption, Religion and Moral Development Heather Marquette 16. Islamic Education: Historical Evolution and Attempts at Reform Masooda Bano 17. Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Development Shawn Teresa Flanigan 18. Religion in the Policy Domains of International Financial Institutions John Rees 19. A Sustainable Islamic Microfinance Model in Poverty Alleviation Aimatul Yumina 20. Religion and Post-Disaster Development Ismet Fanany and Rebecca Fanany 21. Religious Symbolism and the Politics of Urban Space Development Yamini Narayanan 22. Cultural Heritage and Development in South East Asia Jonathan Sweet and Jo Wills PART III: FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND MISSION 23. ‘Do Not Turn Away a Poor Man’: Faith-based Organizations and Development Michael Jennings 24. ‘Pan-Islamism’ as a Form of ‘Alter-globalism’? Hizb Ut-Tahrir and the Islamic Khilafah State Bruno De Cordier 25. Religion and Development: Prospects and Pitfalls of Faith-based Organizations Gerhard Hoffstaedter and David Tittensor 26. Mission, Missionaries and Development Steve Bradbury 27. Why Western-based, Pentecostal Mission Organizations Undertake Community Development in South East Asia Vicki-Ann Ware, Anthony Ware, Matthew Clarke and Grant Buchanan PART IV: CASE STUDIES 28. Religion, Development and Politics in Nigeria Insa Nolte 29. Religion and Development in Brazil, 1950–2010 Rowan Ireland 30. FBOs in Tanzania Michael Jennings 31. Partnership through Translation: A Donor’s Engagement with Religion Jane Anderson 32. The (In)visible Hand of Muhajirat. A Field Observation on Labour Migration, Social Change and Religion in the Vakhsh Valley, Tajikistan Bruno De Cordier 33. Where Shadows Fall Patchwork: Religion, Violence and Human Security in Afghanistan James Astley Connell 34. Australian Development FBOs and NGOs Lindsay Rae and Matthew Clarke Index

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Book SynopsisThe economies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have always been characterized by economic volatility and social disparities. The recent Arab Spring wave of protests has increased political uncertainty and instability in the region, and this timely book provides an in-depth analysis of the subsequent changes from economic, political and environmental perspectives.The international contributors provide a comprehensive overview of the situation in the Mediterranean Basin, addressing a wide range of contributing factors including:- productivity and innovation- trade and foreign investment- changing geo-political equilibria- labor markets and the role of women- the environment, climate change and energy sourcing.The book concludes that the key problems shared by MENA countries are the uncertain economic prospects coupled with high levels of unemployment - a combination that, through different channels, limits technological and innovative capacities.This book will prove an enlightening read for scholars, researchers and students in various academic fields including development economics, development studies, political economy, international politics and Islamic studies.Contributors: S. Alessandrini, C. Altomonte, A.H. Bayar, M.G. Bosco, S. Contessi, F. de Nicola, A. Farshbaf, M. Ferrara, L. Li, R. Mavilia, M. Nicolini, J.B. Nugent, S. Porcheri, V. Talbot, H. YoussefTable of ContentsContents: MENA Countries: Economic and Political Perspectives in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring: An Introduction Carlo Altomonte and Massimiliano Ferrara 1. Gulf Monarchies’ Role in the New MENA Region Valeria Talbot 2. Does MENA Trade Too Little, both within the Region and with Other Regions? If so, Why, and if not Why Not? Arian Farshbaf and Jeffrey B. Nugent 3. Employment Creation through inward FDI in the EMFTA and Employment Linkages Within Sectors Sergio Alessandrini 4. International Trade, Female Labor and Entrepreneurship in MENA Countries Silvio Contessi, Francesca di Nicola and Li Li 5. Climate Change Challenges and Policies for the MENA Countries Ali H. Bayar and Hoda Youssef 6. The Energy Sector in Mediterranean and MENA Countries Marcella Nicolini and Simona Porcheri 7. Innovation Performance of MENA Countries. Where do we Stand? Maria G. Bosco and Roberto Mavilia

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Book SynopsisUsing original research to address cutting-edge topics, this Handbook explores the rapidly evolving and increasingly multifaceted relations between China and developing countries.Innovative, data-rich analysis by leading experts from around the world critically assesses such timely issues as the 'China model', Beijing's role in international development assistance, World Bank governance, Chinese peacekeeping and South-South relations, and developing countries and the internationalization of China's currency. China's engagement with individual countries and regions throughout the developing world is examined, including Chinese private sector investment in Africa.This unique and comprehensive study is an essential reference for scholars and policy experts alike, with a breadth and depth of coverage that will inform and guide analysis for academics, practitioners and postgraduates.Contributors: L. Austin, A. Bodomo, D. Bräutigam, D.J. Bulman, C. Cheng, G. Chin, C.P. Freeman, M. Gurtov, S. Ho, G.L. Le Pere, B. Mariani, H. Mo, G. Paz, R. Roett, S. Shen, X. Shen, Y. Sun, N.L.P. Swanström, X Tu, M. Turzi, T. Wesley-Smith, Y. Xu, J. Zhang, Q. Zhang, S. ZhaoTrade Review'China's rise transforms its interactions with other developing countries in multiple ways. This volume offers a valuable introduction to this transformation from diverse perspectives.' --Justin Yifu Lin, Peking University, China'China will inevitably become the number one power in the world. In purchasing power parity terms, its economy is already number one. Increasingly, more and more developing countries are hitching their wagons to China's economic locomotive. Hence, this volume addresses a key dimension of our new global order. It could not be more timely or more relevant for both academics and policymakers.' --Kishore Mahbubani, National University of Singapore and author, The Great Convergence: Asia, the West and the Logic of One World'China's emergence as an economic and trading superpower is one of the dominant stories of our time, and its ties with other developing countries are an underappreciated part of this story. In 2011 China was the main trading partner of 124 different countries, most of which are developing. This handbook fills an essential gap in the literature on China's rise, examining China's relations with different regions and how these are reshaping global institutions from UN peace-keeping to IMF fire-fighting. This is an essential resource for the study of China and the global order.' --David Dollar, China Center, Brookings InstitutionTable of ContentsContents: Foreward Deborah Bräutigam 1. Introduction Carla P. Freeman PART I FRAMING CHINA’S RELATIONS WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 2. The China Model: An Authoritarian State-led Modernization Suisheng Zhao 3. China’s Relations with Developing Countries: Patterns, Principles, Characteristics, and Future Challenges Qingmin Zhang 4. China’s Third World Odyssey: Changing Priorities, Continuities, and Many Contradictions Mel Gurtov PART II CHINA’S IDENTITY AND THE DEVELOPING WORLD 5. China’s Developing Country Identity—Challenges and Future Prospects Xinquan Tu and Huiping Mo 6. Another Angle on a New Intimacy: How the Chinese Perceive Africa and Latin America Simon Shen 7. African Traders in Guangzhou: A Bridge Community for Africa-China Relations Adams Bodomo PART III CHINA, THE DEVELOPING WORLD AND THE CHANGING INTERNATIONAL ORDER 8. The World Bank and China: The Long Decade of Realignment Gregory Chin 9. Official Development Finance with Chinese Characteristics: Development Cooperation between China and Africa Cheng Cheng 10. Expanded Privilege, Adjusted Risks: Developing Countries and Renminbi Internationalization David Janoff Bulman 11. China’s Role in UN Peacekeeping Operations Bernardo Mariani 12. Globalizing Grain: How China is Reshaping Global Agriculture Mariano Turzi 13. China’s Oil Industry: Investment in Developing Countries Jin Zhang 14. China as an Environmental Actor in the Developing World – China’s Role in Global Deforestation in Developing Countries Carla P. Freeman and Yiqian Xu PART IV CHINA’S RELATIONS WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND REGIONS 15. The China-Africa Connection: An Ambiguous Legacy? Garth L. Le Pere 16. Searching for Data: Increasing Understanding of China’s Investment in Africa Xiaofang Shen 17. China’s Deepening Middle East Relations Leila Austin 18. China and Greater Central Asia Niklas L.P. Swanstrom 19. Seeing the Forest for the Trees: China’s Shifting Perceptions of India Selina Ho 20. China and the Development of Myanmar Yun Sun 21. China in the Pacific Islands: Impacts and Implications Terence Wesley-Smith 22. China’s Expanding Ties with Latin America Riodan Roett and Guadalupe Paz Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development explores the theories and approaches which, over a prolonged period of time, have existed as viable alternatives to today?s mainstream and neo-classical tenets. With a total of 40 specially commissioned chapters, written by the foremost authorities in their respective fields, this volume represents a landmark in the field of economic development. It elucidates the richness of the alternative and sometimes misunderstood ideas which, in different historical contexts, have proved to be vital to the improvement of the human condition. The subject matter is approached from several complementary perspectives. From a historical angle, the Handbook charts the mercantilist and cameralist theories that emerged from the Renaissance and developed further during the Enlightenment. From a geographical angle, it includes chapters on African, Chinese, Indian, and Muslim approaches to economic development. Different schools are also explored and discussed including nineteenth century US development theory, Marxist, Schumpeterian, Latin American structuralism, regulation theory and world systems theories of development. In addition, the Handbook has chapters on important events and institutions including The League of Nations, The Havana Charter, and UNCTAD, as well as on particularly influential development economists. Contemporary topics such as the role of finance, feminism, the agrarian issue, and ecology and the environment are also covered in depth. This comprehensive Handbook offers an unrivalled review and analysis of alternative and heterodox theories of economic development. It should be read by all serious scholars, teachers and students of development studies, and indeed anyone interested in alternatives to development orthodoxy.Contributors: M. Alacevich, R. Arocena, J.G. Backhaus, E.B. Barbier, R. Bielschowsky, C.N. Biltoft, R. Boyer, L. Burlamaqui, C.P. Chandrasekhar, M. Cimoli, A.M. Daastøl, G. Derluguian, W. Drechsler, S. Endresen, M.S. Erkek, M.S. Floro, J. Ghosh, J.-C. Graz, J.P. Hochard, I. Ianos, P. Jha, A. Kadri, R. Kattel, J.A. Kregel, B.-Å. Lundvall, A.C. Macedo e Silva, J.A. Mathews, L. Mjøset, S. Moyo, R.R. Nelson, G. Omkarnath, E. Özveren, J.G. Palma, P. Patnaik, G. Porcile, E.S. Reinert, S.A. Reinert, P.R. Rössner, A. Saltelli, M. Shafaeddin, A. Singh, I.G. Shivji, J. Sutz, Y. Tandon, E. Thurbon, F. Tregenna, H.S. Ünal, L. Weiss, T. Xu, P. Yeros, X. ZhaoTrade Review'This collection provides some useful insights into the reality of development processes for practitioners in local development.' --Local EconomyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Erik S. Reinert, Rainer Kattel and Jayati Ghosh PART I DEVELOPMENT THINKING ACROSS HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY 1. Giovanni Botero (1588) and Antonio Serra (1613): Italy and The Birth of Development Economics Erik S. Reinert 2. Economic Emulation and the Politics of International Trade in Early Modern Europe Sophus A. Reinert 3. Cameralism and the German Tradition of Development Economics Erik S. Reinert and Philipp R. Rössner 4. Friedrich List: The International Dynamics of Mindpower Arno Mong Daastøl 5. Kathedersozialismus and the German Historical School Wolfgang Drechsler 6. Chinese Development Thinking Ting Xu 7. The Economic Cycle of Imperial China and Its Development Xuan Zhao 8. Islam and Capitalism: Military Routs, not Formal Institutions Ali Kadri 9. Unity and Diversity in the Ottoman School of National Economy: A Reappraisal of Ziya Gökalp and Ethem Nejat Eyüp Özveren, Mehmet Salih Erkek and Hüseyin Safa Ünal 10. Indian Development Thinking Goddanti Omkarnath 11. Latin American Structuralism: The Co-Evolution of Technology, Structural Change and Economic Growth Mario Cimoli and Gabriel Porcile 12. Revisiting the Debate on National Autonomous Development in Africa Issa G. Shivji 13. Development as the Struggle for Liberation from Hegemonic Structures of Domination and Control Yash Tandon 14. The League of Nations and Alternative Economic Perspectives Carolyn N. Biltoft 15. The Havana Charter: When State and Market Shake Hands Jean-Christophe Graz 16. The UNCTAD System of Political Economy Ricardo Bielschowsky and Antonio Carlos Macedo e Silva PART II APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENT 17. Marxist Theory and the “Underdeveloped Economies” Prabhat Patnaik 18. Economic Development as an Evolutionary Process Richard B. Nelson 19. Classical Development Economists of the Midtwentieth Century Rainer Kattel, Jan A. Kregel and Erik S. Reinert 20. Development and Régulation Theory Robert Boyer 21. The “Dependency School” and its Aftermath: Why Latin America’s Critical Thinking Switched from One Type of Absolute Certainties to Another José Gabriel Palma 22. Feminist Approaches to Development Maria Sangrario Floro 23. Reading Freeman when Ladders for Development are Gone Rodrigo Arocena and Judith Sutz 24. Albert O. Hirschman Michele Alacevich 25. Michal Kalecki Jayati Ghosh PART III ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT 26. The Agrarian Question and Trajectories of Economic Transformation: A Perspective from the South Sam Moyo, Praveen Jha and Paris Yeros 27. The Effective Demand Approach to Economic Development Jan A. Kregel 28. Development Planning C.P. Chandrasekhar 29. The Nordic Route to Development Lars Mjøset 30. Competitiveness and Development: A Schumpeterian Approach Mehdi Shafaeddin 31. Innovation Systems and Development: History, Theory and Challenges Bengt-Åke Lundvall 32. Latecomer Industrialisation John A. Mathews 33. The Developmental State in the Late Twentieth Century Elizabeth Thurbon and Linda Weiss 34. Development, Ecology and the Environment Edward B. Barbier and Jacob P. Hochard 35. Competition, Competition Policy, Competitiveness, Globalisation and Development Ajit Singh 36. Knowledge Governance: Intellectual Property Management for Development and the Public Interest Leonardo Burlamaqui 37. Legal Structures and Economic Development: Towards an Ideal Economic Analysis of a Legal Problem Jürgen G. Backhaus 38. Deindustrialisation and Premature Deindustrialisation Fiona Tregenna 39. The Post-Soviet Industrial Extinctions and the Rise of Jihadi Terrorism in the North Caucasus Georgi Derluguian 40. Epilogue: The Future of Economic Development between Utopias and Dystopias Erik S. Reinert, Sylvi Endresen, Ioan Ianos and Andrea Saltelli Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development explores the theories and approaches which, over a prolonged period of time, have existed as viable alternatives to today?s mainstream and neo-classical tenets. With a total of 40 specially commissioned chapters, written by the foremost authorities in their respective fields, this volume represents a landmark in the field of economic development. It elucidates the richness of the alternative and sometimes misunderstood ideas which, in different historical contexts, have proved to be vital to the improvement of the human condition. The subject matter is approached from several complementary perspectives. From a historical angle, the Handbook charts the mercantilist and cameralist theories that emerged from the Renaissance and developed further during the Enlightenment. From a geographical angle, it includes chapters on African, Chinese, Indian, and Muslim approaches to economic development. Different schools are also explored and discussed including nineteenth century US development theory, Marxist, Schumpeterian, Latin American structuralism, regulation theory and world systems theories of development. In addition, the Handbook has chapters on important events and institutions including The League of Nations, The Havana Charter, and UNCTAD, as well as on particularly influential development economists. Contemporary topics such as the role of finance, feminism, the agrarian issue, and ecology and the environment are also covered in depth. This comprehensive Handbook offers an unrivalled review and analysis of alternative and heterodox theories of economic development. It should be read by all serious scholars, teachers and students of development studies, and indeed anyone interested in alternatives to development orthodoxy.Contributors: M. Alacevich, R. Arocena, J.G. Backhaus, E.B. Barbier, R. Bielschowsky, C.N. Biltoft, R. Boyer, L. Burlamaqui, C.P. Chandrasekhar, M. Cimoli, A.M. Daastøl, G. Derluguian, W. Drechsler, S. Endresen, M.S. Erkek, M.S. Floro, J. Ghosh, J.-C. Graz, J.P. Hochard, I. Ianos, P. Jha, A. Kadri, R. Kattel, J.A. Kregel, B.-Å. Lundvall, A.C. Macedo e Silva, J.A. Mathews, L. Mjøset, S. Moyo, R.R. Nelson, G. Omkarnath, E. Özveren, J.G. Palma, P. Patnaik, G. Porcile, E.S. Reinert, S.A. Reinert, P.R. Rössner, A. Saltelli, M. Shafaeddin, A. Singh, I.G. Shivji, J. Sutz, Y. Tandon, E. Thurbon, F. Tregenna, H.S. Ünal, L. Weiss, T. Xu, P. Yeros, X. ZhaoTrade Review'This collection provides some useful insights into the reality of development processes for practitioners in local development.' --Local EconomyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Erik S. Reinert, Rainer Kattel and Jayati Ghosh PART I DEVELOPMENT THINKING ACROSS HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY 1. Giovanni Botero (1588) and Antonio Serra (1613): Italy and The Birth of Development Economics Erik S. Reinert 2. Economic Emulation and the Politics of International Trade in Early Modern Europe Sophus A. Reinert 3. Cameralism and the German Tradition of Development Economics Erik S. Reinert and Philipp R. Rössner 4. Friedrich List: The International Dynamics of Mindpower Arno Mong Daastøl 5. Kathedersozialismus and the German Historical School Wolfgang Drechsler 6. Chinese Development Thinking Ting Xu 7. The Economic Cycle of Imperial China and Its Development Xuan Zhao 8. Islam and Capitalism: Military Routs, not Formal Institutions Ali Kadri 9. Unity and Diversity in the Ottoman School of National Economy: A Reappraisal of Ziya Gökalp and Ethem Nejat Eyüp Özveren, Mehmet Salih Erkek and Hüseyin Safa Ünal 10. Indian Development Thinking Goddanti Omkarnath 11. Latin American Structuralism: The Co-Evolution of Technology, Structural Change and Economic Growth Mario Cimoli and Gabriel Porcile 12. Revisiting the Debate on National Autonomous Development in Africa Issa G. Shivji 13. Development as the Struggle for Liberation from Hegemonic Structures of Domination and Control Yash Tandon 14. The League of Nations and Alternative Economic Perspectives Carolyn N. Biltoft 15. The Havana Charter: When State and Market Shake Hands Jean-Christophe Graz 16. The UNCTAD System of Political Economy Ricardo Bielschowsky and Antonio Carlos Macedo e Silva PART II APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENT 17. Marxist Theory and the “Underdeveloped Economies” Prabhat Patnaik 18. Economic Development as an Evolutionary Process Richard B. Nelson 19. Classical Development Economists of the Midtwentieth Century Rainer Kattel, Jan A. Kregel and Erik S. Reinert 20. Development and Régulation Theory Robert Boyer 21. The “Dependency School” and its Aftermath: Why Latin America’s Critical Thinking Switched from One Type of Absolute Certainties to Another José Gabriel Palma 22. Feminist Approaches to Development Maria Sangrario Floro 23. Reading Freeman when Ladders for Development are Gone Rodrigo Arocena and Judith Sutz 24. Albert O. Hirschman Michele Alacevich 25. Michal Kalecki Jayati Ghosh PART III ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT 26. The Agrarian Question and Trajectories of Economic Transformation: A Perspective from the South Sam Moyo, Praveen Jha and Paris Yeros 27. The Effective Demand Approach to Economic Development Jan A. Kregel 28. Development Planning C.P. Chandrasekhar 29. The Nordic Route to Development Lars Mjøset 30. Competitiveness and Development: A Schumpeterian Approach Mehdi Shafaeddin 31. Innovation Systems and Development: History, Theory and Challenges Bengt-Åke Lundvall 32. Latecomer Industrialisation John A. Mathews 33. The Developmental State in the Late Twentieth Century Elizabeth Thurbon and Linda Weiss 34. Development, Ecology and the Environment Edward B. Barbier and Jacob P. Hochard 35. Competition, Competition Policy, Competitiveness, Globalisation and Development Ajit Singh 36. Knowledge Governance: Intellectual Property Management for Development and the Public Interest Leonardo Burlamaqui 37. Legal Structures and Economic Development: Towards an Ideal Economic Analysis of a Legal Problem Jürgen G. Backhaus 38. Deindustrialisation and Premature Deindustrialisation Fiona Tregenna 39. The Post-Soviet Industrial Extinctions and the Rise of Jihadi Terrorism in the North Caucasus Georgi Derluguian 40. Epilogue: The Future of Economic Development between Utopias and Dystopias Erik S. Reinert, Sylvi Endresen, Ioan Ianos and Andrea Saltelli Index

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Book Synopsis'Once in a while a book is published which offers an empirically and theoretically informed analysis of an under-studied topic which helps to carve out a new field of enquiry. Such is the case with Dr Sarah Bradshaw's breathtakingly detailed, richly first-hand informed, and incisive, account of the frequently paradoxical co-option of women into the analysis and practice of ''disaster'' in developing economies. Bradshaw's eminently comprehensive, well-substantiated, perceptive and sensitive treatment of the ''A to Z'' of gender and 'disaster' in developing country contexts constitutes a 21st century volume which will be a definitive benchmark for scholars, policymakers, practitioners, and feminist activists at a world scale.'- Sylvia Chant, London School of Economics, UKThe need to 'disaster proof' development is increasingly recognized by development agencies, as is the need to engender both development and disaster response. This unique book explores what these processes mean for development and disasters in practice.Sarah Bradshaw critically examines key notions, such as gender, vulnerability, risk, and humanitarianism, underpinning development and disaster discourse. Case studies are used to demonstrate how disasters are experienced individually and collectively as gendered events. Through consideration of processes to engender development, it problematizes women's inclusion in disaster response and reconstruction. The study highlights that while women are now central to both disaster response and development, tackling gender inequality is not. By critically reflecting on gendered disaster response and the gendered impact of disasters on processes of development, it exposes some important lessons for future policy.This timely book examines international development and disaster policy which will prove invaluable to gender and disaster academics, students and practitioners.Contents:Introduction 1. What is a Disaster? 2. What is Development? 3. Gender, Development and Disasters 4. Internal and International Response to Disaster 5. Humanitarianism and Humanitarian Relief 6. Reconstruction or Transformation? 7. Case Studies of Secondary Disasters 8. Political Mobilisation for Change 9. Disaster Risk Reduction Conclusion: Drawing the Links: Gender, Disasters and Development Bibliography IndexTrade ReviewGender, Development and Disasters is a valuable and essential call for all parties to be attuned to the enormous complexities involved in incorporating gender into a disaster response... This book implores us to be gender reflective at every level. For those of us working in disaster response, we need to learn from development's positive and negative practices regarding gender, rather than simply lifting gender debates out of development and inserting them into a disaster context - if nothing else, it assumes that gender in development is working. It is a difficult but vital truth: we still aren't getting gender right. This book offers a real chance for us to reflect, and to change.' --Beth Evans, Gender & Development'Disaster research owes a lot to development studies and yet the debt is often not acknowledged. In this scholarly but accessible book by Sarah Bradshaw, we see a very effective linking of gender, disaster and development that will be of value to academics and practitioners working in and across all these domains.' --Maureen Fordham, University of Northumbria, UK'Bringing gender into the foreground in both development and disaster discourse, the author challenges received wisdom and offers cautionary notes about reinforcing inequalities through feminized disaster interventions. The book is an outstanding platform for fundamental change in how we think about and act toward gender in disaster contexts, leaving readers cautiously optimistic. This is one for the top shelf - a book we have been waiting for and must put to use.' --Elaine Enarson, founder, Gender and Disaster Resilience AllianceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. What is a Disaster? 2. What is Development? 3. Gender, Development and Disasters 4. Internal and International Response to Disaster 5. Humanitarianism and Humanitarian Relief 6. Reconstruction or Transformation? 7. Case Studies of Secondary Disasters 8. Political Mobilisation for Change 9. Disaster Risk Reduction Conclusion: Drawing the Links: Gender, Disasters and Development Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe editors of this volume bring together an impressive cast of scholars on the critical relationship of democracy and governance in sustainable development. It offers an outstanding and timely contribution to the literatures in sustainability, political science, and comparative environmental politics.'- Daniel J. Fiorino, American University, US'This very timely and important collection draws together some of the world's leading thinkers on environment and development to debate one of the most important issues of our time: sustainable development. They very usefully remind us all that in order to be politically sustainable, the sustainability transition will have to find a way to maximise policy synergies in a democratically legitimate manner.'- Andy Jordan, University of East Anglia, UKThis insightful book deals with governance of the environment and sustainable development. The contributors explore the difficulties developed countries are experiencing in coming to terms with environmental limits and the resultant challenges to the democratic polity. They engage with different dimensions of the governance challenge including norms, public attitudes, citizen engagement, political conflict, policy design, and implementation, and with a range of environmental problems such as climate change, biodiversity/nature protection, and water management. The book concludes with an essay by William Lafferty that explores the flawed character of the contemporary democratic polity and offers his reflections on possible pathways to reform.This book will interest researchers, academics, and graduate students in environmental politics and public policy. It is ideal for use as supplementary reading in a wide range of university courses, while NGOs and policy-makers will also find it of considerable value.Contributors: C. Aall, S. Baker, E. Bomberg, H.T.A. Bressers, P.-O. Busch, F.H.J.M. Coenen, K. Eckerberg, H. Jörgens, W.M. Lafferty, O. Langhelle, L.J. Lundqvist, J. Meadowcroft, G. Mullally, M. Narodoslawsky, A. Ruud, M.A. SchreursTrade Review‘The editors of this volume bring together an impressive cast of scholars on the critical relationship of democracy and governance in sustainable development. It offers an outstanding and timely contribution to the literatures in sustainability, political science, and comparative environmental politics.’ -- Daniel J. Fiorino, American University, US‘This very timely and important collection draws together some of the world’s leading thinkers on environment and development to debate one of the most important issues of our time: sustainable development. They very usefully remind us all that in order to be politically sustainable, the sustainability transition will have to find a way to maximise policy synergies in a democratically legitimate manner.’ -- Andy Jordan, University of East Anglia, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Governance, Democracy and Sustainable Development: Moving Beyond the Impasse James Meadowcroft, Oluf Langhelle and Audun Ruud 2. A Changing Energy Resource Base and the Re-invention of the Region Michael Narodoslawsky 3. Trends, Drivers and Dilemmas in the Transition Towards Sustainable Water Management Frans H.J.M. Coenen and Hans T.A. Bressers 4. Local Participation and Learning in Nature Protection: A Swedish Success Story Katarina Eckerberg 5. Early Experiences of Local Climate Change Adaptation in Norwegian Society Carlo Aall 6. ‘Think Globally, Act Locally!’ But What on Earth Can Local Governments Do About Global Climate Change? Lennart J. Lundqvist 7. Moving Beyond the Impasse: Climate Change Activism in the US and the EU Elizabeth Bomberg 8. Governance and Participation for Sustainable Development in Ireland: ‘Not So Different After All?’ Gerard Mullally 9. Measuring What? National Interpretations of Sustainable Development – The Case of Norway Oluf Langhelle and Audun Ruud 10. Breaking the Impasse on Global Environmental Protection Miranda A. Schreurs 11. Governance by Diffusion: Exploring a New Mechanism of International Policy Coordination Per-Olof Busch and Helge Jörgens 12. Climate Change, the Common Good and the Promotion of Sustainable Development Susan Baker 13. Pushing the Boundaries: Governance for Sustainable Development and a Politics of Limits James Meadowcroft 14. Governance for Sustainable Development: The Impasse of Dysfunctional Democracy William M. Lafferty Index

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Book SynopsisThis is a unique book written by one of the leading scholars in the field. It uses detailed case studies to analyze the successes, failures and challenges of renewable energy initiatives in developing and emerging countries.Incorporating the insights and perspectives of researchers who come from the respective countries covered, the study compares some of the most exciting success stories, including: China's meteoric rise from near zero use of renewable energy to being the world leader in solar thermal, solar photovoltaic and wind energy; Brazil's success in becoming the world s top ethanol producer and exporter; and India's pioneering use of a hedge plant to produce biodiesel and its use of animal and human wastes for rural electrification. The book also describes Indonesia s disastrous palm oil program which cut down its forests and excavated its peat bogs. It concludes that good leadership is the largest factor in success, but that it is also critical to include public participation, training, transparency, environmental consideration, fair labor practices, protection against exploitation and enforcement.This book is designed to be helpful to other countries seeking to initiate renewable energy programs. It will appeal to local administrators and policymakers, field personnel from UN agencies and NGOs, and renewable energy funders, as well as to academic researchers.Contents: Preface Introduction 1. Case Studies of Renewable Energy in China with Chen Yitong, Long Xue and Zheyuan Liu 2. Nuclear Power in China: Successes and Challenges with Jingru Feng 3. Renewable Energy in the Philippines with Alvin K. Leong 4. Case Study of the Implementation of the Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Pilot Plant in Aïn Beni Mathar, Morocco with Alexis Thuau 5. Case Study of Biofuels in India with Sayan S. Das 6. Case Study of Renewable Energy in Brazil with Douglas S. Figueiredo and Lia Helena M.L. Demange 7. Case Study of Indonesia's Palm Oil-based Biodiesel Program with Christopher J. Riti 8. Case Study of Renewable Energy in Pakistan with Shakeel Kazmi 9. Conclusion IndexTrade ReviewHalf the world's new electric generating capacity added each year from 2008 onwards has been renewable, mainly now in developing countries. So is the quarter-trillion dollars a year of private investment in modern renewable energy. Organizations like REN21 and Bloomberg New Energy Finance track exciting and accelerating recent progress. But to understand how these renewable energy efforts in major developing countries have been structured and are evolving requires a guidebook with a legal and institutional perspective. Energy veteran Richard Ottinger and his Pace Law School graduate students from many key countries have now provided that guide - clearly written, well-organized, and a great public service. --Amory B. Lovins, Rocky Mountain InstituteRichard Ottinger, a pioneer in the development of national policy to promote renewable energy in the US, and his Pace Law School research assistants have created a unique piece of work on the legal and policy issues behind the global growth of renewable energy. Their book is indispensable as a text for law professors and students and as the definitive reference for lawyers and policymakers about developing and emerging country policies driving renewable energy use around the world. The fact that most of the research assistants are natives of the countries on which they researched and wrote their respective chapters gives the book uniquely credible insights into the legal and policy challenges faced by these countries, providing valuable lessons for others wanting to build renewable energy capacity in their own countries. --Robert Noun, Former Executive Director of Public Affairs, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Adjunct Professor, University of Denver, Sturm College of LawThis book is unique in the literature on renewable energy law and policy. Firstly, it focuses on developing countries which means it fills the gap in international literature currently lacking on law and policy on renewable energy in developing countries. Secondly, it applies a basic uniform analysis method to each of the case studies. This makes the results of the case studies considerably comparable. Finally, based on the introduction to the related laws, policies and projects of the target countries, the author summarizes their experience and lessons. It is these summaries that reflect the purpose and value of this book. --Wang Xi, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. Case Studies of Renewable Energy in China with Chen Yitong, Long Xue and Zheyuan Liu 2. Nuclear Power in China: Successes and Challenges with Jingru Feng 3. Renewable Energy in the Philippines with Alvin K. Leong 4. Case Study of the Implementation of the Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Pilot Plant in Aïn Beni Mathar, Morocco with Alexis Thuau 5. Case Study of Biofuels in India with Sayan S. Das 6. Case Study of Renewable Energy in Brazil with Douglas S. Figueiredo and Lia Helena M.L. Demange 7. Case Study of Indonesia’s Palm Oil-based Biodiesel Program with Christopher J. Riti 8. Case Study of Renewable Energy in Pakistan with Shakeel Kazmi 9. 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Book SynopsisThis is an original and ambitious book that seeks to re-theorise regulation in ways that place embedded social bonds and socio-economic sustainability at the heart of regulatory principle. Findlay and Lim range across a wide landscape of economic history, cultural anthropology and political theory perspectives, weaving them into a unique perspective on regulation that challenges the underlying assumptions of much of the existing literature. Their critical focus on the centrality of private property rights in regulatory theory is a welcome move in this stimulating book that deserves to provoke debate.'- Bronwen Morgan, UNSW, Australia'Mark Findlay and Lim Si Wei explore how economics and governance are socially embedded through deft moves from one part of the globe to another. How can there be regulation that is unresponsive to culturally distinctive East Asian principles of 'face'? How can integrity survive in migrant labour contracts? This is a searing engagement with challenges of inequality in contemporary capitalism that can only be confronted by a principled embedded regulation. The limits of Western models of the national regulator are evocatively exposed with a distinctive theoretical sophistication.'- John Braithwaite, Australian National UniversityThis ambitious book takes up the grand challenge to design regulatory thinking for a global future beyond wealth and growth, and towards social sustainability. Assuming a 'South World' perspective on market regulation and social sustainability, the authors present the options and possibilities for radically repositioning regulatory principle.The analysis of intersections between the market economies of the South and North reconsiders fundamental regulatory relationships and outcomes motivated by sustainability rather than individual wealth creation and economic growth models. The book aims to return economy to society at a critical global juncture, demanding new and creative regulatory intervention outside the regulatory state model. Along with new perspectives on regulation, the analysis offers a better understanding of the problematic future of global regulation by revealing the different reasons for fragmentation within and between very different regulatory spaces.Students of social development and scholars researching market economics and the global crisis will find this book to be a valuable and challenging resource. Policy makers and readers interested in law and regulation will also benefit from the thoughtful discussion presented in this volume.Contents: 1. Reimagining Contemporary Regulatory Principle - Fragmented Regulatory Space 2. Redirecting Analytical Focus - South to North Worlds 3. Social Embeddedness and Market Economies 4. Legal Regulation, Private Property Protection and the Sustainability Project 5. Law's Place in Regulating Migrant Labour Markets 6. Sustainable Markets and Community Inclusion 7. The Truth of Growth IndexTrade Review‘This is an original and ambitious book that seeks to re-theorise regulation in ways that place embedded social bonds and socio-economic sustainability at the heart of regulatory principle. Findlay and Lim range across a wide landscape of economic history, cultural anthropology and political theory perspectives, weaving them into a unique perspective on regulation that challenges the underlying assumptions of much of the existing literature. Their critical focus on the centrality of private property rights in regulatory theory is a welcome move in this stimulating book that deserves to provoke debate.’ -- Bronwen Morgan, UNSW, Australia‘Mark Findlay and Lim Si Wei explore how economics and governance are socially embedded through deft moves from one part of the globe to another. How can there be regulation that is unresponsive to culturally distinctive East Asian principles of 'face'? How can integrity survive in migrant labour contracts? This is a searing engagement with challenges of inequality in contemporary capitalism that can only be confronted by a principled embedded regulation. The limits of Western models of the national regulator are evocatively exposed with a distinctive theoretical sophistication.’ -- John Braithwaite, Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsContents: 1. Reimagining Contemporary Regulatory Principle – Fragmented Regulatory Space 2. Redirecting Analytical Focus - South to North Worlds 3. Social Embeddedness and Market Economies 4. Legal Regulation, Private Property Protection and the Sustainability Project 5. Law’s Place in Regulating Migrant Labour Markets 6. Sustainable Markets and Community Inclusion 7. The Truth of Growth Index

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Book SynopsisOver the last two decades one of the great global emerging technological trends has been the shift from chemistry to biology in agriculture. Bitterly contested and enduringly controversial, the shift to biotechnology has nevertheless led to greater sustainability and promises even greater gains in years to come. This Handbook is an invaluable compendium of detailed case study and insight.'- Mark Lynas, Cornell University, US'This important volume analyses the current state of crop biotechnology development and regulation. It establishes a firm basis for understanding the current level of deployment of crops modified by biotechnology and also the uneven and often unscientific bases that have been used to judge their merits for particular regions. This book is an indispensable reference for anyone concerned with the development of this vital area of agriculture.'- Peter H. Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden, US'With interest in biotechnology surging, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn more about the potential that advancements in modern agriculture have to offer, how they've already changed agriculture around the world and what s coming down the pipeline. Agriculture is about economics, the environment and feeding the world; so too, at the heart of it, is biotechnology, as this book so clearly demonstrates. The authors have years of experience with biotechnology and their expertise shines through on each page.'- Lorne Hepworth, CropLife CanadaThis book is a compendium of knowledge, experience and insight on agriculture, biotechnology and development. Beginning with an account of GM crop adoptions and attitudes towards them, the book assesses numerous crucial processes, concluding with detailed insights into GM products. Drawing on expert perspectives of leading authors from 57 different institutions in 16 countries, it provides a unique, global overview of agbiotech following 20 years of adoption. Many consider GM crops the most rapid agricultural innovation adopted in the history of agriculture. This book provides insights as to why the adoption has occurred globally at such a rapid rate.This is a rich and varied collection of research, which will appeal to scholars, academics and practitioners worldwide. An invaluable resource, this book will be a first point of reference to anyone with an interest in agbiotech and studies into agriculture, biotechnology and development.Contributors: A.A. Adenle, P. Aerni, C. Alexander, J.M. Alston, V. Beckmann, J. Bognar, C.G. Borroto, D. Brewin, G. Brookes, J. Carpenter, Y. Carrière, D. Castle, M. Chen, P. Conceição, B. Dayananda, M. Demont, K. Dillen, D. Eaton, E. Einsiedel, J. Falck-Zepeda, J. Fernandez-Cornejo, G.B. Frisvold, C.V. Gonslaves, D. Gonsalves, M. Gouse, G. Graff, R. Gray, A. Gupta, W.O. Hennessey, J.E. Hobbs, W.E. Huffman, L. A. Jackson, C. Juma, N. Kalaitzandonakes, S. Kaplan, V.J. Karplus, W.A. Kerr, G.G. Khachatourians, E.M. Kikulwe, E. Kim, D.E. Kolady, S.P. Kowalski, J. Kruse, L. Levidow, S. Levine, K. Ludlow, X. Ma, A. Magnier, S. Malla, I. Matuschke, J.J. McCluskey, A. McHughen, J. Medlock, D. Miller, L. Nagarajan, A. Naseem, C. Oguamanam, M. Ouattarra, M. Owen, R. Paarlberg, P. W. B. Phillips, M. Qaim, T. Raney, J.M. Reeves, S.D. Rhodes, S.M.H. Rizvi, C.D. Ryan, D. Schimmelpfennig, G.J. Scoles, G. Skogstad, S. J. Smyth, C. Soregaroli, D.J. Spielman, A.J. Stein, J. Thomson, J. Vitale, G. Vognan, G. Waterfield, S. Wechsler, J. Wesseler, A. Williams, W.W. Wilson, L.L. Wolfenbarger, G. Ye, J. Yorobe Jr, D.Z. Zeng, D. ZilbermanTrade Review'This is a timely assessment of the current and possible future status of GMOs, with useful observations on what has been learned along the way and how this knowledge might be applied. Well edited and produced.' -- L. C. Devis, Kansas State University, Choice‘This Handbook covers a contentious topic, so the approach of the editors is refreshing, especially their transparent introduction as to how they organized their work. A key theme is evidence. I have been involved in agro-biotechnology for 25 years, mainly at the international level; I know that evidence is what matters. This is a comprehensive coverage of many aspects of agro-biotechnology but it is easy to navigate through the chapters and follow any number of issues of interest.’ -- – Peter Kearns, OECD, Paris‘This Handbook is a tour de force, providing fascinating insights and nourishments for the mind that will shape views and visions. The rich interplay between science and society, between agriculture and development, comprehensively addressed in this Handbook is a must-read for anyone wishing to make a meaningful contribution to global development.’ -- Anatole Krattiger, Cornell University, US‘Over the last two decades one of the great global emerging technological trends has been the shift from chemistry to biology in agriculture. Bitterly contested and enduringly controversial, the shift to biotechnology has nevertheless led to greater sustainability and promises even greater gains in years to come. This Handbook is an invaluable compendium of detailed case study and insight.’Table of ContentsContents: Editor’s Introduction: Conceptual Framing of the IAD framework and Methods, Models and Metrics 1. Introduction to Agriculture, Biotechnology and Development Stuart J. Smyth, Peter W.B. Phillips and David Castle PART I: EXOGENOUS VARIABLES: THE ENVIRONMENT, ACTORS AND RULES 2. Global Adoption of GM Crops, 1995–2010 Graham Brookes 3. Structure of Public Research Richard Gray and Buwani Dayananda 4. The Private Sector: MNEs and SMEs Jill E. Hobbs 5. Biotechnology in North America: The United States, Canada and Mexico Julia Bognar and Grace Skogstad 6. South American Adopters: Argentina and Brazil Sybil D. Rhodes 7. Africa Jennifer Thomson 8. China Valerie J. Karplus 9. Agricultural Biotechnology in India: Impacts and Controversies Matin Qaim 10. Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Japan and The Philippines Karinne Ludlow and Jose Yorobe Jr. 11. European Union Policy Conflicts over Agbiotech: Ecological Modernisation Perspectives and Critiques Les Levidow 12. Africa Non-adopters Robert Paarlberg 13. Non-adopters of GM Crops in Latin American Jose Falck-Zepeda 14. The Cuban Context for Agriculture and Innovation Carlos G. Borroto 15. Risk Assessment Frameworks in the Multilateral Setting Lee Ann Jackson 16. The Trade System and Biotechnology William A. Kerr 17. Developing Countries and the Legal Institutions at the Intersection of Agbiotech and Development Chidi Oguamanam 18. Consumer Attitudes and Preferences for GM Products Stuart J. Smyth and David Castle 19. The Motivation and Impact of Organized Public Resistance Against Agricultural Biotechnology Philip Aerni PART II: ACTION ARENAS 20. The Research Pipeline Peter W.B. Phillips 21. Clusters, Innovation Systems and Biotechnology in Developing Country Agriculture David J. Spielman, Douglas Zhihua Zeng and Xingliang Ma 22. Practice Driving Policy: Agbiotech Transfer as Capacity Building William O. Hennessey, Aarushi Gupta and Stanley P. Kowalski 23. The North American Crop Biotech Environment, Actors and Rules David Schimmelpfennig 24. Adoption Decisions Corinne Alexander 25. Co-existence Volker Beckmann, Claudio Soregaroli and Justus Wesseler 26. Biotechnology and the Inputs Industry Anwar Naseem and Latha Nagarajan 27. Market Power in the US Biotech Industry Alexandre Magnier, Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes and Douglas Miller 28. The Dynamic IP System in Crop Genetics and Biotechnology Derek Eaton and Greg Graff 29. Environment Effects LaReesa Wolfenbarger, Yves Carrière and Micheal Owen 30. Labelling of Genetically Modified Foods Wallace E. Huffman and Jill J. McCluskey 31. Biotechnology and Food Security Calestous Juma, Pedro Conceição and Sebastian Levine 32. International Regimes on Plant Intellectual Property Rights and Plant Genetic Resources: Implications for Stakeholders Deepthi Elizabeth Kolady 33. Engaging Publics on Agbiotech: A Retrospective Look Jennifer Medlock and Edna Einsiedel 34. Lessons from the California GM Labelling Proposition on the State of Crop Biotechnology David Zilberman, Scott Kaplan, Eunice Kim and Gina Waterfield 35. Biotechnology Communications, Mythmaking and the Media Camille D. Ryan PART III: OUTCOMES 36. Soybeans Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo and Seth Wechsler 37. Maize/Corn Janet Carpenter, Marnus Gouse and Jose Yorobe Jr. 38. GM Cotton Jeffrey Vitale, Gaspard Vognan and Marc Ouattarra 39. Canola Derek Brewin and Stavroula Malla 40. The Hawaiian Papaya Story Carol V. Gonsalves and Dennis Gonsalves 41. Sugar Beet Koen Dillen and Matty Demont 42. Rice Matty Demont, Mao Chen, Gongyin Ye and Alexander J. Stein 43. Aggregate Effects: Adopters and Non-adopters, Investors and Consumers George B. Frisvold and Jeanne M. Reeves 44. Economic Success but Political Failure? The Paradox of GM Crops in Developing Countries Terri Raney, Ademola A. Adenle and Ira Matuschke 45. The Size and Distribution of the Benefits from the Adoption of Biotech Soybean Varieties Julian M. Alston, Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes and John Kruse 46. Wheat: Status, Outlook and Implications William W. Wilson 47. Small Grains: Barley, Oat and Rye Syed Masood H. Rizvi and Graham J. Scoles 48. Incremental Benefits of Genetically Modified Bananas in Uganda Enoch M. Kikulwe, Jose Falck-Zepeda and Justus Wesseler 49. Biofuels and GM Feedstocks Alphanso Williams and William A. Kerr 50. Non-food GM Crops: Phytoremediation, Industrial Products and Pharmaceuticals George G. Khachatourians 51. Tomatoes, Potatoes and Flax: Exploring the Cost of Lost Innovations Camille D. Ryan and Alan McHughen

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Book Synopsis'Informative and refreshing, these short studies from around the world provide fertile ground for discussion, analysis and positive ways forward. In this book, corrupt practices from around the world are examined by experienced practitioners and researchers who shed light on various forms of corruption.'- Adam Graycar, Australian National UniversityAll societies develop their own norms about what is fair behavior and what is not. Violations of these norms, including acts of corruption, can collectively be described as forms of 'grabbing'. This unique volume addresses how grabbing hinders development at the sector level and in state administration. The contributors - researchers and practitioners who work on the ground in developing countries - present empirical data on the mechanisms at play and describe different types of unethical practices.The book's sixteen case studies explore why certain practices constitute forms of grabbing, what implications they have for the achievement of development goals, and how policy options should take the characteristics of grabbing into account. A broad range of sectors are covered, including extractive industries, construction, ports, utilities, finance, health, pharmaceuticals and education. The authors discuss political checks and balances, democratic elections and the law enforcement system, as well as the government s role in the allocation of land and as a development partner in other countries.The volume's original approach makes it a valuable resource for researchers and students interested in development, economics, governance and corruption. Development aid practitioners, as well as politicians and public officials in developing countries, will find it a useful aid in their work.Contributors: I. Amundsen, J. Andvig, T. Barasa, G. Bel, B. Chinsinga, L. Corkin, A. Estache, R. Foucart, S. Gloppen, S.-E. Helle, K. Hussman, E.G. Jansen, P. Le Billon, I. Lindkvist, J. F. Marteau, M. Poisson, G. Raballand, L. Rakner, J.C. Rivillas, I.A. Skage, A. Strand, A. Tostensen, J. Wells, L. Wren-LewisTrade Review"Grabbing", as defined by Soreide and Williams is about more than corruption. It also includes attempts to benefit unduly at the expense of the state, including overly zealous efforts to limit taxes and regulatory costs and to influence political choices. This fascinating collection of real-world cases, presented crisply and clearly, is organized by sector, country, political influence, and international aid. It will give reformers a context for their own efforts and will help analysts trace general patterns and common pathologies.' --Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale UniversityThis is a brave publication. I am not aware of a comparable, eclectic, investigative, in-depth book on this topic. Tina Soreide and Aled WIlliams present an informative, indeed refreshing collection of sixteen case studies from all over the world. --Fabian Thiel, ErdkundeTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Tina Søreide and Aled Williams PART I: GRABBING EXPLAINED BY CHARACTERISTICS OF A SECTOR OR STATE FUNCTION 1. Corruption and Collusion in Construction: A View from the Industry Jill Wells 2. Rents Extraction in the Sub-Saharan Africa Port Sector Gaël Raballand and Jean Francois Marteau 3. Resource Grabs Philippe Le Billon 4. Grabbing in the Education Sector Muriel Poisson 5. Courts, Corruption and Judicial Independence Siri Gloppen PART II: GRABBING AT THE LEVEL OF SECTOR AND STATE FUNCTIONS IN A COUNTRY CONTEXT 6. Grabbing by Strangers: Crime and Policing in Kenya Jens Andvig and Tiberius Barasa 7. Grabbing Land in Malawi Blessings Chinsinga and Liam Wren-Lewis 8. Using Salaries as a Deterrent to Informal Payments in the Health Sector Ida Lindkvist 9. Financial Blood-letting in the Colombian Health System: Rent-seeking in a Public Health Insurance Fund Karen Hussman and Juan Carlos Rivillas PART III: WHEN POLITICAL GRABBING PREVENTS THE PERFORMANCE OF A SECTOR OR STATE FUNCTION 10. Transport Infrastructure Failures in Spain: Mismanagement and Incompetence, or Political Capture? Germà Bel, Antonio Estache and Renaud Foucart 11. ‘Pay Up and Off You Go!’ Buying Political Positions in Bangladesh Inge Amundsen 12. Monopolizing Reconstruction: Angolan Elites and Chinese Credit Lines Lucy Corkin 13. ‘Grabbing’ an Election: Abuse of State Resources in the 2011 Elections in Uganda Svein-Erik Helle and Lise Rakner PART IV: RISK OF GRABBING DUE TO INTERACTION WITH INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS 14. Elite Capture of Kabul Bank Arne Strand 15. Don’t Rock the Boat: Norway’s Difficulties in Dealing with Corruption in Development Aid Eirik Gjøstein Jansen 16. When Per Diems Take Over: Training and Travel as Extra Pay Ingvild Aagedal Skage, Tina Søreide and Arne Tostensen Index

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Book SynopsisIn this innovative book, Laura E. Huggins finds path breaking entrepreneurial solutions to difficult environmental challenges in some of the world's poorest areas.The approaches entrepreneurs are taking to these challenges involve establishing property rights and encouraging market exchange. From beehives to barbed wire, these tools are creating positive incentives and promoting both economic development and environmental improvements. The case studies are from the developing world and reveal where the biggest victories for less poverty and more conservation can be won. The pursuit begins by learning from local people solving local problems.Environmental Entrepreneurship encourages a broad audience to consider secure property rights and free markets as key ingredients to moving out of poverty and improving environmental quality at the same time. It will appeal to academics and students of environmental studies, environmental economics, environmental policy, as well as international development and business. Entrepreneurs and environmental groups such as The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, and The World Resources Institute will also find a wealth of invaluable information in this book.Contents: 1. Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places 2. Saving Wildlife in Kenya and Sub-Sahran Africa with Shawn Regan and Terry Anderson 3. Fencing Fisheries in Namibia and Beyond 4. Ecosystems at Your Service in South America 5. The Thirsty Dragon 6. Un-American Indian Reservations and Resource Management with Terry Anderson IndexTrade Review‘Presenting five case studies in developing countries and in the US, [the book] reveals how entrepreneurs are finding innovative solutions in order to improve local economies and environmental quality. Laura Huggins' book is well written and well researched, drawing on a significant variety of sources. This book will be valuable to scholars, students, policymakers, activists and citizens in general, and provides excellent insights for those involved in public policy, community development and economic development in the context of sustainability.’ -- Mariza Almeida, Science & Public Policy‘An impressive work of original scholarship (Laura E. Huggins is a Research Fellow at PERC and the Hoover Institutions at Stanford University), Environmental Entrepreneurship: Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places is deftly written and will prove of immense interest to both entrepreneurs and corporate executives, as well as environmentalists and conservationists. . . It is important and very strongly recommended for academic library reference collections.’ -- Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places 2. Saving Wildlife in Kenya and Sub-Sahran Africa with Shawn Regan and Terry Anderson 3. Fencing Fisheries in Namibia and Beyond 4. Ecosystems at Your Service in South America 5. The Thirsty Dragon 6. Un-American Indian Reservations and Resource Management with Terry Anderson Index

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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