Søgning på underkategorier- og emner:
AFTA is ASEAN's response to the world-wide movement toward regional economic integration. Recent economic debate centers on measuring the impact of regional economic integration as a means of achieving persistent growth and facilitating structural adjustment.
Women have historically provided vision and leadership to African countries and are now being recognized as pivotal to the overall sustainable development of Africa.
Oman became one of the success stories of the developing world, instituting a modern educational system, creating a modern infrastructure, becoming an oil exporter, and constucting an elaborate social welfare system. Today the country faces a host of challenges.
Many Asian countries are achieving remarkable success in closing what researchers call the digital divide between developing and developed nations, while others continue to struggle.
The current macro-environment of development has been accompanied by a plethora of new concerns and methods, such as how to consider gender in development projects and how to develop participatory-centered projects.
All aspects of the basic needs approach to development are considered in the various chapters of this volume: issues, implications, impact, planning and... Læs mere
This is a guide to the privatization of industry, agriculture and services provided by governments in the developing world. The handbook intends to enable officials... Læs mere
This study examines a particularly successful rural development program: the partnership of the Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) and the small farmers of northern Pakistan.
The volume then applies specific analytic methods of measuring impact to each component. The opening chapters address two aspects of each component—the concept of using that component to achieve rural development and the concept of measuring its impact.
A comprehensive overview of NGOs in India. It focuses on NGOs that work in the areas of rural development, women and children, and seeks to shed light on the contributions of the sector in the spheres of social welfare, empowerment, service, and rural development.
The new edition of this established core textbook continues to give an insightful, authoritative and accessible overview of competing theoretical positions on the sociological study of childhood.
A ground-breaking book that provides for the first time in decades a major systematic attempt to develop a theory of nonviolent action.