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This is the first biography of a world-famous pioneering development economist, Sir Hans W. It gives a detailed account of the way in which the 'twists of fate' led him to becoming a leading development economist.
This volume seeks to explore bureaucratic forms of administration in the Third World and alternatives to them. Experts with wide experience in development are assembled to deal with issues of reform, indigenization, and desirable futures.
Instead these governments seek new roles in encouraging market developments, ensuring quality and providing food security by giving income assistance rather than controlling food supplies.
This book examines the challenge of reform of the urban water supply sector in developing countries, based on case... Læs mere
Policing Urban Poverty demonstrates that, since the nineteenth century, a core task of the police has been crime control and order maintenance, especially in poor communities.
The focus of this book is to examine the growing impact of globalization on education policy and development in the Asia Pacific region. Particular attention is paid to educational restructuring in the context of globalization.
Bringing together a distinguished cast of contributors, the book provides an authoritative and definitive analysis of the theory,... Læs mere
Declining incomes and growing income inequality have led to a rise in poverty in the transition economies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
The stated aim of much development assistance is the reduction of poverty. Part One provides an overview of planning for poverty reduction, and evidence on the... Læs mere
How should we understand the many reports that poverty is the mother of innovation in India? Birtchnell traces the various discourses and... Læs mere
Drawing evidence from North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the contributors illustrate that even within the common framework of economic... Læs mere
The debt crisis in Greece has sparked lively debates about the origins of the crisis and policy measures to be adopted in order to fix it. The authors offer the first original and comprehensive narrative on Greece.