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1. Seasonality, Rural Livelihoods and Development

   Edited by Stephen Devereux, Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Richard Longhurst

   Seasonality is a severe constraint to sustainable rural livelihoods and a driver of poverty and hunger, particularly in the tropics. Many poor people in developing countries are ill equipped to cope with seasonal variations which can lead to drought or flood and consequences for agriculture,...

   Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge
2. Social Protection for Africa’s Children

   Edited by Sudhanshu Handa, Stephen Devereux, Douglas Webb

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   Social protection is an increasingly important part of the social policy dialogue in Africa, and yet because of its relatively new place in a rapidly evolving agenda, evidence on critical design choices such as targeting, and on impacts of social protection interventions, is mostly limited to case...

   Published September 27th 2010 by Routledge
3. The New Famines

   Why Famines Persist in an Era of Globalization

   By Stephen Devereux

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   The recent occurrences of famine in Ethiopia and Southern Africa have propelled this key issue back into the public arena for the first time since 1984, as once again it becomes a priority - not only for lesser developed countries but also for the international community. Exploring the...

   Published September 30th 2009 by Routledge