Development Policy Books

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1. Eastern and Western Ideas for African Growth

   Diversity and Complementarity in Development Aid

   Edited by Kenichi Ohno, Izumi Ohno

   Series: Routledge-GRIPS Development Forum Studies

   The West and the East approach economic development differently. The Europeans and Americans stress free and fair business climate, promoting private activities generally without picking winners, and improving governance. East Asia is interested in achieving concrete results and projects rather...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
2. Technology Development Assistance for Agriculture

   Putting Research into use in Low Income Countries

   By Norman Clark, Andy Frost, Ian Maudlin, Andrew Ward

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

   Stemming from an 11-year DFID funded programme under its Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS), Technology Development Assistance for Agriculture: Putting Research into Low Income Countries reviews part of this programme as a case study of a broader issue of technology development...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
3. Sport for Development

   What game are we playing?

   By Fred Coalter

   Sport is increasingly regarded as a powerful tool in international development. In this comprehensive introduction to the area of ‘sport-for-development’, leading researcher Fred Coalter critically evaluates the strengths and weaknesses and successes and failures of sport-for-development policies...

   Published April 16th 2013 by Routledge
4. Community Economic Development

   Edited by Rhonda Phillips, Terry Besser

   Series: Community Development – Current Issues Series

   The role of economic development in communities is multi-faceted, having an array of antecedents, impacts, and implications. This volume explores the relationships between economic development and community development, focusing on the aspects that impact communities such as social capital,...

   Published April 16th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Economic and Social Structure of Mauritius

   By James Meade

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1961, this reissue examines the contemporary economic problems of Mauritius alongside those social problems which have a bearing on economic development. As a small and isolated economy, marked by a very rapid rate of contemporary population growth, by an extreme concentration on...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Economies of Africa

   Edited by Peter Robson, D Lury

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   This reissue, first published in 1969 brings together structural and analytical studies of seven single African countries, together with two studies of groups of countries which, although politically separate, have in the past had close economic links. These countries are Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana,...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
7. The African Debt Crisis

   By Trevor W. Parfitt, Stephen P. Riley

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   Assessing both the macro- and micro-economic levels of the contemporary African Debt Crisis, this book, first published in 1989, begins by looking at the origins of the world debt crisis, and then looks closely at the problem as it affects Sub-Saharan Africa. The effects of debt on Africa’s...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
8. The Origins of Economic Inequality Between Nations

   A Critique of Western Theories on Development and Underdevelopment

   By Carlos Ramirez-Faria

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1991 this text provides an incisive analysis of theories concerning the origins of economic inequality between nations. Central to the author’s investigation is the concept of underdevelopment, and a focus on successive Western ‘systems of conceptualisation’ of the relationship...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
9. The Geography of the Third World

   Progress and Prospect

   By Michael Pacione

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1988, this reissue presents a comprehensive overview of contemporary developments and research into the geography of the Third World, at a time when economies and societies there were changing at a much more rapid rate than their counterparts in the developing world. It covers...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
10. The Economics of Aid

    By J. M. Healey

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

    First published in 1971, this reissue considers the main aspects of foreign aid to developing countries in terms of economic concepts and principles. The author gives an economic definition of aid and considers the motives for giving aid and the principles on which it may be allocated. He looks at...

    Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge