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Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics
The book is concerned with strategy and tactics for directing that small slice of world income into filling the gap. This must be done country by country, on the initiative of each country’s government: with the maximum involvement of its own civil society, and with the rich world also making a...
To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Routledge
Series: New Political Economy
Integrating a focus on gender with Marx’s surplus-based notion of class, this book offers a one-of-a-kind analysis of family farms in the United States. The analysis shows how gender and class struggles during important moments in the history of these family farms shaped the trajectory of U.S....
To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
Based on the work of the WASHCost project run by the International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC), this book provides an evaluation of the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sectors in the context of developing countries and is the first systematic study of applying the life-cycle...
To Be Published October 2nd 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Pakistan, sixth most populous country in the world, has not gone through systematic and effective land or agrarian reforms in sixty-three years of its existence. Almost 67 per cent of its 167 million inhabitants still live in rural areas and directly or indirectly rely on agriculture for their...
To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
This book reviews how far East Asian nations have implemented green fiscal reform, and show how they can advance carbon-energy tax reform to realize low-carbon development, with special reference to European policy and experience. East Asian nations are learning European experiences to adopt them...
To Be Published October 15th 2013 by Routledge
Marine and coastal resources provide millions of people with their livelihoods, such as fishing and tourism, and a range of critical additional ‘ecosystem services’, from biodiversity and culture to carbon storage and flood protection. Yet across the world, these resources are...
To Be Published October 23rd 2013 by Routledge
Asia’s rapid growth in recent decades has led to a significant reduction in extreme poverty, but it has also been accompanied by rising inequality in many countries. This book, based on recent research undertaken at Asian Development Bank, deals with three broad questions: What have been the...
To Be Published October 28th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
Analysis of North African revolt against authoritarianism, known as the ‘Arab Spring’, embraced reductionist explanations such as the social media, youth unemployment and citizens’ agitations to regain dignity in societies humiliated by oppressive regimes. While recognizing the role these...
To Be Published October 29th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge-ERIA Studies in Development Economics
Since the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) of 1997–98 large current account surpluses have accumulated in the countries of Asia and the Pacific with corresponding deficits elsewhere. The sharp plunge in global trade volumes during the GFC has highlighted the need for ‘rebalancing’–focussing more on...
To Be Published October 29th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Perspectives on Development
The question of money and how to provide and acquire it where needed is axiomatic to development: how to fund development has been central to the growth of the discipline and the project of development ever since its inception. But the relationship between finance and development is more contested...
To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge
