Development category: 15312 books
by Hartmut Brandt, Uwe Otzen
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2006
Over the last twenty years the proportion of development cooperation resources earmarked for agricultural development has dwindled to between six and seven per cent of total bi- and multilateral Official Development Assistance. This is despite the fact that eighty per cent of the world's poor live...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
With the growth of the global population, the expansion of metropolitan areas has become an essential aspect of land development. With the need for more space to accommodate the growing population, discussion on the best methods of expansion has arisen. Designing Grid Cities for Optimized Urban Development...
by Rodney Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
By examining economic development in the Middle East in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, this textbook introduces undergraduate and postgraduate students to the most pressing and topical economic issues in the contemporary Middle East. With comprehensive coverage of the entire region, the author...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
The knowledge economy has become an important part of contemporary development for cities in a time of globalization and expansion. Examining theories of knowledge transfer and urban advancement allows for better adaptation in a changing global society. Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle...
by Ilse Oosterlaken
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
This book introduces the capability approach – in which wellbeing, agency and justice are the core values – as a powerful normative lens to examine technology and its role in development. This approach attaches central moral importance to individual human capabilities, understood as effective...
Breaking Out of the Poverty Trap
Case Studies from the Tibetan Plateau in Yunnan, Qinghai and Gansu
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
This book provides unique insights into the challenges and potential solutions to alleviate poverty in western China. Many people are interested in China's economic and social development; the development of Tibet is an important part of this narrative. Unlike big cities in the east of China, Tibet...
Ownership Leadership and Transformation
Can We Do Better for Capacity Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
The third and final in a series, this text bridges the conceptual foundations of capacity development and the difficulties and practical realities in the field. It demystifies the process of capacity development to make it more user-friendly. The book has two parts. The first shows how long-standing...
by World Bank, International Monetary Fund
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
What has been the impact of yet another food price spike on developing countries’ ability to make progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? How many poor people have been prevented from lifting themselves out of poverty? How many people, and how many children, have seen their personal...
Managing for Development Results
Is Involuntary Resettlement a Development Opportunity?
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Railways are essential for the development and diversification of Mongolia's economy. The Government of Mongolia recognizes that structural changes will be required to improve the efficiency of the rail sector and to provide incentives for private sector investment. A key step toward rail sector reform...
Democratic Accountability and International Human Development
Regimes, institutions and resources
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Scholars and policymakers have long known that there is a strong link between human development and spending on key areas such as education and health. However, many states still neglect these considerations in favour of competing priorities, such as expanding their armies. This book examines how...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
Volume 37 of the Advances in Child Development and Behavior series includes 8 chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in developmental and educational psychology.
A wide array of topics are discussed in detail, including the role of dyadic communication in infant social-cognitive...
The Disempowered Development of Tibet in China
A Study in the Economics of Marginalization
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Series:
Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture, Lexington Books
Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Since the central government of China started major campaigns for western development in the mid-1990s, the economies of the Tibetan areas in Western China have grown rapidly and...
Cognitive Development
Neo-Piagetian Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Tying together almost four decades of neo-Piagetian research, Cognitive Development provides a unique critical analysis and a comparison of concepts across neo-Piagetian theories. Like Piaget, neo-Piagetian theorists take a constructivist approach to cognitive development, are broad in scope, and...
Decentralisation and Regional Development
Experiences and Lessons from Four Continents over Three Decades
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
This book analyzes decentralisation, regional development paths and success factors in different governance sectors in Ghana, the Philippines, Tanzania and Chile, and discuss overarching aspects of relevance. Decentralisation, which refers to the delegation of administrative responsibilities, political...