Books in the Routledge Studies in Development and Society series

This book examines women's economic empowerment in a range of developing country contexts, investigating the societal structures and norms which keep women from achieving economic equality. It is geared toward academics, practitioners, and policymakers working on women's economic empowerment and gender equality in developing countries.

"This book explores the relationship between education and other key sectors of development in the context of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. Drawing on examples from both low and high income countries, the book demonstrates how education functions as an 'enabling right', impacting positively on many other areas"--

A study of the relationship between gender, ethnicity and poverty in the context of the external and internal dynamics of the household in Guyana. The analysis is based on data collected from male and female respondents in rural and urban locations and from both Afro-Guyanese and Indo-Guyanese ethnic groups.

The authors provide a psychological approach to development studies, focusing on social aspects of aid and its motivational foundations. The book is intended as a tool for looking at development projects in a new and structured way. In the ROUTLEDGE STUDIES IN DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIETY series.

This book demonstrates theoretically and empirically how aid practitioners shape the organisational, social and inter-cultural dynamics of development projects and industry.

Access and benefit-sharing (ABS) has emerged as among the most prominent approaches undertaken to stop or lessen the global loss of biodiversity. This book examines the effectiveness of this approach and the extent that there has been fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the commercialization of genetic resources.

Offering practical examples, this book helps practitioners to apply the insights of how best to pursue a bottom-up approach to development in their own work, while also helping theoreticians and students to develop a strong analytical framework on the subject.

Examines the political and sectoral institutions that are essential for the provision of WS services. This work demonstrates that the level of democracy has a positive impact on access to WS services and that low-quality governance of sub-national governments compromises the internal efficiency of providers and the widespread access to services.

Familiarizes readers with the Asia-Pacific region. This book presents the major social, economic and political issues, maps contemporary community development trends, and analyzes the challenges of and opportunities for community development practice in the Asia-Pacific region.

Offers a theory of dislocation in the form of primitive accumulation. Using 'reformist-managerial' and 'radical-movementist' approaches, this book historicizes and politicizes the event of dislocation as a moment to usher in capitalism through the medium of development.

Offers an examination of the issues involved within Ocean Economics. This book identifies the contentious issues relevant to oceans' natural resources management and protection and examines the significant emerging patterns that determine the development of ocean economics.

Analyses key concepts associated with rural development policy and practice. Using the concepts of power and micro-politics to analyze rhetoric and reality, this book reveals the intricacies of rural development. It contends that within structures of rural governance, a regeneration power elite predominates development and regeneration activities.

The child labour debate, the Child Rights Convention and the target of universal primary education in the Millennium Development Goals have drawn attention to children in developing countries. This book aims to uncover the daily life of children in selected areas in Vietnam, India, Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Nicaragua and Bolivia.

As one of the world's most powerful supranational institutions, the World Bank has played an important role in international development discourse and practice since 1946. This book presents the history and analysis of the Bank's urban programs and their complex relationship to urban policy formulation in the developing world.

This book explores how many issues related to development and governance - including migration, disaster management, environmental justice, peace and security, sustainability, public-private partnerships, and terrorism - impact the practice of social work. It takes a global, comparative approach, reflecting the global context in which social workers now operate.

The Life Region launches a strategy for sustainable development, setting out from a socio-ecological position and developing a model for a socially and culturally supportive community, or 'Life Region'.

The speed and cost effectiveness of new information technology has prompted many to view these innovations as a panacea for social and economic development. However, such a view flies in the face of continuing inequities in education, health, food, and infrastructure. This volume explores these issues - along with questions of access, privilege, literacy, training, and the environmental and health effects of information technologies in the developing world - arguing that a higher level of development does not always result from a higher level of technologization.