Anti-Democratic Thought

Imprint Academic

Edited by Erich Kofmel, Exeter and Charlottesville

This book marks the start of a daring new debate and re-introduces anti-democratic thought and practice to the academic discourse and into the syllabus. It wishes to offer a serious discussion of anti-democratic thought,

World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change

World Bank

Act Now, Act Together, Act Differently

Today's enormous development challenges are complicated by the reality of climate change—the two are inextricably linked and together demand immediate attention. Climate change threatens all countries, but particularly developing ones. Understanding what climate change means

Investment contracts and sustainable development

IIED

Edited by Lorenzo Cotula

Economic liberalisation, improved transport and communication systems, and the global demand for energy, minerals and agricultural commodities have fostered natural resource investment in many lower- and middle-income countries. Increased investment may create opportunities to improve living

What Works for the Poorest?

Practical Action Publishing

David Lawson, David Hulme, Imran Matin and Karen Moore

Poverty reduction has become the central goal of development policies over the last decade but there is a growing realization that the poorest people rarely benefit from poverty reduction programmes. Microfinance

Just Give Money to the Poor: The Development Revolution from the Global South

Kumarian Press

Edited by Joseph Hanlon, Armando Barrientos, David Hulme

Directly challenging an aid industry that thrives on complexity and mystification, with highly paid consultants designing ever more complicated projects, Just Give Money to the Poor offers the elegant southern alternative –

Sustainable Development in Practice: Lessons Learned from Amazonas

IIED

Historically, the Amazon region has taken a ‘frontier’ approach to development that has destroyed forests. From 2000-2002, Professor Virgilio Viana worked with IIED to explore options for more forest-friendly forms of development. The Governor of Amazonas subsequently appointed Viana as

Global Development Finance 2010: External Debt of Developing Countries

World Bank

In previous years this volume was published as Global Development Finance: Volume 2. This new edition will be published as a single volume, and Volume 1 will no longer be published.

Global Development Finance (GDF)is available in print or electronically.

Citizenship and Social Movements Perspectives from the Global South

Insitute of Development Studies

Edited by Lisa Thompson and Chris Tapscott

Past debates over social movements have suffered from a predominate focus on Anglo-America and Europe, often neglecting the significance of collective actions of citizens in the Global South. This book seeks to partially

World Crisis Effects on Social Security in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons and Policies

Institute for the Study of the Americas

By Carmelo Mesa-Lago

Written by the top scholar on social security in Latin America and the Caribbean, this book assesses the effects of the world financial and economic crisis on social security and welfare in the region. Drawing on the

Avian Influenza: Science, Policy and Politics

EarthScan Books

Edited by Ian Scoones

Avian Influenza lays out the lessons from the international avian influenza response and suggests a way forward based on ‘One World, One Health’ principles. The book is based on an analysis of the politics of policy