<DIV>In recent years, the international development sector has found itself confronting new and persistent challenges to poverty eradication and the promotion of human rights. <I>From The Local to the Global</I> highlights the extent to which the local and global are interconnected in today’s world economy and questions the legitimacy of the neo-liberal model of development that they argue has propelled us into the crisis.<BR> This completely revised third edition takes stock of the international development environment as it embarks on new policy frameworks to confront new challenges, ensuring that <I>From the Local to the Global</I> will continue to serve as an indispensable introduction to key development issues such as aid, debt, trade, migration, security, gender, and climate change.