Defines the economic dimension of discourse around controversial issues in international development accessible to 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate students working towards degrees in development studies. This book outlines the connections between development economics and development studies. It...

"Global Finance and Development" describes and explains the variety of relationships between finance and development. Finance is broken down into its various aspects in separate chapters on aid, debt, portfolio investment, FDI, microfinance and remittances (see sections three and four for...

Doing development -- Supranational governance -- International financial institutions -- The state -- Private sector organizations and global trade and investment -- International non-governmental organizations -- Community-based organizations and civil society -- Conclusion: doing development...

This text examines the complex challenges presented by the goal of sustainable development at the local and global level. Areas covered include the challenges and opportunities for the developing world in the search for sustainable development

1. What is sustainable development? -- 2. The global challenges of sustainable development -- 3. Actors and actions in sustainable development -- 4. Sustainable rural livelihoods -- 5. Sustainable urban livelihoods -- 6. Sustainable development in the developing world : an assessment.

"The relationship between food and development has always been controversial. Over the last 30 years, development in the north and south has failed to deliver people a decent diet. While some people have too little food and die as a consequence; some people have too much food and die from...