Explores the links between Asian governments' development strategies and the nature and dynamics of inter-group violence. The overview chapters comprehensively assess the development doctrines, patterns of development, and levels and nature of violence in all Asian subregions, while case-study...

Rethinking infrastructure development / William Ascher and Corinne Krupp -- Distributional implications of alternative financing of physical infrastructure development / William Ascher and Corinne Krupp -- Beyond privatization : rethinking private sector involvement in the provision of civil...

"Throughout the world, development has been affected by armed violence - from civil wars and separatist struggles to explosions of religious and communal violence and terrorism. Ethnolinguistic and religious diversity, rivalries among regional groups and clans, and competing economic interests...

This book addresses the key challenges of balancing economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental protection in the development of major physical infrastructure, ranging from transport to energy

Development strategies and the evolution of violence in Africa / William Ascher and Natalia Mirovitskaya -- Whither Egypt? / Robert Tignor -- Development strategies in North Africa / Clement Henry -- Ethiopia: averting violence through its quest for growth / Nzinga Broussard -- The policy roots...