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  • Freedom From Wantby Ian Smillie

    Stylus Publishing 2009; US$ 24.95

    BRAC, arguably the world?s largest, most diverse and most successful NGO, is little known outside Bangladesh, where it formed in 1972. Author Ian Smillie predicts, however, that this is bound to change. BRAC?s success and the spread of its work in health, education, social enterprise development and microfinance dwarfs any other private, government or non-profit enterprise in its impact on tens of thousands of communities in Asia and Africa. Freedom From Want traces BRAC?s evolution from more...

  • Haiti After the Earthquakeby Paul Farmer

    PublicAffairs 2011; US$ 27.99

    The celebrated physician and anthropologist offers a vivid on-the-ground account of the relief effort in the aftermath of Haiti’s earthquake—and issues a powerful call to action.   more...

  • Housing the Poor in the Developing Worldby A. Graham Tipple; Kenneth G. Willis

    Routledge 1991; US$ 250.00

    The methodology of housing and planning in the developing world has largely been adapted from practice in post-industrial countries. Housing the Poor in the Developing World shows how methods of analysis can be best suited to the local context. This study meets the need to bring together methods of analysis from several disciplines which can be applied to housing. Each method is presented and illustrated with a case study to show how it can be used to inform housing policy in a wide range of countries in all parts of the developing world. more...

  • Inside the Third World Villageby Petra Weyland

    Routledge 1993; US$ 55.95

    Looking at global restructurings, migration, household organization, changing gender roles and technological innovation, this examines the effect of rapid globalization in the Third World village. more...

  • Peasants and Religionby Jan Lundius; Mats Lundhal

    Routledge 1999; US$ 290.00

    This book analyses the success and violent repression of a milennarian religious peasant movement in the Dominican Republic. It considers the role of changes in the international economic system and the arrival of capitalism in the area. more...

  • Place, Migration and Development in the Third Worldby Lawrence A. Brown

    Routledge 1990; US$ 248.00

    Provides a fresh examination of the nature of Third World development, with particular emphasis on the characteristics of particular places as influences on behaviour and the links between population movements and national changes. more...

  • Health and Developmentby David Phillips; Yola Verhasselt

    Routledge 1994; US$ 67.95

    Provides a broad description of the multifaceted aspects of health and development across the globe and focusses on the critical issues linked with environmental impact, poverty and health, factors in HIV/AIDS and health care resources more...

  • Gender, Ethnicity and Placeby Linda Peake; D. Alissa Trotz

    Routledge 1999; US$ 193.00

    This work explores the nature of the relationship between gender, ethnicity and poverty in the context of the external and internal dynamics of household in Guyana. more...

  • Income Distribution in Less Developed Countriesby R. M. Sundrum

    Routledge 1992; US$ 65.00

    Bridges the gap between the statistical and the theoretical literature on income distribution in an attempt to make clearer what the underlying trends are and to make recommendations of the sort of policies which can provide growth with equity. more...

  • Gender, Ethnicity and Place: Women and Identity in Guyanaby Linda Peake; D. Alissa Trotz

    Routledge 1999; US$ 124.95

    This book is concerned with the nature of the relationship between gender, ethnicity and poverty in the context of the external and internal dynamics of households in Guyana. Using detailed data collected from male and female respondents in three separate locations, two urban and one rural, and across two major ethnic groups, Afro-Guyanese and Indo-Guyanese, the authors discuss the links between gender and race, exploring development issues from a feminist perspective. more...