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Third World Development

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  • Half the Skyby Nicholas D. Kristof; Sheryl Wudunn

    Knopf Publishing Group 2009; US$ 11.99

    From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world. With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia to meet the extraordinary women struggling there, among them a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery and an Ethiopian woman who suffered devastating injuries in childbirth. Drawing on the breadth of their combined reporting experience, Kristof and WuDunn depict our world with anger, sadness, clarity, and, ultimately, hope. They show how a little help can transform the lives of women and girls abroad. That Cambodian girl... more...

  • The History of Developmentby Gilbert Rist

    Zed Books 2008; US$ 34.95

    For years we have believed in development. Indeed, with all its hopes of a more just and materially prosperous world, development has fascinated societies in both North and South. Looking at this collective fancy in retrospect, Gilbert Rist shows the underlying similarities of its various theories and strategies, and their shared inability to transform the world. more...

  • Building Peaceby Craig Zelizer; Robert A. Rubinstein

    Stylus Publishing 2009; US$ 29.95

    Even though international peacebuilding has rapidly expanded in the last two decades to respond to more multi-faceted and complex conflicts, the field has lagged behind in documenting the impact and success of projects. To help address this gap, the Alliance for Peacebuilding, one of the leading networks in the field, has brought together 13 stories of innovative peacebuilding practices from around the world in Building Peace . While the projects covered are diverse in nature, together they demonstrate the significant impact of peacebuilding work. Contributors created new institutions to prevent and manage conflicts at the local or national levels, helped restore relationships in conflict-affected communities, and empowered citizens to... more...

  • Behind the Beautiful Foreversby Katherine Boo

    Random House Publishing Group 2012; US$ 13.99

    From Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo, a landmark work of narrative nonfiction that tells the dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century’s great, unequal cities.   In this brilliantly written, fast-paced book, based on three years of uncompromising reporting, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human.   Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees “a fortune beyond counting” in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Asha,... more...

  • Poor Economicsby Abhijit Banerjee; Esther Duflo

    PublicAffairs 2012; US$ 15.99

    “A marvelously insightful book by two outstanding researchers on the real nature of poverty.” —Amartya Sen more...

  • Detecting Corruption in Developing Countriesby Bertram I. Spector

    Stylus Publishing 2012; US$ 27.99

    Excessive government discretion, bribery and abuse of power for private benefit are widespread phenomena in developing countries. This corruption results in hundreds and thousands of citizens going without the critical public services they are entitled to or rely on. Corruption occurs at all levels of society, from local and national governments, civil society, judiciary functions and small and large businesses alike, leaving little room for a country’s development and economic growth.To combat corruption in developing countries, policy makers must understand the problem and devise a meaningful strategy that attacks its underlying causes and not just deals with its symptoms. Detecting Corruption merges scholarship on corruption assessments... more...

  • Inside the Third World Villageby Petra Weyland

    Routledge 1993; US$ 59.95

    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...

  • African Languages, Development and the Stateby Richard Fardon; Graham Furniss

    Routledge 1993; US$ 155.00

    This shows that multilingusim does not pose for Africans the problems of communication that Europeans imagine and that the mismatch between policy statements and their pragmatic outcomes is a far more serious problem for future development more...

  • International Trade in Hazardous Wastesby Nancy Thayer; I.V. Nagy

    Spon Press 1998; US$ 220.00

    This book discusses the need for a regulated and informed forum for international trade in hazardous waste. It is argued that with careful planning, health and ecological risks can be minimized and net economic benefits realized. more...

  • Assessing the Demographic Impact of Development Projectsby A. S. Oberai

    Routledge 1991; US$ 150.00

    Uses case studies to show that provision must be made for the potentially disastrous demographic changes brought about by development projects in the Third World. more...