Development Studies

This pathbreaking book provides the latest thinking on international development programs which use communication for development (C4D) to implement social change. It critiques many dominant accountability-based approaches to development and evaluation and offers an alternative holistic, participato..

This pathbreaking book provides the latest thinking on international development programs which use communication for development (C4D) to implement social change. It critiques many dominant accountability-based approaches to development and evaluation and offers an alternative holistic, participato..

First Published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Post-development has been a major debate in the field of north-south relations at the beginning of the twenty-first century, here contributors explore the limitations of this theory and practice using empirical studies of movements and communities globally...

This book surveys the social conditions of family farming across the world and the conditions of its survival into the twenty-first century...

This book surveys the social conditions of family farming across the world and the conditions of its survival into the twenty-first century...

First published in 1961, this reissue is based upon the proceedings of a working party conference held at Exeter in September 1959 and deals with the experiences of older federations, the constraints of the traditional social order, the stark economic needs of the contemporary economic situation, an..

In this book, an international team of contributors including Diane Elson, Suzanne Bergeron and Cheryl Doss, provide an assessment of the World Bank...

This book provides fresh insights on ethical issues faced when conducting fieldwork overseas by hearing from the experience of current or recent postgraduates rather than established academics with many years of experience. Their personal experiences and real examples offer honest and self-critical ..

First published in 1984, this study analyses contemporary research into the role of financial development as a means of accelerating the economic growth of developing countries. The author analyses both the ‘financial structuralist’ and ‘financial repressionist’ schools of thought in order to determ..

This book analyzes the impact of food aid programmes over the past fifty years, assessing the current situation as well as future prospects...

This examination of food aid focuses in particular on institutional questions...