Encyclopedia of International Development

ISBN-13: 9780415674003 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 852 str.

Tim Forsyth

Opis

Tim Forsyth concentrates on presenting explanations of thematic concepts and debates associated with 'development', both as an academic field of study and an activity engaged in by governments and aid agencies around the world.

Recenzje

'Designed for a redership of professors, students and practioners, EID is also a resource for every academic library reference shelf...Highly recommended for academic libraries.' - Choice June 2005

Spis treści

20/20 Proposal. Absolute Vs Relative Poverty. Accountability (Political). Adjustment With A Human Face (UNICEF 1987). Advocacy Coalitions. African Development Bank. Ageing. Agenda 21. Agrarian Reform. Agrarian Transformation. Agribusiness. Agricultural Involution (Geertz). Agriculture. Agrochemicals. Agroforestry. Aid. Aid Evaluation and Effectiveness. AIDS. Alternative Development. Anti-Development Criticisms. Apartheid. Appropriate Technology. Arms Sales and Control. ASEAN. Asian Crises. Asylum-Seeking and Granting. Authoritarianism. Bandung Conference (1955). Barefoot Doctors. Basel Convention. Basic Needs Approach. 'Big Push' Concept (Rosenstein-Rodin and Nurkse). Bilateral Aid Agencies. Biodiversity. Biomedicine. Biopiracy. Bioprospecting. Biosafety Protocol. Biotechnology. Boreholes. Brain Drain. Brandt Commission. Bretton Woods. Brown Environmental Agenda. Brundtland Commission. Bucharest Conference (1974). Bureaucracy. Butler's Model of tourism development. Cairo conference (ICPD, 1994). Capability Vs Utility. Capacity-Building. Capital Flight. Capital Intensive. Capital Markets. Capitalism. Care. Carrying Capacity. Cartels. Caste. Casualisation of Work. CEDAW (Convention for Eliminating all Forms of Discrimination Against Women). CGE Models. Charities. Child Labour. Child Prostitution. Child Soldiers. Children and Development. Chipko Movement. Cholera. Christianity and Development. Chronic Poverty. Circular Migration. Citizenship. Civil Society. Clash of Civilisations (Huntington). Clean Development Mechanism. Climate Change and Development. Club of Rome. Clustering. Cold War. Collectivisation. Colonialism and Development. Commercialization. Commission on Sustainable Development (UN). Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). Common Pool Resources.

O autorze

Tim Forsyth is Reader in Environment and Development in the Department of International Development at London School of Economics, UK.