This book exposes the scandalous exploitation of children's labour and services throughout the world - a system from which the national economies of Europe and the USA profit. What is eaten, worn and used every day in Western homes is all too often produced at the expense of poor children's welfare. Sugar and shoes from Brazil, tea and textiles from Bangladesh, carpets and brassware from India, vegetables from Mexico, furniture from the Philippines - such goods and commodities may well depend upon the labour of children who are the victims of an inequitable economic order. The other side of...

The absolutely poor, who are mostly rural people, are a large part of the developing world's population. Government development programmes, aided by the big donors, have made the poor poorer and have rendered them more powerless in relation to the rest of society. This book describes the problems and provides the answers.

Using examples from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America, this book shows there are forms of development that allow people to control their own resources while improving their condition and enhancing their environment.

Presents a fresh perspective on the third sector. Rather than considering non-governmental organizations separately from voluntary agencies, this title explores the similarities, differences and growing connections between them in both Northern and Southern contexts.

The often bloody struggles of Central America have dominated news reports for a long time. Behind the headlines lies an enormous population of the desperately poor, and it is axiomatic that they are rendered even more powerless by widespread illiteracy. The authors describe some of the programmes designed to overcome the problem.

Using a range of indicators to measure livelihoods and well-being, this report shows how widespread poverty is and highlights the vast geographical disparities in levels of poverty that exist within the UK. It also goes on to set out what urgently needs to be done to address the sobering trends revealed.

A title that critically examines the reality behind the rhetoric of development assistance, and the discrepancy between the targets that the 21 member countries of the OECD Development Assistance Committee are publicly committed to and the aid that is actually disbursed.

Presents a comprehensive and rigorous independent analysis of the aid and development policies of the world's richest nations, and exposes the gaps between rhetoric and reality. This title presents a consideration of the issues in development cooperation in the context of globalisation and the increasing importance of private aid flows.

Focuses on basic education, as a right and not a privilege, and its role in development cooperation and poverty elimination. This title includes ten chapters offering analysis of development cooperation from the perspective of southern NGOs. Many of these focus on basic education and raise issues around transparency, gender and civil society.

Looks at how the performance of OECD donor countries on aid and development cooperation has matched up to the challenge of eliminating absolute poverty. This report charts some improvements at the level of donor policy and rhetoric. It also sets out Southern perspectives on development cooperation.