At the global level, international actors have repeatedly expressed their desire to end hunger and food insecurity. However, food insecurity has persisted. More analysis is hence needed on the link between continuously high levels of global food insecurity and the ever increasing flow of development aid.
Global Food Security and Development Aid investigates the impact that development aid has had on food security in developing countries and includes international case studies on Peru, Ethiopia, India and Vietnam. It examines the effect of development aid in general and the...
At the global level, international actors have repeatedly expressed their desire to end hunger and food insecurity. However, food insecurity has pe...
Taking a unique comparative approach to the respective development paths of India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA), this book shows that people and governments in all three countries are faced with similar challenges of heightened insecurity, caused by liberalization and structural adjustment. The ways in which governments, as well as individuals and worker organisations in IBSA have responded to these challenges are at the core of this book.
The book explores the nature of insecurity in the Global South; the nature of the responses to this insecurity on public and small-scale collective as...
Taking a unique comparative approach to the respective development paths of India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA), this book shows that people and gov...
Scholars and policymakers have long known that there is a strong link between human development and spending on key areas such as education and health. However, many states still neglect these considerations in favour of competing priorities, such as expanding their armies. This book examines how states arrive at these decisions, analysing how democratic accountability influences public spending and impacts on human development.
The book shows how the broader paradigm of democratic accountability extending beyond political democracy to also include bureaucratic and judicial...
Scholars and policymakers have long known that there is a strong link between human development and spending on key areas such as education and hea...
In recent years, both Chinese overseas investment and hydropower development have been topics of increasing interest and research, with Chinese actors acting as financiers, developers, builders and sub-contractors.
Chinese Hydropower Development in Africa and Asia explores the governance and socio-economic implications of large Chinese dams' development in low and middle income countries in Asia and Africa and asks how these big infrastructure projects promote sustainable local and national development in the recipient countries. The book first discusses general aspects of...
In recent years, both Chinese overseas investment and hydropower development have been topics of increasing interest and research, with Chinese act...
From the end of World War II through the Obama administration, development assistance in Africa has been viewed as an essential instrument of U.S. foreign policy. Although many would characterise it as a form of aid aimed at enhancing the lives of those in the developing world, it can also be viewed as a tool for advancing U.S. national security objectives.
Using a theoretical framework based on -power-, United States Assistance Policy in Africa examines the American assistance discourse, its formation and justification in relation to historical contexts, and its...
From the end of World War II through the Obama administration, development assistance in Africa has been viewed as an essential instrument of U.S. ...
