This edited book provides a contemporary, critical and thought-provoking analysis of the internal and external threats to Western multilateral development finance in the twenty-first century. It draws on the expertise of scholars with a range of backgrounds providing a critical exploration of the neoliberal multilateral development aid.

This book explores the intersection of gender, digitization, and resilience in international development. It will be of interest to development practitioners and policy makers, as well as to researchers with specialisms in gender inclusion, resilience, digitization, and international development.

This book provides an insight into the historical changes and present-day circumstances that have influenced the development and future of civil society. Aimed at researchers, policy makers and CSO/NGO workers, this book is a celebration of the important work of CSOs and a reaffirmation of their right to sit at the policy table.

This book provides a robust theoretical and empirical exploration of the interrelationship between economic neoliberalism and international development. It will be of interest to a range of researchers interested in the economic, social and political dynamics of developing and transitional countries.

This book explores how meanings of ‘independence’ are constructed and reconfigured by public service broadcasters in the global south, and focuses on the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). It is critical reading for scholars and researchers of African media, culture, communication and epistemic freedom.

This book argues there is very little evidence to support the presumed benefits of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in contributing to poverty reduction. It will be useful to researchers within development, international relations, and economics, as well as to policy makers and practitioners working in development-related policy.

The book provides a theoretical and empirical exploration of the political participation and democratic capability of people living in authoritarian states, demonstrating that despite autocratic restrictions on opposition, there is still leeway for people to express themselves as political agents.

This book compares the rapid development of South Korea over the past seventy years with selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa to assess what factors contributed to the country’s success story, and why it is that countries which were comparable in the past continue to experience challenges in achieving and sustaining economic growth.

This book focuses on the influence of philanthropic foundations in global development, and on how the global south has engaged with them.

This book explores the interface between copyright and higher education, and their complementarities for the advancement of sustainable human development. In its broader sense, the concept of human development is noted as a set of freedoms and human capabilities that are essential for human flourishing.

Adopting a rights-based human development and capability approach (HDCA), this book primarily examines the relevant policy and legal flexibilities under the existing international copyright system, and their implications for access to knowledge required for creative innovation and higher...