Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Developing & Emerging Countries

Examines the increasing significance of the volunteer and volunteerism in African societies, and their societal impact within precarious economies in a period of massive unemployment and faltering trajectories of social mobility.

Examines the increasing significance of the volunteer and volunteerism in African societies, and their societal impact within precarious economies in a period of massive unemployment and faltering trajectories of social mobility.

The North Atlantic development establishment has had a blemished track record over the past 65 years. In addition to a sizeable portfolio of failure, the few economic success stories in the developing world, such as South Korea and China, have been achieved by rejecting the advice of Western experts. Despite these realities, debates within mainstream development studies have stagnated around a narrow, acultural emphasis on institutions or the size and role of government.

Cultures of Development uses a contrapuntal comparison of Vietnam and Brazil to show why it is...

Inclusive Growth in Africa analyzes the concept of inclusion within the challenges facing Africa s rapidly growing economies, where rising affluence for some has been accompanied almost everywhere with rising inequality.

Using a combination of political economy analyses, sector studies and econometric models, the contributors delve into a range of areas associated to the new realities on the continent. Topics covered include issues of disability, corruption, capital flight, and their implications for economic sustainability. There is also a discussion of the impact on...

This book interrogates the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement from its inception in July 2005 to its conclusion in the latter part of 2008 through 12 articles, each of which focuses on different aspects of the deal. They discuss the factors that facilitated the deal, the roadblocks that were encountered, and the implications of the deal for the future of India's foreign policy, its energy security and the international non-proliferation regime. Together, they address the internal political dynamics in India and the United States in order to present perspectives of both countries.

India's northeastern region, forged by a unique geological history and peopled by several waves of migration, is extraordinarily complex. Farming systems in the hills and the riverine plains are embedded in a heterogeneous environment, comprising forests, wetlands and fields, shaped over centuries by nature and people. Today, the environment and economy are undergoing rapid transformation, affecting peoples' lives, livelihoods and methods of food production.

The essays in this volume bring a multi-disciplinary perspective to critical aspects of the process of agricultural...

Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of the twenty-first century. Anthropogenic activities, such as fossil fuel consumption and other activities focused on enhancing economic growth, have been identified as the main drivers of changes in the environment that defy planetary boundaries. The transgression of planetary boundaries has profound implications for practically all biophysical and human systems and their impact could also be related to the exacerbation of existing problems such as land tenure insecurity, poverty and inequality, marginalization of poorer populations,...

Visions of Development examines the Indian state's postcolonial development ideology between Independence in 1947 and the Emergency of 1975-77. Sutoris pioneers a novel methodology for the study of development thought and its cinematic representations, analysing films made by the Films Division of India between 1948 and 1975. By comparing these documentaries to late-colonial films on 'progress', his book highlights continuities with and departures from colonial notions of development in modern India. It is the first scholarly volume to be published on the history of Indian documentary film....

Cameroon has strong goals for its growth and development. By 2035, it aims to be an emerging economy. The country's medium-term goals are focused on alleviating poverty, consolidating democracy, and achieving national unity--while respecting diversity. This report contributes substantively to the Government's vision on Strategy for Growth and Employment, putting human development and employment at center stage. Cameroon faces three main challenges: - Developing more robust formal and informal employment opportunities by strengthening human development. - Increasing productivity in...

Les objectifs du Cameroun en matiere de croissance et de developpement sont ambitieux: figurer d'ici a 2035 parmi les economies emergentes, et a moyen terme reduire la pauvrete, consolider la democratie et realiser l'unite nationale dans le respect de la diversite. Le present rapport Renforcer les competences au Cameroun contribue de facon fondamentale a la vision du Gouvernement sur la strategie pour la croissance et l'emploi, car il place le developpement humain et l'emploi au coeur de celle-ci. L'avenir, ce sont tres clairement les jeunes. Le Cameroun fait actuellement face a trois grands...

This volume brings together multidisciplinary, situated and nuanced analyses of contingent issues framing a rapidly changing India in the 21st century. It moves beyond the ready dichotomies that are often extended to understand India as a series of contrasts and offers new insights into the complex realities of India today, thereby enabling us to anticipate the decades to come.

The editors focus on three major themes, each discussed in a section: The first section, Framing the Macro-Economic Environment, defines the framework for interrogating globalisation and socio-economic changes...

Cet ouvrage illustre des analyses de liaisons recherche-politique par le biais de processus de prise de decision, de regulation de conflits et de gouvernance democratique. Cependant, la correlation entre la recherche et la politique ne va pas de soi, elle exprime un mode de pensee, une vision de la realite et une attitude face au monde. En outre, la recherche et la politique sont des actes sociaux, menes par des acteurs donnes, dans leurs articulations avec des institutions specifiques et avec des conceptions, des methodes et des objectifs particuliers.
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The Quranic passages used to compose this book do not include its divine allegorical stories, sciences of the universe, creation of humanity or miraculous code. You shall only read some of its social and moral codes to be applied by "those who believe in Alllah and His Apostle and the Book. Of the Holy Quran's 114 chapters and 6,200 plus verses, this book "Warning To The Muslims: The Quran Is Coming: White Privilege Is Done" consist of passages or reminders that should have been applied long ago to prevent today's outbreak of fraud, child molestation, stealing, illicit sex acts, pork eating,...

Democratization in the Third World addresses many current issues of development, democratization and civil society in countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America against the background of theoretical introductions and comparisons with the Swedish historical experience of democratisations. The authors, from seven different continents, examine civil society and its relation to the state throughout the world and assess prospects for sustainable democratization.

Documents the importance of the rural sector and agriculture in least developed countries (LDCs), through employment generation and economic activity. The discussion is placed in the perspective of the post-2015 development agenda, in which rural economic transformation will be vital for poverty eradication.