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  • Dot.compradors

    Power and Policy in the Development of the Indian Software Industry

    Series series IIPPE
    'India Shining' has become the brand name for a new India presented in Bollywood films, adverts and books. A key part of this image is the software industry, held up as the symbol of prosperity and post-modernity.Dot.compradors reveals the darker reality behind 'India Shining', providing a history of the industry from the 1970s to the present. Jyoti Saraswati punctures the myth of a free-market ... Leer más

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  • Cultivating Development

    An Ethnography of Aid Policy and Practice

    de David Mosse ...
    Series series Anthropology, Culture and Society
    What if development agencies and researchers are not driven by policy? Suppose that the things that make for 'good policy' - policy that legitimises and mobilises political support - in reality make it impossible to implement?By focusing in detail on the unfolding activities of a development project in western India over more than ten years, as it falls under different policy regimes, this book ... Leer más

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  • Great Lessons in Project Management

    Learn from Other Projects to Avoid Pitfalls on Your Projects!Projects fail at an alarming rate, whether they are information technology, training, construction, or policy development projects. No matter the focus, each year we experience an abundance of challenged projects that either require super-human effort to resuscitate or die an untimely death.Great Lessons in Project Management is a ... Leer más

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  • The Global Hunger Crisis

    Tackling Food Insecurity in Developing Countries

    For billions across the world, the daily challenge is to find enough to eat to survive. Hunger is on the rise globally with more than 1.2 billion people suffering from food insecurity and poverty and rising food prices increasingly jeopardising access to food. But what are the causes for global hunger? And as the global population soars, what are the key food challenges?In this deeply informative ... Leer más

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  • Mixed Methods Research in Poverty and Vulnerability

    Sharing Ideas and Learning Lessons

    Edición de Keetie Roelen, Laura Camfield ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The added value of mixed methods research in poverty and vulnerability is now widely established. Nevertheless, gaps and challenges remain. This volume shares experiences from research in developed and developing country contexts on how mixed methods approaches can make research more credible, usable and responsive to complexity. ... Leer más

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  • Fair Trade and a Global Commodity

    Coffee in Costa Rica

    Series series Anthropology, Culture and Society
    Fair trade is widely regarded as a universal good. This fascinating anthropological study takes a closer look at a coffee-growing community and cooperatives in Costa Rica - and subjects the fair trade movement to critical scrutiny.As with conventional coffee, Western demand for organic fair trade produce is largely met by more affluent individuals with larger landholdings. As a result, it is ... Leer más

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  • Transnational Civil Society and the World Bank

    Investigating Civil Society’s Potential to Democratize Global Governance

    de C. Pallas ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Transnational civil society is often seen as an important contributor to the democratization of global governance. In their engagement with the World Bank, however, transnational civil society organizations prioritize pre-existing mission over responsiveness to claimed stakeholders and undercut the authority of developing country governments. ... Leer más

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  • China's Resource Diplomacy in Africa

    Powering Development?

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The book seeks to understand China's evolving political and economic role in Africa and assesses what impacts Chinese aid, trade and investment have on the politics of specific African countries, and the extent to which it excites geopolitical competition. ... Leer más

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  • Global Modernity, Development, and Contemporary Civilization

    Towards a Renewal of Critical Theory

    Series series Routledge Studies in Emerging Societies
    This book investigates modern global civilization, offering an alternative to post-colonial theories and the "multiple modernities" approach (as well as the civilizational theory linked to it). It argues that modernity has become a global civilization that is heterogeneous and intertwined with other civilizations, and also aims at a renewal of critical theory that is not US-centric and Eurocentric ... Leer más

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  • Assembling for Development

    The Maquila Industry in Mexico and the United States

    de Leslie Sklair ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Development
    First published in 1989, this book focuses upon the phenomenon of export-led industrialisation fuelled by foreign investment and technology. He concentrates on Mexico, where US companies have been taking advantage of inexpensive labour to establish "maquila" factories that assemble US parts for export. Through this detailed study of the maquila industry, Sklair charts the progress from the ... Leer más

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  • Tourism in China

    Destinations, Planning and Experiences

    Series Libro 59 - Aspects of Tourism
    This book offers an in-depth understanding of tourism development and destination planning in China's transitional economy. It is a unique collaboration between editors and contributors to present issues in current Chinese tourism research to Western colleagues. The influences informing the book range from pragmatic concerns about destination planning in China, to senses of injustice about how ... Leer más

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  • Modern Economic Development in Japan and China

    Developmentalism, Capitalism, and the World Economic System

    Edición de X. Huang ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The contributors provide a comparative analysis of the modern economic development of Japan and China that are often explained in frameworks of East Asian developmentalism, varies of capitalism or world economic system, and explore their broader significances for the rise and global expansion of modern economy. ... Leer más

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