The organizational and institutional embedding of new learning is one of the biggest challenges for development. This book takes a learning approach to development, focusing the learning that takes place through development action - be it intentional and structured, or the outcome of different forms of engagement.

Offers a scholarly treatment of debates on the relationship between water scarcity and environmental security in Central Eurasia, using discussions of sustainable rural development as its conceptual backdrop. This volume combines empirical investigation with analysis of key concepts such as 'scarcity', 'expert knowledge', and 'efficiency'.

Suitable for various development studies courses, this book situates students in the expanding field of development theory. It offers a guide to the strengths and weaknesses of competing theoretical approaches.

Reviews the key concepts of the development discourse. This book contains essays each of which examines one concept from a historical and anthropological point of view and highlights its particular bias.

Exploring sexuality in South Africa and Zimbabwe, this book looks at sexuality's role in social cohesion, the historical continuities between colonial regulation of sex and current debates and examines gender relations, nationhood and sexual rights. It also analyzes their differences and similarities.

Featuring case studies from Australasia, Europe, North America and Latin America, this book outlines the different ways that the social economy takes place according to locally specific factors.

What does post-colonial theory have to say to Development Studies? Using post-colonial theory, this book investigates the similarities between mainstream development discourse and colonial discourse as theorized in the work of Homi Bhabha, Gayatri Spivak and Edward Said.

Suitable for undergraduates and post-graduates in the social sciences, as well as development practitioners, this textbook provides an introduction to the human development and capability approach. It offers fresh perspectives on a range of topics, which include the conceptualisation and measurement of well-being and inequality.

The development of competitive agro-industries is crucial for creating employment and income opportunities as well as enhancing the quality of and demand for farm products. This book addresses strategies required for improving agro-industrial competitiveness in ways that can generate employment and fight poverty in the developing world.

This text addresses many 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 democratizations.

An overview of the population problem and its relationship with issues such as health, biodiversity, climate change and education. It seeks to offer global solutions for those countries whose populations remain unstable.

International development policy is responsible for much of the destruction of Central and Latin American rainforests. This explores how indigenous women are at last turning their voices to action, demanding grassroots strategies as the solution.

This work is a practical, illustrated summary of the different aspects of establishing a small food business in a developing country. It covers the main technical aspects of finding and equipping a site and scheduling production, as well as other topics.

This book constitutes the first attempt to bring together empirical material from a wide range of contexts on the strengths and weaknesses of process approaches to economic and social development.

This study of Thailand's economic crisis explores the role and consequences of foreign investment. It provides a sustained critique of the vested interests that have led to the current situation, and a picture of its unsustainability in human, social, ecological and economic terms.

This text from a micro level studies the change in the Baltic states, from a wide range of perspectives, recognizing that transformation processes are multiplex and require the linkages between the social, political, psychological, cultural and economic dimensions to be fully exposed and addressed.

Providing an overview of the common themes and experiences in participatory approaches to monitoring and evaluation across different institutions and sectors, this text is a compilation of selected case studies and discussions between practitioners, academics, donors and policymakers.

Drawing on extensive case studies, this book presents innovative approaches for participation and collective decision-making in natural resource management, good practice for research and challenges for future developments.

This sequel to the author's Blueprint for a Green Economy describes how sustainable development in an industrial economy can be measured. It allows the reader to determine whether acceptable levels have been met in air and water quality, biodiversity, waste disposal, transport and agriculture.