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1	The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time more books like this by Jeffrey D Sachs add to wishlist Economist Jeffrey Sachs brings a lifetime of scholarship and experience to the complex problem of the wealth and poverty of nations. He reviews two centuries of history, explaining the reasons behind the uneven dispersal of wealth, and provides a holistic way to assess a nation's resources. Sachs is no ivory-tower thinker; he has been to the ... see all copies from $3.02! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Festival Elephants and the Myth of Global Poverty more books like this by Glynn Cochrane add to wishlist Part of the "Anthropology Works" series, this book offers a critical look at the compelling issue of global aid. Glynne Cochrane draws on his many years as a development anthropologist to show how the "Festival Elephants" of development aid are wasting time and money instead of helping to solve poverty. The author takes issue with the idea that ... see all copies from $10.73! new only from $10.73! \| SVS
3	The Ethics of Assistance: Morality and the Distant Needy more books like this by Deen K Chatterjee (Editor), Douglas MacLean (Editor) add to wishlist As globalization has deepened worldwide economic integration, moral and political philosophers have become increasingly concerned to assess duties to help needy people in foreign countries. The essays in this volume present the latest ideas on this important topic by authors who are leading figures in these debates. At issue are both the political ... see all copies from $11.25! new only from $11.25! \| SVS
4	Partners in development : report more books like this by Commission on International Development, Lester B. Pearson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
5	Democratizing the Global Economy: The Battle Against the World Bank and the IMF more books like this by Kevin Danaher add to wishlist Cultural Writing. In Democratizing The Economy, dozens of top-notch activists and educators examine the mounting protests against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, why these lenders have finally generated such heated opposition and what the global justice movement proposes replacing them with in order to build a democratic global ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.96! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Postcolonial Politics of Development more books like this by Kapoor Ilan, Ilan Kapoor add to wishlist This book uses a postcolonial lens to question development's dominant cultural representations and institutional practices, investigating the possibilities for a transformatory postcolonial politics. Ilan Kapoor examines recent development policy initiatives in such areas as 'governance,' 'human rights' and 'participation' to better understand and ... see all copies from $32.00! new only from $38.27!
7	Food Aid: The Challenge and the Opportunity more books like this by H W Singer add to wishlist Food aid has played a key role in responding to the extreme poverty and disasters afflicting millions of people in the developing world. It is at the centre of much political discussion, both nationally and internationally, and there have been notable successes, yet there is doubt and criticism about the appropriateness of food aid and confusion ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $47.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The European Community and the Developing Countries more books like this by Professor Enzo R Grilli add to wishlist This book analyzes and evaluates European Community (EC) trade, aid and industrial policies toward developing countries. The author describes Europe's development policies as regional in scope, colonial in geographical emphasis, and discriminatory in their effects. This reevaluation is timely as it illustrates the different strategies the EC ... see all copies from $4.25! new only from $19.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Challenge of World Poverty more books like this by Gunnar Myrdal add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions
10	Trade, Aid and Global Interdependence more books like this by George Cho add to wishlist The advent of multinational corporations and free trade zones has produced complex interrelationships between trade, aid and development. More than ever before trade has become a vital factor in the economic, political and social development of Third World nations. Trade, Aid and Global Interdependence introduces trade as both concept and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.31! \| SVS
11	The challenge of world poverty : a world anti-poverty program in outline more books like this by Gunnar Myrdal add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
12	Development Beyond Neoliberalism?: Governance, Poverty Reduction and Political Economy more books like this by David Craig, Doug Porter add to wishlist Development's current focus - poverty reduction and good governance - signals a turn away from the older neoliberal preoccupation with structural adjustment, privatisation, and downsizing the state. For some, the new emphases on empowering and securing the poor through basic service delivery, local partnership, decentralisation and institution ... see all copies from $44.87! new only from $47.38! \| SVS
13	The Samaritan's Dilemma: The Political Economy of Development Aid more books like this by Clark C Gibson, Krister Andersson, Elinor Ostrom add to wishlist What's wrong with foreign aid? Many policymakers, aid practitioners, and scholars have called into question its ability to increase economic growth, alleviate poverty, or promote social development. At the macro level, only tenuous links between development aid and improved living conditions have been found. At the micro level, only a few ... see all copies from $34.00! new only from $46.28! \| SVS
14 view cover	Making Aid Work more books like this by Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee add to wishlist This title offers an encouraging account of the potential of foreign aid to reduce poverty and a challenge to all aid organizations to think harder about how they spend their money. With more than a billion people now living on less than a dollar a day, and with eight million dying each year because they are simply too poor to live, most would ... see all copies from $8.48! new only from $8.69! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Development Projects for a New Millennium more books like this by Anil Hira, PH.D., Trevor Parfitt add to wishlist Examines the new approaches to development occurring after the end of the Cold War. see all copies from $8.62! new only from $30.81! \| SVS
16 view cover	Mortgaging the Earth more books like this by Bruce Rich add to wishlist The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development "A detailed and thought-provoking look at an important subject from the viewpoint of a passionate advocate." -- The New York Times Book Review see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.18! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Future of Development Financing: Challenges and Strategic Choices more books like this by Francisco R Sagasti, Keith Bezanson, Fernando Prada add to wishlist Today's international development financing system seems like a collection of disjointed entities that often work at cross purposes without being able to mobilize enough finance for developing countries. This book brings together the vast array of new initiatives in financing mechanisms and proposals to transform the development finance ... see all copies from $16.50! new only from $16.50! \| SVS
18 view cover	The Power of Greed: Collective Action in International Development more books like this by Michael Rosberg add to wishlist "The Power of Greed" recommends a shift away from the moralistic way we often go about doing international development. It says we can be too focused on our own ambitions for others and too unaware of what they're up to on their own behalf. It argues that the desperate and greedy behaviours of the poor and their oppressors are not the enemies of ... see all copies from $18.61! new only from $28.06! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Policy Coherence in Development Co-Operation more books like this by J Forster, Olav Schram Stokke add to wishlist In the 1990s, a widely shared conviction emerged among aid donors that their policies should be more coherent than in the past. The drive towards increased policy coherence came as a response to a state of policy incoherence. The shifting grounds of policy coherence in development co-operation are outlined. The policies of some selected donor ... see all copies from $45.50! new only from $59.97! \| SVS
20 view cover	Aid from International Ngos: Blind Spots on the Aid Allocation Map more books like this by Dirk-Jan Koch, Koch Dirk-Jan add to wishlist International NGOs are increasingly important players within the new aid architecture but their geographic choices remain uncharted territory. This book focuses on patterns of development assistance, mapping, while analysing and assessing the country choices of the largest international NGOs. Koch's approach is interdisciplinary and uses ... see all copies from $105.89! new only from $105.89! \| SVS
21 view cover	Common Progress: The Case for a World Economic Equalization Program more books like this by James A Yunker add to wishlist This work sets forth the case for initiation of a massive foreign development assistance effort termed the World Economic Equalization Program (WEEP). Under this programme the richest nations would contribute amounts ranging from three to seven per cent of their Gross National Products. see all copies from $6.12! new only from $109.64! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Partnership for International Development: Rhetoric or Results? more books like this by Jennifer M Brinkerhoff add to wishlist In the search for institutional models that can deliver more and better development outcomes, partnership is arguably among the most popular solutions proposed. But the evidence of partnerships' contributions to actual performance has been for the most part anecdotal. Partnerships for International Development bridges the gap between rhetoric and ... see all copies from $17.96! new only from $34.50!
23 view cover	Country Assistance Evaluation Retrospective: Oed Self-Evaluation more books like this by World Bank Group, Poonam Gupta add to wishlist This report is a self-evaluation of the Operations Evaluation Department's (OED) Country Assistance Evaluations (CAEs). CAEs examine World Bank performance in a particular country, usually over the past four to five years, and report on its conformity with the relevant Bank Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) and on the overall effectiveness of the ... see all copies from $24.75! new only from $24.75!
24 view cover	Urban Environment and Infrastructure: Toward Livable Cities more books like this by Anthony G Bigio, Bharat Dahiya add to wishlist The brown agenda on urban environmental issues became an important part of the international policy agenda following the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 1992). Urban environmental issues continue to remain a major challenge in the cities of developing countries. The World Bank strengthened its focus on ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $33.87! \| signed copies
25 view cover	Achieving Economic Development in the Era of Globalization more books like this by Shalendra D Sharma add to wishlist Challenging assumptions about the benefits of specific development practices, this book provides readers with an overview of how competing frameworks have developed and the ways that specific development practices reflect specific understandings of the main debates, as well as offering a comprehensive historical overview of attempts to achieve ... see all copies from $140.52! new only from $140.52! \| SVS

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