This book considers how the rapid arrival of China has brought visions of development which converge and contest what has gone before, and how these inform individual and collective aspirations on the ground in Laos. This book uses...Lasīt vairāk
Why is it so hard for international development organizationseven ones as well-resourced and influential as the World Bankto generate and sustain change in the way things are done in those countries where they work? Despite what, in many cases,...Lasīt vairāk
Through a rigorous examination of Chinas rise, Lee addresses an important question Did China catch up? Or more specifically, can growth be automatically translated to catching up with the advanced industrialised countries or has it only all...Lasīt vairāk
This book presents evidence that international interventions in Timor-Leste contributed to the violent political conflict in 2006, four years after independence from Indonesia, and seeks to guide policy-makers and practitioners working to prevent...Lasīt vairāk
Why is it so hard for international development organizationseven ones as well-resourced and influential as the World Bankto generate and sustain change in the way things are done in those countries where they work? This book provides an answer...Lasīt vairāk
At a time when discourse on identity in Myanmar has been dominated by practices of othering and exclusion, this book provides an important analysis of what citizenship and reciprocity means in contemporary rural Myanmar. Researchers working on rur...Lasīt vairāk
This book assesses the roadmap for the implementation of the SDGs in South Asia, focusing in particular on the areas of poverty reduction, inequality, health/well-being and water and sanitation. South Asia is amongst the fastest growing regions in...Lasīt vairāk
This book investigates one of the most pervasive forms of modern slavery: bonded labour, whereby labour is linked with a credit agreement, leaving a debtor bound to repay their debt through long-term servitude. Drawing on cases f...Lasīt vairāk
The true measure of any society is how it treats its children, who are in turn that societys future. Making use of data from the longitudinal Chinese Family Panel Studies survey, the authors of this timely study provide a multi-faceted descriptio...Lasīt vairāk
Faced with significant security challenges, in recent years Japan and South Korea have both sought to raise their international profile through peacebuilding, development, humanitarian assistance, and human security. This book assesses the past, p...Lasīt vairāk
Since the group of least developed countries (LDCs) was identified in 1971, only five countries have graduated from the group, all of which are characterised by small size or population. The projections are that the next decade will see a rapid in...Lasīt vairāk
This book argues that the international community must share responsibility for contributing to the conditions that resulted in violent conflict in Timor-Leste, four years after it declared independence from Indonesia. Its failure to tailor...Lasīt vairāk
This book provides an in-depth study of the moral economies emerging from within conditions of precarity in rural communities in contemporary Myanmar. James C. Scotts seminal work on The Moral Economy of the Peasant argued that peasant n...Lasīt vairāk
This book assesses the roadmap for the implementation of the SDGs in South Asia, focusing in particular on the areas of poverty reduction, inequality, health/well-being and water and sanitation. South Asia is amongst the fastest growing regions in...Lasīt vairāk
This book investigates one of the most pervasive forms of modern slavery: bonded labour, whereby labour is linked with a credit agreement, leaving a debtor bound to repay their debt through long-term servitude. Drawing on cases from Nepa...Lasīt vairāk
Using Kerala as a model, this book explores the forces of globalisation and how they are embedded within power structures. Through narratives of womens lived experiences in the private and public domains, it highlights the anomie of gender through...Lasīt vairāk
The true measure of any society is how it treats its children, who are in turn that societys future. Making use of data from the longitudinal Chinese Family Panel Studies survey, the authors of this timely study provide a multi-faceted descriptio...Lasīt vairāk
Faced with significant security challenges, in recent years Japan and South Korea have both sought to raise their international profile through peacebuilding, development, humanitarian assistance, and human security. This book assesses the past, p...Lasīt vairāk
Since the group of least developed countries was identified in 1971, only five countries have graduated from the group, all of which are characterised by small size or population. The projections are that the next decade will see a rapid increase...Lasīt vairāk
