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For many aspects of how our countries are run - from social security and fair elections to communication, and the rule of law - technology can play an increasingly positive, revolutionary role. In this book, the authors argue that technology can reshape our lives, in both the developing and developed world, and shows how this can be achieved.

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As the mission, relevance and intellectual orientation of development studies is increasingly being challenged, this collection of essays argues for the continued necessity to ground the field in a critical political economy approach informed by the contributions of Ashwani Saith.

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Subsequent chapters discuss the need for proper resource management, perceptions of resource management problems in Africa, likely future scenarios, and the resource management programs currently underway in Africa.

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Subsequent chapters discuss the need for proper resource management, perceptions of resource management problems in Africa, likely future scenarios, and the resource management programs currently underway in Africa.

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A far-reaching and extensive rethinking of India's political and economic structures at every level, engagingly presented by a team of eminent academics and practitioners.

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This book provides a new set of ideas to overcome the deficiencies in the ongoing process of globalization and in the mechanisms for global economic governance. The authors aim to present ideas that could become the basis for a new, coherent "toolbox" designed to guide development policies and international cooperation.

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This study examines a particularly successful rural development program: the partnership of the Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) and the small farmers of northern Pakistan.

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The volume then applies specific analytic methods of measuring impact to each component.

The opening chapters address two aspects of each componentthe concept of using that component to achieve rural development and the concept of measuring its impact.

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With the end of white-dominated South Africa, many observers have argued for a positive transformation of the whole of Southern Africa based upon market integration and increased cooperation among the states of the region.

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Only when a systems perspective like this is adopted and technology seen as a strategic variable can technology transfer be understood and successfully implemented, says Madu.

Madu thus identifies the failures of technology transfer as the result of malfunctions in three components of the system: technology, structure, and behavior.

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Structural adjustment has become the orthodox economic policy in developing countries. International institutions, through structural adjustment loans (SALs), provide both impetus and guidance to developing countries.

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Sustainable development has been approached from many viewpoints over the past 15 years without a concise or precise definition of what sustainable development really stands for.

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In five decades, Taiwan has shifted from an authoritarian regime to a multi-party democracy, has moved steadily toward modernization, and has become an economically affluent, socially pluralistic society.

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Explores how developing countries can combat tax evasion and other unfair practices, and shows how such action is vital if we are to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Explores how developing countries can combat tax evasion and other unfair practices, and shows how such action is vital if we are to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.

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The concise, critical guide to key concepts in development studies.

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A scathing indictment of the current development agenda, and an impassioned call for a new and radical approach to alleviating global poverty.

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A scathing indictment of the current development agenda, and an impassioned call for a new and radical approach to alleviating global poverty.

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A landmark collection that spans the career of one of the leading thinkers and writers of our time.