Anthropology for Development

This text introduces development studies students to a set of core ideas from the anthropology of development, and then showing how these insights from anthropology can be applied in practice to solve real-world development dilemmas. Written for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students who are professionals-in-training in development studies programs around the world. This volume clearly explains key insights from the anthropology of development and draws them into a framework for addressing some of the challenges facing development policy and practice: poverty, participation, sustainability, and innovation.