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Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are high profile actors in the field of international development, as providers of services to vulnerable individuals and communities and as campaigning policy advocates. This book provides an introduction to the wide-ranging topic of NGOs and development. It highlights the importance of NGOs in development.

Since colonial times, the developing world has served as a `resource hinterland¿ for the global capitalist system. In recent years, this relationship has again returned to centre stage. Across the globe, a broad range of natural resources are being drawn into market-led modes of environmental governance. Pressures on natural resources in the developing world have become especially acute as escalating mineral and energy demands from the so-called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), and the continuing US quest for non-Islamic oil and strategic minerals have made Third World resources increasingly significant in global markets. Such a geopolitical shift in global resource interests would suggest that there is an urgent need to reconsider the impacts of `neo-colonial¿ transnational practices in the context of natural resource-extraction industries. As local issues become linked to global political and economic forces, a `second scramble¿ for natural resources in Africa, Asia and Latin America, initiated by powerful transnational corporations (TNCs) and other actors, threatens to undermine country policies for sustainable resource extraction, and sustainable development more broadly.This timely text will introduce readers to the key issues surrounding reform and expansion of the extractive industries in developing countries, highlighting the consequences of recent developments in the sector to development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Material will draw on a variety of case studies from across the developing world, focusing on both large-scale and small-scale resource extraction. In addition to providing a comprehensive critique of neo-liberal agendas, and more specifically, the role of the World Bank and multinational mining corporations in developing countries, the book will engage with a number of debates that have recently transpired around such key issues as the role of mineral resources in perpetuating civil violence, the `scramble¿ for Third World oil, the need for `good governance¿ and corporate social responsibility, and the rise of artisanal mining as an alternative livelihood.In an era where neo-liberal principles have become the dominant ideology propelling the extension of markets and the use and regulation of natural resources in the developing world, this text fills the pressing need for a synthesis that can draw together a range of complex, but inter-related issues. By exploring contemporary theoretical debates, examining current policies, and drawing on the author¿s extensive field-based research, this book will shed new light on environment-development questions raised within the extractive industries.

Provides an introduction to the relationships between rural and urban places in the developing world showing that not all their aspects are as obvious as migration from country to city

Defines the economic dimension of discourse around controversial issues in international development accessible to 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate students working towards degrees in development studies. This book outlines the connections between development economics and development studies. It also deals with the nature of development economics.

Development to a large extent determines the way in which hazards impact on people. This text illuminates the complexity of the relationship between disaster and development. It opens with an assessment of the scope of contemporary disaster and development studies, highlighting the rationale for looking at the two issues as part of the same topic.

This book is very different from existing environment and development texts. Rather than listing problems, making warnings and voicing advocacy, this title looks at practical management and problem-solving techniques.

Rev. ed. of: Theories and practices of development. 2005.

Outlines the strengths and weaknesses of the transformations taking place in the Southeast Asian region. This book focusses on four key themes: equality and inequality; political freedom and opportunity; empowerment and participation; and environmental sustainability and, explores Southeast Asian development.

Containing a wealth of student-friendly features this text provides an invaluable introduction to the issues and processes of the city in the Third World.

Revised edition of Cities and development, 2009.

Presents an introduction to Gender and Development issues in the developing world and in the transition countries of Eastern and Central Europe.

This book explains and critically evaluates recent debates about postcolonial and decolonial approaches and their implications for development studies. It unpacks the difficult, complex and important aspects of the relationships between postcolonial theory, decoloniality and development studies.

This book explains and critically evaluates recent debates about postcolonial and decolonial approaches and their implications for development studies. It unpacks the difficult, complex and important aspects of the relationships between postcolonial theory, decoloniality and development studies.

Revised edition of the author's Children, youth and development, 2005.