In Education, Learning, Training: Critical Issues for Development, renowned scholars and practitioners examine shifts in global education policy and practice over the last 50 years.

"Development as a Battlefield" is an innovative exploration of the multidimensional meanings of - and interactions between - conflict and development. The two phenomena are all too often regarded as ostensibly antagonistic. This was exemplified again in the context of the Arab Spring that...

This book describes China's growing range of activities in Africa, especially in the sub-Saharan region. The three most important instruments China has at its disposal in Africa are development aid, investments and trade policy. The Chinese government, which believes the Western development aid...

Am 21. März 2000 war es zehn Jahre her, dass Namibia nach mehr als 100 Jahren Fremdbestimmung und Minderheitenherrschaft offiziell und nach demokratischen Wahlen in die Unabhängigkeit entlassen wurde. Die neue Swapo-Regierung stand damals vor der Mammutaufgabe, eine durch lange Apartheidsjahre...