Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction Gareth Austin -- 2 Environmental Impacts of Colonial Dynamics, 1400-1800: The First Global Age and the Anthropocene Amélia Polónia and Jorge M. Pacheco -- 3 Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa,...

This collection examines the ways in which social movements in the Global South are rejecting the prevailing narratives of globalization and providing new ways of imagining social change. In the process, it opens up a radical new direction for development studies.

Cover -- About CROP -- Series titles -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1 | Development and sustainability science: transdisciplinary knowledge for positive social change -- Introduction -- Development and the search for sustainability...

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Data deluge -- Who benefits? -- Data-driven business models -- Data belongs to all of us -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 1 Data: The Fuel of the Future -- Data, data,...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Betting on Biotech -- 1. From Mitigating Risk to Managing Uncertainty -- 2. Reorganizing the State -- 3. Organizing Bio-industry -- 4. Manufacturing "Progress" -- 5. Regulatory Uncertainty -- Conclusion: Beyond the Developmental State -- Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- I Is it Africa's Turn? -- II Forum -- Robert H. Bates -- Ken Banks -- Olu Ajakaiye -- Rosamond Naylor -- David N. Weil -- Jeremy M. Weinstein -- Smita Singh -- Paul Collier -- Rachel Glennerster -- III Real Progress -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix of Resources --...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Editor Biographies -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Context and Executive Summary -- I. Introduction -- II. Overview -- III. Preserving Stability and Accelerating Growth -- IV. Promoting Sustainable and Equitable Social Development -- V....

A comprehensive introductory guide for students, teachers, volunteers and NGO workers in development, World Development examines the issues surrounding development, industrialisation and globalisation.

The African Development Report 2008 is the twentieth annual survey of economic and social progress in Africa. The Report provides comprehensive analysis of the state of the African economy, examining development policy issues affecting the economic prospects of the continent. - ;The publication...

Broad-based growth is critical for accelerating poverty reduction. But income inequality also affects the pace at which growth translates into gains for the poor. Despite the attention researchers have given to the relative roles of growth and inqequality in reducing poverty, little is known...