The book examines the methodological challenges in analyzing the effectiveness of development policies. It presents a selection of tools and methodologies that can help tackle the complexities of which policies work best and why, and how they can be implemented effectively given the political...

"Presents cutting-edge analyses of state-society transformation in Asia under globalisation. The volume incorporates a variety of political-economy- and public-policy-oriented positions, and collectively explores the uneven evolution of new public management and neoliberal agendas aimed at...

Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction: understanding development -- Theorizing development -- Approaching development -- Health, education and population -- Gender and development -- Conflict, security and development -- Trade and development -- Participation in...

German colonialism, development policy, and colonial power -- Development education and the (de-)stabilisation of colonial power -- Billboard advertising and the potential for subverting colonial power -- Transforming childbirth-related care in East Africa and challenges to colonial power --...