Using Honduras as a case study, the author highlights the processes by which wealthy western countries target countries in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East for political economic construction, or nation building. Jackson examines the significant role played by international development workers operating in Honduras over the past thirty years, exploring the mechanisms of power at the disposal of these development organisations, the expertise of those administering development aid, the agency of development workers, and the benefits that accrue to donor countries. Buy

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More than just a critique, the authors offer a practical framework for understanding relationships in the international aid system and look at the relevance of organisational learning theory that is widely used in business. Buy

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The book assesses the challenges posed by the interdependence of peoples and places throughout the globe and argues that we must address the needs of the poorest groups in order to achieve the goals of either conservation or development.
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This book is a cornerstone resource for a wide range of organisations and individuals concerned with sustainable development at national and local levels, as well as for international organisations concerned with supporting such development. While the focus is on integrated strategies for sustainable development, the approaches and methods covered are equally relevant to poverty reduction, environmental strategies, program development and review. Buy

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Based on an extensive review of relevant literature and an econometric analysis of inequality indexes, this volume provides the first systematic analysis of the changes in within-country income inequality over the last twenty years. In particular, it shows that inequality worsened in seventy per cent of the 73 developed, developing, and transitional countries analysed, and evaluates possible causes for this widespread rise in income inequality. Buy

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Food Not Bombs grew from a small anti-nuke collective into a decentralised international organisation with autonomous chapters throughout the world. This book is an indispensable resource for challenging capitalism, through the direct redistribution of food. Buy

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Philip McMichael provides a narrative of how development came to be institutionalised as an international project, pursued by individual nation-states in the post-colonial era. This new edition has been updated and revised to incorporate the treatments of fundamentalism, terrorism, the AIDS crisis, and the commercialisation of services via the World Trade Organisation. Buy

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Over one and a half billion people live on the equivalent of less than one US dollar a day. As the gap between rich and poor continues to grow, more people than ever before live below the poverty line and their numbers will increase. Development aid has helped in some cases, but in general, it has failed seriously to reduce destitution. Buy

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From coffee farming in Peru and cocoa production in Ghana, to the manufacture of jeans in China and the Banana War of Guatemala and the Caribbean, this No-Nonsense Guide tells the human story behind the products we consume. Buy (New Int. Bookshop link)

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This report brings together the core recommendations of the UN Millennium Project. By outlining practical investment strategies and approaches to financing them, the report presents an operational framework that will allow even the poorest countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Buy

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Celebrated economist Jeffrey Sachs has a plan to eliminate extreme poverty around the world by 2025. If you think that is too ambitious or wildly unrealistic, you need to read this book. His focus is on the one billion poorest individuals around the world who are caught in a poverty trap of disease, physical isolation, environmental stress, political instability, and lack of access to capital, technology, medicine, and education. The goal is to help these people reach the first rung on the "ladder of economic development" so they can rise above mere subsistence level and achieve some control over their economic futures and their lives. Buy

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"After reading the first paragraph and faced with the statement, 'Three million people die each year from AIDS, a death toll that has been compared to twenty fully loaded 747s crashing every single day for a year', it seemed evident that there was more to this disease than I first thought. I remembered how many stories I saw on the news about airplanes crashing and the news coverage that followed. I can't remember the last news story I watched about AIDS" - Amazon Review. Buy

Labels: Development, Ghana, Health, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

Building dams in India, rescuing street children in Brazil - these are images of aid with which we can all identify. What few people realise is that the terms 'overseas aid' and 'international development' often mask confusion, contradiction, and even downright deceit. Buy

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An often controversial analysis of Nepali society, this work has a very good historical introduction and the author looks particularly critically at the caste system. Buy

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Poverty affects millions of people, and the gap between rich and poor is growing. This book asks what it means to be poor. If there is enough food in the world to feed everyone, why does poverty exist? How does it affect people's lives, health and education? What can we do to bring an end to poverty? Buy

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Is the world witnessing a global associational revolution spearheaded by development non-governmental organisations (NGOs)? Is the relationship between states and societies being fundamentally redefined, even in remote, rural corners of the world? What role does the mushrooming of development NGOs play in this political-ideological process? And what about the NGO staff? Are they angels of mercy, government-paid development diplomats, propagandists for a triumphant West, instruments in a coming clash between civilizations, or what? Buy

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Twenty-two million people have died from AIDS-related illnesses since it was first discovered almost 25 years ago. This Guide covers the origins of the disease, the way it spreads, the profits made by drug companies, women's special vulnerability, and the positive action being taken by people and communities to fight back. Buy

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As the reader of this book will discover, a few things become clear such as many of the world problems being cause by inequalities that exist between the rich industrialised world and the poorer developing nations. The facts and information provided in this book is often missed, glossed over or hidden by government and the media such as the landmines that kill or maim on person every hour of the day. Buy

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This book aims to help readers understand and analyse events and actions around poverty and development, topics which at present have huge implications for the future of humanity. Buy

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Faced with a changing situation that included a rise in crime and loss of human rights, Hondurans have raised a spirit of nationalism against America, argues Canadian journalist Acker in this timely and incisive work, one of the few on this Central American country. Buy

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