Most development policies and interventions are based on an assumption that 'modernisation' in th...

Many aid agencies advocate approaches to development which are people-centred, participatory, emp...

Most major development NGOs dedicate significant resources to advocacy. Many also work to inform ...

Experienced practitioners and academics provide an insightful look into the limitations of NGOs i...

In this collection Alex de Waal focuses on famine as a tool for violating human rights, while Fra...

Approaches to sustainable development in cities of the South have focused too exclusively on narr...

Non-government organisations working in the humanitarian and development sectors won official app...

Agricultural development research aims to generate new knowledge or to retrieve and apply existin...

Agricultural development research aims to generate new knowledge or to retrieve and apply existin...

Students of humanitarian action - academics and practitioners alike - will find this volume a ric...

Development and Cities focuses on the political, social and economic viability of new or alternat...

The book addresses conflict-related themes from a range of perspectives, and paints an informativ...