Product Description: This Economic Paper presents the first analyses of the use and effectiveness of Aid for Trade (AfT), the initiative to help developing countries boost their involvement in the global economy, for small and vulnerable economies (SVEs)...read more

Product Description: In September 2010, world leaders will take stock of MDG achievements to date at the High-level Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. Much progress has been made since 2000, but there is still a great deal more to be achieved in order to fulfill the promise of the MDGs...read more

Product Description: What drives development? What new issues have arisen due to globalization? And what kind of policies contribute to development in a rapidly changing world? The studies in Doing Good or Doing Better analyze the different development strategies employed on various continents, address current challenges, and argue that a new approach—one different from the European and American models—is necessary in a globalizing, interdependent world...read more

Product Description: This text provides a critical interdisciplinary introduction to the theory, practice and study of development. The thoroughly revised and updated new edition takes account of the impact of the global financial crisis, the economic rise of China and India and the further ramifications of global warming...read more

Product Description: The main purpose of this book is to discuss a number of questions which arise in connection with economic aid. Chapter II sets out the present situation: how much economic aid is provided, in what forms and through what channels, and who are the chief contributors and recipients...read more

Product Description: Book by Aubrey, Henry G.

Traces the history of the World Bank, examines projects it has funded, and argues that many have had a destructive political and environmental impact