Development Policy Books

New and Published Books

1. The Capability Approach

   Development Practice and Public Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region

   Edited by Francesca Panzironi, Katharine Gelber

   Series: Routledge Advances in Social Economics

   This book provides a unique laboratory of ‘capabilities in practice’ in the Asia-Pacific region. It explores the application of the capability approach in development practice and public policy from a multidisciplinary perspective by bringing together scholars and practitioners from a wide range of...

   Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Global Economic Crisis and the Developing World

   Implications and Prospects for Recovery and Growth

   Edited by Ashwini Deshpande, Keith Nurse

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   The world economy is currently in the throes of a global economic crisis reminiscent of the great depressions of the 1930s and the 1870s. As back then, the crisis has exposed the major structural imbalances in financial and credit markets in addition to global trade forcing many governments,...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
3. Cultural Exclusion in China

   State Education, Social Mobility and Cultural Difference

   By Lin Yi

   Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

   Ethnic minorities form a very substantial proportion of the population of China, with over 100 million people in 55 formally designated minority groups inhabiting over 60% of the country’s land area. Poverty and economic inequality of minority groups are widely-recognised problems. However, as this...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Implementing an Inclusive and Equitable Pension Reform

   Lessons from India's New Pension Scheme

   By Cheolsu Kim, Landis MacKellar, Russell Galer, Gautam Bhardwaj

   India is ageing. One response of Indian policy makers has been introduction of the New Pension Scheme (NPS), a defined contribution pension scheme which is mandatory for civil servants and voluntary for the rest of the population. Given the size of the target population, even if take-up is modest,...

   Published May 2nd 2012 by Routledge
5. Environmental Decision-Making in Context

   A Toolbox

   By Chad J. McGuire

   Series: ASPA Series in Public Administration and Public Policy

   Because of the complexity involved in understanding the environment, the choices made about environmental issues are often incomplete. In a perfect world, those who make environmental decisions would be armed with a foundation about the broad range of issues at stake when making such decisions....

   Published April 24th 2012 by CRC Press
6. Governance through Development

   Poverty Reduction Strategies, International Law and the Disciplining of Third World States

   By Celine Tan

   Series: Law, Development and Globalization

   Governance through Development locates the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) framework within the broader context of international law and global governance, exploring its impact on third world state engagement with the global political economy and the international regulatory norms and...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge-Cavendish
7. Water Policy Processes in India

   Discourses of Power and Resistance

   By Vandana Asthana

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   The privatization of water is a keenly contested issue in an economically-liberalizing India. Since the 1990s, large social groups across India's diverse and disparate peoples have been re-negotiating their cultural relationships with each other as to whether they support or oppose...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
8. Pandemic Planning

   Edited by J. Eric Dietz, David R. Black

   Preparedness and rigorous planning on community, state, and regional levels are critical to containing the threat of pandemic illness. Steeped in research and recommendations from lessons learned, Pandemic Planning describes the processes necessary for the efficient and effective preparation,...

   Published March 13th 2012 by CRC Press
9. Managing Development in a Globalized World

   Concepts, Processes, Institutions

   By Habib Zafarullah, Ahmed Shafiqul Huque

   Series: Public Administration and Public Policy

   Traditionally, development has been rooted in ideologies and assumptions prevalent in the developed world and in practices and strategies adopted by leading industrial nations. However, historically, eclectic ideas and approaches often clash with existing long-established notions of progress and...

   Published March 12th 2012 by CRC Press
10. Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainable Development

    Lessons from the Niger Delta

    Edited by Okechukwu Ukaga, Ukoha O. Ukiwo, Ibaba Samuel Ibaba

    Series: Routledge African Studies

    The Niger Delta Region has in the past two decades experienced protracted violent conflicts. At the roots of these violent conflicts are the genuine quests of the people for sustainable development that is based on social justice, equity, fairness and environmental protection. Although richly...

    Published March 4th 2012 by Routledge