Rural Development Books

New and Published Books

1. The World of Agricultural Economics

   An Introduction

   By Carin Martiin

   Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics

   This textbook takes a truly international approach towards agricultural economics, uniting many different perspectives on the subject and providing insight into agriculture in general, and into how practical farming works in particular. The book is laced throughout with real world examples and...

   Published March 28th 2013 by Routledge
2. Informal Institutions and Rural Development in China

   By Biliang Hu

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   Providing an account of the role of informal institutions in Chinese rural development, this book, based on a decade of fieldwork of village life in the Chinese countryside, puts forth a distinctive argument on a very important topic in Chinese economic and social affairs. Focusing in particular on...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. The New Enclosures: Critical Perspectives on Corporate Land Deals

   Edited by Ben White, Saturnino Borras Jr., Ruth Hall, Ian Scoones, Wendy Wolford

   Series: Critical Agrarian Studies

   This collection explores the complex dynamics of corporate land deals from a broad agrarian political economy perspective, with a special focus on the implications for property and labour regimes, labour processes and structures of accumulation. This involves looking at ways in which existing...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Politics of Family Planning in the Third World

   Edited by T. E. Smith

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1973, this book is an attempt to examine the political determinants (as opposed to the more usual emphasis upon consequences) of contemporary population policy formation and action in developing countries, with particular reference to policy relating to family limitation....

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Geography of Underdevelopment

   A Critical Survey

   By Dean Forbes

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1984, this title discusses the emergence of both the orthodox and political economy based approaches to underdevelopment in geography , critically assessing their strengths and weaknesses, and showing the relationship between intellectual developments and changing material...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
6. Seaports and Development

   The Experience of Kenya and Tanzania

   By B. S. Hoyle

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   This book, originally published in 1983, demonstrates the importance of seaports in the growth of less-developed countries. The author focuses on the character of port activity within the context of transport systems and regional economic planning. General principles of port development are...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Womens' Roles and Population Trends in the Third World

   Edited by Richard Anker, Marya Buvinic, Nadia H. Youssef

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1982, this collection was the result of an ambitious and wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary research programme conducted by the International Labour Office (ILO) on the relationship between women’s roles and demographic change, with a view to influencing contemporary government and...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
8. Population, Health and Nutrition in the Sahel

   Issues in the Welfare of Selected West African Communities

   Edited by Allan G. Hill

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   This collection of studies, first published in 1985, describes some contemporary problems of selected pastoral and agro-pastoral communities of the West African Sahel. Several important features of the Sahel are illustrated: the significance of seasonal factors in causing periodic stress amongst...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
9. Planning African Development

   Edited by Glen Norcliffe, Tom Pinfold

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1981, this book concerns specifically the Kenyan experience with regards to development planning but, given that the problems of hunger poverty and underdevelopment manifest themselves in slightly different forms across all African countries, this book has considerable relevance...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
10. New Seeds and Poor People

    By Michael Lipton, Richard Longhurst

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

    First published in 1989, this book deals with the impact of cereal production upon the Third World, specifically ‘Modern Varieties’ (MVs). Using evidence from plant breeding, economics and nutrition science, the authors seek to pinpoint what has been achieved, what has gone wrong and what needs to...

    Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge