Health & Development Books

New and Published Books

1. Diversifying Food and Diets

   Using Agricultural Biodiversity to Improve Nutrition and Health

   Edited by Jessica Fanzo, Danny Hunter, Teresa Borelli, Federico Mattei

   Series: Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity

   Currently 925 million people are undernourished and 195 million children under five years of age are stunted. At the same time, over 1 billion people are overweight and obese in both the developed and developing world. Diseases previously associated with affluence, such as cancer, diabetes and...

   Published April 2nd 2013 by Routledge
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. Neoliberal Governance and International Medical Travel in Malaysia

   By Meghann Ormond

   Series: Routledge Pacific Rim Geographies

   International medical travel (IMT), people crossing national borders in the pursuit of healthcare, has become a growing phenomenon. With many of the countries currently being promoted as IMT destinations located in the ‘developing’ world, IMT poses a significant challenge to popular assumptions...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
6. Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America

   Edited by Asit Biswas, Benedito P.F. Braga, Cecilia Tortajada, Marco Palermo

   It is now widely accepted that the world is likely to face a major water crisis unless the present management practices are improved very significantly. Promoted extensively by donors and international institutions over the past 15 years, integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Child Protection in Development

   Edited by Michael Bourdillon, William Myers

   Series: Development in Practice Books

   Every day millions of children in developing countries face adversities of many kinds, yet there is a shortage of sound evidence concerning their plight and an urgent need to identify the most appropriate and effective policy responses from among the multiple approaches that exist. This collection...

   Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
8. Governing Health in Contemporary China

   By Yanzhong Huang

   Series: China Policy Series

   The lack of significant improvement in people’s health status and other mounting health challenges in China raise a puzzling question about the country’s internal transition: why did the reform-induced dynamics produce an economic miracle, but fail to reproduce the success Mao had achieved in the...

   Published November 11th 2012 by Routledge
9. Child Protection in Development

   Edited by Michael Bourdillon, William Myers

   Series: Development in Practice Books

   Every day millions of children in developing countries face adversities of many kinds, yet there is a shortage of sound evidence concerning their plight and an urgent need to identify the most appropriate and effective policy responses from among the multiple approaches that exist. This collection...

   Published October 30th 2012 by Routledge
10. Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources In Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

    Edited by David Jensen, Stephen Lonergan

    Series: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management

    When a country emerges from violent conflict, the management of the environment and natural resources has important implications for short-term peacebuilding and long-term stability, particularly if natural resources were a factor in the conflict, play a major role in the national economy, or...

    Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge