How do we create more economic opportunities in the low-income
communities of the developing world? How can these communities
build greater resilience against economic uncertainties, natural
disasters, wars, and the growing threats of climate change? This
book reviews the research literature of economic development in
low-income communities of the developing world-from rural villages
to neighborhoods in the largest cities on earth. This book is
unique in gathering, organizing, and synthesizing research on
economic development at the community level, across the developing
world, drawing from multiple disciplines, publications,
methodologies, regions, and countries. Part I provides an overview
and context of the many challenges facing the developing world
today, as well as the often-heated debates over what "development"
is and how to make it happen. Part II reviews the extensive
research literature in major fields of community economic
development including education and human capital, overcoming the
"curse of natural resources," entrepreneurship and micro-finance,
tourism, and sustainability. The audience includes undergraduate
students interested in development and sustainability, graduate
students and other young researchers in a wide range of disciplines
who are finding their own focuses, and established researchers who
wish to expand their agendas. An expanded bibliography accompanies
the book as a downloadable supplement.
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