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This booke xplores country case studies and work that details the exact transmission mechanisms through which financial development can enhance pro-poor development in order to derive best practices in this field. This is an important companion for professionals and policymakers, and also a vital reference source for students.
World hunger is prevalent yet receives relatively less attention compared to poverty. The MDGs have taken a step to address this with the resolution of halving the number of starving people in the world by 2015. Hunger though is not a straightforward problem of producing enough to feed the world's population; it has many cross-cutting dimensions. This volume discusses the significance of human rights approaches to food and the way it relates to gender considerations, addressing links between hunger and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, agricultural productivity and the environment.
The concepts of formal and informal remain central to the theory and practice of development more than half a century after they were introduced into the debate. They help structure the way that statistical services collect data on the economies of developing countries, the development of theoretical and empirical analysis, and, most important, the formulation and implementation of policy. This volume brings together a significant new collection of studies on formality and informality in developing countries. The volume is multidisciplinary in nature, with contributions from anthropologists, economists, sociologists, and political scientists. It contains contributions from among the very best analysts in development studies. Between them the chapters argue for moving beyond the formal-informal dichotomy. Useful as it has proven to be, a more nuanced approach is needed in light of conceptual and empirical advances, and in light of the policy failures brought about by a characterization of the 'informal' as 'disorganized'. The wealth of empirical information in these studies, and in the literature more widely, can be used to develop guiding principles for intervention that are based on ground level reality.
This book explores country case studies and works that detail the exact transmission mechanisms through which financial development can enhance pro-poor development in order to derive best practices in this field. This is an important companion for professionals and policymakers, and also a vital reference source for students.
This volume discusses the significance of human rights approaches to food and the way it relates to gender considerations, addressing links between hunger and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, agricultural productivity and the environment.
By many estimates, the world has recently crossed the point where
more than half the global population is urban, a trend driven by
rapid urbanization in developing countries. Urban centres offer
economies of scale in terms of productive enterprise and public
investment. Cities are social melting pots, centres of innovation,
and drivers of social change. However, cities are also marked by
social differentiation, poverty, conflict, and environmental
degradation. These are all issues that not only matter to cities,
but also lie at the heart of development. As such, the time is
right to consider afresh the relationship between cities and
development.
What are the implications of the WTO's Agreement on Agriculture for
food security in poor countries? Are economic reforms and high
growth rates in some countries protecting the well-being of the
poor by improving the status of nutrition? Are we measuring hunger
adequately? Do we need new tools and indicators? Does women's
socio-economic status matter for child-health? Are targeted
programmes successful in identifying and helping the truly
needy?
The concepts of formal and informal remain central to the theory
and practice of development more than half a century after they
were introduced into the debate. They help structure the way that
statistical services collect data on the economies of developing
countries, the development of theoretical and empirical analysis,
and, most important, the formulation and implementation of
policy.
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