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  • Conservation Landscapes and Human Well-Being Conservation Landscapes and Human Well-Being
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    Conservation Landscapes and Human Well-Being

    The Himalayas are said to be the youngest mountain ranges in the world. This book studies the well-being of the eastern Himalayan forest-dwellers in terms of their capabilities and functioning. Using...
    $373.00

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  • Numeracy as Social Practice Numeracy as Social Practice
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    Numeracy as Social Practice

    Learning takes place both inside and outside of the classroom, embedded in local practices, traditions and interactions. But whereas the importance of social practice is increasingly recognised in...
    $392.00

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  • Technologies for Development Technologies for Development
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    Technologies for Development

    This open access book presents 18 case studies that explore current scientific and technological efforts to address global development issues, such as poverty, from a holistic and interdisciplinary...
    $101.00

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  • NGOs in the Muslim World NGOs in the Muslim World
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    NGOs in the Muslim World

    Though there have been many studies on "political Islam", only a few approaches to broaden our understanding of Muslim NGOs have appeared. Based on empirical studies in Japan, Indonesia, Pakistan,...
    $121.00

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  • With All Our Strength With All Our Strength
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    With All Our Strength

    With All Our Strength is the inside story of this women-led underground organization and their fight for the rights of Afghan women. Anne Brodsky, the first writer given in-depth access to visit and...
    $392.00

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  • Oil and Development in Ghana Oil and Development in Ghana
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    Oil and Development in Ghana

    This book gives a comprehensive overview of Ghana's hydrocarbon economy using actor network and assemblage theories to contest the methodological nationalism of mainstream accounts of the resource...
    $111.00

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  • An Introduction to African Politics An Introduction to African Politics
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    An Introduction to African Politics

    This fully updated fifth edition of An Introduction to African Politics is an ideal textbook for those new to the study of this fascinating continent. Charting trends in government over six decades...
    $92.00

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  • African Environmental Crisis African Environmental Crisis
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    African Environmental Crisis

    This book explores how and why the idea of the African environmental crisis developed and persisted through colonial and post-colonial periods, and why it has been so influential in development...
    $373.00

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  • Mama Jude
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    Mama Jude

    An Australian nurse's extraordinary other life in Africa Despite plans to enjoy her retirement after working as a nurse for over three decades, Judy Steel found herself in Uganda, at the age of 58,...
    $36.00

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  • Kleptopia
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    Kleptopia

    SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘If you think the UK isn't corrupt, you haven't looked hard enough … This terrifying book follows a global current of dirty money, and the murders and kidnappings required to...
    $25.00

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  • The Way of the Rise and Fall of the Great Powers The Way of the Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
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    The Way of the Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

    一本小书，用一个简单清晰的逻辑框架，力求厘清长期以来人们争论不休的一系列大问题，包括西方世界何以兴起、中华帝国何以衰落、世界霸权何以更替，以及英国工业革命何以发生、"李约瑟之谜"何以解开、中西方文化何以不同、"资本主义萌芽"何以虚假、洋务运动何以能够走通、甲午战争何以逆转国运、新文化运动何以严重跑偏，等等。古今多少事，都付笑谈中。A little book, using a simple...
    $44.00

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  • Governance, Development, and Social Work Governance, Development, and Social Work
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    Governance, Development, and Social Work

    This book explores how many issues related to development and governance -including migration, disaster management, environmental justice, peace and security, sustainability, public-private...
    $131.00

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  • Gender and Property Rights Gender and Property Rights
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    Gender and Property Rights

    On their list of 17 Sustainable Development Goals for all nations, the United Nations uses #5 "to achieve equality and empower all women and girls". One of the nine targets under goal 5 is 'gender...
    $48.00

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  • Mapping Southern Routes of Migrant Women Mapping Southern Routes of Migrant Women
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    Mapping Southern Routes of Migrant Women

    Whereas most migration research still focuses on South to North migration, this book shines a light on mobilities within the Global South. Using migration to and within Chile as a case study, the...
    $105.00

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  • The Routledge Handbook of Global Development The Routledge Handbook of Global Development
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    The Routledge Handbook of Global Development

    Featuring 60 contributions from leading academics and practitioners, this Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of some of the world's most pressing global development challenges - including how...
    $118.00

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  • Differentiating Development Differentiating Development
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    Differentiating Development

    Over the last two decades, anthropological studies have highlighted the problems of 'development' as a discursive regime, arguing that such initiatives are paradoxically used to consolidate...
    $177.00

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  • Sustainable Development in India Sustainable Development in India
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    Sustainable Development in India

    This book explores and interrogates the food-water-energy nexus, arguably the most crucial factor in sustaining India's economic development. The book sheds light on different experiences faced in...
    $373.00

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  • The Challenge of African Potentials The Challenge of African Potentials
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    The Challenge of African Potentials

    This collection of articles is based on presentations and discussions at the 2018 African Potentials Forum, held in Accra, Ghana. This forum was a part of the African Potentials Project, which aims...
    $114.00

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  • A Jew in Gaza A Jew in Gaza
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    A Jew in Gaza

    This is the unique story of how A.J. "Alonzo" Wind, retired Foreign Service Officer and international development executive, assumed the position of Mission Director for International Medical Corps...
    $44.00

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  • Marksismo, Ĉinlando kaj tutmondigo Marksismo, Ĉinlando kaj tutmondigo
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    Marksismo, Ĉinlando kaj tutmondigo

    Tiu ĉi libro estas tradukita el la angla laŭ rekomendo de okcidentaj marksistoj, por instigi la dialogon inter okcidentaj kaj ĉinaj marksistoj.La libro ne povis aperi en Ĉinujo mem; pro tio la aŭtoro...
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  • Outcomes and Impact Outcomes and Impact
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    Outcomes and Impact

    Outcomes and Impacts provides a comprehensive discussion of the difficulties, dilemmas and opportunities of understanding the outcomes and impact of social development programmes and projects...
    $59.00

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  • Money with a Mission Volume 2 Money with a Mission Volume 2
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    Money with a Mission Volume 2

    This book reflects the implications of a social performance management agenda for the perspective of twelve partners from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, who participated in a three-year...
    $82.00

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  • Metal Casting Metal Casting
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    Metal Casting

    An introduction to small-scale non-ferrous casting. Includes step-by-step instructions on how to make equipment using local materials; and provides information on moulding techniques, pattern making,...
    $64.00

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  • Small-scale Gold Mining Small-scale Gold Mining
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    Small-scale Gold Mining

    The artisanal mining of alluvial gold is an extremely common small mining activity in many countries. This is a comprehensive and practical guide aimed at filling a need for improved goldmining...
    $64.00

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  • AFRICA FIRST! AFRICA FIRST!
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    AFRICA FIRST!

    What stops Africa, with its abundant natural resources, from capitalising on its boundless potential? Well-known Africa analyst Jakkie Cilliers uses 11 scenarios to unpack, in concrete terms, how the...
    $41.00

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