1. Haiti is a very poor country with a stagnant economy. This title, first published in 1983, considers the Haitian economy, placing it in its historical context, and explores the reasons why it has performed so badly. Mats Lundahl examines agriculture, which has failed to provide an adequate...
  2. 01/01/1996 This book explores the role of public action in eliminating deprivation and expanding human freedoms in India. The analysis is based on a broad and integrated view of development, which focuses on well-being and freedom rather than the standard indicators of economic growth. The authors place...
  3. This book is a study on economic conditions of Gujar Bakrawallah, pastoral people from Jammu and Kashmir. The book is divided into three parts with each chapter marking a landmark in the habitat, economy and society of the transhumants of the North-Western Himalayas.
  4. 20/12/2002 The feminisation of agriculture and the implications for maize development in China New tools for Romanian women farmers Indian women farmers Bitter cassava and women Women and livestock Gender mainstreaming Developing camel products Small change crops Economic change and gender role
  5. The Reader will discover a wealth of useful cultural and socio-economic information presented in an attractive, non-statistical manner. It bears reading by anyone involved in Nepal's development. This book is especially recommended to non-Nepalese who have come to live and work in Nepal, as well...
  6. A bold and incisive analysis of Nepal's society, and its attempts to develop and respond to change, from someone who is both an insider and an outsider to Nepal. At an early age Dor Bahadur Bista travelled all over Nepal in the compny of the leading anthropologist Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf...
  7. 01/01/2013 A rare and timely intervention from Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, on development in Africa. To many, Africa is the new frontier. As the West lies battered by financial crisis, Africa is seen as offering limitless opportunities for wealth creation in the...
  8. With this book, ACCION wishes to illustrate the importance of the micro-business sector as a whole to the economic future of Latin American countries and to provide insight into the complex nature of the urban slum economy.