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Changing the world of development research? An insight into theory and practice

Development research has been through many stages over the past few decades and during this time has experienced fluctuating appreciation by development practice. There is an increasing gap between different ways of doing development research. For some, ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-07 18:03

Maize diversity, poverty, and market access: lessons from Mexico

Crop genetic diversity and poverty are linked: first, resource-poor farmers often maintain genetic diversity; and second, crop diversity, when properly valued by the market, has the potential to alleviate poverty. This article examines this supposition ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:51

Appreciating the Movement of the Movements

This review essay surveys the theoretical insights emerging from within the Global Justice and Solidarity Movement, also known as the Anti-Globalisation Movement, or the Movement of the Movements, and also reviews the literature focused on this phenomenon ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:03

The New Public Finance – Responding to Global Challenges

Author: Kaul, Inge and Pedro Conceicão (eds.) Publisher: Oxford, Oxford Univer ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-17 12:39

The Native Tourist: Mass Tourism Within Developing Countries

Author: Ghimire, Krishna B. (ed.) Publisher: London: Earthscan, 2001, ISBN: 1 ...

Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:50

The Mexican tortilla crisis of 2007: the impacts of grain-price increases on food-production chains

This article examines the case of the Mexican ‘tortilla crisis’ of 2007. Drawing on reviews of literature and the media, key-informant interviews, and secondary databases, the authors explore the response of the Mexican maize–tortilla ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2011-08-15 16:33

`Marriage' to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji's women garment workers

The May 2000 coup in Fiji prompted a flight of capital from the country's garment industry. As workers lost their jobs, attention turned away from improving wages and conditions to retaining garment factory jobs in the country. What can feminist researche ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00

Dealing with hidden issues: trafficked women in Nepal

The authors describe the extent of the trade in mainly rural Nepalese women, sold into prostitution and bonded labour in Asia and the Middle East, often by their families, because of poverty. The organisation Women Acting Together for Change (WATCH) works ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:56

We NGOs: a controversial way of being and acting

While the forces of globalisation have intensified economic polarisation, diverse social movements worldwide are struggling to defend the public interest and to promote a more rights-based and sustainable form of organising human society. In allying thems ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05

Africa and the New Globalization