The following books are available for review in PROGRESS IN DEVELOPMENT
STUDIES
Reviews are expected to be about 1000 words, and should be delivered by
August 30 2007. Please send me: your top two choices, your affiliation,
your land address, a fax number. You can also see this list (constantly
updated) onhttp://personal.lse.ac.uk/forsytht/PIDS_Books_for_Review.htm
PROGRESS IN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES is an international journal cited in
international indexing and Ingenta (web). We welcome subscriptions and
submitted papers on all aspects of international development. We
specialize on review papers of important topics of development theory
and practice, but can also publish case studies and other empirical
work. http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201836
Thanks - Tim Forsyth [log in to unmask]
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Globalization, development and human security
Eds A McGrew and N Poku
Polity, 2007 10 chapters, pp228
textbook format, governance, globalization, HIV/AIDS, debt, etc
Understanding Financial crises
F Allen and D Gale
Oxford Uni Press, 2007 pp303
econometrics, finance, trade shocks, speculative bubbles, lending booms
etc
The new famines: Why famines persist in an era of globalization
Ed S Devereux
Routledge, 2007 15 chapters
political, institutional analysis, some overviews, cases mainly from
Africa
Beyond the 'African Tragedy': Discourses on development and the global
economy
Es M Smith
Ashgate, 2006 14 chapters, 330pp
critique of neo-liberal economics, trade, investment, economic
development
The economics of agricultural development: World food systems and
resource use
G Norton, J Alwang and W Masters
Routledge, 2006
advanced text book, charts and diagrams, not econometrics, links with
globalization
Global issues for global citizens: An introduction to key development
challenges
Ed V Bhargava
World Bank 2006
Basic guide, lots of chapters on diverse themes, plenty of room for
debate
Chronic poverty and development policy in India
Eds A Mehta and A Shepherd
Sage 2006 12 chapters, pp411
various aspects of poverty, some statistics
Farmers Suicide: Facts and possible policy interventions
Meet and Rajivlochan
Yashwantrao, 2006 pp263
empirical analysis of rural suicides in India, by small Indian press
Poverty strategies in Asia: a growth plus approach
Eds J Weiss and H Khan
Elgar, 2006 10 chapters, 314pp
ADB approach, good overview plus cases from Laos, India, Philippines,
Thailand, some econometrics
Make Poverty Business: Increase profits and reduce risks by engaging
with the poor
C Wilson and P Wilson
Greenleaf, 2006 pp192
Hands-on approach to getting pro-poor business investment; corporate
social responsibility; management theory
Decentralisation in Asia and Latin America: towards a comparative
interdisciplinary perspective
Eds: P Smoke, E Gomez, G Peterson
Elgar, 2006 13 chapters
political economic approach, no econometrics, various case studies
Paradigm Wars: Indigenous peoples' resistance to globalization
Eds J Mander and V Tauli-Corpuz
Sierra Books, 2006 27 chapters, 261 pp
critique of investment, globalization, from localist perspective
Regulatory governance in developing countries
eds M Minogue and L Carino
Elgar, 2006 14 chapters
political economic approach, no econometrics, various case studies, very
full volume
Contagious Capitalism: Globalization and the politics of labor in China
M E Gallagher
Princeton Uni Press, 2005 pp240
political economy, labor markets, regulation, non-econometric approach
China's rural economy after WTO: problems and strategies
Ed Shunfeng Song and Aimin Chen
Ashgate, 2006 20 chapters, 376pp
many themes; gender, poverty, migration, governance, largely economic
approach
China's Agricultural Development: challenges and prospects
eds: Xiao-yuan Dong et al
Ashgate, 2006 16 chapters, 283pp
various studies, some statistical analysis
Food aid after fifty years: recasting its role
C Barrett and D Maxwell
Routledge, 2005 11 chapters, 314pp
political history, analysis, focus on institutions and general trends
Conflict and the Refugee Experience: Flight, exile and repatriation in
the Horn of Africa
A Bariagaber
Ashgate, 2006 9 chapters, 180pp
very focused on Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia; descriptive, no statistics
Growth and Economic Development: Essays in Honour of AP Thirlwall
Eds P Arestis, J McCombie, and R Vickerman
Elgar, 2006 14 chapters, pp294
macroeconomics and growth, post-Keynes, some equations
Development under stress: Sri Lanka economy in transition
S Kelegama
Sage, 2006 14 chapters, pp305
historical, largely descriptive, various themes on Sri Lanka (tsunami
not mentioned)
Multinational corporations in Indonesia and Thailand
Ed E Ramstetter and F Sjoholm
Ashgate 2006 8 chapters, pp229
some statistics, but not econometric, thorough survey of different
sectors
The peri-urban interface: approaches to sustainable natural and human
resource use
Eds D McGregor, D. Simon and D Thompson
Earthscan, 2006 20 chapters
various case studies and analyses, some statistics but not econometrics
Accountability of the International Monetary Fund
Eds B Carin and A Wood
Ashgate, 2005 8 chapters, pp124
politics, accountability, governance
Starter Packs: A strategy to fight hunger in developing countries?
Lessons from the Malawi Experience (CD Included)
Ed Sarah Levy
CABI, 2005 19 chapters, pp 295
focused on Malawi, poverty, development management, diverse chapters
Reaching the Poor with health, nutrition, and population services: what
works, what doesn't and why
Eds D Gwatkin, A Wagstaff, and A Yazbeck
World Bank, 2005 14 chps, pp353
health care, various examples from SSA, Asia, Lat America, statistics
but no mathematics
Global divergence in trade, money and policy
Eds V Alexander and H Kotz
Elgar, 2006
Globalization, economic development, information technology
Trial Justice: The International Criminal Court and the Lord's
Resistance Army
Tim Allen
Zed, 2006 - re Humanitarian crisis in Uganda
Everyday Corruption and the State: Citizens and Public Officials in
Africa
Giorgio Blundo and Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan with N. B. Arifari, M.
T. Alou and M. Mathieu
Zed, 2006
Overcoming intolerance in South Africa: experiments in democratic
persuasion
J Gibson and A Gouws
Cambridge, 2003 9 chapters, pp262
analytical, mathematical approach, politics and political psychology
African Anthropologies: History, critique and practice
Eds. M Ntarangwi, D Mills and M Babiker
Zed 2006 pp274
critique of anthropology, various authors, wide selection
Africa and Development: challenges in the new millennium: the NEPAD
debate
Eds. J Adesina, Y Graham and A Olukoshi
Zed 2006 pp288
NEPAD = New Partnership for Africa's Development (2001). This book is a
discussion of its themes.
Intellectuals and African Development: Pretension and Resistance in
African Politics
Eds. B Beckman and A Adeoti
Zed 2006 pp178
Seven chapters about intellectual progress, radicals, social protest etc
Poverty: An international Glossary (2nd ed)
Eds. P Spicker, SA Leguizamon, S Gordon
Zed, 2007 pp247
poverty, various political and economic and historic references
Poverty and neoliberalism: Persistence and reproduction in the global
south
Ray Bush
Pluto, 2007 pp247, 7 chapters
wide overview, land, mining, famine, globalization etc
Kenya: the struggle for democracy
Eds. G Murunga and S Nasong'o
Zed, 2007 pp344, 10 chapters
democratization, civil society, structural adjustment, constitution
Fiscal fragmentation in decentralized countries: Subsidiarity,
solidarity and asymmetry
Eds. R Bird and R Ebel
Elgar, 2007 13 chapters, pp440
examples around the world, North and South, financial management,
economic development, not econometric
Ideas, policies and economic development in the Americas
Eds. E Caldentey and M Vernengo
Routledge, 2007 11 chapters, pp242
various critiques of Latin American development, post-Prebisch etc,
trade, structuralism and its alternatives, good book
Land, law and Islam: Property and human rights in the Muslim world
S Sait and H Lim
Zed, 2006 8 chapters, 241 pp
land rights, tenure, Islamic law, credit etc
Flat world, big gaps: Economic liberalization, globalization, poverty
and inequality
Eds Jomo KS and J Baudot
Zed, 2007 15 chapters, 416pp
various case studies and discussions of trade, growth, inequality etc.
Political economy approach.
Policy matters: Economic and social policies to sustain equitable
development
Eds JA Ocamp, Jomo KS, S Khan
Zed, 2007 13 chapters, 347pp
various case studies and discussions of pro-poor economic development
How China grows: Investment, finance and reform
J Riedel, Jing Jin and Jian Gao
Princeton Uni Press, 2007 8 chapters, pp209
overview of banking sector, bond market, stock market, investment in
China
Eliminating human poverty: Macroeconomic and social policies for
equitable growth
S Mehrotra and E Delamonica
Zed, 2007 11 chapters, pp432
macroeconomic and social policy, targeting of poor, non-econometric
approach
The reality of Aid: 2006 - An independent review of poverty reduction
and development assistance
by the Management Committee of the Reality of Aid
Zed, 2007 pp370
Many chapters giving overviews of donor countries and performance (eg on
arms too), and overviews of receiving regions
Knowledge management in developing economies: A cross-cultural and
institutional approach
Eds K Hutchings and K Mohannak
Elgar, 2007 11 chapters, pp209
various cases from around the world
Making aid work
A V Banerjee with others..
Boston Review 2007 12 contributors, pp270
various op-eds about problems of aid, from people such as Howard White,
Jagdish Bhagwati, Robert Bates, Nick Stern etc
Human rights in Asia: A comparative legal study of 12 Asian
jurisdictions, France and the USA
Eds R Perenboom, C Petersen, A Chen
Routledge 2006 16 chapters, pp529
all East/ Southeast Asian countries except Burma, Laos, Cambodia. Good
summary and overview of issues and laws etc.
The current negotiations in the WTO: Options, opportunities and risks
for developing countries
B L Das
Zed, 2007 14 chapters, pp157
legal-style overview, brief summaries of issues such as Non-Agricultural
Market Access, TRIPS, services
(perhaps shorter review is feasible for this one)
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