Outlines the structure of the Tanzanian economy, considering the impact of previous policies, as well as current stabilisation and adjustment measures, on the Tanzanian population. The text rejects official statistics as failing to give an accurate picture of Tanzanian economic development.
In recent years, the Republic of Guinea has shed its reputation as one of the most tightly controlled state economies in Africa, leaving behind a cloistered era marked by an extraordinarily closed economic and political system. This title presents an overview of the Guinean economy, and its evolution.
A Constructivist Critique of the One-size-fits-all Liberal Model
Education and International Development, 2000-2020: A Constructivist Critique of the One-size-fits-all Liberal Model advances the claim that there exists a liberal theory of international education. Ian Wash argues that the assumed harmony of this model is the main source of dispute in the field of education and international development. The ......
Emerging market economies (EMEs) have become the darlings of international investors and the focus of enormous attention in academic, media, and policy circles.
Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to drop, and governments stagger under record deficits. The End of Growth proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history. The expansionary trajectory of industrial civilization is ......
A real-world assessment of Fair Trade's effectiveness. Drawing upon anthropological studies of a variety of regions and commodity systems including Darjeeling tea, coffee, crafts, and cut flowers, this title uses ethnographic case studies to assess whether the Fair Trade Movement is actually achieving its goals.
A real-world assessment of Fair Trade's effectiveness. Drawing upon anthropological studies of a variety of regions and commodity systems including Darjeeling tea, coffee, crafts, and cut flowers, this title uses ethnographic case studies to assess whether the Fair Trade Movement is actually achieving its goals.
Will new global trends help or hinder the world's long struggle for human rights and democracy? The answer depends on the role of five rising democracies - India, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey, and Indonesia - as both examples and supporters of liberal ideas and practices. Ted Piccone analyses the transitions of these five democracies as their ......
