Thinking on development informs and inspires the actions of people, organizations, and states in their continuous effort to invent a better world. This volume examines the ideas behind development: their origins, how they have changed and spread over time, and how they may evolv…
"Since mid-2007, the world scenario has been dominated by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis and its repercussions on global financial markets and economic growth. As banks around the world wrote down their losses and governments intervened to rescue domestic financial institution…
Understanding West Africa's Ebola epidemic: towards a political economy
by Abdulmelik, Semiha, Amos, Julia, Bah, Chernoh Alpha M., Barry, Alpha Amadou Bano, Batty, Fodei, Gezmu, Tefera, Howard, Allen M., Ibrahim, Aisha Fofana, Kamara, Abou Bakarr, Kieh, George Klay, Turshen, Meredeth
fromSecurity and society in Africa
In 1961, as President John F. Kennedy proclaimed the beginning of a "Decade of Development," the United States embarked on its first coherent "Africa" policy. Guided by the precepts of modernization theory, American policymakers, diplomats, academics, and Peace Corps volunteers …