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Access to justice is a fundamental right guaranteed under a wide body of international, regional and domestic laws. This book brings together contributors to explore and analyze the issue of gendered access to justice, poverty and disempowerment across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Now available in paperback, this important collection of contributions brings together current thinking on poverty reduction and rural livelihoods in developing countries. As well as leading economists in the field such as Frank Ellis and Chris Barrett, there are a number of contributors from developing countries themselves. The book examines both macroeconomic and microeconomic phenomena and contains wide range of case studies.

Unique in its depth this book assesses the postures of the new consensus topic by topic, whilst posing strong alternatives. It will improve and stimulate understanding of one of the most important issues in international economics.

This book addresses the multifaceted problems arising from high energy demand. It highlights the need for a multi-dimensional analysis of the relationship between energy and other sectors is needed while providing constructive policy recommendations.

Using quantitative techniques, this volume provides empirical evidence on the crucial role of public provisioning of food, water, sanitation and health care in reducing undernutrition in women and children in India. The linkages are cogently explored and connected to the Sustainable Development Goals.

Written by a team of expert practitioners at the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD, this book gives an insight into the implications of new and emerging technologies in development evaluation.

This brand new collection of articles looks at both traditional concerns in economic development such as aid, debt and the role of the IMF, but also at gender, brain drain, military expenditure and postcolonial theory.

This work contains original contributions on the theory of the relationship between financial development and economic growth.

This book brings together academics in the field to present a review of the prospects for economic integration and development in Southern Africa, and to analyse alternative strategies and policies for the future.

A critical issue in law reform is why so many law reform projects in developing economies are regarded by their sponsors and recipients as unsuccessful. This book looks at law reform projects in post-socialist and post-authoritarian states in Asia, identifies common problems, and, proposes analytical frameworks for understanding these problems.

Microfinance has become an important component of development, poverty reduction and economic regeneration strategy around the world. This book explores topics such as: microfinance and poverty reduction; microfinance, gender and social development; microinsurance; and, regulating and supervising microfinance institutions.

Explores each important aspect of EBA in a comprehensive analysis. This book examines the EBA's central position in EU discourse and its relevance for the European and international trade agenda.

This book examines the ways in which developing countries can achieve economic, political and social reconstruction in the wake of armed conflict. It includes studies of Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, South Africa, Sri Lanka.

This work brings together in a coherent framework analysis of monetary policy. It examines the relationship between money, credit, the balance of payments, inflation and the exchange rate system reflecting and theorizing on market fluctuations.

Originally published in French and updated here for the first time in English, the book emphasises three main innovations brought about by the fight against poverty by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Tackles the subjects of the Millennium Development Goals accepted by the UN in 2000, along with the targets set by the OECD in 1996.

This original contribution to the debate on developing countries and IT suggests that the benefits of the internet can be passed on via an intermediary.

This book is concerned with the problem of achieving sustained economic growth in thirteen African countries. Structural adjustments designed to remove imperfections have made it difficult for the market system to work optimally.

This impressive collection explores the relationship between a country's balance of payments and their rate of economic growth.

A volume which represents a uniquely thorough investigation of trade and financial policy as it impacts upon Third World development. Case studies backed by thematic discussion chapters give this text an important analytic content.

Microfinance is defined as the financial services offered to the poor for the purpose of promoting small-scale enterprises. This volume provides a much-needed historical, political and economic dimension to the knowledge on microfinance. It offers regional, cultural and other explanations for variable assessments of microfinance and empowerment.

This work compares the introduction of policies of economic liberalization in the developing world during the 1980s. Case studies of various countries show that political democratization does not have to accompany economic liberalization.

This broad-ranging critique explains that without a much broader political economy, the post-Washingtonm Consensus is unlikely to provide a coherent framework for successful development policies.

Globalization in the 1990s provided opportunities and challenges for developing and transition economies. This book analyzes various methods employed to manage globalization and development. Bringing together an international team of contributors, it is useful to those involved in the fields of development economics and political economy.

Historically, Latin America has experienced persistently high levels of inequality and poverty. Adopting a multidimensional approach, the causes and consequences of this inequality are analytically examined here.

This volume seeks to generalise the lessons across developing country and enterprise cases, and shed light on which trade and industrial strategies and instruments work best, and what does not work, in relation to manufacturing competitiveness.

This important new collection of contributions brings together current thinking on poverty reduction and rural livelihoods in developing countries. As well as leading economists in the field, there are a number of local contributors.