Situated within the broad conceptual nexus between neo-liberalism, globalisation and the poverty trap, this book provides fresh perspectives on the multifaceted problems of water and energy resource management in Southern Africa.
This book investigates a topical issue in international forest policy: how to verify the legality of traded timber in ways that will satisfy both the commercial interests of producer states and the social and environmental concerns of civil society and consumers.
This chapter deals essentially with internal migration, also covering some types of cross-border migration, even though these are theoretically international movements. The chapter is concerned with voluntary migration for employment.
This book examines ways in which small states can reposition themselves in the global economy
This chapter highlights the problem of implementing short term public works programmes in situations of chronic poverty, and their limited social protection function in such contexts, and assesses the political and ideological factors informing their continued popularity with governments and donors despite these shortcomings.
This article explores the potential contribution of public works programmes to post-conflict reconstruction and demobilisation, with a case of study of Liberia.
This study will help us to understand whether and how aid for trade can help developing countries to trade and improve their economic performance. This study also illustrates the scope and limitations of a quantitative approach towards aid for trade, and should be read in conjunction with a study on whether aid for trade flows can actually be measured (Turner, 2008).
Do all of our humanitarian efforts add up to the good we intend? An additional question provides an important sub-theme: what is the role of collective action in assessing and improving humanitarian impacts? Addressing these questions, the volume explores critical issues involved in the development of mechanisms for assessing and improving the performance of humanitarian actors.
This book discusses questions related to the issues of additionality, permanence, leakage and equity, and considers the design options for REDD in a global climate regime.
