Development Studies – June to August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 16, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

Draining Development? : The Sources, Consequences, and Control of Flows of Illicit Funds from Developing Countries / Reuter, Peter Available as an e-book from ebrary [Available to SOAS Staff/Students only] Violent conflict and peacebuilding : the continuing crisis in Darfur / Johan Brosché and Daniel Rothbart.

Development Studies – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 28, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

‘Good health at low cost’ 25 years on : what makes a successful health care system? / editors: Dina Balabanova, Martin McKee and Anne Mills. Environmental impact / editors, C.A. Brebbia, T.-S. Chon. Provocations for Development / Robert Chambers Representations of global poverty : aid, development and international NGOs / Nandita Dogra.

New Publications from JICA Research Institute

By Farzana Whitfield|July 27, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has released some new publications: Working Paper No. 46 ‘Regional Integration in East Africa Diversity or Economic Conformity” Books: Ryo Fujita and Tomoyo Toyota ed. (2012) Climate Change Mitigation and International Development Cooperation Yutaka Hongo and Akio Hosono (2012) A Miracle of the Cerrado , the Barren Land in Brazil For further information on this and other publications please click on the following link: http://jica-ri.jica.go.jp/

Humanitarian Communication

By Farzana Whitfield|July 25, 2012|Development Studies, Politics and International Relations|0 comments

As part of ‘Infoasaid’ this is an online learning course, focusing on finding better ways to communicate with crisis effected communities. This can be both before and after emergency situations. The website links include, news updates, ongoing projects and the two way communication between aid agencies and vulnerable communities. For further details, please see the link below: http://infoasaid.org/e-learning/course/start  

Development Studies – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 10, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

Coping with disasters : mitigation strategy, preventive action and recovery / editors, Mamata Desai, Sandip Halder. Joint ventures in agriculture : lessons from land reform projects in South Africa / Edward Lahiff, Nerhene Davis and Tshililo Manenzhe. Making health financing work for poor people in Tanzania / Dominic Haazen. A philosophy of education for African nations : recovering from the negative effects of colonial education / Emefiena Ezeani.

Development Studies – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 18, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

e-books Food and environment : the quest for a sustainable future / editors, V. Popov, C.A. Brebbia. [Dawsonera] Flood prevention and remediation / edited by F.C.B. Mascarenhas. [Dawsonera] Incentives and instruments for sustainable irrigation / edited by H. Bjornlund. [Dawsonera] Management of scarce water resources : a Middle Eastern experience / Hazim K. El-Naser. [Dawsonera] The road to sustainability : GDP and future generations / Federico M. Pulselli … [et al.]. [Dawsonera]

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Development Studies – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

Combating malnutrition in Ethiopia : an evidence-based approach for sustained results / Andrew Sunil Rajkumar, Christopher Gaukler, and Jessica Tilahun. Exporting services : a developing country perspective / Arti Grover Goswami, Aaditya Mattoo, and Sebastián Sáez, editors. Healthy partnerships :how governments can engage the private sector to improve health in Africa Extreme heritage management : the practices and policies of densely populated islands / edited by Godfrey Baldacchino. Understanding economic

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