Format:
1 online resource (337 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415667302
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9781134122714
Series Statement:
Routledge Perspectives on Development Series
Content:
Development Organizations explores the range and role of organizations involved in development policy and practice. This includes community-based organizations and civil society actors, international non-governmental organizations, state and other national-based actors, global forms of governance, international financial institutions and transnational corporations. It considers the historical and contemporary role of each of these actors, explains the complex theoretical debates over their existence and activities, and uses case studies from a variety of contexts to critically assess their effectiveness. This book is the only introductory text to focus specifically on the variety of organizations involved in development. It highlights the political and contested nature of development activities promoted by these organizations, and considers their effects on society, the economy and the environment. It also considers these issues in the context of the Millennium Development Goals: the agenda which currently impacts on the operation and outcomes of the broad range of development organizations. The book is clearly written and user-friendly, with case studies to help illustrate the operation of development organisations. Clear learning outcomes are stated at the beginning of each chapter and summaries at the end help to reinforce understanding. Discussion topics, suggestions for further reading and relevant websites are also listed for each chapter, providing useful tools for students, teachers, and other interested readers
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of plates -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Doing development -- Learning goals -- Introduction -- The need for 'development' -- Range and role of development organizations -- A network of development organizations -- Organizations and institutions -- Development organizations -- Defining development -- Doing development -- Historical context of development post-1945 -- Increased human focus -- The rise of the markets -- Post-development -- Increasing diversity and interdisciplinarity of development -- Contemporary context of development: the Millennium Development Goals -- A strange paradox: mixed success but continued enthusiasm -- Structure of the book -- Summary points -- Discussion questions -- Further reading -- Film suggestions -- Relevant websites -- 2. Supranational governance -- Learning goals -- Introduction -- Global governance -- Global governance organizations -- United Nations system -- Evolution of the United Nations -- United Nations conferences -- UNICEF -- UNDP -- Criticisms -- Multilateral organizations -- Global development issues -- Millennium Development Goals -- Conflict and security threats: the role of the United Nations Security Council -- Global environmental issues -- Climate change -- Global participation and agreement -- Effectiveness of global governance and agreements -- Summary points -- Discussion questions -- Further reading -- Film suggestions -- Relevant websites -- 3. International financial institutions -- Learning goals -- Introduction -- The rise of neoliberalism and the Washington consensus -- Washington consensus -- Evolution of the international financial institutions -- World Bank -- International Monetary Fund
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Asian Development Bank in Asia and the Pacific -- Key policies and programmes -- Structural adjustment -- Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers -- IFIs in a global development network -- Summary points -- Discussion questions -- Film suggestions -- Relevant websites -- 4. The State -- Learning goals -- Introduction -- Heyday of the state as development actor -- The radical state -- Neoliberalism and good governance -- Good governance -- The role of the state in twenty-first-century development -- Post-Washington consensus -- The state as a political actor -- Development aid -- Official Development Assistance -- New and emerging donors -- Aid effectiveness -- UK aid: Department for International Development (DfID) -- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) -- State groupings -- Sub-national government -- Academia -- The military -- Human Terrain System -- Relationship between the military and the government -- The state in a development network -- Summary points -- Discussion questions -- Further reading -- Film suggestions -- Relevant websites -- 5. Private-sector organizations and global trade and investment -- Learning goals -- Introduction -- Globalization and development -- Foreign direct investment, free trade and economic development -- FDI flows -- FDI impacts -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Asia and Latin America -- International finance companies -- The rise of the BRICs in global trade and investment -- TNCs and trade relationships -- Global distribution of TNCs -- TNCs and infrastructure investment -- Regulating TNCs -- Small-scale businesses -- The World Trade Organization -- Power and place in the WTO -- Sustainability and the WTO -- Developing countries in the WTO -- Alternative strategies -- Fair trade -- Microlending and microfinance organizations -- Private foundations -- Ford Foundation -- Gates Foundation
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Critiquing the motivations and impact of foundations -- The private sector in a global partnership for development -- Summary points -- Discussion questions -- Further reading -- Film suggestions -- Relevant websites -- 6. International non-governmental organizations -- Learning goals -- Introduction -- The emergence and evolution of international NGOs -- INGO funding -- A brief history of philanthropy -- INGO example: International Committee of the Red Cross -- A changing agenda: basic needs, grassroots development and a rights-based approach -- The evolution of grassroots development -- Rights-based approach -- Sustainability and 'scaling-up' -- Accountability and good governance -- Professionalization of NGOs -- 'NGOization' -- Evaluating international NGOs in the twenty-first century -- Changing fortunes -- Summary points -- Discussion questions -- Further reading -- Film suggestions -- Relevant websites -- 7. Community-based organizations and civil society -- Learning goals -- Introduction -- Civil society, social capital and community-based organizations -- Social capital and collective action -- Community groups and participation -- Local organizations and microfinance -- Critiquing microfinance -- Faith-based organizations -- Resistance movements: collective organization for and against development -- Resistance movements and the World Trade Organization -- The 'Arab Spring' uprisings -- Save the Narmada Movement -- Occupy movements -- Networks of social movements: World Social Forum -- Understanding the context of development -- Summary points -- Discussion questions -- Further reading -- Film suggestions -- Relevant websites -- 8. Conclusion: doing development in a globalized world -- Learning goals -- Summarizing development and the development sector -- Individuals within the development sector -- International volunteers -- Remittances
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Networks and connections -- Busan Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation -- Viewing the development sector as a system -- Sustainability of the development sector -- Self-perpetuating nature of development organizations -- Summary points -- Discussion questions -- Further reading -- Film suggestions -- Relevant websites -- Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Schaaf, Rebecca Development Organizations Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2013 ISBN 9780415667302
Language:
English
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