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Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia: Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building (2017)
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Siciliano, G., & Urban, F. (Eds.). Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia: Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315440040

In recent years, both Chinese overseas investment and hydropower development have been topics of increasing interest and research, with Chinese actors acting as financiers, developers, builders and sub-contractors. Chinese Hydropower Development in A... Read More about Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia: Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building.

Realising the 'Triple Dividend of Resilience': A New Business Case for Disaster Risk Management (2016)
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Surminski, S., & Tanner, T. (Eds.). (2016). Realising the 'Triple Dividend of Resilience': A New Business Case for Disaster Risk Management. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40694-7

Why aren’t we investing more in disaster resilience, despite the rising costs of disaster events? This book argues that decision-makers in governments, businesses, households, and development agencies tend to focus on avoiding losses from disasters,... Read More about Realising the 'Triple Dividend of Resilience': A New Business Case for Disaster Risk Management.

Parametricism vs Materialism : Evolution of digital technologies for development (2016)
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Al-Attili, A., Karandinou, A., Daley, B., Abdelsabour, I., Farouk, H., Ahmed, M. H., Ahmed, Z. Y., Salet, T. A., Wolfs, R. J., Bos, F. P., Al Shiekh, B., Al-Badry, S., Cheng, C., Lundberg, S., Berdos, G., Al-Jokhadar, A., Jabi, W., Al-Matarneh, R., Fethi, I., Alacam, S., …Gerber, D. J. (2016). A. Al-Attili, A. Karandinou, & B. Daley (Eds.). Parametricism vs Materialism : Evolution of digital technologies for development. Imperial House Publishers

We build on previous technological developments in CAAD by looking into parametric design exploration and the development of the concept of parametricism. We use the phenomenological backdrop to account for our physical experiences and encounters as... Read More about Parametricism vs Materialism : Evolution of digital technologies for development.

Catchment and River Basin Management: Integrating Science and Governance (2015)
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Smith, L., Porter, K., Hiscock, K., Porter, M., & Benson, D. (Eds.). (2015). Catchment and River Basin Management: Integrating Science and Governance. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203129159

The central focus of this volume is a critical comparative analysis of the key drivers for water resource management and the provision of clean water – governance systems and institutional and legal arrangements. The authors present a systematic anal... Read More about Catchment and River Basin Management: Integrating Science and Governance.

Low Carbon Transitions for Developing Countries (2014)
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Urban, F. (2014). Low Carbon Transitions for Developing Countries. Earthscan, Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203077405

Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our times and in order to tackle this carbon emissions need to be mitigated. China and India have recently become some of the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters. Transitions to low carbo... Read More about Low Carbon Transitions for Developing Countries.

Agricultural Input Subsidies: The Recent Malawi Experience (2013)
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Chirwa, E., & Dorward, A. (2013). Agricultural Input Subsidies: The Recent Malawi Experience. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199683529.001.0001

Agricultural input subsidies were a major feature of development policies in rural economies until the 1980s. Continuing rural poverty with low productivity and fertilizer use in smallholder staple crops has led to their resurgence in Africa. These s... Read More about Agricultural Input Subsidies: The Recent Malawi Experience.

Institutional Economics Perspectives on African Agricultural Development (2009)
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Kirsten, J., Dorward, A., Poulton, C., & Vink, N. (Eds.). (2009). Institutional Economics Perspectives on African Agricultural Development. International Food Policy Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896297814BK

Professionals in economics and agricultural economics have been paying increasing attention to institutional issues and have developed strong concepts and analytical tools to do so. The core message of this book is that this new focus is particularly... Read More about Institutional Economics Perspectives on African Agricultural Development.

Organization and Performance of Cotton Sectors in Africa: Learning from Reform Experience (2009)
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Tschirley, D., Poulton, C., & Labaste, P. (Eds.). (2009). Organization and Performance of Cotton Sectors in Africa: Learning from Reform Experience. World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-7770-3

This book provides an empirically based, analytical assessment of the experience of reform in nine countries across Sub Saharan Africa representing a range of cotton sector structures, a must-read for all persons with a serious interest in an empiric... Read More about Organization and Performance of Cotton Sectors in Africa: Learning from Reform Experience.

Market Systems Analysis (2001)
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Poulton, C., & Poole, N. (2001). Market Systems Analysis. External Programme, Imperial College at Wye