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Elgar Encyclopedia of Development
The Elgar Encyclopedia of Development is a ground-breaking resource that provides a starting point for those wishing to grasp how and why development occurs, while also providing further expansion appropriate for more experienced academics.
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The Elgar Encyclopedia of Development is a ground-breaking resource that provides a starting point for those wishing to grasp how and why development occurs, while also providing further expansion appropriate for more experienced academics.
With concise explorations of over 130 key terms, events, actors, theories, practices, agencies, and policies in the field, this Encyclopedia introduces a broader viewpoint to the ever-evolving discipline of development studies. Entries act as helpful references that clarify key subjects, identify influential literature and highlight correct practitioner procedure.
Key Features:
• Interdisciplinary and international analysis of development
• Succinct and accessible entries that illustrate significant historical shifts
• Authored by experts and emerging leaders in contemporary areas of study such as rising powers and green economies
• Addresses core development issues such as child labour, class, food security, poverty, sustainability and urban development
This essential Encyclopedia will be an important reference for students and scholars pursuing disciplines such as development economics, international politics, development studies and social policy. Development practitioners looking to improve existing practices will additionally benefit from its theoretical foundations and historical trajectories of important events.
With concise explorations of over 130 key terms, events, actors, theories, practices, agencies, and policies in the field, this Encyclopedia introduces a broader viewpoint to the ever-evolving discipline of development studies. Entries act as helpful references that clarify key subjects, identify influential literature and highlight correct practitioner procedure.
Key Features:
• Interdisciplinary and international analysis of development
• Succinct and accessible entries that illustrate significant historical shifts
• Authored by experts and emerging leaders in contemporary areas of study such as rising powers and green economies
• Addresses core development issues such as child labour, class, food security, poverty, sustainability and urban development
This essential Encyclopedia will be an important reference for students and scholars pursuing disciplines such as development economics, international politics, development studies and social policy. Development practitioners looking to improve existing practices will additionally benefit from its theoretical foundations and historical trajectories of important events.
Contributors
Contributors: Tuomo Alhojärvi, Sabina Alkire, Michael Anderson, Luis Alberto Andres, Sylvia Ang, Samuelson Appau, Karin Arts, Rashmi Arora, Kiran Asher, Samantha Balaton-Chrimes, Elizabeth Barron, Tanja Bastia, Valentina Baú, Lourdes Beneria, Sharon Bessell, Dan Biller, Anne-Emanuelle Birn, Nematullah Bizhan, Tobias Boos, Ulrich Brand, Paul Brenton, Bruno Bonizzi, Iris Borowy, Christopher Chase-Dunn, Sing C. Chew, Yin-wah Chu, Sefa Awaworyi Churchill, Anis Chowdhury, Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, James Cockayne, Community Economies Collective, Gary Craig, Séverine Deneulin, Federico Demaria, Sonia Maria Dias, Mark Diesendorf, David Dollar, Jay Drydyk, Nata Duvvury, Tim Dyson, Chamsy el-Ojeili, Stig Enemark, Deborah Barros Leal Farias, Andrew Farmer, Anne-Meike Fechter, Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Alexandra Fortacz, Nichole Georgeou, Gouthami, Jeannette Graulau, Shaun Grech, Jing Gu, Alison Guzman, Lawrence Hamilton, Paul Haslam, Charles Hawksley, Richard Heeks, Nate Henderson, Ann Hill, Wil Hout, Jude Howell, Bingyu Huangfu, Janet Hunt, Ana Isla, Sandra F. Joireman, Saibal Kar, Cristóbal Kay, Stephan Klingebiel, Paul L. Knox, Ignacio Krell, Narendran Kumarakulasingam, Christina Laskaridis, Jon Harald Sande Lie, Jiajie Lu, Isaac Lyne, Amber Marshall, Corinne L. Mason, Heike Mayer, Mark McGillivray, Simon McGrath, Cathy McIlwaine, Katharine McKinnon,Philip McMichael, John Morton, Elias Mossialos, Thomas Muhr, Laurissa Mühlich, Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Francesca Musiani, Yamini Narayanan, Rajneesh Narula, Dev Nathan, Melanie Nind, Keith Nurse, Roni Kay O’Dell, Kirstie O''Neill, Naohiko Omata, B. Ouattara, Kamna Patel, Jonathan Pattenden, Marie Juul Petersen, Deborah A. Phillips, André Pineli, Pryor Placino, Kenneth A. Reinert, Chris Roche, Keetie Roelen, Kristina Roepstorff, Dane Rowlands, Kanchana Ruwanpura, Mandira Sarma, Chizu Sato, Susanne Schech, Matthias Schmelzer, Ruhiya Kristine Seward, Xinjie Shi, Kalim Siddiqui, Ronald Skeldon, Kiah Smith, Matthew L. Smith, Russell Smyth, Marcin Wojciech Solarz, David Stern, Polly Stupples, Andy Sumner, C. Peter Timmer, David J. Telfer, Jean-Philippe Thérien, Corinna R. Unger, Margit van Wessel, Dinesh Wadiwel, Anthony Ware, Jeroen Warner, Brad Watson, Dobrosława Wiktor-Mach, Carolyn Whitzman, Bernice Yanful, Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings
Contents
List of contributors x
An introduction to the Elgar
Encyclopedia of Development 1
Matthew Clarke and Xinyu
(Andy) Zhao
1 Absolute poverty 4
Andy Sumner
2 Advocacy 7
Margit van Wessel
3 Affordable housing 12
Carolyn Whitzman
4 Agrarian change and rural
development 15
Cristóbal Kay
5 Aid modality 20
B. Ouattara
6 Amartya Sen 24
Lawrence Hamilton
7 Andre Gunder Frank 29
Sing C. Chew
8 Animal capital 36
Dinesh Wadiwel
9 Art and development 41
Polly Stupples
10 Artificial intelligence and
development 46
Matthew L. Smith and Ruhiya
Kristine Seward
11 Arturo Escobar 52
Kiran Asher
12 Bandung and decolonization 55
Narendran Kumarakulasingam
13 Basic needs approach 59
Kenneth A. Reinert
14 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 64
Bernice Yanful and
Anne-Emanuelle Birn
15 Bretton Woods 70
Laurissa Mühlich
16 BRICS 74
Deborah Barros Leal Farias
17 Chandra Talpade Mohanty 77
Chizu Sato
18 Child labour 83
Dev Nathan
19 Citizen aid 88
Anne-Meike Fechter
20 Civil society and development 90
Jude Howell
21 Class 95
Jonathan Pattenden
22 Communication for development 100
Valentina Baú
23 Community capacity-building 104
Gary Craig
24 Community development 110
Gary Craig
25 Conflict sensitivity and do
no harm 116
Anthony Ware
26 Corporate social responsibility 120
Paul Alexander Haslam
27 Corruption and development 125
Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
28 Culture and development 129
Keith Nurse
29 Customary law 137
Sandra F. Joireman
30 Data justice 141
Richard Heeks
31 Debt 145
Bruno Bonizzi and Christina
Laskaridis
32 Decent work 150
Kanchana Ruwanpura
33 Degrowth 155
Federico Demaria
34 Dependency theory 161
Wil Hout
35 Developing countries 166
Deborah Barros Leal Farias
36 Development and racial hierarchy 169
Kamna Patel
37 Development ethics 173
Jay Drydyk
38 Developmental state 180
Yin-wah Chu
39 Digital citizenship 185
Jiajie Lu
40 Digital inclusion 188
Amber Marshall
41 Disability and development 192
Shaun Grech
42 Disaster and development 197
Jeroen Warner
43 Domestic violence and
development 203
Nata Duvvury
44 Early childhood development 208
Deborah A. Phillips
45 Education and development 214
Simon McGrath
46 Energy and development 219
David I. Stern
47 Ester Boserup 224
Marina Fischer-Kowalski
48 Everyday peace 228
Anthony Ware
49 Faith-based organizations 234
Marie Juul Petersen
50 Finance and development 241
Rashmi Arora
51 Financial inclusion 247
Mandira Sarma
52 Food regimes 251
Philip McMichael
53 Food security 259
C. Peter Timmer
54 Forced migration 264
Naohiko Omata
55 Foreign direct investment 268
Rajneesh Narula and André Pineli
56 Gender and development 272
Gouthami
57 Gender and intersectionality 277
Tanja Bastia
58 Geography and the world’s
development divides 279
Marcin Wojciech Solarz
59 Global governance 286
Roni Kay O’Dell
60 Global North–South 291
Jean-Philippe Thérien
61 Global value chains and
economic development 296
David Dollar
62 Globalization and development 299
Kenneth A. Reinert
63 Good governance 304
Anis Chowdhury
64 Green economy 309
Kirstie O’Neill
65 Health system 314
Michael Anderson and Elias
Mossialos
66 Heritage and development 320
Dobrosława Wiktor-Mach
67 Human development approach 324
Alexandra Fortacz and
Sabina Alkire
68 Human Development Index 332
Mark McGillivray
69 Human trafficking and slavery 337
James Cockayne
70 Humanitarian aid 342
Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings
71 Immanuel Wallerstein 347
Chamsy el-Ojeili
72 Inclusive research 352
Melanie Nind
73 Indigenous peoples and
development 355
Janet Hunt
74 Infrastructure and
economic development 361
Dan Biller
75 International child sponsorship 368
Brad Watson
76 International Monetary
Fund and the World Bank 374
Dane Rowlands
77 International trade and
economic development 379
Saibal Kar
78 International volunteering 381
Susanne Schech
79 Internet governance 386
Francesca Musiani
80 Labour migration 391
Sylvia Ang
81 Land governance 394
Stig Enemark
82 Land grabs 399
Kiah Smith
83 Localization 404
Kristina Roepstorff
84 MDGs and SDGs 408
85 Mining 412
Jeannette Graulau
86 Modernization 417
Corinna R. Unger
87 Multispecies climate justice 422
Yamini Narayanan
88 Multispecies poverty politics 426
Yamini Narayanan
89 Neoliberalism 429
Nichole Georgeou and
Charles Hawksley
90 Open development 435
Ruhiya Kristine Seward and
Matthew L. Smith
91 Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development 441
Matthias Schmelzer
92 Oxfam 446
Chris Roche
93 Participatory development 451
Anthony Ware
94 Pastoralism 455
John Morton
95 Plan International 460
Karin Arts
96 Pollution 465
Andrew Farmer
97 Population and development 468
Tim Dyson
98 Postcapitalism 473
Tuomo Alhojärvi, Isaac Lyne,
Pryor Placino, Katharine
McKinnon and the Community
Economies Collective
99 Postdevelopment 479
Samantha Balaton-Chrimes
100 Post-neoliberalism 482
Tobias Boos and Ulrich Brand
101 Poverty measurement 489
Sharon Bessell
102 Queer development studies 494
Corinne L. Mason
103 Religion and development 497
Séverine Deneulin
104 Resilience 502
Isaac Lyne, Ann Hill,
Elizabeth Barron, Alison
Guzman and Ignacio Krell
105 Right to development 507
Anthony Ware
106 Rights-based approach to
development 512
Anthony Ware
107 Rising powers 518
Stephan Klingebiel
108 Rural–urban migration 523
Xinjie Shi and Bingyu Huangfu
109 Save the Children 528
Karin Arts
110 Sexual and reproductive
health and rights 532
Nate Henderson
111 Slow city 536
Heike Mayer and Paul L. Knox
112 Social enterprise 538
Isaac Lyne
113 Social protection 544
Keetie Roelen
114 Socialist ecofeminism 547
Ana Isla
115 South–South cooperation 553
Thomas Muhr
116 Stages of growth 559
Rashmi Arora
117 State fragility 563
Nematullah Bizhan
118 Subjective well-being 566
Sefa Awaworyi Churchill and
Russell Smyth
119 Sustainable development 569
Mark Diesendorf
120 Sustainable livelihoods 575
Kiah Smith
121 Sylvia Chant 580
Cathy McIlwaine
122 The Belt and Road Initiative 583
Jing Gu
123 The humanitarian–
development nexus 588
Jon Harald Sande Lie
124 The migration–development nexus 593
Ronald Skeldon and Tanja Bastia
125 The World Commission on
Environment and Development 598
Iris Borowy
126 Tourism and development 603
David J. Telfer
127 Trade and poverty 609
Paul Brenton
128 Urban planning 613
Patrick Brandful Cobbinah
129 Waste management and
development 618
Sonia Maria Dias
130 Women and development 623
Lourdes Beneria
131 World-systems theory 628
Christopher Chase-Dunn
132 World Trade Organization 631
Kalim Siddiqui
An introduction to the Elgar
Encyclopedia of Development 1
Matthew Clarke and Xinyu
(Andy) Zhao
1 Absolute poverty 4
Andy Sumner
2 Advocacy 7
Margit van Wessel
3 Affordable housing 12
Carolyn Whitzman
4 Agrarian change and rural
development 15
Cristóbal Kay
5 Aid modality 20
B. Ouattara
6 Amartya Sen 24
Lawrence Hamilton
7 Andre Gunder Frank 29
Sing C. Chew
8 Animal capital 36
Dinesh Wadiwel
9 Art and development 41
Polly Stupples
10 Artificial intelligence and
development 46
Matthew L. Smith and Ruhiya
Kristine Seward
11 Arturo Escobar 52
Kiran Asher
12 Bandung and decolonization 55
Narendran Kumarakulasingam
13 Basic needs approach 59
Kenneth A. Reinert
14 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 64
Bernice Yanful and
Anne-Emanuelle Birn
15 Bretton Woods 70
Laurissa Mühlich
16 BRICS 74
Deborah Barros Leal Farias
17 Chandra Talpade Mohanty 77
Chizu Sato
18 Child labour 83
Dev Nathan
19 Citizen aid 88
Anne-Meike Fechter
20 Civil society and development 90
Jude Howell
21 Class 95
Jonathan Pattenden
22 Communication for development 100
Valentina Baú
23 Community capacity-building 104
Gary Craig
24 Community development 110
Gary Craig
25 Conflict sensitivity and do
no harm 116
Anthony Ware
26 Corporate social responsibility 120
Paul Alexander Haslam
27 Corruption and development 125
Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
28 Culture and development 129
Keith Nurse
29 Customary law 137
Sandra F. Joireman
30 Data justice 141
Richard Heeks
31 Debt 145
Bruno Bonizzi and Christina
Laskaridis
32 Decent work 150
Kanchana Ruwanpura
33 Degrowth 155
Federico Demaria
34 Dependency theory 161
Wil Hout
35 Developing countries 166
Deborah Barros Leal Farias
36 Development and racial hierarchy 169
Kamna Patel
37 Development ethics 173
Jay Drydyk
38 Developmental state 180
Yin-wah Chu
39 Digital citizenship 185
Jiajie Lu
40 Digital inclusion 188
Amber Marshall
41 Disability and development 192
Shaun Grech
42 Disaster and development 197
Jeroen Warner
43 Domestic violence and
development 203
Nata Duvvury
44 Early childhood development 208
Deborah A. Phillips
45 Education and development 214
Simon McGrath
46 Energy and development 219
David I. Stern
47 Ester Boserup 224
Marina Fischer-Kowalski
48 Everyday peace 228
Anthony Ware
49 Faith-based organizations 234
Marie Juul Petersen
50 Finance and development 241
Rashmi Arora
51 Financial inclusion 247
Mandira Sarma
52 Food regimes 251
Philip McMichael
53 Food security 259
C. Peter Timmer
54 Forced migration 264
Naohiko Omata
55 Foreign direct investment 268
Rajneesh Narula and André Pineli
56 Gender and development 272
Gouthami
57 Gender and intersectionality 277
Tanja Bastia
58 Geography and the world’s
development divides 279
Marcin Wojciech Solarz
59 Global governance 286
Roni Kay O’Dell
60 Global North–South 291
Jean-Philippe Thérien
61 Global value chains and
economic development 296
David Dollar
62 Globalization and development 299
Kenneth A. Reinert
63 Good governance 304
Anis Chowdhury
64 Green economy 309
Kirstie O’Neill
65 Health system 314
Michael Anderson and Elias
Mossialos
66 Heritage and development 320
Dobrosława Wiktor-Mach
67 Human development approach 324
Alexandra Fortacz and
Sabina Alkire
68 Human Development Index 332
Mark McGillivray
69 Human trafficking and slavery 337
James Cockayne
70 Humanitarian aid 342
Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings
71 Immanuel Wallerstein 347
Chamsy el-Ojeili
72 Inclusive research 352
Melanie Nind
73 Indigenous peoples and
development 355
Janet Hunt
74 Infrastructure and
economic development 361
Dan Biller
75 International child sponsorship 368
Brad Watson
76 International Monetary
Fund and the World Bank 374
Dane Rowlands
77 International trade and
economic development 379
Saibal Kar
78 International volunteering 381
Susanne Schech
79 Internet governance 386
Francesca Musiani
80 Labour migration 391
Sylvia Ang
81 Land governance 394
Stig Enemark
82 Land grabs 399
Kiah Smith
83 Localization 404
Kristina Roepstorff
84 MDGs and SDGs 408
85 Mining 412
Jeannette Graulau
86 Modernization 417
Corinna R. Unger
87 Multispecies climate justice 422
Yamini Narayanan
88 Multispecies poverty politics 426
Yamini Narayanan
89 Neoliberalism 429
Nichole Georgeou and
Charles Hawksley
90 Open development 435
Ruhiya Kristine Seward and
Matthew L. Smith
91 Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development 441
Matthias Schmelzer
92 Oxfam 446
Chris Roche
93 Participatory development 451
Anthony Ware
94 Pastoralism 455
John Morton
95 Plan International 460
Karin Arts
96 Pollution 465
Andrew Farmer
97 Population and development 468
Tim Dyson
98 Postcapitalism 473
Tuomo Alhojärvi, Isaac Lyne,
Pryor Placino, Katharine
McKinnon and the Community
Economies Collective
99 Postdevelopment 479
Samantha Balaton-Chrimes
100 Post-neoliberalism 482
Tobias Boos and Ulrich Brand
101 Poverty measurement 489
Sharon Bessell
102 Queer development studies 494
Corinne L. Mason
103 Religion and development 497
Séverine Deneulin
104 Resilience 502
Isaac Lyne, Ann Hill,
Elizabeth Barron, Alison
Guzman and Ignacio Krell
105 Right to development 507
Anthony Ware
106 Rights-based approach to
development 512
Anthony Ware
107 Rising powers 518
Stephan Klingebiel
108 Rural–urban migration 523
Xinjie Shi and Bingyu Huangfu
109 Save the Children 528
Karin Arts
110 Sexual and reproductive
health and rights 532
Nate Henderson
111 Slow city 536
Heike Mayer and Paul L. Knox
112 Social enterprise 538
Isaac Lyne
113 Social protection 544
Keetie Roelen
114 Socialist ecofeminism 547
Ana Isla
115 South–South cooperation 553
Thomas Muhr
116 Stages of growth 559
Rashmi Arora
117 State fragility 563
Nematullah Bizhan
118 Subjective well-being 566
Sefa Awaworyi Churchill and
Russell Smyth
119 Sustainable development 569
Mark Diesendorf
120 Sustainable livelihoods 575
Kiah Smith
121 Sylvia Chant 580
Cathy McIlwaine
122 The Belt and Road Initiative 583
Jing Gu
123 The humanitarian–
development nexus 588
Jon Harald Sande Lie
124 The migration–development nexus 593
Ronald Skeldon and Tanja Bastia
125 The World Commission on
Environment and Development 598
Iris Borowy
126 Tourism and development 603
David J. Telfer
127 Trade and poverty 609
Paul Brenton
128 Urban planning 613
Patrick Brandful Cobbinah
129 Waste management and
development 618
Sonia Maria Dias
130 Women and development 623
Lourdes Beneria
131 World-systems theory 628
Christopher Chase-Dunn
132 World Trade Organization 631
Kalim Siddiqui
