The series features innovative and original research at the regional and global scale. Its scope extends to scholarly works that take an interdisciplinary and comparative approach.
In terms of theory and method, rather than basing itself on any one orthodoxy, the series draws broadly on the tool kit of the social sciences in general, emphasizing comparison, the analysis of the structure and processes, and the application of qualitative and quantitative methods.
The series welcomes submissions from established authors in the field as well as from junior authors. To submit proposals, please contact the Development Studies Editor, Helena Hurd ([email protected]).
By Mohammad Qadam Shah
July 24, 2025
In rebuilding conflict-affected states, a major portion of foreign aid focuses on reforming public finance management systems and supporting annual budgets. But how budgets are allocated and how reforms take shape in practice remain critical questions. This book analyses the politics of reform ...
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By Debapriya Bhattacharya, Towfiqul Islam Khan, Najeeba Mohammed Altaf
July 17, 2025
This book considers how development cooperation principles and practices can be made more inclusive and impactful. Amplifying voices from across the global south, the book combines key thematic discussions with new case studies spanning three continents and three key sectors: agriculture, education...
By Mostafa Azkia
July 10, 2025
This book is an authoritative account of rural development in Iran, spanning sixty years and two distinct political regimes. Professor Mostafa Azkia has spent many decades demonstrating the importance of participatory rural development, not only in addressing rural problems, but also in reducing ...
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By Eghosa O. Ekhator, Newman U. Richards, Chisa Onyejekwe
May 29, 2025
This book investigates the relationship between human rights and taxation, exploring how human rights have been impeded or enhanced through tax laws and policies, and what this means for sustainable development in the Global South. Drawing on cases from across the Global South, the book ...
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By Abigail B. Bakan, Yasmeen Abu-Laban
March 17, 2025
This book considers the complex and contradictory role of the United Nations when it comes to human rights around the world. It depicts the United Nations as a global arena in which state and non-state actors continuously contest issues around human rights. This ongoing contestation simultaneously ...
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By Ibrahim Natil
March 05, 2025
This book assesses local civil society responses to conflict, militarism, climate change, and disease in the global south. Grounded in empirical analyses of civil society developments in Sub-Saharan African countries, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Palestine, and Syria, the book demonstrates that civil ...
By The May Group
February 17, 2025
Youth Voice and Participatory Arts in Global Development looks at how arts-based methods can promote youth voice and engagement in global development. This book argues that engaging young people’s diverse voices, ideas and knowledges in matters that affect them is vital in enabling young people to ...
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By Vicki-Ann Ware, Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta, Tim Prentki, Wasim al Kurdi
February 03, 2025
This book brings together a range of arts and development scholars and practitioners to explore the unique ways in which arts-based research methods can make a unique positive contribution to effective global development practice. Since the 1970s, global development has witnessed an increase in the...
By Jo-Anna Russon
January 30, 2025
This book analyses the complex relationship between the private sector, UK official development assistance (ODA) and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa. In recent years, the private sector has occupied an increasingly prominent position within UK ODA, bringing a range of opportunities and ...
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By Ibrahim Natil
December 19, 2024
This book explores the roles of civil society organisations (CSOs) when engaging in public diplomacy activities and their impact on community development and change. It provides up-to-date analysis of the challenges and constraints facing CSOs involved in diplomatic missions and working with ...
By Julia Bello-Bravo, John William Medendorp, Anne Namatsi Lutomia, Barry Robert Pittendrigh
December 18, 2024
This book explores the intersection of gender, digitalization, and resilience in international development. Building resilience is increasingly seen as crucial when planning and implementing development programmes, enabling communities to mitigate, adapt to, and recover from shocks and stresses in...
By Veronica Brodén Gyberg
November 29, 2024
Science and technology have long been considered key for development, problem solving and education in low-income countries, and Sweden has been at the forefront of efforts in this area, as one of the first countries to formalize research aid. This book analyses how the Swedish Agency for Research ...