Publications

Deep and Shallow Integration in Asia: Towards a Holistic Account

IDS Bulletin 37.1

We live in a world of increasing specialisation and division of labour. In the corporate world, firms are globally outsourcing non-core activities, and specialising in core competences. This repositioning allows firms to increase productivity and generate appropriate economic rents. The danger...

Sherman Robinson & 2 others

Democracia, Pluralização da Representação e Sociedade Civil

A representação política nas democracias contemporâneas sofreu transformações profundas no último quartel do século XX: partidos políticos de massas perderam sua centralidade como ordenadores estáveis das identidades e preferências do eleitorado; a personalização midiática...

Graziela Castello

Peter P. Houtzager

Developing a Social Protection Index for Asia

24

Development Dilemmas in China: Socialist Transition and Late Liberalization

Development’s Marginalisation of Sexuality: Report of an IDS Workshop

14

East Asia’s Growing Demand for Primary Commodities: Macroeconomic Challenges for Latin America

Economic Development and Social Protection in East Asia

Ethical Sourcing in the Global Food System: Challenges and Opportunities

Finding the Spaces for Change: A Power Analysis

IDS Bulletin 37.6

Around the world, new spaces and opportunities are emerging for citizen engagement in policy and governance processes. Yet opportunities for participation do not automatically translate into spaces for change.

John Gaventa

Overcoming the Barriers: Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries

Climate change is a huge threat to all aspects of human development and is a threat to the Millennium Development Goals for poverty reduction. Until recently, donor agencies, national and local layers of government, and non-governmental organisations have paid little attention to the risks...

Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Online

A unique collaboration of over 1000 scholars from around the world, the Encyclopaedia of Women & Islamic Cultures crosses history, geographic borders and disciplines to create a ground-breaking reference work reflecting the very latest research on gender studies and the Islamic world. No other...

Cooperation, Development and Transition in Asia

(in Spanish)