World Development: An Essential Text

by Barry Baker

This essential text addresses the growing need for a dedicated coursebook for students and teachers of world development. As the source of the most respected international magazine on world development issues, the publishers have created a highly credible and accessible text to illuminate this increasingly important subject. Thematic chapters cover globalization, population, the millennium development goals, and eleven other vital topics. It distils them down to their essentials, outlining contending viewpoints and offering background material and case studies, along with high-quality color photographs, charts, and graphs. Barry Baker is a geography teacher in Oxford, United Kingdom.

288 pages, Paperback

First published October 11, 2011

Reviews

[Naomi]

This is a very useful book for those interested in World Development and Human Geography. It explains in depth complex development theories and uses case studies to illustrate how 'key players' are trying to close the development gap.

[Victoria]

Makes complex world issues easy to understand, using clear and colourful charts and graphs.