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A short book by a leading global poverty analyst explaining why helping the world's neediest communities is both the right thing to do and the wise thing to do.

In his book on a disastrous cotton mill fire in the Cheshire town of Stockport in 1902, journalist and broadcaster David Edwards Hulme delves deep into the tragedy which killed nine mill workers, including his maternal great grandfather. It was a disaster that is still relevant today in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower inferno.

A critical edition of this major work from 1959-1960. The score has been entirely re-set, and new orchestral parts on hire produced to match the new edition. A full score is also available on sale.

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In the past decade, the developed world has spent almost US$ 2 trillion on foreign aid for poorer countries. Yet 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty and around 2.9 billion cannot meet their basic human needs. But should rich nations continue to help the poor? In this short book, leading global poverty analyst David Hulme explains why helping the world's neediest communities is both the right thing to do and the wise thing to do ?...

This timely book, written by one of the major players in the UK in development economics explores, amongst others, topics such as microfinance and poverty reduction, microinsurance and regulating, and supervising microfinance institutions.

The first book to tackle the issue of global poverty through the lens of global institutions, this fully updated volume provides an important resource for all students and scholars of international relations, development studies and international political economy"--

The first book to tackle the issue of global poverty through the lens of global institutions, this fully updated volume provides an important resource for all students and scholars of international relations, development studies and international political economy"--

In the last decade the use of non-governmental agencies (NGOs) to promote development and reduce poverty and hunger has become a major feature of development policy. Donors have poured funds into NGOs, governments have allocated them major responsibilities and their number and size has grown. Has this popularity helped them to solve the problems of poverty or has it changed them so that they are now part of the 'development industry' that they...

This volume examines just how successful community-based conservation approaches have been in their twin objectives of conserving African environments and improving rural livelihoods.