Agencies such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),
the United Nations and the World Bank continue to privilege national over municipal …

In this article, we provide an introduction to the Special Issue of the Journal of Conflict
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Developing regions are set to account for the vast majority of future urban growth, and
women and girls will become the majority inhabitants of these locations in the Global South …

The Companion to Development Studies is an essential one-stop reference for anyone with
an interest in development studies. Over 100 international experts have been brought …

Why has violence spiked in Latin America's contemporary democracies? What explains its
temporal and spatial variation? Analyzing the region's uneven homicide levels, this book …

This paper examines the nature and paradoxes of the relationship between urbanization
and gender-based violence, especially violence against women. It highlights how such …

Abstract Background Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic
childhood events associated with negative health outcomes. Limited data on ACEs exists …

To encourage new research on the role of institutions in the entrepreneurial process in less
developed countries (LDCs), the authors propose a conceptual framework to investigate …

The articles presented in this Special Issue draw on five years of research by the Cities and
Fragile States programme of the Crisis States Research Centre, based at the London School …

This is an excellent book and should prove to be a valuable text for geography and
development studies students. Hedley Knibbs, Geography Geographies of Development in …