Development in Practice 8(3)

The question of what motivates individuals to become engaged in working for the public good is obviously central to the whole range of activities included in the term ‘development’. Yet the spark that ignites such voluntary engagement often seems to be taken for granted. This issue of Development in Practice includes a number of contributions which approach this matter from various directions.

The articles available are:

• Editorial. Deborah Eade
• Rethinking neo-liberal state building: building post-conflict development states. Julien Barbara
• No 'return to the state': dependency and developmentalism against neo-liberalism. Robert E. Kelly
• Women's empowerment in challenging environments: a case study from Balochistan. Ruth Paterson
• New forms of environmental governance? A case study of Costa Rican environmental NGOs. Laura Tahkokallio; Anja Nygren
• International volunteering for development and sustainability: outdated paternalism or a radical response to globalisation? Peter Devereux
• Childhood poverty and evidence-based policy engagement in Ethiopia. Nicola Jones; Bekele Tefera; Tassew Woldehanna
• Defining child labour: a controversial debate. Augendra Bhukuth
• (Re-)building governance in post-conflict Africa: the role of the state and informal institutions. Daniel G. Ogbaharya
• Insights from Zambian miners for rethinking development policy and the environment. Elizabeth C. Parsons
• Experiential and emotional encounters of women planners in Africa. Olusola Olufemi
• Reaching the Millennium Development Goals: equality and justice as well as results. Thomas Franklin
• Getting ahead of the next disaster: recent preparedness efforts in Indonesia. Eric James
• Could cognitive theory enhance development practice? Michaela Raab
• Factors and motivations contributing to community volunteers' participation in a nursery feeding project in Malawi. Isabelle Wazo Uny
• Skills development in South Africa: Group Five's social investment project. Wellington Didibhuku Thwala