Global Development Policy in the 21st Century : New Challenges

This book addresses new problems and challenges of development in the 21^st century, trying to answer questions, how to turn nations that are underdeveloped and torn apart by conflict into good places to live and how to help them develop. Issues connected with globalization, political challenges, constitutional systems as a condition for development are addressed. Problems of entrepreneurship in developing regions, as well as transnational connections between countries, making them vulnerable to economic crises are also touched upon. Finally, issues connected with institutional design, clean energy, health service challenges, as well as gender issues are analyzed. All those issues refer to developing countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, as well as Central and Eastern Europe.

Marcin Grabowski, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science and International and the Director of International Security and Development Program at the Jagiellonian University. His research interests focus on the Asia-Pacific Rim, American and Chinese foreign policies, theories of IR and the International Economics.

Pawel Laidler is professor of political science, lawyer and a specialist in American studies. He has published several books and articles in Polish and English on the contemporary U.S. political and legal system, with a focus on the role of judiciary, the clash of law and politics in U.S. governmental institutions, as well as U.S. surveillance policies.