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Co-Production is a model of practice in which service providers work with service users in the provision of social care services - in effect, a working partnership. This book explores the theory and practice of this developing innovative practice in social work and related fields. Examples of methods and services designed on co-production principles are given by the experienced contributors, including housing initiatives where the users, rather than professionals, provide support to each other, the development of local area co-ordination as a service response to dilemmas of geography, and whet

Social planning --- Social service --- Social development planning --- Planning --- Citizen participation.

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As education and health are two major areas of concern in the context of social sector development and human development achievements, this book explores their situation in India. The liberalisation of the Indian economy had a major impact on the growth rate of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with the economic growth of the country jumping from the so-called Hindu growth rate of 3.5% to 8-9% per annum. The literacy rate increased to 74.04% in 2011 from 12% in 1947, while the universalization of elementary education has been achieved to a great extent, and dropout rates have decreased. Howeve

Social planning --- Social development planning --- Planning --- India --- Social policy. --- Social conditions

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The Asia Bond Monitor (ABM) reviews the development of Asian local currency bond markets. It examines market size and composition, market liquidity, investor profile, and returns and volatility. Recent policy reforms and challenges facing these markets are also highlighted.

Bond market --- Bonds --- Government securities --- Rate of return --- Philippines --- Asia. --- Development planning --- --Asia

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Illustrated by a wide range of case studies from planning contexts, this book examines culture as a socio-historically situated concept, introducing a line of scholarship, both established and recent, to show what 'culture' does and why. It addresses the materialisation of abstract concepts, performance and embodiment, and social categorisation and, in doing so, it shows how a deeper understanding of culture can offer new insights into the challenges that planners and planning theorists face.

Sociology of culture --- Culture --- Social planning --- Social development planning --- Planning --- Cultural sociology --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Social aspects

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Poverty, inequality, violence, environmental degradation, and tyranny continue to afflict the world. Ethics of Global Development offers a moral reflection on the ends and means of local, national, and global efforts to overcome these five scourges. After emphasizing the role of ethics in development studies, policy-making, and practice, David A. Crocker analyzes and evaluates Amartya Sen's philosophy of development in relation to alternative ethical outlooks. He argues that Sen's turn to robust ideals of human agency and democracy improves on both Sen's earlier emphasis on 'capabilities and functionings' and Martha Nussbaum's version of the capability orientation. This agency-focused capability approach is then extended and strengthened by applying it to the challenges of consumerism and hunger, the development responsibilities of affluent individuals and nations, and the dilemmas of globalization. Throughout the book the author argues for the importance of more inclusive and deliberative democratic institutions.

Social ethics --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Economic development --- Social planning --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Social development planning --- Planning --- Moral and religious aspects --- Business, Economy and Management --- Economics