David Sims is an economist and urban planner with forty years of experience in Arab, African and Asian countries. He is the author of 'Understanding Cairo: The Logic of a City Out of Control'.
This book examines the landscape archaeology of the Second World War on the section of the east coast of England known as the Suffolk Sandlings (the coastal strip from Lowestoft to Felixstowe), an area unusually rich in military archaeology.
An Anatomy of the Foreign Aid Industry
The analysis delves into the flaws of Western development aid over seven decades, portraying it as an industry influenced by diverse motives and actors. It emphasizes the complex dynamics between aid and economic development, revealing how misaligned objectives and inadequate structures contribute to ineffective outcomes. Focusing on Egypt, the book raises critical questions on enhancing global aid effectiveness, particularly in the context of challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic.
This major textbook in organizational behaviour does what most other textbooks in the field do not: it captures and conveys the `lived experience' of being and working in organizations while also introducing students to key concepts, research and literature in organizational analysis. The book is in two main parts. The first explores the processes of organizing through a series of chapters each based on a different facet of organizational life. Theoretical concepts and practical implications are woven into an engrossing and accessible narrative which draws on a large number of first-hand accounts by members of organizations. The second part of the book, comprising a substantial thesaurus//dictionary, define
Egypt has placed its hopes on developing its vast and empty deserts as the ultimate solution to the country's problems. New cities, new farms, new industrial zones, new tourism resorts, and new development corridors, all have been promoted for over half a century to create a modern Egypt and to pull tens of millions of people away from the increasingly crowded Nile Valley into the desert hinterland. The results, in spite of colossal expenditures and ever-grander government pronouncements, have been meager at best, and today Egypt's desert is littered with stalled schemes, abandoned projects, and forlorn dreams. It also remains stubbornly uninhabited. Egypt's Desert Dreams is the first attempt of its kind to look at Egypt's desert development in its entirety. It recounts the failures of governmental schemes, analyzes why they have failed, and exposes the main winners of Egypt's desert projects, as well as the underlying narratives and political necessities behind it, even in the post-revolutionary era. It also shows that all is not lost, and that there are alternative paths that Egypt could take.