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    Alden, C., Large, D. and Mendez, A. (2020) ‘The Western way of development: A critical review’, in Y. Jing, A. Mendez and Y. Zheng (eds) New Development Assistance Emerging Economies and the New Landscape of Development Assistance. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 19-38.

    Avgerou, C. & Walsham, G. (2018). Information technology in context: Studies from the perspective of developing countries. Oxon UK: Routledge.

    Battersby, P. and Roy, R.K. (2017) International Development: A Global Perspective on Theory and Practice. London: SAGE Publications.

    Benería, L., Berik, G. and Floro, M.S. (2016) Gender, Development and Globalization: Economics as if all People Mattered. 2nd Edition. London: Routledge.

    Desai, V. and Potter, R. (2014) The Companion to Development Studies, 3rd Edition. London: Routledge.

    Heeks, R. (2008). ICT4D 2.0: The next phase of applying ICT for international development. Computer, 41(6), 26-33.

    Heeks, R. (2018) Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D). New

    Horner, R. and Hulme, D. (2017) ‘Converging divergence? Unpacking the new geography of 21st century global development’, GDI Working Paper 2017-010. Manchester: The University of Manchester.

    Hulme, D. (2016) Should Rich Nations Help the Poor? Cambridge: Polity Press.

    Jing, Y., Mendez, A. and Zheng, Y. (eds) (2020) New Development Assistance Emerging Economies and the New Landscape of Development Assistance. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Lawson, D., Hulme, D., Matin, I. and Moore, K. (2009) What Works for The Poorest? Poverty Reduction Programmes for the World’s Extreme Poor. Rugby: Practical Action Publishing Ltd.

    Lee, C. K. (2018) The Specter of Global China: Politics, Labor, and Foreign Investment in Africa. University of Chicago Press.

    Neumann,L 2013 Social Research Methods [eBook] https://www.dawsonera.com/abstract/9781292033617

    Peet, R. and Hartwick, E. (2015) Theories of Development: Contentions, Arguments, Alternatives. Third Edition. New York: Guilford Press.

    Pillow, W 2003, 'Confession, catharsis, or cure? Rethinking the uses of reflexivity as methodological power in qualitative research', International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 175-196. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/0951839032000060635.

    Quinlan, C, Babin, BJ, Carr, J, Griffin, M & Zikmund, WG 2015, Business Research Methods, 1st edn, Cengage Learning, Andover, UK.

    Saunders, M.N.K, Lewis, P & Thornhill, A 2016 Research Methods for students. 8th Ed, Pearson, Harlow, UK

    Stokke, O. (2019) International Development Assistance: Policy Drivers and Performance. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Todaro, M.P. and Smith S.C. (2015) Economic Development. 12th Edition. Upper Saddle River: Pearson.

    Turner, M., Hulme, D. and McCourt, W. (2015) Governance, Management & Development: Making the State Work. Second Edition. London: Palgrave.

    Unwin, T. (2017) Reclaiming Information & Communication Technologies for Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press

    Weiss, T., Forsythe, D. and Coate, R. (2016) The United Nations and Changing World Politics. New York: Routledge.

    Willis, K. (2011) Theories and Practices of Development. Second Edition. London: Routledge.

    Zheng, Y., Hatakka, M., Sahay, S., & Andersson, A. (2018). Conceptualizing development in information and communication technology for development (ICT4D). Information Technology for Development, 24(1), 1–14

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