Beall, Jo


Professor Jo Beall  

Department

Position held

Development Studies Institute (DESTIN)

Professor of Development Studies

Crisis States Research Centre

Director, Development Studies Institute

Experience keywords:

cities; developing countries; urban development; social exclusion; south Asia; urban poverty; South Africa; fragile states; Afghanistan; area interests; urban governance; Pakistan

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Professor Beall is a specialist on urban development and urban governance, with expertise on state fragility and international development policy. Other interests include gender, social exclusion and local responses to crisis and conflict. She is currently engaged in research on cities and conflict in fragile sates and has extensive research experience in South Africa and South and West Asia. She has advised and consulted for a range of international development agencies, national governments and non-governmental organisations

Countries and regions to which research relates:

South Africa; Afghanistan; Africa; Pakistan

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

020 7955 7563

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2009

Beall, Jo and Fox, Sean (2009) Cities and development. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415390996

2007

Beall, Jo (2007) Cities, terrorism and urban wars of the 21st century. DESTIN, London, UK

Beall, Jo (2007) Urban democracy helps diffuse conflict in Durban, South Africa. In: Human security for an urban century: local challenges, global perspectives. Humansecurity-cites.org, Ottawa, Canada, pp. 68-69. ISBN 9780978261009

Beall, Jo and Crow, B. and Simon, S. and Wilson, G. (2007) Sustainability. Open University Worldwide, Milton Keynes, UK. ISBN 0749238038

2006

Beall, Jo and Schutte, Stefan (2006) Urban livelihoods in Afghanistan. AREU, Kabul, Afghanistan

Beall, Jo (2006) Dealing with dirt and the disorder of development: managing rubbish in urban Pakistan. Oxford development studies, 34 (1). pp. 81-97. ISSN 1360-0818

Beall, Jo and Goodfellow, Thomas and Putzel, James (2006) Introductory article: on the discourse of terrorism, security and development. Journal of international development, 18 (1). pp. 51-67. ISSN 0954-1748

Beall, Jo (2006) Cities, terrorism and development. Journal of international development, 18 (1). pp. 105-120. ISSN 0954-1748

Beall, Jo (2006) Assisting local governance: the effectiveness of small funds. In: Huque, A. S. and Zafarullah, H., (eds.) Handbook of international development governance. Taylor & Francis, London, UK, pp. 445-469. ISBN 1574445561

2005

Beall, Jo and Mkhize, Sibongiseni and Vawda, Shahid (2005) Emergent democracy and 'resurgent' tradition: institutions, chieftaincy and transition in KwaZulu-Natal. Journal of Southern African studies, 31 (4). pp. 755-771. ISSN 0305-7070

Beall, Jo (2005) Richard Jolly. In: Simon, D., (ed.) Fifty key thinkers on development. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 132-138. ISBN 0415337895

Beall, Jo (2005) Decentralizing government and decentering gender: lessons from local government reform in South Africa. Politics and society, 33 (2). pp. 253-276. ISSN 0032-3292

Beall, Jo (2005) Funding local governance: small grants for democracy and development. ITDG Publishing, Bourton-on-Dunsmore, UK. ISBN 1853395978

Beall, Jo and Esser, Daniel (2005) Shaping urban futures: challenges to governing and managing Afghan cities. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, Kabul, Afghanistan

Beall, Jo and Crankshaw, Owen and Parnell, Sue (2005) A matter of timing: migration and housing access in metropolitan Johannesburg. In: Bryceson, D. and Potts, D., (eds.) African urban economics: viability, vitality or vitiation. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 233-253. ISBN 9781403999474

Beall, Jo (2005) Stato e società nel Sudafrica democratico: fratture, linee di tensione e aree di stabilità. In: Vivan, I., (ed.) Corpi liberati in cerca di storia, di storie, il nuovo Sudafrica dieci anni dopo 'apartheid. Baldini Castoldi Dalai, Milan, pp. 63-90. ISBN 9788884908056

Beall, Jo (2005) Urban livelihoods. In: Wisner, Ben and Toulmin, Camilla and Chitiga, Rutendo, (eds.) Towards a new map of Africa. Earthscan, London, UK, pp. 97-112. ISBN 9781844070923

Beall, Jo and Gelb, Stephen and Hassim, Shireen (2005) Fragile stability: state and society in democratic South Africa. Journal of southern African studies, 31 (4). pp. 681-700. ISSN 0305-7070

2004

Beall, Jo and Todes, Alison (2004) Headlines and head-space: challenging gender planning orthodoxy in area-based urban development. IDS Bulletin, 35 (4). pp. 43-50. ISSN 0265-5012

Beall, Jo and Todes, Alison (2004) Gender and integrated area development projects: lessons from Cato Manor, Durban. Cities, 21 (4). pp. 301-310. ISSN 0264-2751

Beall, Jo and Mkhize, Sibongiseni and Vawda, Shahid (2004) Navigating tradition: traditional authorities and governance in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. International development planning review, 26 (4). pp. 457-476. ISSN 1474-6743

Beall, Jo (2004) Surviving in the city: livelihoods and linkages of the urban poor. In: Devas, N., (ed.) Urban governance, voice, and poverty in the developing world. Earthscan, London; Sterling, VA, pp. 53-67. ISBN 1853839922

2003

Beall, Jo and Crankshaw, Owen and Parnell, Susan (2003) Human settlements and sustainability. In: Sassen, Saskia and Marcotullio, P., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, Oxford ,UK.

Beall, Jo and Crankshaw, Owen and Parnell, Susan (2003) Social differentiation and urban governance in greater Soweto: post-apartheid meadowlands. In: Tomlinson, R. and Beauregard, R. and Bremner, L. and Mangcu, X., (eds.) Emerging Johannesburg: perspectives on the postapartheid city. Routledge, New York, pp. 197-214. ISBN 041593558x

Beall, Jo and Crankshaw, Owen and Parnell, Susan (2003) Urban water supply, sanitation and social policy: lessons from Johannesburg, South Africa. In: Townsend, D. and Gordon, D., (eds.) World poverty: new policies to defeat an old enemy. Policy Press, Bristol, pp. 251-270. ISBN 1861343957

2002

Beall, Jo (2002) Science, society and the city: social factors in urban sustainability and the implications for policy. In:State of the Planet Conference (13-14 May 2002 : Columbia University, New York).

Beall, Jo (2002) Globalization and social exclusion in cities: framing the debate with lessons from Africa and Asia. Environment and urbanization, 14 (1). pp. 41-51. ISSN 0956-2478

Beall, Jo and Crankshaw, Owen and Parnell, Susan (2002) Social differentiation and urban governance in greater Soweto: a case study of post-apartheid reconstruction. DESTIN, LSE, London, UK

Beall, Jo (2002) Living in the present, investing in the future: household livelihoods strategies of the urban poor. In: Rakodi, Carole and Lloyd-Jones, Tony, (eds.) Urban livelihoods. Earthscan, London, pp. 71-87. ISBN 1853838608

Beall, Jo (2002) "A new branch can be strengthened by an old branch": livelihoods and challenges to inter-generational solidarity in South Africa. In: Townsend, P. and Gordon, D., (eds.) World poverty: new policies to defeat an old enemy. Policy Press, Bristol, pp. 325-348. ISBN 1861343957

Beall, Jo and Crankshaw, Owen and Parnell, Susan (2002) Uniting a divided city: governance and social exclusion in Johannesburg. Earthscan, London, UK. ISBN 1853839213

2001

Beall, Jo (2001) Valuing social resources or capitalising on them? The limits to pro-poor urban governance in nine cities of the south. International planning studies, 6 (4). pp. 357-375. ISSN 1356-3475

Beall, Jo (2001) From social networks to public action in urban governance: where does benefit accrue? Journal of international development, 13 (7). pp. 1015-1021. ISSN 0954-1748

Beall, Jo (2001) Doing gender from top to bottom? The South African case. Women: a cultural review, 12 (1). pp. 135-146. ISSN 0957-4042

2000

Beall, Jo and Crankshaw, Owen and Parnell, Susan (2000) Victims, villains and fixers: the urban environment and Johannesburg's poor. Journal of Southern African studies, 26 (4). pp. 833-855. ISSN 0305-7070

Beall, Jo and Crankshaw, Owen and Parnell, Susan (2000) The causes of unemployment in post-apartheid Johannesburg and the livelihood strategies of the poor. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie / Journal of economic and social geography, 91 (4). pp. 379-396. ISSN 0040-747X

Beall, Jo (2000) From the culture of poverty to inclusive cities: re-framing urban policy and politics. Journal of international development, 12 (6). pp. 483-856. ISSN 0954-1748

Beall, Jo and Crankshaw, Owen and Parnell, Susan (2000) Local government, poverty reduction and inequality in Johannesburg. Environment and urbanization, 12 (1). pp. 107-122. ISSN 0956-2478

Beall, Jo (2000) Life in the cities. In: Allen, Tim and Thomas, Alan, (eds.) Poverty and development into the 21st century; vol. 2. The Open University in association with Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 425-442. ISBN 0198776268

1999

Beall, Jo and Kanji, Nazneen (1999) Households, livelihoods and urban poverty. International Development Department, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Beall, Jo (1999) Poverty assessments: a follow-up review. World Bank, [s.i.]

Beall, Jo (1999) The role of households and livelihood systems in South Asia. Waterlines, 17 (3). pp. 13-13. ISSN 0262-8104

Beall, Jo and Crankshaw, Owen and Parnell, Susan (1999) Johannesburg - South Africa. University of Birmingham, Birmingham

Beall, Jo (1999) Trickle-down or rising tide? Lessons on mainstreaming gender policy from Colombia and South Africa. In: Transnational social policy. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, pp. 61-82. ISBN 9780631211280

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