The Commonwealth

The Commonwealth

The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent and equal countries. It is home to 2.5 billion people, and includes both advanced economies and developing countries. 33 of our members are small states, including many island nations. Our member governments have agreed to shared goals like development, democracy and peace. Our values and principles are expressed in the Commonwealth Charter.

The Commonwealth Secretariat is the intergovernmental organisation that supports member countries to achieve the Commonwealth’s aims of development, democracy and peace. It publishes authoritative, evidence-based research and knowledge products for policymakers, academics, professionals and wider publics across the world. Our areas of focus and expertise include small and developing states; environment and climate change; democracy, law and government; and social issues concerning young people, gender, health and education.

Financial Intermediation in Small Island Developing Economies

Maxwell J. Fry

This study examines the problems and policies for financial intermediation in small economies, including financial institutions, measures their efficiency and policy frame, and analyses the financial structure in the Bahamas, Barbados, Fiji, Hong Kong, Maldives, Papua New Guinea, St Lucia, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands and Western Samoa.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850922080
  • Publication Date: Sep 1981
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The Commonwealth at the Summit, Volume 1

This volume contains the full text of declarations, statements and communiqués issued by Commonwealth Heads of Government between 1944 and 1986. As these communiqués testify, the small association of old Commonwealth countries of 1944 has grown into a worldwide multiracial partnership.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850923179
  • Publication Date: Jan 1987
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The Commonwealth at the Summit, Volume 2

This volume contains the full text of declarations, statements and communiqués issued by Commonwealth Heads of Government between 1987 and 1995. It is a companion to volume 1 published in 1987. It carries a foreword by the former Commonwealth Secretary-General Chief Emeka Anyaoku.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850925104
  • Publication Date: Jan 1997
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Compendium of Election Laws, Practices and Cases of Selected Commonwealth Countries, Volume 1, Part 2

Carl W. Dundas

This compendium presents the constitutional provisions and election laws of a number of selected Commonwealth countries in a user-friendly way.

  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9780850925425
  • Publication Date: Jan 1998
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Personnel Records

Piers Cain

In providing some firm ground on which those public servants, who are faced with the challenge of public service reform, can stand while assessing the options available, the Public Service Thematic Series marks a milestone in the debate concerning specific areas of management of the public service.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850925524
  • Publication Date: Jan 1998
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Beekeeping as a Business

Richard Jones

Beekeeping requires little, if any, financial aid and bee products have a good export market. They also provide nutrition for the hive owner. This book is easy to understand, and the text is well supported with clearly- labelled black-and-white drawings and diagrams. There are also numerous colour and black-and-white photographs.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850926316
  • Publication Date: Jan 1999
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The Parliamentary Elections in Zimbabwe, 24-25 July 2000

These Election Reports are the observations, conclusions and recommendations of Commonwealth Observer Groups. The Secretary-General constitutes these observer missions at the request of governments and with the agreement of all significant political parties.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850926521
  • Publication Date: Jan 2000
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Raising Seedlings of Tropical Trees

K.A. Longman

Designed to provide clear and concise information on how to select, grow, plant and care for tropical trees in both moist and drier parts of the tropics, this manual deals with all the procedures necessary for growing tropical trees from seeds.

  • Format: Spiral bound
  • ISBN: 9780850926569
  • Publication Date: Feb 2003
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Making Democracy Work for Pro-Poor Development

Manmohan Singh

Starting from the premise that democracy is more than simply a matter of universal suffrage and the holding of regular multiparty elections, and that development is about much more than growth of GDP, this Report focuses on how to make democracy work for pro-poor development and on development policies that in themselves uphold.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850927818
  • Publication Date: Oct 2003
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Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

The Commonwealth has been in the forefront of international efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, particularly through supporting its developing member countries to implement comprehensive Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT) systems that comply with global standards.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850928426
  • Publication Date: Aug 2006
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Small States Economic Review and Basic Statistics, Volume 21

Small States Economic Review and Basic Statistics is a flagship publication of the Commonwealth Secretariat highlighting the development indicators of Commonwealth Small States and disseminating knowledge of their economic performance.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781785599996
  • Publication Date: Jun 2022
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Tax Audit Techniques in Cash Based Economies

Sheikh Sajjad Hassan

Second edition of a practical guide to using tax audits to detect concealed income in the most common trades in cash based economies. Based on methods used widely in the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent, it is also useful in other developing countries with cash based economies.

  • Imprint: Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780955354045
  • Publication Date: Nov 2010
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The Commonwealth at the Summit, Volume 3

Contains the full text of declarations, statements and communiqués issued by Commonwealth Heads of Government between 1997 and 2005. This volume covers the meetings held in Edinburgh (1997), Durban (1999), Coolum (2002), Abuja (2003) and Malta (2005). It carries a foreword by Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850928570
  • Publication Date: Nov 2007
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Fairer Fishing?

Martin Tsamenyi

Considers the likely effects on African, Caribbean and Pacific countries of the European Union's Directive on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing, planned to be implemented from 2010.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850928990
  • Publication Date: Feb 2009
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Enhancing Investment in West Africa

T. Ademola Oyejide

A study that explores the options available to ECOWAS states for promoting, protecting and guaranteeing flows of domestic and foreign direct investment, in the context of the ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreements, so that development gains are realised in these economies.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781849290029
  • Publication Date: Apr 2009
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Municipal Infrastructure Financing

Munawwar Alam

Presents an overview of the municipal finances and the extent of private sector involvement in the delivery of municipal services in selected Commonwealth developing countries. This title examines four cities: Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Kampala in Uganda, Dhaka in Bangladesh, and Karachi in Pakistan.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781849290036
  • Publication Date: Feb 2010
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