The Philosophy of Being

Louis de Raeymaeker

  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9783868385595
  • Publication Date: Jun 2015
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Millions Saved

Amanda Glassman

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781933286884
  • Publication Date: May 2016
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Fighting Corruption, Promoting Good Governance

This book presents A Framework for Commonwealth Principles for Promoting Good Governance and Combating Corruption, endorsed by Heads of Government in Durban in 1999. It presents the expert group's findings, examining the nature of corruption and proposing actions at national and international level.

  • Imprint: Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850926446
  • Publication Date: Jan 2000
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Promoting an Integrated Approach to Combat Gender Based Violence

Margaret Oguli-Oumo

This practical manual addresses the problems inherent in current strategies, especially lack of collaboration between different agencies and individuals working in the area of gender-based violence. The book encourages development and implementation of policies, programmes and plans.

  • Imprint: Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850927146
  • Publication Date: Apr 2002
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Gender Mainstreaming in the Health Sector

This is the consensus built up in a series of workshops in different regions of the Commonwealth on what is the most effective way of applying Gender Management System principles and methodology to the health sector. This manual should assist other countries in adapting mainstreaming.

  • Imprint: Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850927337
  • Publication Date: Jan 2002
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Gender Mainstreaming in Poverty Eradication and the Millennium Development Goals

Naila Kabeer

This book explores the issue of gender inequality through the lens of the Millennium Development Goals, and highlights women's critical role in both economic growth and human development.

  • Imprint: Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850927528
  • Publication Date: Jan 2003
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Eyes of Democracy

Manoah Esipisu

Offers journalists and other media professionals an overview of the issues, testimonies from journalists on the ground. This book provides guidelines for good practice, along with reports from Commonwealth Observer Groups on election reporting in a number of Commonwealth countries.

  • Imprint: Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850928983
  • Publication Date: May 2009
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Surgery for Pelvic Malignancies

Evgenia Halkia

  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9789963716586
  • Publication Date: Apr 2014
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Emergency Cardiology

Loukianos S. Rallidis

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9789963716814
  • Publication Date: Jan 2017
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The CARIFORUM and Pacific ACP Economic Partnership Agreements

Christopher Stevens

A report on the CARIFORUM and Pacific ACP Economic Partnership Agreements that analyses the detailed implications for the economies of the countries involved of commitments signed or initialled, including an indication of the broad country and region-wide effects.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781849290005
  • Publication Date: Feb 2009
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Stop Vulture Fund Lawsuits

Devi Sookun

This handbook distils the key lessons on best practice in negotiating loan agreements, and responding to the activities of vulture funds - funds that buy up the debt of sovereign countries at a discount in the hope of making significant profit - for the benefit of all government officials who may have to deal with these issues.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781849290081
  • Publication Date: Jul 2010
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Without Prejudice

Meena Shivdas

CEDAW - the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - is a powerful international human rights instrument that reflects a global determination to achieve gender equality. This book looks at the cultural and legal challenges relating to the implementation of CEDAW, and the individual approaches adopted.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781849290135
  • Publication Date: Jun 2010
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Fair Trade for Teachers

James Keevy

International teacher migration poses a wide range of challenges to the recognition and transferability of teacher qualifications across borders. This study aims to enhance recognition of teacher qualifications across borders and between the member countries of the Commonwealth.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781849290142
  • Publication Date: Feb 2010
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Implementing a National Export Strategy

Isaac Njoroge

This handbook explains how the Commonwealth Secretariat helps countries develop national export strategies with a clear purpose, strategies that are action-oriented, and which recognise the interrelationship between technological, economic, social, political and cultural aspects of society.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781849290210
  • Publication Date: Jul 2010
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The Contract System of Employment for Senior Government Officials

Philip Osei

This publication reviews the effects of the reforms implemented under the new public management programme on the roles and conditions of service of permanent secretaries and directors in Belize, Guyana, Jamaica and St Lucia.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781849290463
  • Publication Date: May 2011
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Assessing the Structure of Small Welfare States

Geoff Bertram

Examines how the characteristics of small states influence their pursuit of a welfare state. Many of the small states discussed have not previously featured in mainstream thinking about the relationship between country size and the extent of the welfare state.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781849290500
  • Publication Date: Mar 2011
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Promoting IT Enabled Services

Nikhil Treebhoohun

Examines best practices of developing IT enabled trade in services. This handbook explains the key issues from the viewpoints of the regulator, the investor, the policy-maker and the donor. It provides detailed analysis of the Mauritian experience, which holds useful lessons for small states in particular.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781849290548
  • Publication Date: Dec 2011
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Development Challenges of HIV/AIDS in Small States

Karl Theodore

Provides an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of the status of the epidemic in the Pacific, Southern Africa and the Caribbean. It examines specific features of these three regions that contribute towards the spread of HIV/AIDS and identify the responses by various local and external stakeholders.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781849290586
  • Publication Date: Oct 2011
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Issues in Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Small Developing States

Anthony Birchwood

This study examines how monetary and fiscal policies are implemented in Caribbean small states, tracing the differences and similarities in tax structure, current expenditure and current revenues. It shows the impact of monetary policy on inflation and the importance of exchange rate regimes to the effectiveness of monetary policy in the region.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781849290616
  • Publication Date: Sep 2011
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Making Trade in Services Supportive of Development in Commonwealth Small and Low-Income Countries

Patrick Macrory

This Economic Paper assesses new innovative measures in trade in service negotiations that reflect the vulnerabilities and challenges faced by developing countries. It outlines the approaches that can help small and low-income countries in a manner that is practical and supportive of their economic development.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781849290708
  • Publication Date: Nov 2011
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