NGOs and the Informal Sector in Africa
Mapping UK Muslim Development NGO's (Religions and Development Research Programme, #30)
by Mohammed Ralf Kroessin
This work presents the early efforts by peacemakers in the world's longest refugee crisis. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has resulted in the longest-standing refugee crisis in the world today. Based on new archival research and interviews with surviving participants, this book considers one early effort to resolve that crisis while offering helpful lessons for current efforts at conflict resolution in the Middle East and elsewhere. When war broke out in Palestine in 1948, the American Friends...
Governance of the IMF (Evaluation report)
In 2008, the IEO undertook an evaluation on the IMF governance and concluded that effectiveness had been the strongest aspect of IMF governance, while accountability and voice had been the weakest. Since then, IMF governance has been strengthened aided by quota and voice reforms to address misalignments in shares and chairs as well as numerous improvements in governance procedures and practices. The update finds that IMF governance has proven its effectiveness in supporting the Fund to fulfill i...
Analysis of Nongovernmental Organisation in Rural Development
by Lawrence Maumbi Michelo
Equator Principles
by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, and John McBrewster
What happens to people after an earthquake destroys their homes? What is daily life like under a humanitarian regime? Is aid a gift or is it a form of power? A House of One's Own explores these enduring questions as they unfold in a Salvadoran town in the aftermath of the 2001 earthquakes. In a lively, intimate account of the social complexities that arise in post-disaster settings, Alicia Sliwinski recounts the trajectories of fifty families who received different forms of humanitarian aid, f...
Urban Guerrilla Warfare
by Lambert M Surhone, Miriam T Timpledon, and Susan F Marseken
Social Justice Philanthropy
by Professor Sukhadeo Thorat, Gail Omvedt, and Martin Macwan
Freedom from Poverty (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights)
by Daniel P.L. Chong
Human rights advocacy in the West is changing. Before the turn of the century, access to goods such as food, housing, and health care-while essential to human survival-were deemed outside of the human rights sphere. Traditional human rights institutions focused on rights in the political arena that could be defended through legal systems. In Freedom from Poverty, Daniel P. L. Chong examines how today's nongovernmental organizations are modifying human rights practices and reshaping the political...
Cities, Networks, and Global Environmental Governance (Cities and Global Governance)
by Sofie Bouteligier
As a result of global dynamics—the increasing interconnection of people and places—innovations in global environmental governance haved altered the role of cities in shaping the future of the planet. This book is a timely study of the importance of these social transformations in our increasingly global and increasingly urban world. Through analysis of transnational municipal networks, such as Metropolis and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Sofie Bouteligier's innovative study examines...
Disputed Status of Gibraltar
by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, and John McBrewster
Animal Liberation Front
by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, and John McBrewster
Cult Awareness Network
by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, and John McBrewster
A Sourcebook for Engaging with Civil Society Organizations in Asian Development Bank Operations
This publication provides guidance on how civil society organizations (CSOs) can be more effectively engaged in Asian Development Bank (ADB) operations to maximize the benefits for its developing member countries. With their unique strengths and specialized knowledge of their communities and constituencies, CSOs have an essential role to play in creating a more prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific. To contribute to this, the publication provides advice, templat...
