The Sustainable Development Goals
On 25 September 2015, countries adopted a set of 17 goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda to be achieved by 2030. For the goals to be reached, everyone needs to do their part: governments, the private sector, civil society and people like you. Elyx, the United Nations' digital ambassador, uses various expressions and actions to help demonstrate the meaning of each goal. Created by French artist YAK, Elyx has no rac...
Naturliche Erklarungsansatze fur Unterschiede in der menschlichen Entwicklung
by Simon Valentin
Small-scale Production
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011
by Commonwealth Secretariat
What happens when three American women put their faith into action in a developing nation? In I Am That Child, Episcopal priest Elizabeth Geitz proves that cross-cultural relationships among people of faith can change our world ... one person at a time. Geitz welcomes readers to join her pilgrimage to an orphanage in Cameroon, sharing both humorous and gut-wrenching wisdom from leaders and children who struggle against AIDS, global poverty and sexism. Along the way, Geitz and readers take a har...
Everyone has an idea which could help to change the world. This shows how you can turn your dream into reality. Challenging the top ten myths of the not-for-profit sector, bestselling author Jo Owen shows how you genuinely can make a positive difference in the world. Challenging common thinking in the sector and provoking debate, the book provides a concrete agenda for changing the world, encapsulated by the unique IPM2 (IPM squared) agenda: * I: Idea and impact * P: People and partnerships...
Refugees, Immigrants, and Education in the Global South (Routledge Research in Education)
The unprecedented human mobility the world is now experiencing poses new and unparalleled challenges regarding the provision of social and educational services throughout the global South. This volume examines the role played by schooling in immigrant incorporation or exclusion, using case studies of Thailand, India, Nepal, Hong Kong/PRC, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Kenya, Egypt, South Africa, Senegal, Sudan, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. Drawing on key concepts in a...
One small East African country embodies the battered history of the continent: patronised by colonialists, riven by civil war, confused by Cold War manoeuvring, proud, colorful, with Africa's best espresso and worst rail service. Michela Wrong brilliantly reveals the contradictions and comedy, past and present, of Eritrea. Just as the beat of a butterfly's wings is said to cause hurricanes on the other side of the world, so the affairs of tiny Eritrea have reached onto the agenda of superpower...
Kastom, property and ideology
by Siobhan McDonnell, Matthew G. Allen, and Colin Filer
Lessons Learned from NGO Experiences in the Water and Sanitation Sector
by Ian Smout
Women Speak
Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Development and Humanitarian Programmes (Oxfam Skills and Practice)
by Sue Holden
Low-cost Private Education
by Ian Smith, Subir Shukla, Priti Joshi, Abdurrahman Umar, and Simon Kisira
Economic survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2016
Published since 1948, This is the sixty-eighth edition of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, which corresponds to the year 2016, consists of three parts. Part I outlines the region's economic performance in 2015 and analyses trends in the first half of 2016, as well as the outlook for the rest of the year. It examines the external and internal factors influencing the region's economic performance and highlights some of the macroeconomic policy challenges that have arisen in...
Financial Inclusion for Poverty Alleviation
More than one billion people still live below the poverty line - most of them in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Financial inclusion is a major issue, as more than three-quarters of the numbers of poor and disadvantaged women and men do not have access to financial products and services, such as bank accounts, affordable and suitable loans, and insurance. The key objective of this book is to provide practical case studies of financial inclusion, rather than focus on academic debates such as...
Gender, Development, and Advocacy (Oxfam Focus on Gender)
How to Make a Foot-Operated Workshop Drill (Workshop Equipment Manual, #2)
by Dr. Paul Smith