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
Roots of Brazil (From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies)
by Sergio Buarque De Holanda
Sergio Buarque de Holanda's Roots of Brazil is one of the iconic books on Brazilian history, society, and culture. Originally published in 1936, it appears here for the first time in an English language translation with a foreword, "Why Read Roots of Brazil Today?" by Pedro Meira Monteiro, one of the world's leading experts on Buarque de Holanda. Roots of Brazil focuses on the multiple cultural influences that forged twentieth-century Brazil, especially those of the Portuguese, the Spanish,...
Women Speak
Men's Involvement in Gender and Development Policy and Practice (Oxfam Working Papers)
Impact Measurement and Accountability in Emergencies (Arabic)
Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Development and Humanitarian Programmes (Oxfam Skills and Practice)
by Sue Holden