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.

Iraqi Kurdistan Region

Sasha Toperich

Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780990772132
Publication Date: Sep 2017
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Forward Resilience

Daniel S. Hamilton

Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
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ISBN: 9780990772156
Publication Date: Feb 2017
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The Transatlantic Economy 2017

Daniel S. Hamilton

Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
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ISBN: 9780990772163
Publication Date: Mar 2017
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Essence and Necessity

Daniel James Vecchio

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ISBN: 9783868385953
Publication Date: Jun 2021
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Medicina Interna Basada en la Evidencia 2019/20

Rodolfo Armas Merino

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ISBN: 9788374305853
Publication Date: May 2019
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A Better Globalization

Kemal Dervis

The huge costs of armed conflict, the great challenge of state failure, and the slow pace of international actions to address world poverty all point to weaknesses in the global institutional framework and the need for much more effective international cooperation. In this book, Kemal Dervis argues that it is time to build a new international governance structure, breaking away from a system that reflects the post World War II world toward one that is appropriate to the realities and requirements of the 21st century. He proposes a reform of the international institutional architecture based on high-level governance in both the political and economic domains by a renewed and modernized United Nations. Navigating between careful realism and bold idealism, he formulates a coherent vision encompassing both institutional reform and new ideas for policies supported by the specialized institutions such as the IMF, the World Bank, the WTO, the UN agencies themselves, and regional institutions such as the regional development banks. In this plea for "better" globalization, Dervis proposes that, under the legitimizing umbrella of the UN, the specialized institutions deal with the deep causes of the obstacles to poverty reduction and instability rather than their immediate manifestations. He recognizes the great potential that more and freer trade can have for accelerating growth throughout the world. He also stresses, however, that for this potential to be unleashed, the hearts and minds of people must be won by transforming not only the WTO framework but the entire governance of the international economic system into something that is perceived as more legitimate and more responsive to the concerns of the developing world as well as wealthy and creditor nations.

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ISBN: 9780815717638
Publication Date: Mar 2005
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