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.
Raising Seedlings of Tropical Trees
K.A. Longman
Designed to provide clear and concise information on how to select, grow, plant and care for tropical trees in both moist and drier parts of the tropics, this manual deals with all the procedures necessary for growing tropical trees from seeds.
- Format: Spiral bound
- ISBN: 9780850926569
- Publication Date: Feb 2003
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Developing Countries and the Global Financial System
Stephany Griffith-Jones
This book presents the main papers and principal discussion points of a conference held in June 2000, organised jointly by the Commonwealth Secretariat, the World Bank and the IMF. This book looks at how these and other issues relating to the global financial system impact on the developing world.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850926750
- Publication Date: Jan 2001
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Small States in the Global Economy
David Peretz
A collection of the papers presented to the Commonwealth Secretariat/World Bank Joint Task Force conferences in 1999 and 2000. The joint report set out an agenda for future national, regional and international actions to address economic vulnerabilities of small states.
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780850926781
- Publication Date: Jan 2001
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Planting and Establishment of Tropical Trees
David Upton
A guide for non-specialist on how to plant and establish the right trees for any particular area. With line drawings and diagrams, it shows how to select the specimens, planting methods, and how to ensure that newly planted trees thrive.
- Format: Spiral bound
- ISBN: 9780850927085
- Publication Date: Mar 2008
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From Doha to Cancun
Ivan Mbirimi
In the eyes of the world, the Cancun Trade Ministerial Meeting will act as a litmus test of the major industrial countries' commitment to inclusive globalisation, to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to a stable and peaceful world.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850927603
- Publication Date: Jan 2003
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Making Democracy Work for Pro-Poor Development
Manmohan Singh
Starting from the premise that democracy is more than simply a matter of universal suffrage and the holding of regular multiparty elections, and that development is about much more than growth of GDP, this Report focuses on how to make democracy work for pro-poor development and on development policies that in themselves uphold.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850927818
- Publication Date: Oct 2003
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Resource Materials for Multi-Grade Teaching
Dawn Quist
One hundred and three million children globally are deprived of their right to an education. These seven modules on multi-grade teaching were designed as part of a partnership effort to assist countries to achieve quality universal primary education. The modules were developed by Commonwealth educators and tested in Tanzania.
- Format: Spiral bound
- ISBN: 9780850928266
- Publication Date: Sep 2005
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A Handbook for Adjunct/Part-Time Faculty and Teachers of Adults
Donald Greive
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780940017368
- Publication Date: May 2015
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A New Atlantic Community
Daniel S. Hamilton
- Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780989029469
- Publication Date: Nov 2017
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Vision 2020 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sasha Toperich
- Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780990772101
- Publication Date: Oct 2017
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Turkey and Transatlantic Relations
Sasha Toperich
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780990772125
- Publication Date: Mar 2018
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Blended Learning & Flipped Classrooms
Patricia Adams
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780940017146
- Publication Date: Dec 2017
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Going the Distance
Happy Gingras
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780940017511
- Publication Date: Oct 2019
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Grade Less, Smile More
Patricia D. Lesko
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780940017528
- Publication Date: Jan 2019
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Wake ‘Em Up!
Julie Smith
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780940017559
- Publication Date: Dec 2020
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Maritime Disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean
Roudi Baroudi
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780960012732
- Publication Date: Jan 2021
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