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.
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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Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
The Commonwealth has been in the forefront of international efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, particularly through supporting its developing member countries to implement comprehensive Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT) systems that comply with global standards.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850928426
- Publication Date: Aug 2006
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The Commonwealth at the Summit, Volume 3
Contains the full text of declarations, statements and communiqués issued by Commonwealth Heads of Government between 1997 and 2005. This volume covers the meetings held in Edinburgh (1997), Durban (1999), Coolum (2002), Abuja (2003) and Malta (2005). It carries a foreword by Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850928570
- Publication Date: Nov 2007
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Fairer Fishing?
Martin Tsamenyi
Considers the likely effects on African, Caribbean and Pacific countries of the European Union's Directive on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing, planned to be implemented from 2010.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850928990
- Publication Date: Feb 2009
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A Guide to Lories & Lorikeets
Peter Odekerken
- Imprint: ABK Publications
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780957702448
- Publication Date: Apr 2002
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A Guide to Incubation & Handraising Parrots
Phil Digney
- Imprint: ABK Publications
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780958710213
- Publication Date: May 1998
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A Guide to Australian Grassfinches
Russell Kingston
- Imprint: ABK Publications
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780958710220
- Publication Date: Sep 1997
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A Guide to Neophemas & Psephotus Grass Parrots
Toby Martin
- Imprint: ABK Publications
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780958710244
- Publication Date: Jun 1997
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A Guide to Black Cockatoos as Pet & Aviary Birds
Neville Connors
- Imprint: ABK Publications
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780975081730
- Publication Date: Aug 2006
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A Guide to Grey Parrots as Pet & Aviary Birds
Rosemary Low
- Imprint: ABK Publications
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780975081761
- Publication Date: Jul 2006
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A Guide to Cockatiels and their Mutations as Pet & Aviary Birds
Terry Martin
- Imprint: ABK Publications
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780975081778
- Publication Date: Jan 2007
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Partners in Prosperity
Daniel S. Hamilton
One of the most dangerous deficits facing transatlantic relations today is not in trade, payments, or military capabilities. It is a deficit in understanding the vital stake Americans and Europeans have developed in the health of their economic relationship. Globalization is happening faster and reaching deeper between Europe and America than between any other two continents. The transatlantic economy generates roughly $3.5 trillion in total commercial sales a year and employs over 12 million workers in mutually "insourced" jobs. This book maps the increasingly dense web of investment, trade, and jobs that connects Europe's regions to America's states. It traces the impact of NAFTA and EU enlargement on transatlantic economic flows. It tracks intercontinental "connectivity" in the new knowledge economy, and it sets forth areas in which Europe and America continue to be global pathfinders. In the context of today's debates about globalization and transatlantic drift, this book offers some unanticipated and counterintuitive connections that have important policy implications.
- Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780975332559
- Publication Date: Jun 2004
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