The Commonwealth

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.

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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Blended Learning & Flipped Classrooms

Patricia Adams

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780940017146
  • Publication Date: Dec 2017
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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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Tax Audit Techniques in Cash Based Economies

Sheikh Sajjad Hassan

Second edition of a practical guide to using tax audits to detect concealed income in the most common trades in cash based economies. Based on methods used widely in the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent, it is also useful in other developing countries with cash based economies.

  • Imprint: Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780955354045
  • Publication Date: Nov 2010
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Exterior de las Gallinas

Carlos Sañudo

  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9788409107544
  • Publication Date: Aug 2019
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A Future for Small States

This report provides an analysis of key issues concerning small states' security and development. It sets out a series of recommendations to counteract vulnerability arising from such factors as globalization, environmental degradation and global warming, and international crime.

  • Imprint: Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850925111
  • Publication Date: Jan 1997
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Gender Budgets Make Cents

Debbie Budlender

Providing an understanding of gender responsive budgets, this text is part of the inter-agency programme of the Commonwealth Secretariat, IDRC and UNIFEM. It covers the theoretical framework, the evolution of work in this area, the role of different stakeholders and the lessons learned to date.

  • Imprint: Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780850926965
  • Publication Date: Jan 2002
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Effectiveness of Aid for Trade in Small and Vulnerable Economies

Massimiliano Calì

This Economic Paper presents the first analyses of the use and effectiveness of Aid for Trade (AfT), the initiative to help developing countries boost their involvement in the global economy. It examines the extent to which SVEs have been able to access AfT funds and to what extent this assistance has helped them to improve their trade performance.

  • Imprint: Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781849290487
  • Publication Date: Mar 2011
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Small States

This unique annual collection of key economic and statistical data on states with fewer than 5 million inhabitants is an essential reference for economists, planners and policy-makers working on issues of concern to small states. This volume contains 68 tables covering development indicators and 4 articles focusing on the green economy.

  • Imprint: Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781849290791
  • Publication Date: Dec 2012
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Social Policies in Samoa

Desmond U Amosa

Samoa is a role model in the Pacific region for its economic and social achievements. This in-depth study traces the history of government policy and examines the fundamentals underpinning the country's progress. It also examines how the fa'a Samoa, the culture, enabled the country to build resilience after crises in the 1990s.

  • Imprint: Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781849290821
  • Publication Date: Jul 2012
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