Overview of Youth Development in Ghana
This book makes recommendations for how Ghana can mainstream youth issues in its development strategies, providing baseline evaluations of socio-economic issues that particularly affect the youth demographic, such as underemployment, a lack of access to quality education and poverty.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849291972
- Publication Date: Apr 2021
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Pakistan General Elections, 11 May 2013
The report of the Commonwealth Observer Mission for the Pakistan elections, held 11 May 2013. The Mission was led by Sir Douglas Kidd, former Speaker of the House of Representatives of New Zealand, and was comprised of 13 eminent persons.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849291088
- Publication Date: Jul 2013
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The Parliamentary Elections in Zimbabwe, 24-25 July 2000
These Election Reports are the observations, conclusions and recommendations of Commonwealth Observer Groups. The Secretary-General constitutes these observer missions at the request of governments and with the agreement of all significant political parties.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850926521
- Publication Date: Jan 2000
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Partnerships for Sustainable Development in Small States
Cletus I. Springer
Examines measures through which small states can work together with the international community to strengthen their ability to cope with pressing challenges such as climate change, sustainable manufacturing, and renewable energy technologies.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849290647
- Publication Date: Oct 2011
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Personnel Records
Piers Cain
In providing some firm ground on which those public servants, who are faced with the challenge of public service reform, can stand while assessing the options available, the Public Service Thematic Series marks a milestone in the debate concerning specific areas of management of the public service.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850925524
- Publication Date: Jan 1998
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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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Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery and Building Resilience for the OECS
Julian Roberts
This book identifies and explores the potential ocean-based development opportunities that OECS countries could pursue to build more inclusive, sustainable and resilient economies. These promising sectors include fisheries, marine transport and marine-based tourism, as well as high-valueemerging sectors such as sustainable aquaculture.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850920086
- Publication Date: Jul 2023
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Potential Supply Chains in the Textiles and Clothing Sector in South Asia
Examines one of the leading manufacturing sectors in South Asia – textiles and clothing – to assess the prospects for developing production linkages through regional co-operation. The findings show that there is significant unexploited scope for intra-regional trade which would enhance the competitiveness of the region overall.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849290760
- Publication Date: Nov 2011
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Preparing to Plant Tropical Trees
K.A. Longman
This Manual is the fourth in a series of readable, well illustrated handbooks for propagating and planting tropical trees. Manual 4 is concerned with the key choices that lie between propagation of good planting stock, and its planting and successful establishment.
- Format: Spiral bound
- ISBN: 9780850924183
- Publication Date: Jan 2002
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Principles for Local Government Legislation
Graham Sansom
This study is designed to help local government practitioners in Pacific island countries review and strengthen their existing legislative and regulatory frameworks. It identifies best practice, examines case studies of Fiji, Solomon Islands and Samoa, and presents ten key principles for effective legislation.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849290890
- Publication Date: Apr 2013
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Prioritising the Implementation of International Financial Regulation
John Armour
Presents a risk-based framework for implementing international financial regulation within national economies, in particular in small states. It includes case studies to illustrate how the framework can be integrated with standard setting processes to improve outcomes for small states.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849291408
- Publication Date: Jul 2015
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Promoting Good Governance
Sam Agere
This book aims to show that a strong and achieving public service is a necessary condition for a competitively successful nation. The concept of good governance is linked with institutionalised values such as democracy, observance of human rights and greater effectiveness of the public sector.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850926293
- Publication Date: Jan 2000
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Promoting Industrial Competitiveness in Developing Countries
Sanjaya Lall
As developing countries have started to open up their economies, concern about competitiveness has spread to their policy makers. Their relative competitiveness as production and investment sites has become a prime focus of development policy.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850926231
- Publication Date: Oct 1999
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Promoting IT Enabled Services
Nikhil Treebhoohun
Examines best practices of developing IT enabled trade in services. This handbook explains the key issues from the viewpoints of the regulator, the investor, the policy-maker and the donor. It provides detailed analysis of the Mauritian experience, which holds useful lessons for small states in particular.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849290548
- Publication Date: Dec 2011
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Public-Private Partnerships Policy and Practice
H.K. Yong
A comprehensive reference guide on Public-Private Partnerships theory and practice for senior policy-makers and other public sector officials in developing countries. The guide focuses on the key lessons learned - and emerging best practice - from successful and failed PPP transactions over the past thirty years.
- Imprint: Commonwealth Secretariat
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849290203
- Publication Date: Sep 2010
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Quantifying the Barriers to Services Trade in the Commonwealth
Quantifying the Barriers to Services Trade in the Commonwealth focuses on addressing policy barriers within services sectors in Kenya and Rwanda, including commercial banking, distribution and road transportation, which are key enablers of trade.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849291859
- Publication Date: Feb 2019
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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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Regional Integration in South Asia
Mohammad A. Razzaque
This volume presents an objective assessment of trade and economic co-operation among South Asian nations and highlights policy issues to foster regional integration. It presents insightful perspectives on potential new areas of co-operation, emerging challenges, and country-specific views on regional and bilateral trade co-operation issues.
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781849291217
- Publication Date: Nov 2014
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Resource Guide on Decentralisation and Local Government
Zoë Scott
This topic guide provides practical guidance for designing, implementing and evaluating decentralisation reforms and local government practices to ensure they are as effective as possible. It includes summaries of key texts and provides links to cutting edge research and recent case studies.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849290296
- Publication Date: Jul 2011
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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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