Governance and public policy

The State They're In: An Agenda for International Action on Poverty in Africa

Author: 
Lockwood, Matthew
Publisher: 
London: ITDG Publishing, 2005, ISBN:1853396176, 192 pp
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Reviewed by Alina Rocha Menocal, Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure, ODI, London

In English only

Water: A Shared Responsibility - The United Nations World Water Development Report 2

Author: 
UNESCO
Publisher: 
UNESCO and Berghahn Books, 2006, ISBN: 1-84545-177-5, 584pp.
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Reviewed by John Magrath

Programme Researcher, Oxfam GB, UK

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La ciudad, la crisis y las salidas: democracia y desarrollo en espacios urbanos meso

Author: 
Joseph, Jaime A.
Publisher: 
Alternativa Centro de Investigación Social y Educación Popular y Fondo Editorial de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2005, ISBN: 9972-2552-2-0, 277pp.
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Reviewed by Alan Gilbert Professor and Head of the Geography Dept., University College London, UK

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Relationships for Aid

Author: 
Eyben, Rosalind
Publisher: 
London and Sterling, VA, Earthscan in association with Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2006, ISBN: 13 978 1 84407 280 4, 178pp.
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Reviewed by Deborah Eade, Editor-in-Chief, Development in Practice, Monnetier-Mornex, France

In English only

Stealing the Future: Corruption in the Classroom. Ten Real World Experiences

Author: 
Meier, Bettina and Griffin, Michael (eds.)
Publisher: 
Berlin: Transparency International, 2005, no ISBN, 84 pp.
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Sheila Aikman

Oxfam GB Education Adviser, Oxford

In English only

Food Aid After Fifty Years: Recasting its Role

Author: 
Barrett, Christopher B. and Maxwell,Daniel G.
Publisher: 
London and New York, Routledge, 2005, ISBN 0-415-70124-4 (hb) and 0-415-70125-2 (pb), 314 pp.
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Tony Jackson, Oxfam’s Food Aid Consultant 1979-83, and currently Great Lakes Policy Adviser, International Alert, London.

In English only

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: African NGOs, Donors and the State

Author: 
Igoe, Jim and Kelsall, Tim (eds.)
Publisher: 
Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2005, ISBN 1-59460-017-1, 309 pp.
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Firoze Manji

Fahamu – Networks for Social Justice

Oxford, UK

In English only

Human Development Report

Author: 
United Nations Development Programme
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