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Farmer First Revisited: Innovation for Agricultural Research and Development

Rugby, Practical Action Publishing, 2009, ISBN 9781853396823, 357pp   Twenty years ago, the Farmer First workshop at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, launched a movement to encourage farmer participation in agricult ...

Bookshelf item - dipoffice - 2010-01-06 15:27

Opportunities for Change: Education Innovation and Reform During and After Conflict

Paris, International Institute for Educational Planning, 2009, ISBN 9789280313284, 262pp This book describes efforts of education authorities – and the agencies assisting them – as they take advantage of the opportunities for change aft ...

Bookshelf item - dipoffice - 2010-01-06 15:52

Revolution! South America and the Rise of the New Left

Kozloff, Nikolas Revolution! South America and the Rise of the New Left Basingstoke and New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, ISBN: 9-780230-600577, 249pp The author describes how recently elected left-wing leaders – such as Hugo Cha ...

Bookshelf item - dipoffice - 2009-11-08 17:17

A World of Difference: Encountering and Contesting Development

New York, The Guilford Press, 2009, ISBN 9781606232620, 664pp   This updated and revised edition examines the nature and causes of global inequality and critically analyses contemporary approaches to economic development across the third worl ...

Bookshelf item - dipoffice - 2010-01-06 16:50

The Politics of Rights: Dilemmas for Feminist Praxis

Cornwall, Andrea and Maxine Molyneux (eds.) The Politics of Rights: Dilemmas for Feminist Praxis London and New York, Routledge, 2008, ISBN 978-0-4154-45906-8, 174pp This book explores the strategies, tensions, and challenges associated ...

Bookshelf item - dipoffice - 2009-11-08 17:47

Global Poverty, Ethics and Human Rights: The Role of Multilateral Organisations

Abingdon, Routledge, 2009, ISBN 9780415445948, 186pp   This book examines what place, if any, ethical thinking and questions of global justice have in international organisations, based on case studies of the World Bank, UNDP, Inter-American ...

Bookshelf item - dipoffice - 2010-01-06 18:01

Data against Natural Disasters: Establishing effective systems for relief, recovery, and reconstruction

Amin, Samia and Markus Goldstein (eds.) Data against Natural Disasters: Establishing effective systems for relief, recovery, and reconstruction Washington, DC, World Bank, 2008, ISBN: 978-0-8213-7452-8, 316pp This book seeks to provide t ...

Bookshelf item - dipoffice - 2009-11-08 18:11

Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS)

Rugby, Practical Action Publishing, 2009, ISBN 9781853396793, 260pp (and CD)   This book is a set of international guidelines and standards for the design, implementation and assessment of livestock interventions to assist people affected by ...

Bookshelf item - dipoffice - 2010-01-06 15:29

Ackerman, Frank

Ackerman, Frank Can We Afford the Future? The Economics of a Warming World London and New York, Zed Books, 2009, ISBN: 978-1-84813-038-8, 151pp Frank Ackerman looks at the economics of climate change, explaining how conventional economi ...

Bookshelf item - dipoffice - 2009-10-30 16:50

Rapid Response: Programming for Education Needs in Emergencies

Paris, International Institute for Educational Planning, 2009, ISBN 9789280313253, 175pp The book seeks to answer the question of how best to respond to and address the needs of children in times of crisis. It examines the development and consequen ...

Bookshelf item - dipoffice - 2010-01-06 15:54