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.
Growing Good Tropical Trees for Planting
K.A. Longman
This Manual is the third in a series of readable, well illustrated handbooks about propagating and planting tropical trees. The procedures described in this series of Manuals may be used with the majority of woody species to provide diverse seedling or clonal mixtures.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850925357
- Publication Date: Jan 1998
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Compendium of Election Laws, Practices and Cases of Selected Commonwealth Countries, Volume 2, Part 2
Carl W. Dundas
This compendium presents the constitutional provisions and election laws of a number of selected Commonwealth countries in a user-friendly way.
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780850925753
- Publication Date: Jan 1998
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Compendium of Election Laws, Practices and Cases of Selected Commonwealth Countries, Volume 1, Part 2
Carl W. Dundas
This compendium presents the constitutional provisions and election laws of a number of selected Commonwealth countries in a user-friendly way.
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780850925425
- Publication Date: Jan 1998
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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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A Guide to Incubation & Handraising Parrots
Phil Digney
- Imprint: ABK Publications
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780958710213
- Publication Date: May 1998
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Business Guide to the World Trading System
This book provides an overview of achievements of the Uruguay Round and the legal system established by it, and explains the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO). A sequel to 'Business Guide to the Uruguay Round' (1995), this edition contains updates on new developments which have taken place since 1996.
- Imprint: International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO and Commonwealth Secretariat
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850926217
- Publication Date: Jan 1999
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Beekeeping as a Business
Richard Jones
Beekeeping requires little, if any, financial aid and bee products have a good export market. They also provide nutrition for the hive owner. This book is easy to understand, and the text is well supported with clearly- labelled black-and-white drawings and diagrams. There are also numerous colour and black-and-white photographs.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850926316
- Publication Date: Jan 1999
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Gender Mainstreaming in Finance
Gita Sen
Gender Mainstreaming in Finance has been produced to assist governments and other stakeholders in mainstreaming gender in the finance sector.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850926002
- Publication Date: Jun 1999
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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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A Guide to Australian White Cockatoos
Chris Hunt
- Imprint: ABK Publications
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780957702417
- Publication Date: Dec 1999
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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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Fighting Corruption, Promoting Good Governance
This book presents A Framework for Commonwealth Principles for Promoting Good Governance and Combating Corruption, endorsed by Heads of Government in Durban in 1999. It presents the expert group's findings, examining the nature of corruption and proposing actions at national and international level.
- Imprint: Commonwealth Secretariat
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850926446
- Publication Date: Jan 2000
- Availability: Temporarily out of stock: Usually despatched in 14-18 days
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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Gender Equality and the Judiciary
Kirstine Adams
This volume fills the gap in existing literature on the promotion of the human rights of women through the judiciary. It presents useful actual experiences of judges and experts, and highlights case laws which demonstrate successful applications of international standards to advance women's interests in national courts.
- Imprint: Commonwealth Secretariat
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850925777
- Publication Date: Jan 2000
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A Guide to the European Market for Medicinal Plants and Extracts
This guide describes the growth and development of the European herbal industry and includes a wealth of practical information for producers and exporters of medicinal plants and extracts. It is an indispensable tool for anyone wishing to do business with the European Union – the world's largest market for herbal medicine.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850926613
- Publication Date: Dec 2000
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Developing Countries and the Global Financial System
Stephany Griffith-Jones
This book presents the main papers and discussion points of the conference held by the Commonwealth Secretariat, the World Bank and the IMF in 2000. Policy-makers from developing countries considered a new design of international financial architecture appropriate to the 21st century.
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780850926743
- Publication Date: Jan 2001
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