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In 2004, the African Gender Institute ran the continental research project Mapping Sexualities. Among its objectives was the development of a research methodology for producing in-depth case studies of the dynamics of gender and contemporary sexual cultures in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and Uganda. This title is the result of that research.

Discusses how responsibility is viewed at individual, national, and international levels when facing the problems of human rights, environmental issues, gender considerations, international economic justice, matters of war and peace, and the plight of refugees. This title explores the extent and limits of contemporary international ethics.

Advances the idea of collaborative governance as an integration of open and closed commons. Taking into consideration the dimension of conflict resolution, it studies examples of governance structures in various countries around the world to develop a new type of democracy towards multilevel environmental governance that involves the public, private and commons spheres.

Asian regional integration, which has shown remarkable progress since the end of the 1990s, is at a major crossroads. This title re-examines theoretical approaches to comprehending the actual state of integration in the region and presents the compelling ones.

An overview of knowledge and practice in the field of ecosystems management and DRR. It features contributors, professionals from the science and disaster management communities around the world, that represent knowledge, practices, and perspectives. It is suitable for scientists, practitioners, policymakers, and development planners.

Examines the evolution of multilevel environmental governance in the East Asian region, including both Northeast and Southeast Asia. It examines how effective emerging environmental governance and policy have been and addresses the underlying causes of local, national, regional and global environmental challenges.

Globalisation has brought many benefits, but it also has a dark side. From arms trafficking in West Africa through armed insurgencies in South Asia and the upsurge of jihad in the age of globalisation, this book examines the challenges of that dark side.

Provides a snapshot of the social and economic conditions in each of the member States, using statistical indicators from a wide variety of different domains, ranging from GDP per capita to rates of computer use by age and sex, and from gender differences in wage rates to the proportion of land area covered by forest.

Presents a summary of the principal national accounting aggregates based on official national accounts data for more than 200 countries and areas, covering the years from 1970 to 2012. Tables include analysis of data on gross domestic product (GDP) by different structural components.

Focuses on providing basic information and guidance to those policymakers and programme managers interested in launching a family skills training programme at the universal or selective level. It includes an overview of the importance of family environment, basic principles for launching an effective family skills programme, and challenges to implement them.

A reference for those who intend to introduce practices in order to reduce and prevent crime. It uses experience from the developing world, especially from the Caribbean and Southern Africa and takes into account the work that has been done on the South-South exchange Programme since 2004.

A report that highlights the importance of civic engagement in public governance and, by profiling several case studies, demonstrates how such practices gain the capacity to strengthen governance, make it more transparent and accountable and, most importantly, contribute to developmental outcomes that are more sustainable, equitable and just.

The UN was created more than 60 years ago to save succeeding generations from war, protect human rights, establish conditions for justice, and promote social progress and better standards of life. Through brief and specific examples, this brochure illustrates some of the achievements of the UN, and how it can continue its valuable work in the future, for the sake of generations to come.

This is the sixtieth volume of the most comprehensive and authoritative reference work on the activities of the organisation, covering 2006. This fully indexed Yearbook, reproduces in their entirety the texts of, and votes on, all major General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions.

Offers an ecosystem approaches and oceans: panel presentations during United Nations open-ended informal consultative process on oceans and the la of the sea (consultative process), seventh meeting, United Nations.

The United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG) is an important tool for international trade which provides a standardized framework for contracts of sale of goods between parties from different States. This title presents objective information of the Convention articles. It aims to reflect the evolution of the case law.