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Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book 2005
Size:
A4 (297 mm x 210 mm)
ISSN:
0958-8558
Categories:
Commonwealth and Global Affairs
ISBN No:
978-0-9546572-2-2
Format:
Publication Date:
08-2005
Number of Pages:
224
Status:
In stock
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Description
The Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book is an indispensable source of information on key aspects of policy issues for all Commonwealth Ministers, from trade to transport. It includes articles, case studies, partnership initiatives, interviews and reports that inform and educate ministers regarding opportunity and potential in the Commonwealth. Furthermore, CMRB includes contact information for all of the Commonwealth Ministries, with over 1,000 Minister and relevant Ministry contact details listed. This is an essential publication for ministries, government officials and libraries.
A more recent version of this title is available.
Contents
Overview
Good governance and peace-building
- Preventative diplomacy: The Commonwealth approach to conflict
- Strengthening democracy to support pro-poor development
- Women, conflict and the Commonwealth: a history of realities
- The Commonwealth’s Plan of Action for gender equality to 2015
- Combating human trafficking – taking a human rights approach to modern slavery
- Making democracy work for pro-poor development
Economic growth and stability
- Improving the investment climate for growth and poverty reduction
- World trade and investment outlook: Prospects for Commonwealth countries in 2005-06
- Donor support for Poverty Reduction Strategies
- An assessment of the Commonwealth Private Investment Initiative
- Domestic resource mobilization for growth and poverty reduction
- CYP: Helping Commonwealth youth out of unemployment
Sustainable development
- MDG targets in the Commonwealth: ‘Mission Impossible’?
- Partners for Africa
- Social investment, corporate citizenship and development
- Climate change – the challenge continues
- Reaching the MDGs on water and sanitation: A people-centred approach
- Progress on WSSD – raising the profile of the Commonwealth
- The urbanization of poverty: A crisis in the making
- Reducing risk and vulnerability to natural disasters
Education
- Achieving Education for All: The quality challenge
- Corruption in education – an obstacle to development
- Mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS on education: A systematic response to a systematic system
- The Centre for Commonwealth Education: A new resource for the development of educational policy
Health
- Prioritising health research for development
- Access to essential medicines for priority health problems: A global response to a global challenge
- Maternal, newborn and child health: Investing in universal coverage
- Increasing immunization to decrease infant mortality: the need for a coalition of the powerful
Information and communication technologies
- Building an Information Society
- Mobilising telecommunications services for the mass-market in Africa
- E-readiness and development – two sides of the same coin
- Leveraging India’s ICT potential for economic and social benefit
- Using ICT to mitigate the impact of disasters
Energy
- The Nigerian oil and gas industry – looking towards the future
- OPEC, the Commonwealth and a perspective on oil
- Science and technology education: Keys to unlocking development potential in sub-Saharan Africa
- Global energy today and tomorrow
Transport and security
- Challenges for maritime security in today’s Commonwealth
- Securing the international trade supply chain
- Information transparency: A paradigm shift in improving aviation safety
- The Caribbean Commonwealth and the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing
Media, sport and culture
- Ethics, the press and the right to know
- The creative Commonwealth
- Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth games: Continuing the tradition of the ‘Friendly Games’
Commonwealth governments and ministries
- Alphabetical listing of Commonwealth governments and ministries, including names and contact details
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