Index to Development Studies Literature
Author: Lyn Gorman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 304
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Author: Joint Bank-Fund Library
Publisher:
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 770
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017
Author: United Nations Publications
Publisher:
Published: 2018-01-15
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9789211013689
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe aim of this report is to present an overview of the 17 Goals using data currently available to highlight the most significant gaps and challenges.
The Pocket Guide to Health Promotion
Author: Glenn Laverack
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Published: 2014-07-16
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 0335264735
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 'Pocket Guide to Health Promotion' is a short, punchy and practical guide aimed at students and practitioners. The book includes precise definitions and examples of key concepts and methods in health promotion practice and a chapter by chapter description of the management planning, strategy selection, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programmes. Written in an accessible and concise style, the book offers the reader a practical and flexible resource that is ideal for students and practitioners looking to plan and implement health promotion activities. A must buy for those new to health promotion or who want a pocket guide to this core health activity. "Clearly written and practical, this excellent guide will prove indispensible to practitioners of health promotion globally, and a very useful starting point for students. It will be worth buying a pocket to put it in!" David Ross, Professor of Epidemiology and International Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK "The Pocket Guide to Health Promotion is easy to navigate with complex concepts in health promotion explained in a user-friendly way. Whether you are practicing health promotion or studying the discipline, this will be a welcome addition to any book shelf." Dr James Woodall, Co-Director of the Centre for Health Promotion Research & Course Leader MSc Public Health, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
The Demographic Dividend
Author: David Bloom
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Published: 2003-02-13
Total Pages: 127
ISBN-13: 0833033735
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere is long-standing debate on how population growth affects national economies. A new report from Population Matters examines the history of this debate and synthesizes current research on the topic. The authors, led by Harvard economist David Bloom, conclude that population age structure, more than size or growth per se, affects economic development, and that reducing high fertility can create opportunities for economic growth if the right kinds of educational, health, and labor-market policies are in place. The report also examines specific regions of the world and how their differing policy environments have affected the relationship between population change and economic development.
Social and Solidarity Economy
Author: Peter Utting
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Published: 2015-04-09
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 178360347X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs economic crises, growing inequality and climate change prompt a global debate on the meaning and trajectory of development, increasing attention is focusing on 'social and solidarity economy' as a distinctive approach to sustainable and rights-based development. While we are beginning to understand what social and solidarity economy is, what it promises and how it differs from 'business as usual', we know far less about whether it can really move beyond its fringe status in many countries and regions. Under what conditions can social and solidarity economy scale up and scale out - that is, expand in terms of the growth of social and solidarity economy organizations and enterprises, or spread horizontally within given territories? Bringing together leading researchers, blending theoretical and empirical analysis, and drawing on experiences and case studies from multiple countries and regions, this volume addresses these questions. In so doing, it aims to inform a broad constituency of development actors, including scholars, practitioners, activists and policy makers.
Secret Judgments of God
Author: Noble David Cook
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780806133775
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the wake of European expansion, disease outbreaks in the New World caused the greatest loss of life known to history. Post-contact Native American inhabitants succumbed in staggering numbers to maladies such as smallpox, measles, influenza, and typhus, against which they had no immunity. A collection of case studies by historians, geographers, and anthropologists, "Secret Judgments of God" discusses how diseases with Old World origins devastated vulnerable native populations throughout Spanish America. In their preface to the paperback edition, the editors discuss the ongoing, often heated debate about contact population history.
Tierra Vacante en Ciudades Latinoamericanas
Author: Nora Clichevsky
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781558441491
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVacant urban land--the product of land market activity, the actions of private agents, and the policies of public agents--is an important challenge for policy makers. Vacant lots on the urban fringe and in central and interstitial areas have affected growth patterns in Latin America. Contributors to this book analyze the problems and opportunities related to vacant urban land in five cities: Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Quito, Ecuador; Lima, Perú; and San Salvador, El Salvador.
Mental Health Policy And Practice Across Europe
Author: Knapp, Martin
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Published: 2006-12-01
Total Pages: 483
ISBN-13: 0335214673
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book maps the current state of policy, service provision and funding for mental health care across Europe, taking into account the differing historical contexts that have shaped both the development and the delivery of services.
International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2018-09-03
Total Pages: 37
ISBN-13: 9251091870
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe understanding that some pesticides are more hazardous than others is well established. Recognition of this is reflected by the World Health Organization (WHO) Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard, which was first published in 1975. The document classifies pesticides in one of five hazard classes according to their acute toxicity. In 2002, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) was introduced, which in addition to acute toxicity also provides classification of chemicals according to their chronic health hazards and environmental hazards.
