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Research for Development in the Middle East and North Africa
International Development Research Centre 2000; US$ 30.00With a population of more than 250 million and a notable strategic position between the North and the South, the Arab region constitutes a distinct region of the developing world. Its future development is a matter of crucial importance to the world. Unfortunately, however, the research environment in the Middle East and North Africa is not conducive... more...
International Focus Group Research
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 32.00A practical guide to conducting focus group discussions in health and social science research. more...
Rebuilding the Left
Zed Books 2007; US$ 27.95Based on a lifetime?s experience in politics, this book is a critique of social democratic realpolitik. It studies the challenges faced by the left now, and suggests ways to move forward to build a different world. more...
Bill Bryson's African Diary
Crown Publishing Group 2007; US$ 12.00?Here is a man who suffers so his readers can laugh.? ? Daily Telegraph Bill Bryson travels to Kenya in support of CARE International. All royalties and profits go to CARE International. Bryson visits Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to eradicating poverty. Kenya is a land of contrasts, with famous game... more...
Les sociétés du savoir en bref
International Development Research Centre 1998; US$ 15.00This book encapsulates the findings of the Working Group. It argues that although the costs of building ICT infrastructure in the developing world are high, the costs of not doing so ù in terms of benefits foregone ù are likely to be much higher. In summarizing the full-length report of the Working Group (entitled Knowledge Societies), this book focuses... more...
Technologies de l´information et de la communication pour le développement en Afrique, 2
International Development Research Centre 2005; US$ 30.00Le deuxième volume de cette série examine lorganisation, le fonctionnement et le rôle des télécentres communautaires. Il décrit lexpérience des télécentres dans de nombreuses collectivités, généralement situées en milieu rural, et analyse les structures et les mécanismes... more...
Les faits, une arme contre la pauvreté
International Development Research Centre 2009; US$ 20.00Partout dans le monde, des gouvernements et des organismes de développement semploient, depuis plus de deux décennies, à réduire la pauvreté. Certes, il y a eu des progrès, mais ils ont été inégaux : près du quart de la population mondiale vit toujours dans une pauvreté monétaire extrême.... more...
Combatiendo la pobreza con hechos
International Development Research Centre 2009; US$ 20.00Durante más de dos décadas, gobiernos y agencias de desarrollo alrededor del mundo se han concentrado en la reducción de la pobreza. Ha habido avances, pero han sido disparejos y casi la cuarta parte de la población mundial sufre todavía de extrema pobreza por ingresos. Sin embargo, esta pobreza por ingresos... more...
Social Capital in Developing Democracies
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 24.00Explores the contribution of social capital to the process of democratization and the limits of that contribution. more...
Zoya's Story
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 11.99Kabul was always more beautiful in the snow. Even the piles of rotting rubbish in my street, the only source of food for the scrawny chickens and goats that our neighbors kept outside their mud houses, looked beautiful to me after the snow had covered them in white during the long night. Though she is only twenty-three, Zoya has witnessed... more...









