This book enhances understanding and consensus on why and how we need to work more strategically and coherently on the integration of human rights and development. It reviews the approaches of different donor agencies and their rationales for working on human rights, and identifies the current...

The balance of economic power is shifting. Countries that were once poor are becoming economic powerhouses. Yet poverty persists worldwide, depriving billions of people of basic necessities and the prospects of creating a better life. How are we responding to this challenge? This book explores...

Tax revenues provide governments with funds to invest in development, relieve poverty, deliver public services and build the physical and social infrastructure for long-term growth. Moreover, there are mutually beneficial links between taxation and good governance. Tax and Development: Aid...

Die Fortschritte in der modernen Biotechnologie eröffnen ein weites Spektrum von Anwendungsmöglichkeiten und entsprechend verheißungsvoll erscheinen Überlegungen, mit diesen Technologien zur Lösung oder zumindest Linderung zentraler Probleme von Entwicklungsländern beizutragen....