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Uruguay: Generals Rule describes the historical background to Uruguay today and chronicles the brutal and draconian measures taken by the dictatorship to eliminate all opposition and protest.

"This ... study of China-Ethiopia relations examines why China--an economic and emerging global power--has built relations with Ethiopia and why Ethiopia has responded by singling out China as a partner in its quest for economic development. Using middle-range theory and field research, Aaron Tesfaye focuses on three sets of phenomena: political, economic, and strategic"--

This book draws on the experience of organizations working to promote women's full participation in the development process, looking at the obstacles that stand in the way; examining gender auditing; the institutionalization of gender; integrating gender into country programmes; the process of creating a gender strategy and using gender training.

The book lists information that must be gathered before deciding to implement a programme.Technical information on types of seeds and tools, purchase, transport and storage are given and the importance of involving the recipients, especially women at every stage, is stressed as is the need to take a long-term approach to these inventions.

Looking at factors as diverse as the pervasiveness of patriarchy, changing family forms, female infanticide, and land reform policies, this collection of articles considers the family from a gender perspective, and how the socially prescribed roles of men and women within the family can constrain women's opportunities.

Change and upheaval are a way of life for millions of women and men throughout the world; the articles in this work assert that, while transition creates hardship and trauma, it can give women an opportunity to challenge the negative aspects of relations between the sexes.

This book concentrates on gender issues in military and civil strife, and examines the effects of armed conflict on women's lives and the appalling situation of many women refugees and displaced. Women are not passive victims, and it shows how they are in the forefront for peace, security, and equitable gender relations.

An examination of the banana trade from planting in the Eastern Caribbean to purchase in Britain, raising questions concerning trade between countries in the South and the North. Using personal experiences and case studies, it encourages pupils to see the implications of their own consumption.

Brazil: State and Struggle unmasks the apparent relaxation of political control by the military. The book's central theme is the history and development of the Brazilian labour movement and the attempts of the State to control and repress it.

"Arana tells the stories of three people in contemporary Latin America whose lives emblemize the three powerful historical forces thatstill shape Latin America: mineral exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and the Church (stone)"--

NIGERIA, AFRICA'S MOST POPULOUS NATION, OFFERS AS MANY opportunities as challenges. She is a regional power house. She has a dynamic political system, a robust economy, a thriving workforce, and of course natural resources, of which, oil is a primary resource. However, despite these, she is dogged by the age old problems of wastage, poor management, graft and corruption. This results in tens of millions of its citizens living below or just on the poverty line. Even though a major OPEC producer, she can barely provide steady electricity throughout the country. Dr. Christian Onwudiwe does more than ask the hard questions. He digs deep and traces the root of these problems, analyzes them objectively, like the expert he is, and most importantly offers suggestions on the way forward for Nigeria.

Many aspects of life have changed little since colonial times in the cloudy, misted highlands of the southernmost state of Mexico. In Chiapas women still marry at 13, and are often sold for a few bottles of liquor or a cow. On New Year's Day 1994 Chiapas was brought to the attention of the world by a very modern insurrection by the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN). Since the beginning women were integral to the rebellion and later the movement for social justice in Chiapas and Mexico. In this volume the women of Chiapas tell of their hopes and their struggles, and their fight for a more democratic and humane way of life in their state and their country. The account discusses the lives of indigenous women in the state. Personal and testimonial in style, the women interviewed recount their lives as women in their communities and also their part in the struggle to establish and defend the EZLN.

N'avez-vous jamais rêvé de tout quitter, larguer les amarres, abandonner votre métierennuyeux, votre petit ami persécuteur, ou votre quotidien qui ne fait pas sens ?Partir pour vivre autrement, intensément, différemment ?Quand en septembre 2001, une ONG luiconfie la direction financière d'une missionhumanitaire dans les Balkans, Magali Getreyn'hésite pas une seconde à franchir le pas.Mais la réalité la rattrape vite dans unKosovo ruiné par la guerre et les hainesethniques. Puis un nouveau contrat quitourne au cauchemar dans l'Afghanistandes talibans la conduit bien au-delà de seslimites.Le retour en Europe, entre un emploi inutile, l'incompréhension de ses proches, unesolitude extrême et un syndrome posttraumatiqueà surmonter, est très éprouvant.Mais... elle ne pouvait simplement plusaccepter de vivre à genoux.Elle décide de créer une ONG. Différente...Une aventure insensée qui démontre quemême les rêves les plus fous peuvent seréaliser à force de témérité et de travail...

El Manual Esfera presenta un enfoque basado en principios para abordar la calidad y la rendición de cuentas en las respuestas humanitarias. Traduce a la práctica la convicción fundamental de Esfera de que todas las personas afectadas por desastres o conflictos tienen derecho a una vida con dignidad y a recibir asistencia humanitaria.

Neo-liberalism has claimed another victim: Argentina. Since the 1970s, a brutal transference of resources from the poor to the rich has taken place here. The wealthy have exploited the tools of neo-liberalism to make fast profits for themselves and international interests without a thought for the country's future. On the 19th and 20th December 2001, Argentines took to the streets in their millions and said "Enough!" to the plunder: they called it the "Argentinazo", and their demand was "que se vayan todos" - "out with the lot of them" - the corrupt politicans, the interfering IMF, the rapacious foreign companies and international banks. Two years on, it is clear that the Argentinazo was a turning point in the political life of the country. It was a wake-up call to citizens that they need to be more involved in the running of the country, or soon there will be no country left to run. "We are millions" looks at the politics which led to mass poverty and unemployment and describes the rich and varied social responses to economic meltdown and political crisis.

Bacchanal! explores the place of Carnival in Trinidadian society and the people who take part in it. Topics covered include: how the festival reflects and affects attitudes towards religion, language, humour, politics, male-female relations and folk traditions

Desk-based descriptions of 27 anti-corruption initiatives have been conducted. These surveys describe particular accountability mechanisms/activities that aim to combat corruption in infrastructure services and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of such services, but also encourage pro-poor service delivery. The sustainability of the livelihoods of the poor in low- and middle-income countries is compromised by corruption in the delivery of infrastructure services. Such services include water supply, sanitation, drainage, the provision of access roads and paving, transport, solid waste management, street lighting and community buildings. For this reason, The Water, Engineering Development Centre, (WEDC) at Loughborough University in the UK is conducting research into anti-corruption initiatives in this area of infrastructure services delivery. This series of reports has been produced as part of a project entitled Accountability Arrangements to Combat Corruption, which was initially funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) of the British Government. The purpose of the work is to improve governance through the use of accountability arrangements to combat corruption in the delivery of infrastructure services. These findings, reviews, country case studies, case surveys and practical tools provide evidence of how anti-corruption initiatives in infrastructure delivery can contribute to the improvement of the lives of the urban poor. This compilation presents the country case surveys. The surveys have been selected as they have instituted anti-corruption reform in infrastructure service provision. The mechanism of reform has then been analysed to provide evidence of how anti-corruption initiatives in infrastructure delivery can contribute to pro-poor outcomes. The main objective of the research is the analysis of corruption in infrastructure delivery. This includes a review of accountability initiatives in infrastructure delivery and the nature of the impact of greater accountability.

A number of Toolkits on corruption have been published in recent years; however, to date, these have not been focused on the infrastructure sector or the impacts of corruption on the poor. This Toolkit is intended to fill that gap. The Toolkit is cross-sectoral in its approach, making it of relevance to those working on water supply, sanitation, drainage, roads and paving, transport, solid waste management, street lighting and housing sectors.

Brazil In Focus is an authorative and up-to-date guide to the giant of Latin America.

In July 1993, near Haximu, a tiny hamlet in the Amazon rainforest, a fateful meeting between a group of young Yanomami Indians and Brazilian gold miners resulted in the massacre of the Yanomami. News of the tragedy shocked Brazil and the world. But mysteries remained: What exactly happened at Haximu? How many people died? Who killed the Indians and why? Using eyewitness accounts, this work tells the story behind the Haximu massacre. Set in the context of the Amazon gold rush, it describes the failings of Brazil's official indigenous policy, the tragic cultural misunderstanding between the gold miners and Yanomami, and analyzes the role of gold fever in the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and its people.

Picking Up the Pieces is a definitive book on contemporary Peruvian politics.

Ecuador is part of the "In Focus" series which looks at the countries they discuss with students and independent travellers in mind.