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Public–Private Partnerships Policy and Practice is a comprehensive reference guide on PPP theory and practice for senior policy-makers and other public sector officials in developing countries.

Vulture funds, funds that buy up the debt of sovereign countries at a discount in the hope of making significant profits, have caused considerable problems to a number of highly indebted countries.

Of enduring concern for small states are the numerous constraints they face in international trade negotiations.

This publication celebrates a milestone in human rights: the twentieth anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

This report covers the work of the 53-nation Commonwealth and its principal intergovernmental organisation, the Commonwealth Secretariat, from July 2007 to June 2009.

Learning from Experience explores how the Poverty Reduction Strategy Initiative (PRSI) process is working, as seen from the perspective of four recipient countries.

In today’s world, responses to global challenges can only be achieved by collective debate and action.

Efforts to boost international trade as a means to foster economic growth, known as Aid for Trade, have become an important issue for both aid donors and recipients.

Studies on gendersensitive budgeting have concentrated on the expenditure side of government budgets.

Small states face serious challenges for development due to their size, remoteness and vulnerability.

Electronic infrastructure and network functionality are being utilised by governments around the world.

About one fifth of all politically independent countries are small island developing states.

What have been the consequences of recent regulatory initiatives on international financial centres in small countries?

A companion volume to Making Democracy Work for Pro-poor Development, this paper was written as a background note for the Commonwealth Expert Group on Democracy and Development, and was key in clarifying some of the major themes to be deliberated by the Group, chaired by the current Prime Minister of India, Hon.

This book presents the main papers and principal discussion points of a conference held in June 2000, organised jointly by the Commonwealth Secretariat, the World Bank and the IMF.

The management of domestic debt is a major policy issue in many Commonwealth countries.

Public Enterprises (PEs), especially in several developing countries, face many problems, including poor management of the interface between government and the PEs, unclear or multiple objectives, nepotism and poor remuneration.

The book presents 11 case studies on economic planning, economic policy reforms, monetary management and tourism development from several developing countries.The choice of topics and countries has been made primarily for meeting the need of developing appropriate case material for a newly designed international programme on Economic Management and Planning.

Change for the Better explores global political and economic change and its impact on the development process, together with ways to improve development policies – domestic and international.This Report by a Commonwealth Group of Experts points to the danger of further increase in the existing disparities, if action is not taken urgently by the developed and developing countries as well as the world community as a whole.