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Election Management A Compendium of Commonwealth Good Practice Lifting the quality and strengthening the relevance of election management bodies is a continuing work-in-progress: to learn and apply the lessons from each election and rise to the emergence of new challenges, including evolving information and communication technologies and increasing demands for greater transparency and integrity. Election Management: A Compendium of Commonwealth Good Practice is designed to provide policy makers and staff of election management bodies with a guide to the democratic values, principles and practices of the Commonwealth, which should be reflected in the work they do to consolidate and deepen democracy in their countries. It will also assist governments, political parties and civil society organisations understand better the role, functions and responsibilities of those tasked with delivering credible elections. Includes annexes from 45 Commonwealth election management bodies on their countries standards for democratic legitimacy, legal frameworks, funding arrangements and administrative structure. Foreword Acknowledgements Executive Summary 1. Commonwealth Core Democratic Values and Principles 2. Translating Commonwealth Values and Principles into Democratic Practice 2.1 Constitutionalism and democracy 2.2 Elections 2.3 Role of the election management body 2.4 Conclusions 3. The Powers, Functions and Responsibilities of an Independent Election Management Body 3.1 The meaning of independence 3.2 Composition and appointment 3.3 Powers, functions and responsibilities 3.4 Taming incumbency 3.5 Staffing and funding 3.6 Management and administration 3.7 Popular participation 3.8 Election observation 3.9 Regional and international co-operation 3.10 Reform 3.11 Conclusions 4. Challenges Facing Commonwealth Independent Election Management Bodies 4.1 Achieving gender equity 4.2 Fair voting 4.3 Gerrymandering 4.4 Politics of identity 4.5 Intimidation and violence 4.6 Dirty money: political party expenditure and campaign funding 4.7 Meeting the challenge of social media 4.8 Democracy in small and island states 4.9 Fair or only Free? 4.10 Conclusion: Focusing on what matters most Annexes: Constitutional Provisions and Establishment Clause 08-2016; 238 pp; Paperback; 65.00 ISBN 978-1-84929-147-7 2 READ AND SHARE OUR TITLES FOR FREE at thecommonwealth-ilibrary.org
Common Law Legal Systems Model Legislative Provisions on Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing, Preventive Measures and Proceeds of Crime Corruption undermines the rule of law, good governance, and sustainable growth and development. Most countries have prohibited all forms of corruption, yet corruption persists due largely to a lack of appropriate strategies and structures to inhibit it. Such strategies include effective and comprehensive legal frameworks to prevent, punish and take the profit out of corruption. The Common Law Legal Systems Model Legislative Provisions aims to enable Commonwealth countries to evaluate measures that can be incorporated into domestic law to prevent, detect, and effectively sanction money laundering and terrorism financing and to recover the proceeds of crime. Part I: Preliminary Part II: Preventive Measures Part III: Financial Intelligence Unit Part IV: Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Offences Part V: Conviction-based Confiscation, Benefit Recovery and Extended Benefit Recovery Orders Part VI: Civil Forfeiture Part VII: Investigative Orders Part VIII: Cross-border Transportation of Currency and Bearer Negotiable Instruments Part IX: Cash Forfeiture Part X: Unexplained Wealth Orders Part XI: Asset Management Part XII: Recovered Assets Fund Part XIII: Sanctions Annex I: Criminal Assets Recovery Committee Annex II: Model Decree on the Financial Intelligence Unit 08-2016; 205pp; Paperback; 65.00 ISBN 978-1-84929-150-7 Sign up to our monthly e-newsletter at books.thecommonwealth.org 3
Advancing Gender Equality Case Studies from Across the Commonwealth The Commonwealth Secretariat has been a pioneer in promoting women s rights and gender equality since the 1976 85 UN Decade for Women, and of gender mainstreaming since the UN 4th World Conference on Women, to which our 1995 Plan of Action on Gender and Development was a Commonwealth contribution. This publication brings together case studies prepared in connection with the end-ofterm review of the 2005 15 Commonwealth Plan of Action for Gender Equality. The case studies are based on submissions and interviews with government representatives, gender specialists and other stakeholders, including civil society organisations, from 20 countries representing all regions of the Commonwealth. The examples were selected to demonstrate a range of strategies that can be employed to advance gender equality and women s empowerment. Together they help to show what perpetuates gender inequality and offer approaches that can be adopted to help end unjust discrimination. Section I: Women s Political Participation 1. Women s Parliamentary Caucus, Pakistan 2. Nigerian Women s Trust Fund to Strengthen Women s Political Participation, Nigeria Section II: Women s Corporate Leadership and Gender Equality in the Workplace 3. Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012, Australia 4. The Equality Mark for Employers, Malta 5. Women in Leadership Programme, New Zealand 6. Women s Business Council, United Kingdom Section III: Women s Enterprise and Economic Empowerment 7. Mass Product Consumer Regulatory Authority, Cameroon 8. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, India 9. 1AZAM Programme for Economic Development, Malaysia 10. The Women Enterprise Fund, Kenya 11. Fostering Women s Entrepreneurship, Mauritius 12. Income-Generating Activity Programme, Uganda Section IV: Combatting Violence Against Women and Gender-Based Violence 13. One-Stop Crisis Centre, Bangladesh 14.National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking, Canada 15. Advancing Policy and Legislation to Combat Gender-Based Violence, Grenada 16.Women and Child Protection Units, Namibia 17. Central Registry on Domestic Violence, Trinidad and Tobago Section V: Working with Men for Gender Equality 18. Integrated Approach to Combating Gender-Based Violence, Botswana 19. Pacific Women s Network Male Advocacy Programme, Pacific Islands 20. Channelling Men s Positive Involvement into the National Response to HIV/AIDS, United Republic of Tanzania Section VI: Key Factors for Success 21. Conclusion 08-2015; 200 pp; Paperback; 50.00 ISBN 978-1-84929-151-4 4 READ AND SHARE OUR TITLES FOR FREE at thecommonwealth-ilibrary.org
Small States, Volume 19 Economic Review and Statistics This unique annual collection of key economic and statistical data on states with fewer than five million inhabitants is an essential reference for economists, planners and policy-makers. The Commonwealth s definition of small states is those with a population of one and a half million or less. For comparison purposes this volume presents, where available, data on states with a population of up to five million. This volume contains 17 tables covering development indicators and an article focusing on climate change impacts, adaptation and policies for agriculture in African small states. Part I. Recent Trends in Small States 1. Economic and Social Development in Small States 2. Regional Analyses 3. Outlook 4. Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Policies for Agriculture in African Small States Part II. Economic and Social Data 5. Country Factsheets 6. Data Tables Technical notes Table 6.1 Size of economy Table 6.2 Growth of economy Table 6.3 Economic activity Table 6.4 Prices Table 6.5 Private sector Table 6.6 Public sector Table 6.7a Trade Tables 6.7b Composition of merchandise exports Tables 6.7c Composition of merchandise imports Tables 6.7d Composition of service exports Tables 6.7e Composition of service imports Table 6.8 Aid dependency and debt burden Table 6.9 Energy and the environment Table 6.10 Agriculture and forestry Table 6.11 Poverty Table 6.12 Health Table 6.13 Education Table 6.14 Gender Table 6.15 Globalisation Table 6.16 Governance Table 6.17 Youth 10-2016; 236pp; Paperback; 45.00 ISBN 978-1-84929-158-3 Sign up to our monthly e-newsletter at books.thecommonwealth.org 5
Achieving the Istanbul Programme of Action by 2020 Tracking Progress, Accelerating Transformations Achieving the Istanbul Programme of Action by 2020: Tracking Progress, Accelerating Transformations is the second contribution from the LDC IV Monitor an independent partnership set up to assess the outcome of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (UN LDC IV) with a view to accelerating the delivery of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA). The volume highlights recent critical achievements and missed opportunities for the LDCs in the context of an unfavourable global economic environment and inadequate delivery of global commitments. Along with this, it focuses on four specific themes: structural transformation and export diversification in the LDCs; prospects of graduation of countries from the LDC group; implications of the 2030 Agenda in view of LDC concerns; and new challenges facing LDCs in their pursuit for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 1. Structural Economic Transformation and Export Diversification in the Least Developed Countries 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Reaching the IPoA growth targets 1.3 Targeting trade as a driver of structural economic transformation 1.4 Structural economic transformationrelated targets 1.5 Concluding remarks 2. Prospects of Graduation for Least Developed Countries: What Structural Change? 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Graduation constrained by the rules applied 2.3 No more than one fifth of LDCs likely to reach the one half IPoA goal 2.4 Better long-term prospects 2.5 How fast has the change been in the structural features of graduating LDCs? 2.6 Making graduation rules more consistent with structural transformation 2.7 Concluding remarks 3. Implication of the 2030 Agenda for the Istanbul Programme of Action 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Midterm review of IPoA implementation and benchmarking the 2030 Agenda for LDCs 3.3 Leveraging ODA for SDGs and IPoA 3.4 Challenges in attaining the SDGs in LDCs 3.5 Concluding remarks Annex 3.1: Data availability situation concerning selected indicators in LDCs 4. Obstacles to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: Emerging Global Challenges and the Performance of the Least Developed Countries 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Challenges to meeting the SDGs 4.3 Implications for the international community and development strategy 08-2016; 76pp; Paperback; 30.00 ISBN 978-1-84929-148-4 6 READ AND SHARE OUR TITLES FOR FREE at thecommonwealth-ilibrary.org
New: Commonwealth Blue Economy Series NEW The Commonwealth Blue Economy Series aims to support the development of the blue economy in Commonwealth member countries by providing a high-level assessment of the opportunities available for economic diversification and sustainable growth in small island developing states (SIDS). 2016; 50pp; 35.00; ISBN 978-1-84929-156-9 1. The Blue Economy and Small States. There is a growing appreciation of the critical role the oceans play in sustainable economic growth and, as a corollary, the need to better manage and protect coastal and marine ecosystems and resources that are the fundamental basis for that growth. Drawing on international experience in the respective sectors, each volume in the Commonwealth Blue Economy Series provides recommendations that will assist governments to realise opportunities where they exist. It is hoped that the material presented in this volume will stimulate thinking about how small island developing states can benefit from the development of the blue economy by integrating different sectors into the blue growth agenda. 2. Aquaculture explores the potential for the development of a blue economy mariculture industry, as well as specific enabling conditions that could assist in moving towards economic reality where opportunities exist. 3. Capture Fisheries presents recommendations that could be implemented by SIDS to protect and sustainably develop their capture fisheries within a blue economy model. 4. Marine Renewable Energy explores the potential for the development of the blue economy by providing a highlevel review of actions needed to progress marine renewable energy generation in SIDS. 5. Blue Biotechnology provides a high-level assessment of the opportunities available for economic diversification through the development of a blue biotechnology sector in SIDS for food, health products and pharmaceuticals. where opportunities exist. 2016; 56pp; 35.00; ISBN 978-1-84929-149-1 2016; 60pp; 35.00; ISBN 978-1-84929-154-5 2016; 62pp; 35.00; ISBN 978-1-84929-155-2 2016; 54pp; 35.00; ISBN 978-1-84929-152-1 Sign up to our monthly e-newsletter at books.thecommonwealth.org 7
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