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The Volta River Basin: Water for Food, Economic Growth and Environment (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
The Volta River Basin (VRB) is an important transboundary basin in West Africa that covers approximately 410,000 square kilometres across six countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Togo. Its natural resources sustain the livelihoods of its population and contribute to economi... अधिक
Language: ENGकॉपीराइट: 2016 -
Farming Systems and Food Security in Africa: Priorities for Science and Policy Under Global Change (Earthscan Food and Agriculture)
by John Dixon • Timothy O. Williams • Dennis P. Garrity • Jean-Marc Boffa • Tilahun Amede • Christopher Auricht • Rosemary Lott • George MburathiKnowledge of Africa’s complex farming systems, set in their socio-economic and environmental context, is an essential ingredient to developing effective strategies for improving food and nutrition security. This book systematically and comprehensively describes the characteristics, trends, drivers ... अधिक
Language: ENGकॉपीराइट: 2019 -
Living "Illegal": The Human Face of Unauthorized Immigration
Living "Illegal" is an ambitious new account of the least understood and most relevant aspects of the American immigrant experience today. Based on years of research into the lives of ordinary migrants, oral histories, and individual testimonies, the book offers richly textured stories of real peopl... अधिक
Language: ENGकॉपीराइट: 2011 -
Living "Illegal": The Human Face of Unauthorized Immigration
In June 2012, President Obama's executive order enforcing parts of the Dream Act and the Supreme Court's decision to block components of Arizona's draconian immigration law propelled the immigration debate back into the headlines once again. Based on oral histories, individual testimonies, and years... अधिक
Language: ENGकॉपीराइट: 2011 -
Understanding the Age of Transitional Justice: Crimes, Courts, Commissions, and Chronicling (Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights)
by Richard Ashby Wilson • Timothy Williams • Stephan Parmentier • Nanci Adler • William A. Schabas • Christian Axboe Nielsen • Vladimir Petrovic • Jeremy Sarkin • Mina Rauschenbach • Maarten Van Craen • Thijs B Bouwknegt • Nicole L Immler • Kjell AndersonSince the 1980s, an array of legal and non-legal practices—labeled Transitional Justice—has been developed to support post-repressive, post-authoritarian, and post-conflict societies in dealing with their traumatic past. In Understanding the Age of Transitional Justice, the contributors analyze the ... अधिक
Language: ENGकॉपीराइट: 2018