Deeper than Debt

George Ann Potter

An introduction to the history and current implications of the debt crisis, which positions debt in the wider context of globalisation and development. Deeper than Debt brings together a wide range of viewpoints to discuss the effects of economic globalisation on the lives of the poor majority in de...

Reyita

Daisy Rubiera Castillo, Liz Dore

The life story of a black woman born in 1902 in Cuba, her life spanning the best part of the 20th century. Through her detailed memory of her ancestors, of her still enslaved grandmother, as much as of her own life and times, she gives a portrait of being black and female in Cuba. The book seeks to...

Women Of Maize

Guiomar Rovira

Anna Keane

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...

Jamaica In Focus 2nd Edition

Peter Mason

A look at the various, sometimes conflicting, aspects of Jamaica: at once a paradise tourist island, the gangster-ridden home of the yardies, a proudly independent democracy, an island struggling with debt and its dependence on a few primary products, and a fantastically vibrant home of musical and...

Natural Pesticides - Chilli pepper

The insecticidal properties of chilli pepper are highest in the ripe fruit especially in the skin and seed. Chillis act as a stomach poison, antifeedant and repellent to a number of pests.

Faces of The Caribbean

John Gilmore

Few areas of the world contain as much diversity - cultural, political, social - as the Caribbean. With a history marked by conquest, slavery and superpower rivalry, the region has been the scene of naval battles, pirate attacks and guerrilla uprisings. Today, in an age of globalization, the Caribbe...

Guatemala Never Again!

Thomas Quigley-Powell

Gretta Tovar Siebentritt

Available for the first time in English, this document presents the testimonies of the victims of Guatemala's 36 year long war. When Bishop Juan Gerardi, responsible for the Human Rights Office of the Archdiocese of Guatemala (ODHAG), released this study of human rights abuses in his country on Apri...

Armer les villes contre la faim

IDRC

Armer les villes contre la faim

Choix Cruciaux

Wolfgang H. Reinicke

Choix Cruciaux: Les Nations Unies, Les Reseaux, et LAvenir de la Gouvernance Mondiale

Linegalite des sexes et la révolution de linformation en Afrique

Eva M. Rathgeber

Linegalite des sexes et la révolution de linformation en Afrique