Bücher veröffentlicht von Oxfam Publishing

Disabled people are marginalized in every country of the world both North and South. By probing these prejudices and studying cases where they have been overcome this book provides an insight into the processes of liberation and empowerment.

This study looks briefly at the agriculture and trade policies of South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Chile and Botswana. Their experience may shed further light on the extent to which governments should retain their powers to intervene in trade as opposed to relinquishing them in favour of market liberalisation.

The book addresses conflict-related themes from a range of perspectives, and paints an informative picture of the moral and practical complexities of crisis and intervention. The paper concludes with an annotated bibliography, listing current and classic publications on the subject of development work in the context of crisis and armed conflict.

This text is an introduction to the provision of health care in emergencies. It provides the information required to build up a rapid picture of healthcare needs and describes the implementation of health care procedures and facilities, including information on feeding, preventive health care, clinical care and control of common diseases.

This book provides a new approach to assessing and responding to situations of food scarcity and gives a comprehensive explanation of how to assess these situations in order to judge which interventions will be most effective.

Students of humanitarian action - academics and practitioners alike - will find this volume a rich repository of data and insights. Larry Minear, Former Director, Humanitarianism and War Project.

Development and Cities focuses on the political, social and economic viability of new or alternative approaches to urban management in the South that aim to increase access to adequate levels of basic services and healthy living and working conditions for all.

In recent years advocacy work has come under increasing criticism. NGOs are challenged on the grounds of: legitimacy, effectiveness, role, and strategy. As international grassroots advocacy is becoming more vocal thanks to new communication technologies; what is the appropriate role for Northern NGOs?