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Attention is increasingly being paid to the conceptualization of the sustainable development agenda that should guide global development efforts beyond 2015. New trends are shaping the international...

This is the official Record of the Report of the Committee against Torture on the 
Twenty-seventh Session (12-23 November 2001) Twenty-eight Session (29 April-17 May 2002).

This is the official Record of the Report of the Committee against Torture on the 
Twenty-ninth Session (11-22 November 2002); Thirtieth Session (28 April-16 May 2003).

This is the official Record of the Report of the Committee against Torture on the Thirty-first Session (10-21 November 2003), Thirty-second Session (3-21 May 2004).

This is the official Record of the Report of the Committee against Torture on the Thirty-third Session (16-26 November 2004); Thirty-fourth Session (2-20 May 2005).

This is the official Record of the Report of the Committee against Torture on the 
Thirty-seventh Session (6-24 November 2006); Thirty-eighth Session (30 April-18 May 2007) .

This is the official Record of the Report of the Committee against Torture on the 
Thirty-ninth Session (5-23 November 2007); Fortieth Session (28 April-16 May 2008).

This is the official Record of the Report of the Committee against Torture on the Forty-first Session (3-21 November 2008); Forty-second Session (27 April-15 May 2009).

Official Records of the Report of the Committee against Torture: Forty-third Session (2-20 November 2009); Forty-fourth Session (26 April-14 May 2010).

Official Records of the Report of the Committee against Torture: Forty-fifth Session (1-19 November 2010); Forty-sixth Session (9 May-3 June 2011).

Official Records of the Report of the Committee against Torture: Forty-seventh Session (31 October-25 November 2011) Forty-eighth session (7 May-1 June 2012)

Official Records of the Report of the Committee against Torture: Forty-ninth Session (29 October - 23 November 2012); Fiftieth Session (6-31 May 2013)

This book offers a critical appraisal of the conventional measures and analysis of poverty as well as of poverty reduction policies. Despite greater efforts in reducing poverty since the early 1980s...

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Whilst good governance is a worthy goal by itself, this book argues that it is not a prerequisite for economic growth or development. Challenging the conventional good governance paradigm favoured by...

This publication provides a whole new set of ideas on how to overcome the deficiencies in the ongoing process of globalization and in the existing mechanisms for global economic governance. It points...

This book assesses feasible financing strategies for policymakers to follow in pursuance of human development, taking as reference the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their...