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• Enhancing the EU-Brazil Strategic Partnership

  Michael Emerson, Susanne Gratius and Giovanni Grevi, eds., July 2013

  The result of a joint project involving European and Brazilian scholars, this book examines ways to enhance the significance of the strategic partnership between the European Union and Brazil.

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  The Role of Ecosystems in Disaster Risk Reduction

  Fabrice G. Renaud, Karen Sudmeier-Rieux and Marisol Estrella, eds., July 2013

  The aim of this book is to provide an overview of knowledge and practice in this multidisciplinary field of ecosystems management and DRR.

• World Trade Report 2013: Perspectives on the Future of World Trade

  July 2013

  The World Trade Report is an annual publication that aims to deepen understanding about trends in trade, trade policy issues, and the multilateral trading system.

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  Afghan Lessons: Culture, Diplomacy, and Counterinsurgency

  Fernando Gentilini, July 2013

  Afghan Lessons presents the fascinating story of Fernando Gentilini’s mission, taking readers on an eye-opening journey of Afghanistan: its people, its society, and its politics.

• Middle-Ranking Emerging Powers and Africa

  Thomas Cargill, ed., June 2013

  This report takes contrasting case studies to question whether the trend for diplomatic and economic outreach between African states and middle-ranking emerging powers is sustainable.

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  Globalizing Social Rights: The International Labor Organization and Beyond

  Sandrine Kott and Joëlle Droux, eds., June 2013

  Focusing on the ILO, this volume explores its role as creator of international social networks and facilitator of exchange between various national and international actors since its establishment in 1919.

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  Connecting with Emigrants: A Global Profile of Diasporas

  June 2013

  This publication includes 140 country notes summarizing diaspora sizes, including the number of children of migrants born in the destination countries, the characteristics of emigrant populations (gender, age, education, labor market outcomes), the numbers and main destinations of international students, recent migrant flows to OECD countries, and information on the desire of different population groups to emigrate.

• Art for Art's Sake? The Impact of Arts Education

  June 2013

  This report examines the state of empirical knowledge about the impact of arts education on educational outcomes.

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  Ethics and International Affairs: Extent and Limits, Second Edition

  Jean-Marc Coicaud and Daniel Warner, eds., June 2013

  Ethics and International Affairs explores the extent and limits of contemporary international ethics and examines the ways in which the international community has responded to some of its most crucial challenges since the end of the cold war.

• After the Fall: The Future of Global Cooperation, Geneva Reports on the World Economy 14

  Jeffry Frieden, Michael Pettis, Dani Rodrik and Ernesto Zedillo, June 2013

  The latest title in CEPR/ICMB’s Geneva Reports on the World Economy series asks the following questions: What are likely to be the principal issues facing the international economy over the next decade? What could a realistic analysis hope for in the way of progress in confronting the problems of the future? What are the constraints imposed by the realities of international and domestic politics? What forms of international economic cooperation are most important to pursue, and most likely to be achieved?

• Learning Leadership

  June 2013

  “Learning leadership” refers to leadership strongly focused on improving education, specifically the vision, drive, and applied capacity to make changes happen so that learning environments move toward innovative 21st century models. This book develops the leadership dimensions and practices in line with advanced learning environments.

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  Closing the Gender Gap: Act Now

  June 2013

  Gender gaps are pervasive in all walks of economic life. They imply large losses in terms of foregone productivity and living standards to individuals and the economy as a whole. This OECD report focuses on the best ways to close these gender gaps, under four broad headings: gender equality, social norms and public policies, gender equality in education, and employment and entrepreneurship.

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  World of Work Report 2013

  June 2013

  The World of Work Report provides a global analysis of recent labor market and social trends, assesses risks of social unrest, and presents employment projections for the next few years. The 2013 report examines conditions for restoring job-rich growth in severely crisis-hit advanced economies as well as in emerging economies.

• Democracy in Mexico: Attitudes and Perceptions of Citizens at National and Local Level

  Salvador Martí i Puig, Reynaldo Yunuen Ortega Ortiz and Ma. Fernanda Somuano Ventura, eds., June 2013

  Democracy in Mexico is an extensive and in-depth volume on the most relevant issues in Mexican society and politics. The book offers an analysis of the quality of democracy (both at national and state level) a decade after political party alternance.

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  Hard Diplomacy and Soft Coercion

  Russia’s Influence Abroad

  James Sherr, June 2013

  Hard Diplomacy and Soft Coercion reveals the ways Russia is attempting to develop informal networks, business links, state-corporate relations, cultural affinities, and linguistic ties with its neighbors and other politically important countries.

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  Escaping Victimhood

  Children, Youth, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

  Albrecht Schnabel and Anara Tabyshalieva, eds., June 2013

  In Escaping Victimhood, a diverse group of researchers and scholar-practitioners discuss the disproportionate suffering and specific vulnerabilities of the young during and after war, as well as the international legal frameworks created to protect and empower these groups in post-conflict environments.

• Space Technologies and Food Security

  June 2013

  Space systems (earth observation and meteorological satellites, space communications, global positioning systems) are becoming indispensable tools in the international effort to track and better understand our atmosphere, oceans, forests, freshwater resources, and land use. This book reviews key trends in global food supplies and provides an assessment of relevant current and forthcoming capabilities of space technologies.

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  Endangering Prosperity

  A Global View of the American School

  Eric Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson and Ludger Woessmann, June 2013

  In Endangering Prosperity, a trio of experts on international education policy compares the performance of American schools against that of other nations. The net result is a mixed but largely disappointing picture that clearly shows where improvement is most needed.

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  The Metropolitan Revolution

  How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy

  Jennifer Bradley and Bruce Katz, June 2013

  The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy details the most important attributes of America’s next economy. Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley explain how states can help build the foundation of the new economy, and a big part of that is adequately supporting their metropolitan economic engines.

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  The End of Nostalgia

  Mexico Confronts the Challenges of Global Competition

  Diana Villiers Negroponte, ed., June 2013

  The End of Nostalgia reflects on the past and examines the efforts to dismantle protective barriers, spur a legislature into effective law making, open the plentiful energy resources to new investment, attract foreign direct investment into Mexico’s burgeoning manufacturing sector, radically reform its education system, and engage more broadly with the United States and the world.

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  Military Engagement: Influencing Armed Forces Worldwide to Support Democratic Transitions (Complete Set - Volumes 1 and 2)

  Dennis Blair , June 2013

  Admiral Dennis Blair shows how established democracies can—and why they should—take full advantage of their points of contact to move dictatorships toward democracy.

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  Military Engagement

  Influencing Armed Forces Worldwide to Support Democratic Transitions (Volume Two: Regional and Country Studies)

  Dennis Blair , June 2013

  Admiral Dennis Blair shows how established democracies can—and why they should—take full advantage of their points of contact to move dictatorships toward democracy.

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  Bridging the Higher Education Divide

  Strengthening Community Colleges and Restoring the American Dream

  June 2013

• Global Value Chains

  May 2013

  This volume examines the expansion of global value chains and their effects on trade policy, competitiveness, innovation, and the management of global systemic risk.

• The Labour Markets of Emerging Economies: Has Growth Translated into More and Better Jobs

  Sandrine Cazes and Sher Verick, May 2013

  This volume focuses on the labor market situations, trends, and regulations in these emerging economies. The authors examine how they have dealt with both short-term issues, namely the global financial crisis, and longer-term structural challenges. Informality, working poverty, and vulnerable employment continue to be the norm for most workers in these countries.