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  Free and Open Source Software and Technology for Sustainable Development

  Govindan Parayil, Sulayman K. Sowe and Atsushi Sunami, eds., November 2012

  The main aim of Free and Open Source Software and Technology for Sustainable Development is to raise awareness, increase the deployment, and capture the socioeconomic, technical, and educational impact of information and communications technologies in general, and free and open source software in particular, for sustainable development.

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  Aspiration and Ambivalence

  Strategies and Realities of Counterinsurgency and State-Building in Afghanistan

  Vanda Felbab-Brown, November 2012

  This timely and authoritative book analyzes U.S. and international efforts in Afghanistan and offers detailed policy recommendations for dealing with the precarious situation leading up to the 2014 transition to Afghan control, and beyond.

• Shifting Capital

  The Rise of Financial Centres in Greater China

  Helena Huang , Alberta Molajoni, Paola Subacchi and Richard Varghese , November 2012

  This report highlights the rise of China’s financial power on the world stage, focusing on the emergence of the four financial centres in the Greater China region (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Taipei).

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  The Lingering Conflict

  Israel, The Arabs, and the Middle East 1948–2012 (Revised)

  Itamar Rabinovich, November 2012

  In The Lingering Conflict Itamar Rabinovich, a former chief negotiator for Israel, provides unique and authoritative insight into the prospects for genuine peace in the Middle East. His presentation includes a detailed insider account of the peace processes of 1992–96 and a frank dissection of the more dispiriting record since then.

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  OECD Territorial Reviews: The Chicago Tri-State Metropolitan Area, United States 2012

  OECD , November 2012

  OECD Territorial Reviews of the Chicago Tri-State metropolitan area, the first of its kind conducted by the OECD in the United States, assesses the area’s capacity to contribute effectively to regional and national economic performance and quality of life.

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  Norms of Protection

  Responsibility to Protect, Protection of Civilians and Their Interaction

  Angus Francis, Vesselin Popovski and Charles Sampford, eds., November 2012

  Norms of Protection engages in a profound comparative analysis of two important norms of protection—Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and Protection of Civilians (POC)—both deeply rooted in the empathy that human beings have for the suffering of innocent people.

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  Rocky Times: New Perspectives on Financial Stability

  Yasuyuki Fuchita, Richard J. Herring and Robert E. Litan, eds., November 2012

  In Rocky Times, editors Yasuyuki Fuchita, Richard Herring, and Robert E. Litan bring together experts from academia and the banking system to analyze the difficult issues concerning troubled large financial institutions in an environment of economic uncertainty and growing public anger.

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  In the Name of Justice

  Striving for the Rule of Law in China

  Weifang He (Author), John L. Thornton (Foreword) and Cheng Li, November 2012

  In the Name of Justice presents a critical assessment of the state of Chinese legal reform by He Weifang, the country's leading liberal law scholar. In addition to a selection of the author's academic writings, the volume also includes many of Professor He's public speeches, media interviews, and open letters, which provide more insight into his dual roles as thinker and practitioner in the Chinese legal world.

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  Change Ahead

  Sustainable Governance in BRICS

  October 2012

  Change Ahead  provides an extensive set of Sustainable Governance Indicators to help systematically record and compare the political performance and governance capacities of the BRICS nations.

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  Megatrends in Global Interaction

  October 2012

  Megatrends in Global Interaction explores and discusses correlations between global trends or megatrends: global governance, demographic change and migration, energy and natural resources, global security, biodiversity, and economic globalization.

• Perspectives on Global Development 2013: New Strategies for Development

  OECD , October 2012

  The 2013 edition of Perspectives on Global Development discusses the challenges and opportunities that the new global scenario and shifting wealth are opening in developing countries.

• Education Today 2013: The OECD Perspective

  OECD , October 2012

  Education Today 2013 examines early childhood education, schooling, transitions beyond initial education, higher education, adult learning, outcomes and returns, equity, and innovation.

• World Report on Child Labour 2012

  ILO, October 2012

  This new flagship report, the first in a series to be published annually by the ILO’s International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor, brings together research on child labor and social protection, identifying policies that are designed to achieve multiple social goals.

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  The Governor's Solution

  How Alaska’s Oil Dividend Could Work in Iraq and Other Oil-Rich Countries

  Todd Moss, ed., October 2012

  The Governor’s Solution features a firsthand account by the late Governor Jay Hammond that describes, with brutal honesty and piercing humor, the birth of the Alaska Permanent Fund Divdend.

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  Agents of Change: Strategy and Tactics for Social Innovation

  Sanderijn Cels , Jorrit de Jong and Frans Nauta, October 2012

  In Agents of Change, three cutting-edge thinkers and entrepreneurs present case studies of social innovation that have led to significant social change. Drawing on original empirical research in the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands, they examine how ordinary people accomplished extraordinary results.

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  What So Proudly We Hailed

  Essays on the Contemporary Meaning of the War of 1812

  Pietro S. Nivola and Peter J. Kastor, eds., October 2012

  On the bicentennial of the War of 1812, What So Proudly We Hailed looks at this formative yet misunderstood period in American history through the lens of 21st century America.

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  The Opportunity

  Next Steps in Reducing Nuclear Arms

  Steven Pifer and Michael E. O'Hanlon, October 2012

  Many people believe that nuclear arms control is either a relic of the cold war, or a utopian dream about a denuclearized planet decades in the future. As Pifer and O’Hanlon argue in The Opportunity, it is in fact of major relevance to some of today's key and urgent security challenges.

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  Voices for Children: Rhetoric and Public Policy

  William T. Gormley Jr. , October 2012

  Voices for Children offers a fresh perspective on raging debates over child health, child poverty, child welfare, and education programs at the federal and state levels. It finds some hopeful examples that could transform how we think about children’s issues and the kinds of public policies we adopt.

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  Star Spangled Security

  Applying Lessons Learned Over Six Decades Safeguarding America

  Dr. Harold Brown and (with) Joyce Winslow, October 2012

  In Star Spangled Security, former U.S. secretary of defense Harold Brown, one of the most respected wise men of American foreign policy, gives an insider’s view of U.S. national security strategy during the Carter administration, relates lessons learned, and bridges them to current challenges facing America.

• OECD Internet Economy Outlook 2012

  OECD , September 2012

  This publication provides an overview of trends in technology, highlighting how the Internet sector has proven to be resilient during the recent economic crisis.

• Redefining "Urban"

  A New Way to Measure Metropolitan Areas

  OECD , September 2012

  This publication presents a new OECD methodology for defining “urban,” one that enables cross-country comparison of the socioeconomic and environmental performance of metropolitan areas. It applies this methodology to twenty-seven OECD countries, and it includes case studies of urbanization dynamics in China, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.

• Broken Government?

  American Politics in the Obama Era

  Philip John Davies and Iwan Morgan , eds., September 2012

  The contributors to Broken Government? add their voices to the debate on whether American government truly is broken and, if so, what can be done to fix it.

• Labour in the Global South

  Challenges and Alternatives for Workers

  Sarah Mosoetsa and Michelle Williams, eds., September 2012

  Challenging the global North’s dominance in the literature, Labour in the Global South presents alternative approaches as well as creative responses to the challenges facing labor in the global South, in countries such as Bangladesh, Brazil, India, South Africa, and Uruguay.

• Preparing Teachers and Developing School Leaders for the 21st Century

  Lessons from around the World

  OECD , September 2012

  This publication summarizes the evidence that underpinned the second International Summit on the Teaching Profession in March 2012, attended by education ministers, union leaders, and other teachers from the U.S. Department of Education, the OECD, and Education International.

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  Troubled Transition

  North Korea's Politics, Economy and External Relations

  Sang-Hun Choe, Gi-Wook Shin and David Straub , eds., September 2012

  In Troubled Transition, leading international experts offer new insights into how a troubled North Korea may evolve in light of the ways other command economies and totalitarian states have transitioned.