New Arrivals on the Shelf

New books the Library has on offer!

Singhal A & Howard S (eds). 2003. The children of Africa confront AIDS. Athens: Ohio University Press

• This book depicts the realities of how African children deal with the AIDS pandemic. Singhal, Howard, and other contributors draw on compelling personal experiences, interviews, and thoughtful research in describing HIV/AIDS interventions for children

Chen MA, Vanek J & Carr M. 2004. Mainstreaming informal employment and gender in poverty reduction: A handbook for policy-makers and other stakeholdres. London: Commonwealth

• This book highlights the lack of attention to employment, and especially informal employment, in poverty reduction strategies and point to the links between being informally employed, being a woman or a man and being poor.

Technical assistance guidelines on the employment of people with disabilities. Pretoria: Department of Labour

• The technical assistance guidelines on the employment of people with disabilities is intended to complement the Code published in August 2002 to assist with the practical implementation of aspects of the Act relating to the employment of people with disabilities in the workplace.

Belshaw D & Livingstone I (eds). 2002. Renewing development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy, performance and prospects. New York: Routledge

• Collectively and individually, the chapters provide succinct statements of the present situation, progress and problems in each of the major sectors, insights inot current issues and debates, as well as a wealth of staistical information.