Many young people around the world - especially the disadvantaged - are leaving school without the skills they need to thrive in society and find decent jobs. As well as thwarting young people's hopes, these education failures are jeopardizing equitable economic growth and social cohesion, and preventing ...more

• Published: 30 Oct 2012
• ISBN: 9789231042409
• £38.00

The understanding and preservation of natural and cultural heritage is not only a task for experts but the daily contribution of the general public who visit and have an effect on World Heritage sites. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, UNESCO and DeAgostini Libri will present a first-time atlas featuring all World Heritage sites, including those inscribed in 2012. ...more

• Published: 30 Oct 2012
• ISBN: 9789231042393
• £45.00

The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Memory of the World publication documents important events, discoveries or inventions that have transformed the world. ...more

• Published: 30 Oct 2012
• ISBN: 9789231042379
• £25.00

Chronic inefficiencies in primary education systems are preventing many countries from offering real learning opportunities to all pupils. The 2012 edition of the Global Education Digest examines two persistent obstacles to universal primary education: high rates of grade repetition and early school leaving. ...more

• Published: 30 Nov 2012
• ISBN: 9789291891207
• £25.00

'Freedom From Poverty as a Human Right: Who Owes What to the Very Poor?' presents fifteen essays by leading academics about the severe poverty that today afflicts billions of human lives. ...more

• Published: 17 Aug 2007
• ISBN: 9789231040337
• £18.00

Human Remains and Museum Practice reflects the discussions held at the Museum of London as part of an international symposium on the political and ethical dimensions of the collection and display of human remains in museums. It explores fundamental issues of collecting and displaying human remains, including ethics, interpretation and repatriation as they apply in different parts of the world. The first section ...more

• Published: 20 Feb 2007
• ISBN: 9789231040214
• £35.00

This report, 'Strong Foundations: Early Childhood Care and Education', the fifth in the series, examines the progress towards achieving the six Education for All (EFA) goals, set at the World Education Forum in Dakar in 2000, focusing on the provision of comprehensive early childhood care and education, particularly for ...more

• Published: 07 Feb 2007
• ISBN: 9789231040412
• £19.00

Written by historians and scientists from all over the world as well as by former and active staff members, 'Sixty Years of Science at UNESCO 1945-2005' gives an inside perspective on the role played by UNESCO in the history of international scienctific co-operation over the past six decades. It is divided into six sections under the headings of: setting the scene, 1945-1965; basic sciences ...more

• Published: 31 Jan 2007
• ISBN: 9789231040054
• £22.00

'UNESCO Science Report 2005' is the fourth in a series of UNESCO reports which periodically examine the emerging trends in scientific research and higher education around the world. Written by an independent team of experts, each chapter describes how research and development activities are organised in the following countries or regions: the ...more

• Published: 30 Jan 2007
• ISBN: 9789231039676
• £39.00