About OneWorld Guides
The Guides offer particular focus on the poorest countries and implications for the Millennium Development Goals. For example, the Trade and Poverty Guide highlights the links between protective agricultural subsidies in rich countries and chronic malnutrition in South Asia and Africa. The content of the Guides is supported by OneWorld's Country Briefings which assess core poverty issues in 10 selected low income countries. This material is published in interactive maps organised into sector briefings on Poverty Reduction, Food Security and Climate Change. These Country Briefings are also available in conventional web pages, either separately such as Food Security in Nepal, or aggregated into the Nepal Briefings. What are the Guides trying to achieve? OneWorld Guides respond to rising public concern for the problems faced by developing countries. In illustrating how globalisation has created an interdependent world of social and environmental injustice, OneWorld Guides raise awareness of the scope for global citizenship to override the limitations of national politics. Each Guide offers a 2,000 word text structured into sub-headings for ease of reference. With plenty of links to more detailed learning opportunities, OneWorld Guides provide an ideal entry point for development studies in general and developing countries in particular. The Guides are updated approximately every 6 months. How are OneWorld Guides produced and published? For each Guide we research a wide range of online sources, perhaps as many as 30-40 sources depending on the country or topic. The most important of these sources can be found in the published Guide, either in the text links or in the boxes in the right hand column. OneWorld Guides are published by the OneWorld Group, an internationally recognised online publisher of global development resources.
How are OneWorld Guides funded? OneWorld receives no funding for its educational content and is dependent on individual donations and on revenue generated through appropriate advertising and ecommerce. For example, the OneWorld stores (below) are offered in association with Amazon, Flipkart and The Book Depository. Arranging your book purchases and other shopping through our links to these retailers indirectly supports the production of OneWorld Guides. Greater financial support would enable OneWorld to extend the reach of its educational content through coverage of important topics and countries currently omitted from OneWorld Guides. OneWorld Books To strengthen the educational purpose of OneWorld Guides, we offer an innovative shopping facility in which books are organised by individual developing countries and development topics. Specific recommendations are featured on each Guide. Choose the OneWorld Bookshop relevant to your location: India UK US Rest of World (free shipping worldwide for all books) |
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