Sustainable Development Solutions Network– a global initiative for the United Nations has launched the 3rd edition of the World Happiness report 2015. It has ranked Switzerland as the happiest nation, followed by Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada. Countries which were regarded as the least happiest included, Burundi, Rwanda and Syria. Released on April 23, 2015, it looks at the changes in happiness levels in 158 countries, and examines the reasons
SOAS Library has access to 2 exciting and challenging research based journals: The Journal of Development Effectiveness publishes high quality papers reporting evidence of the impact of projects, programs and policies in developing countries, and discussions of experience in conducting impact evaluations and using their findings to inform policy and program design. The European Journal of Development Research is a journal that we had electronic access up to until 2010
Empire and education under the Ottomans: politics, reform and resistance from the Tanzimat to the Young Turks / Emine O. Evered The global history of childhood reader / edited by Heidi Morrison Infectious disease in India, 1892-1940: Policy making and the perception of risk / Sandhya L. Polu. Making British Indian fictions: 1772-1823 / Ashok Malhotra. Qatar: a modern history / Allen Fromherz. An empire of facts: colonial power, cultural
