During the first half of the twentieth century, more pilgrims travelled from the Dutch colonial empire to Mecca than from any other country. In 1872 the Dutch found a consulate in Jeddah in order to safeguard the well-being of the pilgrims.

In this limited edition, only 150 copies available, over sixty photographs show Arabia as Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje and Daniel Van der Meulen saw it in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

A Shtetl under the Sun provides a vivid picture of the emigration of Ashkenazi Jews from especially Poland and Romania to Curaçao since the 1920's.

Though not received with open arms, they quickly acquired a strong economic position on the island. This English edition shows how the tropical Curaçao looked like a small shtetl: a city where many, sometimes only Jews lived.

The financial crisis has shown the disastrous shortcomings of supervision and regulation. This book underlines the necessity to safeguard common interests through institutional facilities and arrangements.

Common Goods in a Divided World accompanies the lecture series organized by the Netherlands Chapter of the Society of International Development (SID).

Virtual Action Learning is a flexible educational concept with enormous potention and a proven track record. Integral implementation has many advantages, such as an increase of the quality of training and learning and students learning more actively and with more motivation.

Virtual Action Learning serves as a source of inspiration and explains more about the effectiveness of VAL.

By improving the production, processing or marketing of agricultural commodities several projects attempt to reduce poverty of farmers, traders and processors and develop the local economy.

This book presents experiences of eleven commodity development projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America funded by the Common Fund for Commodities.