WRITING
I have also written a number of books under my own name as well as for agencies of the United Nations. These include:
The Money Crisis
How the bankers grabbed out moeny, and how we can get it back
This book exposes the flaws in the current financial system that continue to threaten us with disaster. A combination of deregulation, incompetence and greed has created the conditions for boom and bust. This concise book not only provides an understanding of these factors but also offers strategies for taking banks out of the equation, so that governments can bring money back under control.
"An excellent job of deconstructing finance" — Walden Bello
Published in 2015 by New Internationalist
Timor-Leste: Laying the Foundations for Prosperity
Commissioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), this 'development effectiveness brief' assesses the impact of ADB-financed government programmes in Timor-Leste, particularly in infrastructure. Includes interviews with beneficiaries.
Published in 2015 by ADB
Oxford Guide to Countries of the World — This book profiles every country in the world, with concise summaries of the social and economic background, plus the most recent political developments.
"Think you know the world? Perhaps you do, but probably not all
of it, given that new countries are being created at an average rate
of three a year. Where are they? And what is their condition? Peter
Stalker has the answers... To be a responsible traveller, you need
to be informed, and this A-Z provides you with the sort of key background
information you need before travelling."
Sunday Times: 'Directions' — book of the week.
"A real mini-encyclopaedia that tells you everything you want to know about 230 countries. Just what you need to keep up to speed." — Northern Echo
Third edition published in 2011 by Oxford University Press
ISBN 978-0-19-958072 (paper) £9.99/$18.99
No-Nonsense Guide to International Migration – A short and readable introduction to one of the most contentious global issues.
"An antidote to the rabid anti-immigration bigotry of the Daily Mail and opportunist politicians. Stalker explains how immigration benefits receiving countries, and why the global history of enriching immigration makes myopics of those who want to clamp down indiscriminately on it now." — Guardian
Second edition, 2008
published by New Internationalist
The First Parliament of Asia: Sixty Years of the
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(1947 – 2007)
This is an illustrated history of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The book was commisioned by ESCAP to mark the Commission's 60th anniversary. Designed, with many photgraphs and illustrations, by Marie Ange Sylvain-Holmgren.
Published in March 2007 as a United Nations Publication.
Sales No.: E.07.II.F.9.
Download as a pdf file (72 Mb)
Workers without Frontiers – One of the few detailed examinations of the impact of globalization on international migration.
"Immigration is controversial and complex everywhere, Stalker said in an interview. Wide pay disparities among nations are giving workers an incentive to move. But the increase in immigration has stirred debate in many countries and sparked social and political unrest in others ..." — Washington Post
Published in 2000 in the United States and the United Kingdom
by Lynne Rienner, and in Switzerland by the ILO.
ISBN 1-55587-856-3 (cloth) $45
ISBN 1-55587-881-4 (paper) $17.95
