This is the third volume of a series of ten books that discuss the collections of the Tropenmuseum and the histories and stories that accompany the...

In June 2010, South Africa is the platform for the biggest event that has ever taken place on the African continent: the football World Cup. In the...

Literally a metal device that prevents a ship or boat from drifting, the anchor came to represent a sailor's last resort in stormy weather, a symbo...

‘Things are changing and we are changing with it,’ was their motto. Since 1927 uprising broke out against the Dutch in the colony, the crisis follo...

Art Fallen from Heaven, modern Balinese sculpture, offers a new perspective on the origin of modern Balinese sculpture in the 1930s. After the subj...

Birds are fascinating creatures. They are descendants of dinosaurs and connect us to the far gone past. Like bees and bats, birds play a significan...

Between 1970 and 2005, Bolivia lived through military coups, democracy and dictatorship. It suffered discontinuity, erratic political change, peasa...

African smallholder farmers need to intensify their production systems and adapt to continuous, often unforeseen and sudden changes in their enviro...

An increasing number of African smallholders are moving from subsistence farming to selling at least part of their output. To shift successfully to...

Ten upcoming young museum professionals from around the world gathered in the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Amsterdam to discuss the 'crisis of...

Capacity-building is key to sustainable development efforts and over the past decades has also enjoyed considerable attention in the field of healt...

It makes sense for institutions to digitally register their collections or company information. The possibilities and applications seem endless. Of...

This is a book of hope for Africa's smallholder farmers. It shows how they can earn more from their crops and livestock by taking control over the ...

"Common Goods in a Divided World", the title of the lecture series organised by the Netherlands Chapter of the Society for International Developmen...

The richness and diversity of Dutch contributions to the built environment of South Africa remain little-known in the study of twentieth-century a...

This book is published to mark the 150th anniversary of De Surinaamsche Bank (DSB). Suriname has changed dramatically over the past 150 years. It h...

Revised nineteenth edition of the successful business book on how to deal with the Dutch. The subject of this book is the everyday working culture ...

This book gives an insight into major development issues, such as the contribution of aid to economic growth of developing countries and the effect...

Twenty years ago, economic planning and protectionism were held responsible for poverty and stagnation. Nowadays it is the market that is blamed, n...

Old Dutch slave fortresses in Elmina were restored and alongside the restoration some sustainable developments took place: the set up of a tourist ...

This book deals with the emerging global scarcities on food, energy and water; on how these are interrelated and affected by considerations and pol...

In development co-operation there is a trend that the private sector is seen as an integral part of the solution to reduce poverty. As a result pro...

In working to become sustainable, the spice industry faces a number of unique opportunities, but also significant challenges. These include the com...

Highlights from the Korea collection of Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde by Elmer Veldkamp is the first contemporary study that describes the history of and...

In April 2010, Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) organised a forum to share experiences on implementing interven...

Indonesia’s flora -- with over 45,000 plant varieties -- is one of the most abundant in the world. Photographer Dennis A-Tjak has been making a nam...

Sustainable agricultural development requires innovation. Due to globalisation and liberalisation, amongst other factors, smallholder producers ope...

The potato (Solanum tuberosum L) has a high potential to raise smallholder income and improve food security in Eastern Africa. Improving the qualit...

This beautifully illustrated book presents for the first time the rich Islamic collections of the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. Highlighting over a hu...

It goes without saying that one building after the other was built in the Dutch East Indies, the current Indonesia. Newspapers jubilated ‘again a j...

As smallholder farmers switch to producing for the commercial market, they face a steep learning curve. To select a product and to market it effect...

Lianas (woody vines) are iconic symbols of tropical forest ecosystems around the world. Forest climbers take advantage of the biologically-expensiv...

In Amsterdam alone there have been more than eighty monuments created that have something to do with the Holocaust. In addition, there are still ma...

This book documents experiences by those at the forefront of technical support and capacity development. The experiences and lessons learned all or...

Discover the nature of an Amazonian country far off the beaten track …Suriname is a treasure trove of natural riches. The most densely forested cou...

Sustainable use of natural resources is a key element in the livelihoods of rural people. Especially the poor are often disproportionately affected...