ICIHI Sectoral Reports 

Winning the human race?
(Zed Books, London/New Jersey, 1986: English Edition)

Foreword

Part 1
Chapter 1: The Ethics of Human Solidarity
Chapter 2: Global Issues
Chapter 3: Forces of Change
Chapter 4: Armed Violence

Part 2: The Victims
Chapter 5: Vulnerable Groups
Chapter 6: Man-Made Disasters

Part 3: The Hope
Chapter 7: General Conclusions and Recommendations

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Famine: a man-made disaster?
(Pan Books, London, Sydney, 1985: British Edition)

Foreword
Introduction and Editorial Note
Chapter 1: Famine
Chapter 2: Before Disaster
Chapter 3: After Disaster
Chapter 4: The Roots of Famine
Chapter 5: Deterioration
Chapter 6: Regeneration
Chapter 7: Ad-hocracy
Chapter 8: Displacement and Disruption
Chapter 9: Seeds of hope

Appendix
Communique: situation in Africa

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The encroaching desert: the consequences of human failure
(Zed Books, London/New Jersey, 1986: English Edition)

Foreword and Editorial Note
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Humanitarian Aspects of Desertification
Chapter 2: What Has Not Been Done: UNCOD to Now
Chapter 3: The Developing Countries’ Shortcomings
Chapter 4: The Donors’ Failures
Chapter 5: The Failures of the Implementing Agencies
Chapter 6: Some Successes
Chapter 7: Conclusion

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The vanishing forest: consequences of deforestation
(Zed Books, London/New Jersey, 1986: English Edition)

Foreword and Editorial Note
Introduction
Chapter 1: Humanitarian Aspects of Tropical Deforestation 
Chapter 2: Tropical Forest: A Resource for People
Chapter 3: Towards Sound Forest Management
Chapter 4: Deforestation and Human Health
Bibliography

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Street children: a growing urban tragedy
(Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 1986: British Edition)

Prologue
Introduction
Editorial Note
Chapter 1: Mute Victims
Chapter 2: Roads to Exclusion
Chapter 3: Coercion by Authority
Chapter 4: The Human Response
Chapter 5: Toward Prevention
Chapter 6:  From Concern to Concrete Action

Modern wars: the humanitarian challenge
(Zed Books, London/New Jersey, 1986: British Edition)

Refugees: dynamics of displacement
(Zed Books, London/New Jersey, 1986: British Edition)

Indigenous people
(Zed Books, London/New Jersey, 1987: British Edition)