Ricardo Pereira: 7 books

Even if constrained in their international choices, recipient countries of global health programmes hold the capacity to autonomously define and pursue their own strategies, policies, and ultimately attain political goals. This is comparatively demonstrated through the analysis of PEPFAR's implementation in Botswana, Ethiopia and South Africa.

Leading economists consider the shape of future economic policy: will it resume the pre-crisis consensus, or contend with the post-crisis “new normal”? What will economic policy look like once the global financial crisis is finally over? Will it resume the pre-crisis consensus, or will...

Discussions of the recent austerity measures in Southern Europe as a response to the sovereign debt crisis have been usually framed in terms of their economic impact. However, the general impoverishment of these countries has induced other massive social and political changes, a fact which is ignored...

This book outlines the most important characteristics of IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee and how they can be used to engineer Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) systems and applications, with a particular focus on Quality-of-Service (QoS) aspects. It starts by providing a snapshot of the most relevant features...

n el primer semestre de 2010, la sede- Amazonia de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia realizó la Cátedra de Sede Jorge Eliécer Gaitán titulada ?Amazonia colombiana. Imaginarios y realidades ". El presente libro reúne las memorias de la Cátedra en la cual participaron investigadores colombianos...

El 1 de enero de 2011 se ha cumplido el 25 aniversario de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Adhesión de España a las Comunidades Europeas (Unión Europea) firmado el 12 de ¡unió de 1985. La participación española en el proceso de integración europea y los nuevos marcos institucionales abiertos...

Pensar a política sempre foi uma tarefa bastante complexa; na atualidade, é urgente. Pois a impressão geral é a de que a política, agora totalmente convertida para atender prioritariamente aos interesses de grandes grupos econômicos, não parece mais ser capaz de se orientar pelas necessidades...