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China's Economic Development, 1950-2014
Fundamental Changes and Long-Term Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
China's Economic Development, 1950-2014: Fundamental Changes and Long-Term Prospects is a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of Chinese economic development from 1950-2014 focusing on current world-wide attention to the economic reform.
Chu-yuan Cheng covers a wide range of topics, including...
Strengthening Research Capacity and Disseminating New Findings in Nursing and Public Health
Proceedings of the 1st Andalas International Nursing Conference (AINiC 2017), September 25-27, 2017, Padang, Indonesia
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
Andalas International Nursing Conference (AINiC) is a dedicated conference aimed at researchers in nursing, public health and other health sciences topics. The 1st AINiC 2017 was held in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, from 25-27 September 2017. The conference theme was "Strengthening Research...
by Jaime Rotstein
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Há 50 anos o engenheiro Jaime Rotstein vem se notabilizando pela incansável atuação no sentido de esclarecer o Brasil sobre a melhor maneira de se alcançar o desenvolvimento tecnológico. Este livro documenta parte significativa de suas ideias pioneiras relativas à crise energética, petróleo...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Education is a concern for all, including students, parents, communities, employers, societies, and governments. All stakeholders have a role in providing education services. In this context, the operations of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the education sector pursue new and innovative models...
by Cheryl Marie Cordeiro
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Gothenburg is located on Sweden's west coast. The sea and an international orientation beckoned for this city, where it was harbour port and home to the Swedish East India Company during the 1700s. This book is part of a city initiative called Kunskap Göteborg 2021, in celebration of Gothenburg's...
Affirmative Action in the United States and India
A Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2004
Arguably, two of the most important national experiences with policies of positive discrimination in favor of historically disadvantaged ethnic or caste minority groups are the cases of 'Affirmative Action' in the United States and 'Reservation Policies' in India. This essential new book examines the consequences of affirmative action in both count
Obama’S Wonder Years
8 Years of Lower Unemployment & Rising Stock Markets
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
This book contains a distillation of eight plus years of both financial and cultural factoids abstracted from a plethora of sources and was originally accumulated for the authors personal use. Friends have asked for copies so often that I decided to publish the material as the simplest solution and...
Measuring and Controlling Sustainability
Spanning Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Efforts to establish the measurement and control of sustainability have produced notable tools, but those instruments lack applicability in practice. Increasing the level of standardization of such tools also seems difficult to achieve, because the contexts surrounding the focal organizations differ...
The Arab Spring Five Years Later: Vol 2
Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
Volume 1 of The Arab Spring Five Years Later is based on extensive research conducted by scholars from a variety of backgrounds, including many associated with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The original research papers are gathered in volume 2 and are available for readers who...
by Suzanne Mccorkle, Stephanie Witt
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
This book fills the need for a communication-based, public sector framed book. The authors combine just enough basic theory about communication with specific skill development in areas of immediate interest to those who work in the public sector. It also features a strong "practice" orientation,...
Mixed Methods and Cross Disciplinary Research
Towards Cultivating Eco-systemic Living
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2019
This book uses mixed methods to extend the concept of “wellbeing stocks” to refer to dynamic ways of working with others. It addresses metaphors and praxis for weaving together strands of experience. The aim of the wellbeing stocks concept is to enable people to re-evaluate economics and to become...
by AA. VV.
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Anche in Italia è iniziato un dibattito sul ruolo della cultura per lo sviluppo socio-economico di un territorio. Questo lavoro ambisce a fornire supporto a tale dibattito con particolare riferimento ai concetti di distretto culturale e distretto culturale evoluto.
Introduction to U.S. Health Policy
The Organization, Financing, and Delivery of Health Care in America
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Home to the world's most advanced medical practices, the United States spends more on health care than any other country. At the same time, treatment is harder to get in the United States than in most other industrialized nations. Benchmark statistics such as infant mortality and life expectancy reveal...
Propostas para o Governo 2015/2018
Agenda para um País Próspero e Competitivo
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: February 6, 2015
Em países como o Brasil, ainda com problemas básicos e estruturais a equacionar, o debate econômico extrapola a academia e ganha forte dimensão política e ainda torna-se cada vez mais estratégico pelo fato da democracia representativa brasileira estar em processo de consolidação. Este livro...