Resultados da pesquisa - "Latin America"

Trade, development, and the world economy : selected essays of Carlos F. Díaz-Alejandro / Por Díaz Alejandro, Carlos Federico

Assuntos: “...Economic stabilization Latin America....”

Toward strategies for public administration development in Latin America Por Honey, C.John

Models of cooperation in U.S., Latin American and Caribbean libraries : the first IFLA/SEFLIN International Summit on Library Cooperation in the Americas /

Assuntos: “...Library cooperation Latin America Congresses....”

Global environmental outlook 2000

Sumário: “...State of the environment: major global environmental issues; major environmental issues by region (Africa, Asia and the Pacific; Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, West Asia, the Polar areas). ...”

World Guide to Library, Archive and Information Science Education : Third new and completely revised Edition /

Sumário: “...Africa Asia Europe Latin America North America Library Associations...”

Global library and information science /

Sumário: “...Africa Asia Europe Latin America North America Library Associations...”

Comparative and international education : issues for teachers

The political economy of regional cooperation : comparative case studies /

Sumário: “...Cross-regional comparisons and the theory of regional cooperation: Lessons from Latin America, the Caribbean, South East Asia and the South Pacific / W. ...”

Economic development / Por Nafziger, E. Wayne

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Economics of monetary union / Por Grauwe, Paul de

Sumário: “...Costs and Benefits of Monetary Union: The Costs of a Common Currency; The Theory of Optimum Currency Areas - A Critique; The Benefits of a Common Currency; Costs and Benefits Compared; Optimal Currency Areas Case Studies - Is the Enlarged European Union an Optimal Currency Area? Is Latin America an Optimal Currency Area? Monetary Union: Incomplete Monetary Unions - The European Monetary System; Dollarization; The Transition to a Monetary Union - Problems of Transition in Central Europe; Problems of Transition of the UK; The European Central Bank; Monetary Policy in Euroland; Fiscal Policies in Monetary Unions; The Euro and Financial Markets....”
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Growth and development in emerging market economies : international private capital flows, financial markets and globalization /

Sumário: “.../ Rakesh Jha -- Building national and regional financial markets: the East Asian experience / Andrew Sheng -- Financial markets in Latin America / Claudio M. Loser -- Latin American and East Asian trade strategies / Luis Miguel Castilla -- Building Asia's infrastructure: issues and options / Haruhiko Kuroda, Rajat Nag and Rita Nangia -- Infrastructure development and services in selected emerging market and OECD countries: key indicators / Harpaul Alberto Kohli....”
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Industrial policy and economic transformation in Africa /

Sumário: “...The Return of Industrial Policy: (What) Can Africa Learn from Latin America?, by Annalisa Primi 7. Can the Financial Sector Deliver Both Growth and Financial Stability in Sub-Saharan Africa?...”
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Managing for the future : the 1990s and beyond Por Drucker Peter F.

Sumário: “...-Japan trade needs a reality check Japan's great postwar weapon Misinterpreting Japan and the Japanese Help Latin America and help ourselves Mexico's ace in the hole : the maquiladora The new productivity challenge The mystique of the business leader Leadership : more doing than dash People, work, and the future of the city The fall of the blue-collar worker End work rules and job descriptions Making managers of communist bureaucrats China's nightmare : no jobs for the millions Tomorrow's managers : the major trends How to manage the boss What really ails the U.S. auto industry The new Japanese business strategies Manage by walking around outside! ...”

ICT4D : information and communication technology for development

Global public health : a new era /

Sumário: “...1: Global context for public health / Anthony McMichael and Robert Beaglehole -- 2: Current global health status / Colin Mathers and Ruth Bonita -- 3: Public health in the United Kingdom / Karen Lock and Fiona Sim -- 4: Public health in Sweden: facts, visions, and lessons / Stig wall, Gudrun Persson, and Lars Weinehall -- 5: Public health in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union / Martin McKee -- 6: Improving Canada's response to public health challenges: the creation of a new public health agency / Sylvie Stachenko, Barbara Legowski, and Robert Geneau -- 7: Public health in Latin America and the Caribbean / Cristiani Vieira Machado, Henri Jouval Jr, Jose Carvalho de Noronha, and Mario Roberto Dal Poz -- 8: Public health in Africa / David Sanders, Ehi Igumbor, Uta Lehmann, Wilma Meeus, and Delanyo Dovlo -- 9: Public health in China: history and contemporary challenges / Liming Lee and Jun Lv -- 10: Public health in India / Puja Thakker and K Srinath Reddy -- 11: Public health in Australia and New Zealand / Peter Davis, Vivian Lin, and Robin Gauld -- 12: Ethical issues / Daniel Wikler and Richard Cash -- 13: Putting the public into health: towards a more people-centered approach / Sarah Macfarlane and Alec Irwin -- 14: Strengthening public health for the new era / Robert Beaglehole and Ruth Bonita -- Index...”

Educational theories and practices from the majority world /

Sumário: “...Mishra -- The decolonization of aboriginal education: dialogue, reflection, and action in Canada / Marie Battiste -- Issues and challenges for intercultural and bilingual education (IBE) in Latin America / Anahy Gajardo ... [et al.] -- Socialization, learning and basic education in Islamic contexts / Abdeljalil Akkariá -- Sanskrit schooling in India / Ramesh C. ...”
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Economic reform, trade and agricultural development /

Sumário: “...Agricultural Policy Reform in Morocco, 1984-91 / Jonathan Kydd and Sophie Thoyer Pt. II. Latin America. 7. Labour Markets, Migration and Welfare: Agriculture in the Mexico-US Free Trade Agreement / Santiago Levy and Sweder van Wijnbergen. 8. ...”

Regulating energy and natural resources

Sumário: “...Omorogbe Sustainable energy development in Latin America and donor driven reform : what will the World Bank do? ...”

The Struggle for economic development : readings in problems and policies /

Sumário: “...Brown Rural development (1975) / World Bank Staff Human developments issues and policies : education (1980) / World Bank Staff Education for development, reconsidered (1979) / John Simmons Financing education for income distribution (1979) / Jean-Pierre Jallade Three stories about trade and poor economies (1979) / Sheila Smith and John Toye Import substitution and industrialization in Latin America : experiences and interpretations (1972) / Werner Baer Trade policy for developing countries (1979) / Donald B. ...”

The state of food and agriculture 2002

Sumário: “...Foreword v Glossary xvii Explanatory note xx PART I World review Current Agricultural Situation - Facts and Figures 3 (35) Trends in undernourishment 3 (3) Crop and livestock production 6 (5) Food shortages and emergencies 11 (3) World cereal supply situation 14 (3) External assistance to agriculture 17 (3) Food aid flows 20 (3) Commodity price trends 23 (6) Fisheries: production, disposition and trade 29 (4) Production and trade of forest products 33 (5) The Global Economy and Agriculture 38 (13) World economic environment 38 (13) World trade and commodity prices 39 (3) Implications of the Fourth World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference for agriculture 42 (6) Notes 48 (3) PART II Regional review Africa 51 (21) Regional overview 51 (6) General economic performance 51 (3) Agricultural performance 54 (3) Women farmers' productivity in sub-Saharan Africa 57 (8) Introduction 57 (1) The role and importance of women farmers 57 (5) Gender differentials in agricultural productivity and constraints facing women farmers 62 (2) Conclusion and policy implications 64 (1) Tsetse and trypanosomiasis control 65 (7) Introduction 65 (1) The direct impact of trypanosomiasis 65 (1) The indirect impacts of the disease 66 (2) Cost-benefit ratios for tsetse control 68 (1) Conclusion 69 (3) Asia and the Pacific 72 (24) Regional overview 72 (5) General economic performance 72 (1) Agricultural performance 73 (4) China's accession to the World Trade Organization and implications for Chinese agricultural policies 77 (19) The changing role of agriculture in the Chinese economy 78 (2) Agricultural policy in the reform period 80 (4) China's WTO accession commitments and provisions related to agriculture 84 (3) Recent policy shifts and likely changes as a result of accession to the WTO 87 (8) Conclusions 95 (1) Latin America and the Caribbean 96 (26) Regional overview 96 (5) General economic performance 96 (1) Recent agricultural performance 97 (4) Changing patterns in agricultural trade 101 (21) Growing importance of agricultural trade relative to production 101 (2) Declining role of agriculture in total merchandise trade 103 (1) Stable regional share in world agricultural trade 104 (1) Diversified product composition of agricultural trade 104 (6) Geographic diversification of markets 110 (1) Agricultural trade balances and their economic significance 111 (6) The price factor 117 (2) Conclusions 119 (3) Near East and North Africa 122 (19) Regional overview 122 (7) General economic performance 122 (1) Agricultural performance 123 (6) Climate variability, aridity and vulnerability to drought 129 (12) Drought -- a structurally recurrent phenomenon in the region 130 (3) Water and land resource issues 133 (1) Impact of recent droughts on crop and livestock production 134 (1) Impact on population livelihood, household income and rural poverty 134 (2) Impact on the environment 136 (1) Government measures for drought prevention and relief of affected groups 137 (2) From reactive crisis management to proactive risk management in agriculture 139 (2) Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 141 (14) Regional overview 141 (3) Macroeconomic trends and agricultural performance 141 (3) Land and farms in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS in the period of central planning 144 (1) Land and farm reform in Central and Eastern European and CIS countries 145 (10) The establishment of clear and secure rights of land tenure 147 (3) The creation of farms with an efficient ownership and management structure 150 (1) The formation of a class of mid-sized commercial farms 151 (2) Conclusions 153 (2) Developed Market Economies 155 (20) Overview 155 (20) General economic performance 155 (1) Agricultural performance 155 (5) Agricultural policy changes 160 (4) Notes 164 (11) PART III Agriculture and global public goods ten years after the Earth Summit The Role of Agriculture and Land in the Provision of Global Public Goods 175 (14) Introduction 175 (1) Economic concept of local and global public goods 176 (1) Public goods associated with the land-cluster chapters of Agenda 21 177 (1) Progress in the provision of global public goods since Rio-92 178 (4) Financing global public goods 182 (2) The need to increase international financial cooperation for promoting global public goods 184 (4) Conclusions 188 (1) Harvesting Carbon Sequestration Through Land-Use Change: A Way Out of Rural Poverty? ...”