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Author : Andrea Matles Savada
Publisher : Department of the Army
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Nepal and Bhutan written by Andrea Matles Savada and published by Department of the Army. This book was released on 1993 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the history, government and customs of Nepal and Bhutan.
Author : Library of Congress. Federal Research Division
Publisher : Library of Congress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book South Korea written by Library of Congress. Federal Research Division and published by Library of Congress. This book was released on 1992 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand a particular foreign country through dynamic descriptions and analyses of its historical, social, environmental, economic, governmental, political, and national security systems and institutions. Particular attention is devoted to the people who make up the society, their origins, beliefs, interests, and their attitudes towards their social system and political order. Each study is written by a multidisciplinary team of social scientists. This series is a recognized standard in the field.
Author : United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Publisher : Potomac Books
ISBN 13 : 9781574886412
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The World Factbook 2003 written by United States. Central Intelligence Agency and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By intelligence officials for intelligent people
Author : Curtis W. Ellison
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781604739343
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (393 download)
Download or read book Country Music Culture written by Curtis W. Ellison and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1995 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A social history of country music from the 1920s to the present, discussing such artists as Patsy Cline, Grandpa Jones, Dolly Parton, and Garth Brooks.
Author : Library of Congress. Federal Research Division
Publisher : Federal Research Division Library of Congress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Poland written by Library of Congress. Federal Research Division and published by Federal Research Division Library of Congress. This book was released on 1994 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface: At the end of the 1980s, Poland, like the other countries of Eastern Europe, underwent a rather sudden shift away from communist rule and into an uncertain new world of democracy and economic reform. The events spurred by the repudiation of Poland's last communist regime in 1989 demanded a new and updated version of Poland: A Country Study. Because the emergence of the opposition Solidarity movement in 1980 increased the flow of information from communist Poland, reliable coverage of the 1980s has been possible. Thus, this new treatment of Poland is based on a number of authoritative monographs and a host of scholarly articles. The most useful of those sources are sited in a bibliographic summary at the end of each chapter. The authors of this edition have described changes in the past ten years against the historical, political, and social background of Poland. Particular emphasis falls on the transition period that began in 1989 with the rejection of the last communist government. This period, a historic watershed not yet concluded in 1993, promises to have permanent impact on all aspects of Polish life. The authors have attempted to present a compact, accessible, and unbiased treatment of five main topics: historical setting, society and its environment, the economy, government and politics, and national security.
Author : Francesco Duina
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1503603946
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Broke and Patriotic written by Francesco Duina and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are poor Americans so patriotic? They have significantly worse social benefits compared to other Western nations, and studies show that the American Dream of upward mobility is, for them, largely a myth. So why do these people love their country? Why have they not risen up to demand more from a system that is failing them? In Broke and Patriotic, Francesco Duina contends that the best way to answer these questions is to speak directly to America's most impoverished. Spending time in bus stations, Laundromats, senior citizen centers, homeless shelters, public libraries, and fast food restaurants, Duina conducted over sixty revealing interviews in which his participants explain how they view themselves and their country. He masterfully weaves their words into three narratives. First, America's poor still see their country as the "last hope" for themselves and the world: America offers its people a sense of dignity, closeness to God, and answers to most of humanity's problems. Second, America is still the "land of milk and honey:" a very rich and generous country where those who work hard can succeed. Third, America is the freest country on earth where self-determination is still possible. This book offers a stirring portrait of the people left behind by their country and left out of the national conversation. By giving them a voice, Duina sheds new light on a sector of American society that we are only beginning to recognize as a powerful force in shaping the country's future.
Author : Alistair Dieppe
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464816093
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)
Download or read book Global Productivity written by Alistair Dieppe and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 pandemic struck the global economy after a decade that featured a broad-based slowdown in productivity growth. Global Productivity: Trends, Drivers, and Policies presents the first comprehensive analysis of the evolution and drivers of productivity growth, examines the effects of COVID-19 on productivity, and discusses a wide range of policies needed to rekindle productivity growth. The book also provides a far-reaching data set of multiple measures of productivity for up to 164 advanced economies and emerging market and developing economies, and it introduces a new sectoral database of productivity. The World Bank has created an extraordinary book on productivity, covering a large group of countries and using a wide variety of data sources. There is an emphasis on emerging and developing economies, whereas the prior literature has concentrated on developed economies. The book seeks to understand growth patterns and quantify the role of (among other things) the reallocation of factors, technological change, and the impact of natural disasters, including the COVID-19 pandemic. This book is must-reading for specialists in emerging economies but also provides deep insights for anyone interested in economic growth and productivity. Martin Neil Baily Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution Former Chair, U.S. President’s Council of Economic Advisers This is an important book at a critical time. As the book notes, global productivity growth had already been slowing prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and collapses with the pandemic. If we want an effective recovery, we have to understand what was driving these long-run trends. The book presents a novel global approach to examining the levels, growth rates, and drivers of productivity growth. For anyone wanting to understand or influence productivity growth, this is an essential read. Nicholas Bloom William D. Eberle Professor of Economics, Stanford University The COVID-19 pandemic hit a global economy that was already struggling with an adverse pre-existing condition—slow productivity growth. This extraordinarily valuable and timely book brings considerable new evidence that shows the broad-based, long-standing nature of the slowdown. It is comprehensive, with an exceptional focus on emerging market and developing economies. Importantly, it shows how severe disasters (of which COVID-19 is just the latest) typically harm productivity. There are no silver bullets, but the book suggests sensible strategies to improve growth prospects. John Fernald Schroders Chaired Professor of European Competitiveness and Reform and Professor of Economics, INSEAD
Author : Scott L Greer
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472902466
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Coronavirus Politics written by Scott L Greer and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2021-04-19 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COVID-19 is the most significant global crisis of any of our lifetimes. The numbers have been stupefying, whether of infection and mortality, the scale of public health measures, or the economic consequences of shutdown. Coronavirus Politics identifies key threads in the global comparative discussion that continue to shed light on COVID-19 and shape debates about what it means for scholarship in health and comparative politics. Editors Scott L. Greer, Elizabeth J. King, Elize Massard da Fonseca, and André Peralta-Santos bring together over 30 authors versed in politics and the health issues in order to understand the health policy decisions, the public health interventions, the social policy decisions, their interactions, and the reasons. The book’s coverage is global, with a wide range of key and exemplary countries, and contains a mixture of comparative, thematic, and templated country studies. All go beyond reporting and monitoring to develop explanations that draw on the authors' expertise while engaging in structured conversations across the book.
Author : Library of Congress. Federal Research Division
Publisher : Division
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Persian Gulf States written by Library of Congress. Federal Research Division and published by Division. This book was released on 1994 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research completed January 1993.
Author : American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Israel, a Country Study written by American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Collelo
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Chad, a Country Study written by Thomas Collelo and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1990 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeffrey D. Sachs
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226733211
Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Developing Country Debt and Economic Performance, Volume 3 written by Jeffrey D. Sachs and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For dozens of developing countries, the financial upheavals of the 1980s have set back economic development by a decade or more. Poverty in those countries has intensified as they struggle under the burden of an enormous external debt. In 1988, more than six years after the onset of the crisis, almost all the debtor countries were still unable to borrow in the international capital markets on normal terms. Moreover, the world financial system has been disrupted by the prospect of widespread defaults on those debts. Because of the urgency of the present crisis, and because similar crises have recurred intermittently for at least 175 years, it is important to understand the fundamental features of the international macroeconomy and global financial markets that have contributed to this repeated instability. This project on developing country debt, undertaken by the National Bureau of Economic Research, provides a detailed analysis of the ongoing developing country debt crisis. The project focuses on the middle-income developing countries, particularly those in Latin America and East Asia, although many lessons of the study should apply as well to other, poorer debtor countries. The project analyzes the crisis from two perspectives, that of the international financial system as a whole (volume 1) and that of individual debtor countries (volumes 2 and 3). This third volume contains lengthy and detailed case studies of four very different Asian countries—Turkey, Indonesia, Korea, and the Philippines.
Author : Glenn Eldon Curtis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780844408668
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Russia written by Glenn Eldon Curtis and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Library of Congress. Federal Research Division
Publisher : Bernan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780844408514
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania written by Library of Congress. Federal Research Division and published by Bernan Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research completed January 1995.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264301038
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (643 download)
Download or read book Catching Up? Country Studies on Intergenerational Mobility and Children of Immigrants written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-28 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous OECD and EU work has shown that even native-born children with immigrant parents face persistent disadvantage in the education system, the school-to-work transition and the labour market. To which degree are these linked with their immigration background, i.e. with the issues faced by ...
Author : Ronald J. Cima
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780788118760
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)
Download or read book Vietnam written by Ronald J. Cima and published by . This book was released on 1995-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and analyzes Vietnam1s political, economic, social and national security systems and institutions and the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Also covers people1s origins, dominant beliefs and values, their common interests and issues on which they are divided, the nature and extent of their involvement with national institutions and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order. 19 maps and photos.
Author : James Heitzman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780788182464
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (824 download)
Download or read book India written by James Heitzman and published by . This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a multidisciplinary team of social scientists, this book describes and analyzes India's political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, and examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by historical and cultural factors. Particular attention is devoted to the people who make up Indian society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, their common interests and the issues on which they are divided, the nature and extent of their involvement with national institutions, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order. Illustrated.
