Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Impact of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis -- Chapter 3 National Intellectual Capital Development in the Six Latin American Countries -- Chapter 4 Beyond the 2008 Global Financial Crisis -- Chapter 5 Future Perspective and Policy Implication Prospects.

This book applies the ‘ecosystem services’ framework to coastal environments, showing how it could facilitate an adaptive management strategy. The contributors describe a decision support system (DSS) based on the 3 Ps - pluralism, pragmatism and precaution - that leads to a more flexible,...

1: Introduction: Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Valuation, Institutions, and Policy in Southeast Asia -- Part I: Coastal Marine Ecosystem Services in Southeast Asia: Support for Conservation Initiatives -- 2: Economic Valuation of The Philippine’s Caramoan Beachscape -- 3: An Economic Analysis...

This book explores the distinct nuisances and obstacles that are brought on by the tourism and travel industry within Caribbean small island developing countries (SIDS). The author explores best practices and measures that can be used to overcome or alleviate the hardship faced by the industry...

Since the financial crisis, everyone is more aware of the need to be financially literate. This book covers a wide range of topics and assures the reader that understanding of one’s money script and more particularly making changes (if necessary) would result in more effective and responsible...

Why should people - and economies - save? This book on the savings problem in Latin America and the Caribbean suggests that, while saving to survive the bad times is important, saving to thrive in the good times is what really counts. People must save to invest in health and education, live...

Chapter 1- Introduction -- Chapters 2 - A Historical Perspective of FOBs in the English Speaking Caribbean -- Chapter 3 –Succession Planning - the Caribbean Approach -- Chapter 4 -The Financial Landscape of FOBs in the ESC -- Chapter 5 - Supply Chain (SC) and Emerging Issues of FOBs in the ESC...

Chapter 1: Preliminaries: concepts, trends and frameworks -- Chapter 2: The participation of Latin America in international supply chains -- Chapter 3: Drivers of global value chain participation: cross-country analyses -- Chapter 4: What does it take to be part of an international value chain:...