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Global Lessons from the AIDS Pandemic : Economic, Financial, Legal and Political Implications
Condon, Bradly J. (contributor); Sinha, Tapen (contributor) - 2008
, financial, legal and political institutions. This book highlights the lessons the world has to learn from our experience with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520989
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Technology, Commercialization and Gender : A Global Perspective
Wynarczyk, Pooran (ed.); Ranga, Marina (ed.) - 2017
-edged Sword; Kathinka Best, Marie Heidingsfelder, Martina Schraudner.-Chapter 3. Women's Role in Biotechnology Research: The Case …, Commercialization and Thought Leadership in Computing: Examining Women’s Participation in Information Technology Patenting and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396372
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Women in STEM Disciplines : The Yfactor 2016 Global Report on Gender in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Schmuck, Claudine - 2017
, Engineering and Mathematics) setting, helping readers understand key trends and developments. The need for more women in … insights into both the education and employment of women in STEM. It investigates how the gender gap has evolved among STEM … graduates and professionals around the world, drawing on specific data from public and private databases. As such, the book …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396543
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Advancing Women in Science : An International Perspective
Pearson, Jr. - 2015
Foreword -- Ch 1 Introduction -- Part I Cross Cultural Foundational Issues -- Ch 2 Women’s Enrollments in STEM in … Divide -- Part II Exemplar Disciplines -- Ch 5 Data on Women in the Scientific Workforce -- Ch 6 Women in Mathematics -- Ch 7 … Women in Statistics -- Ch 8 Computer Science -- Part III Policies and Programs -- Ch 9 Promising Programs—A Cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014019463
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Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context : Uncovering the Gendered Structure of ‘the Social’
Razavi, Shahrashoub (ed.); Hassim, Shireen (ed.) - 2006
This book illustrates why both academic research and policy thinking need to factor-in gender hierarchies and structures if they are to address some of the key challenges of contemporary societies: the widespread informality and insecurity of paid work and the crisis of care
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054234
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The Value Chain of Foreign Aid : Development, Poverty Reduction, and Regional Conditions
Schabbel, Christian (contributor) - 2007
This book assesses the prospects of official development assistance (ODA) for poverty reduction. It analyzes the entire value chain of ODA, including provision, allocation and utilization. Within each of these components, coverage examines scope and limits of aid. The horizontal interactions...
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Macroeconomic Risk Management Against Natural Disasters : Analysis focussed on governments in developing countries
Hochrainer, Stefan (contributor) - 2006
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Development Aid : A Fresh Look
Mavrotas, George (ed.); McGillivray, Mark (ed.) - 2009
This book addresses several gaps in knowledge of aid allocation and effectiveness and provides new analytical insights. Topics covered include the interface between aid allocation and perceptions of aid effectiveness, the year-on-year volatility of aid and evaluation of the country-level impacts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054208
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Employment Guarantee Schemes : Job Creation and Policy in Developing Countries and Emerging Markets
Murray, Michael J. (ed.); Forstater, Mathew (ed.) - 2013
Employment Generation Schemes directs attention to challenges and opportunities of enacting direct job creation policies in developing countries and BRICS, including: China, Ghana, Argentina, and India. This exciting new volume investigates how the Job Guarantee might interface with other policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054330
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AIDS and South Africa: the Social Expression of a Pandemic
Kauffman, Kyle D. (ed.); Lindauer, David L. (ed.) - 2004
Africa than in any other country in the world. Just in the past decade, the life expectancy in South Africa has dropped from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054117