Measuring Poverty -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface -- Summary and Recommendations -- THE CURRENT POVERTY MEASURE: EVALUATION -- RECOMMENDATION: A NEW POVERTY MEASURE -- SETTING AND UPDATING THE POVERTY THRESHOLD -- ADJUSTING THE THRESHOLD -- DEFINING FAMILY RESOURCES --...

Global Change and our Common Future -- Copyright -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- PART A SOCIETY'S STAKE IN GLOBAL CHANGE -- 1 Toward a Global Environmental Policy -- 2 Global Change and our Common Future: The Benjamin Franklin Lecture -- 3 Global Change and Carrying...

The Competitive Status of the U.S. Auto Industry: -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- The Competitive Status of the U.S. Auto Industry -- Summary -- THREE HISTORICAL THEMES -- Convergence in Technology -- Internationalization -- Public Demands on the Industry -- Product Cost and Quality --...

Perspectives on Urban Infrastructure -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Evolution of the Urban Infrastructure in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- INTRODUCTION -- URBAN NETWORKS AND WALKING CITIES: A PERIOD OF FOUNDATIONS, 1790-1855 -- The Development of Urban...

Behind The Numbers -- Copyright -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- BEHIND THE NUMBER -- SUMMARY OF MAJOR CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- SUPPLEMENTING THE EXISTING STATISTICAL FRAMEWORK AND INTEGRATING DISPARATE DATA SETS -- A Supplemental Framework -- Comparable Data -- Recommendations --...

Managing Microcomputers in Large Organizations -- Copyright -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- OVERVIEW -- Vision and Value Getting the Most out of Microcomputers -- The Organizational Issues -- PART I SMALL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED -- Introduction --...

Intro -- DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- REFERENCES -- 2 Fertility Levels, Differentials, and Trends -- INTRODUCTION -- SOURCES AND QUALITY OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA IN AFRICA -- METHODS FOR ESTIMATING TOTAL FERTILITY RATES --...

Rapid Population Change in China, 1952-1982 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Summary -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- SCOPE OF THE REPORT -- BACKGROUND -- Chapter 2 Sources and Quality of Data -- DATA SOURCES -- Census and Fertility Survey Data -- Independence of the Data Sources --...

Intro -- FrontMatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Summary -- 1 The Long-Term Challenge -- 2 Framing the Choices -- 3 Fiscal Prudence -- 4 Choices for a Sustainable Budget -- 5 Options for Medicare and Medicaid -- 6 Options for Social Security -- 7...

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Challenges in Measuring Labor Market Conditions Across Countries -- 3 Assessing Compliance with Freedom of Association Standards -- 4 Information and Indicators of Forced Labor -- 5 Information and Indicators of Discrimination -- 6...