The Commission on Growth and Development was established in April 2006, partly in response to two observations.We felt that the benefits of growth were not fully appreciated, but we also recognized that the causes of growth were not fully understood.Growth is often overlooked and underrated as an instrument for tackling the worlds most pressing problems, such as poverty, illiteracy, income inequality, unemployment, and pollution.

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The adventures of a boy and a runaway slave as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft

Doing business 2007 is the fourth in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it

This book has been in the making for half a century. It synthesizes five decades of painstaking reseach on the land, the rise and fall of kingdoms, the city centers, and finally the ideologies that led to the creation of Pakistan. Much of the evidence for this historical explanation of the rise of Pakistan has been derived from the numerous inscriptions carved painstakingly in stone or left in the form of archaeological finds and architectural testimony of our forefathers, which have been carefully investigated and documented in the twentieth century by Professor Dani and his fellow archaeologists

The High Assembly of Sages is Sardar Aseff Ahmad Ali impressive debut in English poetry. It is in two parts. The first is about profound issues of God, universe, and man. Many poems are in the Sufi tradition, which is the most glorious facet of Islam. The second part of the book addresses mainly current political issues. There are poems on Quaid e Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Quaid e Awam Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Nelson Mandela, Ghandi and Abraham Lincoln. Each poem captures the essential greatness of these illustrious men of history

The relationship between heritage and identity is a subject that is becoming increasingly important amid the growing risks arising from a globalization that is eroding people s cultural and civilizational specificities, as well as from the incessant international changes impacting ideas, perceptions, opinions and positions expressed by human cultures and civilizations, however their multiple backgrounds and diverse sources. This is particularly true at this critical moment in human history where identities run the risk of melting in the dominant sweeping identity

This book describes US Congress, how it works. The US Congress is a branch of the federal government to which the founders gave the most attention, providing in the Constitution considerably more detail about it than the presidency and the judiciary

In this book you will find basic United Nations, organization for security and cooperation in Europe and Council of Europe Human Rights Documents for judges, prosecutors, police officials, attorneys, etc