Reducing poverty and inequality can slow population growth, the next 2 billion people will live in cities, so we must plan for them now

Throughout this annual report, you will see evidence of the positive strides the Multilateral Investment guarantee Agency (MIGA) has taken toward overcoming poverty in all regions - especially in Africa

Set during the time of the American Great Depression, a novel examines the plight of Mexicans struggling to eke out a place in the United States, and also focuses on cultural issues of the characters as they learn to look forward to the future rather than look back on a long gone past

Meg Murry and her father become involved with unearthly stranger and a search for Meg`s father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government

This book addresses the question of what the input of the non-Executive Director should be and how their strengths can best be accessed and applied. The result is a well-researched yet personal discussion of what is entailed, in theory and in practice, in the role of the non-Executive Director

Contemporary Linguistics is one of the most comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of linguistics, balancing engaging aspects of language study with solid coverage of the basics. Up-to-date scholarship, a direct approach, and a lucid writing style makes it appealing to instructors and beginning students alike and a resource that many students continue to use beyond the classroom

The authors present the viewpoint that execution (that is, linking a company's people, strategy, and operations) is what will determine success in today's business world. Bossidy and Charan aver that execution is a discipline integral to strategy, that it is the major job of any business leader hoping not just to be a success but to dominate a market, and that it is a core element of corporate culture. Details of both successful and unsuccessful executions at corporations such as Dell, Johnson & Johnson, and Xerox, to name a few, support not only their how-to method for bringing execution to the forefront but also the need for it

The book considers the consequences of the coincidence of two revolutions in South Africa at the end of the Cold War and explains the social forces, forms of consciousness and structural constraints that undermined Apartheid, preserved national unity and yet, later constrained democratic sovereignty, as the imperatives of global markets clashed with the prior aspirations of the democratic revolution

The volume's introductory chapters outline the data needs that arise at different stages in disaster response and explore the humanitarian community's efforts to discover more effective mechanisms

The ADB has undertaken public resource management reform rpograms in its developing member countries. these programs aim to improve the outreach and quality of services building on fiscal space creation through a combination of policy and institutional reforms that cover fiscal programing