The book is teeming with entertaining stories, unforgettable management lessons, and an evaluation test to see if your business has what it takes to become one of the top performing companies in the country

Volume 1 includes the colonial and independence eras up to 1850, linking Latin America's economic history to the pre-Hispanic, European, and African background. It also synthesizes knowledge on the human and environmental impact of the Spanish conquest, the evolution of colonial economic institutions, and the performance of key sectors of the colonial and immediate post-colonial economies. Finally, it provides an analysis of the costs and benefits of independence

Volume 2 treats the "long twentieth century" from the onset of modern economic growth to the present. After analyzing the principal dimensions of Latin America's first era of sustained economic growth up to 1930, it explores the era of inward-looking development from the 1930s to the collapse of import-substituting industrialization and the return to strategies of globalization in the 1980s. Finally, it looks at the long term trends in capital flows, agriculture and the environment

This book offers a proven breakthrough strategy for turning adversaries into negotiating partners. Getting Past No is the state-of-the-art book on negotiation for the the twenty-first century. It will help you deal with tough times, tough people, and tough negotiations. You don’t have to get mad or get even. Instead, you can get what you want!

In Cracking the SAT Physics Subject Test, we’ll teach you how to think like the test writers and ·Master test taking strategies that will improve your score ·Use targeted review techniques to crack mechanics, kinetics, thermodynamics, modern physics, and other complex topics ·Perfect your test taking skills with practice questions and detailed answers and explanations. The bookt also includes 2 full-length practice tests

This book brings together the reform experiences of emerging economies and developed countries. Written by leading practitioners and experts in public finance in the context of multilevel government systems, the book examines the interaction of markets, regulators, subnational borrowers, creditors, national governments, taxpayers, ex-ante rules, and ex-post insolvency systems in the quest for subnational fiscal discipline. Such a quest is intertwined with a country’s historical, political, and economic contex

The New Microfinance Handbook takes a market systems approach to financial inclusion, oriented by client needs. Framing the book with the client as the central element recognizes the emerging awareness that financial needs of the poor are many and are provided by multiple market players beyond the scope of any single institutional form

This second edition consolidates the findings and research compiled in 2006 with key developments and activities that have occurred in the intervening seven years. This edition is intended to build upon the review and finding of the first edition, rather than supplant them, so that much of that material in that first edition is preserved in this publication. Like the first edition, this study seeks to advance understanding of thenexus between development and human rights through a systematic consideration of donor approaches

This book provides information about clearing - a payment system for businesses of all sizes - as well as its nature and history. Yoy will also find solutions for what to do if, in times of financial crisis, you cannot find a lender for your business, if you cannot find a buyer for your assets, or if you cannot purchase assets you need due to lack of money

School is an inconsistent documentary of the history of American public education. Using "a democratic experiment" as the theme running through the four episodes, producers Sarah Patton and Sarah Mondale fashion a standard liberal story of the rise and reform of public schooling. In some individual segments, they succeed in retelling important vignettes. Other segments are disappointing in either their sketchy, fragmented nature or in their restating misleading myths about the history of education