This volume is based on verbal presentations at a conference held by OED to discuss the Bank's current and future role in global partnerships programs

Bach when the price of gas, the cruising speed, and the year were all the same - seventy-five - three guys climbed into a Ford Bronco and hesded West. Two brothers in love with world, joined by their blind friend- Ben- honorary driver and navigator - took off down 1-90, across the flatlands and into the badlands of Montana to dig up dinosaur bones.

After one triumph and one flop, Mafia loanshark-turned Hollywood producer Chili Palmer (last seen in Get shorty) is desperate for another hit ... of the celluloid sort. And when a similary relocated former mob associate takes a hit of the bullet-in-the brain variety while they

An eco-terrorist a trust fund, Twilly Spree is tailing a litterbug in a purple Range Rover with plates that read cojones.

This ninth annual edition analyzes short- and long-term future prospects for developing countries in the wake of the East Asia crisis; maps out policies to deal with crises once they erupt; and focuses on ways of preventing future crises on the scale of East Asia's recent experience

Ten years after taking the first steps towards a market economy and democracy, a growing divide separates Central and Southeastern Europe and the Baltics, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. This report seeks to provide answers to the many questions surrounding transition policies

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On the windswept coast of Nova Scotia, two friends and their young daughters have found refuge in the rugged community of Cape Hawk.

This report presents cutting-edge multicultural approaches covering power-sharing, religious and secular states, language policy, legal pluralism and affirmative action

The World Development Report provides a practical framework for making the services that contribute to human development work for poor people. With this framework, citizens, governments, and donors can take action and accelerate progress toward the common objective of poverty reduction, as specified in the Millennium Development Goals