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Securing Health: Lessons From Nation-building Operations
2007-05-20 04:13:00
Securing Health : Less ons From Nation -building Operations By Seth G. Jones, Lee H. Hilborne, C. Ross Anthony, Lois M. Davis, Federico Girosi, Cheryl Benard, Rachel M. Swanger, Anita Datar Garten, Anga Timilsina This report examines the rebuilding public health and health care delivery systems in nation-building efforts in post-conflict situations. The study examines a comprehensive set of cases, compare the quantitative and qualitative results, and outline best practices. The study assesses seven cases of nation-building operations following major conflicts: Germany and Japan immediately after World War II; Somalia, Haiti, and Kosovo in the 1990s; and Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001. It concludes that two factors increase the likelihood of successful health outcomes: planning and coordination infrastructure and resources Rebuilding public health and health care delivery systems has been an important component of nation-building efforts conducted after major conflicts. However, few...
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China Internet Report
2007-05-20 04:01:00
China Intern et Repo rt By Mary Meeker, Morgan Stanley Mary Meeker and a team of research analysts from China, Japan, Korea, Europe and the US have drilled down on the dynamics of the Internet in China. They focus on fourteen key themes - related to industry, competitive, and macro issues - that they believe are key indicators of the ongoing development of the dynamic Internet market in China. The report is the first of its kind. “This is the report we wish we had been able to read before we began to dig into the market for the Internet in China,” the team noted. Their summary follows: • We maintain that investors still underestimate the impact the Internet will have in changing business process and consumer behavior on a global basis — and we believe that China is emerging as a market that helps prove this point. • China is the second largest market for Internet users (80MM as of year-end 2003) and will likely be the largest within five years. Historical constr...
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Barbra: The Way She Is
2007-05-19 05:37:00
Barbra: The Way She Is By Christopher Andersen Barbra Streisand has been center stage for the past 45 years and is the very definition of a superstar. She is a singer, actress, director, producer, and political activist and has won just about every major award there is. A new biography traces her eventful life, chronicling everything from ...
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Freakonomics
2007-05-19 05:28:00
Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything By Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner Economics is not widely considered to be one of the sexier sciences. The annual Nobel Prize winner in that field never receives as much publicity as his or her compatriots in peace, literature, or physics. But if such slights ...
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Lance Armstrong?s War
2007-05-19 05:22:00
Lance Arms trong’s War: One Man’s Battle Against Fate, Fame, Love, Death, Scandal, and a Few Other Rivals on the Road to the Tour de France By Daniel Coyle In 2004, when he was on the verge of his sixth straight victory in the Tour de France, the legendary cyclist Lance Armstrong talked with sports journalist Daniel Coyle, ...
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Crisis in the Taiwan Strait
2007-05-19 05:15:00
Crisis in the Taiwan Stra it by American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (Corporate Author), James R. Lilley, Chuck Downs The People’s Republic of China and Taiwan are divied not only by the Taiwan Strait but also by a gulf of political ideology and a tide of rising cultural divergence. Both Beijing and Taipei are playing a ...
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Whispers Of Warriors: Essays On The New Joint Era
2007-05-18 08:22:00
Whispers Of Warriors : Essay s On The New Joint Era By Isaac, Sir Newton, Isaac Newton Skelton Ike Skelton?one of the most knowledgeable experts in Congress on defense?explores issues. The Honorable Ike Skelton has represented the Fourth Congressional District of Missouri since 1977. He is currently the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee and, as Chairman ...
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The Middle East In 2015
2007-05-18 08:18:00
The Middle East In 2015: the Impact of Regional Trends on U.S. Strategic Planning By Judith Share Yaphe What will the Middle East look like in a decade or so? The Central Intelligence Agency’s National Intelligence Council asked the National Defense University to gnaw on this question and the twelve essays making up The Middle East in ...
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Economics for Real People
2007-05-18 08:02:00
Economics for Real People By Gene Callahan Economics for Real People really is just an introduction, intended for people who want to find out what this “Austrian” economics stuff is all about, but aren’t interested enough to really dive into the serious material like Human Action by Mises. It is extremely readable, and the author ...
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War and Reconciliation
2007-05-18 07:53:00
War and Reconciliation : Reason and Emotion in Conflict Resolution By by William J. Long, Peter Brecke War and Reconciliation is the first systematic examination of the impact of reconciliation on restoring and maintaining peace following civil and international conflicts. Through eleven comparative case studies of civil war and eight of international conflict, it constructs a surprising explanation ...
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The Effective Executive
2007-05-17 04:58:00
The Effect ive Executive : The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done By Peter F. Drucker The measure of the executive, Peter Drucker reminds us, is the ability to “get the right things done.” This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all ...
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The Detox Revolution
2007-05-17 04:06:00
The Detox Revolution : A Powerful New Program for Boosting Your Body’s Ability to Fight Cancer and Other Diseases By Thomas J Slaga, Robin Keuneke A breakthrough program for prolonging life and optimizing the body’s ability to fight disease through smart nutrition. Written by the North America’s leading experts on nutrition and disease prevention, The D etox Revolution ...
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Reader?s Digest Magazine January 2006
2007-05-17 03:59:00
Reader’s Digest Magazin e January 2006 Reader’s Digest is a monthly general interest family magazine. In 2004, the U.S. edition of Reader’s Digest prints 12.5 million copies and reaches 44 million readers each month. Although its circulation has declined in recent years, the Audit Bureau of Circulations says Reader’s Digest is the best-selling general magazine in the ...
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An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century
2007-05-16 05:47:00
An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century Released by the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century the Commission’s findings and recommendations for a new, coordinated and comprehensive national ocean policy. An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century contains comprehensive coverage of the work of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, including ...
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The State of the World?s Children 2006
2007-05-16 05:41:00
The State of the World ’s Children 2006 By UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) The State of the World’s Children is UNICEF’s annual flagship publication. It is the most comprehensive survey of global trends affecting children and provides the most thorough almanac of up-to-date statistical data on children. SOWC is used globally by governments, NGOs, and academic institutions ...
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The World Health Report 2006
2007-05-16 05:36:00
The World Health Repo rt 2006 The World Health Report 2006 - Working together for health contains an expert assessment of the current crisis in the global health workforce and ambitious proposals to tackle it over the next ten years, starting immediately. The report reveals an estimated shortage of almost 4.3 million doctors, midwives, nurses and support ...

The Arab Economies in a Changing World
2007-05-16 05:26:00
The Arab Economies in a Changing World By Marcus Noland and Howard Pack The tragic events of 9/11 and the subsequent war in Iraq have focused international attention on a nexus of problems involving economic underperformance, problematic internal politics, and externalization of domestic dissent in the Muslim world. The Arab Economies in a Changing World examines the ...
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Anchoring Reform with a US-Egypt Free Trade Agreement
2007-05-16 05:18:00
Anchoring Reform with a US-Egypt Free Trade Agreement By Ahmed Galal and Robert Z. Lawrence Would a free trade agreement (FTA) between the nations of the Middle East and the United States be beneficial to both sides? Robert Lawrence provides an analysis that incorporates both economic and political considerations. He documents the scope for enhancing the ...
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American Trade Politics, 4th edition
2007-05-16 05:06:00
American Trade Politics , 4th edition By I. M. Destler American Trade Politics, 4th edition is a comprehensive revision of the most influential, widely read analysis of the US trade policymaking system, Destler addresses how globalization has reshaped trade politics, weakening traditional protectionism but intensifying concern about trade’s societal impacts. Entirely new chapters treat the deepening of ...
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The Literacy of America?s college Students
2007-05-15 04:55:00
The Literacy of America ’s college Students Released by The American Institutes for Research (AIR) Twenty percent of U.S. college students completing 4-year degrees have only basic quantitative literacy skills, according to a new national survey. The study was funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts . Rapid changes in technology make it necessary for adults of all ...
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The State of Preschool Yearbook
2007-05-15 04:45:00
The Stat e of Preschool Year book Released by The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) The State Preschool Yearbook is one of the series of annual reports profiling state-funded prekindergarten programs in the United States. The State Preschool Yearbook presents data on state-funded prekindergarten during the latest school year. The first report in this series focused on ...
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Performing Arts in a New Era
2007-05-15 04:38:00
Performing Arts in a New Era By Kevin McCarthy, Arthur Brooks, Julia Lowell, Laura Zakaras Performing Arts in a New Era examines recent trends in the performing arts and discusses how the arts are likely to evolve in the future. It is the first book to providea comprehensive overview of the performing arts, including analysis ofopera, theater, ...
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The Vision for Space Exploration
2007-05-15 04:10:00
The Vision for Space Exploration By NASA “Today,” writes NASA Administrator Mike Griffin, “NASA is moving forward with a new focus for the manned space program: to go out beyond Earth orbit for purposes of human exploration and scientific discovery.” Administrator Griffin makes the case for completing the International Space Station, “the most complex construction feat ever ...
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National Security Space Industrial Base
2007-05-14 05:08:00
National Security Space Industrial Base Released by Space Foundation National Security Space Industrial Base is a white paper addressing concerns about the health of sub-prime contractors of the national security space industrial base. The release of the paper, “National Security Space Industrial Base: Understanding and Addressing Concerns at the Sub-prime Contractor Level,” coincided with Tuesday’s featured panel ...
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The Space Report: The Guide to Global Space Activity
2007-05-14 05:00:00
The Space Report : The Guide to Global Space Activity Released by Space Foundation The Space Report: The Guide to Global Space Activity presents, for the first time in a single document, comprehensive data and analysis authoritatively characterizing global space activities. With detailed references and its sources fully annotated, this report describes the full range of space activities ...
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The Case for Space Exploration
2007-05-14 04:50:00
The Case for Space Exploration By Space Foundation Whether you are a committed supporter of space exploration, a skeptic, or just someone who wants to understand better why more than 70 percent of the citizens of the United States support a more robust program of space exploration, this publication is for you. We hope that you will ...
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Global Financial Stability Report 2006
2007-05-14 04:42:00
Global Financial Stability Repo rt 2006 By International Monetary Fund The Global Financial Stability Report provides semiannual assessments of global financial markets and addresses emerging market financing in a global context. Chapter I. Global Financial System Resilience in the Face of Cyclical Challenges Possible Cyclical Challenges Facing Financial Markets Assessment of Financial Stability and Policy Implications ...
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Macroeconomic Challenges of Scaling Up Aid to Africa
2007-05-13 12:18:00
Macroeconomic Challenge s of Scaling Up Aid to Africa Edited by Sanjeev Gupta, Robert Powell, and Yongzheng Yang Macroeconomic Challenges of Scaling Up Aid to Africa is a paper surveys the economic literature on the scaling-up of aid to Africa. It provides a checklist of issues that need to be considered when preparing a long term macroeconomic projection for a country involving the assumption of a significant increase in aid. Such scaling-up scenarios are most likely to be developed in the context of a country’s efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with the support of the international donor community. The paper stresses that when preparing a scaling-up scenario it is critical to have a detailed understanding of the likely use of additional aid flows. (more…)
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The Role of Business in the Modern World
2007-05-13 12:10:00
The Role of Business in the Modern World By David Henderson It is now a widely held view that a new era has dawned in which businesses must adopt a new conception of their mission, purpose and conduct, by endorsing and implementing corporate social responsibility. In ‘The Role of Business in the Modern World’, Professor David Henderson argues that now, as in the past, the primary role of business is to act as a vehicle for economic progress. This role depends upon business enterprises operating with the framework of a competitive market economy. If we ask businesses to achieve broader social goals, we risk undermining the very system in which business activity leads to opportunity and prosperity. Professor Henderson describes the unprecedented material progress that has occurred in the last century as a result of the wide-ranging entrepreneurial opportunities and competitive pressures that exist within a market economy. The material prosperity created by the activities o...
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The ECB and the Euro: The First Five Years
2007-05-13 11:07:00
The ECB and the Euro : The First Five Year s By Otmar Issing Whilst the debate on the merits of adopting the euro rages on in the UK, relatively little attention is paid to the way in which the ECB is managing monetary policy in the euro zone. This upbeat assessment by Professor Issing describes the success of the first five years of the euro’s life. Not only has price stability been maintained, despite some turbulent economic times, but the financial markets appear to be convinced that the ECB will be effective in the long term in maintaining a stable price level. Professor Issing describes the mechanisms that have been used by the ECB to achieve its objectives. Issing ends with a warning, however. EU governments must address structural difficulties in their economies, particularly in labour markets. The ECB must not be sidetracked into trying to achieve higher growth and employment, but member governments should adopt liberalising reforms. In his commentary, David B Smith, ch...