Caribbean Countries Health Care System Profiles Handbook - Strategic Information, Development and Opportunities

Caribbean Countries Health Care System Profiles Handbook - Strategic Information, Development and Opportunities
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9781577511991
ISBN-13 : 1577511999
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Caribbean Countries Health Care System Profiles Handbook - Strategic Information, Development and Opportunities by : IBP, Inc.

Caribbean Countries Health Care System Profiles Handbook - Strategic Information, Development and Opportunities

Caribbean Region Profile

Caribbean Region Profile
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 954
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105123456514
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Hidden harvest: The global contribution of capture fisheries

Hidden harvest: The global contribution of capture fisheries
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Publisher : Worldbank ; WorldFish
Total Pages : 92
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Synopsis Hidden harvest: The global contribution of capture fisheries by : Kelleher, K.

The important contribution of fi sheries to human well-being is frequently underestimated. This report highlights that contribution. The report focuses on small-scale fi sheries and developing countries because the livelihoods of 90 percent of the 120 million employed in fi sheries are in the small-scale fi sheries, and almost all of those workers, 97 percent, live in developing countries. Many small-scale fi shing communities have high levels of poverty, and poverty reduction is a core focus of the contributing partners to the report.

Access Denied

Access Denied
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 467
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ISBN-10 : 9780262290722
ISBN-13 : 0262290723
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Access Denied by : Ronald Deibert

A study of Internet blocking and filtering around the world: analyses by leading researchers and survey results that document filtering practices in dozens of countries. Many countries around the world block or filter Internet content, denying access to information that they deem too sensitive for ordinary citizens—most often about politics, but sometimes relating to sexuality, culture, or religion. Access Denied documents and analyzes Internet filtering practices in more than three dozen countries, offering the first rigorously conducted study of an accelerating trend. Internet filtering takes place in more than three dozen states worldwide, including many countries in Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Related Internet content-control mechanisms are also in place in Canada, the United States and a cluster of countries in Europe. Drawing on a just-completed survey of global Internet filtering undertaken by the OpenNet Initiative (a collaboration of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University, and the University of Cambridge) and relying on work by regional experts and an extensive network of researchers, Access Denied examines the political, legal, social, and cultural contexts of Internet filtering in these states from a variety of perspectives. Chapters discuss the mechanisms and politics of Internet filtering, the strengths and limitations of the technology that powers it, the relevance of international law, ethical considerations for corporations that supply states with the tools for blocking and filtering, and the implications of Internet filtering for activist communities that increasingly rely on Internet technologies for communicating their missions. Reports on Internet content regulation in forty different countries follow, with each two-page country profile outlining the types of content blocked by category and documenting key findings. Contributors Ross Anderson, Malcolm Birdling, Ronald Deibert, Robert Faris, Vesselina Haralampieva [as per Rob Faris], Steven Murdoch, Helmi Noman, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, Mary Rundle, Nart Villeneuve, Stephanie Wang, Jonathan Zittrain

AIDS Epidemic Update, December 2006

AIDS Epidemic Update, December 2006
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Publisher : World Health Organization
Total Pages : 97
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ISBN-10 : 9789291735426
ISBN-13 : 9291735426
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis AIDS Epidemic Update, December 2006 by : Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.

This annual update reports on developments in the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and draws on the most recent data available to give global and regional estimates of its scope and human toll. Despite promising developments in global efforts to address the AIDS epidemic, including increased access to effective treatment and prevention programmes, the number of people living with HIV continues to grow, as does the number of deaths due to AIDS. Findings for 2006 include: the total number of people living with HIV is estimated at 39.5 million, 4.3 million new cases during the year and an estimated 2.9 million deaths. Sub-Saharan Africa continues to bear the brunt of the global epidemic with 63 per cent of all adults and children with HIV globally and with its epicentre in southern Africa. In the past two years, the number of people living with HIV increased in every region in the world, with the most striking increases in East Asia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where the number of people living with HIV in 2006 was over 21 per cent higher than in 2004.

Connecting with Emigrants A Global Profile of Diasporas

Connecting with Emigrants A Global Profile of Diasporas
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Publisher : OECD Publishing
Total Pages : 407
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ISBN-10 : 9789264177949
ISBN-13 : 9264177949
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Connecting with Emigrants A Global Profile of Diasporas by : OECD

This joint OECD/AFD publication includes 140 country notes summarising diaspora sizes, the characteristics of emigrant populations (gender, age, etc.); the numbers and main destinations of international students; recent migrant flows to OECD countries; and more.

Cultural Heritage and Tourism in the Developing World

Cultural Heritage and Tourism in the Developing World
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 275
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ISBN-10 : 9781134002283
ISBN-13 : 1134002289
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Cultural Heritage and Tourism in the Developing World by : Dallen J. Timothy

This is the first book of its kind to synthesize global and regional issues, challenges, and practices related to cultural heritage and tourism, specifically in less-developed nations.