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Dinosaurs is a simplified reference guide to the main types of
dinosaurs and how and when they evolved to become the dominant land
animal on Earth for over 100 million years. This beautifully
illustrated guide highlights over 40 familiar species and includes
a map on the world's dinosaur-finding hotspots. Also includes
detailed information on familiar post-cretaceous species including
saber-toothed cats and mammoths, how fossils are preserved and
where and how to hunt for them. This convenient guide is an ideal,
portable source of practical information for naturalists of all
ages. Made in the USA.www.waterfordpress.com
Examining the increasingly relevant topic of public sector
efficiency, this dynamic Handbook investigates the context of
constrained fiscal space and public funding sources using
cross-country datasets in areas including China, India, sub-Saharan
Africa and OECD economies. Expert contributors evaluate public
sector efficiency for both national and sub-national governments,
analysing important sectors such as education, health,
public-private enterprises and state-owned enterprises. Given
voters' requirements to be more educated and for greater
accountability on the use of public spending, chapters describe
methodology and measurement issues alongside the allocation of
resources to ensure better efficiency and effectiveness.
Forward-thinking, the Handbook provides insights into how improving
efficiency can greatly assist governments when dealing with
unforeseen events such as the recent Covid-19 pandemic and the
conflict in Ukraine. This Handbook will be an important read for
academics and students of public sector economics and public
administration and management. It will also provide an excellent
background for the policy makers of international institutions
looking to help the general public have a better understanding of
how public spending works in order for them to make informed
decisions when voting.
For more than three centuries the collections of the Ashmolean
Museum have occupied a position of primary importance in the
history of collecting in Great Britain and an honourable position
in the development of museums on a European scale. Many collection
catalogues (especially those of the natural sciences), compiled by
curators over the past two or three hundred years, have never
before been published. This volume - a further volume, designated
Part II is to follow - starts to bring these collections to a wider
audience. Their independent importance is considerable, for they
provide not only a record through time of the fluctuating content
of the Ashmolean but also an index of the changing preoccupations
of the collectors and donors who progressively enriched the museum,
of the curators who tended it, and of the wider community of
scholars for whom the collections represented a fundamental
resource.
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