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In this fabulous and funny introduction to how elections work, the
animals decide they are tired of their king and that it is time to
vote for a president. Lion may be King of the jungle, but lately he
only seems to care about himself. His subjects are fed up, so they
decide to try something new--hold an election! Once Owl explains
the rules, the fun begins, and Snake, Sloth, and Monkey all
announce they will be candidates. But oh no, Lion is going to run
too! It's a wild campaign season as the animals hold rallies,
debate, and even take a selfie or two, trying to prove why they'd
make the best president of the jungle. This funny, non-partisan
story features lively illustrations, a helpful glossary, and
colorful characters who have an infectious enthusiasm for the
election process.
Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world
are seeking prosperity and well-being amidst tumultuous and
disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an increasingly
globalised, knowledge-intensive capitalism; global financial
instability, volatility and crisis; concerns about economic, social
and ecological sustainability, climate change and resource
shortages; new multi-actor and multi-level systems of government
and governance and a re-ordering of the international political
economy; state austerity and retrenchment; and, new and reformed
approaches to intervention, policy and institutions for local and
regional development. Local and Regional Development provides an
accessible, critical and integrated examination of local and
regional development theory, institutions and policy in this
changing context. Amidst its rising importance, the book addresses
the fundamental issues of 'what kind of local and regional
development and for whom?', its purposes, principles and values,
frameworks of understanding, approaches and interventions, and
integrated approaches to local and regional development throughout
the world. The approach provides a theoretically informed, critical
analysis of contemporary local and regional development in an
international and multi-disciplinary context, grounded in concrete
empirical analysis from experiences in the global North and South.
It concludes by identifying what might constitute holistic,
inclusive, progressive and sustainable local and regional
development, and reflecting upon its limits and political renewal.
The Handbook of Local and Regional Development provides a
comprehensive statement and reference point for local and regional
development. The scope of this Handbook’s coverage and
contributions engages with and reflects upon the politics and
policy of how we think about and practise local and regional
development, encouraging dialogue across the disciplinary barriers
between notions of ‘local and regional development’ in the
Global North and ‘development studies’ in the Global South.
This Handbook is organized into seven inter-related sections, with
an introductory chapter setting out the rationale, aims and
structure of the Handbook. Section one situates local and regional
development in its global context. Section two establishes the key
issues in understanding the principles and values that help us
define what is meant by local and regional development. Section
three critically reviews the current diversity and variety of
conceptual and theoretical approaches to local and regional
development. Section four address questions of government and
governance. Section five connects critically with the array of
contemporary approaches to local and regional development policy.
Section six is an explicitly global review of perspectives on local
and regional development from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin
America and North America. Section seven provides reflection and
discussion of the futures for local and regional development in an
international and multidisciplinary context. With over forty
contributions from leading international scholars in the field,
this Handbook provides critical reviews and appraisals of current
state-of-the-art conceptual and theoretical approaches and future
developments in local and regional development.
The centre may hold, but borders can fray. Frontier Fieldwork
explores the work of social scientists, agriculturists,
photographers, and missionaries who took to the field in China's
southwest at a time when foreign political powers were contesting
China's claims over its frontiers. In the early twentieth century,
when the threat of imperialism loomed large in the Sino-Tibetan
borderlands, these fieldworkers undertook a nation-building
exercise to unite a disparate, multi-ethnic population. Andres
Rodriguez exposes the transformative power of the fieldworkers'
efforts, which placed China's margins at the centre of its
nation-making process and race to modernity.
The 4th International Conference on Selenium in the Environment and
Human Health was held 18-21 October 2015 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This
conference provided an effective scientific communication platform
for researchers in different disciplines worldwide to elucidate and
better understand those complex roles of Se as both essential
nutrient and environmental contaminant. This proceedings volume
includes 98 peer-reviewed extended abstracts prepared by Se
researchers from 28 countries. These most recent Se research
studies address inter-relationships between the geological and
atmospheric environment, agricultural food and
selenium-biofortified food crops, human and animal health impacts,
and genetic, biochemical, and cell and molecular activities. This
book presents a unique myriad of Se research to further our
international understanding of the role of Se in the context of
biochemistry, food chain transfer, and health-related issues.
Geographers (and other social scientists) working in local and
regional development ultimately seek to understand how-and to what
extent-local and regional policy can positively affect economic
growth and progress. This area of research and study throws up
difficult and challenging questions, such as: what are the sources
of regional development? And how do we account for the uneven
development of regions, an apparent feature of geographical
development in general, and one which seems to be reinforced by
globalization? This new four-volume collection from Routledge meets
the need for a comprehensive reference work to allow users to make
better sense of the voluminous scholarly and practical literature
on these and other issues. Indeed, the sheer scale of the research
output-and the breadth of the field-makes this title especially
welcome. Local and Regional Development has been assembled by the
same editorial team behind Routledge's award-winning Handbook of
Local and Regional Development (2010) (978-0-415-54831-1). The
collection is fully indexed and has a comprehensive introduction,
newly written by the editors, which places the material in its
intellectual context. It is an essential work of reference and is
destined to be valued by scholars, advanced students, and
policy-makers as a vital one-stop research resource.
Industrial and technology parks are commonly regarded as a policy
panacea. They tend to be considered as the ideal instrument to
alleviate an assortment of institutional, political, economic,
social and ultimately, technological weaknesses and often form the
centrepiece of development strategies. Yet, the real impact of
industrial and technology parks, especially in emerging countries
is still poorly understood. Focusing on examples from Latin
America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, the book represents a
first approach to understand the potential and reality of
industrial and technology parks in emerging countries. It is argued
that although some parks have been successful in addressing a range
of key problems, including underdevelopment, unemployment and a
lack of investment, the majority have failed to deliver, rendering
the promise of many parks little more than a pipedream.
This book investigates the EU's regional growth dynamics and, in
particular, the reasons why peripheral and socio-economically
disadvantaged areas have persistently failed to catch up with the
rest of the Union. It shows that the capability of the
knowledge-based growth model to deliver its expected benefits to
these areas crucially depends on tackling a specific set of
socio-institutional factors which prevents innovation from being
effectively translated into economic growth. The book takes an
eclectic approach to the territorial genesis of innovation and
regional growth by combining different theoretical strands into one
model of empirical analysis covering the whole EU-25. An in-depth
comparative analysis with the United States is also included,
providing significant insights into the distinctive features of the
European process of innovation and its territorial determinants.
The evidence produced in the book is extensively applied to the
analysis of EU development policies.
This book investigates the EU's regional growth dynamics and, in
particular, the reasons why peripheral and socio-economically
disadvantaged areas have persistently failed to catch up with the
rest of the Union. It shows that the capability of the
knowledge-based growth model to deliver its expected benefits to
these areas crucially depends on tackling a specific set of
socio-institutional factors which prevents innovation from being
effectively translated into economic growth. The book takes an
eclectic approach to the territorial genesis of innovation and
regional growth by combining different theoretical strands into one
model of empirical analysis covering the whole EU-25. An in-depth
comparative analysis with the United States is also included,
providing significant insights into the distinctive features of the
European process of innovation and its territorial determinants.
The evidence produced in the book is extensively applied to the
analysis of EU development policies.
Why do some new export activities succeed while others do not? Why
are some not even attempted? In this book, distinguished research
teams analyze eleven cases of new export endeavors in six Latin
American countries to learn how export pioneers are born and
jump-start a virtuous process leading to economic transformation.
The case studies range from blueberries in Argentina and fresh cut
flowers in Colombia to aircraft in Brazil and software in Uruguay.
They put to the test two conjectures: that costly burdens to
entrepreneurial self-discovery due to imitation by competitors
deter would-be pioneers (the low appropriation hypothesis advanced
by Harvard s Hausmann and Rodrik) and that new export activities
are a complex enterprise that only reach fruition when the
innovative contributions of many actors are somehow provided
jointly (the failure of coordination hypothesis). These case
studies offer many examples in which cooperation proved absolutely
vital to export success, while problems of appropriation appeared
less critical. Interestingly, in solving coordination problems,
innovators frequently mitigated problems of appropriation.
Coordination is difficult, however, and, as the tales of these
export pioneers suggest, industrial policy has an important role to
play in facilitating it."
In the global economy, regional development and innovation are
increasingly an imperative to increase the competitive edge of EU
economies. While European regions are different in many ways, the
innovation capacity of regions, clusters and firms is what makes
them capable of building up new and diversified pathways for
sustainable growth. For this reason, Innovation Drivers and
Regional Innovation Strategies looks to analyze different knowledge
drivers (e.g. entrepreneurial or policy-orientation; scientific and
practice-based knowledge modes; institutional innovation support)
that influence the innovative and competitive capacity of regions,
clusters and firms in Europe. The aim of this volume is to develop
an in-depth understanding of these drivers and their implications
for the way in which regional and cluster growth may be upgraded.
Innovation Drivers and Regional Innovation Strategies examines the
construction of new innovation pathways for regions and clusters in
different geographical contexts. The main themes are cluster
evolution, regional innovation systems and business innovation
modes and capabilities. The objectives are centred on exploring the
logic and mechanisms that can be activated as a means to promote
innovation and competitiveness within regions and, within these,
across and within firms. Aimed at researchers and academics in the
field, this is a thoughtful and innovative new volume that helps
define the academic debate.
The Handbook of Local and Regional Development provides a
comprehensive statement and reference point for local and regional
development. The scope of this Handbook's coverage and
contributions engages with and reflects upon the politics and
policy of how we think about and practise local and regional
development, encouraging dialogue across the disciplinary barriers
between notions of 'local and regional development' in the Global
North and 'development studies' in the Global South. This Handbook
is organized into seven inter-related sections, with an
introductory chapter setting out the rationale, aims and structure
of the Handbook. Section one situates local and regional
development in its global context. Section two establishes the key
issues in understanding the principles and values that help us
define what is meant by local and regional development. Section
three critically reviews the current diversity and variety of
conceptual and theoretical approaches to local and regional
development. Section four address questions of government and
governance. Section five connects critically with the array of
contemporary approaches to local and regional development policy.
Section six is an explicitly global review of perspectives on local
and regional development from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin
America and North America. Section seven provides reflection and
discussion of the futures for local and regional development in an
international and multidisciplinary context. With over forty
contributions from leading international scholars in the field,
this Handbook provides critical reviews and appraisals of current
state-of-the-art conceptual and theoretical approaches and future
developments in local and regional development.
China is emerging as a truly global economic and political power.
China's impact on Latin America and the Caribbean region is mixed,
however--fostering a trade market for some countries, but creating
competition for others.
This pioneering volume, produced by the Inter-American
Development Bank's Integration and Regional Programs Department and
Research Department, provides a comprehensive overview of China's
economic policy and performance over recent decades and contrasts
them with the Latin American experience. What are the underlying
factors behind China's competitive edge? What are the strategic
implications of China's rise for growth and development in Latin
America? These questions open new avenues for thinking about
revitalizing development strategies in Latin America in the face of
China's successful development and reduction of poverty. This
insightful report is a must-read for analysts, policymakers, and
development practitioners, not only in Latin America and the
Caribbean, but wherever China's presence is being felt.
In the global economy, regional development and innovation are
increasingly an imperative to increase the competitive edge of EU
economies. While European regions are different in many ways, the
innovation capacity of regions, clusters and firms is what makes
them capable of building up new and diversified pathways for
sustainable growth. For this reason, Innovation Drivers and
Regional Innovation Strategies looks to analyze different knowledge
drivers (e.g. entrepreneurial or policy-orientation; scientific and
practice-based knowledge modes; institutional innovation support)
that influence the innovative and competitive capacity of regions,
clusters and firms in Europe. The aim of this volume is to develop
an in-depth understanding of these drivers and their implications
for the way in which regional and cluster growth may be upgraded.
Innovation Drivers and Regional Innovation Strategies examines the
construction of new innovation pathways for regions and clusters in
different geographical contexts. The main themes are cluster
evolution, regional innovation systems and business innovation
modes and capabilities. The objectives are centred on exploring the
logic and mechanisms that can be activated as a means to promote
innovation and competitiveness within regions and, within these,
across and within firms. Aimed at researchers and academics in the
field, this is a thoughtful and innovative new volume that helps
define the academic debate.
This book describes deep learning systems: the algorithms,
compilers, and processor components to efficiently train and deploy
deep learning models for commercial applications. The exponential
growth in computational power is slowing at a time when the amount
of compute consumed by state-of-the-art deep learning (DL)
workloads is rapidly growing. Model size, serving latency, and
power constraints are a significant challenge in the deployment of
DL models for many applications. Therefore, it is imperative to
codesign algorithms, compilers, and hardware to accelerate advances
in this field with holistic system-level and algorithm solutions
that improve performance, power, and efficiency. Advancing DL
systems generally involves three types of engineers: (1) data
scientists that utilize and develop DL algorithms in partnership
with domain experts, such as medical, economic, or climate
scientists; (2) hardware designers that develop specialized
hardware to accelerate the components in the DL models; and (3)
performance and compiler engineers that optimize software to run
more efficiently on a given hardware. Hardware engineers should be
aware of the characteristics and components of production and
academic models likely to be adopted by industry to guide design
decisions impacting future hardware. Data scientists should be
aware of deployment platform constraints when designing models.
Performance engineers should support optimizations across diverse
models, libraries, and hardware targets. The purpose of this book
is to provide a solid understanding of (1) the design, training,
and applications of DL algorithms in industry; (2) the compiler
techniques to map deep learning code to hardware targets; and (3)
the critical hardware features that accelerate DL systems. This
book aims to facilitate co-innovation for the advancement of DL
systems. It is written for engineers working in one or more of
these areas who seek to understand the entire system stack in order
to better collaborate with engineers working in other parts of the
system stack. The book details advancements and adoption of DL
models in industry, explains the training and deployment process,
describes the essential hardware architectural features needed for
today's and future models, and details advances in DL compilers to
efficiently execute algorithms across various hardware targets.
Unique in this book is the holistic exposition of the entire DL
system stack, the emphasis on commercial applications, and the
practical techniques to design models and accelerate their
performance. The author is fortunate to work with hardware,
software, data scientist, and research teams across many
high-technology companies with hyperscale data centers. These
companies employ many of the examples and methods provided
throughout the book.
Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world
are seeking prosperity and well-being amidst tumultuous and
disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an increasingly
globalised, knowledge-intensive capitalism; global financial
instability, volatility and crisis; concerns about economic, social
and ecological sustainability, climate change and resource
shortages; new multi-actor and multi-level systems of government
and governance and a re-ordering of the international political
economy; state austerity and retrenchment; and, new and reformed
approaches to intervention, policy and institutions for local and
regional development. Local and Regional Development provides an
accessible, critical and integrated examination of local and
regional development theory, institutions and policy in this
changing context. Amidst its rising importance, the book addresses
the fundamental issues of 'what kind of local and regional
development and for whom?', its purposes, principles and values,
frameworks of understanding, approaches and interventions, and
integrated approaches to local and regional development throughout
the world. The approach provides a theoretically informed, critical
analysis of contemporary local and regional development in an
international and multi-disciplinary context, grounded in concrete
empirical analysis from experiences in the global North and South.
It concludes by identifying what might constitute holistic,
inclusive, progressive and sustainable local and regional
development, and reflecting upon its limits and political renewal.
The centre may hold, but borders can fray. Frontier Fieldwork
explores the work of social scientists, agriculturists,
photographers, and missionaries who took to the field in China’s
southwest at a time when foreign political powers were contesting
China’s claims over its frontiers. In the early twentieth
century, when the threat of imperialism loomed large in the
Sino-Tibetan borderlands, these fieldworkers undertook a
nation-building exercise to unite a disparate, multi-ethnic
population. Andres Rodriguez exposes the transformative power of
the fieldworkers’ efforts, which placed China’s margins at the
centre of its nation-making process and race to modernity.
Array Of Light: Through Tribulation is a collection of poems that
capture all the regret and realizations we come to make. From the
struggle of lost love, anger, depression, self-fulfillment, success
and newly found courage, Array Of Light: Through Tribulation tells
the secrets of a mind and the feelings of a heavy heart that has
opened up to none but pen, paper and a single person.
So you have this great business idea but your're not sure how to
get started. You may be a little afraid to venture out and try
something new. Don't worry. You are not the only one. However, the
most successful people are those who venture out, take chances and
go for their dreams. This is your small business handbook. After
reading this handbook, you will have all the information needed to
start and succeed in your small business. Although starting a
business is work, you will see how easy it is start your own
business and how to maintain it. You will learn how to plan,
organize and market your business with the practical tools outlined
in this book. So let's get that business started. Don't hesitate;
the world is waiting for you!
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