What are the poverty reduction goals of the European development cooperation agencies? This work examines the credibility of their actual record in terms of their commitment and approaches to poverty reduction. The poverty impact of their aid programmes and their good and bad practices are assessed based on field studies in seven poor countries. Ways of maximising benefits to poor people are explored and changes in agency management systems and dialogue are recommended.

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The aims of this book are: to provide a guide to the nature, uses, availability and limitations of the main data sources for interpreting and undertaking local and regional studies of economic activity and land use in the United Kingdom; and to examine the methods of collecting information on these topics, the geographic information systems used for storing and analyzing the data, and the range of techniques used to forecast local and regional economic change.

What are the poverty reduction goals of the European development co-operation agencies? This work examines the credibility of their actual record in terms of their commitment and approaches to poverty reduction. The poverty impact of their aid programmes and their good and bad practices are assessed based on field studies in seven poor countries. Ways of maximizing benefits to poor people are explored and changes in agency management systems and dialogue are recommended.

The U.S. Marine Corps faces great challenges as it participates in the Long War. To enhance its chances of success in this war, the Marine Corps must institutionalize the importance of cultural awareness in military operations by adopting a comprehensive training program. This training will ensure that Marines deploying in support of the Long War possess the appropriate level of cultural competency to be successful in the field. Marines will need both cultural awareness and language training to achieve this competency and the training requirements will differ based on a Marine's duty assignment and military specialty.

This thesis studies the use of fire support platforms for Army airborne operations conducted within the new operational environment. It focused on how field artillery can be a combat enabler for maneuver during forced entry operations (FEO). It is argued that the contemporary operational environment (COE) is more dangerous and less predictable than the previous operational environment of the Cold War. In this context, the National Command Authority should maintain a rapid response, forcible entry capability to set conditions for follow-on forces. Units, such as the 82d Airborne Division and Rangers, can lead the effort in FEOs. When a maneuver commander conducts an FEO he visualizes how the operation will unfold. As part of his visualization he must consider what is the right fire support requirement to help achieve success. Currently the maneuver commander is supported by AC-130 gunships to different types of airborne field artillery and mortar units. In order for him to achieve success he must decide on the right combination of versatility, firepower, and maneuver within the different capabilities of each fire support platform. This thesis analyzes the comparison of criteria for these systems. This allows the maneuver commander and staff to decide on the right fire support platform to conduct FEOs.

Welcome to Blackwood, MA, a Boston Suburb with a population that just grew by three. Kirsten Medley is an extraordinarily ordinary teenager with a secret - she has abilities she has never even told her parents about. Someone wants her dead, and she must race against time to find a mystical viewing crystal, and stop the plot to kill her.

The New World Of Health Promotion: New Program Development, Implementation, And Evaluation Uses The Concepts Of Epidemiology And Collaboration To Define The Real Causes Of Chronic Diseases. The Book Provides Practitioners And Students With A Methodology To Develop Cost-Effective Programs To Better Inform The Population Of How To Prevent These Diseases And Their Expensive Complications. Health Care Workers And Health Educators Will Find That This Essential Text Provides Them With The Necessary Skills To Develop, Implement, And Evaluate Health Promotion Programs.

An introduction to Ignatian spirituality that covers all the main aspectsfrom Saint Ignatius of Loyola's conversion story to the great missionary activity of St. Francis Xavier, to the famous "Ignatian Retreat" to spirituality today.