Demanding Accountability is a collection of nine original case studies that offer insights into how local, national, and international civil society factors mobilize to hold the World Bank accountable for its financed projects. It is a rich source of lessons for understanding today's emerging transnational civil society efforts to challenge powerful global institutions.

International trade rules have significant impacts on environmental law and policy, at the domestic, regional and global levels. At the World Trade Organization (WTO), dispute settlement tribunals are increasingly called to decide on environment- and health-related questions. Can governments treat products differently based on environmental considerations? Can they block the import of highly carcinogenic asbestos-containing products or genetically modified crops? Does the WTO allow governments to protect dolphins or endangered sea turtles through the use of import restrictions on certain products? How can civil society participate in WTO dispute settlement? This Guide, authored by five world leaders on international environmental and trade law at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), is an accessible, comprehensive, one-of-a-kind compendium of environment and trade jurisprudence under the WTO. Providing an overview for both experts and non-experts of the major themes relevant to environment and trade, it also analyses how WTO tribunals have approached these themes in concrete disputes and provides selected excerpts of the most significant cases.

This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the 8th Conference on Information and Communication Technologies of Ecuador, TICEC 2020, held in November 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online. The 36 full and 7 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 117 qualified submissions. The papers are organized according to the following topical sections: biomedical sensors and wearables systems; data science; ICTs applications; industry 4.0; smart cities; software development; technology and environment.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Sixth Conference on Information and Communication Technologies "TIC.EC", held in Cuenca, Ecuador, from November 27 to 29, 2019. Considered one of the most important conferences on ICT in Ecuador, it brings together scholars and practitioners from the country and abroad to discuss the development, issues and projections of the use of information and communication technologies in multiples fields of application. The 2019 "TIC.EC" conference was organized by Universidad del Azuay (UDA) and its Engineering School, as well as the Ecuadorian Corporation for the Development of Research and Academia (CEDIA). The book covers the following topics: * Software engineering * Security * Data * Networks * Architecture * Applied ICTs * Technological entrepreneurship * Links between research and industry * High-impact innovation * Knowledge management and intellectual property

* The most comprehensive and accessible guide to environment and trade, with thorough coverage of WTO rulings and impacts* An easy-to-use and accessible tool for practitioners, civil society, academics, students, and policy-makers who work on environmentand/or trade issues.* Authored by world-leading authorities on environment and trade law from the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)International trade rules have significant impacts on environmental law and policy at the domestic, regional and global levels. In the WTO, dispute settlement tribunals are increasingly called to decide on environment-related questions.-Can members treat products differently based on environmental considerations?-Can members block the import of highly carcinogenic asbestos-containing products or genetically modified products crops? -Can members require labeling for "dolphin-friendly" tuna? This Guide, authored by five world leaders on international environmental and trade law at CIEL, is an accessible, comprehensive, one-of-a-kind compendium of environment and trade jurisprudence under the WTO. Providing an overview for both experts and non-experts of the major themes relevant to environment and trade, it also analyzes how WTO tribunals have approached these themes in concrete disputes and provides selected excerpts of the most significant cases.