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This book draws on the expertise of faculty and colleagues at the
Balsillie School of International Affairs to both locate the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a contribution to the
development of global government and to examine the
political-institutional and financial challenges posed by the SDGs.
The contributors are experts in global governance issues in a broad
variety of fields ranging from health, food systems, social policy,
migration and climate change. An introductory chapter sets out the
broad context of the governance challenges involved, and how
individual chapters contribute to the analysis. The book begins by
focusing on individual SDGs, examining briefly the background to
the particular goal and evaluating the opportunities and challenges
(particularly governance challenges) in achieving the goal, as well
as discussing how this goal relates to other SDGs. The book goes on
to address the broader issues of achieving the set of goals
overall, examining the novel financing mechanisms required for an
enterprise of this nature, the trade-offs involved (particularly
between the urgent climate agenda and the social/economic goals),
the institutional arrangements designed to enable the achievement
of the goals and offering a critical perspective on the enterprise
as a whole. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals makes a
distinctive contribution by covering a broad range of individual
goals with contributions from experts on governance in the global
climate, social and economic areas as well as providing assessments
of the overall project - its financial feasibility, institutional
requisites, and its failures to tackle certain problems at the
core. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students
of international affairs, development studies and sustainable
development, as well as those engaged in policymaking nationally,
internationally and those working in NGOs.
This book draws on the expertise of faculty and colleagues at the
Balsillie School of International Affairs to both locate the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a contribution to the
development of global government and to examine the
political-institutional and financial challenges posed by the SDGs.
The contributors are experts in global governance issues in a broad
variety of fields ranging from health, food systems, social policy,
migration and climate change. An introductory chapter sets out the
broad context of the governance challenges involved, and how
individual chapters contribute to the analysis. The book begins by
focusing on individual SDGs, examining briefly the background to
the particular goal and evaluating the opportunities and challenges
(particularly governance challenges) in achieving the goal, as well
as discussing how this goal relates to other SDGs. The book goes on
to address the broader issues of achieving the set of goals
overall, examining the novel financing mechanisms required for an
enterprise of this nature, the trade-offs involved (particularly
between the urgent climate agenda and the social/economic goals),
the institutional arrangements designed to enable the achievement
of the goals and offering a critical perspective on the enterprise
as a whole. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals makes a
distinctive contribution by covering a broad range of individual
goals with contributions from experts on governance in the global
climate, social and economic areas as well as providing assessments
of the overall project - its financial feasibility, institutional
requisites, and its failures to tackle certain problems at the
core. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students
of international affairs, development studies and sustainable
development, as well as those engaged in policymaking nationally,
internationally and those working in NGOs.
It is well known that the female work force has played a large part
in the Asian "export miracle". Yet their role has commonly been
depicted as confined to sweat shops and tea houses. This book
examines the bigger picture regarding women in the labour market
and how this has been changing in the course of development and
industrialization. Drawing on labour force survey data from across
the continent, the book includes studies on India, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. Written in an
accessible style and with the key issues supported by up-to-date
quantitative data, the book aims to dispel some common myths
regarding the position of female workers in the region.
This book is about two polemical issues in labour studies, namely,
the notions and determinants of labour productivity and
flexibility. This book attempts to develop the notion of labour
input flexibility or the capacity of workers to adapt to changes in
the environment and its relation with labour productivity. The role
of institutions, employment practices, capital-labour relations and
labour market policies in determining labour flexibility is
emphasized. The chapters look at the experiences of industrialized
countries (European countries, the USA, Canada and Japan) and three
Latin American countries (Brazil, Chile and Mexico).
This book is about two polemical issues in labour studies, namely,
the notions and determinants of labour productivity and
flexibility. This book attempts to develop the notion of labour
input flexibility or the capacity of workers to adapt to changes in
the environment and its relation with labour productivity. The role
of institutions, employment practices, capital-labour relations and
labour market policies in determining labour flexibility is
emphasized. The chapters look at the experiences of industrialized
countries (European countries, the USA, Canada and Japan) and three
Latin American countries (Brazil, Chile and Mexico).
In an attempt to find real gold, one may run across fool's gold.
This book captures the essence of every con-style relationship
known to those searching hearts. Alas, ...don't fear. Fool's gold
is what you find when you are panning for the real thing. If you
have no experience or knowledge of what the fake love is, you
won'tbe able to recognize the real thing.
It all started back in the garden...that's the place where we lost
it all. Adam and Eve were given the most, but did the least with
what they were assigned. We have been given an oppurtunity to
reclaim what has been dormant for centuries. This book gives
insight on who, what, where and how to get back in the mindset of
all things spiritual.
Lily is a sweet little girl with a big imagination Everything in
her life revolves around her family and how she sees the world. In
this book Lily discovers there is more to life than daydreaming and
she begins to appreciate the lessons as her inner growth unfolds
Action against malnutrition is needed more than ever. An additional
US$10.3 billion a year is required from national and international
public resources to successfully attack undernutrition worldwide.
This would benefit more than 360 million children in the 36
countries with the highest burden of undernutrition home to 90
percent of the stunted children globally. Since early childhood
offers a special window of opportunity to improve nutrition, the
bulk of the investment needs to be targeted between pre-pregnancy
until two years of age. 'Scaling Up Nutrition: What Will It Cost?'
notes that investment will yield high returns through thriving
children, healthier families, and more productive workers. This
investment is essential to make progress on the nutrition and child
mortality Millennium Development Goals and to protect critical
human capital in developing economies. The human and financial
costs of further neglect will be high. This call for greater
investment in nutrition comes at a time when global efforts to
strengthen health systems provide a unique opportunity to scale up
integrated packages of health and nutrition interventions with
common delivery platforms, thereby reducing costs. 'Scaling Up
Nutrition: What Will It Cost?' has benefited from the expertise of
many international agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and
research institutions. This book will be of interest to policy
makers, public health officials, nutritionists, government
officials, and all those interested in improving child nutrition
and health outcomes."
Adult emotional immaturity affects as many as 80 percent of the
population, yet this condition is so pervasive it is rarely named
or addressed directly. All the faces of fear, greed, aversion,
ignorance, abuse, unwillingness to delay gratification,
defensiveness, unconsciousness, terrorism, and lack of fulfillment
and peace, are but a few marks of adult emotional immaturity. This
book presents and discusses the theory that Amte Growth Work, based
on the author's experience, professional practice, and prominent
theories and methods promoting emotional healing and growth, is a
unique resource for amending adult emotional immaturity. It
describes the creation, process, and elements of Amte Growth Work.
It contains a discussion of the use and definitions of the terms
emotional maturity and emotional immaturity, including the author's
definitions. It presents data gathered from over 4,000 widely
varied sources from the 1700s to the present. The book addresses
adults who are emotionally immature, including those with
addictions, PTSD, the dying, professionals treating this condition
directly and indirectly, employers, institutions such as the
military, and centers treating addictions.
As the culminating volume in the DCP3 series, Volume 9 will provide
an overview of DCP3 findings and methods, a summary of messages and
substantive lessons to be taken from DCP3, and a further discussion
of cross-cutting and synthesizing topics across the first eight
volumes. The introductory chapters (1-3) in this volume take as
their starting point the elements of the Essential Packages
presented in the overview chapters of each volume. First, the
chapter on intersectoral policy priorities for health includes
fiscal and intersectoral policies and assembles a subset of the
population policies and applies strict criteria for a low-income
setting in order to propose a "highest-priority" essential package.
Second, the chapter on packages of care and delivery platforms for
universal health coverage (UHC) includes health sector
interventions, primarily clinical and public health services, and
uses the same approach to propose a highest priority package of
interventions and policies that meet similar criteria, provides
cost estimates, and describes a pathway to UHC.
As the culminating volume in the DCP3 series, Volume 9 will provide
an overview of DCP3 findings and methods, a summary of messages and
substantive lessons to be taken from DCP3, and a further discussion
of cross-cutting and synthesizing topics across the first eight
volumes. The introductory chapters (1-3) in this volume take as
their starting point the elements of the Essential Packages
presented in the overview chapters of each volume. First, the
chapter on intersectoral policy priorities for health includes
fiscal and intersectoral policies and assembles a subset of the
population policies and applies strict criteria for a low-income
setting in order to propose a "highest-priority" essential package.
Second, the chapter on packages of care and delivery platforms for
universal health coverage (UHC) includes health sector
interventions, primarily clinical and public health services, and
uses the same approach to propose a highest priority package of
interventions and policies that meet similar criteria, provides
cost estimates, and describes a pathway to UHC.
Child and Adolescent Health and Development explores the benefits
that accrue from sustained and targeted interventions across the
first two decades of life. The volume outlines the investment case
for effective, costed, and scaleable interventions for low-resource
settings, emphasising the cross-sectoral role of education. This
evidence base can guide policy makers in prioritising actions to
promote survival, health, cognition, and physical growth throughout
childhood and adolescence.
At the turn of the millennium, the world experienced a dramatic
increase in funding for global health programs. Competing demands
for these resources meant that policymakers needed access to valid,
evidence-based information on the costs and consequences of a broad
range of health interventions. By providing systematic and
comparable information about purchasing health in LMICs, Disease
Control Priorities in Developing Countries, Second Edition greatly
informed and enriched these conversations and we hope -- improved
resource allocations. Nearly ten years later, increased attention
to chronic diseases and the importance of health systems in
providing access to quality care is once again reshaping the global
health landscape. Low- and middle-income countries are continuing
to set priorities for funding and deploying specific interventions,
but with a greater appreciation for the contribution of program and
economic evaluation to informed decision-making. The need to make
decisions across an increasingly complex set of policy and
intervention choices, attuned to specific health system
capabilities, makes a third iteration of Disease Control Priorities
all the more critical. Similar to the first and second editions of
Disease Control Priorities (DCP1 and DCP2), the aim of the third
edition (DCP3) is to influence program design and resource
allocation at global and country levels by providing an up-to-date
comprehensive review of the effectiveness of priority health
interventions. It presents systematic and comparable economic
evaluations of selected interventions, delivery platforms, and
policies based on newly developed economic methods. DCP3 further
expands on the scope of intervention assessments found in DCP1 and
DCP2 by presenting findings in nine individual volumes. It is clear
that optimal global health programming requires a comprehensive
evidence-base to help determine what works, what does not, how much
it will cost. DCP3 will allow users to set global and national
priorities for health in an informed manner."
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