Examines the challenges to private sector growth in 12 Middle East and North African (MENA) countries, assessing comparative performance against a number of indicators and focusing on the special role of SMEs and entrepreneurial activity. Highlights the variation among countries…
"Work and Family - Allies or Enemies? offers a fresh new lens for viewing the real struggles that business professionals face in their daily battle to find ways of "getting a life" and "having it all." Based on a pioneering study that surveyed more than 800 business professional…
With reference to Developing countries.
With reference to Developing countries.
"The main thesis of the book is that the welfare state cannot have a sustainable future, given the overburdened state budget, unless it is managed by a strategic planning process. The book deals, moreover, with the new emergence of a nonprofit private sector that feeds a kind of…
Monograph on the crisis of mineral resources - analyses the historical context and current trends, examines the supply and demand domination through multinational enterprises, government policies and employment issues, includes case studies concerning petroleum resources, nickel…
"Globalization is characterized by persistent poverty and growing inequality. Conventional wisdom has it that this global poverty is residual: as globalization deepens, the poor will be lifted out of destitution. The policies of the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO echo this beli…
Fitness For Work is the occupational physician's bible and an invaluable resource for all occupational health practitioners. It provides evidence based and authoritative advice and guidance to those faced with clinical problems in the occupational health clinic.
Cancer is the second leading cause of death among adults in the United States after heart disease. However, improvements in cancer treatment and earlier detection are leading to growing numbers of cancer survivors. As the number of cancer survivors grows, there is increased inte…
The numbers from one to twelve are presented by dignified animals and captioned by tongue-twisters.
Historical study of race relations between African Black minority groups and White society in the UK from 1555 to 1945 - examines social implications, political aspects and legal aspects of forced labour and its subsequent abolition, and covers immigration, racial discrimination…
"The Canadian population is aging, bringing with it an increasing number of social and economic challenges. With the aging of the workforce, the reconceptualization of older workers and retirement, the increasing share of women in the labour force, the elimination of mandatory r…
"The Canadian population is aging, bringing with it an increasing number of social and economic challenges. With the aging of the workforce, the reconceptualization of older workers and retirement, the increasing share of women in the labour force, the elimination of mandatory r…
"The Canadian population is aging, bringing with it an increasing number of social and economic challenges. With the aging of the workforce, the reconceptualization of older workers and retirement, the increasing share of women in the labour force, the elimination of mandatory r…
El trabajo de los adolescentes, en el marco de las estrategias familiares de resistencia a la precariedad, es un fenómeno ineludible de la sociedad peruana contemporánea. Según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI), alrededor de 180.000 adolescentes de 12 a 1…
