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Improving Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This open access book is a collection of 12 case studies capturing decades of experience improving health care and outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Each case study is written by healthcare managers and providers who have implemented health improvement projects using quality improvement methodology, with analysis from global health experts on the practical application of improvement…
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- 9783030431129
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- XVI, 245 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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A Millennial View of Spain’s Development = Essays in Economic History
This open access book presents the evolution of the Spanish economy over the past seven centuries since the end of the Reconquest and examines how much economic progress has Spain achieved, as well as its impact on living standards and income distribution over the very long run. It shows that preindustrial Spain was far from stagnant, although levels of output per head in the early nineteenth c…
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- 9783031607929
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- XXXII, 375 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Transformation and Development = Studies in the Organization for Security and…
This open access book features various studies on democratization, transformation, political and economic development, and security issues in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) geographical region and beyond. Written by experts and academics in the fields of human rights, security, transformation and development, particularly in post-soviet and communist countries, i…
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- 9783030427757
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- VI, 154 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation
This open access book discusses current thinking and presents the main issues and challenges associated with climate change in Africa. It introduces evidences from studies and projects which show how climate change adaptation is being - and may continue to be successfully implemented in African countries. Thanks to its scope and wide range of themes surrounding climate change, the ambition is t…
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- 9783030420918
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- 2656 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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The Role of Smallholder Farms in Food and Nutrition Security
This open access book discusses the current role of smallholders in connection with food security and poverty reduction in developing countries. It addresses the opportunities they enjoy, and the constraints they face, by analysing the availability, access to and utilization of production factors. Due to the relevance of smallholder farms, enhancing their production capacities and economic and …
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- 9783030421489
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- XI, 251 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Combining Economic and Political Development
Since 2011, democratic transitions in the Middle East and North Africa have mostly failed to consolidate and have been hindered by the difficult economic heritage of previous authoritarian governments. Yet newly established democratic governments must deliver on the expectations of their people, especially the poorer strata, otherwise disillusionment may open the door to restoration of authorit…
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- 978-90-04-33644-5
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- International Development Policy, Volume: 7
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Ray Tracing Gems = High-Quality and Real-Time Rendering with DXR and Other APIs
This book is a must-have for anyone serious about rendering in real time. With the announcement of new ray tracing APIs and hardware to support them, developers can easily create real-time applications with ray tracing as a core component. As ray tracing on the GPU becomes faster, it will play a more central role in real-time rendering. Ray Tracing Gems provides key building blocks for develope…
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- 9781484244272
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- XLIV, 607 ill; lamp
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Sex Differences in Reading and Math Test Scores of Children = A Heterodoxical…
This open access book examines why reading and math test scores for boys and girls have differed since the origins of testing in the United States. It details the pattern of differences that have remained largely unchanged for more than 100 years in the United States and worldwide. The book explores why boys have modestly larger math test score means than girls, and why girls have far larger re…
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- 9783031412721
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- XII, 108 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Indigenous Cultures and Sustainable Development in Latin America
This open access book outlines development theory and practice over time as well as critically interrogates the “cultural turn” in development policy in Latin American indigenous communities, specifically, in Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, and Bolivia. It becomes apparent that culturally sustainable development is both a new and old idea, which is simultaneously traditional and modern, and t…
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- 9783030370237
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- IX, 253 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Novel Developments for Sustainable Hydropower
olicies are crucial in determining and improving the state of our environment. Policies set goals (including targets, indicators and time frames) while policy instruments are the specific means or measures to translate the policy intent into action (Jacob et al. 2019). In discussions on the sustainability of hydropower production, knowledge of the currently existing regulations at different…
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- 9783030991388
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- XVII, 223
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