Preparing for the Workplace : Charting a Course for Federal Postsecondary Training Policy. by Staff, National Research Council

Table of Contents: “…""POINTS OF LEVERAGE""""PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE FEDERAL ACTION""; ""NOTES""; ""6 Fostering High-Quality Training ""; ""THE DEBATE OVER STANDARDS""; ""Definitions""; ""The Mix of Design and Outcome Standards""; ""Identifying Appropriate Measures""; ""Setting Design and Outcome Criteria""; ""Creating an Institutional Structure""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""Skills Standards""; ""Better Information Systems""; ""Capacity Building""; ""NOTES""; ""7 Improving Federal Programs ""; ""POLICY INSTRUMENTS FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES""; ""Vouchers""; ""Contracts""; ""Grants""; ""Direct Provision""; ""Tax Expenditures""…”
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Growing green : the economic benefits of climate action / Uwe Deichmann and Fan Zhang. by Deichmann, Uwe, Zhang, Fan

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Creating Fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction in Ecuador : a Fiscal Management and Public Expenditure Review.

Table of Contents: “…-- Is Social and Basic Infrastructure Expenditure Pro-Poor? -- Main Social Programs -- Subsidies in Basic Infrastructure Services -- How Much Fiscal Space Is Available for a Poverty Reduction Strategy -- Reversing Current Expenditure -- Making an Optimal Selection of Public Investment -- Assessing Defense Spending -- How Much Off-Budget Fiscal Space Can Be Found for a Poverty Reduction Strategy -- Freezing or Reducing Budget Earmarking -- Reducing Tax Expenditure -- Making Transparent and Intergrating Off-Budget Public Investment -- Towards a Results-Oriented Budget: Attaining the Millennium Development Goals -- Policy Recommendations -- To Shift Public Expenditures Toward a Pro-Poor Focus -- To Re-Target Public Subsidies -- Trade-Offs Between In- and Off-Budget Fiscal Space -- To Reach Selected MDGs -- Performance of Public Expenditure Management -- The PEM Process and its Recent Performance -- Budget Management Review in the Central Government -- Budget Formulation -- Execution -- Budget Management Review in Social Programs and Subnational Governments -- Social Programs -- Provincial and Municipal Governments -- Budget Transparency, Accountability, and Participation -- Are There Sufficient Conditions for a Multiyear Budgeting Framework in Ecuador? …”
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The costs and benefits of price stability / edited by Martin Feldstein.

Table of Contents: “…Capital income taxes and the benefit of price stability / Martin Feldstein -- Price stability versus low inflation in Germany: an analysis of costs and benefits / Karl-Heinz Tödter and Gerhard Ziebarth -- A cost-benefit analysis of going from low inflation to price stability in Spain / Juan J. …”
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Climate change policy failures : why conventional mitigation approaches cannot succeed / Howard A. Latin. by Latin, Howard A.

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Wheel of fortune : the battle for oil and power in Russia / Thane Gustafson. by Gustafson, Thane

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The Hidden History of Monopolies : How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream. by Hartmann, Thom

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The politics of prostitution : women's movements, democratic states, and the globalisation of sex commerce / edited by Joyce Outshoorn.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : prostitution, women's movements and democratic politics / Joyce Outshoorn -- The women's movement and prostitution politics in Australia / Barbara Sullivan -- Taxes, rights and regimentation : discourses on prostitution in Austria / Birgit Sauer -- Prostitution policies in Britain, 1982-2002 / Johanna Kantola and Judith Squires -- Prostitution as public nuisance : prostitution policy in Canada / Leslie Ann Jeffrey -- Towards a new prohibitionism? …”
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Land use policy / Alexander C. Denman and Oliver M. Penrod, editors.

Table of Contents: “…Higher Reliance on Local FeesHigher Reliance on State Personal Income and Corporate Income Tax; Presence of Federal Estate (Death) Tax; 4. …”
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The road taken : the history and future of America's infrastructure / Henry Petroski. by Petroski, Henry

Table of Contents: “…Lay in Leaves : triage, budgets, and choice, again -- 16. Trodden Black : corruption, graft, waste, fraud, abuse -- 17. …”
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Greek shipowners and Greece 1945-1975 : from separate development to mutual interdependence / Gelina Harlaftis. by Harlaftis, Gelina, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Measurements and Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: THE SHIPPING FIRMS; 1 The shipowners: kinship and organization; KINSHIP AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TRADITIONAL SHIPOWNERS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF THE NON-TRADITIONAL SHIPOWNERS; 2 The shipowners and the shipping firms; MAIN DECISION CENTRES OF GREEK-OWNED SHIPPING FIRMS; TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL SHIPOWNERS; ECONOMIC BACKGROUND OF NON-TRADITIONAL SHIPOWNERS; THE PIRAEUS GREEKS; 3 The international scene and the Greek-owned fleet; TANKER SHIPPING.…”
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National financial literacy strategy / Toma P. Hendriks, editor.

Table of Contents: “…Using Grassroots Approaches to Deliver Counseling and Training Programs; NeighborWorks America® uses Grassroots Network to Provide Counseling; Local Credit Union offers First Time Homebuyer Program; Armed Services Credit Union Serves Military Families; Native American Housing Partnership Offers Assistance On or Near Reservation.…”
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Power Cut? How the EU Is Pulling the Plug on Electricity Markets : How the EU Is Pulling the Plug on Electricity Markets. by Stagnaro, Carlo

Table of Contents: “…Box(1 Carbon taxes versus cap-and-trade schemes; Box(2 Institutions matter; Box(3 The natural monopoly problem; Figure(1 EU28's gross inland consumption of energy by source (2013, left panel) and gross electricity generation by source (2013, right panel); Figure(2 Transmission and distribution grids within the power industry; Figure(3 Supply and demand curves in the Italian Power Exchange (IPEX) on 10 December 2014 at 12 a.m.; Figure(4 EU legislative framework for energy; Figure(5 Regulatory conditions in the electricity sector (1975-2013) in Europe.…”
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Energy pricing policies for inclusive growth in Latin America and the Caribbean / Guillermo Beylis and Barbara Cunha. by Beylis, Guillermo, Cunha, Barbara

Table of Contents: “…Notes; Reference; Chapter 3 Fiscal Cost of Energy Pricing Policies; Introduction; Measuring Fiscal Costs: The "Price-Gap" Approach; Price-Gap Results; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Economic Impacts of Energy Pricing and Subsidy Reforms; Introduction; Analysis; Main Findings; Final Considerations; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Distributional Impacts of Energy Pricing; Introduction; Methodology and Implementation; Distributional Impacts of a Price Increase in Gasoline and Diesel; Distributional Impacts of a Price Increase in Liquefied Petroleum Gas.…”
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Corporate governance and banking in China / Michael N.T. Tan. by Tan, Michael N. T., 1945-

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Technological innovation and public policy : the automotive industry / edited by Hiroaki Miyoshi and Masanobu Kii.

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Managing water for all : an OECD perspective on pricing and financing.

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