Pensions in the Middle East and North Africa : Time for Change. by Robalino, David A.

Table of Contents: “…-- Improving the Institutional Configuration, Administration, and Regulation of Pension Systems -- Management of the Public Pension Funds -- Lessons from International Experience in Pension Fund Management -- Pension Fund Management in the Middle East and North Africa Region -- Improving the Management of Public Pension Funds: Constraints and Opportunities -- Progress to Date and Prospects -- Countries in the Early Stages of Reform -- Countries in Motion -- Countries Leading Pension Reform -- Demographic Indicators -- Methodology for Demographic and Employment Projections -- Life Expectancy, Total Fertility Rate, and Population Projections -- Labor Force Projections -- Unemployment Projections -- Economic Effects of the Demographic Transition -- Coverage Rate Projections -- Main Parameters of Pension Schemes in the Middle East and North Africa -- Tax Treatment of Pension Systems -- Basic Formulas and Mathematical Results Used in the Analysis -- Equivalence of the Standard Defined-Benefit Pension Formula and the Formula Used in a Points System -- Rates of Return in Earning-Related Schemes -- Demographic and Financial Data on Pension Funds -- Provisions of the Draft Law on the Public Pension Scheme in the West Bank and Gaza -- Average Population Growth Rate, by Region, 1960-2002 -- Old-Age Dependency Ratio, by Region, 1960-2003 -- Average Population Growth Rate in Middle East and North African Countries, 1960-2002 -- Young- and Old-Age Dependency Ratios in Middle East and North African Countries, 2000 -- Life Expectancy and Total Fertility Rate in Middle East and North African Countries, 1985 and 2002 -- Estimated Difference in the Average Growth Rate of the Working-Age and Dependent Populations in Middle East and North African Countries, 2000-20 -- Projected Growth Rate of the Labor Force in Middle East and North African Countries, 2002-30 -- Key Macroeconomic Indicators in Select Middle East and North African Countries, 1993-2003 -- Banking and Credit as a Percentage of GDP in Select Middle East and North African Countries, 2002 -- Domestic and External Debt as a Percentage of GDP in Select Middle East and North African Countries, 2002 -- Market Capitalization and Credit to the Private Sector as a Percentage of GDP in Select Middle East and North African Countries, Various Years, 2000-2 -- Turnover as a Percentage of GDP in Select Middle East and North African Countries, Various Years, 2000-2 -- Coverage of the Mandatory Pension System in Select Middle East and North African Countries -- Projected Coverage Rate in Middle East and North African Countries, 2003-30 -- Gross Replacement Rate as a Percentage of Average Earnings in Select Middle East and North African Countries -- Net Replacement Rate as a Percentage of Average Earnings in Select Middle East and North African Countries.…”
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Sustainable power technologies and infrastructure : energy sustainability and prosperity in a time of climate change / Galen J. Suppes, Truman S. Storvick. by Suppes, Galen J., Storvick, Truman S., 1928-2016

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201 Great Ideas for Your Small Business. by Applegate, Jane

Table of Contents: “…Move Your Business into a Main Street Revitalization Zone; 21. Ask Your Staff to Evaluate You; 22. …”
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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Third Edition. by Chow, Alex

Table of Contents: “…Reconciling bank statements automatically -- Social Listening -- Power Business Intelligence -- RapidStart services -- Schedule reports -- E-mailing documents -- Document exchange service (OCR Services) -- Exchange rates update -- Native integration with Dynamics CRM -- Universal app -- Workflow management -- Posting Preview -- Deferrals -- Development changes -- Document reporting -- Upgrade automation -- an overview -- Upgrade automation -- the application code -- Upgrade automation -- data -- Enhancement in security and encryption -- Changes to C/AL functions, data types, properties, and triggers -- NET interoperability -- Enhancements in RoleTailored client control add-ins -- IT changes -- Dynamics NAV Server administration -- Windows PowerShell cmdlets -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Dynamics NAV -- General Considerations -- The data model -- Master data -- Documents -- Journals -- Entries -- Creating ledger entries -- Combining all concepts -- No save button -- The main advantage -- When is the data verified? -- The main drawback -- The posting routines -- Posted data cannot be modified (or deleted) -- Navigating through your data -- The Navigate functionality -- Other ways to browse data -- Sorting on list pages -- Filtering for the data you need -- Saving views for the filters you've set -- Real-time data gathering -- the SIFT technology -- Everything leads to accounting -- The Dynamics NAV database -- The TableRelation property -- Coded data rules -- Summary -- Chapter 4: The Implementation Process (from the Reseller) -- What is an implementation? …”
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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Third Edition. by Chow, Alex

Table of Contents: “…Reconciling bank statements automatically -- Social Listening -- Power Business Intelligence -- RapidStart services -- Schedule reports -- E-mailing documents -- Document exchange service (OCR Services) -- Exchange rates update -- Native integration with Dynamics CRM -- Universal app -- Workflow management -- Posting Preview -- Deferrals -- Development changes -- Document reporting -- Upgrade automation -- an overview -- Upgrade automation -- the application code -- Upgrade automation -- data -- Enhancement in security and encryption -- Changes to C/AL functions, data types, properties, and triggers -- NET interoperability -- Enhancements in RoleTailored client control add-ins -- IT changes -- Dynamics NAV Server administration -- Windows PowerShell cmdlets -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Dynamics NAV -- General Considerations -- The data model -- Master data -- Documents -- Journals -- Entries -- Creating ledger entries -- Combining all concepts -- No save button -- The main advantage -- When is the data verified? -- The main drawback -- The posting routines -- Posted data cannot be modified (or deleted) -- Navigating through your data -- The Navigate functionality -- Other ways to browse data -- Sorting on list pages -- Filtering for the data you need -- Saving views for the filters you've set -- Real-time data gathering -- the SIFT technology -- Everything leads to accounting -- The Dynamics NAV database -- The TableRelation property -- Coded data rules -- Summary -- Chapter 4: The Implementation Process (from the Reseller) -- What is an implementation? …”
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The Good Retirement Guide 2015, 29th Edition Kay, Frances. by Kay, Frances, Smith, Allan

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Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World. by Van Parijs, Philippe

Table of Contents: “…; 1.3 Probability-driven language learning; 1.4 Maxi-min language use; 1.5 The maxi-min dynamics; 1.6 Deviation from maxi-min: didactic and symbolic; 1.7 Maxi-min dynamics and power relationships; 1.8 Power and the rise of English; 1.9 Lingua franca and justificatory community; 1.10 Lingua franca and trans-national demos; 1.11 A vector of ideological domination?…”
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Governing America : the revival of political history / Julian E. Zelizer. by Zelizer, Julian E.

Table of Contents: “…Paying for Government: Taxes, Money, and Fiscal Restraint.…”
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Titans of Real Estate : 7 Key Lessons from Real Estate Billionaires. by Cohen, Erez

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San Francisco's Queen of Vice : the Strange Career of Abortionist Inez Brown Burns. by Riggin, Lisa

Table of Contents: “…The Kefauver Committee; 24. "Hello Again"; Part Six: The Bone Rattler; 25. Official Closets; Epilogue: Death and Taxes; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Boosting paychecks : the politics of supporting America's working poor / Daniel P. Gitterman. by Gitterman, Daniel Paul

Table of Contents: “…Bush and the return of across-the-board tax relief -- Toward a new bargain? -- The past and future politics of boosting paychecks.…”
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Procedural Content Generation for C++ Game Development. by Green, Dale

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgment -- About the Reviewer -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: An Introduction to Procedural Generation -- Procedural generation versus random generation -- Procedural generation -- Random generation -- Introducing randomness -- Pseudorandom number generation -- Why computers can't generate truly random numbers -- Generating random numbers in C++ -- Generating random numbers within a range -- Seeds -- Defining seeds -- Using seeds -- Generating random seeds during the runtime -- Controlled randomness is the key to generating random numbers -- The use of procedural generation in games -- Saving space -- Map generation -- Texture creation -- Animation -- Sound -- Benefits of procedural generation -- Larger games can be created -- Procedural generation can be used to lower budgets -- An increase in gameplay variety -- An increase in replayability -- The drawbacks of procedural generation -- More taxing on the hardware -- Worlds can feel repetitive -- You sacrifice quality control -- You may generate an unplayable world -- It is hard to script set game events -- A brief history of rogue-like games -- How we'll implement procedural generation -- Populating environments -- Creating unique game objects -- Creating unique art -- Audio manipulation -- Behavior and mechanics -- Dungeon generation -- Component-based design -- The complete game -- Exercises -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Project Setup and Breakdown -- Choosing an IDE -- Microsoft Visual Studio -- Code::Blocks -- Other IDEs -- Build systems -- Breaking down the game template -- Download templates -- The class diagram -- The object hierarchy -- Level data -- Collision -- Input -- Simple and Fast Multimedia Library (SFML) -- Defining SFML -- Why we'll be using SFML -- Learning SFML -- Alternatives.…”
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The almanac of American philanthropy / Karl Zinsmeister ; [edited by] Karl Zinsmeister. by Zinsmeister, Karl

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Bookkeeping For Dummies, 2nd Edition Epstein, Lita. by Epstein, Lita

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The great forgetting : the past, present and future of social democracy and the welfare state / Jack Lawrence Luzkow. by Luzkow, Jack Lawrence, 1941-

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Against the profit motive : the salary revolution in American government, 1780-1940 / Nicholas R. Parrillo. by Parrillo, Nicholas R.

Table of Contents: “…The old regime : lawful bargaining for public services -- Bargaining outlawed -- A regulatory nightmare : salaries as a remedy for corrupt exchange and official lucre -- A government capable of saying "no" : salaries as a reaction against customer service -- State and local taxation : the tax ferrets -- Federal taxation : the moiety men -- Criminal prosecution : cash for convictions -- Incarceration : jailors' fees and penitentiary profits -- Naval warfare : prize money and blood money -- Epilogue : American state-building and the critique of bureaucracy.…”
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Special economic zones : progress, emerging challenges, and future directions / edited by Thomas Farole, Gokhan Akinci.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Thomas Farole and Gokhan Akinci -- The thin end of the wedge : unlocking comparative advantage through EPZs in Bangladesh / Mustafizul Hye Shakir and Thomas Farole -- Success and statis in Honduras' free zones / Michael Engman -- China's investment in special economic zones in Africa / Deborah Brautigam and Tang Xiaoyang -- Partnership agreements in the China-Singapore (Suzhou) industrial park : lessons for joint economic zone development / Min Zhao and Thomas Farole -- SEZs in the context of regional integration : creating synergies for trade and investment / Naoko Koyama -- When trade preferences and tax breaks are no longer enough : the challenge of adjustment in the Dominican Republic's free zones / Jean-Marie Burgaud and Thomas Farole -- Fostering innovation in developing economies through SEZs / Justine White -- Early reform zones : catalysts for dynamic market economies in Africa / Richard Auty -- Planned obsolescence? …”
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Capital, coercion, and postcommunist states / Gerald M. Easter. by Easter, Gerald, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Toward a fiscal sociology of the post-communist state -- Fiscal crisis of the old regime -- Politics of tax reform : making (and unmaking) revenue bargains -- State meets society in the transitional tax regime -- Building fiscal capacity in post-communist states -- Taxation and the reconfiguration of state and society.…”
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Brilliant Book-keeping Quinn, Martin. by Quinn, Martin

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Corporate governance and banking in China / Michael N.T. Tan. by Tan, Michael N. T., 1945-

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