More and better jobs in South Asia / World Bank.

Table of Contents: “…-- Addressing disadvantages before school: The role of early childhood development -- Primary and secondary education -- Tertiary education and preemployment training systems -- On-the-job training -- Annex 5A: Additional tables and figures on education and skills -- Annex 5B: Projections of the educational attainment of South Asia's population and labor force -- 6. …”
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A hacker's mind : how the powerful bend society's rules, and how to bend them back / Bruce Schneier. by Schneier, Bruce, 1963-

Fly and Be Damned : What now for aviation and climate change?. by McManners, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Unleash the entrepreneurs; Launching a new aviation industry; Mobilizing innovation; Stepping back to a neutral perspective; Entrepreneurs waiting in the wings; Innovation beyond aviation; 14. Short haul to trains; The Cinderella of transport options; Investing in trains; Rail in the developing world; Focus on long-term solutions; 15. …”
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Investing in real estate / Gary W. Eldred. by Eldred, Gary W.

Table of Contents: “…Achieve a prosperous future : 22 ways you can earn profits with property -- OPM : borrow smart, raise cash, build equity -- Appraisal : ins and outs of market value -- maximize cash flows and grow your equity -- Pay less than market value -- Profit with foreclosures -- Profit from REOs and other bargain sales -- Profit by creating value -- More techniques to profit with property -- Negotiate a win-win purchase agreement -- Strategic management builds equity -- Develop the best lease -- Create promotions that sell -- Pay less tax -- More ideas for profitable investing -- Opportunity for a lifetime.…”
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Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research. by Karim, Khondkar E.

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Advances In Accounting Behavioral Research; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Editor; List of Contributors; The Effect of Mutual Monitoring and Need for Achievement on Budgetary Slack in a Team-based Environment; Introduction; Theoretical Development and Hypotheses Formulation; Mutual Monitoring as a Budgetary-control Tool in a Teamwork Environment; Effects of Mutual Monitoring and the Personality Trait of Need for Achievement in Slack Creation; Method; Participants; Experimental Procedures; Stage 1: Trial Run Training Session.…”
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Roberto Calvi: The Murder Of God's Banker.

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Edge Computing and IoT: Systems, Management and Security Third EAI International Conference, ICECI 2022, Virtual Event, December 13-14, 2022, Proceedings / edited by Zhu Xiao, Ping...

Table of Contents: “…Models and methods for data management in IoT -- Forecasting the Temperature of BEV Battery Pack based on Field Testing Data -- The Data Exchange Protocol over Multi-chain BlockchainUsing Zero-knowledge Proof -- A Hybrid Task Offloading and Service Cache Scheme for Vehicular Edge Computing -- On Enhancing Transmission Performance for IoV Based on Improved Greedy Algorithm -- Precise Segmentation on Poly-Yolo, YoloV5 and FCN -- Adaptive approaches to manage energy consumption and security of systems -- Research on DAG Based Consensus Mechanism for Adjustable Load Metering Data -- A Detection and Information Processing Model based on an Automatic Mechanism for Tax Payment Control in Developing Countries -- IEC-FOF: An Industrial Electricity Consumption Forecasting and Optimization Framework -- Demons Hidden in the Light: Unrestricted Adversarial Illumination Attacks -- Edge Intelligence Based Garbage Classification Detection Method -- Mobile computing in wireless networks -- Evaluation of Higher Education System -- Defense Mechanisms against Audio Adversarial Attacks: Recent Advances and Future Directions -- An Empirical Study of Worldwide Plastic Waste Mitigation -- Prediction for Surface Subsidence of Shield Construction in Water-Rich Sand Egg Stratum Based on Edge Intelligence -- Highly Accurate Dynamic Gesture Recognition Method Based on Edge Intelligence -- Distributed computing in IOT -- Edge Intelligence Based Garbage Classification Detection Method -- Adversarial Example Attacks in Internet of Things (IoT) -- Training Node Screening in Decentralized Trusted Federated Learning -- Exploration and Practice of Course Homework Metaverse Based on Extended Reality under Edge Computing -- Federated Learning Based User Scheduling for Real-Time Multimedia Tasks in Edge Devices -- A Co-caching Strategy for Edges Based on Federated Learning and Regional Prevalence -- LSTM-DAM: Malicious Network Traffic Prediction for Cloud Manufacturing System.…”
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Village of immigrants : Latinos in an emerging America / Diana R. Gordon. by Gordon, Diana R.

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Integration and Clustering for Sustainable Economic Growth edited by Elena G. Popkova, Valentina E. Sukhova, Aleksey F. Rogachev, Yulia G. Tyurina, Olga A. Boris, Valentina N. Para...

Table of Contents: “…Part 1: Building Cluster Initiatives as a Factor of Competitiveness of Modern Enterprises -- Chapter 1: Contradiction of Clusters Taxation in Russia: Taxes as Barriers and Stimuli for Clustering -- Chapter 2: Using Project-Based Approach in Public-Private Partnership with Participation of Corporate Holding Structures -- Chapter 3: Effective HR Management as the Most Important Condition of Successful Business Administration -- Chapter 4: Marketing Strategies of Cluster Development in Retailing Sector -- Chapter 5: Place and Role of Budgeting in the System of Methods of Managerial Accounting of Cluster Contractual Relationship -- Chapter 6: Role of Clusters in Promotion of Region’s Economic Competitiveness -- Chapter 7: Clustering as a Growth Point of Modern Russian Business -- Chapter 8: Perspectives of Use of Competence-Based Approach to Management in Educational Services Market -- Chapter 9: Marketing Aspects of Cluster Management in Retailing Sector -- Chapter 10: History of Views on Audit of Commercial Structures Management Quality -- Chapter 11: Approaches to Organization of Project Management in Russia -- Chapter 12: CORPORATE CULTURE OF COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION AS AN EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT TOOL -- Part 2: Provision of Economic Security by Means of Creation of Innovational Network of Transnational Cluster Initiatives -- Chapter 13: Transnational Cluster Initiatives in Business as a Top-Priority Direction of Maximization of Economic Growth in Asian Countries -- Chapter 14: Modeling of Eco-Economic Security With the Use of Tax Instrumentarium -- Chapter 15: Formation of the System of Clustering as a Means of Perspective Development of Innovational Infrastructure of Region -- Chapter 16: Concept of Innovational Development of Entrepreneurial Potential of Small Enterprises -- Chapter 17: Problems and High-Priority Directions of Realization of Innovational Strategy of Development of Fuel and Energy Complex Enterprises -- Chapter 18: Biotech Cluster as a Critetion of Food Security Formation -- Chapter 19: Education as the National Safety Element in the Globalizing World -- Chapter 20: Formation of Creative Approach to Economic Activities as One of the Goals of Professional Training of Future Economists -- Chapter 21: Marketing Instrumentarium of Provision of Food Security -- Chapter 22: Innovational Approach to Management of Human Resources of Cluster Entity -- Chapter 23: YOUNG SPECIALISTS LABOR MARKET IN MODERN RUSSIA: ANALYSIS, PROBLEMS, AND PERSPECTIVES -- Part 3: Effectiveness of State Management and Economic Growth in the Context of Global Integration and Clustering -- Chapter 24: Sense of Rational Approach to Socio-Economic Development of Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 25: Integration of Social and Innovative Activities into Industrial Organization -- Chapter 26: Using Economic and Mathematical Methods During Formation of Construction Cluster -- Chapter 27: Support for Cluster Initiatives in View of Development of Innovational Economy: Regarding the Issue of Legal Regulation at the Level of Subjects of the Russian Federation -- Chapter 28: Methodology of Complex Evaluation of Eco-Economic Effectiveness of Agricultural Clusters -- Chapter 29: POLITICAL EXISTENCE OF THE SYSTEM OF SOCIAL SPACE-TIME -- Chapter 30: Wind Rose as One of the Main Factors of Apartment Buying Decision -- Chapter 31: Conceptual Aspects of Tax System Development in Cyclic Economy -- Chapter 32: Economic Aspects of Application of Biotechnologies During Creation of Forest Plantations -- Part 4: Methodological Approaches to Measurement of Sustainable Development of Industrial Enterprises Under the Conditions of Integration and Clustering -- Chapter 33: Educational Clusters as a Factor of Development of Educational Services Market in Region -- Chapter 34: Development of Entrepreneurial Component and a Factor of Increase of Effectiveness of Cluster Structures Management -- Chapter 35: Two-Level Economic and Mathematical Model of Monotown Development on the Basis of Cognitive Maps -- Chapter 36: Rational Environmental Management – the Platform for Integration and Optimization of Resources -- Chapter 37: Green Technologies – the Basis for Integration and Clustering of Subjects at the Regional Level of Economy -- Chapter 38: Effectiveness of State Territorial Administration in Provision of Sustainable Economic Growth of the Region -- Chapter 39: Economic and Mathematical Modeling During Organization and Conduct of Business Games -- Chapter 40: Strategic Management of Clustering Policy During Provision of Sustainable Development -- Chapter 41: Conceptual Features of Management Tools of Enterprise Structures Under the Conditions of Globalization of the World Market -- Chapter 42: Measures to Improve the Investment Attractiveness of Enterprises in the Modern Context -- Chapter 43: Adaptation of Macro-Economic Models to Solving the Problem of Countries Differentiation in Global Economy -- Chapter 44: Problems of Sustainable Development of Depressive Region in Crisis -- Chapter 45: Improvement of Methods of Analysis of Effectiveness of Stock Management at Industrial Enterprises -- Chapter 46: Modeling of Cluster Processes in the Sphere of Manufacture of ECO-Products: Issues of Ecological and Food Security of Russia -- Chapter 47: Development Efficiency Analysis of Public Administration Informatization -- Chapter 48: Formation of a Complex System of Indicators for Evaluation of Smooth Production Flow -- Chapter 49: Building a Strategy of Development of Hospitality Industry on the Basis of Improvement of the System of Personnel Training -- Chapter 50: Perspectives of Development of Small Business Within Modernization of Tax and Cluster Policy -- Chapter 51: Complementary Approach to Functioning of Entrepreneurial Structures Under the Conditions of Economic Instability of Region -- Chapter 52: Economic Growth in Russia: Influence of Oil Shock and Macro-Economic Factors -- Chapter 53: Transformation of Ethnocultural Development of Indigenous Peoples in the Conditions of Socialist Modernization of the Far East in 1920-1970’s: Problems of Historiography.…”
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Financial Advice and Investment Decisions : a Manifesto for Change. by Wilcox, Jarrod W.

Table of Contents: “…Resisting Forecasting OverconfidenceMaking Estimates More Robust to Extreme Observations; Taking Context into Account; Making Better Use of Information in Decisions; CHAPTER 7 Controlling Investing Behavioral Biases; Facing Up to Complexity; Promoting Independent Thinking; Controlling Organizational Biases; CHAPTER 8 Tax Efficient Investing; Context; Taxes that Affect Investment Returns; General Principles of After-Tax Investing; Measurement of After-Tax Performance and Benchmarks; CHAPTER 9 Matching Investment Vehicles to Needs; Revisiting Risk Aversion; Taxes Again; Diversification.…”
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John J. Gilligan : the politics of principle / Mark Bernstein. by Bernstein, Mark, 1950 January 30-

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Achieve Financial Freedom – Big Time! Wealth-Building Secrets from Everyday Millionaires / Botkin, Sandy. by Botkin, Sandy

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Taxation in Agriculture by OECD

Table of Contents: “…Taxes on income, profits and capital gains, and related concessions in agriculture -- Ability to use cash accounting rather than accrual methods -- Simplified accounting with taxable incomes calculated on the basis of standard or notional income and expenses -- Taxes levied on income from real estate instead of actual farm activities…”
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The global economy in transition : debt and resource scarcities / J. Ørstrøm Møller. by Møller, J. Ørstrøm

Table of Contents: “…The deadly cocktail. Private gain, public loss. Making profit at the cost of society's interest. …”
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Handbook of recent advances in commodity and financial modeling : quantitative methods in banking, finance, insurance, energy and commodity markets / Giorgio Consigli, Silvana Stef...

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Contents; Part I Risk Modeling; 1 Directional Returns for Gold and Silver: A Cluster Analysis Approach; 1.1 Introduction and Literature Review; 1.2 Data Collection and Preparation; 1.3 Methodology: Two-Step Cluster Analysis; 1.4 Gold with Clusters; 1.4.1 Training Set Variable Importance; 1.4.2 Validation Set Results for the Gold Models; 1.5 Silver with Clusters; 1.5.1 Training Set Variable Importance; 1.5.2 Validation Set Results for the Silver Models; 1.6 Summary and Conclusions; References; 2 Impact of Credit Risk and Business Cycles on Momentum Returns; 2.1 Introduction.…”
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Handbook of recent advances in commodity and financial modeling : quantitative methods in banking, finance, insurance, energy and commodity markets / Giorgio Consigli, Silvana Stef...

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Contents; Part I Risk Modeling; 1 Directional Returns for Gold and Silver: A Cluster Analysis Approach; 1.1 Introduction and Literature Review; 1.2 Data Collection and Preparation; 1.3 Methodology: Two-Step Cluster Analysis; 1.4 Gold with Clusters; 1.4.1 Training Set Variable Importance; 1.4.2 Validation Set Results for the Gold Models; 1.5 Silver with Clusters; 1.5.1 Training Set Variable Importance; 1.5.2 Validation Set Results for the Silver Models; 1.6 Summary and Conclusions; References; 2 Impact of Credit Risk and Business Cycles on Momentum Returns; 2.1 Introduction.…”
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Hot money and the politics of debt / R.T. Naylor. by Naylor, R. T., 1945-

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Modern Presidential Campaigns. Packaging the Candidates, Images & Sound Bites (1980 - 92) / Educational Video Group.

Table of Contents: “…Carter's "Rose Garden" Strategy (1:48) -- Reagan/Ford Considered "Dream Ticket" (0:47) -- Reagan Accepts Republican Nomination (5:08) -- Carter Accepts Democratic Nomination (2:43) -- 1980 Commercial Campaign Messages (2:38) -- Reagan, "There You Go Again" (5:25) -- Reagan's Inaugural Speech (2:19) -- 1984 Presidential Election Historic Firsts (1:57) -- Cuomo - 1984 Democratic Convention (1:52) -- Jesse Jackson "Our Time Has Come" (0:59) -- First Woman VP Candidate (2:30) -- Mondale "Taxes Will Go Up" (3:20) -- Reagan/Mondale Television Ads (3:26) -- Reagan Appears Confused (2:29) -- Ferraro Faces Off Against Bush (2:11) -- 1988 Democratic Keynote Address (2:37) -- Dukakis Accepts Democratic Nomination (4:42) -- "Facts are Stupid Things" (1:56) -- Quayle Defends His Public Service (1:10) -- Bush's Successful Acceptance Speech (2:24) -- Dukakis Ads Target Voter Groups (2:07) -- Benson, "Senator, You're No Jack Kennedy" (3:05) -- Dukakis Confronted on Capital Punishment (1:32) -- Clinton Dubbed "Come Back Kid" (2:19) -- Bush and Clinton Win Party Nominations (1:47) -- 1992 Democratic Convention (3:18) -- Clinton "We Can Do It" (2:54) -- Bush Supporters Concerned (2:00) -- Barbara Bush Addresses National Convention (3:35) -- Clinton/Gore Maintain Momentum (1:42) -- Perot Re-enters Race (2:40) -- Debate Seals Candidate's Fate (3:40) -- Clinton's Inaugural Address (2:11) -- Credits: Modern Presidential Campaigns, Volume 4: "Packaging the Candidates: Images & Sound Bites" (1980–92) (0:38)…”
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A history of brewing in Holland, 900-1900 : economy, technology, and the state / by Richard W. Unger. by Unger, Richard W.

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Development Economics. by Siggel, Eckhard

Table of Contents: “…2 Economic Growth and its Determinants2.1 Production Function Models; 2.2 The Nature of Technical Change; 2.3 Empirical Evidence and Policy Conclusions; 2.4 Macroeconomic Growth Models; 2.5 Neoclassical Growth and the Stylized Facts of Economic Growth; 2.6 Endogenous Growth; 2.7 Convergence Once Again; Case Study 4: International Convergence of Income Levels; Case Study 5: Sources of Growth in Kenya's Manufacturing Sector; 3 Financing Economic Growth from Domestic Sources; 3.1 Policies to Accelerate Economic Growth; 3.2 Increasing Savings; 3.3 Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform.…”
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