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The Medical Lives of History’s Famous People

by William Maloney ...

Medical Lives of History`s Famous People highlights the effects of various diseases on the public lives of famous individuals in history.The contents of this book include chapters on the historical facts concerning Babe Ruth`s heroic battle with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, the Oral Cancer of Sigmund Freud, Celiac disease: The Cause of President John F. Kennedy`s life long medical travails, Porphyria ... Read more

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Medical Lives of History`s Famous People highlights the effects of various diseases on the public lives of famous individuals in history.The contents of this book include chapters on the historical facts concerning Babe Ruth`s heroic battle with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, the Oral Cancer of Sigmund Freud, Celiac disease: The Cause of President John F. Kennedy`s life long medical travails, Porphyria
... Read more
Place, Productivity, and Prosperity

Revisiting Spatially Targeted Policies for Regional Development

by Arti Grover, Somik Lall, William Maloney ...

Place matters for productivity and prosperity. Myriad factors support a successful place, including not only the hard infrastructure such as roads, but also the softer elements such as worker skills, entrepreneurial ability, and well-functioning institutions. History suggests that prosperous places tend to persist, while “left behind†? regions, or those hurt by climatic, technological, or ... Read more

$28.79 USD

Place matters for productivity and prosperity. Myriad factors support a successful place, including not only the hard infrastructure such as roads, but also the softer elements such as worker skills, entrepreneurial ability, and well-functioning institutions. History suggests that prosperous places tend to persist, while “left behind†? regions, or those hurt by climatic, technological, or
... Read more
Place, Productivity, and Prosperity

Revisiting Spatially Targeted Policies for Regional Development

by Arti Grover, Somik Lall, William Maloney ...

Place matters for productivity and prosperity. Myriad factors support a successful place, including not only the hard infrastructure such as roads, but also the softer elements such as worker skills, entrepreneurial ability, and well-functioning institutions. History suggests that prosperous places tend to persist, while "left-behind" regions—or those hurt by climatic, technological, or commercial ... Read more

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Place matters for productivity and prosperity. Myriad factors support a successful place, including not only the hard infrastructure such as roads, but also the softer elements such as worker skills, entrepreneurial ability, and well-functioning institutions. History suggests that prosperous places tend to persist, while "left-behind" regions—or those hurt by climatic, technological, or commercial
... Read more
Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: The Hip

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by Daniel J. Berry, William J. Maloney ...

Part of the highly regarded Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery® series, The Hip, Fourth Edition, is a concise, lavishly illustrated reference covering the most advanced, successful surgical techniques for the hip—all in step-by-step detail. Edited by Drs. Daniel J. Berry and William J. Maloney, this fully revised edition presents the preferred techniques of surgical masters, illustrated with ... Read more

$251.99 USD

Part of the highly regarded Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery® series, The Hip, Fourth Edition, is a concise, lavishly illustrated reference covering the most advanced, successful surgical techniques for the hip—all in step-by-step detail. Edited by Drs. Daniel J. Berry and William J. Maloney, this fully revised edition presents the preferred techniques of surgical masters, illustrated with
... Read more
Harvesting Prosperity

Technology and Productivity Growth in Agriculture

by Keith Fuglie, Madhur Gautam, Aparajita Goyal, William F. Maloney ...

Back cover blurb Rising agricultural productivity has driven improvements in living standards for millennia. Today, redoubling that effort in developing countries is critical to reducing extreme poverty, ensuring food security for an increasing global population, and adapting to changes in climate. This volume presents fresh analysis on global trends and sources of productivity growth in ... Read more

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Back cover blurb Rising agricultural productivity has driven improvements in living standards for millennia. Today, redoubling that effort in developing countries is critical to reducing extreme poverty, ensuring food security for an increasing global population, and adapting to changes in climate. This volume presents fresh analysis on global trends and sources of productivity growth in
... Read more
Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean

Global Forces and Local Responses

by Vanessa Pietras, Tobias Roberts, Matthew Aruch, Nanette Archer Svenson, María Carolina Bodewig, Loida M. Martínez-Ramos, Kate Maloney Williams, Kristin Rosekrans, Katharine Summers, Celia Margarita Morán, Alejandro Caravaca, Wim Savenije, Felix Alvarado, Xavier Bonal, Mariana Leon, Rachel Dyl, Changha Lee, Shue-kei Joanna Mok, Michael Lisman ...

Series series Bristol Studies in Comparative and International Education
Rooted in an international political economy theoretical framework, this book provides unique insights into the global forces and local responses that are shaping education systems in Central America and the Latin Caribbean (CALC).The book covers all Spanish-speaking countries of the CALC region and examines the effects of macro-economic pressures, geopolitical intervention, neo-colonial ... Read more

$40.49 USD

Rooted in an international political economy theoretical framework, this book provides unique insights into the global forces and local responses that are shaping education systems in Central America and the Latin Caribbean (CALC).The book covers all Spanish-speaking countries of the CALC region and examines the effects of macro-economic pressures, geopolitical intervention, neo-colonial
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Lessons From Nafta: For Latin America And The Caribbean

by Lederman Daniel; Maloney William F. ; Serven Luis ...

Analyzing the experience of Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Lessons from NAFTA aims to provide guidance to Latin American and Caribbean countries considering free trade agreements with the United States. The authors conclude that the treaty raised external trade and foreign investment inflows and had a modest effect on Mexico's average income per person. It is likely ... Read more

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Analyzing the experience of Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Lessons from NAFTA aims to provide guidance to Latin American and Caribbean countries considering free trade agreements with the United States. The authors conclude that the treaty raised external trade and foreign investment inflows and had a modest effect on Mexico's average income per person. It is likely
... Read more
Productivity Revisited

Shifting Paradigms in Analysis and Policy

by Ana Paula Cusolito, William F. Maloney ...

Productivity has again moved to center stage in two critical academic and policy debates: the slowing of global growth amid spectacular technological advances, and developing countries’ frustratingly slow progress in catching up to the technological frontier. Productivity Revisited brings together the new conceptual advances of 'second-wave' productivity analysis that have revolutionized the study ... Read more

$25.19 USD

Productivity has again moved to center stage in two critical academic and policy debates: the slowing of global growth amid spectacular technological advances, and developing countries’ frustratingly slow progress in catching up to the technological frontier. Productivity Revisited brings together the new conceptual advances of 'second-wave' productivity analysis that have revolutionized the study
... Read more
Productivity Revisited

Shifting Paradigms in Analysis and Policy

by Ana Paula Cusolito, William F. Maloney ...

Productivity has again moved to center stage in two critical academic and policy debates: the slowing of global growth amid spectacular technological advances, and developing countries' frustratingly slow progress in catching up to the technological frontier. Productivity Revisited brings together the new conceptual advances of 'second-wave' productivity analysis that have revolutionized the study ... Read more

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Productivity has again moved to center stage in two critical academic and policy debates: the slowing of global growth amid spectacular technological advances, and developing countries' frustratingly slow progress in catching up to the technological frontier. Productivity Revisited brings together the new conceptual advances of 'second-wave' productivity analysis that have revolutionized the study
... Read more
The Innovation Paradox

Developing-Country Capabilities and the Unrealized Promise of Technological Catch-Up

by Xavier Cirera, William F. Maloney ...

Since Schumpeter, economists have argued that vast productivity gains can be achieved by investing in innovation and technological catch-up. Yet, as this volume documents, developing country firms and governments invest little to realize this potential, which dwarfs international aid flows. Using new data and original analytics, the authors uncover the key to this innovation paradox in the lack of ... Read more

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Since Schumpeter, economists have argued that vast productivity gains can be achieved by investing in innovation and technological catch-up. Yet, as this volume documents, developing country firms and governments invest little to realize this potential, which dwarfs international aid flows. Using new data and original analytics, the authors uncover the key to this innovation paradox in the lack of
... Read more
The Innovation Paradox

Developing-Country Capabilities and the Unrealized Promise of Technological Catch-Up

by William F. Maloney, Xavier Cirera ...

Since Schumpeter, economists have argued that vast productivity gains can be achieved by investing in innovation and technological catch-up. Yet, as this volume documents, developing country firms and governments invest little to realize this potential, which dwarfs international aid flows. Using new data and original analytics, the authors uncover the key to this innovation paradox in the lack of ... Read more

$25.19 USD

Since Schumpeter, economists have argued that vast productivity gains can be achieved by investing in innovation and technological catch-up. Yet, as this volume documents, developing country firms and governments invest little to realize this potential, which dwarfs international aid flows. Using new data and original analytics, the authors uncover the key to this innovation paradox in the lack of
... Read more
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Directed by Neville Jason

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Michael Maloney, Warren Mitchell, Sarah Woodward, Jack Ellis, Karen Archer, Benjamin Soames, Jamie Glover, Cathy Sara, Emily Raymond, Ian Hughes, John Moffatt, Peter Kenny, Don McCorkindale, David Timson, John Rye, Emma Lindars, Sophie Nakhimoff, Laura Sheldon, Dominic Kraemer, Daisy Donovan ...

Unabridged

2 hours 19 min

A Midsummer Night’s Dream must be one of the most enduringly popular of Shakespeare’s plays, and it is not difficult to see why: the work blends several kinds of comedy with a powerful atmosphere of magic and mystery and a satisfying set of contrasts between city and country, reason and imagination, love and infatuation. ... Read more

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream must be one of the most enduringly popular of Shakespeare’s plays, and it is not difficult to see why: the work blends several kinds of comedy with a powerful atmosphere of magic and mystery and a satisfying set of contrasts between city and country, reason and imagination, love and infatuation.
... Read more

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