'The book is a house of wonders' The New York Times'Steven Johnson is the Darwin of technology' Walter Issacson, author of Steve JobsWhat connects Paleolithic bone flutes to the invention of computer software?
In light of the predatory practices employed by massive corporationssome of which are even bigger than nationsand their wealthy owners, a movement arose from among the people known as the 99 percent, those who are not among the wealthiest 1 percent of the population.
Islam has become a potent political force around the world since it reemerged in the late 1960's and 1970's as a religio-political alternative to failed nationalist ideologies.
En la última década del siglo xv, los desembarcos de Cristóbal Colón en Guanahaní y de Vasco da Gama en Calicut inauguraron el Primer Orden Mundial de alcance planetario y, también, la globalización.
"Los catálogos de derechos humanos consagrados en los instrumentos internacionales, así como aquellos reconocidos en los textos internos de los Estados, se encuentran en permanente evolución.
The Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific (JFPR) is a partnership between the Government of Japan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
This report highlights the results of Asian Development Bank (ADB) operations to support regional cooperation and integration (RCI) completed during 2017-2020.
The fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS) and small island developing states (SIDS) approach represents a new way of doing business for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its most vulnerable developing member countries.
This guidance note outlines how sector agencies in South Asia can develop gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) strategies, highlights their key elements, and shows how to effectively integrate them into projects and policies.
Analyzing how the role of ASEAN economies in global value chains has helped spur their recovery and cut poverty, this publication shows the need to future-proof these critical networks to ensure inclusive, sustainable, and greener growth.
Na escatologia bíblica, nos estudos das profecias do Apocalipse, há uma menção apontada neste livro bíblico que levaram vários intérpretes e teólogos a identificarem a China como a nação que colocará a disposição um exército de duzentos milhões de soldados e que fará incursão no Oriente Médio, em específico em um ataque contra Israel.
Colombia frente a la Globalización es producto de un trabajo de varios años en que el autor ha venido investigando acerca de la situación del país frente a una serie de tratados y acuerdos de comercio en los cuales ha participado o está en negociación.
La multiplicación de consultas electorales bajo la preeminencia de formas procedimentales, hace que los votos estén lejos de incidir en las decisiones centrales del poder político en la región.
Se analizan los parques cientficos y tecnolgicos y las ciudades creativas, la ciudad del maana y a la ciudad cultural; presentando estrategias regionales de innovacin, de polticas y estrategias de industrias creativas y culturales y de estrategias de desarrollo urbano, acompaadas de un marco de referencia, estudios de caso de Songdo en Corea del Sur y Masdar en Abu Dhabi.
An examination of Social Awakenment, History-Long Vision,Holistic Social Understanding & Strategies of TransformationAs viewed by five United States Citizens in 2011Lead author Gene Marshall with coauthors, Ben Ball, Marsha Buck, Ken Kreutziger, and Alan RichardThough vast changes are necessary, we believe humanity can find a vision and plan of action that is both satisfying and realistic.
El presente trabajo es fruto del esfuerzo conjunto de varias universidades que, a través de sus oficinas o responsables encargados de los procesos de internacionalización, presentaron una radiografía del estado de la internacionalización en la universidad ecuatoriana.
In theory, governments are based on the concepts of representative government, with leaders elected by the people and supposedly responsible to the people and some concept of the rule of law.
In the 1990s, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) turned its fisheries industry to a more open, lucrative and private sector driven, with the support of a series of strategic capacity development interventions sponsored by the Asian Development Bank.
In the 1990s, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) turned its fisheries industry to a more open, lucrative and private sector driven, with the support of a series of strategic capacity development interventions sponsored by the Asian Development Bank.
