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Business in the Balkans
Liz Barrett
Издател: Centre for European Reform
Stability is the pre-condition for success in Central and Eastern Europe. As the region emerged from communism in the 1990s, the leaders of some countries quickly convinced the world that they offered safe havens for investment and were reliable business
partners. Those countries won political friends, reaped economic benefits and are now
Carrots, Sticks and Climate Change
collective
Издател: The Sustainable Development Network
Policymakers are being pressured to address the threat of climate change. Most of the focus so far has been on "sticks", in the form of government restictions on greenhouse gas emissions. This book argues that "carrots" are a more humane and cost-effective way for policymakers to address climate-sensitive problems. Like it or not, we live in a
The Waste of Nations
Gordon Hector
Издател: Adam Smith Research Trust
• There is a consensus that we need to recycle more of our waste. The
UK government and the EU are committed to achieving this, but
progress is patchy. The UK, in particular, is lagging behind, often
referred to as the, 'dustbin of Europe'.
• This consensus is well founded. Waste, surprisingly enough, is
uneconomic. Recycling allows us to
Working Welfare
Katharine Hirst
Издател: Adam Smith Institute
Inspired by the successful US welfare reforms of the 1990s, the proposals in Working Welfare would make work central to the benefits system. All working age people not meeting national disability criteria would face "immediate work requirements". This requirement would be backed with tough sanctions – "no work, no benefits" – and any absence
Unfair Trade
Marc Sidwell
Издател: Adam Smith Institute
Today the ASI publishes its latest report, Unfair Trade by Marc Sidwell, to mark the beginning of Fairtrade Fortnight.
Fairtrade is a nice idea, and it is great that so many consumers want to help the poor in the developing world. But it is important that we ask whether Fairtrade really helps. After all, 'Fairtrade' does not mean anyone who
Illiberal Education
Dinesh D`Souza
Издател: The Free Press
Virtually all U.S. universities now fill a sizable portion of each year's freshman class with students from "certified minority groups"--mainly blacks and Hispanics--with considerably lower grade-point averages than white and Asian-American applicants who are refused admission, according to the author. A former White House policy analyst, D'Souza
Бяла книга: Информационните и комуникационните технологии в България
Издател: CBN & JNN
Being the first of its kind on the Bulgarian market, the White Paper on Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) in Bulgaria is the first independent and trustworthy source of facts and information for the qualitative and quantitative parameters of the information and communication technologies development in Bulgaria. This information
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