Author: Interdepartmental Working Group on Fund Policy Adv
Publisher: IMF
Keywords: jan, dec, fund, monetary, activities, international, research
Number of Pages: 117
Published: 1999
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1557758603
ISBN-13: 9781557758606
Author: Working Group on Demographic Effects of Economic a
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: africa, saharan, sub, dynamics, series, population, effects, demographic, economic, reversals
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1993-01-01
List price: $33.00
ISBN-10: 0309048982
ISBN-13: 9780309048989
This book examines the effects of economic downturns in recent decades on first marriages, first and second births, and child mortality in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, and Uganda.
Author: Working Group on the Academic Research Enterprise
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: research, enterprise, academic, future, choices, fateful
Number of Pages: 72
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: $19.00
ISBN-10: 0309046432
ISBN-13: 9780309046435
This volume describes a vision for the future of U.S. academic research and the near-term actions and policies required to maintain the quality of academic research in the United States. It also describes longer-term strategic considerations for the enterprise in the next century, concluding with a discussion of new approaches to decision making within the academic research enterprise.
Authors:Working Group on Kenya, National Research Council, W
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: population, dynamics, africa, series, sub, kenya, saharan
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 1993-01-01
List price: $33.00
ISBN-10: 0309049431
ISBN-13: 9780309049436
This detailed examination of recent trends in fertility and mortality considers the links between those trends and the socioeconomic changes occuring during the same period.
Author: Dave ShreinerThe Khronos OpenGL ARB Working Group
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Keywords: opengl, guide, versions, learning, official, programming
Number of Pages: 936
Published: 2009-07-31
List price: $59.99
ISBN-10: 0321552628
ISBN-13: 9780321552624
OpenGL is a powerful software interface used to produce high-quality, computer-generated images and interactive applications using 2D and 3D objects, bitmaps, and color images. The OpenGL®Programming Guide, Seventh Edition, provides definitive and comprehensive information on OpenGL and the OpenGL Utility Library. The previous edition covered OpenGL through Version 2.1. This seventh edition of the best-selling “red book” describes the latest features of OpenGL Versions 3.0 and 3.1. You will find clear explanations of OpenGL functionality and many basic computer graphics techniques, s
Author: AMC-NRC Joint Working Group on Ocean SciencesAcad
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: mexico, working, together, states, united, ocean, science, partnerships, building
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 1999-11-01
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0309058813
ISBN-13: 9780309058810
"Building Ocean Science Partnerships" describes a set of potential ocean science projects for cooperative research between scientists from the United States and Mexico, particularly focused on the Pacific Coast of California and Baja California, the Gulf of California, and the Gulf of Mexico. Barriers to cooperation between scientists of the two nations are identified, and methods to overcome such barriers are recommended. The book describes how interactions can be promoted by enhancing opportunities for education and training, building and sharing scientific infrastructure, participating toge
Authors:Ruth Levine, What Works Working Group, Molly Kinder,
Publisher: Center for Global Development
Keywords: global, health, successes, proven, saved, millions
Number of Pages: 167
Published: 2004-11-30
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0881323721
ISBN-13: 9780881323726
Seventeen stories about how efforts to improve health in developing countries saved millions of lives -- and millions of dollars. From polio in Latin America, to measles in southern Africa, to HIV in Thailand, these inspiring case studies show what it takes for global health programs to succeed.
