Authors:Richard C. Barth,  Chorng-Huey Wong,
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Keywords: policy, rate, exchange, approaches
Number of Pages: 298
Published: 1994-04-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1557753644
ISBN-13: 9781557753649

External sector policies and exchange rate policy are central to a country’s economic performance and to the IMF’s surveillance functions. The papers in this book were presented at a seminar on Exchange Rate Policy in Developing and Transition Economies held by the IMF Institute. They analyze choices of exchange rate regimes, issues affectingmanagement of exchange regimes, and specific types of regimes, including case studies from the former Soviet Union, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Authors:Mohsin S. Khan, Saleh M. Nsouli, Chorng-Huey Wong,
Publisher: Intl Monetary Fund
Keywords: policies, programs, management, macroeconomic
Number of Pages: 354
Published: 2002-01
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 1589060946
ISBN-13: 9781589060944

Since its founding in 1964, the IMF Institute has provided macroeconomic management training to over 20,000 officials from almost all of the International Monetary Fund’s 183 member countries—more than 13,000 at IMF headquarters in Washington, and about 8,000 overseas. This volume compiles some of the analysis that the Institute uses in its macroeconomic training to address key questions that policymakers face in managing their national economies. The chapters, by IMF staff and external economists, cover salient topics in monetary, fiscal, and exchange rate management and show that there a

Author: Chi-Huey Wong
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Keywords: discovery, drug, based, carbohydrate
Number of Pages: 980
Published: 2003-11-14
List price: $550.00
ISBN-10: 3527306323
ISBN-13: 9783527306329

This handbook presents the latest knowledge on carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry so as to exploit the full potential of this diverse compound class for the development of novel active substances. While it is unique in covering the entire field, particular emphasis is placed on carbohydrates with pharmaceutical potential. Topics include the following: Chemical synthesis of carbohydrates Carbohydrate biosynthesis and metabolism Carbohydrate analysis Cellular functions of carbohydrates Development of carbohydrate-based drugs A premier resource for carbohyd

Author: The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation David Hill
Publisher: University of New Mexico Pre
Keywords: people, programs, service, party, panther, black
Number of Pages: 170
Published: 2008-05-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0826343945
ISBN-13: 9780826343949

The Black Panther Party represents Black Panther Party members’ coordinated responses over the last four decades to the failure of city, state, and federal bureaucrats to address the basic needs of their respective communities. The Party pioneered free social service programs that are now in the mainstream of American life. The Party’s Sickle Cell Anemia Research Foundation, operated with Oakland’s Children’s Hospital, was among the nation’s first such testing programs. Its Free Breakfast Program served as a model for national programs. Other initiatives included

Author: Chorng-Shyan Chern
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: polymerization, emulsion, applications, principles
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 2008-08-04
List price: $135.00
ISBN-10: 0470124318
ISBN-13: 9780470124314

Up-to-date coverage of methods of emulsion polymerization This book provides a comprehensive reference on emulsion polymerization methods,focusing on the fundamental mechanisms and kinetics of each process, as well as howthey can be applied to the manufacture of environmentally friendly polymeric materials. Topics covered include: Conventional emulsion polymerization Miniemulsion polymerization Microemulsion polymerization Industrial emulsion polymerization processes (primarily the semibatch and continuous reactions systems) The role of various coll

Authors:Arlene Wong,  Ann Kronheimer, Maggie Munday,
Publisher: Pearson ESL
Keywords: mouse, level, readers, country, town, penguin
Number of Pages: 15
Published: 2002-10-18
List price: $8.67
ISBN-10: 0582512425
ISBN-13: 9780582512429

Town Mouse and Country Mouse are good friends despite having very different lives.

Authors:Janet S. Wong,  Margaret Chodos-Irvine,
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Book
Keywords: children, literature, adult, winner, awards, award, american, fourth, july, asian, pacific, pie
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2002-05-01
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 015202543X
ISBN-13: 9780152025434

No one wants Chinese food on the Fourth of July, I say. We’re in apple-pie America, and my parents are cooking chow mein! . . . They just don’t get it. Americans do not eat Chinese food on the Fourth of July. Right? Shocked that her parents are cooking Chinese food to sell in the family store on this all-American holiday, a feisty Chinese-American girl tries to tell her mother and father how things really are. But as the parade passes by and fireworks light the sky, she learns a lesson of her own. This award-winning author-illustrator team returns with a lighthearted look at the v