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Contemporary Cuba
Author: Hope Bastian
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2023
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 1538177153
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis revised and updated edition focuses on Cuba since Raúl Castro stepped down as president. Offering a comprehensive description and analysis of contemporary Cuban politics, economy, international relations, and society, it is ideally suited for students and general readers seeking to understand this small yet still influential country.
Good Jobs and Social Services
Author: D. Sánchez Ancochea
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013-07-09
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1137308427
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFew countries have achieved social development, which requires simultaneously securing market and social incorporation (good jobs and access to social services). This book reviews Costa Rica's experience as one of the few successful cases of double incorporation in the periphery.
Learning, Policy Making, and Market Reforms
Author: Covadonga Meseguer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-03-30
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 1139477587
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the 1980s and 1990s, market reforms swept the world. It is widely believed that the reformist wave can be partly explained in terms of the lessons learned from policy failures of the past. Whereas this interpretation of events is well established, it has never been empirically proved. Learning, Policy Making, and Market Reforms is the first study that tests the impact of policy learning on economic policy choices across time and space. The study supports the popular explanation that, on average, governments around the world adopted privatization and trade liberalization, and sustained open capital accounts, as a result of learning from the experience of others.
Systemic Knowledge-Based Assessment of Higher Education Programs
Author: Espinosa, Edgar Oliver Cardoso
Publisher: IGI Global
Published: 2016-05-31
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1522504583
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe true success of a nation can be measured by its ability to create, disseminate, and utilize knowledge through education. A quality education instills in students the capability to add value to the economy through his or her skills, to participate in society, and to improve the overall wellness of his or her community. Systemic Knowledge-Based Assessment of Higher Education Programs offers theoretical and pedagogical research concerning the management of educational systems on both the national and international scale. Exploring the most effective ways to utilize intellectual capital, this publication implores educators to ensure that their students hone the skills necessary to interact in the globalized economy, using all of the information available to them. This book is a versatile asset for educators, administrators, government agencies, and students of education.
Handbook of Research on Current Advances and Challenges of Borderlands, Migration, and Geopolitics
Author: Castanho, Rui Alexandre
Publisher: IGI Global
Published: 2023-04-04
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 1668470217
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe world is changing rapidly in several critical areas that could reshape our lifestyles, development, the environment, democracy, and geopolitics. Among the numerous obstacles, barriers, and opportunities, some significant challenges should be considered for the future planning of our territories and regions all over the globe. The Handbook of Research on Current Advances and Challenges of Borderlands, Migration, and Geopolitics collects a robust set of contributions concerning border territories dynamics and geopolitics in the current and future context. Covering key topics such as green economy, biodiversity, territorial management, and spatial planning, this major reference work is ideal for government officials, industry professionals, environmentalists, technicians, policymakers, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.
Tourism and Cuba
Author: Lauren Duffy
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-05-07
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 0429638655
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCuba has experienced many social, economic, and political changes since Raul Castro retained presidency of the island nation in 2008. This comprehensive volume examines how Cuba has restructured some of its core economic policies in order to tackle stagnation; these include allowing for more legalized private enterprises, reducing the number of State-employed workers, and fostering additional outside investments. The authors explore the surge of entrepreneurial activity in tourism among Cuban residents due to these reforms, whether that be offering new tourism products or expanding traditional ones. Though the current diplomatic climate suggests continued uncertainty, the ripple effect of a potentially thawing relationship between Cuba and the USA resulted in an unexpected surge of international tourists wishing to experience Cuba before it opened to the American travel market. This book highlights the factors that are influencing, and in some cases complicating, tourism planning and development in Cuba. The authors explore a wide range of topics including tourism and land-use policy, competitiveness, responsible practices, gender and ethical advertising, the role of tour guides, emergence of casa particulares, experiential learning and solidarity, and authenticity through local art. This book will interest students, researchers, politicians and investors with a focus on Cuba. It was originally published as a special issue of the journal Tourism Planning & Development.
