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  • Zebrafish

    A Practical Guide to Husbandry, Welfare and Research Methodology

    by Rita Almeida, Kamar E. Ameen-Ali, James Bull, Carolina Cabrera, Joanna Cambray-Young, Ana Catarina Certal, Karishma Chhabria, Pam S. Ellis, Catarina M. Henriques, Sara Hilditch, Michael L. Kent, Peter Laud, Christian Lawrence, Raquel R. Martins, Sandra Martins, Mollie E. Millington, Joana Monteiro, Katrina N. Murray, Paul G. Schroeder, Lynne U. Sneddon, Amy Spencer, Eleanor Stillman ...
    After securing popularity in home aquariums, zebrafish have also become an essential animal for biomedical research. Ensuring they are adequately cared for in research settings is therefore of the utmost importance and this book is designed to help laboratories develop good welfare and husbandry practices, refine procedural protocols and engage with ethical obligations. A wide range of topics are ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Assessing Advances and Challenges in Technical Education in Brazil

    by Rita Almeida, Nicole Amaral, Fabiana de Felicio ...
    Series series World Bank Studies
    As Brazil is massively investing in a scale-up of in vocational education and training (VET) through the national flagship program, PRONATEC, this report assesses institutions and policies in VET taking an in depth critical view of upcoming opportunities. It shares international best practices on selected operational issues identified as strategic bottlenecks for the delivery of technical ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sustaining Employment and Wage Gains in Brazil

    A Skills and Jobs Agenda

    by Joana Silva, Rita Almeida, Victoria Strokova ...
    Series series Directions in Development - Human Development
    In the past 15 years, employment, labor market participation, and wages have grown significantly in Brazil. Improved labor market outcomes have been the main drivers of reductions in poverty and inequality. Sustaining Employment and Wage Gains in Brazil: A Skills and Jobs Agenda analyzes Brazil's labor markets and identifies the key challenges involved in sustaining job creation, wage growth, and ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Toward More Efficient and Effective Public Social Spending in Central America

    by Pablo Acosta, Rita Almeida, Thomas Gindling, Christine Lao Pena ...
    Series series Directions in Development - Human Development
    Central America has come a long way both in terms of economic and political stability. Increasingly the region is focusing on implementing productivity-enhancing reforms as well as supporting reductions in poverty and inequality. This report analyzes recent trends in public social spending in Central America from 2007 to 2014, conducts international benchmarking, examines measures of the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Challenges for Technology Innovation: An Agenda for the Future

    Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Smart Manufacturing (S2M 2016), October 20-22, 2016, Lisbon, Portugal

    Edited by Helena Maria Bártolo, Paulo Bártolo, Rita Almendra, Filipa Roseta, Henrique Amorim Almeida, Ana Cristina Lemos, Fernando da Silva ...
    The world is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by radical technological changes and an accelerated globalisation process. A new culture of greater resource efficiency and disruptive innovation will require new technologies, processes and materials, fostering new knowledge, innovation, education and a digital society, bringing forward new business opportunities and novel solutions to ... Read more

    $305.00 USD

  • The Right Skills for the Job?: Rethinking Training Policies for Workers

    Edited by Rita Almeida, Jere Behrman, David Robalino ...
    Creating jobs and increasing productivity are at the top of agenda for policymakers across the world. Knowledge accumulation and skills are recognized as central in this process. More-educated workers not only have better employment opportunities, earn more, and have more stable and rewarding jobs, but also they are more adaptable and mobile. Workers who acquire more skills also make other workers ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Jobs of Tomorrow

    Technology, Productivity, and Prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean

    by Mark A. Dutz, Rita K. Almeida, Truman G. Packard ...
    Series series Directions in Development - Science, Technology, and Innovation
    While adoption of new technologies is understood to enhance long-term growth and average per-capita incomes, its impact on lower-skilled workers is more complex and merits clarification. Concerns abound that advanced technologies developed in high-income countries would inexorably lead to job losses of lower-skilled, less well-off workers and exacerbate inequality. Conversely, there are ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Unveiling the Impact of New Information Technologies

    by Inter-American Development Bank ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Development Connections takes stock of recent advances in what is broadly known as Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The authors seek to discover how information and telecommunication technologies affect both the public and private sectors in Latin America and how they can optimize ICT returns to society. ... Read more

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  • University and School Collaborations during a Pandemic

    Sustaining Educational Opportunity and Reinventing Education

    Edited by Fernando M. Reimers, Francisco J. Marmolejo ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Based on twenty case studies of universities worldwide, and on a survey administered to leaders in 101 universities, this open access book shows that, amidst the significant challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, universities found ways to engage with schools to support them in sustaining educational opportunity. In doing so, they generated considerable innovation, which reinforced the ... Read more

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  • Migration Between Mexico and the United States

    IMISCOE Regional Reader

    Edited by Agustín Escobar Latapí, Claudia Masferrer ...
    Series series IMISCOE Research Series
    This open access Regional Reader describes how Mexico - United States migration changed substantially during the first decade of the 21st Century. The book provides an in-depth analysis on the changes in the flows into and out of both countries, thus highlighting the issues arising from Mexico - US migration as well as addressing the large numbers of adults and children entering Mexico from the ... Read more

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  • The Power of Creative Destruction

    Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations

    by Philippe Aghion, Céline Antonin, Simon Bunel ...
    Translated by Jodie Cohen-Tanugi ...
    Hayek Book Prize FinalistAn Economist Best Book of the YearA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the YearFrom one of the world’s leading economists and his coauthors, a cutting-edge analysis of what drives economic growth and a blueprint for prosperity under capitalism.Crisis seems to follow crisis. Inequality is rising, growth is stagnant, the environment is suffering, and the COVID-19 pandemic has ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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  • Implementing Deeper Learning and 21st Century Education Reforms

    Building an Education Renaissance After a Global Pandemic

    Edited by Fernando M. Reimers ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This open access book is a comparative analysis of recent large scale education reforms that broadened curriculum goals to better prepare students for the 21st century. The book examines what governments actually do when they broaden curriculum goals, with attention to the details of implementation. To this end, the book examines system level reforms in six countries at various levels of ... Read more

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