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As Latin America’s population has become more urbanized, so has its poor. Today, about half of the region’s poor live in cities. Yet the phenomenon of urban poverty is not one that is well studied or well understood. Consequently, policy makers across the region are increasingly concerned about how to design programs and policies to tackle poverty.

Women Succeeding in the Sciences: Theories and Practices Across Disciplines

Ample evidence has been provided that women historically have suffered numerous social, political, and institutional barriers to their entrance and success in the sciences. The articles in this anthology refocus the discussion and reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the issues surrounding women in the sciences.

Google's SEO Report Card aims to identify potential areas for improvement in Google's product pages. If implemented, these improvements could:

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• serve as a good model for outside webmasters and companies

While the terms 'power' and 'rights' are increasingly incorporated into the language of development agencies they have yet to fully permeate the practice of poverty reduction. Acknowledging that this partly results from a lack of clarity over the concepts of power and rights and partly from questions of how to operationalize these ideas, the World Bank and the UK Department for International Development co-sponsored a series of short papers for focusing on enhancing understanding of the relationships between power, rights, and poverty reductions.

Regulatory Frameworks for Water Resources Management: A Comparative Study examines how the regulatory frameworks in sixteen jurisdictions have addressed the various basic issues related to water resources management and provides a comparative analysis of those issues.

The study traces the relevance and importance assigned to water legislation by the different international conferences and forums, including Mar del Plata, Dublin, and Rio, and also summarizes the guidance provided by those conferences for preparing such legislation.

This study is intended to be a systematic and practical guide to the basic features of modern forestry legislation. It identifies a range of issues that should be considered in assessing the adequacy of forest laws and presents options for addressing those issues in ways that may improve the effectiveness of law as a foundation for sustainable forest management.

According to studies, the single biggest issue for contemporary business-to-business marketers is effective lead generation. Conversely, it has been pointed out that 80 percent of marketing expenditures on lead generation are wasted because the leads are lost, ignored or discarded by sales people.

This beautiful book folds out to reveal glossy 11x17 layouts of the Egyptian pyramids, ancient tombs, tablets, and mummies. Plus authors John Ashton and David Down provide fascinating information about the architecture, timelines, and culture of Egypt during the times of Moses, Joseph, “King Tut,” and others. Don’t miss the opportunity to delve within the secret rooms of the pharaohs and find an astonishing connection to the biblical chronology.

Uncover the features and benefits of the two leading 4G technologies for enterprises considering future deployment.

This white paper defines 4G, examines the two leading 4G technologies, and discusses their various features, benefits and the progress of each technology to date. It concludes with a recommendation for companies considering future 4G deployments, and iPass' position.