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  • Our Doctoral Journey

    A Collection of Black Women's Experiences

    by Nicole A. Telfer ...
    Data from the Education at a Glance in 2019 states that less than 2 percent of the United States’ and world’s population holds a doctorate degree. Germane to this fact, the National Center of Education statistics reported that, in the 2018-19 academic year, of the doctoral degrees awarded to women, only 10.9 percent were awarded to Black women compared to 63.6 percent awarded to White women in the ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Hacking Elite College Admissions

    50 Surprising Insights on the College Application Process

    by Gaelle Pierre-Louis ...
    Did you know that most elite colleges typically accept only about 2,000 students for their incoming class?That means that of the 34,000 valedictorians, class presidents, and star athletes graduating from high school every year, an average of only 6% applying to selective colleges will be accepted. Given the stiff competition, you may be wondering, how you can stand out in the college admissions ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Hacking Elite College Admissions

    50 Surprising Insights on the College Application Process

    by Gaelle Pierre-Louis ...
    - Did you know that most elite colleges typically accept only about 2,000 students for their incoming class?-Among competitive schools, the number of students who submit applications more than doubled, but the acceptance rates sank from 18.4% to less than 10% in the past decade.-Thousands of students around the world face rejection from their dream schools every year.Despite these odds, you can ... Read more

    $7.04 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Opportunity for All

    Promoting Growth and Inclusiveness in the Middle East and North Africa

    by Catriona Purfield, Harald Finger, Karen Ongley, Benedicte Baduel, Carolina Castellanos, Gaelle Pierre, Vahram Stepanyan, Erik Roos ...
    This publication brings together a set of IMF papers that prepared as backgrounds for the various sessions of the conference and will help put into broader dissemination channels the results of this important conference. An official IMF publication is well disseminated into academic and institutional libraries and book channels. The IMF metadata will also make the conference papers more ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Economic Impact of Conflicts and the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa

    by Bjoern Rother, Gaelle Pierre, Davide Lombardo, Risto Herrala, Priscilla Toffano, Erik Roos, Allan G Auclair, Karina Manasseh ...
    In recent decades, the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) has experienced more frequent and severe conflicts than in any other region of the world, exacting a devastating human toll. The region now faces unprecedented challenges, including the emergence of violent non-state actors, significant destruction, and a refugee crisis bigger than any since World War II. This paper raises awareness ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Job Creation in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Recent Trends and Policy Challenges

    by Palgrave Macmillan UK, Carmen Pagés, Gaëlle Le Borgne Pierre, Stefano Scarpetta ...
    Series series Latin American Development Forum
    More than a decade has passed since the introduction of comprehensive macroeconomic stabilization packages and trade, fiscal, and financial market reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, growth prospects remain disappointing; labor markets show lackluster performance, with low participation rates, high and persistent informality, and, in some cases, open unemployment. Creating viable ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Job Creation In Latin America And The Caribbean: Recent Trends And Policy Challenges

    by Pages Carmen; Pierre Gaelle; Scarpetta Stefano ...
    This book analyzes recent labor market trends in Latin American countries and the factors that underlie the failure to create more and more productive and rewarding jobs, a failure with substantial political and social costs. The authors analyze how growth and job creation in the region's economies compare with other emerging countries, the impact of job creation and destruction on productivity ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Globalization, Wages, And The Quality Of Jobs: Five Country Studies

    by Robertson Raymond; Brown Drusilla; Pierre Gaelle; Sanchez-Puerta Maria Laura ...
    Since the early 1990s, most developing economies have become more integrated with the world's economy. Trade and foreign investment barriers have been progressively lifted and international trade agreements signed. These reforms have led to important changes in the structures of these economies. The labor markets have adjusted to these major changes, and workers were required to adapt to them in ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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  • Saving for Development

    How Latin America and the Caribbean Can Save More and Better

    by Inter-American Development Bank ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Why should people - and economies - save? This book on the savings problem in Latin America and the Caribbean suggests that, while saving to survive the bad times is important, saving to thrive in the good times is what really counts. People must save to invest in health and education, live productive and fulfilling lives, and make the most of their retirement years. Firms must save to grow their ... Read more

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  • Failed

    What the "Experts" Got Wrong about the Global Economy

    by Mark Weisbrot, Mark Weisbrot ...
    Why has the Eurozone ended up with an unemployment rate more than twice that of the United States more than six years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers? Why did the vast majority of low- and middle-income countries suffer a prolonged economic slowdown in the last two decades of the 20th century? What was the role of the International Monetary Fund in these economic failures? Why was Latin ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Mozambique Rising: Building a New Tomorrow

    by Doris C. Ms. Ross, Victor Duarte Lledo, Alex Mr. Segura-Ubiergo, Yuan Mr. Xiao, Iyabo Masha, Alun H. Mr. Thomas, Keiichiro Mr. Inui ...
    This publication highlights Mozambiques remarkably strong growth over the two decades since the end of the civil war in 1992, as well as the major challenges that remain for the country to rise out of poverty and further its economic development. Chapters explore such topics as the role of megaprojects and their relationship to jobs and growth; infrastructure and public investment; Mozambique's ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The China Triangle

    Latin America's China Boom and the Fate of the Washington Consensus

    by Kevin P. Gallagher ...
    Since 1980, China has evolved from a poor and mostly rural society into one of the largest economies in the world. As it grew into a major industrial power, it demanded enormous amounts of steel for new factories and cities, copper for electronic wires, petroleum for cars and manufacturing plants, and soybeans and cattle to feed its workers. By the 1990s, many Latin American countries were riding ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD