<p>Volume 1: 400 pages / 6 x 9 / (ISBN 0-8213-2680-5) / Stock No. 12680 / $23.95 / Price code 023 Volume 2: 640 pages / 6 x 9 / (ISBN 0-8213-2681-3) / Stock No. 12681 / $33.95 / Price code 033 Examines the relationship between adjustment programs and labor markets. These volumes examine how labor markets can help adjustment programs succeed while reducing the hardships of adjustment for women and the poor. The first volume discusses how market distortions, wage systems, and short-run stabilization policies affect adjustment. It describes how a country's market flexibility is influenced by politics, organized labor, and gender- based labor allocations. Volume 2 provides country studies of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Malaysia, and Thailand. The dynamic relationship between each country's adjustment program and its labor market is evaluated in detail.</p>

Labor Markets in an Era of Adjustment (Edi Development Studies)

Business & Money

Mazumdar, Dipak

Horton, Susan

Kanbur, S. M. Ravi

Economics

World Bank

<p>Horton, Susan, Kanbur, S. M. Ravi, Mazumdar, Dipak</p>

Action against malnutrition is needed more than ever. An additional US$10.3 billion a year is required from national and international public resources to successfully attack undernutrition worldwide. This would benefit more than 360 million children in the 36 countries with the highest burden of undernutrition―home to 90 percent of the stunted children globally. Since early childhood offers a special window of opportunity to improve nutrition, the bulk of the investment needs to be targeted between pre-pregnancy until two years of age.'Scaling Up Nutrition: What Will It Cost?' notes that investment will yield high returns through thriving children, healthier families, and more productive workers. This investment is essential to make progress on the nutrition and child mortality Millennium Development Goals and to protect critical human capital in developing economies. The human and financial costs of further neglect will be high.This call for greater investment in nutrition comes at a time when global efforts tostrengthen health systems provide a unique opportunity to scale up integrated packagesof health and nutrition interventions with common delivery platforms, thereby reducingcosts. 'Scaling Up Nutrition: What Will It Cost?' has benefited from the expertise of manyinternational agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and research institutions. This book will be of interest to policy makers, public health officials, nutritionists, government officials, and all those interested in improving child nutrition and health outcomes.

Scaling Up Nutrition: What Will It Cost? (Directions in Development - Human Development)

Politics & Social Sciences

McDonald, Christine

Shekar, Meera

Mahal, Ajay

Brooks, Jana Krystene

Social Sciences

World Bank Publications

Violent Beatings, Force-Feeding Vomit and Severe Verbal Abuse, This Is A Story Of A Mom Who Mercilessly Tortured Her Kids.  Susan's biological mom died at an early age. Her dad married again and the step-mom seemed nice at first. Everyone was happy. The kids were happy that they had a new mom and the dad was happy. Little did the dad know, when he was away, the step-mom would torture their kids mercilessly.   From force feeding vomit to her children, to violently beating them (sometimes to the point of near death), and verbally assaulting them, the step-mom made her kids go through hell. The abuse did not stop at childhood either, and thats what makes this book different than most other abuse stories. Susan also endured countless acts of sexual abuse and rape, under the hands of one of her closest relatives.   This is a story terrifying severe child. Told from the point of view of a young girl, this story will captivate you from start to finish.   Buy the story now and find out the true story of Susan Horton, never before released to the public.

The Mom From Hell: A Terrifying Story Of Child Abuse, Violence And Neglect

Parenting & Relationships

Family Relationships

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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