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UNINA9910451307103321 |
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Titolo |
Agenda for the nation [[electronic resource] /] / Henry J. Aaron, James M. Lindsay, and Pietro S. Nivola, editors |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2003 |
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1 online resource (585 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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AaronHenry J |
LindsayJames M. <1959-> |
NivolaPietro S |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic forecasting - United States |
Cultural pluralism - United States |
Terrorism - United States |
Globalization |
Electronic books. |
United States Economic policy 2001-2009 |
United States Economic conditions 2001-2009 |
United States Politics and government 2001-2009 |
United States Foreign economic relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The new terrorism / Steven Simon -- Rights, liberties, and security / Stuart Taylor -- Can the government be serious? / Pietro S. Nivola -- Reflections on the political context / James Q. Wilson. |
An agenda for the nation / Henry J. Aaron, James M. Lindsay, and Pietro S. Nivola -- Sustaining U.S. economic growth / J. Bradford Delong, Claudia Goldin, and Lawrence F. Katz -- American inequality and its consequences / Gary Burtless and Christopher Jencks -- Budget blues : the fiscal outlook and options for reform / Alan J. Auerbach, William G. Gale, Peter R. Orszag, Samara R. Potter -- Health and medical care / Victor R. Fuchs and Alan M. Garber -- Private pensions : issues and options / William G. Gale and Peter R. Orszag -- Changing faces : immigrants and diversity in the twenty-first century / James M. Lindsay |
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and Audrey Singer -- Energy and environmental policy / Howard Gruenspecht and Paul P. Portney -- Power and cooperation : an American foreign policy for the age of global politics / Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay -- A global economic agenda for the United States / Lael Brainard and Robert Litan -- Military policy : getting the best bang for the bucks / Michael O'Hanlon |
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More powerful and affluent today than ever, the United States has promising opportunities to influence the course of history. Yet these prospects are shadowed by significant perils and burdens. In this visionary book, leading scholars from the Brookings Institution and other prominent research organizations and universities analyze the major domestic and foreign policy problems facing the nation over the next five to ten years. The challenges on the domestic front are formidable: assuring fair but affordable access to health care, shoring up retirement income for an aging population, encouragi |
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UNINA9910144448903321 |
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Globalizing integrated pest management [[electronic resource] ] : a participatory research process / / edited by George W. Norton ... [et al.] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
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1-282-36523-1 |
9786612365232 |
0-470-29016-1 |
0-470-29005-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (355 p.) |
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Pests - Integrated control |
Pests - Integrated control - Research - International cooperation |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Globalizing Integrated Pest Management: A Participatory Research Process; Contents; Contributing Authors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Foreword; I. The Need to Globalize IPM through a Participatory Process; 1. The Need for Cost-Effective Design and Diffusion of IPM; 2. Participatory Integrated Pest Management (PIPM) Process; II. Developing Strategic IPM Packages; 3. Developing IPM Packages in Asia; 4. Developing IPM Packages in Africa; 5. Developing IPM Packages in Latin America; 6. Developing IPM Packages in the Caribbean |
7. Developing IPM Packages in Eastern Europe: Participatory IPM Research in Albanian OlivesIII. Deploying Strategic IPM Packages; 8. IPM Transfer and Adoption; 9. Developments and Innovations in Farmer Field Schools and the Training of Trainers; 10. Pesticide and IPM Policy Analysis; 11. The Role of Institutionalized Pre-Shipment Inspection Programs in Achieving Sustainability in Non-Traditional Agricultural Export Markets; IV. Evaluating Strategic IPM Packages; 12. Evaluating Socio-Economic Impacts of IPM; 13. Evaluating the Health and Environmental Impacts of IPM; 14. Gender and IPM |
V. Conclusions15. Lessons Learned; Index |
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As food demand has grown worldwide, agricultural production has intensified with a concomitant expansion in pesticide use. Concerns over pesticide-induced health and environmental problems, increased pest resistance to pesticides, and continued losses due to pests, have stimulated the search for alternative pest management solutions. As a result integrated pest management (IPM) approaches have been developed and applied that rely on genetic, cultural, biological and information-intensive pest management alternatives. This book presents and critiques the participatory approaches that can |
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Record Nr. |
UNISOBSOBE00078408 |
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Autore |
Hillman, James |
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Titolo |
Il linguaggio della vita / James Hillman ; conversazioni con Laura Pozzo ; traduzione di Stefano Galli |
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Titolo uniforme |
Inter views |
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Descrizione fisica |
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