1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778660103321

Titolo

Undersea vehicles and national needs / / Committee on Undesea Vehicles and National Needs, Marine Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1996

ISBN

0-309-17596-8

1-280-19278-X

9786610192786

0-309-58872-3

0-585-02791-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

623.8/205

Soggetti

Oceanographic submersibles

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Undersea vehicle capabilities and technologies Vital national needs Priorities for future development Enhancing the nation's capacity for undersea work and research Conclusions and recommendations

Sommario/riassunto

The United States faces decisions requiring information about the oceans in vastly expanded scales of time and space and from oceanic sectors not accessible with the suite of tools now used by scientists and engineers. Advances in guidance and control, communications, sensors, and other technologies for undersea vehicles can provide an opportunity to understand the oceans' influence on the energy and chemical balance that sustains humankind and to manage and deliver resources from and beneath the sea. This book assesses the state of undersea vehicle technology and opportunities for vehicle applications in science and industry. It provides guidance about vehicle subsystem development priorities and describes how national research can be focused most effectively.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972469003321

Autore

Zettelmeyer Jeromin

Titolo

Growth and Reforms in Latin America : : A Survey of Facts and Arguments / / Jeromin Zettelmeyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

9786613825513

9781462318520

1462318525

9781452736013

1452736014

9781283513067

1283513064

9781451909234

1451909233

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (40 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Soggetti

Economic development - Latin America

Monetary policy - Latin America

Aggregate Factor Income Distribution

Commercial policy

Economic & financial crises & disasters

Economic policy

Empirical Studies of Trade

Exports and Imports

Financial Crises

Financial crises

Financial Risk Management

Income economics

Income

International economics

International Trade Organizations

Labor economics

Labor Economics: General

Labor

Labour

Macroeconomics

Nternational cooperation

Terms of trade



Trade liberalization

Trade Policy

Brazil

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"September 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. THE FACTS""; ""III. THE ARGUMENTS: WHY DID REFORMS NOT LEAD TO HIGHER GROWTH?""; ""IV. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

This paper presents a number of facts about growth in Latin America, and shows how critical correlates of growth have evolved over time. In comparison with other regions, Latin America has consistently exhibited higher macroeconomic volatility, lower openness, and higher income inequality, though openness and macroeconomic stability have improved since the early 1990s. The paper then discusses three views of why reforms have not led to higher growth in Latin America: that reforms have gone too far; that reforms have not gone far enough; and that reforms have missed the point.