Author: Andrew S. Zimbalist
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: change, twentieth, century, political, development, crossroads, economic, panama
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 1991-06-26
ISBN-10: 0520075013
ISBN-13: 9780520075016

In December 1989, the United States invaded Panama, deposed its government, and established another in its place. While this act of violent intervention brought Panama to public attention, the justifications for it obscured the underlying instabilities that have plagued the country throughout its history. Although a stated purpose of the invasion was to remove one man, Manuel Noriega, from power, Panama at the Crossroads demonstrates that the crisis sweeping Panama in the late 1980s was not caused by one man, but in fact derived from the history of U.S. domination and the nature of Panamanian

Author: Unknown
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: hearing, education, hundred, one, representatives, fifth, first, session, house, congress, committee, wasted, works, crossroads, subcommittee, oversight, field, investigations, workforce
Number of Pages: 359
Published: 1998-01-01
ISBN-10: 0160577985
ISBN-13: 9780160577987

Author: Bill Phipps
Publisher: Wood Lake Publishing Inc.
Keywords: crossroads, humanity, hope, cause
Number of Pages: 234
Published: 2007-10
ISBN-10: 1551455552
ISBN-13: 9781551455556

Global society stands at a crossroads, one of those critical moments in the history of humankind. The simple fact is that the Earth cannot support our rampant overuse and misuse of its abundant gift of resources. Not only are we depleting the forests, oceans, soil, we are also poisoning the air and polluting our rivers, lakes, and oceans. We are living far beyond our means. Life as we are creating it is measurably and extravagantly unsustainable. - Bill Phipps. All societies live by their stories. This provocative book from one of the most provocative leaders in the Canadian church challenges

Author: Adriaan Verspoor
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: saharan, africa, sub, education, choices, secondary, crossroads
Number of Pages: 412
Published: 2008-09
ISBN-10: 0821371134
ISBN-13: 9780821371138

Expanded access to and improved quality of secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa are key ingredients for economic growth in the region This Secondary Education in Africa (SEIA) synthesis report makes this point by bringing together a significant volume of analytical work sponsored by the World Bank and by many African and international partners.'At the Crossroads: Choices for Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa' argues the case for broad and equitable access for a basic education cycle of 8 to 10 years, as well as for expanded education and training opportunities. This book provides

Author: Jamil Dakwar
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Keywords: crossroads, rights, human, morocco
Number of Pages: 78
Published: 2004
eBookDB-ID: GGKEY:WTWR

Morocco has made impressive strides in human rights over the last fifteen years., but has been no exception to the global backsliding in the protection of civil liberties and basic freedoms in the name of counter-terrorism.

Author: Kin Bing Wu
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: opportunities, century, challenges, crossroads, education, peruvian
Number of Pages: 310
Published: 2001
ISBN-10: 0821349619
ISBN-13: 9780821349618

This report details the findings of an education study covering the period from 1990 to 1997. It examines the potential policy options by evaluating the impact of public and private finance, and policies for resource use, on education and labor market outcomes. This report is one contribution to the larger discussion of poverty reduction in Peru.

Author: Joachim Heller
Publisher: International Potato Center
Keywords: maca, yacon, arracacha, ahipa, roots, tubers, andean
Number of Pages: 255
Published: 1997-12-31
ISBN-10: 9290433515
ISBN-13: 9789290433514

Andean roots tubers at the crossroads; Ahipa: pachyhizus (Wedd.) Parodi; Arracacha: arracacha xanthirrhiza Bancroft; Maca: Lepidium meyenii Walp; Yacon: Smallanthus sconchifolius (Poepp. & Endl.).