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Download or read book The Pioneer Adventures of Chen Sing written by George Chiang and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-03-27 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on the thrilling sequel to The Railroad Adventures of Chen Sing. Join him after his railroad-building days, where he confronts natural disasters, encounters wild animals, and navigates unforeseen events at every turn. Chen Sing must summon courage and perseverance to establish his legacy as a true pioneer.
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Download or read book Videohound s Golden Movie Retriever 1995 written by Gale Group and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The media is mad about the Hound and his mad, insightful movie reviews. This 1995 collection lists more than 23,000 movies on video (1,000 new to this edition), full videographies for 26,000 stars, over 4,000 music videos, contact information for 400 distributors, and includes videographies of 5,000 screenwriters and composers.
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Download or read book The Elusive Quest for Growth written by William R. Easterly and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2002-08-02 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why economists' attempts to help poorer countries improve their economic well-being have failed. Since the end of World War II, economists have tried to figure out how poor countries in the tropics could attain standards of living approaching those of countries in Europe and North America. Attempted remedies have included providing foreign aid, investing in machines, fostering education, controlling population growth, and making aid loans as well as forgiving those loans on condition of reforms. None of these solutions has delivered as promised. The problem is not the failure of economics, William Easterly argues, but the failure to apply economic principles to practical policy work. In this book Easterly shows how these solutions all violate the basic principle of economics, that people—private individuals and businesses, government officials, even aid donors—respond to incentives. Easterly first discusses the importance of growth. He then analyzes the development solutions that have failed. Finally, he suggests alternative approaches to the problem. Written in an accessible, at times irreverent, style, Easterly's book combines modern growth theory with anecdotes from his fieldwork for the World Bank.
