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The ability to harness Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) is increasingly at the heart of national competitiveness and sustainable development. As countries seek a way out of the present period of economic contraction, they are trying to weave ICT into their development strategies, in the same way enterprises have learned to use ICT to transform their business models and strategies. This integration offers a new path to development that is responsive to the challenges of our times.   In Seeking Transformation Through Information Technology, Nagy Hanna and Peter Knight provide a framework for assessing the opportunities, challenges, and prospects for e-transformation.   Featuring contributions from country experts, the editors and authors provide in-depth case studies of ICT deployment in Brazil, China, Canada, and Sri Lanka, and asses the progress of such efforts.  The result is an essential resource for academic researchers, policy analysts, policymakers, and industry leaders interested in the role of ICT in national development, innovation, and economic growth.  

Economics --- economie --- informatietechnologie --- Sri Lanka --- Canada --- Brazil

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This study presents a floristic survey of orchid species occurring in the Serra do Japi in São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. The region studied is strategically placed in the transitional zone between interior semi-deciduous mesophytic forests and the Atlantic forest, presenting species from both formations and is characterized by semi-deciduous mesophytic forests, altitudinal forests and rocky outcrops. In the Serra do Japi the orchid family is represented by 125 species distributed among 61 genera. The most representative genus is Epidendrum, followed by Oncidium and Habenaria. Most of the species occur as epiphytes, while 40 species are terrestrial, 31 species are rupicolous, two are hemi-epiphytes and only one is myco-heterotrophic. Although the orchid diversity is high, the region has been affected by anthropogenic disturbances, making the preservation and integrated study of the diversity present in the Serra do Japi an urgent necessity, with social, economic and preservationist aspects.

Systematics. Taxonomy. Nomenclature --- General ecology and biosociology --- Plant physiology. Plant biophysics --- systematische plantkunde --- biodiversiteit --- biogeografie --- Brazil

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The Politics and History of AIDS Treatment in Brazil Amy Nunn, Center for AIDS Research, Brown University Medical School, Providence In 1992, the World Bank warned that Brazil would face enormous challenges confronting the AIDS crisis, and forecast that Brazil would have 1.2 million people living with HIV by the year 2000. Today, AIDS prevalence in Brazil is approximately 660,000, and Brazil is home to the oldest and one of the largest public AIDS treatment programs in the developing world. Challenging the conventional wisdom that AIDS treatment was infeasible in developing countries, Brazil has halved AIDS-related deaths and dramatically reduced AIDS-related morbidity. Today, Brazil's AIDS program is considered a global model. The first book to narrate Brazil's complex and inspiring history, The Politics and History of AIDS Treatment in Brazil traces development of Brazil's AIDS treatment policies during the country's tumultuous path to democracy as its government redefined access to health care as a basic right. Meticulously researched, and drawing on dozens of interviews with politicians, activists, people living with HIV/AIDS, pharmaceutical executives and health care providers, this profound volume explains the key role of Brazil in raising global AIDS consciousness. The Politics and History of AIDS Treatment in Brazil also explores the global implications of Brazil's program and identifies the challenges ahead for addressing HIV/AIDS in the developing world. In clear, accessible detail, The Politics and History of AIDS Treatment in Brazil examines: Brazil's long history of AIDS treatment in the context of progressive social movements. The coalition-building between politicians, activists and government agencies in developing the country's National AIDS Program. The role of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government in promoting access to drugs for AIDS treatment in Brazil. The government's controversial decisions to produce generic AIDS drugs and challenge multinational pharmaceutical corporations regarding AIDS drug prices. Brazil's ongoing efforts to promote global access to AIDS treatment and the country's contributions to international health, human rights, and trade law related to access to medicines. The impact of the Brazilian experience on global AIDS drug prices and global AIDS treatment policy. The Politics and History of AIDS Treatment in Brazil contains invaluable lessons for readers across disciplines, particularly researchers and practitioners in health policy, global health, HIV/AIDS, political science, and Latin American studies. "This is an exceptional academic work, one that deserves to be widely read, and that in my opinion will come to be considered the leading historical study on the social and policy response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Brazil - and one of the major policy studies on the response to the AIDS epidemic anywhere in the world." Richard Parker, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University With foreword by former Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso.

History of human medicine --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- Infectious diseases. Communicable diseases --- preventieve gezondheidszorg --- geneeskunde --- geschiedenis --- gezondheidszorg --- gezondheidsvoorzieningen --- gezondheidspromotie --- besmettelijke ziekten --- AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) --- Brazil

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Social policy --- South Africa --- India --- Brazil --- China --- Sociale zekerheid --- Economische groei --- 368.40 --- 202 --- CN / China - Chine --- IN / India - Inde --- BR / Brazil - Brazilië - Brésil --- ZA / South Africa - Zuid Afrika - Afrique Du Sud --- Sociale voorzorg en verzekeringen. Sociale zekerheid: algemeenheden. --- Sociale organisatie. --- Sociale voorzorg en verzekeringen. Sociale zekerheid: algemeenheden --- Sociale organisatie

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History of Belgium and Luxembourg --- National Botanic Garden of Belgium --- Meise --- Kruidtuin ; Brussel --- Botanische tuinen --- Nationale Plantentuin van België (Meise) --- JBNP BR Institute --- RBS SRBB-KBBV Library --- BR Staff Publications [c] (book chapter or book) --- NBGB shoplist --- BR institute --- botanical gardens --- garden history --- 19th century --- 20th century --- Brussels --- fisheries --- railway stations --- forestry --- Congo ( = Belgian Congo = Congo belge = République démocratique du Congo = Democratic Republic of Congo = Zaïre) --- colonies --- collectors --- herbaria --- Mexico --- Brazil = Brasil --- greenhouses --- Balat greenhouse --- rock gardens --- portraits --- Botanical gardens --- Botanic gardens --- Gardens --- Research institutes --- Arboretums --- Jardin botanique national de Belgique --- National botanic garden of Belgium --- Nationale plantentuin van België --- History. --- Nationale Plantentuin van België (Meise)