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Focusing on Chile and Colombia during the 1950s and 1960s, Kofas examines the impact of IMF, World Bank, and U.S. foreign policy on the economies and social and political institutions of Latin America. Far from fostering democracy and social justice, foreign loans and aid were major impediments to these ideals. Symptomatic of systematic underdevelopment, cyclical Third World foreign borrowing and debt crises have been responsible for maintaining the debtor nations integrated into the global market economy, perpetuating their dependency, and maintaining low living standards. Comparing Colombia and Chile, the book examines the complex factors of domestic and international forces that account f...
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Geographical listing by countries. Entries give library identification, subjects covered, director, holdings, lending/loan policies, and union list titles. Appendixes of library directories, associations, and addresses of union lists and cooperative service centers. No index.
This book constitutes the proceedings of the XV Multidisciplinary International Congress on Science and Technology (CIT 2020), held in Quito, Ecuador, on 26–30 October 2020, proudly organized by Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE in collaboration with GDEON. CIT is an international event with a multidisciplinary approach that promotes the dissemination of advances in Science and Technology research through the presentation of keynote conferences. In CIT, theoretical, technical, or application works that are research products are presented to discuss and debate ideas, experiences, and challenges. Presenting high-quality, peer-reviewed papers, the book discusses the following topics: Artificial Intelligence Computational Modeling Data Communications Defense Engineering Innovation, Technology, and Society Managing Technology & Sustained Innovation, and Business Development Modern Vehicle Technology Security and Cryptography Software Engineering
Una de las funciones que ejerce la Sala de Consulta y Servicio Civil del Consejo de Estado, y que ha cobrado especial relevancia en los últimos años, consiste en "resolver los conflictos de competencias administrativas entre organismos del orden nacional o entre tales organismos y una entidad territorial o descentralizada, o entre cualesquiera de estas cuando no estén comprendidas en la jurisdicción territorial de un solo tribunal administrativo". Su impacto es de tal magnitud que al resolver esa clase de conflictos se garantizan los derechos fundamentales de las personas al debido proceso y a la defensa, dado que se define la autoridad que debe conocer una determinada actuación administrativa. Con el análisis de alrededor de 950 decisiones que contiene esta publicación se busca difundir los criterios adoptados por la Sala al definir las competencias relacionadas con los conflictos en temas disciplinarios. laborales y de seguridad social, de familia, de inspección. vigilancia y control, y residuales, lo cual constituye un insumo importante para los funcionarios públicos, los abogados y los estudiantes de derecho, entre otros.
Antioquia is one of Colombia’s economic engines, but suffers from low skills, poverty, inequity and poor labour market outcomes. This publication explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms to mobilise higher education for regional development.
In this volume, notable scholars honor James W. Harris for his contributions to Romance phonology. Inscribed within generative grammar, the studies seek to explain various phonological processes, structured around glides, aspects of onsets/codas as well as stress and weight. This book will be a useful reference tool for specialists in theoretical phonology, language acquisition, language in contact, bilingualism, and Spanish dialectology.