Vision 2033

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251360675

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Bioenergy and food security (BEFS) assessment – Seychelles by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

A sustainable and stable energy supply is essential for a country’s stability and wellbeing. Seychelles, like many small island developing states (SIDS), currently depends on imported energy, in the form of fossil fuels. The high dependence on fossil fuel imports means Seychelles is highly vulnerable to disruptions in global markets. The situation is exacerbated by a reliance on imported food, which accounts for about 70 percent of food consumption. To limit this dependence, it is aiming to increase its reliance on renewable energy to 15 percent by 2030, with a long-term ambition of using 100 percent renewable sources for electricity production. Sustainable bioenergy is one form of renewable energy that can be used to green a country’s energy mix. This Sustainable Bioenergy Assessment report for Seychelles looks at the potential for sustainable bioenergy within the country, considering the country context, conditions and delicate habitat. The report considers sustainable biomass sources from the agriculture, forestry and waste sectors. The assessment was conducted following the bioenergy and food security (BEFS) approach of FAO, and identifies a number of bioenergy pathways relevant for the country. Within the report, the different forms of biomass, their availability and viability are assessed. Livestock, crop and forestry residues, and the biodegradable portion of waste, otherwise destined for landfill, are among the sources of biomass considered. The use of these biomass types and amounts are then assessed from a technical and economic point of view, under different price scenarios, for the production of energy.

Author : International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9798400259371

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Seychelles by International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept. Pdf

The Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) for Seychelles shows a relatively well-designed public investment management system, with well-unified budgeting arrangements and effective funding processes for capital projects. However, the assessment also notes under-execution of capital budgets and identifies important areas for improvement in medium-term budgeting, project planning, and asset management. The Climate Public Investment Management Assessment (C-PIMA) provides a climate perspective on public investment management in Seychelles. This module identifies proactive climate-related public investment coordination but gaps in the incorporation of climate resilience measures within the investment framework. Recommended reforms are geared towards enhancing project appraisal, defining roles in the public investment system, and integrating climate change adaptation into the planning process. These reforms, aligned with Seychelles' National Development Strategy, aim to optimize public investment management and ensure sustainable development in the face of climate-related challenges.

Author : ICF International,URS Corporation,Transportation Research Board
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780309314893

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Framework for Collaborative Decision Making on Additions to Highway Capacity by ICF International,URS Corporation,Transportation Research Board Pdf

This report from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, describes a framework—including for long-range planning, corridor planning, project programming, environmental review, and environmental permitting— that supports collaborative business practices for reaching decisions on adding highway capacity when necessary.

Author : Marmar Mukhopadhyay
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000852561

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Academic Leadership by Marmar Mukhopadhyay Pdf

This book provides contemporary knowledge on school effectiveness and proposes strategic interventions for enhancing it. It focuses on improving academic leadership for enhancing the effectiveness of schools and discusses how national education policies are helpful in providing a vision towards improving school effectiveness. It highlights the role of teachers as academic leaders in the implementation of policy recommendations at school and classroom levels. It offers methods and mechanisms for academic leaders to measure the learning of students for school assessment. The author also discusses how academic leadership involves creating a vision and mission based on science and research data for the organisation, inspiring innovation and creative ideas, developing teamwork, and a safe environment for staff to express their views. While providing an understanding of school as an organization, the volume outlines its management functions such as processes and quality of planning, management of curriculum, learner evaluation, institutional networks, and human resource management, among others. The volume is a guidebook for training and capacity building for school-level practitioners and leaders in education management. Embedded with real-life cases and episodes, this volume will be of interest to teachers, students, and practitioners of education, management, and education management. It will also be useful for academicians, educationalists, practitioners, management professionals, educational leaders, and policymakers.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,International Telecommunication Union
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789251354537

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Status of digital agriculture in 47 sub-Saharan African countries by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,International Telecommunication Union Pdf

Sub-Saharan Africa is uniquely positioned significantly increase its current agricultural productivity to lift the region’s more than 400 million people out of extreme poverty and improve the livelihood of approximately 250 million smallholder farmers and pastoralists in the region. To achieve that, substantive digital transformation of the agriculture sector is required through improved infrastructure and increased access to and use of digital technologies for agriculture. To improve the current understanding of sub-Saharan Africa’s digital agriculture landscape, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) undertook this study in 47 countries. The report is composed of 47 desk-based country case studies against six thematic focal areas, the aim of which is to present a snapshot of the status of digital agriculture in each country. This is followed by highlights of the main findings of the analysis of the country profiles with suggested steps for future action. The findings of the study are presented to FAO and ITU Member States, as well as all relevant stakeholders with the purpose of advancing and supporting investment in digital transformation of the agricultural sector in sub-Saharan Africa.

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 757 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231004506

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UNESCO Science Report by UNESCO Pdf

Author : B. Drum,G. Verriest
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789400926950

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Colour Vision Deficiencies IX by B. Drum,G. Verriest Pdf

Proceedings of the Ninth symposium of the International Research Group on Colour Vision Deficiencies, held at St. John's College, Annapolis, MD, July 1-3, 1987.

Author : Ibukun J. Adewumi,Andrei Polejack,Joanna Vince,Maree E. Fudge
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832540251

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Blue Economy and Ocean Sustainable Development in a Globalised World: Social, Political, Economic and Environmental Issues by Ibukun J. Adewumi,Andrei Polejack,Joanna Vince,Maree E. Fudge Pdf

In the last decade, the concept of a Blue Economy has ignited a deep theoretical debate. Ranging from the integration of the triple bottom line of sustainability to the optimization of profit from ocean exploitation, the meaning of the term blue economy differs considerably between epistemic communities and even more so among national and regional policies. There is a general sense of the opportunity to realise enhanced social and economic benefits from the sustainable utilisation of their ocean and coastal resources under the umbrella framework of blue economy. Blue economy is gaining traction already as a significant component of national policies, even in spite of a clear conceptualization of the term. Many countries are now preparing national policies towards realising their blue economy ambitions, utilizing the concept as they see fit. Likewise, multilateral and regional organisations are developing guidelines, and providing investment in new research, technologies, and financing tools that promote blue economy. Critical challenges abound, in particular in less privileged countries. These include the gap in research capabilities, governments prioritizing social wellbeing and economic profit in contrast to environmental protection, the identification of new and emerging areas of ocean economic activity that are both socially and ecologically sustainable and holds viable business models that can attract private investment.

Author : Nissim Dahan
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781426940224

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Selling a Vision of Hope by Nissim Dahan Pdf

Is it just me, or do you also sense that when it comes to the Middle East, we may well be inching our way toward a bad place? What if anything can we do about it? Albert Einstein came up with E=mc2. Thankfully, the formula for success in the Middle East is a lot simpler - Ideology plus Investment equals Hope. We need nothing less than a new ideological framework along with some well placed investment dollars to generate a sense of hope, and with hope all things are possible. Use An Ideology of Common Sense along with Economic Incentives to sell a Vision of Hope - a Vision of Peace, Prosperity, and Freedom - on the Arab street, in the Muslim World, and in the world as a whole. Speak to one another with common sense, and with a sense of personal dignity. Put some serious money on the table, and give everyone on earth a place at the table, a stake in his or her future. Make the "global economy" truly global. Use the motto: "We stand ready to invest in you, if you are ready to invest in yourselves." Invest in projects which resonate with hope, which create jobs, which protect the environment, and which allow people to become who they want to become, even if they want to become different from you. Create facts on the ground which speak louder than words. Marginalize the extremists on all sides by co-opting their strategy - by doing what they do, only better - and by putting them in the uncomfortable and untenable position of holding their people back from a better life. If the West is good at anything, it is making and investing money. Why not use this strength as part of our strategic arsenal to promote the peace, and to win the war against ideological extremism? And when the need arises, fight on the ground, and fight hard, but position the fight within a Vision of Hope. Raise the fight on the ground to a higher moral plain, and sustain the fight by giving it a moral clarity of purpose. If all this sounds a bit over the top, it probably is. But this may well be the time, before time runs out, to dream the impossible, and to make the impossible come true.

Author : Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar,Shem Wambugu Maingi,Hiran Roy,Roberto Micera
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781800715134

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Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context by Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar,Shem Wambugu Maingi,Hiran Roy,Roberto Micera Pdf

Drawing from lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context presents cases and competencies to advance theoretical and empirical knowledge in the management of destinations post-pandemic.

Author : DONALD L. SPARKS
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000400335

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The Blue Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa by DONALD L. SPARKS Pdf

The blue economy, comprising coastal and marine resources, offers vast benefits for sub-Saharan Africa: of the 53 countries and territories in the region, 32 are coastal states; there are 13 million sq km of maritime zones; more than 90% of the region’s exports and imports come by sea; and the African Union hails the blue economy as the ‘new frontier of African renaissance’. Despite their importance, the region’s coastal and marine resources have been neither fully appreciated nor fully utilized. They are only now being recognized as being key to Africa’s potential prosperity. As the region grows, it has, in general, not taken adequate safeguards to protect these valuable resources. That is partly because some of the problems (pollution, for example) are regional and know no borders. All too often, short-term gains are made at the expense of the long term (overfishing, for example). This book provides, for the first time, a study of the constraints and opportunities the blue economy offers for sub-Saharan Africa. It includes an introduction and overview; sectoral analyses (including tourism, fisheries, mineral resources, culture, shipping and maritime safety); country case studies; and analyses of regional and international efforts towards better coastal zone and marine management.

Author : International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781498323529

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Seychelles by International Monetary Fund. African Dept. Pdf

Seychelles has made noticeable progress toward economic stability and sustainability under successive Fund programs through prudent macroeconomic policies and bold reforms since the crisis in 2008. Despite significant headway, the country remains vulnerable to external shocks as a small, open, and tourism-dependent economy. Seychelles could face challenges to reconcile its goals to reduce its infrastructure gap, enhance its resilience to climate change, and bolster its medium-term fiscal and external sustainability.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004430013

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Africa Yearbook Volume 16 by Anonim Pdf

The Africa Yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa – all related to developments in one calendar year. The Yearbook contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions (West, Central, Eastern, Southern Africa) focusing on major cross-border developments and sub-regional organizations as well as one article on continental developments and one on African-European relations. While the articles have thorough academic quality, the Yearbook is mainly oriented to the requirements of a large range of target groups: students, politicians, diplomats, administrators, journalists, teachers, practitioners in the field of development aid as well as business people.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004538115

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Africa Yearbook Volume 19 by Anonim Pdf

The Africa Yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa – all related to developments in one calendar year. The Yearbook contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions (West, Central, Eastern, Southern Africa) focusing on major cross-border developments and sub-regional organizations as well as one article on continental developments and one on African-European relations. While the articles have thorough academic quality, the Yearbook is mainly oriented to the requirements of a large range of target groups: students, politicians, diplomats, administrators, journalists, teachers, practitioners in the field of development aid as well as business people.

Author : Lisa Blomgren Bingham,Rosemary O'Leary
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317475965

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Big Ideas in Collaborative Public Management by Lisa Blomgren Bingham,Rosemary O'Leary Pdf

The world of public management is changing dramatically, fueled by technological innovations such as the Internet, globalism that permits us to outsource functions anywhere in the world, new ideas from network theory, and more. Public managers no longer are unitary leaders of unitary organizations - instead, they often find themselves convening, negotiating, mediating, and collaborating across borders."Big Ideas in Collaborative Public Management" brings together a rich variety of big picture perspectives on collaborative public management. The chapters are all original and written by distinguished experts. Designed for practical application, they range from examinations of under what conditions collaborative public management occurs to what it means to be a collaborative leader.The contributors address tough issues such as legitimacy building in networks, and discuss ways to engage citizens in collaboration. They examine the design of collaborative networks and the outcomes of collaboration. Detailed introductory and concluding chapters by the editors summarize and critique the chapters, and frame them as a reflection of the state of collaborative public management today.