promoting certified timber markets in central america

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 11:20

... victims in the criminal procedures and have increased interest in this issue in Latin America The creation of victims’ assistance centers, administered jointly by the judiciaries and government ministries, ... Salvador are in the bottom third of the rankings Even more worrisome, governance indicators have declined in all four countries in recent years Figure Governance Indicators in Central America1 / ... roots in the US Beginning in the early 1980s, nearly a million Central Americans fled to the US to escape the violence and hardship of civil conflict in the region Living in poverty and marginalized...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20

... clusters of three to five plants germinating in a single planting hole The plants themselves decomposed introduction within months or perhaps years after being encased in the volcanic ash, but fortunately ... the functions of the buildings become clear, and we can begin to see groupings Four buildings of Household have been excavated, including a domicile (for sleeping, eating, and various daytime ... contains thin, interbedded pyroclastic-fall beds (Figs 2.5, 2.7) Unit consists of beds of laminated ash and fine lapilli that vary laterally both in thickness and grain size, especially in the vicinity...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 15:51

... Sins of GreenwashingTM” Sin of the Hidden Trade-Off Sin of No Proof Sin of Vagueness Sin of Irrelevance Sin of Fibbing Sin of Lesser of Two Evils © 2007 TerraChoice Environmental Marketing Inc ... Avoiding the Sin of Fibbing a) Do tell the truth Always b) Always tell the truth The “Six Sins of GreenwashingTM” Sin of the Hidden Trade-Off Sin of No Proof Sin of Vagueness Sin of Irrelevance Sin ... apparent increase in “greenwashing” – false or misleading green marketing claims In an effort to describe, understand, and quantify the growth of greenwashing, TerraChoice Environmental Marketing Inc...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20

... Widespread financial indexation There is strong inertia due to the indexation of financial contracts to the overnight interest rate (World Bank, 2006) While this indexation has maintained financial intermediation ... effective in finetuning the business cycle as periods of relaxing monetary policy (decreasing interest rate gaps) are followed by shrinking (negative) output gaps (and vice versa) 6  The estimated interest ... might keep the nominal neutral interest rate high include an inflation target that is higher than in other emerging market economies and the minimum remuneration requirements in saving accounts (see...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 14:20

... level by analysing the activities of BAT in the Central American Common Market (CACM) As a means of promoting lasting peace in the region, following long periods of civil war in a number of member ... contextualising the documentary data, and choosing representative material in order to present findings Reliability of interpretation was increased by both authors participating in the interpretative ... that: Lobbying to increase the common external tariff on imported cigarettes into Central America has achieved an agreement in principle from all the Region’s finance ministers to increase the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... lines Gaps on the lines indicate amino acid deletions Numbers above each horizontal line indicate positions of expected amino acid deletions Numbers in parenthesis under each horizontal line indicate ... data suggested that the atypical PRRSV having emerged in China in 2006 had not yet been introduced into Thailand, or at least into central Thailand since neither Type PRRSV with the 30-aa-deletion ... deletion in the nsp2- coding region was not related to the virulence of the emerging PRRSV in China, it could be used as a genetic marker of the highly virulent PRRSV found in China [22] In 2007,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 02:20

... regional differences in pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary in the United States and Canada There are naturally hundred of such differences But in spite of these differences, North Americans not ... objects are determined by geography and not by social or economic class as they are in some other countries I want to say, in conclusion, that I have given you just a ... understanding one another, even if they come from places that are as far as, say, the northern part of Canada and the south Texas The linguistic differences are simply not great enough to interfere...

Ngày tải lên: 15/09/2013, 13:10

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2013, 14:15

... listing Line ministries’ continuous holding of controlling shares in equitized SOEs discourages entry of private companies into industries in which such SOEs operate A further reduction of line ... will inevitably be put in a position to compete with financially sophisticated foreign corporations 60 Liquidating line-ministries’ holdings in equitized SOEs is likely to eliminate line-ministries’ ... management instruments 32 Other institutional investors and non-bank financial intermediaries are still embryonic In contrast to the insurance industry, the pension fund industry lags behind with...

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 12:59

... investors in East Asia? - How could these markets be Developing regional bond markets in East organized? Would they emerge in Asia enhances global financial stability the course of economic integration ... existing barriers to efficient cross-border trading and settlement in order Without domestic financial reforms East Asia including national differences to increase supply of investment grade in ... domestic in their economies should be ready to financial markets Institutional reforms to open up their domestic financial markets garner investor protection are also in to foreign investors,...

Ngày tải lên: 27/01/2014, 11:20

... key indicators, including infant mortality and injury deaths In Mexico, children living in rural and indigenous communities experience worse health outcomes than those who live in cities And, in ... cut spending in other areas, or look more and more to private payers — including making people pay more out of their own pockets in order to maintain their existing health care system In Mexico, ... second leading cause of death, followed by cancer in both countries in 2000 Intentional injuries (violence) were the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, compared to the ninth in Canada.41...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... facing increasing pressure from donors to achieve financial sustainability, which, in turn, is forcing some to charge clients escalating prices for care Indeed, a number of NGOs are relying increasingly ... level In addition, officers at the central level are facing difficulties in decentralization owing to inadequate experience, reluctance to make decisions based on consensus, and inability to relinquish ... policy, financing, administration, and programming at the country level The process is intended to be part of a larger shift towards democratization In Paraguay, as in Argentina, a central problem...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 16:20

... among MSM; individuals are introduced to know about MSM early on in life; individuals get to know about homosexuality in diverse settings and largely in schools and the majority identified in this ... effective HIV prevention interventions targeting MSM in this country, where MSM is illegal Simooya et al (2001) in a study in Zambia have reported the difficulty in providing condoms in prisons for MSM ... MSM Interventions programmes would have to take these differences in consideration in approach in order to be sufficiently effective In conclusion, HIV intervention programmes may not be reaching...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 21:20

... coordinated use of a range of CORFO programs It combines training activities, innovation, infrastructure, technical assistance, and business and finance networking In 2001, the PTI financed nine ... manufacturing, mining, consulting engineering technical services, and computer service sectors Only firms reporting positive sales in all four years (a balanced panel) were included, resulting in a ... performing SMEs In developing countries, these include BDS programs for SMEs in Bangladesh, integrated training programs (CIMO-PAC) and technology upgrading programs (CRECE and COMPITE) for SMEs in...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 21:20

... accused, among other things, of lying during immigration proceedings regarding his involvement in bombings in Havana in 1997 Originally a federal trial was set to begin in August 2009, but was ... deactivation, and countering terrorism financing Such training was expanded to Argentina in the aftermath of the two bombings in 1992 and 1994 Assistance was also stepped up in 1997 to Argentina, Brazil, ... Latin America: Terrorism Issues Summary Since the September 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, U.S attention to terrorism in Latin America has intensified, with an increase in...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 08:20

... closeness to international capital markets Other SRDBs are introducing innovations in microfinance and SME financing with instruments such as loans to financial intermediaries, financial support ... Multilateral Investment Fund, International Investment Corporation Flexible financing (Ordinary Capital): Flexible financing facility and local currency financing Source: Annual reports of institutions ... that MDBs are investing in new approaches, increasing grant resources, decentralizing, and scaling-up their operations But financial resources are scarce in the long term, and a rethink is required...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 06:20

... however, other financial risks in the balance sheet – including credit and interest rate risk – are usually very small Credit risk is only a minor component of overall financial risks, in particular ... the same time, central banks are feeling increasing pressure to ensure that, within the constraints imposed by their public duties and in an environment of generally decreased interest rates ... relevance to central banks For a comprehensive introduction into credit risk modelling, the interested reader is referred to one of the standard textbooks, including Bluhm et al (2003), Cossin and...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 10:20

... Here she kneels in prayer to the different saints God Himself is never invoked Saint Anthony interests himself in finding her lost ring, and Saint Roque is a wonderful physician in case of sickness ... Saint Clementina's help is sought by the girl when her lover betrays her Another saint will aid her in poisoning him If the wife thinks her husband long in bringing the evening meal, she has informed ... thrilling interest to all lovers of mankind We doubt if there is another book in print that within the compass of three hundred pages begins to give as much valuable information as is contained in...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 21:20

... thy opinion that the climate in these high-lands is exceedingly wholesome, and the lands themselves capable of nourishing and maintaining any number of settlers? In thy dissertation on the Indians ... richest soil Colonies containing within themselves everything necessary for their support Colonies, in fine, so varied in their quality and situation as to be capable of bringing to perfection every ... JOURNEY ON PRESERVING BIRDS FOR CABINETS OF NATURAL HISTORY GLOSSARY INDEX WANDERINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA FIRST JOURNEY ——nec herba, nec latens in asperis Radix fefellit me locis In the month of...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 21:20