Selon l’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2012 (GHI), la faim dans le monde a quelque peu diminué depuis 1990 mais reste « grave ». La moyenne mondiale masque des écarts importants entre les régions et les pays. A l’échelle régionale, ce sont l’Asie du Sud et l’Afrique subsaharienne...

It is the opinion of all specialists that the most important (if not the only) means of achieving economic growth and development is through investments. Indeed, a durably developed economy cannot be conceived without the support from massive investments in all areas of activity: economic,...

The world must be developed according to the needs of people, but with the obligation of sustainable development as a comprehensive process that depress all aspects of life, at all levels. Sustainable development is about making models in a qualitative way to meet the socio-economic needs and...

Preocupamo-nos com uma abordagem teórica mesoanalítica com a qual se possa esclarecer como o Sistema de Produção Agroindustrial de Frutas Tropicais Nativas e Exóticas venha a ter sucesso em termos de desenvolvimento autosustentavel e de longo prazo. Ponderando-se (em simulação) o grau de...

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has seen a spectacular rise of activity since mid-2005 that has led to more than 400 project submissions with a combined estimated emission reduction volume of 570 million t CO2 eq. until the end of the commitment period. Several technologies have been...

This paper explores the potential the community college model holds for Latin America. Several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have experience introducing short post-secondary courses and non university institutions, sometimes as a result of private initiative, sometimes as a matter...