“…While the Common European Asylum System introduced standardised regulations for all EU-member states, the real situation in each country differs greatly from those official declarations, even leading to a humanitarian crisis at times. Using the theory of neo-institutionalism, current data from expert interviews, and website and document analyses from Italy, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Malta and Germany, this study answers those questions. …”

“…Foreign direct investment in Indonesia in the past five years has exceeded the earlier peak achieved in 1996, before the Asian financial crisis in 1997-98 brought economic contraction and net outflows of foreign investment. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Executive summary -- 1 Introduction -- References -- Notes -- 2 LAC Artificial Intelligence strategies -- Regional collaboration for collective approaches -- LAC national AI strategies -- Public sector components of national strategies -- Action plans and enablers for success -- Ensuring strategy coherence and evolution -- References -- Notes -- 3 AI use cases in LAC governments -- Responding to the COVID-19 crisis -- Improving government efficiency and decision making -- Relationships with and services for citizens and businesses -- Public safety and security -- Regulatory functions -- Healthcare -- Transportation -- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- Public integrity and accountability -- Education -- References -- Notes -- 4 Efforts to develop a responsible, trustworthy and human-centric approach -- Data ethics -- Trustworthy AI and alignment with the OECD AI Principles -- LAC country frameworks and mechanisms for trustworthy and ethical AI in the public sector -- Fairness and mitigating bias -- Transparency and explainability -- Safety and security -- Accountability -- Ensuring an inclusive and user-centred approach -- Inclusive -- User-centred -- References -- Notes -- 5 Building key governance capacities -- Leading, co-ordinating and building support for AI -- Leadership and setting a supportive tone at the top -- Facilitating cross-government co-ordination -- Building internal and external support and legitimacy -- Foundational strategic data governance capacities -- Data leadership -- Data strategy -- Creating space for experimentation -- Understanding problems and the potential for AI solutions -- Future preparedness through anticipatory governance -- References -- Notes -- 6 Putting in place key enablers for AI in the public sector -- Data -- Funding…”

“…International development cooperation is in crisis. Questions abound: is it effective? Is it even useful? …”

“…The European schools are currently in a state of crisis: their 60-year-old tradition of bilingual and multilingual education is being strained by rapid EU expansion and the removal of English speaking teachers as a result of Brexit. …”

“…Tras una injusta clausura efectuada por Napoleón, comenzaron una serie de crisis concatenadas en las que la Casa luchó por sobrevivir ante la hostilidad de las autoridades liberales españolas y más tarde italianas. …”

“…Even as the global financial crisis sent fortunes tumbling this select group found a profitable place to park their money. …”

“…Russia's war against Ukraine is causing a humanitarian, social and economic crisis for the Ukrainian people. The consequences of this full-scale military invasion are disrupting the global supply of commodities, sharply increasing food and energy prices, and threating the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Table of contents -- Reader's guide -- The OECD Productivity Statistics Database -- Country, time, and industry coverage of the Compendium -- References and further reading -- 1 Productivity and the COVID-19 pandemic -- Productivity developments in the aftermath of Covid -- Statistical measurement challenges and cross-country comparability issues during the crisis -- Measuring non-market output -- Measuring labour input -- Measuring investment and capital utilisation -- Data sources -- References and further reading -- 2 Cross-country comparisons of labour productivity levels -- Context -- Size of output -- Key findings -- Indicators -- How to read the indicators -- Employment and hours worked -- Key findings -- Indicators -- How to read the indicators -- Labour productivity -- Key findings -- Indicators -- How to read the indicators -- Data sources -- References and further reading -- 3 Productivity and economic growth -- Context -- GDP growth: contributions from employment, hours worked per worker, and labour productivity -- Key findings -- Indicators -- How to read the indicators -- GDP growth: contributions from labour, capital and multifactor productivity -- Key findings -- Indicators -- How to read the indicators -- Labour productivity growth: contributions from capital and multifactor productivity -- Key findings -- Indicators -- How to read the indicators -- Data sources -- References and further reading -- 4 Industry contributions to aggregate labour productivity growth -- Context and key findings -- Key findings -- Indicators -- Reallocations across industries and within-industry productivity developments -- Except during recessions, reallocations across industries tend to play a limited role in aggregate labour productivity developments -- Indicators…”

“…The many challenges of providing effective education online and remotely have been acknowledged, particularly by those who rapidly jumped into online and distance education during the crisis.This volume, edited by the University of London's Centre for Online and Distance Education, addresses the practice and theory of online and distance education, building on knowledge and expertise developed in the University over some 150 years. …”

“…Al llarg d'aquestes últimes dècades s'han anat produint crisis de confiança en els auditors degudes als grans escàndols financers, paral·lelament, les demandes dels usuaris sobre l’abast dels auditors han anat en augment. …”

“…A sharp turn toward an extreme form of individualism and a lack of concern for community involvement and civic participation are often blamed for the moral crisis. Turiel challenges these views, drawing on a large body of research from developmental psychology, anthropology, sociology as well as social events, political movements, and journalistic accounts of social and political struggles. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Secret of the World: Global Capital and the Crisis of the Political Reason of Modernity -- Notes -- Works Cited -- 7 Analysis of the Socio-Culture in the Study of the Modern World-System -- Notes -- Works Cited -- 8 Ethics of Skepticism: A Case Study in Contemporary World Cinema -- Introduction -- Cavell's Film Philosophy -- Ethics of Skepticism -- Cinematic Skepticism -- The Changing World of Cinema -- Case Study -- The Headless Woman and Three Monkeys -- The Accidents -- The Virtual Point of View in The Headless Woman -- The Virtual Point of View in Three Monkeys -- Conclusion: Ethics of Cinematic Skepticism, the Virtual POV, and the Global Turn -- Notes -- Works Cited -- 9 Polycentrism, Periphery, and the Place of Brazilian Cinema in World Cinema -- A Polycentric Approach -- An Atlas of World Cinema -- Back to the Periphery -- The World of Cinema -- Brazil's Rarefied Dialectic -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Contributors -- Index…”

“…Since the turn of the century, policymaking by successive Nigerian governments has, despite superficial partisan differences, been oriented towards short-term crisis management of macroeconomic stabilization, restoring growth and selective public sector reforms. …”

“…Focusing on the Innu of Quebec and Labrador, whose land has been taken for resource extraction and development, the book strips back the fiduciary duty to its origins, challenging the inroads which have been made on the nature and extent of indigenous land tenure-arguing for preservation of land ownership and positioning First Nations people as natural land defenders amidst a devastating climate crisis. It offers a voice to the Innu people, detailing the spirituality practices, culture and values that make it impossible for them to willingly cede their land. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Condición y ejercicio de los escritores en la España del Siglo de Oro / Pedro García Martín -- El artesanado sedero valenciano a finales del Antiguo Régimen. Crisis sedera, proletarización social y declive progresivo del colegio del arte mayor de la seda (1756-1836) / Daniel Muñoz Navarro -- La reproducción gremial en el Madrid del siglo XVIII : Desmontando el tópico del aprendizaje como cantera corporativa / José Nieto Sánchez -- El carácter paccionado del derecho foral valenciano / Juan Alfredo Obarrio Moreno -- Política popular en Madrid en la crisis del Antiguo Régimen (1780-1834) / Álvaro París Martín -- La espada de la salud: los silenos de Alcibiades y la crítica social en la tempreana Edad Moderna / Helena Rausell Guillot -- Tres baronías y un conflicto. …”

“…Al mismo tiempo, muchos sufren al ver que sus relaciones, a veces tras un corto periodo de tiempo, entran en crisis y con frecuencia incluso se rompen. Algunos psicólogos afirman que la falta de relaciones personales es la auténtica enfermedad de nuestro siglo. …”

“…"The health sector is known to be one of the major contributors towards the greenhouse gas emissions causing the climate crisis, the greatest health threat of the 21st century. …”

“…This anthology examines the interplay between Nature and Culture in the setting of our current age of ecological crisis, stressing the importance of addressing these ecological crises occurring around the planet through multiple perspectives. …”

“…The Polish version of cooperativism can be inspiring both for contemporary researchers and political activists in the post-economic-crisis Europe. It also opens up a space for creating more democratic political and economic institutions…”