Books written by Policy and Global Affairs
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Water Conservation, Reuse, and Recycling: Proceedings of an Iranian-American Workshop
In December 2002, a group of specialists on water resources from the United States and Iran met in Tunis, Tunisia, for an interacademy workshop on water resources management, conservation, and recycling.
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Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science: Proceedings of an International Symposium
This symposium, which was held on March 10-11, 2003, at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, brought together policy experts and managers from the government and academic sectors in both developed and developing countries to (1) describe the role, ...
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Best Practices in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives: Competing in the 21st Century
The objective of Best Practices in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives: Competing in the 21st Century is not to do an empirical review of the inputs and outputs of various state programs.
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Careers in Science and Technology: An International Perspective
1991. The IMS Graduate Review 1991, IMS Report No. 206, IMS University of Sussex. Pearson, R., F. Andrentti, and S. Holly. 1990. The European Labour Market Review: The key indicators. IMS Report No. 193, IMS University of Sussex.
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Careers in Science and Engineering: A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond
Careers in Science and Engineering offers guidance to students on planning careersâ€"particularly careers in nonacademic settingsâ€"and acquiring the education necessary to attain career goals.
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Implementing the Government Performance and Results Act for Research: A Status Report
As requested by Congress and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), this report assists federal agencies in crafting plans and reports that are responsive to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), OMB ...
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Copyright in the Digital Era: Building Evidence for Policy
Copyright in the Digital Era: Building Evidence for Policy examines a range of questions regarding copyright policy by using a variety of methods, such as case studies, international and sectoral comparisons, and experiments and surveys.
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Promising Practices for Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine: Opening Doors
Promising Practices for Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine reviews and synthesizes existing research on policies, practices, programs, and other interventions for improving the recruitment, ...
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Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech
Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech uses current research as well as information obtained through four public information-gathering workshops to provide recommendations to a broad set of stakeholders within the tech ...
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Terrorism: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Improving Responses: U.S.-Russian Workshop Proceedings
nomic integration and development as a positive force—and generally it has been in the industrialized world. ... In contrast with what we are experiencing with modern terrorism, most ethnic conflicts fortunately do not normally involve ...
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Improving Democracy Assistance: Building Knowledge Through Evaluations and Research
This book, by the National Research Council, provides a roadmap to enable USAID and its partners to assess what works and what does not, both retrospectively and in the future through improved monitoring and evaluation methods and ...
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Biodiversity Conservation in Transboundary Protected Areas
This volume uses four protected areas that Poland shares with its neighbors as case studies to explore opportunities to integrate science and management in transboundary protected areas in Central Europe for the conservation of biodiversity ...
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Sustainability for the Nation: Resource Connections and Governance Linkages
" As the government sector works hard to ensure sufficient fresh water, food, energy, housing, health, and education for the nation without limiting resources for the future generations, it's clear that there is no sufficient organization ...
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Setting Priorities for Large Research Facility Projects Supported by the National Science Foundation
In 1995, the National Science Foundation (NSF) created a special account to fund large (several tens of millions of dollars) research facilities.
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A Strategic Vision for Biological Threat Reduction: The U.S. Department of Defense and Beyond
Developing Norms for the Provision of Biological Laboratories in Low-Resource Contexts: Proceedings of a Workshop. doi:10.17226/25311. NCGM (National Center for Global Health and Medicine). 2020. What is the Bureau of International ...
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Future U.S. Workforce for Geospatial Intelligence
Future U.S. Workforce for Geospatial Intelligence assesses the supply of expertise in 10 geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) fields, including 5 traditional areas (geodesy and geophysics, photogrammetry, remote sensing, cartographic science, ...
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Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Mexico: Proceedings of a Workshop
This report contains a collection of papers presented at a workshop in Merida, Mexico --- Strengthening Science-Based Decision Making: Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Mexico. The cross-cutting themes of the...
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Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Mexico: Proceedings of a Workshop
It is clear that sustainable development in Mexico's arid and semiarid regions will depend heavily on increasing water availability by: a) management of water demand, b) water reuse, and c) artificial recharge.
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Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries: A Call to Action
(Medium Term) 4 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, including changes made by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-325). Prepublication Version Safety and Health in Extractive Industries Any discussion of workforce.
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The Role of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships in the Future of USAID
The Role of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships in the Future of USAID provides an assessment and advice on the current and future role for science, technology, and innovation in assistance programs at USAID and on the role of ...