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Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF BOXES; LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Background and context; 1.1 Globalization and global poverty; 1.2 Dimensions of poverty; 1.3 A historical view; 1.4 Modern globalization and global poverty; 1.5 Areas for action; 1.6 The purpose of this book; 2 Globalization and poverty; 2.1 The developing world; 2.2 Poverty; 2.3 Trade and foreign direct investment; 2.4 Capital, aid, and remittance flows; 2.5 Ideas; 2.6 The global commons; 2.7 Summary; Annex: Low- and middle-income countries, 2010; 3 Trade

A survey of the relationships of the 3 main ethnic groups (West Indians, Greek Cypriots & Turkish Cypriots) with each other & with the host society in a formerly subUr area of North London (Newington Green). It is found that all 3 of the groups tend to maintain intensive relations only within their own ethnic group, with this generalization being most true of the Turkish Cypriots & least true of the West Indians. Soc distinctions brought from the country of origin tend to remain important with the 1st generation as does native language (in the case of the Cypriots). The Turkish Cypriots maintain the tightest community & have the least contact with the host society. This diff is brought about partly by the language of the immigrants, but also by the greater diff between their soc customs & religion & those of the host society than is the case with other groups. The West Indians also maintain primary contacts mainly within their own group, but have more secondary contacts with the larger society because they speak the same language, are often members of host-society churches & trade at retail stores owned by members of the host society. Diff's among the groups are also apparent in their att's toward assimilation: the Turkish Cypriot community tends to be unconcerned with assimilation because of their tightly knit community & unique soc customs; the Greek Cypriots are also not very pro-assimilation, but they tend to see it as something which will occur naturally since the only barriers to it are perceived as cultural; among the 2nd generation of Greek Cypriots, assimilation has already made much progress. The West Indians are the only group which actively wishes assimilation, but also sees this wish constantly frustrated by the factor of skin color; color is seen as an insurmountable barrier, & the West Indians are the most frustrated group. With all 3 groups, however, there are tensions with the host society which could cause difficulty in the future. J. Hasher.

We live in a world where ever-increasing global warming is inducing environmental catastrophe at an alarming rate. In order to avoid surpassing the 1.5° Celsius threshold set by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we will require a mobilisation of industrial might and technological innovation on a global scale never seen before.

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This article examines the relationship between the form of fiscal decentralization in Spain and the rise in tensions between the Spanish and Catalan governments during the financial crisis, in particular from mid-2010 to mid-2013. As a profound budgetary crisis unfolded at regional government level in Spain, long-standing disputes over the regional financing system and its methods of redistribution among the seventeen autonomous communities escalated. Most notably, Catalonia, one of the most indebted regions, attributed its financial woes in part to over-redistribution. This is not a straightforward connection, but the lack of clarity regarding both the workings of the regional financing system and the causes of the regions' varying levels of fiscal (in)compliance reduced accountability and fuelled disputes among central and regional governments, giving both sides scope to offer different interpretations. The smoke and mirrors regarding regional finances combined with the nature of intergovernmental dynamics in Spain contribute to explaining the persistent inability to resolve regional fiscal problems and agree a long-lasting reform of the regional financing system.