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SPAIN CONDITIONS, ISSUES, AND U.S. RELATIONS -- SPAIN CONDITIONS, ISSUES, AND U.S. RELATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 SPAIN AND ITS RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES: IN BRIEF -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- DOMESTIC OVERVIEW -- Political Dynamics -- ECONOMY -- RESPONSE TO THE MIGRATION CRISIS7 -- REGIONAL ISSUES -- COUNTERTERRORISM9 -- RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES -- Defense Relations -- Economic Ties -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 SPAIN 2014 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Cover -- CONTENTS -- DIFFERENCES IN REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY: WHAT IS BEHIND IT? -- A. Introduction -- B. Literature Review -- C. Stylized Facts -- D. Methodology and Data -- E. Empirical Analysis -- F. Conclusion and Policy Recommendations -- References -- FIGURES -- 1. Regional Differences in Income and Production Factors -- 2. GDP Structure of Spain Regions -- 3. Structural Differences of Spanish Regions -- 4. Production Frontier and Technical Efficiency -- 5. Evolution of Technical Efficiency -- TABLE -- 1. Stochastic Frontier Analysis -- ANNEX -- I. Skills Mismatch Index.

This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic growth in Spain has resumed, and unemployment is falling. Exporters are gaining market share, and the current account is in surplus for the first time in decades. Financial conditions have improved sharply, with sovereign yields at record lows. Business investment is rebounding strongly and private consumption has also started to recover owing to improved employment prospects and rising confidence. Executive Directors have welcomed the improving Spanish economy. They have stressed that labor market reform should be accompanied by produ

Compensation is widely claimed within public criminal prosecutions, not within civil proceedings. In addition to procedures on defending general consumer interests, Spain introduced a notable reform in 2000, providing for damages claims to be brought collectively in consumer cases, particularly by consumer associations. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright The American Academy of Political and Social Science.]

One objective of this chapter is to characterize the activities between Spanish communities and Chinese provinces and cities – their intensity, scope, advantages and obstacles that they face. The question relates to a broader perspective – the bilateral state government relations and the EU-China cooperation: is there any correlation between the relations at the state level and the regional level? Moreover, one of the ultimate goals of the whole project is to analyse the impact of the EU-China relations on paradiplomacy. Do the autonomous communities see any role of the EU in their activities with Chinese partners? Do they need any support from the European Union to have more intense or effective cooperation with this Asian partner? ; Publication financed by the National Science Centre, Poland. (Project number: 2015/19/B/HS5/02534 entitled "Rola regionów w polityce Unii Europejskiej wobec Chin/ The Role of Regions in the European Union Policy towards China")

At the inauguration of the Spanish Red Cross radio transmitter, H.R.H. Don Juan Carlos de Bourbon, Prince of Spain, addressed a message to the ICRC in which he recalled the work of the Red Cross on behalf of the victims of conflicts, the essential meaning of the humanitarian idea at the present time, and the importance of the Red Cross as a link between peoples and as a peace factor. The Red Cross should have the support of one and all because its endeavours were based on the ideal of human dignity.

Compensation is widely claimed within public criminal prosecutions, not within civil proceedings. In addition to procedures on defending general consumer interests, Spain introduced a notable reform in 2000, providing for damages claims to be brought collectively in consumer cases, particularly by consumer associations.