Argues that even in an era of technological innovation and financial sophistication, the basic mobilization and use of society's savings remains the paramount role of the financial sector. In fulfilling this role, different types of financial institutions, with diverse areas of specialization and operational modalities, have distinct relative advantages. The performance of Jamaican financial institutions in fulfilling the basic facets of intermediation is compared, and areas in which particular types of financial institutions have exhibited higher standards of performance relative to the rest of the sector are highlighted.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26254
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From the Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky, via Knight Ridder Tribune Business News. 2 pages., Describes career of Al Smith, long-time host and producer of the public affairs television show, "Comment on Kentucky." He previously headed a chain of rural weekly newspapers in Kentucky.
The article focuses on the usages of "The Establishment" in Columbian public debate. Posada describes that "The Establishment" could "mamar gallo," a term coined by Gabriel García Márquez.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25963
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Via India eNews. 2 pages., Features a special interest of Shree Padre, founder-editor of the "Adike Patrike" magazine "by, of and for" farmers in the Kannada language.
México : Fondo de Cultura Económica (Colección Centzontle)
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Library, University of Illinois
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40 p.
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Includes dialogue between García Márquez and Fuentes. Also presents Fuentes' "homenaje" to García Márquez and Cien años de soledad and features García Márquez's discussion of the events surrounding the writing of this master work.
It may take a while to determine if the region's tour de force at the U.S. capital during the June 19-21 "Conference on the Caribbean - A 20/20 Vision" - which also attracted non-CARICOM member representatives such as Haiti's President Rene Preval, Belize's Prime Minister Said Musa and top representatives of institutions including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and the Organization of American States (OAS) - was merely an extravagant "talk shop" or, in fact, laid the groundwork to achieve tangible benefits from Caribbean-U.S. relations on thorny matters, including trade, security, economic development and immigration. What the Caribbean publicly said it hoped to accomplish at the three-day conference was to tell the U.S. of its new-found evolution and plans to bond more closely as a region in pursuit of prosperity. At the end of the conference a joint US.-Caribbean communiqué acknowledged the region's requests and expressed "unequivocal commitment to a secure and prosperous region and future benefits for all our citizens." "I don't believe it will just be a 'talk shop'," said Dr. Basil K. Bryan, Jamaica's consul general to New York. "I think thing will happen, but at a policy level I think it will take a little time for things to germinate. But we're all looking forward, positively, for something to happen out of this conference."
Among the big talking points of the current immigration debate in the United States is the type of labor that should be admitted into the country. Many believe the entry of "unskilled" laborers should be severely restricted. Jamaican-born Eleanor Brown, a Reginald Lewis Fellow at Harvard Law School, is not one of them. Shortly after addressing the "Conference on the Caribbean: A 20/20 Vision " last month, Brown explained to Caribbean Today's Managing Editor Gordon Williams why more of the Caribbean's labor force should allowed to go overseas.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25859
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Presented at the 2007 ACE/NETC conference sponsored by the International Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE) and the National Extension Technology Conference (NETC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico on June 16-19, 2007. 12 pages., Reports from 11 of the universities that offer such programs.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25824
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4 pages., Jubilee Celebration program of Swiss Agricultural Journalists (Schweizer Agrarjournalisten) featuring a seminar, dinner and excursions June 1-2, 2007, Ittingen Charterhouse, Switzerland.
Machila, Noreen (author), Emongor, Rosemary (author), Shaw, Alexandra P. (author), Welburn, Susan C. (author), McDermott, John (author), Maudlin, Ian (author), and Eisler, Mark C. (author)
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Journal article
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2007-05
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Kenya: Elsevier
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07794
International: Research and Extension Division, Natural Resources and Environment Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36136
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38 pages., Findings of a series of regional studies, consultations and workshops organized by FAO in preparation for the World Congress on Communicationfor Development (Rome, October 2007).
Damhorst, Mary Lynn (author), Lennon, Sharron J. (author), Kim, Minjeong (author), Johnson, Kim K.P. (author), Jolly, Laura D. (author), and Jasper, Cynthia R. (author)
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Journal Article
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2007-04
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C30221
Damhorst, Mary Lynn (author), Lennon, Sharron J. (author), Kim, Minjeong (author), Johnson, Kim K.P. (author), Jolly, Laura D. (author), and Jasper, Cynthia R. (author)
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Journal article
Publication Date:
2007-04
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C30541
