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A Companion to New Media Dynamics

Edited by John Hartley, Jean Burgess, Axel Bruns ...

A Companion to New Media Dynamics presents a state-of-the-art collection of multidisciplinary readings that examine the origins, evolution, and cultural underpinnings of the media of the digital age in terms of dynamic changePresents a state-of-the-art collection of original readings relating to new media in terms of dynamic changeFeatures interdisciplinary contributions encompassing the sciences, ... Read more

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A Companion to New Media Dynamics presents a state-of-the-art collection of multidisciplinary readings that examine the origins, evolution, and cultural underpinnings of the media of the digital age in terms of dynamic changePresents a state-of-the-art collection of original readings relating to new media in terms of dynamic changeFeatures interdisciplinary contributions encompassing the sciences,
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The Eastern Desert of Egypt during the Greco-Roman Period: Archaeological Reports

Edited by Jean-Pierre Brun, Thomas Faucher, Bérangère Redon, Steven Sidebotham ...

Series series Institut des civilisations
The Eastern Desert of Egypt extends over a vast area of mountains and sandy plains between the Nile and the Red Sea. Its natural riches –gold, gems and high quality stones (such as granite from Mons Claudianus, Tiberianè or Ophiatès, porphyry from Porphyritès, basanites [greywacke] from the Wâdi al-Hammâmât, etc.)– have, despite the difficulties due to harsh climatic conditions, been exploited ... Read more

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The Eastern Desert of Egypt extends over a vast area of mountains and sandy plains between the Nile and the Red Sea. Its natural riches –gold, gems and high quality stones (such as granite from Mons Claudianus, Tiberianè or Ophiatès, porphyry from Porphyritès, basanites [greywacke] from the Wâdi al-Hammâmât, etc.)– have, despite the difficulties due to harsh climatic conditions, been exploited
... Read more
Asset Recovery Handbook

A Guide for Practitioners, Second Edition

by Jean-Pierre Brun, Anastasia Sotiropoulou, Larissa Gray, Scott ...

Series series StAR Initiative
Developing countries lose billions each year through bribery, misappropriation of funds, and other corrupt practices. Much of the proceeds of this corruption find 'safe haven' in the world's financial centers. These criminal flows are a drain on social services and economic development programs, contributing to the impoverishment of the world's poorest countries. Many developing countries have ... Read more

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Developing countries lose billions each year through bribery, misappropriation of funds, and other corrupt practices. Much of the proceeds of this corruption find 'safe haven' in the world's financial centers. These criminal flows are a drain on social services and economic development programs, contributing to the impoverishment of the world's poorest countries. Many developing countries have
... Read more
Taxing Crime

A Whole-of-Government Approach to Fighting Corruption, Money Laundering, and Tax Crimes

by Jean-Pierre Brun, Ana Gomez, Rita Julien, Ndubai, Siddesh Rao, Yara Soto ...

Series series StAR Initiative
Taxing Crime: A Whole-of-Government Approach to Fighting Corruption, Money Laundering, and Tax Crimes examines how tax audits and investigations can lead to uncovering white-collar crime and how investigations of corruption can, in turn, lead to prosecutions of tax evasion or recovery of unpaid taxes. Prepared jointly by the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) ... Read more

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Taxing Crime: A Whole-of-Government Approach to Fighting Corruption, Money Laundering, and Tax Crimes examines how tax audits and investigations can lead to uncovering white-collar crime and how investigations of corruption can, in turn, lead to prosecutions of tax evasion or recovery of unpaid taxes. Prepared jointly by the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
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Asset Recovery Handbook

A Guide for Practitioners, Second Edition

by Jean-Pierre Brun, Anastasia Sotiropoulou, Larissa Gray, Clive Scott, Kevin M. Stephenson ...

Series series StAR Initiative
Developing countries lose billions each year through bribery, misappropriation of funds, and other corrupt practices. Much of the proceeds of this corruption find 'safe haven' in the world's financial centers. These criminal flows are a drain on social services and economic development programs, contributing to the impoverishment of the world's poorest countries. Many developing countries have ... Read more

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Developing countries lose billions each year through bribery, misappropriation of funds, and other corrupt practices. Much of the proceeds of this corruption find 'safe haven' in the world's financial centers. These criminal flows are a drain on social services and economic development programs, contributing to the impoverishment of the world's poorest countries. Many developing countries have
... Read more
Techniques and Economies in the Ancient Mediterranean

Inaugural lecture delivered on Thursday 5 April 2012

by Jean-Pierre Brun ...

Series series Leçons inaugurales
Every age invents a new way of writing history, or at least seeks to shed light on the present by examining the past differently. For the past thirty years the amount of data produced by archaeology, especially by preventive excavations, has grown exponentially, thus opening new research perspectives on the history of ancient techniques and economies. Against a background of paucity of written ... Read more

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Every age invents a new way of writing history, or at least seeks to shed light on the present by examining the past differently. For the past thirty years the amount of data produced by archaeology, especially by preventive excavations, has grown exponentially, thus opening new research perspectives on the history of ancient techniques and economies. Against a background of paucity of written
... Read more
Taxing Crime

A Whole-of-Government Approach to Fighting Corruption, Money Laundering, and Tax Crimes

by Jean-Pierre Brun, Ana Gomez, Rita Julien, Joy Ndubai, Jeffrey Owens, Siddhesh Rao, Yara Soto ...

Series series StAR Initiative
Taxing Crime: A Whole-of-Government Approach to Fighting Corruption, Money Laundering, and Tax Crimes examines how tax audits and investigations can lead to uncovering white-collar crime and how investigations of corruption can, in turn, lead to prosecutions of tax evasion or recovery of unpaid taxes. Prepared jointly by the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) ... Read more

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Taxing Crime: A Whole-of-Government Approach to Fighting Corruption, Money Laundering, and Tax Crimes examines how tax audits and investigations can lead to uncovering white-collar crime and how investigations of corruption can, in turn, lead to prosecutions of tax evasion or recovery of unpaid taxes. Prepared jointly by the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
... Read more
Public Wrongs, Private Actions

Civil Lawsuits to Recover Stolen Assets

by Jean-Pierre Brun, Pascale Helene Dubois, Emile van der Does de Willebois, Hauch, Sarah Jais, Yannis Mekki, Anastasia Sotiropoulou, Katherine Rose Sylvester, Mahesh Uttamchandani ...

Series series StAR Initiative
Over the last decade, the topics of corruption and recovery of its proceeds have steadily risen in the international policy agenda, with the entry into force of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in 2005, the Arab Spring in 2011, and most recently a string of scandals in the financial sector. As states decide how best to respond to corruption and recover assets, the course of ... Read more

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Over the last decade, the topics of corruption and recovery of its proceeds have steadily risen in the international policy agenda, with the entry into force of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in 2005, the Arab Spring in 2011, and most recently a string of scandals in the financial sector. As states decide how best to respond to corruption and recover assets, the course of
... Read more
Public Wrongs, Private Actions

Civil Lawsuits to Recover Stolen Assets

by Jean-Pierre Brun, Pascale Helene Dubois, Emile van der Does de Willebois, Jeanne Hauch, Sarah Jais, Yannis Mekki, Anastasia Sotiropoulou, Katherine Rose Sylvester, Mahesh Uttamchandani ...

Series series StAR Initiative
Over the last decade, the topics of corruption and recovery of its proceeds have steadily risen in the international policy agenda, with the entry into force of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in 2005, the Arab Spring in 2011, and most recently a string of scandals in the financial sector. As states decide how best to respond to corruption and recover assets, the course of ... Read more

$32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Over the last decade, the topics of corruption and recovery of its proceeds have steadily risen in the international policy agenda, with the entry into force of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in 2005, the Arab Spring in 2011, and most recently a string of scandals in the financial sector. As states decide how best to respond to corruption and recover assets, the course of
... Read more
Going for Broke

Insolvency Tools to Support Cross-Border Asset Recovery in Corruption Cases

by Jean-Pierre Brun, Molly Silver ...

Series series StAR Initiative
Going for Broke focuses on insolvency as an additional civil remedy in the arsenal of asset recovery practitioners, specifically in the context of grand corruption investigations and proceedings. The recovery of corruption proceeds is often sought through criminal prosecution and confiscation or civil lawsuits. Insolvency proceedings can also be an effective mechanism in the right circumstances, ... Read more

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Going for Broke focuses on insolvency as an additional civil remedy in the arsenal of asset recovery practitioners, specifically in the context of grand corruption investigations and proceedings. The recovery of corruption proceeds is often sought through criminal prosecution and confiscation or civil lawsuits. Insolvency proceedings can also be an effective mechanism in the right circumstances,
... Read more
Going for Broke

Insolvency Tools to Support Cross-Border Asset Recovery in Corruption Cases

by Jean-Pierre Brun, Molly Silver ...

Series series StAR Initiative
Going for Broke is a practical tool to help policy makers, public officials, and those who have been entrusted with recovering stolen assets by informing them of how insolvency tools can be used to recover proceeds of corruption. ... Read more

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Going for Broke is a practical tool to help policy makers, public officials, and those who have been entrusted with recovering stolen assets by informing them of how insolvency tools can be used to recover proceeds of corruption.
... Read more
Managing Risk in Agriculture

A Development Perspective

by Tahirou Abdoulaye, Rachidi Aboudou, Aminou Arouna, Victor Barrera, Toritseju Begho, Marrit van den Berg, Pratap S. Birthal, Martina Bozzola, Selina Bruns, Jean-Paul Chavas, Simone Cerroni, Juan Dominguez, Marcella D’Souza, Ali Essossinam, Hongli Feng, Ricardo Fort, J Brian Hardaker, Jaweriah Hazrana, David A. Hennessy, Maman H. Karmana, Aditya R. Khanal, Seo Woo Lee, Sergio H. Lence, Lu Liu, Fulco Ludwig, Abel-Gautier Kouakou, Alfons G.J.M. Oude Lansink, Wanglin Ma, Hui Mao, Miranda P.M. Meuwissen, Digvijay S. Negi, Kehinde Odeniyi, Asis Kumar Senapati, Ariel Singerman, Arjuna Srinidhi, Ruggiero Rippo, Nicholas Tyack, Puneet Vatsa, Alexis H. Villacis, H. Holly Wang, Saskia E. Werners, Tesfamicheal Wossen, Eliana Wulandari, Xiaoheng Zhang, Hongyun Zheng ...

The book addresses and documents farmers' risks in developing and emerging economies. It draws lessons from experimental economics on measuring risk preferences, attitudes, gender differences in managing risks, and risk management strategies in countries across Africa and Asia. It argues policy makers, especially in emerging economies, need a better understanding of farmers' attitudes toward risk ... Read more

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The book addresses and documents farmers' risks in developing and emerging economies. It draws lessons from experimental economics on measuring risk preferences, attitudes, gender differences in managing risks, and risk management strategies in countries across Africa and Asia. It argues policy makers, especially in emerging economies, need a better understanding of farmers' attitudes toward risk
... Read more

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