Author: Pierre Sauve Publisher: World Bank Publications ISBN: 0821383434 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 246
Book Description
Trade in services, far more than trade in goods, is affected by a variety of domestic regulations, ranging from qualification and licensing requirements in professional services to pro-competitive regulation in telecommunications services. Experience shows that the quality of regulation strongly influences the consequences of trade liberalization. WTO members have agreed that a central task in the ongoing services negotiations will be to develop a set of rules to ensure that domestic regulations support rather than impede trade liberalization. Since these rules are bound to have a profound impact on the evolution of policy, particularly in developing countries, it is important that they be conducive to economically rational policy-making. This book addresses two central questions: What impact can international trade rules on services have on the exercise of domestic regulatory sovereignty? And how can services negotiations be harnessed to promote and consolidate domestic policy reform across highly diverse sectors? The book, with contributions from several of the world's leading experts in the field, explores a range of rule-making challenges arising at this policy interface, in areas such as transparency, standards and the adoption of a necessity test for services trade. Contributions also provide an in-depth look at these issues in the key areas of accountancy, energy, finance, health, telecommunications and transportation services.
Author: Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage Publisher: ISBN: Category : Broadcasting Languages : en Pages : 904
Author: Malcolm Coulthard Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134361521 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 250
Book Description
Overview of the interface of language and the law, illustrated with authentic data and contemporary case studies. Topics include collection of evidence, discourse, courtroom interaction, legal language, comprehension and forensic phonetics.
Author: Andrea Millwood Hargrave Publisher: Intellect (UK) ISBN: 9781841502380 Category : Computers and children Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents a comprehensive analysis of research on content-related media harm and offense. This book brings together findings on both established and newer interactive media. In today's media and communications environment, pressing questions arise regarding the media's potential for harm, especially in relation to children. This fully revised edition offers a unique and comprehensive analysis of the latest research on content-related media harm and offense. For the first time, a balanced, critical account brings together findings on both established and newer, interactive media.Arguing against asking simple questions about media effects, the case is made for contextualizing media content and use within a multi-factor, risk-based framework in order to guide future research and policy formation.
Author: Canada. Telecommunications Policy Branch Publisher: ISBN: Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 150
Book Description
"This Canadian Table of Frequency Allocations allocates the electromagnetic spectrum between 9 kHz and 275 GHz (275 - 400 GHz is unallocated at this time) and is based on the provisions of the Final Acts resulting from the various World Administrative Radio Conferences (WARC), including the 1992 WARC, convened by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The Canadian Table is intended to respond to Canadian domestic spectrum requirements. Consequently, it reflects the Department of Industry's spectrum allocation and utilization policies developed through public consultation. The Canadian Table includes the revisions made to the frequency allocations in October 1994. It should be noted, therefore, that the Canadian Table differs, where necessary, from the ITU Table"--Foreword.
Author: David Jenkins Publisher: IWA Publishing ISBN: 178040493X Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 460
Book Description
Activated Sludge - 100 Years and Counting covers the current status of all aspects of the activated sludge process and looks forward to its further development in the future. It celebrates 100 years of the Activated Sludge process, from the time that the early developers presented the seminal works that led to its eventual worldwide adoption. The book assembles contributions from renowned world leaders in activated sludge research, development, technology and application. The objective of the book is to summarise the knowledge of all aspects of the activated sludge process and to present and discuss anticipated future developments. The book comprises invited papers that were delivered at the conference "Activated Sludge...100 Years and Counting!", held in Essen, Germany, June 12th to 14th, 2014. Activated Sludge - 100 Years and Counting is of interest to researchers, engineers, designers, operations specialists, and governmental agencies from a wide range of disciplines associated with all aspects of the activated sludge process. Authors: David Jenkins, University of California at Berkeley, USA, Jiri Wanner, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Author: Derek McKee Publisher: University of Ottawa Press ISBN: 0776627538 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 559
Book Description
Controversy shrouds sharing economy platforms. It stems partially from the platforms’ economic impact, which is felt most acutely in certain sectors: Uber drivers compete with taxi drivers; Airbnb hosts compete with hotels. Other consequences lie elsewhere: Uber is associated with a trend toward low-paying, precarious work, whereas Airbnb is accused of exacerbating real estate speculation and raising the cost of long-term rental housing. While governments in some jurisdictions have attempted to rein in the platforms, technology has enabled such companies to bypass conventional regulatory categories, generating accusations of “unfair competition” as well as debates about the merits of existing regulatory regimes. Indeed, the platforms blur a number of familiar distinctions, including personal versus commercial activity; infrastructure versus content; contractual autonomy versus hierarchical control. These ambiguities can stymie legal regimes that rely on these distinctions as organizing principles, including those relating to labour, competition, tax, insurance, information, the prohibition of discrimination, as well as specialized sectoral regulation. This book is organized around five themes: technologies of regulation; regulating technology; the sites of regulation (local to global); regulating markets; and regulating labour. Together, the chapters offer a rich variety of insights on the regulation of the sharing economy, both in terms of the traditional areas of law they bring to bear, and the theoretical perspectives that inform their analysis. Published in English.
Author: Anita Gordon Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 9780674469709 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 296
Book Description
We are facing ecological disasters that will affect our ability to survive and the crisis is forcing us to reexamine the entire value system that has governed our lives for the past two thousand years.
Author: Pierre Sauve
Author: Hank Intven
Author: Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage
Author: Malcolm Coulthard
Author: Andrea Millwood Hargrave
Author: Canada. Telecommunications Policy Branch
Author: United States
Author: David Jenkins
Author: Derek McKee
Author: Anita Gordon