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NEW RESOURCES
Library Bulletin Issue N 6 November 15, 2006
A biweekly e-bulletin for the latest print and electronic resources. Access is only via university net. |
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New Databases
Eurostat database provides the European Union with a high-quality statistical information service in the following areas: Key indicators on EU policy Quality data is defined by criteria of reliability, accuracy, prompt availability, accessibility, relevance, guarantee of confidentiality, cost-effective production, and quality of Eurostat management. Eurostat data is available free of charge. | |
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New Databases
TechXtra is a free service that can help you find articles, books, the best websites, the latest industry news, job announcements, technical reports, technical data, full text e-prints, the latest research, thesis & dissertations, teaching and learning resources and more, in engineering, mathematics and computing. TechXtra cross-searches (hence the ‘X' in Xtra) 25 different collections relevant to engineering, mathematics and computing, including content from over 50 publishers and providers. It not just point you to these databases, but ‘deep mines' them, so you can search them direct from TechXtra. TechXtra searches these databases remotely, and therefore results may at times vary from searches made in the native interfaces. In many cases, TechXtra searches only for the content in these databases relevant to engineering, mathematics and computing, so you are less likely to get 'false hits'. | |
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Search Engines
Search engine that allows users to search information, news, videos and images across the Web. | |
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e-Books from the World Bank e-Library
World Development Report 2007 The theme of The World Development Report 2007 is youth - young people between the ages of 12 to 24. As this population group seeks identity and independence, they make decisions that affect not only their own well-being, but that of others, and they do this in a rapidly changing demographic and socio-economic environment. Supporting young people's transition to adulthood poses important opportunities and risky challenges for development policy. Are education systems preparing young people to cope with the demands of changing economies? What kind of support do they get as they enter the labor market? Can they move freely to where the jobs are? What can be done to help them avoid serious consequences of risky behavior, such as death from HIV-AIDS and drug abuse? Can their creative energy be directed productively to support development thinking? The report will focus on crucial capabilities and transitions in a young person's life: learning for life and work, staying healthy, working, forming families, and exercising citizenship. For each, there are opportunities and risks; for all, policies and institutions matter. To view this publication online, please go to http://www.worldbank.catchword.org/rpsv/journal/publication082136541x_home.htm?nv_portal=all | |
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e-Books from the World Bank e-Library
Natural Resources, Neither Curse nor Destiny This volume studies the role of natural resources in development and economic diversification. It brings together a variety of analytical perspectives, ranging from econometric analyses of economic growth to historical studies of successful development experiences in countries with abundant natural resources. To view this publication online, please go to http://www.worldbank.catchword.org/rpsv/journal/publication0821365452_home.htm?nv_portal=all | |
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e-Books from the World Bank e-Library
Emerging Capital Markets and Globalization Back in the early 1990s, economists and policy makers had high expectations about the prospects for domestic capital market development in emerging economies, particularly in Latin America. Unfortunately, they are now faced with disheartening results. Stock and bond markets remain illiquid and segmented. Debt is concentrated at the short end of the maturity spectrum and denominated in foreign currency, exposing countries to maturity and currency risk. Capital markets in Latin America look particularly underdeveloped when considering the many efforts undertaken to improve the macroeconomic environment and to reform the institutions believed to foster capital market development. The disappointing performance has made conventional policy recommendations questionable, at best. Emerging Capital Markets and Globalization analyzes where we stand and where we are heading on capital market development. First, it takes stock of the state and evolution of Latin American capital markets and related reforms over time and relative to other countries. Second, it analyzes the factors related to the development of capital markets, with particular interest on measuring the impact of reforms. And third, in light of this analysis, it discusses the prospects for capital market development in Latin America and emerging economies and the implications for the reform agenda.
http://www.worldbank.catchword.org/rpsv/journal/publication0821365436_home.htm?nv_portal=all | |
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e-Books from the World Bank e-Library
Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth Broad-based growth is critical for accelerating poverty reduction. But income inequality also affects the pace at which growth translates into gains for the poor. Despite the attention researchers have given to the relative roles of growth and inequality in reducing poverty, little is known about how the microunderpinnings of growth strategies affect poor households' ability to participate in and profit from growth. Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth contributes to the debate on how to accelerate poverty reduction by providing insights from eight countries that have been relatively successful in delivering pro-poor growth: Bangladesh, Brazil, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Tunisia, Uganda, and Vietnam. It integrates growth analytics with the microanalysis of household data to determine how country policies and conditions interact to reduce poverty and to spread the benefits of growth across different income groups. This title is a useful resource for policy makers, donor agencies, academics, think tanks, and government officials seeking a practical framework to improve country level diagnostics of growth-poverty linkages. To view this publication online, please go tohttp://www.worldbank.catchword.org/rpsv/journal/publication0821365150_home.htm?nv_portal=all | |
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E-Book
A Brief History of Mobile Telecommunication in Europe By Theo Dunnewijk and Staffan Hultén Since the introduction of mobile telephony in the early fifties in Europe, US and Japan the demand for this service exploded. It seems that the latent demand for mobile telecommunication services for decade’s continued to be very strong. Since the introduction of cellular technology the capacity of the services increasingly became able to meet the massive demand. Next and future generations of mobile telecommunication technologies bring increased transmission speed and more versatile services. This forces network operators to
organize multi sourced information flows supplied by service providers to increase the network effect of the system instead of providing the network infrastructure and leave the content to the users as in pure voice telephony. The drivers and inhibitors behind the emergence and recent developments of mobile telecommunications systems in Europe are highlighted in this paper.
Liberalization of the telecom markets in Europe drove new entrants to the market and curbed excessive pricing. However, in recent years the lack of challenging service is the main cause for the wavering development of newer generations of mobile telecommunication services. | |
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E-journals
Publishers Weekly Large Open Access Collection of Book Reviews http://reviews.publishersweekly.com/ The largest collection of book reviews published since 1987 in the print and online edition of Publishers Weekly has become open access (along with other materials in Publishers Weekly). Although only the title and some bibliographic data elements (ISBN, author, publisher, BISAC subject) are searchable, not the full text itself, the full text of the reviews can be displayed and printed. The informative reviews help the users in selecting the most appropriate books for users in all genres, and on all subjects. | |
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E-journals
Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics (SNDE) Special issue: "Nonlinear Analysis of Electricity Prices"
You may not be aware that AUBG library has obtained a site license for this journal. This means that you have unrestricted access to the full-text of all papers. To view any of the articles in question, simply click on the links below:
Niels Haldrup and Morten Ø. Nielsen "Directional Congestion and Regime Switching in a Long Memory Model for Electricity Prices". http://www.bepress.com/snde/vol10/iss3/art1
Adam Misiorek, Stefan Trueck, and Rafal Weron "Point and Interval Forecasting of Spot Electricity Prices: Linear vs. Non-Linear Time Series Models". http://www.bepress.com/snde/vol10/iss3/art2
Cyriel De Jong "The Nature of Power Spikes: A Regime-Switch Approach". http://www.bepress.com/snde/vol10/iss3/art3
Maxwell J. Stevenson, Luiz Felipe Moreira do Amaral, and Maurice Peat "Risk Management and the Role of Spot Price Predictions in the Australian Retail Electricity Market". http://www.bepress.com/snde/vol10/iss3/art4
Melvin J. Hinich and Apostolos Serletis "Randomly Modulated Periodic Signals in Alberta's Electricity Market". http://www.bepress.com/snde/vol10/iss3/art5
Svetlana Borovkova and Helyette Geman "Analysis and Modelling of Electricity Futures Prices". http://www.bepress.com/snde/vol10/iss3/art6
Pavel Diko, Steve Lawford, and Valerie Limpens "Risk Premia in Electricity Forward Prices". http://www.bepress.com/snde/vol10/iss3/art7
Fred E. Benth and Jurate Saltyte-Benth "Analytical Approximation for the Price Dynamics of Spark Spread Options". http://www.bepress.com/snde/vol10/iss3/art8
Stephen Jewson and Jeremy Penzer "Estimating Trends in Weather Series: Consequences for Pricing Derivatives". http://www.bepress.com/snde/vol10/iss3/art9
Apostolos Serletis and Akbar Shahmoradi "Measuring and Testing Natural Gas and Electricity Markets Volatility: Evidence from Alberta's Deregulated Markets". | |
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Selected
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History of Bulgaria http://www.bulgaria.com/history/bulgaria/index.html Extract from the book "Bulgaria Illustrated History"
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Selected Internet Resources
Congresspedia http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Congresspedia
The "Citizen's Encyclopedia on Congress" that anyone—including you—can edit. Congresspedia is a not-for-profit, collaborative project of the Center for Media and Democracy and the Sunlight Foundation and is overseen by an editor to help ensure fairness and accuracy. Congresspedia is part of SourceWatch, a wiki-based website documenting the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda. | |
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Selected Internet Resources
A Collection of Free Clip Art from Dorling Kindersley
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*Access is only via university net Selection: Reference department For additional info libmail@aubg.bg | |
New Books 
Paper ed. - Call N in AUBG Library Large DR67 .D55