World Disarmament: Its Problems and Prospects

The Prospects for Global Nuclear Disarmament

Predicting the future can be a risky business, but predicting the future of nuclear disarmament is especially difficult, linked as it is to the core security concerns of very powerful countries. Not only is the subject imperfectly defined but it is constantly evolving under the influence of forces that are too numerous and too complex to allow for any confident projections. Yet because the issu...

Integrating India With the World Economy: Progress, Problems and Prospects

India was largely insulated from the world trading system for more than four decades after independence in 1947. Pursuit of an inward-oriented development strategy, rationalized both by a wary, almost hostile, attitude towards foreign trade, technology and investment, and by pessimism about export markets, inevitably led to India becoming marginalized in world trade. During the period of rapid ...

Cofinancing of World Bank Projects: Problems and Prospects

In this thesis we examine the cofinancing of World Bank projects with commercial banks in the context of the current international debt crisis. After describing the institutions involved, with particular emphasis on the World Bank, we review the history of cofinancing with commercial banks. We then describe the controversy that has existed between the World Bank and commercial banks and present...

Neurofibromatosis, its types and treatment prospects

Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder that causes tumors in nerve tissue. These tumors can grow in any part of the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord and nerves. The disease gene can be passed from a parent to a child through marked autosomal dominant inheritance or it can happen due to a spontaneous mutation of a gene. A parent with neurofibromatosis has a 50% chance of passing...

Problems and Prospects of Introducing Islamic Microfinance in Azerbaijan Republic