Ecuador

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Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Ecuador.

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Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Author : Erin Foley
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Release : 2006
File : 150 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0761420509


Ecuador

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This publication explores current development challenges facing Ecuador and examines policy options available, under three key themes of fiscal consolidation and economic growth, promoting sustainable and equitable social development and governance and anti-corruption issues.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Vicente Fretes Cibils
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Release : 2003
File : 618 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0821355457


Ecuador And The United States

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This history of relations between Ecuador and the United States is a revealing case study of how a small, determined country has exploited its marginal status when dealing with a global superpower. Ranging from Ecuador’s struggle for independence in the 1820s and 1830s to the present day, the book examines the misunderstandings, tensions, and--from the U.S. perspective--often unintended consequences that have sometimes arisen in relations between the two countries. Such interactions included U.S. efforts in Ecuador to stem yellow fever, build railroads, and institute economic reforms. Many of the two countries’ exchanges in the twentieth century stemmed from the global disruptions of World War II and the cold war. More recently, Ecuadorian and U.S. interests have been in contest over fishing rights, foreign development of Ecuadorian oil resources, and Ecuador’s emergence as a transit country in the drug trade. Ronn Pineo looks at these and other issues within the context of how the United States, usually preoccupied with other concerns, has often disregarded Ecuador’s internal race, class, and geographical divisions when the two countries meet on the global stage. On the whole, argues Pineo, the two countries have operated effectively as “useful strangers” throughout their mutual history. Ecuador has never been merely a passive recipient of U.S. policy or actions, and factions within Ecuador, especially regional ones, have long seen the United States as a potential ally in domestic political disputes. The United States has influenced Ecuador, but often only in ways Ecuadorians themselves want. This book is about the dynamics of power in the relations between a very large if distracted nation when dealing with a very small but determined nation, an investigation that reveals a great deal about both.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Ronn F. Pineo
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Release : 2010-05-29
File : 277 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780820337265


The Rough Guide To Ecuador

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In addition to options in all price ranges for dining and accommodations, this guide features practical information on Ecuador's history, culture, indigenous peoples, and environmental issues. of color photos. 44 maps.

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Genre : Ecuador
Author : Harry Adès
Publisher : Rough Guides
Release : 2003
File : 624 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1843531097


Nutritional Failure In Ecuador

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Malnutrition - especially, the stunting of children under five - is arguably Ecuador's biggest development challenge. Like other Andean countries (such as Peru and Bolivia), Ecuador has a persistently high stunting rate, well above what would be expected given its middle income status. Even more worrying, over the last decade, the trend reduction has virtually stopped. The study supports the development of a more coherent and effective nutrition strategy in Ecuador through an analysis of the main nutrition issues, based on in-depth statistical analysis of a large new household survey dataset (ENDEMAIN 2004) and other data sources, together with a review of qualitative evidence regarding behavioral and program-access obstacles to improved nutritional outcomes. It also reviews the existing programs and policies which aim to improve nutritional outcomes, considered the available evidence on the efficiency, effectiveness, targeting and inter-programmatic coherence of the programs and projects reviewed and suggests an agenda for policy discussions to improve these outcomes.

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Genre : Medical
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Publisher : World Bank Publications
Release : 2007-01-01
File : 156 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780821370209


Ecuador In Pictures

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Describes the country of Ecuador, including its history, geography, economy, and the cultures of its people.

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Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Author : Alison Behnke
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Release : 2008-09-01
File : 84 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780822585732


Exploring Ecuador With The Five Themes Of Geography

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This book features the geography of Ecuador, the country bordered by Colombia to the north and Peru to the south and east.

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Genre : Science
Author : Jess Crespi
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release : 2004-12-15
File : 28 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0823946355


Trekking In Ecuador

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Describes the history, customs, traditions, geology, climate, national parks and conservation areas, religion, and wildlife of this South American country.

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Genre : Sports & Recreation
Author : Robert Kunstaetter
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Release : 2002-05-01
File : 308 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0898868246


Ecuador Vs Peru

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Although the 1995 Cenepa War between Ecuador and Peru was the first military conflict in South America in over 50 years, the Ecuador-Peru relationship has been one of enduring rivalry. This text analyzes the mediation process that followed the 1995 war.

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Genre : History
Author : Monica Herz
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Release : 2002
File : 128 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1588260755


Millennial Ecuador

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In the past decade, Ecuador has seen five indigenous uprisings, the emergence of the powerful Pachakutik political movement, and the strengthening of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador and the Association of Black Ecuadorians, all of which have contributed substantially to a new constitution proclaiming the country to be “multiethnic and multicultural.” Furthermore, January 2003 saw the inauguration of a new populist president, who immediately appointed two indigenous persons to his cabinet. In this volume, eleven critical essays plus a lengthy introduction and a timely epilogue explore the multicultural forces that have allowed Ecuador's indigenous peoples to have such dramatic effects on the nation's political structure.

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Genre : History
Author : Norman E Whitten
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Release : 2003-12
File : 439 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781587294488