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It is increasingly recognised that EU development cooperation policy has failed to meet its stated aims. In this book Arts and Dickson ask the obvious and important question: if the policy doesn't work, why bother with it? The authors assess why EU development policy has become largely ineffective, citing among the external causal factors the liberalisation of trade, and the growing influence of US and international actors such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund upon EU policy. It also considers contributing factors within the EU such as the enlargement of its membership and the resulting shifts in priorities. It is this analysis of internal and external factors affecting the decline of EU development policy that makes this study both innovative and unique. It brings together an impressive range of contributors from different disciplines resulting in a thorough and intelligent assessment of the debate. This study will appeal to advanced level undergraduates and academics of European politics in general, EU integration, development studies, and International Relations.

economy --- imf --- eu --- financial --- europe

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This book focuses on «Convertibilidad», the latest Argentine experience of exchange rate based stabilisation, and aims at isolating the main causes for its tragic collapse in 2001-2002. The characteristics of Argentina’s high and hyperinflation during the 1980s are analysed, and the theory of currency boards is expounded. The stabilisation tool, an institutionally highly credible currency board arrangement (CBA), though highly effective, could not be an optimal long-term solution, given the country’s structural and trade characteristics. The analysis of the causes of the CBA’s collapse yields a complex picture of interacting factors, among them invaliding ones that had created multiple vulnerabilities over years, and triggering ones that unfolded their worst potential in meeting such vulnerable conditions.

Argentina --- Argentinien --- Board --- Bust --- Case --- Currency --- Currency Board --- Fixed Exchange Rates --- Geschichte 1980-2002 --- Hyperinflation --- Hyperinflation --- IMF --- Inflation --- IWF --- Konvertierbarkeit --- Maute --- Währung --- Washington Consensus --- Wechselkurs

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The Special Issue (SI) “Recent Advances in GPR Imaging” offers an up-to-date overview of state-of-the-art research activities dealing with the development of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) technology and its recent advances in imaging in the different fields of application. In fact, the advances experimented with over the last few decades with regard to the appearance of new GPR systems and the need to manage large amounts of data suggest an increasing interest in the development of new signal processing algorithms and modeling, as well as in the use of three-dimensional (3D) imaging techniques.

doline --- karst --- land cultivation --- morphometrical analysis --- distributive analysis --- conglomerate --- LiDAR --- digital elevation model (DEM) --- ground penetrating radar (GPR) --- Kranjsko polje --- ground penetrating radar --- electrical resistivity imaging --- quarry --- marble --- ground penetrating radar --- electromagnetic propagation in nonhomogeneous media --- time-domain analysis --- GPR --- clutter --- backscattering --- scattering modelling --- ground-penetrating radar --- terrestrial laser scanning --- infrared thermography --- archaeology --- 3D visualization --- toGPRi --- variational mode decomposition --- empirical mode decomposition --- IMF-slices --- GPR data processing --- GPR imaging --- time-frequency analysis --- ground penetrating radar --- non-destructive testing --- near-surface geophysics --- test site --- Ground Penetrating Radar --- railways --- signal frequency analysis --- track geometry --- railway events --- spectral domain --- network level evaluation --- ground penetrating radar (GPR) --- X-ray diffraction (XRD) --- X-ray fluorescence (XRF) --- karst --- cave sediments --- unroofed caves --- n/a