Can Latin America Learn from Developing Asia’s Focused FDI Policies?

This paper argues that foreign direct investment (FDI) can make a very important contribution to development. The nature and level of benefits for developing countries and transition economies from FDI has become a much more controversial topic. While the accelerated growth of surging Asian economies, especially China, suggest that FDI in the right circumstances can be considered an important ingredient for economic advance, the debate over technological and other spillovers from FDI has shifted decisively against the existing presumptions regarding ‘automatic’ FDI benefits to the point of questioning their very existence based on East European and Latin American experiences. As a consequence, more and more developing countries and transition economies now make significant efforts to compete to attract ‘quality’ FDI at the same time that they also seek to ensure that they effectively benefit from the FDI they receive. To understand this phenomenon, this paper examines existing statistical information on FDI and the operations of transnational corporations (TNC) in the context of the new global political economy in which developing countries and transition economies are becoming much more assertive. In this new setting many developing countries and transition economies see themselves as needing general FDI less but wanting quality FDI more. For these reasons, developing countries and transition economies are increasingly prone to use active and focused policies to both attract quality or priority FDI and to ensure that the benefits from such coincide with their developmental priorities.(Please Puchase For Further Reading)Foreign direct investment, transnational corporations, industrial policy, development

Inclusive education and social competence development

Students with special educational needs are exposed to the same social and cultural effects as any other child. Their social and emotional development also evolves under those influences and they, too, must adjust to the conditions of their environment. In several cases, however, an inadequate learning environment keeps these children from experiencing and learning social skills and abilities (such as self-confidence and independence). Inclusive education for children with special educational needs is not common practice in Hungary even though it is equally well suited to fostering different social skills and abilities in children with either average or non-average development. This paper endeavours to argue for the importance of having inclusive education in Hungary by discussing examples abroad, with special emphasis on research and practical implementations in Great Britain

Primary biliary cholangitis: symptoms, diagnosis and management

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Alcohol: is it all that bad?

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Haemochromatosis: what is it and could you have it?

Genetic haemochromatosis is the most common inherited genetic disorder among Northern Europeans, thought to affect 1:200 people in the UK. despite this, most people have never heard of the condition. Gerri Mortimore, lecturer in Post-registration \health Care at the \University of Derby, looks at the health implications of this disorder.N/

Genetic haemochromatosis: diagnosing and treating hereditary iron overload.

Genetic haemochromatosis (GH) is the most common inherited genetic disorder in caucasians, affecting approximately 1 in every 200–250 people. It leads to an increased absorption and deposition of iron, and if it is untreated it can cause systemic iron overload in some patients. This iron overload can cause inflammation and tissue damage to multiple organs, with the potential to lead to heart disease, diabetes and cirrhosis of the liver. Despite being a common condition, it is thought to be under diagnosed. However, it is known that some patients with a diagnosis of GH will present with cirrhosis at a young age, while others are virtually asymptomatic. Symptoms can be generalised, and diagnosis is made on blood tests. Treatment for GH requires the removal of blood, known as venesection. Approximately 400–500mls are removed at a time, and this procedure can be undertaken weekly until ferritin levels are brought down to 50 µg/l or below.N/

Christmas health warnings go down like a sack of coal.

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Primary sclerosing cholangitis: a pre-malignant condition

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic, progressive, cholestatic liver disease with no known cure. It is a serious condition, and diagnosis comes with an increased risk of developing cancer of the gallbladder, bile ducts or liver. Symptoms can include fatigue and jaundice, although the disease can be initially asymptomatic. Patients are at risk of deficiencies in fat-soluble vitamins. PSC is also associated with ulcerative colitis, and patients with a dual diagnosis will have an increased risk of developing bowel cancer. In addition, patients can develop fatal complications from colitis or liver failure. As such, primary sclerosing cholangitis can be characterised as a pre-malignant condition. In view of this, it is essential that patients undergo regular surveillance to observe and rapidly treat any developing complications.N/

Asymmetry in Leader Image Effects and the Implications for Leadership Positioning in the 2010 British General Election

Using national survey data on voters' perceptions of party leaders during the 2010 British general election campaign, we use logistic regression analysis to explore the association between specific image attributes and overall satisfaction for each leader. We find attribute-satisfaction relationships differ in some respects between the three main party leaders, demonstrating that leader image effects are not symmetrical across leaders. We find evidence that negative perceptions have more powerful effects on satisfaction than positive ones, implying that parties should seek to determine a leader's image attribute perceptions measured against the public's expectations of them on the same dimensions. The positions that campaigners ought then to choose are those that will have the most beneficial effect in encouraging voting behaviour for each particular leader or discouraging voting behaviour for an opponent