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Alternative Energy Sources
- by Lyle G. Reeser
During the past 30 years many detailed studies have been undertaken
regarding the development of alternative energy sources for use to
supplement fossil fuels, which presently poison our air, pollute our
water and become detrimental to our economy.
Central America, the Forgotten Frontier
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By Michele Miranda
Ms. Miranda is an operations associate at
East/West Institute in New York. Her research interest is international
security in the developing world.
With ineffective border security,
weak governmental infrastructure, half-hearted efforts at regional
cooperation, widespread poverty, and rising crime rate, Central
America is ripe to be the new playground for the world’s most
dangerous criminals, drug and human traffickers, and terrorist
groups.
Editorial on Clean Renewable
Energy Sources - by Lyle G. Reeser
During the past 30 years many detailed studies have been undertaken
regarding the development of alternative energy sources for use to
supplement fossil fuels, which presently poison our air, pollute our
water and become detrimental to our economy.
Just Or Unjust War
- by Natalia Makarova
War is a reality of nowadays world. Every day we hear from TV, read in
newspapers, and are told by our acquaintances about some horrible
events that happened in one or another part of the planet. Constant
bloody tensions between Israel and Palestine, terrorist acts in Sri
Lanka, and the terrible event of September 11th in the US are only some
examples of aggression in today’s society.
Comments From A Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholar - Dan Stoenescu
Salaam from Egypt! I have been here for almost two months and I really
enjoy the experience since everyday something new happens.
The Refugee Children of
Sudan - by Dan Stoenescu
When many Americans think of Egypt, they see the magnificent past
overshadowing the present. Very few Americans realize that Egypt is
also a gateway to freedom for millions of refugees escaping the famine,
repression and civil wars of the African continent.
The World Bank in Transition
- Charles A. Langenhop, Jr.
Since the advent of the first
bank, institutions of lending have been objects of suspicion. The World
Bank is a multilateral development bank, situated in the unique
category of global bankers charged with both impact objectives and a
profit motive.
Study of Private Sector
Participation in Wastewaster Sanitation Services in Mexico:
Experience and Lessons Learned - by Heber Garcia Migliore and
Mauricio Zuazua Elizondo
This study focuses on wastewater
collection and treatment infrastructure projects developed in the 90's
under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model, a form of
private participation where the private sector finances, constructs and
operates the facility for a water utility, receiving a payment based on
service rates. (This article is in PDF
file format and requires the use of Adobe
Reader.)
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