Yearbook of International Organizations 2014-2015 (Volume 4)

Yearbook of International Organizations 2014-2015 (Volume 4)
Author: Union Of International Associations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 728
Release: 2014-09-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789004272002

The Yearbook of International Organizations provides the most extensive coverage of non-profit international organizations currently available. Detailed profiles of international non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations (IGO), collected and documented by the Union of International Associations, can be found here. In addition to the history, aims and acitvities of international organizations, with their events, publications and contact details, the volumes of the Yearbook include networks between associations, biographies of key people involved and extensive statistical data. Providing both an international organizations and research bibliography, Volume 4 cites over 46,000 publications and information resources supplied by international organizations, and provides nearly 18,000 research citations under 40 subject headings. This volume also includes a research bibliography on international organizations and transnational associations.

Russia and the Information Revolution

Russia and the Information Revolution
Author: D. J. Peterson
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2005-11-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0833041010

This work, the result of a six-year study, sheds light on Russia's role in the global Information Revolution. It examines Russia's increasing reliance on information and communications technologies (IT) to improve its government institutions, modernize business and industry and stimulate economic growth, broaden information access, and enhance the quality of life for Russian people. The author examines Russia's emerging IT sector, how businesses in Russia are seeking to use IT to enhance productivity and profitability, the impact of IT on government, and the course of the Information Revolution in Russian society.