This paper conducts a systematic growth and fiscal analysis to determine: (1) the growth potential of Benin’s ambitious scaling-up of investment, and (2) how the government can generate the necessary fiscal space needed to increase investment without jeopardizing Benin’s solid macroeconomic performance.

World War I created a set of forces that affected the political arrangements and economies of all the countries involved. This period in global economic history between World War I and II offers rich material for studying international monetary and sovereign debt policies. Debt and Entanglements between the Wars focuses on the experiences of the United States, United Kingdom, four countries in the British Commonwealth (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Newfoundland), France, Italy, Germany, ...

Extinction EvolutionCentral Command is gone, the military is fractured, and the surviving members of Team Ghost, led by Master Sergeant Reed Beckham, have been pushed to the breaking point. While the strong return to the battlefield, the wounded are forced to stay behind on Plum Island and fight their inner demons.Betrayed by the country they swore to defend and surrounded by enemies on all sides, Team Ghost has one mission left: protect Dr. Kate Lovato and Dr. Pat...

Celebrating 25 years of The Notebook - the classic novel which became the heart-wrenching film.*Once again, just as I do every day, I begin to read the notebook aloud...Noah Calhoun has returned from war and, in an attempt to escape the ghosts of battle, he sets his mind and his body to restoring an old plantation home to its former beauty.But he is haunted by memories of the beaut...

Hope rises in the hearts of those still left standing, but safety seems to be just an illusion. In a single night of shattering terror, Plum Island is destroyed, and key scientist Dr. Kate Lovato is abducted.The end has arrived …Almost seven weeks have passed since the Hemorrhage Virus ravaged the world. The remnants of the United States military have regrouped and relocated Central Command to the George Washington Carrier Strike Group. It’s here, in the N...

Als der Galerist Jean-Luc Champollion eines Morgens den Liebesbrief einer Unbekannten in der Post findet, ahnt er noch nicht, dass sein wohltemperiertes Leben von jetzt an völlig auf den Kopf gestellt werden soll. Denn bald schon hat Jean-Luc nur noch ein Ziel: Er will die kapriziöse Unbekannte finden, die sich «Principessa» nennt und die verführerischsten Briefe der Welt schreibt. Doch wer ist diese Frau, die ihn mit zarter Hand und spitzer Feder durch eine turbulente Liebesgeschichte len...

Le constat est sans appel : la transition écologique n’a pas encore débuté. Face au plus grand défi collectif de l’humanité, seuls 10 % de nos investissements sont tournés vers l’environnement ; 7 % de notre économie est circulaire ; 13 % de notre énergie primaire provient d’énergies renouvelables et 7 % de nos exploitations sont en agriculture biologique. Des gouttes d’eau dans un océan de croissance et de consommation. Pourtant, des solutions existent, pour relever le défi environ-nement...

Step into a world where love and heartbreak collide in three hauntingly beautiful tales that explore the depths of the human heart and the shadows it casts.To Love Somebody: A betrayed college student's heartbreak spirals into vengeance as he takes justice into his own hands, unraveling the thin line between love and obsession in a deadly act of retribution.The Voice of My Heart: A singer mourns the tragic loss of his boyfriend, finding so...

Discover the dramatic fall of Russia’s last tsar...Reigning from 1894 to 1917, Nicholas II was the final emperor of Russia. His rule marked the twilight of a centuries-old dynasty—caught between the fading echoes of imperial ambition and the rise of revolutionary fervor that would ignite the Soviet era.Nicholas was, by many accounts, a contradictory figure: kind and soft-spoken in private, yet seemingly detached and indecisive in the face of sweeping nation...

A princess locked in a tower. An elven boy sold into slavery. A kingdom on the brink — and ancient forces stirring beyond its walls.In the capital of Auberlind, twelve‑year‑old Princess Iva has spent her life hidden away in a white tower — a living secret in a realm ruled by fear, ambition, and a queen mother who will do anything to keep her power.In the slums below, an elven boy named Athlin escapes a brutal slaver only to fall in with a mismatched crew of...

Als der Galerist Jean-Luc Champollion eines Morgens den Liebesbrief einer Unbekannten in der Post findet, ahnt er noch nicht, dass sein wohltemperiertes Leben von jetzt an völlig auf den Kopf gestellt werden soll. Denn bald schon hat Jean-Luc nur noch ein Ziel: Er will die kapriziöse Unbekannte finden, die sich »Principessa« nennt und die verführerischsten Briefe der Welt schreibt. Doch wer ist diese Frau, die ihn mit zarter Hand und spitzer Feder durch eine turbulente Liebesgeschichte len...

Musculoskeletal conditions are the #1 reason for doctor visits among Americans. No one knows the concerns of patients afflicted with these bone, muscle, and joint issues better than Dr. Nicholas DiNubile. As the orthopedist to the Philadelphia 76ers, he presented his plan for treating and preventing general pain without surgery or drugs in his first book, FrameWork.Now, in the second installment of his Active for Life series, Dr. DiNubile turns his attention to the estimat...