TRADE AND INDUSTRY INFORMATION CENTER Issue 11
June 15, 2013
Title
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Skills Development for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia-Pacific
Publisher
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Asian Development Bank
Call Number :
45.000/03.01/ADB/2013 This book gives views, perspectives, and insight from policy makers, practitioners, and leading experts on skills development for inclusive and sustainable growth. It is organized in four parts: 1) provides an introduction to major trends and concerns relating to skills development; 2) addresses prominent issues and strategies that are emerging in the TVET (technical and vocational education and training) and skills development sector in the countries of Asia and the Pacific region in response to the key challenges confronting them; 3) looks at the link between technical and vocational education and training and the imperatives of greening economies; and 4) draws together prominent trends to articulate an emerging framework for policy and action in the skills and training sector that development partners could consider in their future activities and investments. 384p.
Title
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Materyales: Catalogue and Directory of Construction & Building Paraphernalia
Publisher
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RADA Ventures Publishing Inc.
Call Number :
SITC 66/00.07/MAT/2013 The book is a compilation of various directories related to construction: associations, realty and developers, contractors and suppliers arranged alphabetically by category with contact details such as addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and product/line or services offered. Contains reading about the construction industry’s professional organizations, their thrust, goals and program. 100p.
Title
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Central Banking for Every Juan and Maria
Copies are available for loan to DTI employees and for research purposes only to external clients, on a first-come, first-served basis at the DTI Library, GF Trade and Industry Building, 361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, 1200 Makati City. For inquiries/reservation, please call 751.0384 local 2130.
Author
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Ignacio R. Bunye
Publisher
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Tomir Books
Call Number :
45.608/04/BUN/2011 This book is for the person with zero to very little background knowledge on banking and finance who would like to know more about central banking in the Philippines. It is a tome, a manual, a textbook, a classic work on central banking in particular and banking in general. Explains in everyday, easy-to-read language the operations/functions of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and how it affects not only the national economy but eventually the lives of the Filipinos. It also contains helpful information on financial literacy. 165p.
Title
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The Home Spa: a Recipe Book for Hot Oils, Facial, Body Scrubs, Foot Spa, and so Much More
Author
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Meliss Pizana Cruz
Publisher
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Anvil Publishing Inc.
Call Number :
15.08/PIZ/2012 This book is about spa right in the home. Lists from head to toes recipes treatment which many of the ingredients can be found right in the kitchen, simple ingredients that may find surpringsingly beneficial in other ways. It is also about relaxing, kicking up, and feeling good and pampering oneself. 64p.
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