Intended to promote a dialogue between the scientific community and the government officials who lead our nation on global change research. This report offers a brief description of the challenges…

Globalization creates new economic, cultural, and social opportunities, but also poses the challenge of ensuring that workers throughout the world share in these opportunities. This title provides science-based advice on…

The NRC has convened the Committee on Monitoring International Labor Standards to provide expert, science-based advice on monitoring compliance with international labor standards. The committee held a workshop in July…

The management challenge in orchestrating a multitude of DOE headquarters, laboratory, and contractor personnel at about 50 sites in Russia is daunting. Steps are needed to maximize the return on…

The National Research Council has convened the Committee on Monitoring International Labor Standards to provide expert, science-based advice on monitoring compliance with international labor standards. The committee has undertaken a…

Technological advances pose challenges and opportunities for developing countries, and for the development banks and other organizations that serve them. This book surveys the status and effect of change in…

Steps Toward Large-Scale Data Integration in the Sciences summarizes a National Research Council (NRe workshop to identify some of the major challenges that hinder large-scale data integration in the sciences…