Ray Collins – författare

When Archbishop Makarios was toppled as President of Cyprus in a 1974 coup, and Turkish forces invaded the island, few saw Cyprus as part of the incipient drive to create a new Europe. Yet, as Pauline Green reveals here, behind the rhetoric of the politicians there is a growing view among Greek and Turkish Cypriots that the solution to Cyprus' problems lies within the gift of Europe. And yet the problems remain knotty - not least because of the highly sensitive and little-discussed role of the British military bases on the island, whose security and intelligence-gathering functions are so crucial to UK and US interests in the region. The author's analysis should interest those concerned not only with the future of Cyprus, Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean, but also with the fate of the European Union itself.

Value Chain Analysis (VCA) diagnoses the current state of a value chain and makes recommendations to improve its effectiveness and efficiency. Applying VCA in developing countries is very often subject to limited time and funding. This manual shows how VCA principles can be applied under such circumstances. It explains how to undertake an affordable VCA that still generates valid data and so produces recommendations that will have impact. The manual has four parts: Part 1: Our Approach to Value Chain Thinking - sets out the principles and practice of taking a value chain approach. Part 2: Conducting Value Chain Analysis - covers planning a VCA, conducting consumer research, interviewing, analysing, creating recommendations and reporting. Part 3: Case Studies - illustrates successful VCAs with case studies e.g. Ghanaian pineapples and Kenyan indigenous chicken. Part 4: Further Reading and Biographies The practical style and content will make this manual accessible to a wide audience: NGO practitioners; government policymakers and extension officers; private sector managers and consultants; and academics for teaching and researching.

When Archbishop Makarios was toppled as President of Cyprus in a 1974 coup, and Turkish forces invaded the island, few saw Cyprus as part of the incipient drive to create a new Europe. Yet, as Pauline Green reveals here, behind the rhetoric of the politicians there is a growing view among Greek and Turkish Cypriots that the solution to Cyprus' problems lies within the gift of Europe. And yet the problems remain knotty - not least because of the highly sensitive and little-discussed role of the British military bases on the island, whose security and intelligence-gathering functions are so crucial to UK and US interests in the region. The author's analysis should interest those concerned not only with the future of Cyprus, Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean, but also with the fate of the European Union itself.

En el año 13 d.C. durante las fiestas en honor de Vesta, la diosa guardiana del fuego de los hogares de Roma, servida por vírgenes vestales, ocurre un crimen pasional que involucra a familiares cercanos al Emperador y a su célebre tercera esposa, Livia Drusila. Ambos, que habían ordenado una boda sin amor, sin advertirlo, decretaron la muerte de la joven más bella de la ciudad, amenazando con desatar el escándalo más funesto para la hipocresía de la alta sociedad romana. En la búsqueda del asesino y de cubrir las apariencias, se recurre a un esclavo egipcio, propiedad de un Prefecto romano, cuyas pretendidas dotes de videncia y brujería lo terminan convirtiendo en el más perfecto chivo expiatorio para enterrar la verdad de lo sucedido. El improvisado detective, atrapado sin remedio entre amenazas, sospechas y perversidades sexuales, halla, sin embargo, las respuestas desnudando el Templo de las Vírgenes hasta destapar la razón del misterio de su oscura existencia. Unidos por la común fascinación por las lecciones de la Historia, Ray Collins y el profesor Juan Pablo Alfaro revelan en El caso de la vestal enamorada el día a día de la curiosamente desolada vida en la Roma imperial.