June 28, 2007
Palestinian State Focus of NetLibrary eBook of the Month
Creating a successful Palestinian state poses a wide range of political, economic, social and environmental challenges. In the July eBook of the Month, researchers from the RAND Corporation provide an in-depth and comprehensive nation-building plan to overcome these obstacles, as well as a design to meet the population's infrastructure needs.
The proposals outlined in The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State (by Doug Suisman, Steven Simon, Glenn Robinson, C. Ross Anthony, Michael Schoenbaum, researchers from The RAND Corporation) include a landmark infrastructure corridor that runs up the spine of the West Bank and links the West Bank and Gaza. The proposal would promote dramatic new development in Palestine and give Palestinians new access to jobs, food, water, education, health care, housing and public services and would help improve the lives of Palestinians and begin laying the groundwork to sustain long-term development in a future state. This e-book is part of a multivolume study that offers comprehensive recommendations for the success of an independent Palestinian state.
The eBook of the Month showcases new and noteworthy titles available from NetLibrary. Each month, NetLibrary selects a new featured title and provides free, unlimited access through the authenticated homepages of more than 15,000 public, academic and special libraries. To help libraries promote the July eBook of the Month, NetLibrary has developed a tool kit of free promotional resources that includes print-on-demand bookmarks, a sample press release and electronic support materials. More information is available at www.netlibrary.com/Librarian/ToolsAndResources/eBookOfTheMonth.aspx.
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