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CRISIS & REFORM in LATIN AMERICA from DESPAIR to H
Häftad, 1995
532 kr
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Reviews the transformation of many Latin American economies from 1982 to the present. Devotes particular attention to the recent Mexican currency crisis. During recent years, many Latin American countries have undergone significant reforms. The economic systems that emerged in the 1930s, stifled by …
FIGHTING POVERTY with MICROCREDIT EXPERIENCE in BA
Inbunden, 1998
532 kr
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Providing the poor with access to financial services is one of many ways to help increase their incomes and productivity. In many countries, however, traditional financial institutions have failed to provide this service. Microcredit and co-operative programmes have been developed to fill this gap. …
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING REFORM MATCHING SK
Av World Bank Group, Indermit S. Gill
Inbunden, 2000
503 kr
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Vocational education and training (VET) schemes are called on to help unemployed young people and older workers get jobs, to reduce the burden on higher education, to attract foreign investment, to ensure rapid growth of earnings and employment, to reduce inequality of earnings among other aims. …
CONFRONTING AIDS - REVISED EDITION PUBLIC PRIORITI
Häftad, 1999
414 kr
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This updated edition of Confronting AIDS includes a vital, new statistical appendix that assembles information about the levels and determinants of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and selected policy variables for low- and middle-income countries. Confronting AIDS draws on three bodies of knowledge: the …
Frontiers of Development Economics: the Future
Av World Bank Group, Joseph E. Stiglitz m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
532 kr
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Thirty-three development economists contribute to this volume, which looks at the future of development economics in relation to thoughts and practice of the past half century. At the core is the issue of whether development economics is simply a branch of applied economics or whether its nature …
Finance at the Frontier
Debt Capacity and the Role of Credit in the Private Economy
Häftad, 1991
474 kr
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Explains how development financing affects firms and households
Financial Regulation
Changing the Rules of the Game
Av World Bank Group, Dimitri Vittas
Häftad, 1993
589 kr
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The study discusses ways of evaluating financial regulations and their effect on macroeconomic, allocative, protective, and other financial systems. It is a handy guidebook to regulatory changes faced by banking and nonbanking markets alike
Greening of Economic Policy Reform V.1; Principles
Häftad, 1997
402 kr
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The economywide policy reform programs that have been undertaken in developing countries in recent years often address macroeconomic problems with little or no regard for their environmental impact, be it positive or negative. This book and its companion volume of case studies demonstrate that …
World Bank Glossary/Glosario Del Banco Mundial
English-Spanish, Spanish-English/Ingles-Espaanol, Espanol-Ingles
Häftad, 1996
705 kr
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This glossary is intended to assist the World Bank's translators and interpreters and others in the Bank and the development community who use Spanish in their work. It contains financial and economic terminology and terms relating to the Bank's procedures and practices. The glossary includes …
Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook 1998
Toward Cleaner Production
Häftad, 1999
1532 kr
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The World Bank Group in collaboration with United Nations Industrial Development Organization and United Nations Environment Programme. Quite often in developing countries, the economy progresses while the environment deteriorates because pollution control measures appear too costly to implement. …
Safety Net Programs and Poverty Reduction
Lessons from Cross-country Experience
Häftad, 1998
289 kr
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The need for social safety nets has become a key component of poverty reduction strategies. Over the past three decades several developing countries have launched a variety of programs, including cash transfers, subsidies in-kind, public works, and income-generation programs. However, there is …
TRADE POLICY REFORM: LESSONS and IMPLICATIONS (WORLD BANK REGIONAL and SECTORAL STUDIES)
Av World Bank Group, John Nash m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
414 kr
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This book contains a series of papers presented at the final conference sponsored by the Trade Expansion Program (TEP). The first chapter provides an overview of some of the lessons learned from the TEP ' s experience, among others, that trade policy reform is facilitated by the macroeconomic …
Roads and the Environment
A Handbook
Av World Bank Group, Koji Tsunokawa m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
356 kr
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World Bank Technical Paper No. 376. Roads are agents of change and can be responsible for both benefits and damage to the existing balance between people and their environment. This handbook examines specific road projects ranging from minor rehabilitation and maintenance activities on existing …
Voices of the Poor
Poverty and Social Capital in Tanzania
Häftad, 1998
262 kr
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Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Studies and Monographs Series No. 20. This study describes the practices and processes of participatory methods that tap the knowledge the poor have about their own reality. The Participatory Poverty Assessment uses methods to measure and …
Planning the Management, Operation, and Maintenance of Irrigation and Drainage Systems
A Guide for the Preparation of Strategies and Manuals (Revised Edition)
Häftad, 1998
289 kr
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World Bank Technical Paper No. 389. By the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage. This paper is the revised edition of Technical Paper No. 99, written in 1989. It provides the basis for the preparation of manuals necessary for managers and staffs to perform needed activities at the …
Commercial Management and Financing of Roads
Häftad, 1998
299 kr
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In developing and transition economies, 60 to 80 percent of all passenger and freight transport moves by road-the main form of access for most rural communities. Yet most of the 11 million kilometers of roads in these economies are badly maintained and poorly managed. This paper discusses one of …
Solid Waste Landfills in Middle- and Lower-Income Countries
A Technical Guide to Planning, Design, and Operation
Häftad, 1999
402 kr
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As cities grow and produce more waste, deciding where all the waste will go becomes a public health priority. Although many cities have reserved dumps for waste, the dumps are open. Therefore, converting these dumps to controlled and sanitary landfills is a critical step for protecting public …
Intellectual Property Rights in Agriculture
The World Bank's Role in Assisting Borrower and Member Countries
Häftad, 1999
267 kr
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"Poverty and hunger are not inextricably connected. Although poor, a subsistence farmer with sufficient land, stock, and seed will be able to feed his family. What the farmer cannot do, however, is feed the increasing number of landless neighbors. World population is expected to grow from 5.8 …
Manual De Las Microfinanzas
Una Perspectiva Institucional Y Financiera
Häftad, 2000
474 kr
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Integration of Transport and Trade Facilitation
Selected Regional Case Studies
Häftad, 2001
262 kr
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Microfinance Revolution V. 2; Lessons from Indonesia
Häftad, 2002
402 kr
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The revolution occurring in finance for low-income people refers to commercial microfinance - the delivery of financial services to the economically active poor on a large scale through competing, financially self-sufficient institutions. Lessons from indonesia, volume 2 of The Microfinance …
Law and Justice for Development
World Bank Review
Häftad, 2003
474 kr
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Sustainable poverty reduction and equitable economic development depend on the solid foundation of the rule of law. These reforms are underpinned by legal reform, whether it be to increase efficiency in business transactions, benefit from globalization policies, improve the way governments deliver …
Civil Service Reform
Strengthening World Bank and IMF Collaboration
Häftad, 2002
182 kr
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In September 2001, staff from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund met with the objective of strengthening collaboration between the two organizations in projects of civil service reform. To guide the collaboration, six foundations were identified, and are discussed here.
Bangladesh
Financial Accountability for Good Governance
Häftad, 2002
241 kr
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This book evaluates the quality of financial accountability and transparency in Bangladesh and makes recommendations for improvement. It compares the financial management standard and practices with respect to public funds. This book also examines what it takes to qualify Bangladesh for …
Building a Sustainable Future
The Africa Region Environment Strategy
Häftad, 2002
234 kr
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In Africa, most especially Sub-Saharan Africa, the World Bank's mission, to fight poverty, is strongly linked with environmental protection and better management of renewable natural resources. In both rural and urban areas, the poor of Africa are impacted by the loss of natural resources and …
Cities on the Move
A World Bank Urban Transport Strategy Review
Häftad, 2002
402 kr
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The urban population in many developing countries continues to grow at more than six percent per year. The number of cities with a population of over 10 million inhabitants is expected to double within a generation. More importantly, within a generation, more than half of the developing world's …
Right to Tell
The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development
Häftad, 2002
460 kr
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An independent press is essential to sound and equitable economic development. The media helps to give a voice to the poor and the disenfranchised. An independent press also provides a solid foundation for a free and transparent society. The Right to Tell: The Role of Mass Media in Economic …
Guide to the World Bank
Häftad, 2003
182 kr
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This work is a guide to the activities of the World Bank Group, especially the information resources that the Bank Group organizations generate. It recognizes the extensiveness of the Bank Group's Internet resources, and is designed to document and complement them.
BREAKING the CONFLICT TRAP-CIVIL WAR and DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Häftad, 2003
556 kr
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Civil war conflict is a core development issue. The existence of civil war can dramatically slow a country's development process, especially in low-income countries which are more vulnerable to civil war conflict. Conversely, development can impede civil war. When development succeeds, countries …
