1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783254303321

Titolo

At the frontlines of development : : reflections from the World Bank / / edited by Indermit S. Gill, Todd Pugatch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2005

ISBN

1-280-15796-8

9786610157969

0-8213-6042-6

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 350 pages ; ; 26 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

GillIndermit Singh <1961->

PugatchTodd

Disciplina

332.1/532

Soggetti

Economic development

International finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Introduction: Policies, Politics, and Principles: Three Hundred Years of World Bank Experience; Table; 2 Basil Kavalsky; 3 Phyllis Pomerantz; 4 Gobind Nankani; Boxes; 5 Edwin Lim; 6 Shahid Javed Burki; 7 Yukon Huang; 8 Olivier Lafourcade; 9 Christiaan Poortman; 10 Ajay Chhibber; Figures; 11 Inder Sud; 12 James W. Adams; 13 Myrna Alexander; 14 Jayasankar Shivakumar; References; About the Editors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"For 60 years the World Bank and the development community have been searching for the secret of prosperity. For both thinkers and doers, this has been an emotional rollercoaster of hope and disappointment, certainty and doubt. In the front seat of this drama were the World Bank's country directors who were responsible for bridging the world of ideas with that of action, the technical with the political. In this book they tell this story from a deeply personal, humble, and engaged perspective. This book is fundamental reading for the next generation of those who take on the quest for developme



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910140806303321

Autore

Johnson R. Stafford

Titolo

Bond evaluation, selection, and management / / R. Stafford Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, 2010

ISBN

9786612782558

9780470644645

0470644648

9781282782556

128278255X

9781118267639

111826763X

9780470904367

0470904364

9780470644621

0470644621

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (908 p.)

Collana

Wiley finance series

Disciplina

332.63/23

Soggetti

Bonds

Bonds - Ratings and rankings

Bond market

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Bond Evaluation, Selection, and Management, Second Edition + Website; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: Bond Evaluation; Part Two: Debt Markets; Part Three: Bond Strategies and the Evaluation of Bonds with Embedded Options; Part Four: Debt Derivatives: Futures and Options; Part Five: Swaps; Appendices; What's on the Companion Web Site; Answers and Solutions to Select End-of-Chapter Problems; Glossary of Terms; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A fully revised guide to fixed income securities that reflects current market conditions The Second Edition of Bond Evaluation, Selection, and Management combines fundamental and advanced topics in the field, offering comprehensive coverage of bond and debt management.



This fully updated and revised edition provides you with the basics needed to understand various strategies, and explanations of cutting edge advanced topics. Focusing on essential concepts, models, and numerical examples, this book will help you quickly become familiar with the tools needed to effective