Global economic prospects . 2008 Technology diffusion in the developing world [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451853903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2008
• ISBN: 1-281-19136-1; 9786611191368; 0-8213-7366-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Collana: Global economic prospects ; ; 2008
• Disciplina: 301.24
• Soggetti: Diffusion of innovations - Developing countries; Information technology - Developing countries; Electronic books.
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Technological achievement and diffusion in developing countries; Figure 1 Robust growth among developing countries should cushion the developed country slowdown; Figure 2 Scientific innovation and invention is almost exclusively a high-income activity; Figure 3 Technological achievement: Converging, but the gap remains large; Figure 4 The penetration of older and more recent technologies depends on more than income; Figure 5 Technological achievement tends to level off at different income levels in different regions; Figure 6 Most technologies fail to penetrate deeply into developing economies Figure 7 The urban-rural gap in telephone access in India is huge; Figure 8 Domestic absorptive capacity both conditions and attracts external flows; Figure 9 Developing countries' trade in technology goods has risen; Figure 10 Macroeconomic stability has improved since the early 1990's; Figure 11 Literacy rates have increased in all regions; Some policy directions; Figure 12 Developing regions have much poorer governance than do OECD countries; Box 1 Summary of empirical results; Note; References; Chapter 1 Prospects for Developing Countries Figure 1.1 The perceived ; riskiness of high-yield corporate bonds increased more than that of emerging market bonds; Figure 1.2 Emerging market asset sell-off more severe than during earlier periods of market turbulence; Figure 1.3 Global equity markets fall, then recover led by emerging markets; Table 1.1 Gross capital flows to developing countries, 2005-07; Figure 1.4 A step-down in growth in 2008; Table 1.2 The global outlook in summary, 2005-09; Figure 1.5 Volatile patterns of growth among OECD countries; Figure 1.6 Tighter credit and weak housing yield slower U.S. growth Figure 1.7 Robust growth in developing country industrial production; Table 1.3 Recent economic indicators, developing regions, 2005-07; Figure 1.8 Developing growth retains strong momentum during the first half of 2007...; Figure 1.9 ...with growth moderating through 2009; Figure 1.10 East Asia now accounts for one-quarter of China's imports; Figure 1.11 External positions vary widely across Europe and Central Asia; Figure 1.12 Growth eases in 2007 for the Latin America and Caribbean region; Figure 1.13 Continued oil revenue gains support growth among Middle East and North Africa oil exporters Box 1.1 Developing country exports in the wake of the removal of barriers to Chinese exports; Figure 1.14 South Asia growth is slowing as the Indian rupee appreciates; Figure 1.15 Oil exporters drive 2007 growth results for Sub-Saharan Africa; Table 1.4 Developments and prospects for world trade and payments; Figure 1.16 Weak U.S. growth reduces demand for developing country exports; Figure 1.17 Export opportunities for high-income countries; Figure 1.18 U.S. current account narrows over 2007 and is likely to continue doing so
• Sommario/riassunto: Global Economic Prospects 2008: Technology Diffusion in the Developing World examines the state of technology in developing countries and the pace with which it has advanced since the early 1990's.It reveals both encouraging and cautionary trends. On the one hand, the pace of technological progress in developing countries has been much faster than in high-income countries-reflecting increased exposure to foreign technology as a result of linkages with high-skilled diasporas and the opening of these countries to international trade and foreign direct investment.On the other hand, the technology

Die literarische Utopie / Wolfgang Biesterfeld

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991004231189707536
• Autore: Biesterfeld, Wolfgang
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stuttgart : J.B. Metzler, 1974
• ISBN: 3476101274
• Descrizione fisica: XIV, 94 p. ; 19 cm
• Collana: Sammlung Metzler ; 127; Sammlung Metzler. Realien zur Literatur. E, Poetik
• Disciplina: 804
• Soggetti: Utopia nella letteratura
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Particelle e nuclei : un'introduzione ai concetti fisici / B. Povh ... [et al.] ; [traduzione di Marco Costa]

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991001135779707536
• Autore: Povh, Bogdan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Torino : Boringhieri, 1998
• ISBN: 9788833955957
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 401 p. ; 24 cm
• Collana: Programma di matematica, fisica, elettronica
• Classificazione: 53.4; LC QC776.T4513
• Altri autori (Persone): Costa, Marco
• Disciplina: 539.7
• Soggetti: Nuclear physics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia