Trade, investment, and development in the Middle East and North Africa [[electronic resource] ] : engaging with the world

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455819603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2003
• ISBN: 1-280-08688-2; 9786610086887; 0-585-47631-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Collana: MENA development report; Orientations in development
• Altri autori (Persone): Das GuptaDipak; NabliMustapha K
• Disciplina: 330.956
• Soggetti: Investments, Foreign - Middle East; Investments, Foreign - Africa, North; Electronic books.; Middle East Commerce; Africa, North Commerce; Middle East Economic conditions 1979-; Africa, North Economic conditions; Middle East Foreign economic relations; Africa, North Foreign economic relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "The main authors of this book ... are Dipak Dasgupta and Mustapha Kamel Nabli ... earlier versions of the book, background papers, and main themes were presented at sessions at the Economic Research Forum (ERF) meetings in Cairo in 2001"--Ackn.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Overview; 1. Shifting to New Sources of Growth; 2. Missed Opportunities in Global Integration; 3. Identifying the Barriers: Trade Policy, Investment Climate, and the Political Economy; 4. Achieving the Gains from Economic Integration; 5. Services: The Key to Integration; 6. From Adversity to Opportunity: Agriculture,Trade, and Water; 7. Speeding Integration through Regional Agreements; Statistical ; Appendixes; References; Index; Boxes; Figures; Tables; Appendix Tables

Identifying future disease hot spots : infectious disease vulnerability index / / Melinda Moore [and three others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910154692103321
• Autore: Moore Melinda, M.D.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Santa Monica, California] : , : RAND Corporation, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 0-8330-9611-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (97 pages) : illustrations, tables
• Disciplina: 362.1969
• Soggetti: Emerging infectious diseases - Prevention; Communicable diseases - Prevention; Diseases - Risk factors; Epidemics - Political aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "National Defense Research Institute."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Figures and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- ; Chapter 1. Introduction -- ; Chapter 2. Methods -- ; Chapter 3. Developing a Framework to Assess Vulnerability: Framework Foundation: Seven Domains and Associated Factors -- Assembling the Framework and Assigning Weights -- ; Chapter 4. Results: Initial Results -- Results from the Sensitivity Analysis -- Implications of the Findings -- ; Chapter 5. Conclusions and Next Steps -- APPENDIXES -- Abbreviations -- Data Sources -- Bibliography.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Recent high-profile outbreaks, such as Ebola and Zika, have illustrated the transnational nature of infectious diseases. Countries that are most vulnerable to such outbreaks might be higher priorities for technical support. RAND created the Infectious Disease Vulnerability Index to help U.S. government and international agencies identify these countries and thereby inform programming to preemptively help mitigate the spread and effects of potential transnational outbreaks. The authors employed a rigorous methodology to identify the countries ; most vulnerable to disease outbreaks. They conducted a comprehensive review of relevant literature to identify factors influencing infectious disease vulnerability. Using widely available data, the authors created an index for identifying potentially vulnerable countries and then ranked countries by overall vulnerability score. Policymakers should focus on the 25 most-vulnerable countries with an eye toward a potential "disease belt" in the Sahel region of Africa. The infectious disease vulnerability scores for several countries were better than what would have been predicted on the basis of economic status alone. This suggests that low-income countries can overcome economic challenges and become more resilient to public health challenges, such as infectious disease outbreaks"--

Systemic financial crises [[electronic resource] ] : resolving large bank insolvencies / / editors, Douglas D. Evanoff, George G. Kaufman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783640103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2005
• ISBN: 1-281-37258-7; 9786611372583; 981-256-947-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (474 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): EvanoffDouglas Darrell <1951->; KaufmanGeorge G
• Disciplina: 332.1
• Soggetti: Bank failures; Financial crises; Bank failures - Government policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Papers presented at the seventh annual international conference, held on Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2004.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments; Preface; Contents; KEYNOTE ADDRESSES; FINANCIAL STABILITY - PROTECTING SOLVENCY; THE COST OF INEFFICIENT RESOLUTION OF LARGE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; KEY POLICY ; CHALLENGES IN FINANCIAL RESOLUTION: CROSS-BORDER ISSUES; KEY POLICY CHALLENGES IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION RESOLUTION: ADDITIONAL COMPLEXITIES; LESSONS FROM CASE STUDIES OF LARGE INSOLVENCIES; PLANNING FOR EFFICIENT RESOLUTION - WHERE TO FROM HERE?; Agenda; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Bank failures, like illness and taxes, are almost a certainty at sometime in the future. What is less certain is their cost to and adverseimplications for macroeconomies. Past failures have frequently beenresolved at very high cost to society. However, the cost could bereduced through having a well-developed, credible and widelypublicized plan ready to put into action by policymakers.