1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457151403321

Titolo

Improving the odds of achieving the MDGs [[electronic resource] ] : heterogeneity, gaps, and challenges

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2011

ISBN

1-4623-2538-6

1-4623-7280-5

1-283-10011-8

9786613100115

0-8213-8701-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (436 p.)

Collana

Global monitoring report ; ; 2011

Disciplina

338

Soggetti

Economic development

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

Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Goals and Targets from the Millennium Declaration; Overview; 1 The Diversity of MDG Progress; 2 Economic Growth in Developing Countries; 3 Linking Spending and Outcomes Some Lessons from Impact Evaluations in Education and Health; 4 Assisting Indigenous and Socially Excluded; 5 Progress in the International Development and Trading Framework; Appendix 1: Technical Issues in Estimating Progress in the MDGs; Appendix 2: Policies to Reduce Biodiversity Loss and Enhance Human Development

Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

With less than five years left to achieve the MDGs, this year's report looks at the prospects and challenges for reaching the goals. It also examines the great diversity of performance across indicators, countries, and categories of countriesto determine the necessary policies to fill the remaining gaps.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456764903321

Autore

Jerome, Saint, <d. 419 or 20.>

Titolo

The homilies of Saint Jerome . Volume 2 (Homilies 60-96) [[electronic resource] /] / translated by Sister Marie Liguori Ewald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, 2005, c1966

ISBN

0-8132-0057-1

0-8132-1157-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Collana

The fathers of the church : a new translation ; ; v. 57

Altri autori (Persone)

EwaldMarie Liguori

Disciplina

270

Soggetti

Sermons, Latin

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

First paperback reprint.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Homilies on the Psalms: Second Series""; ""60 On Psalms 10""; ""61 On Psalms 15""; ""62 On Psalms 82""; ""63 On Psalms 83""; ""64 On Psalms 84 ""; ""65 On Psalms 87 ""; ""66 On Psalms 88 ""; ""67 On Psalms 89 ""; ""68 On Psalms 90""; ""69 On Psalms 91""; ""70 On Psalms 92""; ""71 On Psalms 93""; ""72 On Psalms 95""; ""73 On Psalms 96""; ""74 On Psalms 95 on Easter""; ""Homilies on the Gospel of St. Mark""; ""75 On St. Mark 1.1-12""; ""76 On St. Mark 1.13-31""; ""77 On St. Mark 5.30-43""; ""78 On St. Mark 8.1-9""; ""79 On St. Mark 8.22-26""

""80 On St. Mark 9.1-7""""81 On St. Mark 11.1-10""; ""82 On St. Mark 11.11-14""; ""83 On St. Mark 11.15-17""; ""84 On St. Mark 13.32-33 and 14.3-6""; ""Various Homilies""; ""85 On St. Matthew 18.7-9""; ""86 On St. Luke on Lazarus and Dives 16.19-31""; ""87 On St. John 1.1-14""; ""88 On The Nativity of the Lord""; ""89 On Epiphany, The Baptism of the Lord, and Psalms 28""; ""90 On Lent""; ""91 On Exodus, the Vigil of the Pasch""; ""92 On psalm 41, to the Neophytes""; ""93 On Easter Sunday""; ""94 On Easter Sunday""; ""95 On Obedience""; ""96 On the Persecution of the Martyrs""; ""Indices""



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791919203321

Autore

Daynes Sarah

Titolo

Time and memory in reggae music [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of hope / / Sarah Daynes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2010

ISBN

1-84779-692-3

1-78170-211-X

1-84779-287-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Music and society

Disciplina

781.64609

Soggetti

Reggae music - History and criticism

Reggae music - Social aspects

Time in music

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

pt. I. A study in elective affinity : music, religion, memory -- pt. I. Remembering the past -- pt. III. Revealing the future -- pt. IV. From revelation to revolution -- pt. V. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

On the basis of a body of reggae songs from the 1970's and late 1990's, this book offers a sociological analysis of memory, hope and redemption in reggae music. From Dennis Brown to Sizzla, the way in which reggae music constructs a musical, religious and socio-political memory in rupture with dominant models is vividly illustrated by the lyrics themselves. How is the past remembered in the present? How does remembering the past allow for imagining the future? How does collective memory participate into the historical grounding of collective identity? What is the relationship between tradition...