1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910161155703321

Titolo

Mobile technologies of the city / edited by Mimi Sheller and John Urry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006

ISBN

9780415655606

Descrizione fisica

VIII, 200 p. ; 24 cm

Collana

The networked cities series

Disciplina

307.76

Locazione

BFS

Collocazione

307.76 SHE 1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457105703321

Autore

Charlier Florence

Titolo

Sustaining reforms for inclusive growth in Cameroon [[electronic resource] ] : a development policy review / / Florence Charlier and Charles N'Cho-Oguie, authors ; with Armand Atomate ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2009

ISBN

1-282-31628-1

9786612316289

0-8213-7404-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

N'cho-OguieCharles

Disciplina

338.96711/07

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Cameroon Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Report No. 29268-CM.

June, 2006 (Update of the 2004 Report).



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-251) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Introduction; Part I: Growth and Poverty; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Part II: Creating a Competitive Environment for Deepening Growth; Part III: Strengthening the Social Sector and Enhancing Inclusiveness; Part IV: Improving Governance and Supportive Institutions; Part V: Medium-Term Prospects for Growth and Poverty Reduction; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive review of Cameroon's development policies since the 1970s-including public finance, privatization, trade, infrastructure, and governance-finds that Cameroon's malaise is due less to a lack of resources than to an inability to sustain reforms and to implement growth-enhancing policies. While the government's strategies have been sound, this volume argues that an ""administrative inertia"" has set in. This study makes a number of key recommendations to overcome this inertia, enhance cohesion and consistency in government actions, strengthen capacity to effectively execute prog