Challenges to the World Bank and IMF : developing country perspectives / / edited by Ariel Buira for the G24 research program [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461443803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Anthem Press, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-283-37710-1; 9786613377104; 0-85728-820-2; 0-85728-754-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 277 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Anthem Studies in Development and Globalization
• Disciplina: 332.1/52
• Soggetti: Debts, Public - Developing countries; Capital movements - Developing countries; Developing countries Commerce; Developing countries Economic conditions; Developing countries Economic policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The governance of the IMF in a global economy / Ariel Buira -- Who pays for the IMF? / Aziz Ali Mohammed -- An analysis of IMF conditionality / Ariel Buira -- Achieving long-term debt sustainability in heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs) / Bernhard Gunter -- The poverty reduction strategy paper approach : good marketing or good policy? / im Levinsohn -- Capital management techniques in developing countries / Gerald Epstein, Ilene Grabel, and KS Jomo -- International reserves to short-term external debt as an indicator of external vulnerabiliby : the experience of Mexico and other emerging economies / Javier Guzman and Rodolfo Padilla -- Mechanisms for dialogue and debt-crisis workout that can strengthen sovereign lending to developing countries / Barry Herman -- Developing a global partnership for development / Martin Khor -- International financial institutions and international public goods : operational implications for the World Bank / Ravi Kanbur.
• Sommario/riassunto: A unique title considering the challenges to the World Bank's development goals and reducing world poverty.

'The Bird Who Sang the Trisagion' of Isaac of Antioch : Becoming Parrot in a Late Antique Syriac Sermon / / by Robert A. Kitchen, Glenn Peers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910874673503321
• Autore: Kitchen Robert A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024
• ISBN: 9783031600777
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2024.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (139 pages)
• Collana: Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature, , 2634-6346
• Altri autori (Persone): PeersGlenn
• Disciplina: 880
• Soggetti: Classical literature; Literature, Ancient; Middle Eastern literature; Poetry; Ecocriticism; Classical and Antique Literature; Middle Eastern Literature; Poetry and Poetics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1 A Fowl Theology of the Cross: Isaac of Antioch’s Mēmrā on the Parrot -- Chapter 2 Translation: Isaac of Antioch's Mēmrā on the Parrot -- Chapter 3 Interpretative Essay: Becoming Parrot: Voice’s Subject Formation.
• Sommario/riassunto: “Clearly a must for all parrot-lovers.” —Sebastian Brock, Fellow of the British Academy, Emeritus Reader in Syriac Studies and Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, UK “In this polished volume, the authors show Isaac’s homily on the parrot to be a sophisticated, multilayered text that will appeal both to scholars of Christian antiquity, as well as to contemporary readers, especially those interested in animal studies.” —Patricia Cox Miller, The Bishop W. Earl Ledden Professor of Religion, ; Emerita, Syracuse University, USA “Isaac of Antioch is a mysterious figure of late antique Syriac Christianity, prolific yet understudied. There is much to learn here, and much to enjoy – whether of Isaac’s world or our own. Partnering meticulous scholarship with imaginative insight and depth, this is work that instructs and delights at every turn.” —Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Willard Prescott and Annie McClelland Smith Professor of History and Religion, Brown University, USA This book provides close historical, theological and cultural analyses of an important, but neglected, Late Antique writer, Isaac of Antioch, who was active during the second half of the fifth century. This book is the first English-language monograph on this key figure and also includes the first translation (without the Syriac) of this compelling metrical homily into English, which has at its heart the public pronouncement by a parrot of theological truths. The authors situate this remarkable text in the wider fields of performance studies, animal studies and media studies, all areas that can illuminate essential meanings and implications of the homily. Robert A. Kitchen is a retired minister of the United Church of Canada, who has extensive experience in teaching the Syriac language and publishing on theology related to this tradition. Glenn Peers is emeritus professor at the University of Texas at Austin and Syracuse University, USA; his field is Byzantine and East Christian art and culture. .