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Record Nr.

UNISA996483169703316

Autore

Kilpatrick Andrew

Titolo

After the Berlin Wall : A History of the EBRD, Volume 1 / / Andrew Kilpatrick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Central European University Press, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

963-386-384-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (volumes cm)

Disciplina

943.088

Soggetti

Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 - Historiography

Collective memory - Germany

Economics

National characteristics, German

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking

Europe Economic conditions 1945-

Europe Politics and government 1989-

Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

v. 1. Volume 1

Sommario/riassunto

"After the Berlin Wall tells the inside story of an international financial institution, the European Bank for Development and Reconstruction (EBRD), created in the aftermath of communism to help the countries of central and eastern Europe transition towards open market-oriented democratic economies. The first volume of a history in two parts, after the Berlin Wall charts the EBRD's life from a fledgling high-risk, start-up investing in former socialist countries from 1991 to become an established member of the international financial community, which (as of April 2020) operates in almost 40 countries across three continents. This volume describes the multilateral negotiations that created this cosmopolitan institution with a 'European character' and the emergence of the EBRD's unique business model : a focus on the private sector and a mission to deliver development impact with sustainable financial



returns. The author recounts the challenges that 'transition' countries faced in moving from a defunct to a better economic system and maps the EBRD's response to critical events, from the dissolution of the Soviet Union, to the safe confinement of the Chernobyl disaster site, the debt default in Russia and the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008"--

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910568245703321

Titolo

Ethics of Charitable Food : Dilemmas for Policy and Practice / / edited by Leire Escajedo San-Epifanio, Esther M. Rebato Ochoa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

3-030-93600-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 pages)

Disciplina

362.883

Soggetti

Ethics

Human rights

Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics

Human Rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Old and New Dilemmas around Charitable food. Promoting reflection on (some) policies and practices -- 2. When opulence can no longer hide hunger: International politics, welfare policies and the need to take action -- 3. Ethical debates on global hunger: moral obligations to the distant other and global justice -- 4. Food sharing and altruism: reconstructing the behavioural evolution -- 5. The right to food and the essential promotion of personal autonomy: the ‘how’ matters -- 6. Food sharing in religious and indigenous traditions: Drawing inspirations for contemporary food ethics and politics -- 7. Criminalising the poverty: stigma of the social inequalities within the constitutional framework of the workfare state of the Union -- 8. Other ways of eating in spain: Food itineraries in a context of increasing



precarization -- 9. Clash between some kinds of charitable food and the human right to food -- 10. The Corporatization of Food Charity inCanada: Implications for Domestic Hunger, Poverty Reduction and Public Policy.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an in-depth analysis of different dimensions of contemporary food charity. It does so against the background of an increasing number of food banks and other forms of food philanthropy. The book examines the incongruity of considering food donation as an expression of 'pure altruism'. Taking into account the dignity and rights of people, it addresses how hunger is seen and explained in rich countries and how philanthropy and democracy coexist. It looks at the relationship that exists between religious traditions and the current food donation narrative. It discusses the risks of stigmatizing food recipients, and clarifies ways to better deal with food poverty and food waste. Paradoxically, food insecurity and food waste have grown exponentially in the last decade. More and more people are not able to access food properly. The amount of perfectly edible food that is discarded also grows. The consolidation of democracies, welfare policies, and economic growth do not guarantee that all citizens can meet their basic needs in the so-called rich countries. This book analyses the current state of affairs and presents facts and reflections from diverse sources and from a cross-disciplinary perspective.