1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910774896503321

Autore

Stella Attilio

Titolo

Ai margini del contado : Terra, signoria ed élites locali a Sabbion e nel territorio di Cologna Veneta (secoli XII-XIII) / / Attilio Stella

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Florence : , : Firenze University Press, , 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 pages)

Disciplina

146.32

Soggetti

Dialectic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Nei secoli XII-XIII, quando in Italia nacquero i comuni cittadini, il mondo contadino conobbe profondi mutamenti, e le comunità rurali, sempre più popolose e organizzate, si imposero come interlocutori nella dialettica fra comuni e signorie rurali grazie soprattutto all'affermarsi di nuove élites locali. Il volume offre una lettura critica di questa dialettica alla luce della ricca documentazione relativa al villaggio di Sabbion, presso Cologna Veneta, ai margini orientali del contado veronese. La documentazione, conservata negli archivi di San Giorgio in Braida di Verona, detentrice della signoria su Sabbion, ha permesso di analizzare nel dettaglio e in chiave comparativa i principali mutamenti socioeconomici e politici di una società ridotta e omogenea, ma dotata di una sua "agency".

In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, during the emergence of the Italian communes, rural communities, increasingly populated and organised, imposed themselves as crucial actors in the relationship between city communes and rural lords, mostly thanks to the establishment of new local élites. The book offers a critical reassessment of this threefold dialectic in light of the rich documentation concerning Sabbion, near Cologna Veneta, in the eastern outskirts of the Veronese contado. This documentation has been preserved in the archives of San Giorgio in Braida of Verona, holder of the lordship over Sabbion, and enabled a detailed comparative analysis of the principal socio-economic and political



changes of a small and relatively homogeneous society, its actions and agency.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778264703321

Autore

Demirguc-Kunt Asli <1961->

Titolo

Finance for all? : : policies and pitfalls in expanding access / / [by Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Thorsten Beck, and Patrick Honohan]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2008

ISBN

1-281-19146-9

9786611191467

0-8213-7292-0

Descrizione fisica

xv, 246 pages : color illustrations ; ; 24 cm

Collana

A World Bank policy research report

Altri autori (Persone)

BeckThorsten

HonohanPatrick

Disciplina

332.109172/4

Soggetti

Financial services industry - Developing countries

Banks and banking - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Statement of responsibility from p. xiii.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-235) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; The Report Team; Abbreviations; Overview and Summary; Boxes; Figures; 1. Access to Finance and Development: Theory and Measurement; 2. Firms' Access to Finance: Entry, Growth, and Productivity; 3. Household Access to Finance: Poverty Alleviation and Risk Mitigation; 4. Government's Role in Facilitating Access; Data Appendix; References

Sommario/riassunto

Access to financial services varies sharply around the world. In many developing countries less than half the population has an account with a financial institution, and in most of Africa less than one in five households do. Lack of access to finance is often the critical mechanism for generating persistent income inequality, as well as slower growth. Finance for All?: Policies and Pitfalls in Expanding Access documents the extent of financial exclusion around the world; addresses the importance of access to financial services for growth, equity and poverty reduction; and discusses policy inte