Approaches to private participation in water services : : a toolkit / / [The World Bank, PPIAF/Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783461203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC : , : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank, , [2006]; copyright 2006
• ISBN: 1-280-30526-6; 9786610305261; 0-8213-6112-0
• Descrizione fisica: xxvi, 313 pages : illustrations, map ; ; 24 cm. + + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
• Disciplina: 363.6/1/091724
• Soggetti: Water-supply - Economic aspects - Developing countries; Water-supply - Government policy - Developing countries; Sanitation - Economic aspects - Developing countries; Sanitation - Government policy - Developing countries; Public-private sector cooperation - Developing countries
• 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: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; More information; Overview; 1 Considering private participation; Figures; Tables; Checklists; 2 Planning the process of introducing private participation; Boxes; 3 Involving stakeholders in the design of the arrangement; 4 Setting upstream policy; 5 Setting service standards, tariffs, subsidies, and financial arrangements; 6 Allocating responsibilities and risks; 7 Developing institutions to manage the relationship; 8 Designing legal instruments for the arrangement; 9 Selecting an operator; Appendix A: Examples; Appendix B: The policy simulation modelGlossary; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Approaches to Private Participation in Water Services is an informative toolkit that provides options for the design of policies to facilitate the delivery of good quality water and sanitation services to the poor. It highlights the need for tariffs, investment, stakeholder consultation, ; and regulatory policies to address the affordability and sustainability of those services. Targeted to an audience that includes government advisors as well as consultants, lawyers, and donors, the toolkit builds on previous global experience in private participation in water and sanitation supply. Developing

Scientific freedom : an anthology on freedom of scientific research / / Simona Giordano, John Coggon and Marco Cappato

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910774900403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2012]
• ISBN: 1-84966-900-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 232 pages)
• Soggetti: Research; Research - Moral and ethical aspects; Science - Political aspects; Science - Social aspects; Science and law
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Understanding science and technology -- part 2. Science and society law and regulation -- part 3. Science, ethics and the politics of scientific research.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Scientific Freedom is the first comprehensive collection covering both the state of scientific progress and the ethics, law and history of scientific research. The book gives readers a fascinating range of perspectives on matters of scientific research that directly affect all of us. Examining the ethical, legal, social, economic and political issues surrounding freedom of scientific research, the book evaluates ways in which national and international policies can impact upon individuals' access to potentially life-saving treatment, cures and technologies, and can therefore affect human life and death. With contributions from ; Nobel Laureates, representatives of patients' associations, scientists, scholars and politicians, this book provides a concise and comprehensive view of the limitations and dangers facing the future of innovation and scientific progress."--Bloomsbury Publishing.