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UNINA9910132248103321 |
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Autore |
Rémy Jean |
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Louvain-la-Neuve, une maniere de concevoir la ville : genese et developpement / / Jean Remy |
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Presses universitaires de Louvain, 2007 |
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Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium : , : Presses universitaires de Louvain, , 2007 |
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2-87558-180-5 |
2-87463-541-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (155 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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City planning - Social aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Associé comme consultant au début des projets urbanistiques de Louvain-la-Neuve, Jean Remy y assure depuis 1990 la coordination des études urbanistiques. Son intérêt constant pour ce laboratoire de vie urbaine a aussi pris la forme d’échanges avec les étudiants dans ses cours de sociologie urbaine et d’aménagement du territoire. Fort des observations qu’il a pu faire dès les premières années de la mise en œuvre, il présente ici la genèse du projet et son évolution, en regard des questions ayant surgi au fil du temps. La situation actuelle correspond-t-elle à ce qui était escompté au début ? Les évaluations varient selon les points de vue et les critères. Conscient de son implication, l’auteur nous invite néanmoins à un dédoublement critique. Le fait d’être juge et partie n’a pas que des désavantages... À l’heure des évaluations et d’un regain d’intérêt pour les villes nouvelles, ce livre intéressera les curieux d’espace, de vie urbaine et de modernité, qu’ils en aient fait ou non leur métier comme les architectes, urbanistes, géographes, sociologues, philosophes... |
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UNINA9910788337003321 |
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Autore |
Mongardini Joannes |
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Grants, Remittances, and the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate in Sub-Saharan African Countries / / Joannes Mongardini, Brett Rayner |
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Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 |
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1-4623-0431-1 |
1-4527-1072-4 |
1-4518-7222-4 |
9786612842962 |
1-282-84296-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (29 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Subsidies - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Foreign exchange rates - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Exports and Imports |
Foreign Exchange |
Foreign Aid |
Remittances |
Currency |
Foreign exchange |
International economics |
Real exchange rates |
Balance of payments |
International finance |
Tanzania, United Republic of |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents; I. Introduction; Figures; 1. The Scaling-up of Grants; II. Recent Literature; 2. The Scaling-up of Remittances; III. Data and Empirical Methodology; IV. Estimation Results; Tables; 1. Pooled Mean Group Estimates - Grants and Remittances; 2. Contribution of Fundamentals to Changes in ERER, 1980-2006; V. Concluding Remarks; |
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References; Appendix; Appendix Tables; A1. Data Description and Sources; A2. Unit Root Tests; A3. Pooled Mean Group Estimates-Fundamentals; A4. Pooled Mean Group Estimates for Oil Exporters; Appendix Figures |
A1. Real Effective Exchange Rates and Equilibrium Real Exchange Rates, Non-oil Countries, 1980-2006A2. Real Exchange Rate Disequilibria, Non-oil Countries, 1980-2006 (in percent); A3. Equilibrium Real Exchange Rates and Real Exchanges Rates Oil Countries; A4. Real Exchange Rate Misalignments, Oil Countries (in percent) |
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This paper builds on the methodology developed by Chudik and Mongardini (2007) to estimate the relationship between grants and remittances and the equilibrium real exchange rate in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries using panel techniques. The results indicate that grants and remittances are not associated, in the long run, with an appreciation of the real effective exchange in SSA and are therefore not likely to give rise to Dutch disease effects. These findings suggest that grants and remittances may be serving to ease supply constraints or boost productivity in the non-tradable sector in the recipient economies. |
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