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UNINA9910789488003321 |
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Knowing, when you don't know : : using microsimulation models to assess the poverty and distributional impacts of macroeconomic shocks / / edited by Ambar Narayan, Carolina Sanchez-Peramo |
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Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2011 |
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1-283-49184-2 |
9786613491848 |
0-8213-8954-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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NarayanAmbar |
Sánchez-PáramoCarolina |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Depressions |
Poverty |
Economics |
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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; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 1. Assessing the Poverty and Distributional Impacts of the Financial Crisis with Microsimulations: An Overview of Country Studies; Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Poverty; Evaluating the Impact of the Crisis; The Methodology to Estimate Impacts Ex Ante; How the Approach Works; Defining the "Impact": Two Types of Countries; Simulating the Impact of Policy Changes; Caveats to the Approach; Results from Micro-Macro Simulations for Four Countries; Results for Type I Countries; Results for Type II Countries |
Simulating the Impact of Policy ResponsesConclusion; 2. On Economy-Wide Shocks, Models and Politics; When Are Second-Round and Systemic Effects a First-Order Concern?; Implications; When Can Information Affect Government Behavior?; Conclusion and a Note on the World Bank; 3. The Distributional Consequences of the Economic and Financial Crisis of 2008-09: A Comment; Backdrop to the Issue of Distributional Consequences; Thinking about the Problem; The Guts of the U.S. Story; Some Basic Generalizations; The Current Crisis in |
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Perspective; Results of Quick Post Crisis Surveys |
Takeaway Observations of Relevance for Policy4. Stress Testing for the Poverty Impacts of the Next Crisis; Introduction; The Need for a Social Protection Assessment Program (SPAP); An Overview of the Workshop Papers and Presentations; An Assessment, and What's Missing; Conclusion; References; Figures; Figure 1.1: Scheme of the modeling process; Figure 1.2: Impacts in Type I and Type II countries; Figure 1.3: Percent change in sectoral employment between benchmark and crisis (2010); Figure 1.4: Percent change in household income between benchmark and crisis scenarios (2010) |
Figure 1.5: Percent change in poverty/inequality indicators between crisis and benchmarkFigure 1.6: Percent losses in income for the general population (left) and the crisis-vulnerable (right); Figure 1.7: Percentage of poor and crisis-vulnerable households in rural areas; Figure 1.8: Percentage of households with low-skilled heads; Figure 1.9: Growth incidence curves: percent change in income (relative to the benchmark) due to crisis; Figure 1.10: Transitions across deciles of per capita income (percent of households in each decile) |
Figure 1.11: Macroeconomic projections for Mexico (2008-09 are actual observations 2010-11 are forecasts); Figure 1.12: Growth incidence curve for Mexico (2008-09); Figure 1.13: Transitions across deciles in Mexico; Figure 1.14: Growth incidence curves for Mexico (2010-11); Figure 1.15: Transitions across deciles for the period 2010-11; Figure 2.1: The welfare impact of food price changes in the 1997 Indonesian crisis across households; Figure 2.2: The pattern of change in deposits, by size and ownership of deposits, in the lead up to the Argentine financial crisis |
Figure 3.1: The top percentile (1%) of U.S. income (incomes above US368,000 in 2008) |
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Economists have long sought to predict how macroeconomic shocks willaffect individual welfare. Macroeconomic data and forecasts are easilyavailable when crises strike. But policy action requires not onlyunderstanding the magnitude of a macro shock, but also identifyingwhich households or individuals are being hurt by (or benefit from) thecrisis.A popular solution is to extrapolate the welfare impact of a shockfrom the historical response of income or consumption poverty tochanges in output, by estimating an 'elasticity' of poverty togrowth. Although this method provides an estimate for the agg |
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UNINA9911004741503321 |
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Functional textiles for improved performance, protection and health / / edited by N. Pan and G. Sun |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cambridge ; ; Philadelphia, : Woodhead, c2011 |
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1-61344-359-5 |
0-85709-287-1 |
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[1st edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (553 p.) |
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Woodhead Publishing series in textiles, , 2042-0803 ; ; no. 120 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SunGang <1956-> |
PanN (Ning) |
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Smart materials |
Textile fabrics - Technological innovations |
Biomedical materials |
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Functional textiles for improved performance, protection and health; Copyright; Contents; Contributor contact details; Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles; Preface; Part I Functional textiles and clothing for improved performance and protection; 1 Improved textile functionality through surface modifications; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Types of surface modification; 1.3 Physical and chemical characterization of surface modifications; 1.4 Applications for functional textiles; 1.5 Future trends; 1.6 References; 2 Antistatic and conductive textiles; 2.1 Introduction |
2.2 Principles of antistatic and conductive textiles2.3 The role of antistatic and conductive textiles; 2.4 Types of antistatic and conductive textiles; 2.5 Evaluation of antistatic and conductive textiles; 2.6 Future trends; 2.7 Sources of further information and advice; 2.8 References; 3 Ultraviolet protection of clothing; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 In vitro and in vivo testing of the UVprotection factor; 3.3 Standards for sun-protective clothing; 3.4 Type and construction of fabric; 3.5 Fabric color, dyes and UV absorbers; 3.6 Effects of environment and fabric use on UV protection factor |
3.7 Conclusions and outlook3.8 References; 4 3D body imaging and fit |
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for functional textiles; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 3D body imaging - stereovision; 4.3 Surface modeling; 4.4 Virtual dressing; 4.5 Sewability and fit assessment; 4.6 Future trends; 4.7 Acknowledgement; 4.8 References; 5 Flame retardant functional textiles; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Factors affecting flammability and thermal behavior of textile fibers and fabrics; 5.3 Types, chemistry and mode of action of flame retardant additives; 5.4 Flame retardation of textile materials; 5.5 Environmental issues related to flame retardants |
5.6 Test standards for flame retardant textiles5.7 References; 6 Functional shape memory textiles; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Shape memory mechanisms of SMAs; 6.3 Applications of SMAs in textiles; 6.4 Shape memory mechanisms of SMPs; 6.5 Applications of SMPs in textiles; 6.6 Future trends; 6.7 Sources of further information and advice; 6.8 References; 7 Thermo-regulating textiles with phase-change materials; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Concept of thermal comfort and clothing for cold environments; 7.3 How PCMs work; 7.4 Thermo-physiological comfort for PCM incorporated textiles |
7.5 Different types of PCMs7.6 Incorporation of PCM in textile structure; 7.7 Applications of PCM incorporated textiles; 7.8 Challenges of PCM in textiles; 7.9 Acknowledgement; 7.10 References; 8 Infrared functional textiles; 8.1 Introduction and overview; 8.2 Principles of IR; 8.3 FIR therapy; 8.4 The role of FIR in relation to functional textiles; 8.5 Applications; 8.6 Benefits and limitations; 8.7 Conclusions and future trends; 8.8 Sources of further information; 8.9 Acknowledgements; 8.10 References; 9 Functional smart textiles using stimuli-sensitive polymers; 9.1 Introduction |
9.2 Stimuli-sensitive polymers |
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The textile industry is increasingly based on ongoing innovation and development of higher performance products, and the field of functional textiles is no exception. This book explores the development of textiles with a wide range of functions, with the aim of improving the performance of the product in terms of the protection and health benefits that it can offer.The book is split into two parts. Part one focuses on functional textiles for improved performance and protection, with chapters reviewing antistatic, flame retardant and infrared functional textiles, among many others. Chap |
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