1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954735703321

Titolo

Postcrisis growth and development : a development agenda for the G-20 / / Shahrokh Fardoust, Yongbeom Kim, Claudia Sepulveda, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2011

ISBN

9786612966491

9781282966499

1282966499

9780821385234

0821385232

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxxiv, 548 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 23 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

FardoustShahrokh <1949->

KimYongbeom

SepulvedaClaudia Paz <1969->

Disciplina

338.9009172/4

Soggetti

Economic assistance - Developing countries

Economic development - Developing countries

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

International finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Papers presented at the Korea-World Bank High Level Conference on Post-Crisis Growth and Development co-hosted by the Presidential Committee for the G-20 Seoul Summit and the World Bank, with the support of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Editors and Conference Presenters; Abbreviations; Postcrisis Growth and Development: A Development Agenda for the G-20: Overview; Figures; Tables; Boxes; 1 Why Development Should Be a Priority Agenda for the G-20; 2 Why the G-20 Should Be Interested in the Development of the G-160; 3 A Global Economy with Multiple Growth Poles; 4 The G-20 and Global Development; 5 Joint Discovery and Upgrading of Comparative Advantage: Lessons from Korea's Development Experience

6 Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the Aftermath of the Global Economic Crisis7 Aid for Trade: Building on Progress Today for Tomorrow's Future; 8 Infrastructure and Sustainable Development; 9



Food Security: The Need for Multilateral Action; 10 Toward Universal Access: Addressing the Global Challenge of Financial Inclusion; Maps; Appendix A Matrix of Proposed Policy Actions: A Development Agenda for the G-20; Appendix B G-20 and Non-G-20 Selected Economic and Social Indicators; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Korea-World Bank High Level Conference on Post-Crisis Growth and Development, held in June 2010, in Busan, Republic of Korea, successfully brought key development issues to the forefront, laid the groundwork for setting global development priorities, and advanced the discussion among the international community, the G20, and the non-G20 countries on development policy. This volume compiles the papers and proceedings presented at this conference, which was attended by a mix of delegations from international organizations, high-level government officials, and eminent academics and practition

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955780403321

Autore

Newiak Denis

Titolo

A Disaster Guide from TV and Cinema: Preparing for the Global Blackout / / Denis Newiak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hannover, : ibidem, 2022

ISBN

9783838276618

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 pages)

Disciplina

791.4309093

Soggetti

Cinema

Film

Kino

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- THIS TIME, WE KNOW BETTER: LEARNING FROM CINEMATIC DISASTERS -- 1. BLACKOUT EVERYWHERE: ON THE OMNIPRESENCE OF A FRAGILE MODERNITY -- 2. ELECTRICITY CRISIS SCENARIOS AND THEIR CAUSES -- 3. THEY GROPE IN THE DARK: POWER FAILURES AND THEIR HEROINES -- 4. ATTACK ON MODERNITY: BLACKOUT TERRORISM AND CRIMINALITY -- 5. NOW EVERYTHING WILL BE DIFFERENT: ON THE



ROAD TO POST-MODERNITY -- 6. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE BLACKOUT: HOW CHARACTERS REACT TO THE CRISIS -- 7. TERROR WAITS IN THE DARK: BLACKOUTS IN THRILLER AND HORROR -- 8. BLACKOUT AS APOCALYPSE: LIFE IN THE DE-ELECTRIFIED WORLD -- 9. MODERNITY MUST GO ON: THE COMEDY OF THE BLACKOUT -- THE CHECKLIST: WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE AT HOME -- LITERATURE -- DISCUSSED FILMS AND TV SHOWS.

Sommario/riassunto

Dead phones, chaos in hospitals, looming nuclear meltdowns: For years, experts all over the world have been warning of a widespread power blackout—and the devastating consequences for society as a whole. However, just as before the Covid-19 pandemic, politicians and the public are hardly aware of the far-reaching risks: A blackout would catch us almost completely unprepared. As for other (supposedly improbable) disruptive events, disaster movies and sci-fi series have long shown what would happen if modern society were to lose its lifeblood. Denis Newiak looks into those filmic fictions for answers to pressing questions: How can we prepare ourselves for the dramatic consequences of such a crisis? And can the collapse of modernity still be stopped?