1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910697456803321

Titolo

Industrial sites [[electronic resource] ] : an approach to cleanup

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Las Vegas, Nev.] : , : [Nevada Site Office], , 2008

Descrizione fisica

2 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file

Soggetti

Radioactive waste disposal - Nevada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Aug. 25, 2008).

"June 2008."

"DOE/NV 936 REV1."

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960194303321

Titolo

Annual World Bank conference on development economics, Europe 2002-2003 : toward pro-poor policies--aid, institutions, and globalization / / edited by Bertil Tungodden, Nicholas Stern, and Ivar Kolstad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2004

ISBN

1-280-08414-6

9786610084142

1-4175-0793-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

vii, 355 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm

Collana

Annual World Bank Conference on development economics--Europe ; ; 2003

Altri autori (Persone)

TungoddenBertil

SternN. H (Nicholas Herbert)

KolstadIvar

Disciplina

330.9172/4

Soggetti

Development economics - Developing countries

Developing countries Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Toward Pro-Poor Policies: An Overview -- Part I. Aid -- Scaling Up: The Challenge of Monterrey -- New Perspectives on Aid Effectiveness -- In Search of the Holy Grail: How to Achieve Pro-Poor Growth? -- Aid and Growth Revisited: Policy, Economic Vulnerability, and Political Instability -- New Poverty Reduction Strategies: Old Wine in New Bottles? -- Part II. Institutions -- Crisis, Political Institutions, and Policy Reform: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- State Failure in Developing Countries and Institutional Reform Strategies -- States, Reforms, and Institutional Change: The Dynamics of Failure -- Inequality before and under the Law: Paths of Long-Run Development in the Americas -- The Transition Process in Postcommunist Societies: Toward a Political Economy of Property Rights -- Part III. Globalization -- Lessons from the 1997-98 East Asian Crises -- Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment: Globalization-Induced Changes and the Role of Policies -- Income Distribution, Factor Endowments, and Trade Openness -- Globalizing Talent and Human Capital: Implications for Developing Countries -- The Economics of the Brain Drain Turned on Its Head -- Appendix: Program.

Sommario/riassunto

This annual conference has become a key event in Europe for the discussion of development issues. It is a unique platform for many of the world's finest development thinkers and experienced policymakers to present their perspectives, ideas, and to challenge researchers and senior staff of the World Bank and other organizations with their views. These papers look at a number of compelling issues surrounding the topic of development.