1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910706507603321

Autore

Hampton Oscar P (Oscar Perry), <1905-1977, >

Titolo

Orthopedic surgery in the Mediterranean theater of operations / / by Oscar P. Hampton, Jr. ; editor in chief, John Boyd Coates, Jr. ; editor for Orthopedic surgery, Mather Cleveland ; associate editor, Elizabeth M. McFetridge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : Office of the Surgeon General, Department. of the Army, , 1957

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 368 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Medical Department, United States Army, in World War II

Surgery in World War II

Disciplina

617.99

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Medical care

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Medical care - Mediterranean Region

Surgery, Military

Orthopedic surgery

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

G.P.O. sales statement incorrect in publication.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960359403321

Titolo

Banking on knowledge : the genesis of the Global Development Network / / edited by Diane Stone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-134-53693-3

1-134-53694-1

0-203-37818-0

0-203-36142-3

1-280-04648-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Warwick studies in globalisation

Altri autori (Persone)

StoneDiane <1964->

Disciplina

338.9/007/2

Soggetti

Economic development - Research

Communication in economic development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on papers presented at a conference held in Bonn, 1999 to launch the Global Development Network.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Prologue by Lyn Squire; Foreword by Diery Seck; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; The GDN and knowledge for development; The genesis of the GDN; Scan globally, reinvent locally: knowledge infrastructure  and the localisation of knowledge; The instrumentalisation of development knowledge; Civil society engagement; Think tanks in independent Belarus: catalysts for social  transformation; New partnerships in research: activists and think tanks.  An illustration from the NCAER in New Delhi

Building productive partnerships for the promotion  of reform: the APOYO Institute in PeruReform and reconstruction; The challenges of intervention for Cambodian  think tanks; Post-communist think tanks: making and faking influence; Influencing government policy making; Knowledge across borders; Southeast Asian research institutes and regional  cooperation; Globalisation, think tanks and policy transfer; Think tanks and the ecology of policy inquiry; Conclusion; Knowledge, power and policy; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Banking on Knowledge is one of the first studies of how the World Bank



is reinventing itself as the 'Knowledge Bank'. The book addresses how international organizations and governments are developing partnerships with think tanks, research institutes and other knowledge institutions in the hope of informing and improving policies for reform and development around the world.The book focuses on the recently established Global Development Network (GDN). The GDN is a new and ambitious initiative, sponsored by the World Bank, which is possibly the largest worldwide non-governmental