1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000706640203316

Autore

HOLTON, Gerald

Titolo

Scienza, educazione e interesse pubblico / Gerald Holton ; [traduzione di Davide Panzieri]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bologna : Il mulino, 1990

ISBN

88-15-02765-3

Descrizione fisica

143 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

Contemporanea ; 40

Disciplina

501

Soggetti

Scienze e progresso

Scienze e società

Collocazione

XXX.A. Coll. 19/ 4 (COLL HBQ 40)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962322503321

Autore

Farole Thomas

Titolo

Special economic zones in Africa : : comparing performance and learning from global experiences / / Thomas Farole

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2011]

copyright 2011

ISBN

9786613016294

9781283016292

128301629X

9780821386392

0821386395

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxii, 299 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Directions in development. Trade.

Disciplina

338.8/7

Soggetti

Economic zoning - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Enterprise zones - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Export processing zones - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"In cooperation with the Investment Climate Department of the World Bank."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Brief History of SEZs and Overview of Policy Debates; Boxes; Tables; Figures; Chapter 3 Assessing the Outcomes in Africa's SEZs; Chapter 4 Which Factors Matter for the Performance of SEZs?; Chapter 5 The Investment Climate in Africa's SEZs; Chapter 6 Zone Practices: Policy, Planning, and Strategy; Chapter 7 Zone Practices: Operations, Management, and Learning; Chapter 8 Policy Conclusions: SEZs in Africa-When, What, and How?; Appendix A Country Case Selection; Appendix B Large-Sample Dataset

Appendix C Survey MethodologyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

This book, designed for policymakers, academics and researchers, and SEZ program practitioners, provides the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of SEZ programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the



result of detailed surveys and case studies conducted during 2009 in ten developing countries, including six in Sub-Saharan Africa. The book provides quantitative evidence of the performance of SEZs, and of the factors which contribute to that performance, highlighting the critical importance not just of the SEZ itself but of the wider national investment climate in which it functions. It also p