1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004911360403321

Autore

Elizabeth <regina d'Inghilterra ; 1.>

Titolo

Queen Elizabeth’s Englishings of Boethius, De Consolatione-Philosophiae, A.D. 1593, Plutarch, De Curiositate, Horace, De Arte poetica (part), A.D. 1598 Ed. from theuniquetts, partly in the Queen’s hand, in the Public Record Office, London. / by Miss Caroline Pemberton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Millwood, NY : Kraus, 1981

Descrizione fisica

XVII, 165 p. ; 24 cm

Collana

Early English text society , Original series ; 113

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

YR 1A 113

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966216203321

Titolo

Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2011 : : Development Challenges in a Post-crisis World

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : The World Bank, , 2013

ISBN

9780821387306

0821387308

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (397 pages)

Collana

Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (Global)

Altri autori (Persone)

HarrisonAnn

LinJustin Yifu <1952->

Sepúlveda LClaudia

Disciplina

330.91724

Soggetti

Economic assistance

Economic development

East Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About this Book -- Introduction -- Opening Address -- Opening Address -- Opening Address -- Keynote Addresses -- Overcoming the Samaritan's Dilemma in Development Aid -- Learning, Growth, and Development: A Lecture in Honor of Sir Partha Dasgupta -- Weak States, Strong States, and Development -- Personal Histories and Poverty Traps -- Environmental Commons and the Green Economy -- Voluntary Pledges and Green Growth in the Post-Copenhagen Climate -- World Economic Crises: Commodity Prices and Environmental Scarcity as Missing Links -- Comment -- Postcrisis Debates on Development Strategy -- Does a Leapfrogging Growth Strategy Raise the Growth Rate? Some International Evidence -- Comment -- The Political Economy of Fragile States -- State Fragility, Governance Indicators, and the Risk of Civil Conflict -- Comment -- New Ways of Measuring Welfare -- Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development, and Growth -- Happiness Measures as a Guide to Development Policy? Promise and Potential Pitfalls -- Individual Welfare and Subjective Well-Being: Comments on "Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development, and Growth,"



by Daniel W. Sacks, Betsey Stevenson, and Justin Wolfers -- Comment -- Social Programs and Transfers: Are We Learning? -- The Evolution and Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers in South Africa -- Comment -- Closing Remarks -- Closing Remarks -- Footnotes -- Introduction -- Opening Address -- Opening Address -- Opening Address -- Overcoming the Samaritan's Dilemma in Development Aid -- Learning, Growth, and Development: A Lecture in Honor of Sir Partha Dasgupta -- Weak States, Strong States, and Development -- Personal Histories and Poverty Traps -- Voluntary Pledges and Green Growth in the Post-Copenhagen Climate.

World Economic Crises: Commodity Prices and Environmental Scarcity as Missing Links -- Comment -- Does a Leapfrogging Growth Strategy Raise the Growth Rate? Some International Evidence -- Comment -- State Fragility, Governance Indicators, and the Risk of Civil Conflict -- Comment -- Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development, and Growth -- Happiness Measures as a Guide to Development Policy? Promise and Potential Pitfalls -- Individual Welfare and Subjective Well-Being: Comments on "Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development, and Growth," by Daniel W. Sacks, Betsey Stevenson, and Justin Wolfers -- Comment -- The Evolution and Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers in South Africa -- Comment -- Closing Remarks -- Closing Remarks -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2011: Development Challenges in a Post-crisis World (ABCDE) presents papers from a global gathering of the world?s leading development scholars and practitioners held May 31 - June 2, 2010. Paper themes include: Environmental Commons and the Green Economy, Post-crisis Development Strategy, the Political Economy of Fragile States, Measuring Welfare, and Social Programs and Transfers. Keynote addresses: Elinor Ostrom: Overcoming the Samaritan's Dlimemma in Development Aid -- Torsten Persson: Weak States, Strong States, and Development -- Joseph Stiglitz: Learning, Growth, and Development -- Partha Dasgupta: Poverty Traps --