1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458515403321

Titolo

Trade and transport facilitation assessment [[electronic resource] ] : a practical toolkit for country implementation / / [foreword, Mona Haddad, Marc Juhel ; prepared by World Bank's International Trade Department, Monica Alina Mustra and Jean-François Arvis under the guidance of Bernard Hoekman and Mona Haddad, and experts including John Arnold, Robin Carruthers and Daniel Saslavsky]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2010

ISBN

1-282-72570-X

9786612725708

0-8213-8413-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

World Bank study

Altri autori (Persone)

HaddadMona

JuhelMarc

Disciplina

657/.45

Soggetti

International trade - Auditing

Transportation - Auditing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. What is the Trade and Transport Facilitation Assessment Toolkit?; 2. Conceptual Framework; 3. Overview of the Assessment's Analytical Structure and Key Transactions in the Trade Supply Chain; 4. Issues and Examples in Conducting a Trade and Transport Facilitation Assessment; Appendixes; References and Bibliography; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Achieving practical trade facilitation reforms has become a key development priority in recent years. In 2001, the Bank issued a first Trade and Transport Facilitation Audit (TTFA) toolkit. The TTFA provides a simple and cost-effective instrument to analyze bottlenecks in international supply chains and prepare corrective measures. The key insight of the TTFA is that considerable knowledge can be easily obtained by interviewing key participants in the commercial or



procedural transactions that combine to form international supply chains. These participants include private service providers suc

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966565603321

Autore

Barber Michael <1955->

Titolo

The making of the 1944 Education Act / / Michael Barber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, NY, : Cassell, 1994

ISBN

1-281-78321-8

9786611783211

0-8264-3719-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 pages)

Collana

Cassell education

Cassell education series

Disciplina

344.41/07 344.1047

344.4107344.1047

379.41

Soggetti

Educational law and legislation - Great Britain

Education and state - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Ferment; 2 The Board of Education; 3 Butler; 4 Parliament; 5 After; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The 1944 Education Act was a crucial piece of British legislation - one of the most important this century. It was passed against a background of war and growing popular demand for social reform. It provided a framework for the education service which remained largely intact for almost fifty years. Since 1988, however, with the introduction of a National Curriculum and competition between schools, the workings of the Act have been largely dismantled. In The Making of the 1944 Education Act, Michael Barber presents a lively evaluation of the Act - its background, passage and effect - fifty year