1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450209603321

Titolo

Consulting services manual 2006 [[electronic resource] ] : a comprehensive guide to the selection of consultants at the World Bank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2006

ISBN

1-280-46278-7

9786610462780

0-8213-6524-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Disciplina

332.1/5320684

Soggetti

Business consultants - Developing countries

Consulting engineers - Developing countries

Consultants - Developing countries

Economic assistance

Technical assistance

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; INTRODUCTION; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; 1 Consulting Services; TABLES; FIGURES; 2 Consultants; 3 General Policies and Principles in the Use of Consultants; 4 Conflicts of Interest; 5 Fraud and Corruption; 6 Capacity Building, Transfer of Knowledge, and Training in Consultant Contract Assignments; 7 Financing Consulting Services; 8 The Role of the Bank; 9 The Selection Process and Selection Methods; 10 Developing the Terms of Reference; 11 Estimating Costs and Setting the Budget; 12 Setting the Evaluation Criteria; 13 Advertising and Short List; 14 Request for Proposals

15 Types and Forms of Contract16 Preparation, Submission, and Evaluation of Proposals; 17 Evaluation Practices of Technical Proposals; 18 Negotiations and Award of Contract; 19 Supervising Consultants; 20 Selection of Individual Consultants; APPENDIXES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The second edition of the Consulting Services Manual provides detailed guidance to borrowers, World Bank staff, and consultants on the application of mandatory provisions of the Consultant Guidelines, the



Standard Request for Proposal (SRFP), and other policies, and provides advice on the application of professional best practices on non-mandatory aspects of working with the World Bank.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966798103321

Titolo

Top incomes : a global perspective / / edited by A.B. Atkinson and T. Piketty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

9786612565113

1-282-56511-7

0-19-155823-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxi, 776 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

AtkinsonA. B <1944-> (Anthony Barnes)

PikettyThomas <1971->

Disciplina

339.22

Soggetti

Income distribution

Income distribution - History

Wealth

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- 1. Top Indian Incomes, 1922-2000 -- 2. Income Inequality and Progressive Income Taxation in China and India, 1986-2015 -- 3. The Evolution of Income Concentration in Japan, 1886-2005: Evidence from Income Tax Statistics -- 4. Top Incomes in Indonesia, 1920-2004 -- 5. Top Incomes in a Rapidly Growing Economy: Singapore -- 6. The Rich in Argentina over the Twentieth Century, 1932-2004 -- 7. Top Incomes in Sweden over the Twentieth Century -- 8. Trends in Top Income Shares in Finland -- 9. Top Incomes in Norway -- 10. Income and Wealth Concentration in Spain in a Historical and Fiscal Perspective -- 11. Top Incomes and Earnings in Portugal, 1936-2005 -- 12. Top Incomes in Italy, 1974-2004 -- 13. Top Incomes in the Long Run of History -- Index.



Sommario/riassunto

This volume brings together an exciting range of new studies of top incomes in a wide range of countries from around the world. The studies use data from income tax records to cast light on the dramatic changes that have taken place at the top of the income distribution. The results cover 22 countries and have a long time span, going back to 1875.