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UNINA9910780305403321 |
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Economic growth, poverty, and household welfare in Vietnam / / edited by Paul Glewwe, Nisha Agrawal, David Dollar |
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Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2004 |
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1-280-08484-7 |
9786610084845 |
1-4175-0795-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xiv, 628 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 24 cm |
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World Bank regional and sectoral studies |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GlewwePaul <1958-> |
AgrawalNisha |
DollarDavid |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Income distribution - Vietnam |
Poverty - Vietnam |
Households - Economic aspects - Vietnam |
Vietnam Economic policy |
Vietnam Economic conditions 1975- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Map of Vietnam; 1. An Overview of Economic Growth and Household Welfare in Vietnam in the 1990's; Part I. Vietnam's Economic Performance in the 1990's; 2. Reform, Growth, and Poverty; 3. The Wage Labor Market and Inequality in Vietnam; 4. Household Enterprises in Vietnam: Survival, Growth, and Living Standards; 5. Agriculture and Income Distribution in Rural Vietnam under Economic Reforms: A Tale of Two Regions; Part II. Poverty Reduction in Vietnam in the 1990's |
6. The Static and Dynamic Incidence of Vietnam's Public Safety Net 7. The Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Vietnam and the Potential for Targeting; 8. Ethnic Minority Development in Vietnam: A Socioeconomic Perspective; Part III. Progress in Health and Education in Vietnam in the 1990's; 9. Poverty and Survival Prospects of Vietnamese Children under Doi Moi; 10. Child Nutrition, Economic Growth, and the Provision of |
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Health Care Services in Vietnam; 11. Patterns of Health Care Use in Vietnam: Analysis of 1998 Vietnam Living Standards Survey Data; 12. Trends in the Education Sector |
13. An Investigation of the Determinants of School Progress and Academic Achievement in Vietnam Part IV. Other Topics; 14. Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam; 15. Economic Mobility in Vietnam; 16. Private Interhousehold Transfers in Vietnam; List of Figures, Maps, and Tables; Figures; 2.1 Per Capita GDP Growth Rates, 1960's to 1990's; 2.2 Convergence and Divergence in Per Capita GDP Growth Rates in the 1990's; 2.3 Economic Growth and Income of the Poor; 2.4 Increased Trade and Changes in Inequality; 2.5 Indicators of Vietnam's Reforms: Mid-1980's to Late 1990's |
2.6 Effect of Economic Reform on Poverty, 1988-98 2.7 Poverty Reduction and Growth Rate in India, Vietnam, and China, 1992-98; 2.8 Conditional Convergence, 1995-2035; 2.9 Governance Pentagons: Vietnam, India, Thailand, Myanmar, and China; 2.10 Global Competitiveness Report Rankings: Vietnam, China, and India; 2.11 Maritime Transport to the United States (West Coast): Garments; 2.12 Foreign Direct Investment as a Share of GDP, 1998; 2.13 Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam in the 1990's; 3.1 Economic Growth in Vietnam |
3.2 Levels of Schooling versus Labor Market Returns to Schooling by Region, 1998 3.3 Agricultural Labor Force Compared with Income Level; 4.1 Household Choices in 1993 and 1998; 5.1 Composition of Income, Vietnam; 5.2 Trends in Rice Production; 5.3 Trends in Total Agricultural Output; 5.4 The Distributional Impact of Changes in Rice Prices, Rural North; 5.5 The Distributional Impact of Changes in Rice Prices, Rural South; 7.1 Provincial Poverty Headcounts Estimated Using Urban-Rural and Stratum-Level Regression Models |
7.2 Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves for Selected Targeting Variables |
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UNINA9910783056303321 |
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Titolo |
Men who sell sex : international perspectives on male prostitution and HIV/AIDS / / edited by Peter Aggleton |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Philadelphia : , : Temple University Press, , 1999 |
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1-135-35883-4 |
1-135-35884-2 |
1-280-65185-7 |
9786610651856 |
0-203-02463-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Male prostitution |
Male prostitutes - Sexual behavior |
HIV infections - Prevention |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Chapter 1 Selling Sex in Cardiff and London; Chapter 2 Sex for Money between Men and Boys in the Netherlands: Implications for HIV Prevention; Chapter 3 Travestis and Gigolos: Male Sex Work and HIV Prevention in France; Chapter 4 Male Sex Work and HIV/AIDS in Canada; Chapter 5 Social Environment and Male Sex Work in the United States; Chapter 6 Aspects of Male Sex Work in Mexico City; Chapter 7 Three Decades of Male Sex Work in Santo Domingo |
Chapter 8 Cacherismo in a San José Brothel … Aspects of Male Sex Work in Costa RicaChapter 9 Natural Born Targets: Male Hustlers and AIDS Prevention in Urabn Brazil; Chapter 10 Fletes in Parque Kennedy: Sexual Cultures among Young Men Who Sell Sex to Other Men in Lima; Chapter 11 Through a Window Darkly: Men Who Sell Sex to Men in India and Bangladesh; Chapter 12 Male Sex Work in Sri Lanka; Chapter 13 Bar Talk: Thai Male Sex Workers and Their Customers; Chapter 14 Walking th |
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Brings together an authoritative collection of essays from different |
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countries and examines sexual behaviour, the reasons men sell sex, the meanings involved, and implications for HIV prevention. |
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UNINA9910974618103321 |
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Autore |
Valdés Guadalupe |
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Titolo |
Expanding definitions of giftedness : the case of young interpreters from immigrant communities / / Guadalupe Valdes |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-32227-3 |
9786612322273 |
1-4106-0724-0 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (251 p.) |
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The educational psychology series |
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Disciplina |
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Bilingualism in children - United States |
Translating and interpreting - United States |
Gifted children - United States |
Hispanic Americans - Languages |
Immigrants - United States - Language |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-218) and indexes. |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 In Search of Giftedness: The Case of Latino Immigrant Children; Chapter 2 Bilinguals and Bilingualism; Chapter 3 A Performance Team: Young Interpreters and Their Parents; Chapter 4 The Study of Young Interpreters: Methods, Materials and Analytical Challenges; Chapter 5 The Performance of the Young Interpreters on the Scripted Task; Chapter 6 The Gifts and Talents of Young Interpreters: Implications for Researchers and Practitioners |
Chapter 7 Developing the Talents of Latino Immigrant Children: Challenges, Questions, and OpportunitiesList of Tables and Figures; Notes; References; Author Index; Subject Index |
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This book is about bilingual young people who have been selected by their families to carry out the hard work of interpreting and translating |
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to mediate communication between themselves and the outside world--between minority and majority communities. It examines the experiences of these young interpreters and the skills they develop in order to fulfill this role. The authors' purpose in this volume is to contribute to extending current definitions of gifted and talented, by proposing and offering evidence that the young people who are selected to serve as family interp |
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