1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911093428703321

Titolo

The ghetto : contemporary global issues and controversies / / edited by Ray Hutchison and Bruce D. Haynes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colo. : , : Westview Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-429-97614-3

0-429-96506-0

0-429-49651-6

1-283-28568-1

9786613285683

0-8133-4504-9

9780429496516

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (671 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HaynesBruce D. <1960->

HutchisonRay

Disciplina

307.3366

Soggetti

Inner cities

Sociology, Urban

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

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; INTRODUCTION; 1. A Janus-Faced Institution of Ethnoracial Closure: A Sociological Specification of the Ghetto; 2. De-spatialization and Dilution of the Ghetto: Current Trends in the United States; 3. Toward Knowing the Iconic Ghetto; 4. "You Just Don't Go Down There": Learning to Avoid the Ghetto in San Francisco; 5. In Terms of Harlem; 6. The Spike Lee Effect: Reimagining the Ghetto for Cultural Consumption; 7. Places of Stigma: Ghettos, Barrios, and Banlieues; 8. On the Absence of Ghettos in Latin American Cities

9. Divided Cities: Rethinking the Ghetto in Light of the Brazilian Favela10. Demonstrations at Work: Some Notes from Urban Africa; 11. From Refuge the Ghetto Is Born: Contemporary Figures of Heterotopias; 12. Where Is the Chicago Ghetto?; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

A cutting-edge collection of original essays from leading scholars



examining the contemporary state of the ghetto in all its forms

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911149424403321

Autore

Saavalainen Tapio

Titolo

Quasi-Fiscal Deficits and Energy Conditionality in Selected CIS Countries / / Tapio Saavalainen, Joy Mylène Berge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

9786613825032

9781462318537

1462318533

9781452771342

1452771340

9781283512589

1283512580

9781451908398

1451908393

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (37 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

BergeJoy Mylène

Soggetti

Municipal services - Former Soviet republics

Government business enterprises - Former Soviet republics

Public utilities - Former Soviet republics

Deficit financing - Former Soviet republics

Banking

Banks and Banking

Banks and banking

Banks

Commodities

Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises and Nonprofit Institutions

Contracting Out

Debts, External

Depository Institutions

Economic sectors

Electric Utilities

Electric utilities

Electricity

Energy and the Macroeconomy

Energy industries



Energy sector

Exports and Imports

External debt

Fiscal Policy

Industries: Energy

International economics

International Lending and Debt Problems

International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions

International Trade Organizations

Investment & securities

Investments: Energy

Macroeconomics

Micro Finance Institutions

Mining, Extraction, and Refining: Hydrocarbon Fuels

Mortgages

Petroleum, oil & gas industries

Privatization

Public finance & taxation

Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Planning, Coordination, and Reform

Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government

Tariff

Tariffs

Taxation

Taxes

Trade Policy

Kyrgyz Republic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"February 2006".

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. MEASURING THE QUASI-FISCAL DEFICIT""; ""III. MACROECONOMIC RELEVANCE OF QUASI-FISCAL DEFICITS""; ""IV. ENERGY SECTOR CONDITIONALITY""; ""V. OUTCOMES AND LESSONS LEARNED""; ""VI. POLICY OPTIONS""; ""VII. EPILOGUE""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

Quasi-fiscal deficits of public utility companies are common in all member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). They constitute a significant impediment to efficient resource allocation and endanger macroeconomic stability. This paper presents a simple framework for measuring and monitoring such deficits and highlights their macroeconomic relevance. It reviews the progress under IMF conditionality aimed at correcting these imbalances during 1993-2003. The paper suggests that the extensive conditionality under the IMF-supported programs has yielded only limited progress in reducing the energy sector's financial imbalances. In conclusion, different policy options are discussed in light of the lessons learned.