1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996396859903316

Autore

Antoniszoon Cornelis <b. ca. 1499.>

Titolo

The safeguard of sailers, or, Great rutter [[electronic resource] ] : containing the courses, distances, soundings, floods, and ebbs, with the marks for the entring of sundry harbours of England, Scotland, France, Spain, Ireland, Flanders, Holland, and the sounds of Denmark, also the coast of Jutland and Norway, with other necessary rules of common navigation : collected out of the newest and largest waegoner, and confirmed by the practice and experience of many able pilots and seamen, now published for the use and benefit of all honest mariners

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by W.G. for Wil. Fisher ... and Benj. Hurlock ..., 1671

Descrizione fisica

[4], 259 p. : ill., maps

Altri autori (Persone)

W. B

NormanRobert <fl. 1590.>

Soggetti

Navigation

Pilot guides

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation by Robert Norman of: Het Leeskaartboek van Wisbuy.

The editor's preface signed: W.B.

This item appears at reel 50:11 as Wing B226 (number cancelled in Wing 2nd ed.), and at reel 1804:9 as Wing (2nd ed.) A3476A.

Reproductions of original in British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450401203321

Titolo

World development report 2006 [[electronic resource] ] : equity and development

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-280-21688-3

9786610216888

0-8213-6250-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Disciplina

338.9109051

Soggetti

Economic development

International economic relations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Data Notes; Overview; Figures; 1 Introduction; Part I Inequity within and across countries; Boxes; Tables; Part II Why does equity matter?; Part III Leveling the economic and political playing fields; Epilogue; Bibliographic note; Endnotes; References; Selected Indicators; Measuring Equity; Selected world development indicators; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This year's Word Development Report (WDR), the twenty-eighth, looks at the role of equity in the development process. It defines equity in terms of two basic principles. The first is equal opportunities: that a person's chances in life should be determined by his or her talents and efforts, rather than by pre-determined circumstances such as race, gender, social or family background. The second principle is the avoidance of extreme deprivation in outcomes, particularly in health, education and consumption levels. This principle thus includes the objective of poverty reduction. The report's mai