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Diversity in Career Preferences of Future Health Workers in Rwanda [[electronic resource] ] : Where, Why, and for How Much?
| Diversity in Career Preferences of Future Health Workers in Rwanda [[electronic resource] ] : Where, Why, and for How Much? |
| Autore | Lievens Tomas |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, : World Bank Publications, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (125 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.10967571 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SerneelsPieter M
ButeraJ. Damascene |
| Collana | World Bank working paper Diversity in career preferences of future health workers in Rwanda |
| Soggetto topico |
Occupational health services
Occupational health services - Health and hygiene - Rwanda Medical personnel - Rwanda Motivation Health Personnel Career Choice |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Electronic books.
Evaluation Study Statistics. |
| ISBN | 0-8213-8340-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; CHAPTER 1 Study Rationale; CHAPTER 2 Survey Method and Sample Description; CHAPTER 3 The Decision to Become a Health Worker; CHAPTER 4 Long-term Career Preferences and Income Expectations; CHAPTER 5 Choosing between Urban and Rural Posting; CHAPTER 6 International Migration; CHAPTER 7 HIV and AIDS; CHAPTER 8 Exploring the Role of Altruism as Intrinsic Motivation; References; Appendixes; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458273803321 |
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| Washington, : World Bank Publications, 2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Economic Implications of Chronic Illness and Disability in Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union [[electronic resource]]
| Economic Implications of Chronic Illness and Disability in Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Mete Cem |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, : World Bank Publications, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (156 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.4/73621094 |
| Soggetto topico |
Chronic diseases
Chronic diseases - Economic aspects - Europe, Eastern Chronic diseases - Economic aspects - Former Soviet republics Employment Persons Population Characteristics Social Sciences Disease Attributes Sociology Health Care Pathologic Processes Geography Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Diseases Socioeconomic Factors Unemployment Economics Disabled Persons Chronic Disease Public Health Health & Biological Sciences Public Health - General |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Electronic books.
Statistics |
| ISBN |
1-281-78738-8
9786611787387 0-8213-7338-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Figures; Chapter 1; Tables; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; The Report Team and Acknowledgments; Key Findings and Future Research Directions; Part 1 A REGIONAL OVERVIEW; Chapter 1 Introduction; BOX 1.1 Defining Disability; PART II COUNTRY STUDIES; Chap.2 Measurement of Disability and Linkages with Welfare, Employment, and Schooling The Case of Uzbekistan; Chap.3 The Impact of Health Shocks on Employment, Earnings, and Household Consumption in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Chap.4 Health Disabilities and Labor Productivity in Russia in 2004 Health Consequences Beyond Premature Death
Chap.5 The Implications of Poor Health Status on Employment in Romania |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453871303321 |
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| Washington, : World Bank Publications, 2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Economic Transformation and the Future of Work in Latin America and the Caribbean
| Economic Transformation and the Future of Work in Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Autore | Beylis Guillermo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D. C. : , : World Bank Publications, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (111 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Fattal-JaefRoberto
SinhaRishabh MorrisMichael SebastianAshwini Rekha |
| Collana | Latin America and Caribbean Studies |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4648-1460-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Analyzing structural transformation -- Implications for economic policy -- Notes -- References -- 1 What is structural transformation? -- What drives structural transformation? -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 2 Productivity in the LAC region: A sectoral view -- Productivity in agriculture -- Productivity in industry and services -- Taking stock: The scope for raising allocative efficiency and the expected pace of structural change -- Conclusions and policy implications -- Notes -- References -- 3 Economic transformation, skills, and the future of work -- The labor market is already changing -- From production to services -- From skill-biased technological change to routine-biased technological change -- Labor market polarization in the developing world: Is it coming? -- Labor market polarization in the developing world: The evidence -- The changing demand for skills in the LAC region -- Conclusions -- Looking into the future: Automation, tasks, and skills -- Looking into the future: Digital platforms and the nature of work -- Conclusions and policy implications -- Notes -- References -- 4 Conclusions -- Structural transformation: Past and future -- Looking forward -- References -- Boxes -- Box 1.1 Measuring structural transformation -- Box 2.1 Does technological change benefit small and large farms equally? Evidence from Mexico -- Box 3.1 What are workers doing? -- Box 3.2 When automation creates jobs -- Figures -- Figure 1.1 Structural transformation by sector, selected LAC countries and rest of world -- Figure 1.2 Patterns of industrialization across LAC and high-income countries -- Figure 1.3 Value-added and employment shares by sector: Selected LAC countries, 1950-2010.
Figure 1.4 Absolute total level of employment by sector: Selected LAC countries, 1950-2010 -- Figure 1.5 Premature deindustrialization: LAC region (average), 1950-2010 -- Figure 1.6 Relative prices and real consumption per capita: LAC region (average), 1950-2010 -- Figure 1.7 Labor allocation in manufacturing: Selected LAC countries, 1950-2010 -- Figure 2.1 Output per worker by sector in LAC region relative to that of United States: Selected countries, 2010 -- Figure 2.2 Agricultural output and TFP growth: LAC region, 1981-2014 -- Figure 2.3 Correlation between output growth and TFP growth: LAC countries, 2001-14 -- Figure 2.4 Growth decomposition: Latin America by region and United States, 2005-14 -- Figure 2.5 Relationship between value added and employment in agriculture: Selected LAC countries, 2017 -- Figure 2.6 Sources of agricultural productivity growth -- Figure 2.7 Histogram of metatechnical efficiency, Peru, by region -- Figure 2.8 Effectiveness of growth in different sectors at reducing poverty -- Figure 2.9 Labor productivity growth in industrial and services sectors: Latin America and United States, 1950-2010 -- Figure 2.10 Labor productivity in services sector relative to industrial sector: Latin America and United States, 1950-2010 -- Figure 2.11 Services Trade Restrictions Index, selected LAC countries -- Figure 2.12 Logistics Performance Index and its components: 16 LAC countries, relative to best performer -- Figure 3.1 Development of goods and service occupations, LAC and rest of world -- Figure 3.2 Evolution of task content of jobs (mean change): 11 LAC countries, 2000-2014 -- Figure 3.3 Evolution of task content of jobs in industrial sector: 11 LAC countries, 2000-2014 -- Figure 3.4 Decomposition of task content in industrial sector: 11 LAC countries, 2000-2014. Figure 3.5 Evolution of task content of jobs in services sector: 11 LAC countries, 2000-2014 -- Figure 3.6 Distribution of automatability across methodologies, Chile -- Figure 3.7 Distribution of automatability across methodologies, Colombia -- Figure 3.8 Distribution of automatability across methodologies, Bolivia -- Figure 3.9 Risk of automation by LAC country, based on four methodologies -- Figure 3.10 Automation risk by selected characteristics, LAC region -- Tables -- Table 2.1 Misallocation in manufacturing, selected developing and developed countries -- Table 3.1 Reallocation of occupations within sectors over development process. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511626303321 |
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| Washington, D. C. : , : World Bank Publications, , 2020 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Economics of Water Scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa : Institutional Solutions
| The Economics of Water Scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa : Institutional Solutions |
| Autore | de Waal Dominick |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D. C. : , : World Bank Publications, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (229 pages) |
| Disciplina | 306.2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KhemaniStuti
BaroneAndrea BorgomeoEdoardo |
| Soggetto topico |
Political culture - Africa, North
Political culture - Middle East Water resources development - Government policy - Africa, North |
| ISBN | 1-4648-1740-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Main Messages -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Part I The Status Quo Institutions That Allocate Water -- Chapter 1 An Economic View of Water Scarcity: The Inescapable Role of the State in Allocating Water -- Introduction -- What is the price of water? -- Identifying reform directions using an economic lens -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Middle East and North Africa: Diversity of Economic and Hydrological Context -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Supply-Side Institutions That Build Large Infrastructure but Fail to Reduce Water Stress -- Origins and evolution of water institutions in the Middle East and North Africa -- Industrial-scale expansion of water-related infrastructure -- Signs of distress in managing supply-side infrastructure -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Demand-Side Behavior That Challenges States' Ability to Raise Finance and Regulate Water -- Drivers of water demand -- How the two main consumptive uses of water-irrigated agriculture and cities-interact and shape long-term financing options -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Externalities: Status and Trends of Water Depletion and Pollution -- Identification of externalities is a first step toward valuing water -- Water depletion -- Pollution of freshwater and marine resources -- compound effects of water-related externalities -- Hidden costs of water-related externalities -- Notes -- References -- Part II Understanding Why Status Quo Institutions Produce Outcomes That Endanger Water Security and Well-Being -- Chapter 6 Economic Framework to Understand How State Institutions Function in Allocating, Managing, and Investing in Water -- Introduction -- The framework -- Applying the framework to understand the state's tariff and revenue-raising capacity to invest in water.
Applying the framework to understand quantity regulations to conserve water as a resource -- Applying the framework to understand the performance of water utilities -- Relationship between legitimacy and trust: applying the link across the three principal-agent relationships -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 Why Policy Has Focused on Supply-Side Investments and Ignored Demand-Side Problems of Overusing and Polluting Water -- Introduction -- Resolving trade-offs: how formal institutional setups fail to resolve citizens' conflicting water demands -- Demand-side interventions in agricultural water management -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8 Applying the Framework to Understand Why Utilities Are Distressed and Households Receive Poor Service -- Introduction -- Regulatory relationship between the state and WSS utilities -- Problem of performance of WSS utilities -- Notes -- References -- Part III Policy Ideas for the Leaders and People of MENA to Defuse Water Crises and Transform Their Economies -- Chapter 9 The Fundamental Importance of Informal Institutions of Legitimacy and Trust -- Introduction -- Legitimacy of tariffs -- Trust in public utilities and regulatory agencies -- Role of local political contestation -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10 Building Trusted and Creditworthy Utilities That Deliver Services and Attract Long-Term Financing -- Introduction -- Relationship between "hard" infrastructure and "soft" management policies -- Delegation of greater autonomy and discretion to utility managers and staff -- Technical independence of regulators -- Structure of water tariffs -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 11 Approach to Institutional Reforms in Water Management and Allocation -- Introduction -- Tension between the science behind the water balance and the political process of setting limits. Empowering local leaders to manage water allocation decisions and trade-offs -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 12 Communication as a Necessary Complement to Water Policy Reforms -- Introduction -- Using communication to shift beliefs and expectations -- The role of local political leaders in winning public acceptance and legitimacy for reducing water consumption -- Using national water strategies to reshape norms of water allocation and use -- Notes -- References -- Appendix: Institutions Involved in Developing Supply-Side Infrastructure Versus Institutions Operating and Maintaining Infrastructure -- Glossary -- Box -- Box 6.1 Definitions of "legitimacy" and "trust" from economics and game theory research -- Figures -- Figure 2.1 Renewable water resources per capita per year, by economy, 2017 -- Figure 2.2 Renewable water resources per person per year, Middle East and North Africa, 2018 -- Figure 2.3 Urban population share of water withdrawals versus per capita water withdrawals, Middle East and North Africa -- Figure 2.4 Share of nonconventional water in total water withdrawals, Middle East and North Africa -- Figure 2.5 Rural population share versus renewable water resources per capita -- Figure 2.6 Sustainability of water withdrawals in the Middle East and North Africa, by source -- Figure 3.1 Total freshwater capacity and withdrawals in the Middle East and North Africa, 1960-2020 -- Figure 3.2 Desalination and reuse capacity in the Middle East and North Africa, 1960-2020 -- Figure 3.3 Global share of desalinated water capacity, 2021 -- Figure 3.4 Water and sewer network connections in the Middle East and North Africa, 2000-17 -- Figure 3.5 Change in access to piped water and sewage connections, Middle East and North Africa, 2000-17 -- Figure 3.6 Expansion of irrigated area across the Middle East and North Africa and area irrigated, 1997-2017. Figure 3.7 Expansion of irrigated area, by economy, 2017 -- Figure 3.8 Operating cost recovery ratio for selected utilities and years across the Middle East and North Africa -- Figure 3.9 Nonrevenue water of selected utilities in the Middle East and North Africa -- Figure 4.1 Water withdrawals, by sector and economy -- Figure 4.2 Gross agricultural output, by economy, 1961-2018 -- Figure 4.3 Irrigation water productivity, by economy -- Figure 4.4 Irrigation water productivity and per capita agricultural water withdrawals, by economy -- Figure 4.5 Domestic production and use of fruits and vegetables across the Middle East and North Africa, 1961-2013 -- Figure 4.6 Domestic production and use of cereals across the Middle East and North Africa, 1961-2013 -- Figure 4.7 Agriculture sector's share of GDP and total employment in countries with rural populations over 10 million -- Figure 4.8 Proportion of total water withdrawals allocated to agriculture and relative contributions to GDP of irrigated and rainfed agriculture, 2018 -- Figure 4.9 Domestic water withdrawal, by country grouping and quartile of the distribution -- Figure 4.10 Higher tariffs, lower water withdrawals per capita -- Figure 4.11 Cost of 100 liters per capita per day relative to income consumption quintile, by economy -- Figure 4.12 Primary source of drinking water, circa 2000 and circa 2015 -- Figure 5.1 Examples of nested sets of negative externalities in the Middle East and North Africa -- Figure 5.2 Change in the extent of water-related ecosystems, 2001-05 to 2016 -- Figure 5.3 Water table level and annual precipitation at Tel Hadya Research Station, Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic, 1984-2010 -- Figure 5.4 Safely treated wastewater flows from households -- Figure 5.5 Iraq: Households' main source of drinking water, by governorate. Figure 5.6 Economic losses from inadequate water supply and sanitation -- Figure 5.7 Mortality rate attributed to exposure to unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene services, 2016 -- Figure 5.8 Deaths caused by diarrhea in children younger than age five, 2017 -- Figure 6.1 Principal-agent relationships of government -- Figure 7.1 Fundamental principal-agent relationships of the common pool resource problem -- Figure 7.2 National Water Authority Board of Israel -- Figure 7.3 Steps along the pathway to water conservation policies and water reallocation within economies -- Figure 7.4 The unavoidable process of converting users into legal or illegal users when establishing formal water rights and setting explicit legal limits to withdrawals -- Figure 7.5 The spectrum of types of water rights from public to private -- Figure 7.6 Relative administrate burden of legal use regimes established in different countries -- Figure 8.1 Principal-agent relationships of water supply and sanitation utilities -- Figure 8.2 Public-private partnership investment projects in water and sanitation services, 1990-2020 -- Figure 9.1 Social unrest in Jordan, 2016-21 -- Figure 9.2 People in MENA say that "fighting rising prices" is among their top two priorities -- Figure 9.3 Respondents saying that government performance is "very bad," the highest category of disapproval -- Figure 9.4 People's responses to a question about whether cheating on taxes is justifiable -- Figure 9.5 Comparing the "justifiability" of various actions, MENA and non-MENA countries -- Figure 9.6 How labor market conditions feature in social unrest in the Arab Republic of Egypt and Morocco, 2016-21 -- Figure 9.7 Participation in local and national elections -- Figure 9.8 People's views of the importance of honest elections. Figure 9.9 Malpractice in elections: Respondents answering that bad practices occur during elections "very often" or "fairly often". |
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de Waal Dominick
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| Washington, D. C. : , : World Bank Publications, , 2023 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Education System in Swaziland [[electronic resource] ] : Training and Skills Development for Shared Growth and Competitiveness
| The Education System in Swaziland [[electronic resource] ] : Training and Skills Development for Shared Growth and Competitiveness |
| Autore | Marope Mmantsetsa |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, : World Bank Publications, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina | 370.96887 |
| Collana | World Bank working paper The education system in Swaziland |
| Soggetto topico |
Education - Economic aspects - Eswatini
Vocational education - Eswatini Education, Special Topics Education Social Sciences |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8213-8361-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; 1. Swaziland's Growth and Competitiveness in a Global Context; 2. Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD); 3. General Education and Training; 4. Technical and Vocational Education, Training, and Skills Development; 5. Higher Education; 6. Cost and Financing of Education, Training, and Skills Development; 7. Conclusions and Recommendations; References; Appendix: Applicable Practices and Lessons from the Republic of Korea and Singapore
Eco-Audit: Environmental Benefits StatementBackcover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458275103321 |
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Marope Mmantsetsa
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| Washington, : World Bank Publications, 2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Energy pricing policies for inclusive growth in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Guillermo Beylis and Barbara Cunha
| Energy pricing policies for inclusive growth in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Guillermo Beylis and Barbara Cunha |
| Autore | Beylis Guillermo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Publications, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 pages) : illustration (some colors) |
| Disciplina | 336.3098 |
| Collana | Direction in Development. Energy and Mining |
| Soggetto topico | Fiscal policy - Latin America |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511793903321 |
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Beylis Guillermo
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| Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Publications, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Financing Higher Education in Africa [[electronic resource]]
| Financing Higher Education in Africa [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Bank World |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, : World Bank Publications, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (194 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378 |
| Collana | Directions in development. Human development Financing higher education in Africa |
| Soggetto topico |
Education, Higher -- Africa -- Moral and ethical aspects
Education, Higher -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Finance Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- Africa Education, Higher - Finance - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8213-8337-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Rising Social Demand and the Challenge of Sustainable Financing; 2.1 Public Expenditure on Higher Education as a Percentage of GDP, by Country Group, 1990 and 2006; 2.2 Share of Higher Education in Current Public Expenditure on Education, by Country Group, 1990 and 2006; 2.1 Share of Higher Education in Current Public Expenditure on Education in African Countries, 2006 (or Closest Year)
2.2 Public Expenditure on Higher Education and the Form of the Education Pyramid in African Countries, 2006 (or Closest Year)2.3 Ratio between the Increase in the Number of Higher Education Students and the Increase in Public Resources Allocated to Current Expenditure on Higher Education, by Country Group, 1991 and 2006; 2.3 Change in the Number of Higher Education Students and Expenditure on Higher Education in Two Groups of African Countries, 1991-2006 2.4 Ratio between the Change in the Number of Higher Education Students and the Amount of Public Resources Allocated to Current Expenditure on Higher Education in African Countries, 1991-20062.4 Average Gross Enrollment Ratio in 31 Sub-Saharan African Countries, by Level of Education, 1990-2005; 2.5 Average Public Expenditure per Student in 18 Sub-Saharan African Countries, by Level of Education, 1975, 1990, and 2003; 2.6 Annual Public Expenditure per Student, by Country Group, 1990 and 2006; 2.5 Annual Current Public Expenditure per Student in African Countries, 2006 (or Closest Year) 2.6 Public Expenditure per Student and Ratio of the Number of Students to the Current Level of Public Expenditure on Higher Education in Select African Countries, 20062.7 Student-Teacher Ratio in Higher Education in Select African Countries, Public and Private Sectors Combined, 2006 (or Closest Year); 2.7 Number of Scientific Publications and Patent Applications, by Region, 2002; 2.8 Change in the Number of Higher Education Students in Africa, 1982-2006 and Projected through 2015 2.9 Number of Students Expected in 2015 in African Countries on the Basis of Current Trends in Higher Education Growth 2.10 Current Expenditure on Higher Education and Public Expenditure Required to Expand Higher Education in Africa at Current Rates and Unit Costs, 2004-15; 2.8 Number of Students and Average Annual Expenditure Required to Support the Expansion of Higher Education in African Countries at Current Enrollment Rates and Unit Costs, 2004-15; 2.9 Proportion of Senior Faculty Members in Public Higher Education Institutions in Select African Countries Chapter 3 Main Features of Current Funding Policies and Practices |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457974503321 |
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| Washington, : World Bank Publications, 2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Four decades of poverty reduction in China : drivers, insights for the world, and the way ahead
| Four decades of poverty reduction in China : drivers, insights for the world, and the way ahead |
| Autore | Bank World |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Piraí : , : World Bank Publications, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (93 pages) |
| Disciplina | 915.1043 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Development Research Center of the State Councilthe People's Republic of China |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - China
Poverty - China - Prevention Poverty - Prevention |
| ISBN | 1-4648-1878-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Context -- Notes -- References -- 2 Forty Years of Rural Poverty Reduction -- Introduction -- What drove poverty reduction in China? -- Notes -- References -- 3 Drivers of China's Economic Transformation and Poverty Reduction -- Introduction -- Growing agricultural productivity: Higher incomes and more choices -- Progressive industrialization: Better jobs for more people -- Managed urbanization: Multiple gains for migrants and nonmigrant rural families, but persistent inequality of opportunities -- Expanded infrastructure investment: Improved connectivity and job creation for the poor -- Notes -- References -- 4 Poverty Alleviation Strategies -- Introduction -- Area-based poverty alleviation strategies -- Social protection policies -- Targeted poverty alleviation strategy -- Notes -- References -- 5 Implications of China's Poverty Reduction -- China's approach to poverty reduction in a global context -- References -- 6 The Way Ahead -- Introduction -- New drivers of growth and poverty reduction -- Defining new standards and policy objectives for a prosperous China -- Coordinating pro-poor development policies and social protection programs -- Notes -- References -- 7 Conclusions -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Appendix A: Key Household Surveys -- Boxes -- Box 3.1 Agricultural technology extension for poverty reduction: Promoting mulch film in Guyuan -- Box 3.2 Upgrading skills through learning by doing: How Mr. Xie Dewu set up his own valve-making company in Yongjia -- Box 4.1 The evolution of poverty targeting: How China used international expertise -- Box 4.2 Human resources and incentives for targeted poverty alleviation.
Box 4.3 East-West collaboration from the perspective of a poverty-stricken district in Ningxia Autonomous Region -- Box 4.4 How digital technologies were leveraged for targeted poverty alleviation -- Box 5.1 China's poverty reduction policies as a case study in pro-poor governance -- Figures -- Figure ES.1 The two pillars of China's approach to poverty reduction -- Figure 1.1 Poverty reduction in China over the past 40 years based on the 2010 poverty standard -- Figure 1.2 China accounts for almost three-quarters of global extreme poverty reduction since 1981: Poverty headcount based on the international poverty line, 1981-2017 -- Figure 2.1 Rapid economic growth drove poverty reduction -- Figure 2.2 Drivers of rural poverty reduction, 1988-2018 -- Figure 3.1 Rapid and sustained economic growth in China came about with fast economic transformation, 1978-2018 -- Figure 3.2 Labor productivity, particularly from industry, drove high economic growth, 1995-2018 -- Figure 3.3 Employment and productivity of manufacturing, 1978-2001 -- Figure 3.4 Workers benefited from the diversification of jobs and the expansion of wage employment, 1998-2013 -- Figure 3.5 Wage gaps between urban and rural areas narrowed, suggesting that China reached the Lewis tipping point around 2007 -- Figure 3.6 Urbanization in China followed a similar pattern as other fast-growing economies, 1960-2019 -- Figure 3.7 Migration has increased consistently over time, as have migrant earnings as a share of total household income, 1993-2017 -- Figure 3.8 "Floating" populations' income per month -- Figure 3.9 Infrastructure investment grew steadily beginning in the early 1990s -- Figure 4.1 Central and provincial Anti-Poverty Fund allocations, 2001-20 -- Tables -- Table 2.1 Poverty reduction between 1978 and 2019. Table 4.1 Main social protection programs in rural and urban China, 2019 or latest available data -- Table 4.2 Share of registered poor households achieving "three guarantees" and safe drinking water. |
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| Piraí : , : World Bank Publications, , 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From compliance to learning : a system for harnessing the power of data in the state of Maryland / / Husein Abdul-Hamid, Sarah Mintz, and Namrata Saraogi
| From compliance to learning : a system for harnessing the power of data in the state of Maryland / / Husein Abdul-Hamid, Sarah Mintz, and Namrata Saraogi |
| Autore | Abdul-Hamid Husein |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Publications, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (155 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 370.21 |
| Collana | World Bank Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Educational statistics - Data processing
Educational evaluation - Maryland Management information systems - Maryland |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910493157503321 |
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Abdul-Hamid Husein
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| Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Publications, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From compliance to learning : a system for harnessing the power of data in the state of Maryland / / Husein Abdul-Hamid, Sarah Mintz, and Namrata Saraogi
| From compliance to learning : a system for harnessing the power of data in the state of Maryland / / Husein Abdul-Hamid, Sarah Mintz, and Namrata Saraogi |
| Autore | Abdul-Hamid Husein |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Publications, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (155 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 370.21 |
| Collana | World Bank Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Educational statistics - Data processing
Educational evaluation - Maryland Management information systems - Maryland |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792820603321 |
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Abdul-Hamid Husein
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| Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Publications, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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