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Insurance against covariate shocks : : the role of index-based insurance in social protection in low-income countries of Africa / / Harold Alderman , Trina Haque
| Insurance against covariate shocks : : the role of index-based insurance in social protection in low-income countries of Africa / / Harold Alderman , Trina Haque |
| Autore | Alderman Harold <1948-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | vii, 34 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
| Disciplina | 368.1/210091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HaqueTrina |
| Collana | Africa Region human development series |
| Soggetto topico |
Insurance - Africa
Poverty - Africa Risk (Insurance) - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-280-85776-5
9786610857760 0-8213-7037-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Abstract; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Index-Based Insurance in Low-income Contexts: Potential and Limitations; List of Boxes; 3. Recent Global Innovations; 4. Forays into Insurance in Africa; List of Table; List of Figure; 5. Future Directions and Conclusions; Appendix; Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777676803321 |
Alderman Harold <1948->
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| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Insurance against covariate shocks : : the role of index-based insurance in social protection in low-income countries of Africa / / Harold Alderman , Trina Haque
| Insurance against covariate shocks : : the role of index-based insurance in social protection in low-income countries of Africa / / Harold Alderman , Trina Haque |
| Autore | Alderman Harold <1948-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | vii, 34 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
| Disciplina | 368.1/210091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HaqueTrina |
| Collana | Africa Region human development series |
| Soggetto topico |
Insurance - Africa
Poverty - Africa Risk (Insurance) - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-280-85776-5
9786610857760 0-8213-7037-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Abstract; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Index-Based Insurance in Low-income Contexts: Potential and Limitations; List of Boxes; 3. Recent Global Innovations; 4. Forays into Insurance in Africa; List of Table; List of Figure; 5. Future Directions and Conclusions; Appendix; Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811092103321 |
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Alderman Harold <1948->
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| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Les bénédictions d'une mère : roman
| Les bénédictions d'une mère : roman |
| Autore | Bayala Adama |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : L'Harmattan, 2015 |
| Soggetto topico |
Youth - Conduct of life - Africa
Juvenile delinquency - Africa Poverty - Africa French Literature Romance Literatures Languages & Literatures |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Paranormal fiction
Fiction |
| ISBN | 2-336-38911-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910160753803321 |
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Bayala Adama
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| [Place of publication not identified], : L'Harmattan, 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lifestyle and epidemiology : the double burden of poverty and cardiovascular diseases in African populations / / edited by Kotsedi Daniel Monyeki, Han C. G. Kemper
| Lifestyle and epidemiology : the double burden of poverty and cardiovascular diseases in African populations / / edited by Kotsedi Daniel Monyeki, Han C. G. Kemper |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : IntechOpen, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 339.46096 |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty - Africa
Cardiovascular system - Diseases |
| ISBN | 1-83962-737-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Lifestyle and Epidemiology |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910586680303321 |
| London, England : , : IntechOpen, , [2021] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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MCC and Africa [[electronic resource] ] : a growing partnership for success
| MCC and Africa [[electronic resource] ] : a growing partnership for success |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : Millennium Challenge Corporation, , [2009] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (6 pages) |
| Collana | Fact sheet |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty - Africa
Economic assistance, American - Africa Sustainable development - Africa |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | MCC and Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910699215403321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : Millennium Challenge Corporation, , [2009] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Millennium Development Goals [[electronic resource] ] : achievements and prospects of meeting the targets in Africa / / edited by Francis Nwonwu
| Millennium Development Goals [[electronic resource] ] : achievements and prospects of meeting the targets in Africa / / edited by Francis Nwonwu |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pretoria, South Africa, : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 361.26096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NwonwuF. O. C |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Africa
Human rights - Africa Humanitarian assistance - Africa International economic relations Poverty - Africa Sustainable development - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-7983-0234-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms""; ""About the Authors""; ""Introduction""; ""1. ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER ""; ""2 UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA""; ""3 IS GENDER EQUITY ON TRACK IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA?""; ""4 REDUCTION OF CHILD MORTALITY""; ""5 IMPROVING MATERNAL HEALTH""; ""6 COMBATING HIV/AIDS, TB AND MALARIA""; ""7 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES""; ""8 PROGRESS BY AFRICAN REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES""; ""Conclusion""; ""Back Cover"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456275503321 |
| Pretoria, South Africa, : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Millennium Development Goals [[electronic resource] ] : achievements and prospects of meeting the targets in Africa / / edited by Francis Nwonwu
| Millennium Development Goals [[electronic resource] ] : achievements and prospects of meeting the targets in Africa / / edited by Francis Nwonwu |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pretoria, South Africa, : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 361.26096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NwonwuF. O. C |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Africa
Human rights - Africa Humanitarian assistance - Africa International economic relations Poverty - Africa Sustainable development - Africa |
| ISBN | 0-7983-0234-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms""; ""About the Authors""; ""Introduction""; ""1. ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER ""; ""2 UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA""; ""3 IS GENDER EQUITY ON TRACK IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA?""; ""4 REDUCTION OF CHILD MORTALITY""; ""5 IMPROVING MATERNAL HEALTH""; ""6 COMBATING HIV/AIDS, TB AND MALARIA""; ""7 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES""; ""8 PROGRESS BY AFRICAN REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES""; ""Conclusion""; ""Back Cover"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780856103321 |
| Pretoria, South Africa, : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Millennium Development Goals [[electronic resource] ] : achievements and prospects of meeting the targets in Africa / / edited by Francis Nwonwu
| Millennium Development Goals [[electronic resource] ] : achievements and prospects of meeting the targets in Africa / / edited by Francis Nwonwu |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pretoria, South Africa, : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 361.26096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NwonwuF. O. C |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Africa
Human rights - Africa Humanitarian assistance - Africa International economic relations Poverty - Africa Sustainable development - Africa |
| ISBN | 0-7983-0234-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms""; ""About the Authors""; ""Introduction""; ""1. ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER ""; ""2 UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA""; ""3 IS GENDER EQUITY ON TRACK IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA?""; ""4 REDUCTION OF CHILD MORTALITY""; ""5 IMPROVING MATERNAL HEALTH""; ""6 COMBATING HIV/AIDS, TB AND MALARIA""; ""7 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES""; ""8 PROGRESS BY AFRICAN REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES""; ""Conclusion""; ""Back Cover"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828826203321 |
| Pretoria, South Africa, : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Poverty in a rising Africa / / [Kathleen Beegle, Luc Christiaensen, Andrew Dabalen, Isis Gaddis]
| Poverty in a rising Africa / / [Kathleen Beegle, Luc Christiaensen, Andrew Dabalen, Isis Gaddis] |
| Autore | Beegle Kathleen <1969-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington DC : , : World Bank, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6096 |
| Collana | Africa Poverty Report |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty - Africa
Economic development - Africa |
| ISBN | 1-4648-0724-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors and Contributors; Abbreviations; Key Messages; Overview; Assessing the Data Landscape; Improving Data on Poverty; Revisiting Poverty Trends; Profiling the Poor; Taking a Nonmonetary Perspective; Measuring Inequality; Notes; References; Introduction; References; 1. The State of Data for Measuring Poverty; Types of Data for Measuring Monetary Poverty; The Political Economy of Data Production; Reappraising the Information Base on Poverty; Concluding Remarks and Recommendations; Notes; References; 2. Revisiting Poverty Trends
Trends Using Comparable and Better-Quality DataRobustness to Reliance on GDP Imputation; Profiling the Poor; The Movement of People into and out of Poverty; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; 3. Poverty from a Nonmonetary Perspective; The Capability Approach; Levels of and Trends in Well-Being; Multiple Deprivation; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; 4. Inequality in Africa; Perceptions of Inequality; Measurement of Inequality; Inequality Patterns and Trends; Unequal Opportunities; Extreme Wealth and Billionaires; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; Boxes 1.1 Sources outside the national statistical system provide valuable information on well-being1.2 How did poverty change in Guinea and Mali? Lack of comparable data makes it difficult to know; 1.3 Many kinds of data in Africa are unreliable; 1.4 Can donors improve the capacity of national statistics offices? Lessons learned from MECOVI; 1.5 What is the threshold for being poor?; 2.1 Adjusting the data for Nigeria has a huge effect on estimates of poverty reduction; 2.2 How do spikes in food prices affect the measurement of poverty? 2.3 Can wealth indexes be used to measure changes in poverty?3.1 How useful are subjective data in monitoring poverty?; 3.2 Tracking adult literacy with data remains challenging; 3.3 What happens to Africans who flee their homes?; 3.4 Demographic and Health Surveys make it possible to measure multidimensional poverty; 3.5 What is the multidimensional poverty index (MPI)?; 4.1 A primer on the Gini index; 4.2 Can the Gini index be estimated without a survey?; 4.3 Are resources within households shared equally? Evidence from Senegal; Figures O.1 Good governance and statistical capacity go togetherO.2 Adjusting for comparability and quality changes the level of and trends in poverty; O.3 Other estimates also suggest that poverty in Africa declined slightly faster and is slightly lower; O.4 Fragility is associated with significantly slower poverty reduction; O.5 Acceptance of domestic violence is twice as high in Africa as in other developing regions; O.6 Residents in resource-rich countries suffer a penalty in their human development; O.7 Declining inequality is often associated with declining poverty I.1 Poverty reduction in Africa lags other regions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798152803321 |
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Beegle Kathleen <1969->
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| Washington DC : , : World Bank, , [2016] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Poverty in a rising Africa / / [Kathleen Beegle, Luc Christiaensen, Andrew Dabalen, Isis Gaddis]
| Poverty in a rising Africa / / [Kathleen Beegle, Luc Christiaensen, Andrew Dabalen, Isis Gaddis] |
| Autore | Beegle Kathleen <1969-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington DC : , : World Bank, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6096 |
| Collana | Africa Poverty Report |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty - Africa
Economic development - Africa |
| ISBN | 1-4648-0724-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors and Contributors; Abbreviations; Key Messages; Overview; Assessing the Data Landscape; Improving Data on Poverty; Revisiting Poverty Trends; Profiling the Poor; Taking a Nonmonetary Perspective; Measuring Inequality; Notes; References; Introduction; References; 1. The State of Data for Measuring Poverty; Types of Data for Measuring Monetary Poverty; The Political Economy of Data Production; Reappraising the Information Base on Poverty; Concluding Remarks and Recommendations; Notes; References; 2. Revisiting Poverty Trends
Trends Using Comparable and Better-Quality DataRobustness to Reliance on GDP Imputation; Profiling the Poor; The Movement of People into and out of Poverty; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; 3. Poverty from a Nonmonetary Perspective; The Capability Approach; Levels of and Trends in Well-Being; Multiple Deprivation; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; 4. Inequality in Africa; Perceptions of Inequality; Measurement of Inequality; Inequality Patterns and Trends; Unequal Opportunities; Extreme Wealth and Billionaires; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; Boxes 1.1 Sources outside the national statistical system provide valuable information on well-being1.2 How did poverty change in Guinea and Mali? Lack of comparable data makes it difficult to know; 1.3 Many kinds of data in Africa are unreliable; 1.4 Can donors improve the capacity of national statistics offices? Lessons learned from MECOVI; 1.5 What is the threshold for being poor?; 2.1 Adjusting the data for Nigeria has a huge effect on estimates of poverty reduction; 2.2 How do spikes in food prices affect the measurement of poverty? 2.3 Can wealth indexes be used to measure changes in poverty?3.1 How useful are subjective data in monitoring poverty?; 3.2 Tracking adult literacy with data remains challenging; 3.3 What happens to Africans who flee their homes?; 3.4 Demographic and Health Surveys make it possible to measure multidimensional poverty; 3.5 What is the multidimensional poverty index (MPI)?; 4.1 A primer on the Gini index; 4.2 Can the Gini index be estimated without a survey?; 4.3 Are resources within households shared equally? Evidence from Senegal; Figures O.1 Good governance and statistical capacity go togetherO.2 Adjusting for comparability and quality changes the level of and trends in poverty; O.3 Other estimates also suggest that poverty in Africa declined slightly faster and is slightly lower; O.4 Fragility is associated with significantly slower poverty reduction; O.5 Acceptance of domestic violence is twice as high in Africa as in other developing regions; O.6 Residents in resource-rich countries suffer a penalty in their human development; O.7 Declining inequality is often associated with declining poverty I.1 Poverty reduction in Africa lags other regions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811655203321 |
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Beegle Kathleen <1969->
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| Washington DC : , : World Bank, , [2016] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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