Cash on delivery [[electronic resource] ] : a new approach to foreign aid / / Nancy Birdsall and William D. Savedoff ; with Ayah Mahgoub and Katherine Vyborny |
Autore | Birdsall Nancy |
Edizione | [Rev. ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Center for Global Development, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (156 p.) |
Disciplina |
338.9109172/4
338.91091724 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MahgoubAyah
SavedoffWilliam D VybornyKatherine |
Soggetto topico | Economic assistance - Developing countries |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-83586-X
1-933286-61-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface to the second edition; Preface and acknowledgments; Part I: A proposal for Cash on Delivery Aid; Ch 1. Buying things versus buying development; Ch 2. A solution: Cash on Delivery Aid; Part II: Applications of Cash on Delivery Aid; Ch 3. Applying COD Aid toprimary education: a; Ch 4. Applying COD Aid to primary education: funding and implementation; Ch 5. Learning what works: the research challenge; Ch 6. Federal systems: a COD Aid proposal for Mexico's upper secondary schools; Ch 7. Beyond primary education: COD Aid for other development goals; References
Term sheets for COD Aid contractsIndex |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463315903321 |
Birdsall Nancy | ||
Washington, D.C., : Center for Global Development, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Delivering on debt relief [[electronic resource] ] : from IMF gold to a new aid architecture / / Nancy Birdsall, John Williamson with Brian Deese |
Autore | Birdsall Nancy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Institute for International Economics, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (179 p.) |
Disciplina | 336.3/6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WilliamsonJohn <1937-2021.>
DeeseBrian |
Soggetto topico |
Debt relief - Developing countries
Debts, External - Developing countries Loans, Foreign - Developing countries Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Developing countries |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-18172-2
9786611181727 0-88132-445-0 1-4356-3142-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451569403321 |
Birdsall Nancy | ||
Washington, DC, : Institute for International Economics, 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Delivering on debt relief [[electronic resource] ] : from IMF gold to a new aid architecture / / Nancy Birdsall, John Williamson with Brian Deese |
Autore | Birdsall Nancy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Institute for International Economics, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (179 p.) |
Disciplina | 336.3/6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WilliamsonJohn <1937-2021.>
DeeseBrian |
Soggetto topico |
Debt relief - Developing countries
Debts, External - Developing countries Loans, Foreign - Developing countries Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Developing countries |
ISBN |
1-281-18172-2
9786611181727 0-88132-445-0 1-4356-3142-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778248203321 |
Birdsall Nancy | ||
Washington, DC, : Institute for International Economics, 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Delivering on debt relief : from IMF gold to a new aid architecture / / Nancy Birdsall, John Williamson with Brian Deese |
Autore | Birdsall Nancy |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Institute for International Economics, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (179 p.) |
Disciplina | 336.3/6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WilliamsonJohn <1937->
DeeseBrian |
Soggetto topico |
Debt relief - Developing countries
Debts, External - Developing countries Loans, Foreign - Developing countries Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Developing countries |
ISBN |
1-281-18172-2
9786611181727 0-88132-445-0 1-4356-3142-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Group A versus Group B -- Expanding Debt Relief -- Reinventing the Aid Architecture -- Appendix 1.1 Ten Questions about Debt and Debt Relief -- Chapter 2 The HIPC Initiative: Background and Critiques -- The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries -- Recent Debt Relief Initiatives -- The Enhanced HIPC Framework -- Critiques of the Enhanced HIPC Initiative -- Chapter 3 The Case for More -- Debt Sustainability -- The Millennium Development Goals -- Chapter 4 What Form of More? -- Political Resonance -- Additionality -- Redistribution -- Efficiency -- Country Selectivity -- Summary -- Chapter 5 Deepening and Extending Debt Reduction -- Deeper Relief -- Making More Countries Eligible -- A Contingency Facility -- Financing More Debt Relief -- Chapter 6 A New Aid Architecture -- The HIPC Procedure -- Grants, Not Just Loans -- Incremental Proposals to Increase Donor Accountability -- Donor Incentives for Selectivity -- Exploiting Multilateralism: The Common Pool -- Sovereign Debt: Building on the HIPC Initiative -- Chapter 7 Conclusions -- Whether to Extend More Debt Relief -- How to Extend the HIPC Initiative -- Cost of the Extensions -- Toward a New Aid Architecture -- Appendix A Multilateral Institutions Participating in the HIPC Initiative -- Appendix B Countries Classified by Income -- Appendix C Odious Debt -- Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) -- Kenya -- Nicaragua -- Pakistan -- Uganda -- References -- Glossary -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819441103321 |
Birdsall Nancy | ||
Washington, DC, : Institute for International Economics, 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Toward universal primary education : investments, incentives, and institutions / / Lead authors: Nancy Birdsall and Amina Ibrahim (Coordinators), Ruth Levine |
Autore | Birdsall Nancy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (203 p.) |
Disciplina |
372.0115
372.91724 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
IbrahimAmina
LevineRuth <1959-> |
Soggetto topico |
Education, Elementary - Developing countries
Education, Primary - Developing countries Education - Developing countries Educational equalization - Developing countries |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-136-55007-0
1-280-47631-1 9786610476312 1-84977-357-2 600-00-0095-2 1-4237-0902-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Toward universal primary education: investments, incentives, and institutions; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Task force members; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Millennium Development Goals; Executive summary; Part 1 Setting the stage; Chapter 1 The task force's contribution; Task force methods; Audience and organization of the report; The contribution of the task force; Chapter 2 Education and society: multiple benefits, unrealized potential; Education is society's main instrument for reproducing itself and can be a key ingredient for social change
Education is an end in itself and has tremendous benefits for individuals and societyThe benefits of education are conditioned by the context; Chapter 3 The Goals and the history of goal-setting in education; Chapter 4 Trends in primary education and gender parity; A host of factors affect enrollment and retention rates; Learning achievement needs to be measured; Conclusions and future prospects; Part 2 Education systems in developing countries: income, institutions, and incentives; Chapter 5 Education systems in developing countries High-performing educational systems can achieve results even with limited resourcesCountries with low-performing systems need to address a variety of governance problems; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Strategies for creating more and better educational opportunities; Strategy 1: get out-of-school children into school; Strategy 2: create better institutions, increase transparency, and provide better incentives; Chapter 7 Financing the education Goals; Part 3 Forging an international compact for education: roles and responsibilities of donors and developing countries Chapter 8 A global compact for basic educationChapter 9 What donors should do; Recommendation 1: support bold political leadership and provide firm financial commitments to make Education for All and the Fast Track Initiative work; Recommendation 2: reform the donor business; Recommendation 3: use a transparent accountability framework for reporting; Recommendation 4: invest in genuine evaluation; Chapter 10 A call to action; Appendixes; Appendix 1. Commissioned papers for educational report Appendix 2. Summary of the civil society e-discussion on the education report of the Task Force on Education and Gender EqualityAppendix 3. Success stories in policy interventions toward high quality universal primary education; Appendix 4. Data issues; Appendix 5. Major initiatives that promote the Millennium Development Goals on education and gender equality; Appendix 6. Need for postprimary education; Notes; References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450362303321 |
Birdsall Nancy | ||
London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Toward universal primary education : investments, incentives, and institutions / / Lead authors: Nancy Birdsall and Amina Ibrahim (Coordinators), Ruth Levine |
Autore | Birdsall Nancy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (203 p.) |
Disciplina |
372.0115
372.91724 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
IbrahimAmina
LevineRuth <1959-> |
Soggetto topico |
Education, Elementary - Developing countries
Education, Primary - Developing countries Education - Developing countries Educational equalization - Developing countries |
ISBN |
1-136-55007-0
1-280-47631-1 9786610476312 1-84977-357-2 600-00-0095-2 1-4237-0902-0 |
Classificazione | 81.74 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Toward universal primary education: investments, incentives, and institutions; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Task force members; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Millennium Development Goals; Executive summary; Part 1 Setting the stage; Chapter 1 The task force's contribution; Task force methods; Audience and organization of the report; The contribution of the task force; Chapter 2 Education and society: multiple benefits, unrealized potential; Education is society's main instrument for reproducing itself and can be a key ingredient for social change
Education is an end in itself and has tremendous benefits for individuals and societyThe benefits of education are conditioned by the context; Chapter 3 The Goals and the history of goal-setting in education; Chapter 4 Trends in primary education and gender parity; A host of factors affect enrollment and retention rates; Learning achievement needs to be measured; Conclusions and future prospects; Part 2 Education systems in developing countries: income, institutions, and incentives; Chapter 5 Education systems in developing countries High-performing educational systems can achieve results even with limited resourcesCountries with low-performing systems need to address a variety of governance problems; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Strategies for creating more and better educational opportunities; Strategy 1: get out-of-school children into school; Strategy 2: create better institutions, increase transparency, and provide better incentives; Chapter 7 Financing the education Goals; Part 3 Forging an international compact for education: roles and responsibilities of donors and developing countries Chapter 8 A global compact for basic educationChapter 9 What donors should do; Recommendation 1: support bold political leadership and provide firm financial commitments to make Education for All and the Fast Track Initiative work; Recommendation 2: reform the donor business; Recommendation 3: use a transparent accountability framework for reporting; Recommendation 4: invest in genuine evaluation; Chapter 10 A call to action; Appendixes; Appendix 1. Commissioned papers for educational report Appendix 2. Summary of the civil society e-discussion on the education report of the Task Force on Education and Gender EqualityAppendix 3. Success stories in policy interventions toward high quality universal primary education; Appendix 4. Data issues; Appendix 5. Major initiatives that promote the Millennium Development Goals on education and gender equality; Appendix 6. Need for postprimary education; Notes; References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783538603321 |
Birdsall Nancy | ||
London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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