The Early Years [[electronic resource] ] : Child Well-Being and the Role of Public Policy / / by Inter-American Development Bank, Norbert Schady ; edited by Samuel Berlinski, Norbert Schady |
Autore | Inter-American Development Bank |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 262 pages) : illustrations, charts |
Disciplina | 338.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Development economics
Social policy Economic development International economics Childhood Adolescence Industrial management—Environmental aspects Development Economics Children, Youth and Family Policy Development Studies International Economics Childhood, Adolescence and Society Sustainability Management |
ISBN | 1-137-53647-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Boxes -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- 1 Raising Children: The Case for Government Intervention -- 2 A Report Card on Early Childhood Development -- 3 Family First -- 4 Daycare Services: It's All about Quality -- 5 Early Schooling: Teachers Make the Diff erence -- 6 More Bang for the Buck: Investing in Early Childhood Development -- 7 Drawing Up an Institutional Architecture -- 8 The Task at Hand: Anything but Child's Play -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910137184603321 |
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015 | ||
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Firm Innovation and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean [[electronic resource] ] : The Engine of Economic Development / / edited by Inter-American Development Bank, Matteo Grazzi, Carlo Pietrobelli |
Autore | Inter-American Development Bank |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basingstoke, : Springer Nature, 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 346 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 338.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Development economics
Microeconomics International economics Regional economics Spatial economics Development Economics International Economics Regional/Spatial Science |
Soggetto non controllato |
development
economics |
ISBN | 9781349581511 (ebook) |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1 Determinants of Enterprise Performance in Latin America and the Caribbean: What Does the Micro Evidence Tell Us? -- 2 Innovation Dynamics and Productivity: Evidence for Latin America -- 3 Innovative Activity in the Caribbean: Drivers, Benefits, and Obstacles -- 4 ICT, Innovation and Productivity: Evidence from Firms in Latin America and the Caribbean -- 5 On-the-Job Training in Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Evidence -- 6 Business Performance in Young Latin American Firms -- 7 Different Obstacles for Different Productivity Levels? An Analysis of Caribbean Firms -- 8 Credit Access in Latin American Enterprises -- 9 International Linkages, Value Added Trade and Firm Productivity in LAC -- 10 Innovation and Productivity in Latin American and Caribbean Firms: Conclusion. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910137139103321 |
Inter-American Development Bank | ||
Basingstoke, : Springer Nature, 2016 | ||
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Saving for development : how Latin America and the Caribbean can save more and better / / by Inter-American Development Bank ; edited by Eduardo Cavallo, Tomás Serebrisky |
Autore | Inter-American Development Bank |
Edizione | [First edition 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basingstoke, : Springer Nature, 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvi, 329 pages) : 94 illustrations, 91 illustrations in colour; digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 338.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Development economics
Economic policy Regional economics Spatial economics |
Soggetto non controllato |
development
economic policy |
ISBN | 1-349-94929-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1 Saving for a Sunny Day -- Savings: The Sum of its Parts -- Why Care about National Saving? -- Sharing the Blame for Low Saving -- How to Promote Saving for Development -- Tackle the pension problem -- Focus on infrastructure and capital spending -- Target tax policy better -- Promote household saving and create a savings culture -- Improve productivity growth -- Fix the financial system -- The Many Faces of Saving -- A Policy Agenda for the Future -- Notes -- 2 The State of Saving in Latin America and the Caribbean -- National Saving Rates: Comparatively Low -- The Private Sector: Taking the Lead -- Foreign Savings: A Secondary Actor -- Businesses: The Biggest Savers-Worldwide -- Farewell to the Demographic Dividend -- Too Old to Save? -- Higher Income, Greater Saving -- Lower-Income Savers: Little to Show for their Efforts -- The Bottom Line -- Notes -- 3 Financial Systems to Make Savings Count -- In Financial Systems, Small Is Not Beautiful -- Formal vs. Informal Saving: Quality Counts -- Accounting for the Unbanked -- The Link between Financial Access and Savings: The Case of Mexico -- The Missing Link -- Notes -- 4 More and Better Saving for Productive Investment -- Investment and National Saving: Low, Lower, Lowest -- Financing Investment: No Place Like Home -- For Policy, Which Comes First: Saving or Investment? -- Investment in Infrastructure: First among Equals? -- A Catalyst for Productivity and Growth -- Public or Private Investment: Both Is Best -- The Other Half -- Understanding the Infrastructure Financing Market -- Debt Stands Out -- Infrastructure as an Asset Class -- Institutional Investors: An Untapped Source of Financing -- Building a Better Investment Strategy -- Notes -- 5 Saving for Stability.
Foreign Financing: A Different Animal -- Risky Business: Absorbing Foreign Saving -- Not All Foreign Saving Is Created Equal -- Different Risks for Different Financial Flows -- Financial Integration Is No Cure -- Safety First -- Notes -- 6 Running Out of Time: The Demographics of Saving -- More Elderly with More Needs -- Facing the Challenge: More and Better Savings -- Fulfilling Promises -- Saving for the Future -- More-and Better-Savings to Enhance Growth -- How Is the Region Preparing for the Future? -- Pension Systems: Not an Option Today -- Plan B: Household Savings in Other Assets -- The Last Resort: Taking Care of Grandma -- Act Today, for a Better Tomorrow -- Notes -- 7 Saving for the Future: Pension Systems -- Newer Systems for Older Populations -- PAYG/Defined-Benefit Systems: Promises, Promises -- Sustainability -- Adequacy and Redistribution -- Institutional Arrangements -- Recommendations -- Defined Contribution Systems: A Work in Progress -- Transition Costs -- Investments, Returns, and Costs -- Retirement Products and Insurance Arrangements -- Financial Literacy, Legitimacy, and Confidence -- Appropriate Regulation and Supervision -- Recommendations -- When All Else Fails: Noncontributory Pensions -- Recommendations -- Pensions Count -- Notes -- 8 A Better Way for Government to Save -- Current vs. Capital Expenditures: Fix the Mix -- Efficiency: A Path to Saving -- Energy -- Social Programs -- Tax Expenditures -- Education and Health -- Education -- Health -- It All Adds Up -- Saving, from the Top Down -- Notes -- 9 Saving Begins at Home -- Constraints to Saving -- Too Hard to Save Formally? -- In the Hearts and Minds of Savers -- Family and Friends First -- A Behavioral Economics Tale -- The Penchant for Instant Gratification -- Inertia and Limited Attention: Not All Bad -- Policy Recommendations: What Really Counts. Product Innovation -- Keep It Simple -- Tackle Behavioral Biases -- Incorporate Technology -- Keep Testing -- Bridging the Gap between Informal and Formal Mechanisms -- Getting an Early Start -- Redefining Financial Inclusion -- Notes -- 10 Firm Productivity as an Engine of Saving -- From Japan to the World: The Empirical Link between TFP and Savings -- Incentives to Save -- Quantifying the Link from Productivity to Saving -- The Fine Print -- Zooming in on Firms' Saving Decisions -- Firm Saving: A Way Out for Productive Firms -- A Productive Approach to Policy -- Notes -- 11 Breaking the Vicious Circle: Financial Policies for High-Quality Saving -- Toward a Well-Oiled Financial Machine -- Broadening the Base -- Reducing Service Costs -- Keeping it Simple -- Fostering a Culture of Saving -- Banking-The Old Fashioned Way -- More than Brick-and-Mortar Banking -- Dialing up Technology -- Financial Saving beyond Banking -- Creating a Virtuous Circle -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910137138503321 |
Inter-American Development Bank | ||
Basingstoke, : Springer Nature, 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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