Agriculture and development [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
Disciplina |
338.1
630.91724 22 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Kochendörfer-LuciusGudrun
PleskovicBoris |
Collana | Berlin Workshop series |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Economic aspects
Population |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-78737-X
9786611787370 0-8213-7128-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; ABOUT THIS BOOK; INTRODUCTION; WELCOMING ADDRESS; KEYNOTE ADDRESS Current Thinking on the Scope and Approach of WDR 2008; OPENING ADDRESS; INTRODUCTORY REMARKS; Part I: Agricultural Policy, Subsidies, and Trade; Agriculture and Development: The Perspective of a Think Tank on the WDR 2008 Outline; Part II: Markets and Institutions; Market Access for Small Farmers: The New Standards Challenge; Globalization, Privatization, and Vertical Coordination in Food Value Chains; Part III: Agriculture, Natural Resources Management, and the Environment
Designing Improved NRM Interventions in Agriculture for Poverty Reduction and Environmental Sustainability in Developing CountriesAspects of Land Degradation in Lagging Regions: Extent, Driving Forces, Responses, and Further Research with Special Reference to Ethiopia; Agriculture and the Rio Conventions; Part IV: Agriculture-Rural Nonfarm Linkages and Rural Poverty; Agricultural Growth, Employment, and Wage Rates in Developing Countries; Are Farm-Nonfarm Linkages Still Strong Enough to Tackle Rural Poverty?; Agriculture: Rural Nonfarm Linkages and Poverty Part V: Decentralization, Local Governance, and Rural DevelopmentDecentralization, Local Governance, and Rural Development; Decentralization, Agriculture, and Poverty Reduction: Harsh Realities?; Decentralization and Development: Emerging Issues from Uganda's Experience; Decentralized Rural Governance in a Post-Socialist Economy: A Case of Community-Based Agricultural Marketing in Poland; Part VI: Emerging Policy Issues; Opportunities for European Bioethanol in a Global Environment (2006) Nonlinear Effects of Weather on U.S. Crop Yields, Implications for Climate Change, and Why These Effects Matter for Developing CountriesEmerging Policy Issues within the Realm of Science Policy for Africa; CLOSING REMARKS; Appendix 1: Program; Appendix 2: Participants |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453874203321 |
Washington, D.C., : World Bank | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Agriculture and development / / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank |
Descrizione fisica | vii, 233 pages : illustrations, map ; ; 26 cm |
Disciplina |
338.1
630.91724 22 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Kochendörfer-LuciusGudrun
PleskovicBoris |
Collana | Berlin Workshop series |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Economic aspects
Population |
ISBN |
1-281-78737-X
9786611787370 0-8213-7128-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; ABOUT THIS BOOK; INTRODUCTION; WELCOMING ADDRESS; KEYNOTE ADDRESS Current Thinking on the Scope and Approach of WDR 2008; OPENING ADDRESS; INTRODUCTORY REMARKS; Part I: Agricultural Policy, Subsidies, and Trade; Agriculture and Development: The Perspective of a Think Tank on the WDR 2008 Outline; Part II: Markets and Institutions; Market Access for Small Farmers: The New Standards Challenge; Globalization, Privatization, and Vertical Coordination in Food Value Chains; Part III: Agriculture, Natural Resources Management, and the Environment
Designing Improved NRM Interventions in Agriculture for Poverty Reduction and Environmental Sustainability in Developing CountriesAspects of Land Degradation in Lagging Regions: Extent, Driving Forces, Responses, and Further Research with Special Reference to Ethiopia; Agriculture and the Rio Conventions; Part IV: Agriculture-Rural Nonfarm Linkages and Rural Poverty; Agricultural Growth, Employment, and Wage Rates in Developing Countries; Are Farm-Nonfarm Linkages Still Strong Enough to Tackle Rural Poverty?; Agriculture: Rural Nonfarm Linkages and Poverty Part V: Decentralization, Local Governance, and Rural DevelopmentDecentralization, Local Governance, and Rural Development; Decentralization, Agriculture, and Poverty Reduction: Harsh Realities?; Decentralization and Development: Emerging Issues from Uganda's Experience; Decentralized Rural Governance in a Post-Socialist Economy: A Case of Community-Based Agricultural Marketing in Poland; Part VI: Emerging Policy Issues; Opportunities for European Bioethanol in a Global Environment (2006) Nonlinear Effects of Weather on U.S. Crop Yields, Implications for Climate Change, and Why These Effects Matter for Developing CountriesEmerging Policy Issues within the Realm of Science Policy for Africa; CLOSING REMARKS; Appendix 1: Program; Appendix 2: Participants |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782578203321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Development and the next generation [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Bonn, Germany], : InWEnt/Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (178 p.) |
Disciplina |
305.235/5
306.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Kochendörfer-LuciusGudrun
PleskovicBoris |
Collana | Berlin Workshop series |
Soggetto topico |
Youth development
Education Youth - History - 21st century Youth in development |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-11318-2
9786611113186 0-8213-6834-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; About This Book; Introduction; Welcome Address; Opening Address; Keynote Address; Part I: Youthful Transitions in a Changing World-Demographic and Other Socioeconomic Challenges; Economics of Youth Demography in Developing Countries; New Ways of Capturing the Demographic and Education Dynamics of the Global Youth Cohort; Part II: The Transition from Schooling Schooling; Schooling and Education Spending over the Life Course; Schooling: An African Perspective; Education and the Next Generation: Implications from Some Case Studies; Part III: The Transition to Work
The "Youth Bulge" in Developing Economies: Can This Be an Advantage in the Labor Market?Part IV: Migration and the Youth; Migration and the Youth: Immigrants and the Children of Immigrants; Part V: Forming Families; Forming Families; Delayed Household Formation as a Development Issue; Part VI: Becoming Citizens; Is Religion an Obstacle to Development in the Middle East?; Transitions within a Transition: Youth in a Changing Political World; Some Notes on Beliefs and Development; Appendixes; Appendix 1: Program; Appendix 2: Participants |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451634203321 |
[Bonn, Germany], : InWEnt/Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Development and the next generation / / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Bonn, Germany] : , : InWEnt/Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH |
Descrizione fisica | vii, 165 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
Disciplina | 305.235/5 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Kochendörfer-LuciusGudrun
PleskovicBoris |
Collana | Berlin Workshop series |
Soggetto topico |
Youth development
Education Youth - History - 21st century Youth in development |
ISBN |
1-281-11318-2
9786611113186 0-8213-6834-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; About This Book; Introduction; Welcome Address; Opening Address; Keynote Address; Part I: Youthful Transitions in a Changing World-Demographic and Other Socioeconomic Challenges; Economics of Youth Demography in Developing Countries; New Ways of Capturing the Demographic and Education Dynamics of the Global Youth Cohort; Part II: The Transition from Schooling Schooling; Schooling and Education Spending over the Life Course; Schooling: An African Perspective; Education and the Next Generation: Implications from Some Case Studies; Part III: The Transition to Work
The "Youth Bulge" in Developing Economies: Can This Be an Advantage in the Labor Market?Part IV: Migration and the Youth; Migration and the Youth: Immigrants and the Children of Immigrants; Part V: Forming Families; Forming Families; Delayed Household Formation as a Development Issue; Part VI: Becoming Citizens; Is Religion an Obstacle to Development in the Middle East?; Transitions within a Transition: Youth in a Changing Political World; Some Notes on Beliefs and Development; Appendixes; Appendix 1: Program; Appendix 2: Participants |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777892703321 |
[Bonn, Germany] : , : InWEnt/Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Equity and development / / edited by Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : The World Bank, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina | 309.11724 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Kochendörfer-LuciusGudrun
PleskovicBoris |
Collana | Berlin Workshop series |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development
Equity - Developing countries |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-41368-9
9786610413683 0-8213-6106-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; ABOUT THIS BOOK; INTRODUCTION; OPENING ADDRESS; OPENING ADDRESS Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Development; KEYNOTE ADDRESS Distribution, Equity, and Development; What Is Equity? What Is the Role for Governments in the Promotion of Equity? Does the Role Differ between Developed and Developing Countries?; Promoting Equity through Social Cohesion: The Council of Europe Strategy; Equality of Opportunity and Other Equity Principles in the Context of Developing Countries; What Is Equity?; Should Poor People Care about Inequality?
Equity-Enhancing Social Transformation: Historical Evidence from Europe and Transition CountriesInequality and Political Regimes; Income Inequality, Economic Transformation, and Growth in Russia; Justice and Transition; Building Efficient Welfare States: Lessons Learned; Welfare State, Redistribution, Growth, and Poverty Reduction; Global Inequalities: What Can Be Done to Reduce International Inequities?; Rights-Based Development; Rising Labor Force Participation as a Source of Pro-Poor Growth What Will Greater Integration Mean for Inequalities between and within the Richer and Poorer Countries of the "New Europe"?Social Solidarity in an Expanding Europe; Integration and Inequality in the EU Accession Countries; APPENDIXES; Appendix 1: Programme; Appendix 2: Participants |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450206303321 |
Washington, District of Columbia : , : The World Bank, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Equity and development / / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank |
Descrizione fisica | vii, 214 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
Disciplina | 309.11724 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Kochendörfer-LuciusGudrun
PleskovicBoris |
Collana | Berlin Workshop series |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development
Equity - Developing countries |
ISBN |
1-280-41368-9
9786610413683 0-8213-6106-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; ABOUT THIS BOOK; INTRODUCTION; OPENING ADDRESS; OPENING ADDRESS Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Development; KEYNOTE ADDRESS Distribution, Equity, and Development; What Is Equity? What Is the Role for Governments in the Promotion of Equity? Does the Role Differ between Developed and Developing Countries?; Promoting Equity through Social Cohesion: The Council of Europe Strategy; Equality of Opportunity and Other Equity Principles in the Context of Developing Countries; What Is Equity?; Should Poor People Care about Inequality?
Equity-Enhancing Social Transformation: Historical Evidence from Europe and Transition CountriesInequality and Political Regimes; Income Inequality, Economic Transformation, and Growth in Russia; Justice and Transition; Building Efficient Welfare States: Lessons Learned; Welfare State, Redistribution, Growth, and Poverty Reduction; Global Inequalities: What Can Be Done to Reduce International Inequities?; Rights-Based Development; Rising Labor Force Participation as a Source of Pro-Poor Growth What Will Greater Integration Mean for Inequalities between and within the Richer and Poorer Countries of the "New Europe"?Social Solidarity in an Expanding Europe; Integration and Inequality in the EU Accession Countries; APPENDIXES; Appendix 1: Programme; Appendix 2: Participants |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783587903321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Equity and development / / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank |
Descrizione fisica | vii, 214 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
Disciplina | 309.11724 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Kochendörfer-LuciusGudrun
PleskovicBoris |
Collana | Berlin Workshop series |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development
Equity - Developing countries |
ISBN |
1-280-41368-9
9786610413683 0-8213-6106-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; ABOUT THIS BOOK; INTRODUCTION; OPENING ADDRESS; OPENING ADDRESS Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Development; KEYNOTE ADDRESS Distribution, Equity, and Development; What Is Equity? What Is the Role for Governments in the Promotion of Equity? Does the Role Differ between Developed and Developing Countries?; Promoting Equity through Social Cohesion: The Council of Europe Strategy; Equality of Opportunity and Other Equity Principles in the Context of Developing Countries; What Is Equity?; Should Poor People Care about Inequality?
Equity-Enhancing Social Transformation: Historical Evidence from Europe and Transition CountriesInequality and Political Regimes; Income Inequality, Economic Transformation, and Growth in Russia; Justice and Transition; Building Efficient Welfare States: Lessons Learned; Welfare State, Redistribution, Growth, and Poverty Reduction; Global Inequalities: What Can Be Done to Reduce International Inequities?; Rights-Based Development; Rising Labor Force Participation as a Source of Pro-Poor Growth What Will Greater Integration Mean for Inequalities between and within the Richer and Poorer Countries of the "New Europe"?Social Solidarity in an Expanding Europe; Integration and Inequality in the EU Accession Countries; APPENDIXES; Appendix 1: Programme; Appendix 2: Participants |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819684003321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Investment climate, growth, and poverty [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (140 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Kochendörfer-LuciusGudrun
PleskovicBoris |
Collana | Berlin Workshop series |
Soggetto topico |
Investments, Foreign - Developing countries
Poverty - Developing countries |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-08479-0
9786610084791 1-4175-7166-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450375903321 |
Washington, D.C., : World Bank | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Investment climate, growth, and poverty / / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank |
Descrizione fisica | vii, 128 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Kochendörfer-LuciusGudrun
PleskovicBoris |
Collana | Berlin Workshop series |
Soggetto topico |
Investments, Foreign - Developing countries
Poverty - Developing countries |
ISBN |
1-280-08479-0
9786610084791 1-4175-7166-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783254903321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Service provision for the poor [[electronic resource] ] : public and private sector cooperation / / edited by Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, : InWEnt, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Kochendörfer-LuciusGudrun
PleskovicBoris |
Soggetto topico |
Poverty - Developing countries
Poor - Developing countries Public-private sector cooperation |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-08496-0
9786610084968 1-4175-0150-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic -- Making service work for poor people: a scholar's perspective / Wolf-Dieter Eberwein -- Why is a World Development Report on making services work for poor people needed? / Nicholas H. Stern -- Poverty in Russia / Boris Nemstov -- ; The role of altruistically motivated organizations in making services work for poor people -- The experience of the private not-for-profit health sector in Uganda / Daniele Giusti -- Basic services: a basic right / Jeremy Hobbs -- The Madrasa Early Childhood Programme in East Africa / Kathy Bartlett -- ; The role of the private sector -- Evidence from a study of vouchers for private schooling in Colombia / Michael Kremer -- The rural private practicioner / Hema Viswanathan -- ; The role of local governments -- Delivering infrastructure: a strategic framework / Junaid K. Ahmad -- Employment of farmers and poverty alleviation in China / Yuzhao Wang -- ; Incentives and innovations -- Getting health services to the poor: incentives, efficiency, and health system performance / Orvill Adams and William Savedoff -- Bolivia's plan for achieving education for all goals / John Newman -- Rushing to help the poor through participation many be self-defeating / Jean-Philippe Platteau -- ; Modes of financing -- Tanzania's experience with education / Mwatumu J. Malale -- How aid modalities influence the effectiveness of public expenditures in developing countries: a bilateral donor perspective / Olav H. Sim -- Financing development / Thomas Wollenzien -- Conclusion: making services work for poor people / Shantayannan Devarajan and Ritva Reinikka. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455854603321 |
Washington, D.C., : World Bank, : InWEnt, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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