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Agriculture and development / / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic
| Agriculture and development / / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| 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) |
Kochendorfer-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-9910819863303321 |
| Washington, D.C., : World Bank | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Development and the next generation / / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic
| Development and the next generation / / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| 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) |
Kochendorfer-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-9910809066503321 |
| [Bonn, Germany], : InWEnt/Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Investment climate, growth, and poverty / / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic
| Investment climate, growth, and poverty / / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank |
| Descrizione fisica | vii, 128 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Kochendorfer-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 |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- OPENING ADDRESS: In WEnt's Commitment to Helping Improve the Investment Climate in Developing Countries -- Early Thinking on the Scope and Approach of the 2005 World Development Report -- Part I: Investment, Productivity, and Development: What Have We Learned? -- How Do the RPED Surveys Inform the Debate on the Investment Climate? -- Part II: Investor Perspectives on the Investment Climate -- An Investor's Perspective on the Investment Climate in Developing Countries -- The Investment Climate and a Strategy for Development -- Part III: Securing Property and Contractual Rights -- Enforcing Corporate Governance -- The Economics of Formalization: Potential Winners and Losers from Formalization in Egypt -- How Does Judicial Independence Affect the Investment Climate? -- Part IV: Financial Markets -- How Important Are Financial Markets in Spurring Growth and Investment? -- Part V: Regulations, Governance, and Corruption -- Transparency International: The Fight against Corruption -- What Is a "Good Investment Climate"? -- Part VI: What Role for More Selective Interventions? -- Business Investment and Competition Policy -- Part VII: Reforming the Investment Climate -- Reforming the Investment Climate -- Credibility and Commitment -- CLOSING REMARKS -- Appendix 1: Program -- Appendix 2: Participants. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809162403321 |
| Washington, D.C., : World Bank | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Service provision for the poor : public and private sector cooperation / / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic
| Service provision for the poor : public and private sector cooperation / / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, : InWEnt, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | vii, 162 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Kochendorfer-LuciusGudrun
PleskovicBoris |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty - Developing countries
Poor - Developing countries Public-private sector cooperation |
| 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 Kochendorfer-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-9910807420703321 |
| Washington, D.C., : World Bank, : InWEnt, 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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