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African poverty at the millennium [[electronic resource] ] : causes, complexities, and challenges / / Howard White and Tony Killick in collaboration with Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa and Marie-Angelique Savane
| African poverty at the millennium [[electronic resource] ] : causes, complexities, and challenges / / Howard White and Tony Killick in collaboration with Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa and Marie-Angelique Savane |
| Autore | White Howard <1960-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (170 pages) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6/096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KillickTony |
| Soggetto topico | Poverty - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-08403-0
9786610084036 0-585-41511-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455975003321 |
White Howard <1960->
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| Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African poverty at the millennium : : causes, complexities, and challenges / / Howard White and Tony Killick in collaboration with Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa and Marie-Angelique Savane
| African poverty at the millennium : : causes, complexities, and challenges / / Howard White and Tony Killick in collaboration with Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa and Marie-Angelique Savane |
| Autore | White Howard <1960-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxvi, 139 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6/096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KillickTony |
| Soggetto topico | Poverty - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-280-08403-0
9786610084036 0-585-41511-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780024303321 |
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White Howard <1960->
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| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African poverty at the millennium : causes, complexities, and challenges / / Howard White and Tony Killick in collaboration with Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa and Marie-Angelique Savane
| African poverty at the millennium : causes, complexities, and challenges / / Howard White and Tony Killick in collaboration with Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa and Marie-Angelique Savane |
| Autore | White Howard <1960-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxvi, 139 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6/096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KillickTony |
| Soggetto topico | Poverty - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-280-08403-0
9786610084036 0-585-41511-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Part I Africa's Poverty Problem -- 1. A First View -- The Growth of African Poverty -- The Danger of Overgeneralizing -- Conclusion -- 2. Different Poverty Concepts Can Point in Different Directions -- Different Poverty Concepts -- Why Conceptualizations Matter -- 3. African Poverty Has Many Dimensions -- Categories and Characteristics -- Profiles of African Poverty -- The Nature of African Poverty Is Changing -- The Sobering Implications of Complexity -- Part II The Causes of Poverty -- 4. Overview of the Proximate and Primary Causes of Poverty -- The Danger and Value of Generalization -- The Interaction of Causes and Effects -- Some Neglected Causes -- Proximate versus Primary Causes -- Some Policy Implications -- 5. Economic Stagnation Has Caused Much Poverty -- Growth and Distribution: The Overall Picture -- Africa's Growth Has Often Been Slow but May Be Improving -- The Poor May Not be Able to Benefit from Growth -- Growth Affects Poverty Groups Differently -- Conclusion -- 6. Why Has Growth Been So Poor? -- Causes of Low Growth: the Usual Suspects -- Are Bad Policies to Blame? -- Agricultural Backwardness Is Particularly Serious, but the Causes Go Deep -- Economic Reform Programs and Poverty Reduction -- Global Factors Have Not Been a Major Reason for Slow Growth -- Conclusion -- 7. Both Governments and Markets Have Failed the Poor -- Political Systems Have Contributed to Economic Stagnation -- Political Systems Have Also Tended to Keep Poverty off the Agenda -- Some Markets Fail the Poor -- What Does the Future Hold? -- 8. The Poor Have Inadequate Capital -- A Weak Asset Base Undermines Sustainable Livelihoods in Rural Areas.
Africa Lacks Physical Capital of All Kinds, Stocks of Many Are Being Denuded, and the Access of the Poor Is Increasingly Restricted -- Accumulation of Human and Social Capital Is Slow and Frequently Biased against Rural Areas -- Conclusion -- 9. Sustaining Improvements in Social Indicators Requires Growing Income and Better State Service Provision -- The Direct and Indirect Benefits of Improving Social Outcomes -- Africa Lags Behind on Social Indicators-and the Gap Is Widening -- The Poor Are More Sick and Less Educated Than the Nonpoor-and Resources Remain Skewed -- Further Reforms Can Close the International and National Gaps -- Conclusion: The Need for Balanced Development -- 10. Household and Population Dynamics: Good and Bad News for Poverty Reduction -- Household Structure and Poverty -- The Demographic Transition Is Under Way -- Changing Household Structures and Demographics Provide a Case for State Intervention -- 11. Women's Unequal Position Pervades the Poverty Problem -- Social Trends in Gender and Poverty -- Economic Trends in Gender and Poverty -- The Importance of Intrahousehold Relations -- Poverty Reinforces the Subordination of Women -- The Challenges of Poverty-Sensitive Policy and Planning -- Part III Poverty Reduction Policies -- 12. Outlines of an Antipoverty Strategy -- Promoting Social and Political Change for Poverty Reduction -- The Primacy of Pro-Poor Growth -- The Need for an Integrated Approach -- The Role of Donors -- Conclusion -- 13. National Policies for Reducing Poverty -- The Policy Challenge -- Two Initial Truisms -- Other Principles of a Poverty-Reduction Strategy -- A Checklist of Policy Possibilities for a Poverty-Reduction Strategy -- The Need to Set Targets -- Conclusion -- 14. Find out More and Monitor Progress -- 15. Donor Countries Need to Do More, Too -- The Gap between Donor Aspirations and Practices. Responding to Conflict and Postconflict Situations -- The Way Ahead -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Selected Statistical Data -- References and Bibliography. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808407803321 |
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White Howard <1960->
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| Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2001 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Books, buildings, and learning outcomes [[electronic resource] ] : an impact evaluation of World Bank support to basic education in Ghana / / Howard Nial White
| Books, buildings, and learning outcomes [[electronic resource] ] : an impact evaluation of World Bank support to basic education in Ghana / / Howard Nial White |
| Autore | White Howard <1960-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxvii, 221 p |
| Disciplina | 370/.9667 |
| Collana | Operations evaluation studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Basic education - Ghana - Finance
Educational assistance - Ghana - Evaluation Educational evaluation - Ghana |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-08425-1
9786610084258 1-4175-4574-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455705303321 |
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White Howard <1960->
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| Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Books, buildings, and learning outcomes : : an impact evaluation of World Bank support to basic education in Ghana / / Howard Nial White
| Books, buildings, and learning outcomes : : an impact evaluation of World Bank support to basic education in Ghana / / Howard Nial White |
| Autore | White Howard <1960-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxvii, 221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; ; 27 cm |
| Disciplina | 370/.9667 |
| Collana | Operations evaluation studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Basic education - Ghana - Finance
Educational assistance - Ghana - Evaluation Educational evaluation - Ghana |
| ISBN |
1-280-08425-1
9786610084258 1-4175-4574-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780592503321 |
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White Howard <1960->
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| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Books, buildings, and learning outcomes : an impact evaluation of World Bank support to basic education in Ghana / / Howard Nial White
| Books, buildings, and learning outcomes : an impact evaluation of World Bank support to basic education in Ghana / / Howard Nial White |
| Autore | White Howard <1960-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxvii, 221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; ; 27 cm |
| Disciplina | 370/.9667 |
| Collana | Operations evaluation studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Basic education - Ghana - Finance
Educational assistance - Ghana - Evaluation Educational evaluation - Ghana |
| ISBN |
1-280-08425-1
9786610084258 1-4175-4574-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword, Prólogo, Avant-propos -- Executive Summary, Résumen, Résumé Analytique -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 Introduction -- Scope and Purpose of the Study -- Evaluation Questions: What Explains Educational Performance? -- Overview of the Study -- 2 Changes in Basic Education Since the 1980s -- The Education System Before 1986 -- The 1986 Reform Program -- FCUBE and Decentralization -- Budget -- School-Level Inputs -- 3 The Bank's Education Portfolio in Ghana -- Overview -- The Sector Adjustment Credits: EdSAC I and II -- Investing in Basic Education: PSD and BESIP -- The Role of Other Donors -- 4 The Bank's Impact on Education Policies and Outputs -- The Bank and Educational Reform -- Education Sector Outputs -- 5 Educational Performance Has Improved -- School Attainment: Higher Enrollments and Better Completion Rates -- Improved Test Scores -- 6 Causes and Consequences of Improved Educational Performance -- Better Inputs -- From Inputs to Outputs (Attainment and Achievement) -- From Outputs to Outcomes -- 7 Lessons Learned and Progress Toward the MDGs -- Progress Toward the Millennium Development Goals -- Lessons Learned -- Annexes -- Annex A: Test Examples -- Annex B: Budget Analysis -- Annex C: School Costs -- Annex D: School-Level Changes in Inputs, Management, and Methods -- Annex E: Tables Of School Quality Variables -- Annex F: Variable Definition -- Annex G: Analysis of Test Scores -- Annex H: Data on Educational Performance -- Annex I: School Attainment -- Annex J: Conditions Attached to Bank Credits -- Annex K: Education and Welfare Outcomes -- Annex L: Evaluation Approach Paper -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Boxes -- Box 1.1: Evaluation design: costs and benefits -- Tables -- Table 1.1: Coverage of data collection instruments.
Table 3.1: World Bank support to Ghana's education sector, 1986-2003 -- Table 3.2: Allocation of resources under EdSAC I and II -- Table 3.3: Allocation of resources under PSD project and BESIP -- Table 4.1: Activities in World Bank basic education projects -- Table 5.1: Drop-out rates are low (2003) -- Table 5.2: Student performance is returning to the levels attained 40 years ago (average test scores of primary school leavers by decade) -- Table 6.1: Results from studies of education and social outcomes in Ghana -- Table 6.2: Percentage reductions in welfare outcomes caused by higher school attainment -- Table 7.1: Progress toward the education related MDGs -- Figures -- Figure 1.1: Ghana's education system went into decline in the mid-1970s starting a slow but steady recovery since the mid-198 -- Figure 1.2: How educational inputs affect welfare outcomes -- Figure 2.1: Restructuring of education system -- Figure 2.2: Government spending on education has risen: central government education expenditure -- Figure 2.3: Schools in nearly all areas have more material inputs than before: cluster-level material inputs to school quality -- Figure 2.4: The quality of school infrastructure has improved in most areas: cluster-level physical inputs to school quality -- Figure 2.5: The proportion of teachers who are trained rose -- Figure 2.6(a): Efficiency gains have been realized by increasing the pupil-teacher ratio -- Figure 2.6(b): But the PTR is too high in the Savannah region (PTR by zone, 2003) -- Figure 3.1: Bank disbursements on an annual and project basis, FY86-02 -- Figure 5.1: More children are attending school (attendance rates by age group) -- Figure 5.2: And gender and regional gaps are closing (enrollment differentials, 6-11 year olds) -- Figure 5.3: More children finish school (primary completion rates ). Figure 5.4: School outputs have improved: test scores plotted against years of schooling -- Figure 5.5: Criterion Reference Test scores in public schools have risen each year, 1992-2000. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807298803321 |
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White Howard <1960->
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| Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Maintaining momentum to 2015? [[electronic resource] ] : an impact evaluation of interventions to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in Bangladesh / / [prepared by Howard White]
| Maintaining momentum to 2015? [[electronic resource] ] : an impact evaluation of interventions to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in Bangladesh / / [prepared by Howard White] |
| Autore | White Howard <1960-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.198/92/00095492 |
| Collana | World Bank operations evaluation |
| Soggetto topico |
Children - Health and hygiene - Bangladesh
Mothers - Health and hygiene - Bangladesh Child health services - Bangladesh Maternal health services - Bangladesh Nutrition policy - Bangladesh - Evaluation Medical policy - Bangladesh - Evaluation Fertility, Human - Bangladesh Health status indicators - Bangladesh |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-24514-X
9786610245147 0-8213-6377-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Résumé analytique; Resumen; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Maternal and Child Health in Bangladesh: A Record of Success; Boxes; Figures; 2. Health, Family Planning, and Nutrition Services in Bangladesh: An Overview; Tables; 3. Trends in Under-Five Mortality, Nutrition, and Fertility; 4. Impact of Specific Interventions on Child Health and Fertility; 5. A Closer Look at Nutrition:The Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project; 6. Lessons Learned; Annexes; Endnotes; References |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449683203321 |
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White Howard <1960->
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| Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Maintaining momentum to 2015? : : an impact evaluation of interventions to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in Bangladesh / / [prepared by Howard White]
| Maintaining momentum to 2015? : : an impact evaluation of interventions to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in Bangladesh / / [prepared by Howard White] |
| Autore | White Howard <1960-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm |
| Disciplina | 362.198/92/00095492 |
| Collana | World Bank operations evaluation |
| Soggetto topico |
Children - Health and hygiene - Bangladesh
Mothers - Health and hygiene - Bangladesh Child health services - Bangladesh Maternal health services - Bangladesh Nutrition policy - Bangladesh - Evaluation Medical policy - Bangladesh - Evaluation Fertility, Human - Bangladesh Health status indicators - Bangladesh |
| ISBN |
1-280-24514-X
9786610245147 0-8213-6377-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Résumé analytique; Resumen; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Maternal and Child Health in Bangladesh: A Record of Success; Boxes; Figures; 2. Health, Family Planning, and Nutrition Services in Bangladesh: An Overview; Tables; 3. Trends in Under-Five Mortality, Nutrition, and Fertility; 4. Impact of Specific Interventions on Child Health and Fertility; 5. A Closer Look at Nutrition:The Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project; 6. Lessons Learned; Annexes; Endnotes; References |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783452703321 |
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White Howard <1960->
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| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Maintaining momentum to 2015? : an impact evaluation of interventions to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in Bangladesh / / [prepared by Howard White]
| Maintaining momentum to 2015? : an impact evaluation of interventions to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in Bangladesh / / [prepared by Howard White] |
| Autore | White Howard <1960-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm |
| Disciplina | 362.198/92/00095492 |
| Collana | World Bank operations evaluation |
| Soggetto topico |
Children - Health and hygiene - Bangladesh
Mothers - Health and hygiene - Bangladesh Child health services - Bangladesh Maternal health services - Bangladesh Nutrition policy - Bangladesh - Evaluation Medical policy - Bangladesh - Evaluation Fertility, Human - Bangladesh Health status indicators - Bangladesh |
| ISBN |
1-280-24514-X
9786610245147 0-8213-6377-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Résumé analytique; Resumen; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Maternal and Child Health in Bangladesh: A Record of Success; Boxes; Figures; 2. Health, Family Planning, and Nutrition Services in Bangladesh: An Overview; Tables; 3. Trends in Under-Five Mortality, Nutrition, and Fertility; 4. Impact of Specific Interventions on Child Health and Fertility; 5. A Closer Look at Nutrition:The Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project; 6. Lessons Learned; Annexes; Endnotes; References |
| Altri titoli varianti | Maintaining momentum towards the millennium development goals |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817202003321 |
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White Howard <1960->
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| Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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