2018 Information and communications for development : data-driven dvelopment |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank Group, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 pages) |
Disciplina | 303.4833091724 |
Soggetto topico |
Information technology - Economic aspects - Developing countries
Communication - Developing countries Information services - Developing countries |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4648-1355-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511707903321 |
Washington, DC : , : World Bank Group, , [2019] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Accelerating health reforms through collective action : experiences from East Africa / / Yvonne Nkrumah and Julia Mensah, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank Group, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 119 pages) : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
Disciplina | 338.9 |
Collana | World Bank Study |
Soggetto topico | Economic development - Africa, Eastern |
ISBN | 1-4648-0288-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Contributors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Background; Introduction; Governance in PSM: A Crucial Role; The Case for Collective Action; Improving PSM Governance: The Initiative; Why This Book?; Outline of the Book; Notes; Chapter 2 Putting Down Roots; Introduction; Boxes; Box 2.1 Key Lessons in the Establishment of a Multistake holder Group: Tanzania; Tanzania Country Context; Key Health Issues and the Reform Agenda; Key Challenges in the Pharmaceutical Sector; Figures; Figure 2.1 The Medicines Supply System in Tanzania
Rationale for Setting up a Multistake holder Coalition Multistake holder Groups and Other Forms of Collaboration in Tanzania before 2010; Collaborations in the Health and Pharmaceutical Sectors; Learning from Other Countries; The Need for a Different Multistake holder Approach in Tanzania; From Dispersed Groups to Coalition; Mapping the Stakeholders; Identifying a Convener; Clarifying Responsibilities; Making the Coalition Work; Lessons Learned; Box 2.2 Essential Elements of an MoU for a Multistake holder Group; Box 2.3 What Should a Code of Conduct Cover?; Notes; Chapter 3 Growing a Strong Trunk Introduction Kenya Country Context; Box 3.1 Key Lessons in the Establishment of a Multistake holder Group: Kenya; Rationale for Setting Up a Multistake holder Coalition; Moving the Reform Agenda Forward; Nourishing and Sustaining the Coalition; Mobilizing Resources; Leadership; Creating a Sense of Ownership; Providing the Right Incentives; Celebration and Acknowledgment of Shared Achievements; Challenges and Lessons Learned; Notes; Chapter 4 Branching Out and Bearing Fruits; Introduction; The Ugandan Context; Health Sector Hurdles and Opportunities; The Pharmaceutical Subsector An Opportunity for Collaboration: The Existing Multistake holder Landscape Figure 4.1 The Medicines Transparency Alliance Model; Working Together: Setting Priorities for Initial Steps; Generating Evidence to Inform Policy; Tables; Table 4.1 Assignments for District Data Collection; Lessons Learned; Box 4.1 Key Lessons in the Establishment of a Multistake holder Group: Uganda; Notes; Chapter 5 Epilogue; Kenya: The Forum for Transparency and Accountability in Pharmaceutical Procurement; Tanzania: The Tanzania Multistakeholder Group on Pharmaceutical Procurement Uganda: The Medicines Transparency Alliance Looking Ahead; Notes; Appendix A Using a Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Improve Governance in Pharmaceutical Procurement; Appendix B Cases of Mapping Outcomes: Improving Governance in Pharmaceutical Procurement and Supply Chain Management in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda (2013); Figure B.1 Map of Outcomes Showing How Changes Were Connected and Built over a Four-Year Time frame; Figure B.2 Change Strategy Showing How Change Happened to Advance Progress Toward Goal Appendix C Pharmaceutical Procurement in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda: Key Findings, Best Practices, and Opportunities for Improvement (2010) |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787287103321 |
Washington, DC : , : World Bank Group, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Accelerating health reforms through collective action : experiences from East Africa / / Yvonne Nkrumah and Julia Mensah, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank Group, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 119 pages) : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
Disciplina | 338.9 |
Collana | World Bank Study |
Soggetto topico | Economic development - Africa, Eastern |
ISBN | 1-4648-0288-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Contributors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Background; Introduction; Governance in PSM: A Crucial Role; The Case for Collective Action; Improving PSM Governance: The Initiative; Why This Book?; Outline of the Book; Notes; Chapter 2 Putting Down Roots; Introduction; Boxes; Box 2.1 Key Lessons in the Establishment of a Multistake holder Group: Tanzania; Tanzania Country Context; Key Health Issues and the Reform Agenda; Key Challenges in the Pharmaceutical Sector; Figures; Figure 2.1 The Medicines Supply System in Tanzania
Rationale for Setting up a Multistake holder Coalition Multistake holder Groups and Other Forms of Collaboration in Tanzania before 2010; Collaborations in the Health and Pharmaceutical Sectors; Learning from Other Countries; The Need for a Different Multistake holder Approach in Tanzania; From Dispersed Groups to Coalition; Mapping the Stakeholders; Identifying a Convener; Clarifying Responsibilities; Making the Coalition Work; Lessons Learned; Box 2.2 Essential Elements of an MoU for a Multistake holder Group; Box 2.3 What Should a Code of Conduct Cover?; Notes; Chapter 3 Growing a Strong Trunk Introduction Kenya Country Context; Box 3.1 Key Lessons in the Establishment of a Multistake holder Group: Kenya; Rationale for Setting Up a Multistake holder Coalition; Moving the Reform Agenda Forward; Nourishing and Sustaining the Coalition; Mobilizing Resources; Leadership; Creating a Sense of Ownership; Providing the Right Incentives; Celebration and Acknowledgment of Shared Achievements; Challenges and Lessons Learned; Notes; Chapter 4 Branching Out and Bearing Fruits; Introduction; The Ugandan Context; Health Sector Hurdles and Opportunities; The Pharmaceutical Subsector An Opportunity for Collaboration: The Existing Multistake holder Landscape Figure 4.1 The Medicines Transparency Alliance Model; Working Together: Setting Priorities for Initial Steps; Generating Evidence to Inform Policy; Tables; Table 4.1 Assignments for District Data Collection; Lessons Learned; Box 4.1 Key Lessons in the Establishment of a Multistake holder Group: Uganda; Notes; Chapter 5 Epilogue; Kenya: The Forum for Transparency and Accountability in Pharmaceutical Procurement; Tanzania: The Tanzania Multistakeholder Group on Pharmaceutical Procurement Uganda: The Medicines Transparency Alliance Looking Ahead; Notes; Appendix A Using a Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Improve Governance in Pharmaceutical Procurement; Appendix B Cases of Mapping Outcomes: Improving Governance in Pharmaceutical Procurement and Supply Chain Management in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda (2013); Figure B.1 Map of Outcomes Showing How Changes Were Connected and Built over a Four-Year Time frame; Figure B.2 Change Strategy Showing How Change Happened to Advance Progress Toward Goal Appendix C Pharmaceutical Procurement in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda: Key Findings, Best Practices, and Opportunities for Improvement (2010) |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819069603321 |
Washington, DC : , : World Bank Group, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Accounting for mismatch in low- and middle-income countries : measurement, magnitudes, and explanations / / Michael J. Handel, Alexandria Valerio, and Maria Laura Sanchez Puerta |
Autore | Handel Michael J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (163 p.) |
Disciplina | 650.1 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ValerioAlexandria |
Collana | Directions in Development - Human Development |
Soggetto topico |
Vocational qualifications - Developing countries
Skilled labor - Developing countries Job analysis |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4648-0909-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; Introduction; References; Chapter 1 Defining and Measuring Skills and Mismatch; Defining Skills; Defining Mismatch; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Conceptual Framework; Explaining Mismatch: Standard Variables; Using Skill Measures to Investigate Unobserved Heterogeneity; Role of Structural Economic Conditions and Informality; Notes; References; Chapter 3 About STEP; Introduction; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Findings: Country Context; National Income and Employment Rates
Educational Attainment, Achievement Levels, and Fields of StudySelection into Employment by Education and Achievement Level; Quality of Employment; The Task Content of Jobs; Implications for Analyses; Notes; Chapter 5 Patterns of Educational Mismatch: Findings; Introduction; Aggregate Distributions: Workers' Education and Job Education Requirements; Aggregate Imbalances and Individual-Level Mismatch; Joint Distributions of Personal and Job-Required Education; Summary of Descriptive Mismatch Results; Note; Chapter 6 Explaining Education Mismatch; Introduction |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466164003321 |
Handel Michael J. | ||
Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Addressing inequality in South Asia / / Martín Rama [and three others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
Disciplina | 339.4/60954 |
Collana | South Asia Development Matters |
Soggetto topico |
Poverty - South Asia
Equality - South Asia |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4648-0023-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Figures; 1 Based on standard monetary indicators, South Asia has moderate levels of inequality; Why inequality matters; 2 Billionaire wealth in India is exceptionally large; 3 The health outcomes of the poor are among the worst worldwide; 4 Returns to education create incentives to study; 5 Greater inequality reduces the quality of public services when the rich can opt out; The extent of inequality; 6 Poverty is higher in Indian districts suffering from Naxalite violence; 7 The least wealthy are alarmingly vulnerable
8 Inequality in health outcomes is wide9 Schooling among young adults is highly unequal in some countries in South Asia; Drivers of inequality; 10 Richer countries tend to be more unequal in both South Asia and East Asia; 11 Monetary inequality is increasing across most of South Asia; 12 South Asians do not see an environment conducive to lower inequality; 13 Multiple factors affect household outcomes relative to others in society; Limited opportunity; 14 Opportunities in education are better than in health or sanitation, as measured by the HOI 15 Better opportunity is driven by greater coverage16 Parent's education and location are critically important circumstances; Substantial mobility; 17 Considerable occupational mobility exists across generations in India; 18 Occupational mobility is higher for younger generations; 19 Upward mobility in South Asian countries is similar to that in the United States and Vietnam; 20 Upward mobility is much stronger in cities than in rural areas; Tables; 1 Changes in employment status reveal substantial mobility among migrant men in India; 2 Rural jobs allow people to escape poverty urban jobs are a ticket to the middle classInadequate support; 21 The composition of urban employment varies with city size and governance in India; 22 In Pakistan, poorer and richer households cope with shocks in different ways; 23 Social assistance is less adequate than social insurance but has greater coverage; Maps; 1 Government revenue in South Asia is low compared with the rest of the world; References; 24 Electricity subsidies favor the better-off; 25 Development spending per person is lower in poorer states and districts; 1. Why Inequality Matters; Inequality of what? Opportunities versus outcomesBoxes; 1.1 Discrimination by teachers pushes children out of school; Monetary measures of inequality; Multidimensional indicators of inequality; 1.2 Standard statistical measures of monetary inequality; 1.1 Estimates of expenditures differ between household surveys and national accounts; 1.3 Some monetary indicators may underestimate the true extent of inequality; Subjective well-being; 1.2 Monetary and nonmonetary indicators can lead to opposite conclusions; 1.4 Bhutan uses a happiness index to measure well-being; The costs (and benefits) of inequality Intrinsic value |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460086303321 |
Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The African Continental Free Trade Area : economic and distributional effects |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , [2020] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 138 pages) |
Disciplina | 382.096 |
Soggetto topico | Free trade - Africa |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4648-1560-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910494600803321 |
Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , [2020] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The african continental free trade area : : economic and distributional effects |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : World Bank Group, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
Disciplina | 382.096 |
Soggetto topico | Free trade - Africa |
ISBN | 1-4648-1560-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794339903321 |
Washington : , : World Bank Group, , 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The african continental free trade area : : economic and distributional effects |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : World Bank Group, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
Disciplina | 382.096 |
Soggetto topico | Free trade - Africa |
ISBN | 1-4648-1560-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807165803321 |
Washington : , : World Bank Group, , 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The analysis of household surveys : a microeconometric approach to development policy / / Angus Deaton |
Autore | Deaton Angus |
Edizione | [Reissue edition with a new preface.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank Group, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (496 pages) |
Disciplina | 001.433 |
Soggetto topico | Household surveys - Developing countries - Methodology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4648-1352-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511804703321 |
Deaton Angus | ||
Washington, DC : , : World Bank Group, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Analyzing banking risk : a framework for assessing corporate governance and risk management / / Hennie Van Greuning, Sonja Brajovic Bratanovic |
Autore | Greuning Hennie van |
Edizione | [Fourth edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , [2020] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (451 pages) |
Disciplina | 332.1068 |
Soggetto topico | Bank management |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4648-1518-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511907203321 |
Greuning Hennie van | ||
Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , [2020] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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