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Efficient learning for the poor [[electronic resource] ] : insights from the frontier of cognitive neuroscience / / Helen Abadzi
| Efficient learning for the poor [[electronic resource] ] : insights from the frontier of cognitive neuroscience / / Helen Abadzi |
| Autore | Abadzi Helen <1951-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, USA, : World Bank, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
| Disciplina |
370.111091724
374/.012091724 |
| Collana | Directions in development |
| Soggetto topico |
Literacy - Developing countries
Functional literacy - Developing countries Learning - Physiological aspects Cognitive neuroscience - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-50357-2
9786610503575 0-8213-6689-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgements; Overview; Acronyms; PART I. COGNITIVE RESEARCH ON BASIC SKILLS; Boxes; Figures; Tables; PART III. PERFORMANCE OF TEACHERS AND EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS; I. Neuropsychology Essentials; ANNEX: COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE BASICS FOR EDUCATION; II. The Lens of Cognitive Science; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450184403321 |
Abadzi Helen <1951->
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| Washington, DC, USA, : World Bank, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Efficient learning for the poor : : insights from the frontier of cognitive neuroscience / / [Helen Abadzi]
| Efficient learning for the poor : : insights from the frontier of cognitive neuroscience / / [Helen Abadzi] |
| Autore | Abadzi Helen <1951-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2006] |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 286 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 374/.012091724 |
| Collana | Directions in development |
| Soggetto topico |
Literacy - Developing countries
Functional literacy - Developing countries Learning - Physiological aspects Cognitive neuroscience - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-280-50357-2
9786610503575 0-8213-6689-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgements; Overview; Acronyms; PART I. COGNITIVE RESEARCH ON BASIC SKILLS; Boxes; Figures; Tables; PART III. PERFORMANCE OF TEACHERS AND EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS; I. Neuropsychology Essentials; ANNEX: COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE BASICS FOR EDUCATION; II. The Lens of Cognitive Science; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783584003321 |
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Abadzi Helen <1951->
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| Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2006] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Efficient learning for the poor : : insights from the frontier of cognitive neuroscience / / [Helen Abadzi]
| Efficient learning for the poor : : insights from the frontier of cognitive neuroscience / / [Helen Abadzi] |
| Autore | Abadzi Helen <1951-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2006] |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 286 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 374/.012091724 |
| Collana | Directions in development |
| Soggetto topico |
Literacy - Developing countries
Functional literacy - Developing countries Learning - Physiological aspects Cognitive neuroscience - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-280-50357-2
9786610503575 0-8213-6689-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgements; Overview; Acronyms; PART I. COGNITIVE RESEARCH ON BASIC SKILLS; Boxes; Figures; Tables; PART III. PERFORMANCE OF TEACHERS AND EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS; I. Neuropsychology Essentials; ANNEX: COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE BASICS FOR EDUCATION; II. The Lens of Cognitive Science; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809081703321 |
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Abadzi Helen <1951->
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| Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2006] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The time-travelling economist : why education, electricity and fertility are key to escaping poverty / / Charlie Robertson
| The time-travelling economist : why education, electricity and fertility are key to escaping poverty / / Charlie Robertson |
| Autore | Robertson Charlie |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxxiv, 274 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Disciplina | 843.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Electrification - Developing countries
Fertility, Human - Developing countries Functional literacy - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
9783030975975
3030975975 9783030975968 3030975967 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Education: No Take Off Without Adult Literacy -- Changes with Education: Purpose and Speed -- Conclusion from 120 Years of Data -- Post-script -- Electricity: Power to the People -- Best Snippet on Electricity: From Prehistoric Fires to LED Lights10 -- Electricity: The Key Table and Graph -- Where Is the World Today in Terms of kWh Electricity Consumption? -- The Power Challenge in Africa -- Asia's Success: Driven by Power -- Power to the People or Just for Businesses? -- Climate Change and the Plunging Cost of Electricity -- Conclusion -- Sex and Money: How Many Babies Are Too Many? -- 3.1 The (Nairobi) Debate About Demographics and Savings -- 3.2 How Many Babies Are Too Many? More than 3.0 -- 3.3 Bank Deposits and Interest Rates -- 3.4 Real Interest Rates and Bank Deposits -- 3.5 Mobile Money and Micro-finance to the Rescue? -- 3.6 How to Fund Investment When Local Savings Are Low -- 3.7 How to Reduce the Fertility Rate? -- 3.7.1 What Can a Government Do? -- 3.8 But Aren't Large Populations a Good Thing? -- 3.8.1 The Protestant Work Ethic Versus Catholicism and Fertility -- 3.9 Conclusion -- Debt: A Debt Crisis Is Probably Unavoidable in a Bid to Create Jobs -- It's Clear Who Wants to Borrow, but Who Wants to Lend? -- So What Will Governments in Low-Income Countries Do? -- So, It's All Good? Probably Not -- Who Should We Be More Optimistic About? -- Currencies and Debt Default -- How Bad Is Default? -- Conclusions -- Demographics and Growth: Who Booms, When? -- Africa and Low-Income Countries -- Looking Ahead -- Africa by 2070 -- Asia and Latin America in 2070 -- Conclusions -- What the Future Holds: Democracy, Corruption, ESG and Emigration -- When Will Democracy Become More Secure?; Emigration: Why Successful Development Will See More Migration, Not Less -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Essays/Compilation of Essays -- Books -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910578691203321 |
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Robertson Charlie
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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