World development report 2015 [[electronic resource]] : mind, society, and behavior |
Autore | Bank World |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Herndon, : World Bank Publications, 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development -- Psychological aspects
Economic development -- Social aspects Human behavior -- Economic aspects Risk management -- Developing countries Economic Theory Commerce - General Business & Economics Commerce |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4648-0343-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Overview: Human decision making and development policy""; ""Three principles of human decision making""; ""Psychological and social perspectives on policy""; ""The work of development professionals""; ""References""; ""Part 1: An expanded understanding of human behavior for economic development: A conceptual framework""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Thinking automatically""; ""Two systems of thinking""; ""Biases in assessing information""; ""Biases in assessing value""; ""Choice architecture""
""Overcoming intention-action divides""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Thinking socially""; ""Social preferences and their implications""; ""The influence of social networks on individual decision making""; ""The role of social norms in individual decision making""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Spotlight 1: When corruption is the norm""; ""Chapter 3: Thinking with mental models""; ""Where mental models come from and why they matter""; ""How mental models work and how we use them""; ""The roots of mental models"" ""The effects of making an identity salient""""The staying power of mental models""; ""Policies to improve the match of mental models with a decision context""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Spotlight 2: Entertainment education""; ""Part 2: Psychological and social perspectives on policy""; ""Chapter 4: Poverty""; ""Poverty consumes cognitive resources""; ""Poverty creates poor frames""; ""Social contexts of poverty can generate their own taxes""; ""Implications for the design of antipoverty policies and programs""; ""Looking ahead""; ""References"" ""Spotlight 3: How well do we understand the contexts of poverty?""""Chapter 5: Early childhood development""; ""Richer and poorer children differ greatly in school readiness""; ""Children need multiple cognitive and noncognitive skills to succeed in school""; ""Poverty in infancy and early childhood can impede early brain development""; ""Parents are crucial in supporting the development of children's capacities for learning""; ""Parents' beliefs and caregiving practices differ across groups, with consequences for children's developmental outcomes"" ""Designing interventions that focus on and improve parental competence""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6: Household finance""; ""The human decision maker in finance""; ""Policies to improve the quality of household financial decisions""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7: Productivity""; ""Improving effort among employees""; ""Recruiting high-performance employees""; ""Improving the performance of small businesses""; ""Increasing technology adoption in agriculture""; ""Using these insights in policy design""; ""Notes""; ""References"" ""Spotlight 4: Using ethnography to understand the workplace"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466365903321 |
Bank World | ||
Herndon, : World Bank Publications, 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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World development report 2015 [[electronic resource]] : mind, society, and behavior |
Autore | Bank World |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Herndon, : World Bank Publications, 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development -- Psychological aspects
Economic development -- Social aspects Human behavior -- Economic aspects Risk management -- Developing countries Economic Theory Commerce - General Business & Economics Commerce |
ISBN | 1-4648-0343-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Overview: Human decision making and development policy""; ""Three principles of human decision making""; ""Psychological and social perspectives on policy""; ""The work of development professionals""; ""References""; ""Part 1: An expanded understanding of human behavior for economic development: A conceptual framework""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Thinking automatically""; ""Two systems of thinking""; ""Biases in assessing information""; ""Biases in assessing value""; ""Choice architecture""
""Overcoming intention-action divides""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Thinking socially""; ""Social preferences and their implications""; ""The influence of social networks on individual decision making""; ""The role of social norms in individual decision making""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Spotlight 1: When corruption is the norm""; ""Chapter 3: Thinking with mental models""; ""Where mental models come from and why they matter""; ""How mental models work and how we use them""; ""The roots of mental models"" ""The effects of making an identity salient""""The staying power of mental models""; ""Policies to improve the match of mental models with a decision context""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Spotlight 2: Entertainment education""; ""Part 2: Psychological and social perspectives on policy""; ""Chapter 4: Poverty""; ""Poverty consumes cognitive resources""; ""Poverty creates poor frames""; ""Social contexts of poverty can generate their own taxes""; ""Implications for the design of antipoverty policies and programs""; ""Looking ahead""; ""References"" ""Spotlight 3: How well do we understand the contexts of poverty?""""Chapter 5: Early childhood development""; ""Richer and poorer children differ greatly in school readiness""; ""Children need multiple cognitive and noncognitive skills to succeed in school""; ""Poverty in infancy and early childhood can impede early brain development""; ""Parents are crucial in supporting the development of children's capacities for learning""; ""Parents' beliefs and caregiving practices differ across groups, with consequences for children's developmental outcomes"" ""Designing interventions that focus on and improve parental competence""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6: Household finance""; ""The human decision maker in finance""; ""Policies to improve the quality of household financial decisions""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7: Productivity""; ""Improving effort among employees""; ""Recruiting high-performance employees""; ""Improving the performance of small businesses""; ""Increasing technology adoption in agriculture""; ""Using these insights in policy design""; ""Notes""; ""References"" ""Spotlight 4: Using ethnography to understand the workplace"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796486603321 |
Bank World | ||
Herndon, : World Bank Publications, 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
World development report 2015 [[electronic resource]] : mind, society, and behavior |
Autore | Bank World |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Herndon, : World Bank Publications, 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development -- Psychological aspects
Economic development -- Social aspects Human behavior -- Economic aspects Risk management -- Developing countries Economic Theory Commerce - General Business & Economics Commerce |
ISBN | 1-4648-0343-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Overview: Human decision making and development policy""; ""Three principles of human decision making""; ""Psychological and social perspectives on policy""; ""The work of development professionals""; ""References""; ""Part 1: An expanded understanding of human behavior for economic development: A conceptual framework""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Thinking automatically""; ""Two systems of thinking""; ""Biases in assessing information""; ""Biases in assessing value""; ""Choice architecture""
""Overcoming intention-action divides""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Thinking socially""; ""Social preferences and their implications""; ""The influence of social networks on individual decision making""; ""The role of social norms in individual decision making""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Spotlight 1: When corruption is the norm""; ""Chapter 3: Thinking with mental models""; ""Where mental models come from and why they matter""; ""How mental models work and how we use them""; ""The roots of mental models"" ""The effects of making an identity salient""""The staying power of mental models""; ""Policies to improve the match of mental models with a decision context""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Spotlight 2: Entertainment education""; ""Part 2: Psychological and social perspectives on policy""; ""Chapter 4: Poverty""; ""Poverty consumes cognitive resources""; ""Poverty creates poor frames""; ""Social contexts of poverty can generate their own taxes""; ""Implications for the design of antipoverty policies and programs""; ""Looking ahead""; ""References"" ""Spotlight 3: How well do we understand the contexts of poverty?""""Chapter 5: Early childhood development""; ""Richer and poorer children differ greatly in school readiness""; ""Children need multiple cognitive and noncognitive skills to succeed in school""; ""Poverty in infancy and early childhood can impede early brain development""; ""Parents are crucial in supporting the development of children's capacities for learning""; ""Parents' beliefs and caregiving practices differ across groups, with consequences for children's developmental outcomes"" ""Designing interventions that focus on and improve parental competence""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6: Household finance""; ""The human decision maker in finance""; ""Policies to improve the quality of household financial decisions""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7: Productivity""; ""Improving effort among employees""; ""Recruiting high-performance employees""; ""Improving the performance of small businesses""; ""Increasing technology adoption in agriculture""; ""Using these insights in policy design""; ""Notes""; ""References"" ""Spotlight 4: Using ethnography to understand the workplace"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821554703321 |
Bank World | ||
Herndon, : World Bank Publications, 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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