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Sewing success? : : employment, wages and poverty following the end of the multi-fibre arrangement / / editors, Gladys Lopez Acevedo, Raymond Robertson
| Sewing success? : : employment, wages and poverty following the end of the multi-fibre arrangement / / editors, Gladys Lopez Acevedo, Raymond Robertson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | pages cm |
| Disciplina | 331.7/6770091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Lopez AcevedoGladys
RobertsonRaymond <1969-> |
| Collana | Directions in development |
| Soggetto topico |
Import quotas - Developing countries
Textile industry - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
1-280-07374-8
9786613520111 0-8213-8973-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; PART 1 Employment, Wages, and Poverty after the End of the MFA; Chapter 1 Introduction; Apparel as a Key Sector; The Importance of the MFA/ATC; Choosing the Focus Countries; The Link between Apparel and Poverty (Motivating the Choice of Variables); Tables; 1.1 Years of Education by Sector; 1.2 Average Log Wages by Sector; 1.3a Percentage of Working Poor by Sector; 1.3b Poverty Rates by Sector; Structure of the Book; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundation and Empirical Approach
Modeling Global Apparel Production DecisionsFigures; 2.1 Log Change in Global Apparel Exports and Log Apparel Wages; 2.1 Determinants of Change in Apparel Exports, before versus after the MFA/ATC; Empirical Strategy; 2.2 Employment Effects; Data; 2.2 Data Sources; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Developments in the Global Apparel Industry after the MFA Phaseout; Introduction; Structure of the Apparel Industry; 3.1 Apparel's Share of Total Merchandise Exports, 1990, 2000, 2004, and 2008; 3.1 Apparel Supply and Value Chain; 3.2 Top 10 Apparel and Textile Exporters to World by 2008 Values 3.2 Types of Lead Firms in Apparel Global Value ChainsRegulatory Context; 3.3 Functional Capabilities and Country Examples; 3.4 Summary of Major Preferential Market Access Schemes; Implications of the MFA Phaseout; 3.3 Average Unit Values of U.S. Apparel Imports, 1995-2008; 3.4 Average Unit Values of EU-15 Apparel Imports, 1995-2008; 3.5 Top 15 Apparel-Exporting Economies, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2005, and 2008; 3.5 Percentage Change in Apparel Exports between 2004 and 2008, Top 15 and Case Study Countries and Selected Economies 3.6 Top 15 U.S. Apparel Importer Economies, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2005, and 20083.7 Top 15 EU-15 Apparel Importer Economies, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2005, and 2008; 3.6 Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) for Apparel Imports to the United States and the EU-15; Overview of Case Study Countries; 3.7 Country Cases: Change in Export Value, Market Share, and Employment, 2004-08; 3.8 Significance of Apparel Industry and Employment; 3.9 Industry Characteristics and Upgrading (Functional and Supply Chain); 3.10 Export Diversification and Unit Values; 3.11 Market Access Preferences 3.12 Policies in the Context of the MFA Phaseout3.8 Factors Affecting Post-MFA Competitiveness: Country Comparison; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Success and Upgrading after the End of the MFA; Introduction; Industry Evolution, Policies, and Post-MFA Development; 4.1 Export Dynamics; Empirical Results; 4.2 Female Share in Textile and Apparel Industry Employment; 4.3 Firm Outcomes; 4.1 Number of Plants in Formal and Informal Textile and Apparel Sectors in India; 4.2 Total Employment in Formal and Informal Textile and Apparel Sectors in India 4.3 Female Share in Industry Employment in Formal and Informal Textile and Apparel Sectors in India |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819971903321 |
| Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2012] | ||
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Sociology and development / / Tony Barnett
| Sociology and development / / Tony Barnett |
| Autore | Barnett Tony |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Hutchinson, , 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina |
306.3091724
306/.3/091724 |
| Soggetto topico | Economic development - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-134-89799-5
1-134-89800-2 1-138-14140-2 1-280-07669-0 0-203-39317-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Feeling the effects of development; Development theory: the light of experience; Urbanisation and urbanism; Industrialisation; Rural development: entering the market; Rural development and social differentiation; State, government and education; Gender and development; Defining and measuring development; Case material; Afterword; Glossary; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996202210403316 |
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| London : , : Hutchinson, , 1988 | ||
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Sociology and development / / Tony Barnett
| Sociology and development / / Tony Barnett |
| Autore | Barnett Tony |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Hutchinson, , 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina |
306.3091724
306/.3/091724 |
| Soggetto topico | Economic development - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-134-89799-5
1-134-89800-2 1-138-14140-2 1-280-07669-0 0-203-39317-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Feeling the effects of development; Development theory: the light of experience; Urbanisation and urbanism; Industrialisation; Rural development: entering the market; Rural development and social differentiation; State, government and education; Gender and development; Defining and measuring development; Case material; Afterword; Glossary; Bibliography; Index |
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State and statehood in the Global South : theoretical approaches and empirical studies / / edited by Miriam Fahimi, Elmar Flatschart, and Wolfram Schaffar
| State and statehood in the Global South : theoretical approaches and empirical studies / / edited by Miriam Fahimi, Elmar Flatschart, and Wolfram Schaffar |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 pages) |
| Disciplina | 320.91724 |
| ISBN | 3-030-94000-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- Part I: Introduction -- Critical State Theory in the Global South -- Theoretical Approaches -- Area Studies -- Postcolonial and Decolonial Approaches -- Operationalisation -- New Developments with COVID-19 -- The Contents of this Volume: Achievements and Failures -- Perspectives and Outlook on Further Research -- References -- Part II: Theoretical and Methodological Preliminaries -- Materialist Theory and the State in Peripheral/Post-Colonial Societies -- Introduction -- Materialist State Theory: Interest- and Form-Oriented Approaches -- The Ontological Question of Materialist State Theory -- Poulantzas and Miliband -- The German State Derivation Debate -- Political-Economical Contexts of the Materialist Debate on the State -- A World-System: Between Abstract Totality and Contingent Concreteness -- Imperialism: A Universal Logic of Development? -- Uneven Capitalist Development: Dependencia and World-Market-Integration -- The Post-Colonial State: Class and State Formation -- Peripheral Capitalism and the Overdeveloped State: Alavi, Saul et al. -- Neo-imperialism Versus the Separation of the Political and Economic? Amin-Khan -- The State in Peripheral Societies: Prerequisites of World-Market-Integration -- A Critique of the Overdeveloped State -- Towards a General Theory of the Capitalist State -- The Separation of the Political and Economic Revisited -- The State´s Role in Reproducing Society -- The State Form and Sovereignty -- The State´s and the World-Market -- World-System Integration and Development -- Towards a Renewal of the Debate on the Developmental State -- References -- Stategraphy: A Social Anthropological Approach to the State -- Introduction -- The State in Social Anthropology -- Stategraphy: A Relational Approach to the State -- Relational Modalities.
Boundary Work -- Embedding of Actors -- Conclusion and Comparative Outlook -- References -- Ethics of Doing Critical Research on the State in the Global South -- Introduction -- Research Ethics -- and the State -- and How It Evolved -- Codes of Ethics -- and How It Is Challenged -- Feminist Research Ethics -- Decolonial Research Ethics -- Codes of Feminist or Decolonial Ethics -- and the Global South -- Relational Positioning -- Adapting Guidelines? -- Power -- Responsibility and Association -- as Ethics of Theory and Politics of Research -- Activism -- Engagement -- Negotiating Responsibilities -- for Critical State Theory of the Global South: An Outlook -- References -- Part III: Materialist State Theoretical Analysis -- State Theory of the Semi-Periphery as State Theory of Deficit: The Example of Modern Turkey -- Turkey: Authoritarian Statehood in the Semi-Periphery -- Poulantzas and the State Theory of the Semi-Periphery -- Precarious Relative Autonomy of State Apparatuses -- Tilman Evers´ Concept of the Peripheral State -- Application to the Turkish Case -- Conclusion -- References -- Materialist State Theory: An Example of Analyzing the State at the Periphery -- Introduction -- Materialist State Theory -- Hegemony and the Peripheral State Capacities -- The Kirchnerist Hegemony Project in Argentina -- 2003-2008 -- Accumulation, Capital, and the Power Bloc -- Working Class, Labor Movement, and Popular Classes -- 2008-2009 -- 2009-2011 -- 2012-2015 -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Analyzing the State from Constructivist and Critical Realist Perspectives -- Abe Shinzo´s Neoliberal Nationalism: A Discourse of Transcendence -- Introduction: Transformation and Preservation -- Theoretical and Methodological Considerations -- To Take Japan Back, This Is the Only Path Forward -- Transforming Japan in a Hyper-Globalised World. Preserving the Nation-State. The Construction of National Sovereignty and Identity -- Abe´s Attempted Synthesis of Hyperglobalisation and National Sovereignty -- An Authoritarian Transcendence of ``Improvement´´ and ``Habitation´´ -- ``Improvement´´: Neoliberalisation in a Hyper-Globalised World -- ``Habitation´´: The Construction of Nationalism -- Transcending the Struggle Between ``Improvement´´ and ``Habitation´´ -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Resource Frontiers and Indigenous Mobilization in Myanmar: A Critical Realist Approach to Empirical Research in the ``Global S... -- Introduction -- Taking a CR Approach -- Initial Literature Review -- Accessing the Field -- Developing a CR Research Design -- Methods of Data Collection -- Interviews -- Ethnographic Methods -- Social Media and Audio-Visual Data -- Policy Documents and ``Gray Literature´´ -- Preliminary Analysis: From the Empirical to the Abstract and Back -- Conclusion -- References -- Part V: Ethnographical and Postcolonial Approaches to State and Statehood -- Moral Appreciation: Caring for Post-socialist Cows in Contemporary Serbia -- Introduction -- Meet the Jovanovićs -- The Anthropology of the State and Rural Capitalism -- Moral Appreciation -- Moba/Pozajmica, Summer 2010 -- Agricultural Transformations -- Conclusion -- References -- Latin America: The Refounding of the State -- Introduction -- Refounding of the State -- A Polysemic Concept -- Refounding and Decolonial Latin American Thought -- Refounding and Character of the State -- Refounding and Latin American Constitutionalism -- The scaffoldings of the refounding of the State -- The Case of Guatemala. An Open Debate -- Background and Scaffoldings of Plurinational Constitutionalism -- Plurinationality -- Good Living -- Challenges for (the Research on) the Refounding Processes. On the Mechanical Reproduction of Theoretical Schemes and Emancipation Projects -- On Intercultural Translation -- On the Colonial Paradox in Refounding Processes -- Conclusion -- References -- Constitutions -- Constitutions: -- Ethnography of the State in Plurinational Bolivia: Indigenous Knowledge, Clientelism and Decolonizing Bureaucracy -- Introduction -- Doing Ethnography of the State -- The New Policy and Its Contradictions -- Translating Indigenous Knowledge into Technical Expertise -- Middle-Class Fragility and Clientelism -- Conclusion -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910564696903321 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The state of food insecurity in the world 2001 [[electronic resource] ] : food insecurity : when people live with hunger and fear starvation.food insecurity
| The state of food insecurity in the world 2001 [[electronic resource] ] : food insecurity : when people live with hunger and fear starvation.food insecurity |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Rome ; ; [Great Britain], : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | vi, 58 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps |
| Disciplina | 363.8091724 |
| Soggetto topico |
Food supply - Developing countries
Hunger - Developing countries |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782918903321 |
| Rome ; ; [Great Britain], : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The state of food insecurity in the world 2001 [[electronic resource] ] : food insecurity : when people live with hunger and fear starvation.food insecurity
| The state of food insecurity in the world 2001 [[electronic resource] ] : food insecurity : when people live with hunger and fear starvation.food insecurity |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Rome ; ; [Great Britain], : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | vi, 58 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps |
| Disciplina | 363.8091724 |
| Soggetto topico |
Food supply - Developing countries
Hunger - Developing countries |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811322903321 |
| Rome ; ; [Great Britain], : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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States, markets and just growth [[electronic resource] ] : development in the twenty-first century / / edited by Atul Kohli, Chung-in Moon, and George Sørensen
| States, markets and just growth [[electronic resource] ] : development in the twenty-first century / / edited by Atul Kohli, Chung-in Moon, and George Sørensen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY, : United Nations University Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | ix, 295 p |
| Disciplina | 330.9172/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KohliAtul
MoonChung-in SørensenGeorge |
| Soggetto topico | Economic development |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 92-808-7039-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456254203321 |
| New York, NY, : United Nations University Press, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Structural transformation and rural change revisited [[electronic resource] ] : challenges for late developing countries in a globalizing world / / Bruno Losch, Sandrine Fréguin-Gresh, Eric Thomas White
| Structural transformation and rural change revisited [[electronic resource] ] : challenges for late developing countries in a globalizing world / / Bruno Losch, Sandrine Fréguin-Gresh, Eric Thomas White |
| Autore | Losch Bruno |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Fréguin-GreshSandrine <1977->
WhiteEric Thomas <1981-> |
| Collana | Africa Development Forum |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Economic aspects - Developing countries
Rural development - Developing countries Economic development - Developing countries |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-10887-5
9786613802224 0-8213-9513-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; From the WTO Debate to the Food Price Crisis-A Missing Long-Term Vision; The Research Program; The Persisting Role of Agriculture and the Extent of Rural Poverty; Farm Production, Markets, and Differentiation Processes; Off-Farm Diversification and the Reshaping of the Rural Economy; The Diversification-Income Relationship and Rural Transformation; Main Policy Outcomes; 1 Setting the Scene and Selecting the Tools; A Disconcerting and Quickly Evolving Global Context; Boxes; 1.1 RuralStruc: What's in a Name?
1.2 The WDR08 and Its Three WorldsMain Objectives and Hypotheses of the Program: Reconnecting the Dots; 1.3 Liberalization or Globalization?; 1.4 The RuralStruc Program's Three Hypotheses; General Design of the Program: Country Case Studies, Regional Surveys, and Collaborative Processes; Tables; 1.1 Selected Indicators for the RuralStruc Countries; 1.5 Rural versus Urban: What Definition for Each Country?; 1.6 The Rural Income Generating Activities Project (RIGA); 1.2 Main Value Chains Analyzed in the RuralStruc Country Studies; 1.3 Selected Surveyed Regions in the RuralStruc Countries Synopsis of the BookFigures; 1.1 A Tool to Navigate the Report; Notes; 2 The Challenges of Structural Transformation; Regional Differences and Positioning of the RuralStruc Countries; 2.1 Evolution of GDP per Capita among Selected Countries and Regions, 1960-2009; 2.2 Share of Agriculture in GDP and in EAP over Time, 1965-2005; 2.3 Structural Gap and GDP per Capita, 1965-2005 (5-Year Averages); 2.4 Evolution of GDP Structure: SSA versus Asia, 1965-2005; 2.1 Compared Dynamics of GDP per Capita Growth among Regions, 1960-2007; 2.2 World Population by Region, Absolute and Share, 1960-2050 2.5 Activity Ratio by Selected Regions, 1950-20502.3 Population of the RuralStruc Countries, 1960-2050; 2.6 Yearly Cohorts Entering the Labor Market by Selected Regions, 1955-2050; Structural Transformation in a Global Open Economy; 2.4 Labor Market Entrants in the RuralStruc Countries; 2.5 Urbanization Ratio by World Regions, 1960-2050; 2.6 Rural Population by World Regions, 1960-2050; 2.7 Yearly Cohorts Entering Rural and Urban Labor Markets and Rural Population Share in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1955-2050; Notes; 3 Rural Realities: Agriculture and Poverty The Central Role of Agriculture across Different Regional Settings3.1 Share of Surveyed Rural Households with Farms; 3.1 Density, Distance, and Division: The Three Major Geographic Features of Economic Development according to the WDR09; 3.2 Average Share of On-Farm and Off-Farm Income per Region; 3.2 Urbanization, Transportation Networks, and Rural Livelihoods; Widespread Rural Poverty; 3.3 Travel Time to the Nearest City of 50,000 in the Four SSA Countries; 3.1 Overall Annual Income in the Surveyed Regions; 3.4 Average Annual Income per Capita in the Surveyed Regions 3.5 Median Annual Income per Capita in the Surveyed Regions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462522003321 |
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Losch Bruno
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| Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Structural transformation and rural change revisited : : challenges for late developing countries in a globalizing world / / Bruno Losch, Sandrine Freguin-Gresh, and Eric Thomas White
| Structural transformation and rural change revisited : : challenges for late developing countries in a globalizing world / / Bruno Losch, Sandrine Freguin-Gresh, and Eric Thomas White |
| Autore | Losch Bruno |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | xxiv, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 338.1091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Fréguin-GreshSandrine <1977->
WhiteEric Thomas <1981-> |
| Collana | Africa Development Forum |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Economic aspects - Developing countries
Rural development - Developing countries Economic development - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
1-282-10887-5
9786613802224 0-8213-9513-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; From the WTO Debate to the Food Price Crisis-A Missing Long-Term Vision; The Research Program; The Persisting Role of Agriculture and the Extent of Rural Poverty; Farm Production, Markets, and Differentiation Processes; Off-Farm Diversification and the Reshaping of the Rural Economy; The Diversification-Income Relationship and Rural Transformation; Main Policy Outcomes; 1 Setting the Scene and Selecting the Tools; A Disconcerting and Quickly Evolving Global Context; Boxes; 1.1 RuralStruc: What's in a Name?
1.2 The WDR08 and Its Three WorldsMain Objectives and Hypotheses of the Program: Reconnecting the Dots; 1.3 Liberalization or Globalization?; 1.4 The RuralStruc Program's Three Hypotheses; General Design of the Program: Country Case Studies, Regional Surveys, and Collaborative Processes; Tables; 1.1 Selected Indicators for the RuralStruc Countries; 1.5 Rural versus Urban: What Definition for Each Country?; 1.6 The Rural Income Generating Activities Project (RIGA); 1.2 Main Value Chains Analyzed in the RuralStruc Country Studies; 1.3 Selected Surveyed Regions in the RuralStruc Countries Synopsis of the BookFigures; 1.1 A Tool to Navigate the Report; Notes; 2 The Challenges of Structural Transformation; Regional Differences and Positioning of the RuralStruc Countries; 2.1 Evolution of GDP per Capita among Selected Countries and Regions, 1960-2009; 2.2 Share of Agriculture in GDP and in EAP over Time, 1965-2005; 2.3 Structural Gap and GDP per Capita, 1965-2005 (5-Year Averages); 2.4 Evolution of GDP Structure: SSA versus Asia, 1965-2005; 2.1 Compared Dynamics of GDP per Capita Growth among Regions, 1960-2007; 2.2 World Population by Region, Absolute and Share, 1960-2050 2.5 Activity Ratio by Selected Regions, 1950-20502.3 Population of the RuralStruc Countries, 1960-2050; 2.6 Yearly Cohorts Entering the Labor Market by Selected Regions, 1955-2050; Structural Transformation in a Global Open Economy; 2.4 Labor Market Entrants in the RuralStruc Countries; 2.5 Urbanization Ratio by World Regions, 1960-2050; 2.6 Rural Population by World Regions, 1960-2050; 2.7 Yearly Cohorts Entering Rural and Urban Labor Markets and Rural Population Share in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1955-2050; Notes; 3 Rural Realities: Agriculture and Poverty The Central Role of Agriculture across Different Regional Settings3.1 Share of Surveyed Rural Households with Farms; 3.1 Density, Distance, and Division: The Three Major Geographic Features of Economic Development according to the WDR09; 3.2 Average Share of On-Farm and Off-Farm Income per Region; 3.2 Urbanization, Transportation Networks, and Rural Livelihoods; Widespread Rural Poverty; 3.3 Travel Time to the Nearest City of 50,000 in the Four SSA Countries; 3.1 Overall Annual Income in the Surveyed Regions; 3.4 Average Annual Income per Capita in the Surveyed Regions 3.5 Median Annual Income per Capita in the Surveyed Regions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790308003321 |
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Losch Bruno
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| Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2012] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Structural transformation and rural change revisited : : challenges for late developing countries in a globalizing world / / Bruno Losch, Sandrine Freguin-Gresh, and Eric Thomas White
| Structural transformation and rural change revisited : : challenges for late developing countries in a globalizing world / / Bruno Losch, Sandrine Freguin-Gresh, and Eric Thomas White |
| Autore | Losch Bruno |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | xxiv, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 338.1091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Fréguin-GreshSandrine <1977->
WhiteEric Thomas <1981-> |
| Collana | Africa Development Forum |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Economic aspects - Developing countries
Rural development - Developing countries Economic development - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
1-282-10887-5
9786613802224 0-8213-9513-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; From the WTO Debate to the Food Price Crisis-A Missing Long-Term Vision; The Research Program; The Persisting Role of Agriculture and the Extent of Rural Poverty; Farm Production, Markets, and Differentiation Processes; Off-Farm Diversification and the Reshaping of the Rural Economy; The Diversification-Income Relationship and Rural Transformation; Main Policy Outcomes; 1 Setting the Scene and Selecting the Tools; A Disconcerting and Quickly Evolving Global Context; Boxes; 1.1 RuralStruc: What's in a Name?
1.2 The WDR08 and Its Three WorldsMain Objectives and Hypotheses of the Program: Reconnecting the Dots; 1.3 Liberalization or Globalization?; 1.4 The RuralStruc Program's Three Hypotheses; General Design of the Program: Country Case Studies, Regional Surveys, and Collaborative Processes; Tables; 1.1 Selected Indicators for the RuralStruc Countries; 1.5 Rural versus Urban: What Definition for Each Country?; 1.6 The Rural Income Generating Activities Project (RIGA); 1.2 Main Value Chains Analyzed in the RuralStruc Country Studies; 1.3 Selected Surveyed Regions in the RuralStruc Countries Synopsis of the BookFigures; 1.1 A Tool to Navigate the Report; Notes; 2 The Challenges of Structural Transformation; Regional Differences and Positioning of the RuralStruc Countries; 2.1 Evolution of GDP per Capita among Selected Countries and Regions, 1960-2009; 2.2 Share of Agriculture in GDP and in EAP over Time, 1965-2005; 2.3 Structural Gap and GDP per Capita, 1965-2005 (5-Year Averages); 2.4 Evolution of GDP Structure: SSA versus Asia, 1965-2005; 2.1 Compared Dynamics of GDP per Capita Growth among Regions, 1960-2007; 2.2 World Population by Region, Absolute and Share, 1960-2050 2.5 Activity Ratio by Selected Regions, 1950-20502.3 Population of the RuralStruc Countries, 1960-2050; 2.6 Yearly Cohorts Entering the Labor Market by Selected Regions, 1955-2050; Structural Transformation in a Global Open Economy; 2.4 Labor Market Entrants in the RuralStruc Countries; 2.5 Urbanization Ratio by World Regions, 1960-2050; 2.6 Rural Population by World Regions, 1960-2050; 2.7 Yearly Cohorts Entering Rural and Urban Labor Markets and Rural Population Share in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1955-2050; Notes; 3 Rural Realities: Agriculture and Poverty The Central Role of Agriculture across Different Regional Settings3.1 Share of Surveyed Rural Households with Farms; 3.1 Density, Distance, and Division: The Three Major Geographic Features of Economic Development according to the WDR09; 3.2 Average Share of On-Farm and Off-Farm Income per Region; 3.2 Urbanization, Transportation Networks, and Rural Livelihoods; Widespread Rural Poverty; 3.3 Travel Time to the Nearest City of 50,000 in the Four SSA Countries; 3.1 Overall Annual Income in the Surveyed Regions; 3.4 Average Annual Income per Capita in the Surveyed Regions 3.5 Median Annual Income per Capita in the Surveyed Regions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812142903321 |
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| Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2012] | ||
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