wyszukanych pozycji: 567
Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022
ISBN: 9781464818936 / Miękka / 2023 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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216,22 zł |
Improving the World Bank's Development Effectiveness : What Does Evaluation Show?
ISBN: 9780821364611 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 59 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Over the past decade, the World Bank has dramatically altered its direction to emphasize poverty eradication as the institution's main mission. Many programs and policies have been revised to make the Bank more effective in its support of the global fight against poverty. Yet, have these initiatives improved the Bank's development effectiveness? This publication focuses on three questions to assess the development effectiveness of World Bank programs: How have living conditions in the developing world improved over the last 10-15 years, and how does this compare with the previous decade? How...
Over the past decade, the World Bank has dramatically altered its direction to emphasize poverty eradication as the institution's main mission. Many p...
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71,53 zł |
Global Development Finance 2005: Mobilizing Finance and Managing Vulnerability
ISBN: 9780821359853 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'Global Development Finance 2005 I: Analysis and Statistical Appendix' addresses two key challenges in development finance: first, how to raise resources flowing to low-income countries, which are heavily constrained in their access to market-based finance. Second, how to manage the vulnerability inherent in developing countries' access to finance vulnerability stemming from changes in the global macro environment, as well as from shifting donor priorities (affecting aid and concessional finance) and changing debt dynamics in developing countries. 'Global Development Finance 2005 II: Summary...
'Global Development Finance 2005 I: Analysis and Statistical Appendix' addresses two key challenges in development finance: first, how to raise resour...
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1883,34 zł |
Cali, Colombia: Toward a City Development Strategy
ISBN: 9780821351741 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Many of the problems that Cali is currently experiencing are an indication of Colombia's complicated social economic situation. The high levels of crime, increasing poverty, and a distressed financial situation are signs that Cali has been hit harder than other large cities. In order to assist Cali, the World Bank has, along with the city of Cali, collaborated on a City Development Strategy (CDS). The aim of this report is to summarize the analytical work carried out as part of the City Development Strategy (CDS) process and to put forth for further discussion an initial set of...
Many of the problems that Cali is currently experiencing are an indication of Colombia's complicated social economic situation. The high levels of cri...
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104,66 zł |
The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform
ISBN: 9780821377901 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 'The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform' shows the difference between the potential and actual net economic benefits from marine fisheries is about $50 billion per year, or some $2 trillion over the last three decades. If fish stocks were rebuilt, the current marine catch could be achieved with approximately half the current global fishing effort. This illustrates the massive overcapacity of the global fleet. The excess competition for the limited fish resources results in declining productivity, economic inefficiency, and depressed fisher incomes. The focus on...
'The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform' shows the difference between the potential and actual net economic benefits fro...
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164,99 zł |
Reimagining Education in East Asia and Pacific in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
ISBN: 9781464819049 / Miękka / 2023 / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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191,97 zł |
Cities on the Move: A World Bank Urban Transport Strategy Review
ISBN: 9780821351482 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The urban population in many developing countries continues to grow at more than six percent per year. The number of cities with a population of over 10 million inhabitants is expected to double within a generation. More importantly, within a generation, more than half of the developing world's population and between a third and one-half of its poor, will then reside in cities. Not only will the number of inhabitants in cities continue to increase but the problems associated with an increasing urban population will be exacerbated.
The urban population in many developing countries continues to grow at more than six percent per year. The number of cities with a population of over ...
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174,47 zł |
Getting to Know the World Bank : A Guide for Young People
ISBN: 9780821359143 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. As a knowledge bank, the World Bank produces a wide and varied range of information tools, from project documents, country assistance strategies, and development reports to monographs, electronic databases, and web sites. Generally, these products cater to the needs of its international partners and stakeholders, such as other multilateral organizations, governments, and civil society to name a few. However a basic guide to the World Bank for young people cannot be found. 'Getting to Know the World Bank' serves an excellent starting point for young readers who want to learn more about the...
As a knowledge bank, the World Bank produces a wide and varied range of information tools, from project documents, country assistance strategies, and ...
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71,53 zł |
Natural Hazards, Unnatural Disasters: The Economics of Effective Prevention
ISBN: 9780821380505 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Earthquakes, droughts, floods, and storms are natural hazards, but unnatural disasters are the deaths and damages that result from human acts of omission and commission. Every disaster is unique, but each exposes actions by individuals and governments at different levels that, had they been different, would have resulted in fewer deaths and less damage. Prevention is possible, and this book examines what it takes to do this cost-effectively. It looks at disasters primarily through an economic lens. Economists emphasize self-interest to explain how people choose the amount of prevention,...
Earthquakes, droughts, floods, and storms are natural hazards, but unnatural disasters are the deaths and damages that result from human acts of omiss...
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237,22 zł |
Reforming Public Institutions and Strengthening Governance: A World Bank Strategy
ISBN: 9780821348758 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Poorly functioning public sector institutions and weak governance are major impediments to growth and equitable development in many developing countries. The topic is important because of its centrality to development. This strategy paper reviews the World Bank's recent work on governance, public sector institutional reform, and capacity building, particularly in core public institutions. The agenda for the next three years is to continue to foster changes through the advancement of analytic tools, new approaches to the design of lending operations, expanded emphasis on partnership with...
Poorly functioning public sector institutions and weak governance are major impediments to growth and equitable development in many developing countri...
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121,23 zł |
Sunken Billions Revisited: Progress and Challenges in Global Marine Fisheries
ISBN: 9781464809194 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This report updates previous studies that measured in economic terms the extent of biological losses attributable to overfishing globally. The new estimates assess these 'sunken billions' at $83 billion annually. The report further shows that a clear path can lead to the recovery of these considerable losses, including through significant reduction in global fishing overcapacity. A breakdown between regions is also included, showing that the effort needed to achieve this reform will not be felt equally throughout the world. While the cost of such reform will likely be high, the expected...
This report updates previous studies that measured in economic terms the extent of biological losses attributable to overfishing globally. The new est...
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203,33 zł |
Global Development Finance: External Debt of Developing Countries - audiobook
ISBN: 9780821382318 / Angielski / CD-ROM / 2010 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'Global Development Finance 2010 (Single User CD-ROM)' provides you with more than 200 historical time series from 1970 to 2008, and country group estimates for 2009. Data is available for over 130 countries that report under the World Bank Debtor Reporting System, as well as summary data for regions and income groups. It contains data on total external debt stocks and flows, aggregates, and key debt ratios, and provides a detailed, country-by-country picture of debt. The CD-ROM system requires Windows 98 or NT 4.0 or later, 20 MB of available hard disk space, 32 MB of RAM, and 2 MB of video...
'Global Development Finance 2010 (Single User CD-ROM)' provides you with more than 200 historical time series from 1970 to 2008, and country group est...
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301,56 zł |
International Debt Statistics 2023
ISBN: 9781464819025 / Miękka / 2022 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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218,18 zł |
The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2017
ISBN: 9781464810282 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Illustrates the progress of this revolution for 217 economies around the world. It provides comparable statistics on the sector for 2005 and 2015 across a range of indicators, enabling readers to readily compare economies.
Illustrates the progress of this revolution for 217 economies around the world. It provides comparable statistics on the sector for 2005 and 2015 acro...
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93,62 zł |
Urban Water Supply and Sanitation
ISBN: 9780821344620 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. India's economic policies are aimed at increasing economic growth, improving market efficiency and competitiveness, and integrating the Indian economy with global markets. Much of the population and industrial growth is expected to occur in urban centers. Consequently, the demands on the urban water supply and sanitation sector (UWSS), will be great. 'Urban Water Supply and Sanitation' states the UWSS sector needs urgent attention both to meet these new demands and to ensure that all city-dwellers have access to basic services at reasonable costs.This book outlines the way forward which...
India's economic policies are aimed at increasing economic growth, improving market efficiency and competitiveness, and integrating the Indian economy...
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104,66 zł |
Ict in Agriculture (Updated Edition): Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks, and Institutions
ISBN: 9781464810022 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 459 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Information and communication technology (ICT) has always mattered in agriculture. Ever since people have grown crops, raised livestock, and caught fish, they have sought information from one another. Today, ICT represents a tremendous opportunity for rural populations to improve productivity, to enhance food and nutrition security, to access markets, and to find employment opportunities in a revitalized sector. ICT has unleashed incredible potential to improve agriculture, and it has found a foothold even in poor smallholder farms. ICT in Agriculture, Updated Edition is the revised... Information and communication technology (ICT) has always mattered in agriculture. Ever since people have grown crops, raised livestock, and caught... |
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232,09 zł |
Where Is the Value in the Chain?
ISBN: 9781464818813 / Miękka / 2022 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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191,97 zł |
World Development Report 2022: Finance for an Equitable Recovery
ISBN: 9781464817304 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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231,69 zł |
Trade, Investment, and Development in the Middle East and North Africa
ISBN: 9780821355749 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 'Trade, Investment, and Development in the Middle East and North Africa: Engaging with the World' describes why expanding trade and investment is vital for this region. The greatest economic challenge is to create enough jobs for its rapidly growing labor force, which is increasingly young and educated, to ward off threats to social and political stability inherent in high unemployment rates. This effort requires higher, and more sustainable, economic growth than has been achieved in the past two decades. Expanding trade and private investment offers the best hope. The potential is enormous...
'Trade, Investment, and Development in the Middle East and North Africa: Engaging with the World' describes why expanding trade and investment is vita...
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159,18 zł |
World Development Report 2014: Risk and Opportunity - Managing Risk for Development
ISBN: 9780821399033 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The past 25 years have witnessed unprecedented changes around the world many of them for the better. Across the continents, many countries have embarked on a path of international integration, economic reform, technological modernization, and democratic participation. As a result, economies that had been stagnant for decades are growing, people whose families had suffered deprivation for generations are escaping poverty, and hundreds of millions are enjoying the benefits of improved living standards and scientific and cultural sharing across nations. As the world changes, a host of...
The past 25 years have witnessed unprecedented changes around the world many of them for the better. Across the continents, many countries have embark...
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165,42 zł |