wyszukanych pozycji: 663
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Changing the Face of the Waters: The Promise and Challenge of Sustainable Aquaculture
ISBN: 9780821370155 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Aquaculture the farming of fish and aquatic plants has become the world's fastest-growing food production sector, even as the amount of wild fish caught in our seas and freshwaters declines. From fish foods and pharmaceuticals to management of entire aquatic ecosystems, acquaculture is truly changing the face of the waters. Increased growth, however, brings increased risk, and aquaculture now lies at a crossroads. One direction points toward the giant strides in productivity, industry concentration, and product diversification. Another direction points toward the dangers of environmental...
Aquaculture the farming of fish and aquatic plants has become the world's fastest-growing food production sector, even as the amount of wild fish caug...
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102,60 zł |
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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. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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169,37 zł |
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Cities on the Move: A World Bank Urban Transport Strategy Review
ISBN: 9780821351482 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy 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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141,70 zł |
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Urban Water Supply and Sanitation
ISBN: 9780821344620 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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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87,93 zł |
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Information and Communications for Development 2012: Maximizing Mobile
ISBN: 9780821389911 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) With some six billion mobile subscriptions now in use worldwide, around three-quarters of the world's inhabitants now have access to a mobile phone. Mobiles are arguably the most ubiquitous modern technology -- in some developing countries, more people have access to a mobile phone than to clean water, a bank account or even electricity. Mobile communications now offer major opportunities to advance human development -- from providing basic access to education or health information to making cash payments and stimulating citizen involvement in democratic processes. This 2012 edition of the...
With some six billion mobile subscriptions now in use worldwide, around three-quarters of the world's inhabitants now have access to a mobile phone. M...
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185,73 zł |
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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 (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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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58,60 zł |
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Reforming Public Institutions and Strengthening Governance: A World Bank Strategy
ISBN: 9780821348758 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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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102,60 zł |
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Where Is the Value in the Chain?
ISBN: 9781464818813 / Miękka / 2022 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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169,37 zł |
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International Debt Statistics 2023
ISBN: 9781464819025 / Miękka / 2022 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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192,49 zł |
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World Development Report 2025
ISBN: 9781464822759 / Angielski / Miękka / 31-12-2025 / 250 str. Książka dostępna od: 31-12-2025 |
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Planowany termin premiery książki: 31-12-2025
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190,38 zł |
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Sunken Billions Revisited: Progress and Challenges in Global Marine Fisheries
ISBN: 9781464809194 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy 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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141,70 zł |
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The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform
ISBN: 9780821377901 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy 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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102,60 zł |
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Cali, Colombia: Toward a City Development Strategy
ISBN: 9780821351741 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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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87,93 zł |
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Sustaining Forests: A Development Strategy
ISBN: 9780821357552 / Angielski / Mixed media product / 2004 / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The World Bank's Forests Strategy, adopted in October 2002, charts a path for the Bank's proactive engagement in the sector to help attain the goal of poverty reduction without jeopardizing the environmental values intrinsic to sustainability. This strategy replaces the Bank's 1991 Forestry Strategy, and was developed on the basis of the findings of an independent review of the 1991 strategy and a two-year consultative process with development partners and stakeholders around the world. The revised strategy, Sustaining Forests, is built on three guiding pillars: harnessing the potential of...
The World Bank's Forests Strategy, adopted in October 2002, charts a path for the Bank's proactive engagement in the sector to help attain the goal of...
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102,60 zł |
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Ict in Agriculture (Updated Edition): Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks, and Institutions
ISBN: 9781464810022 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 459 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy 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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166,18 zł |
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Global Development Finance 2005 : Mobilizing Finance and Managing Vulnerability
ISBN: 9780821359884 / Angielski / Mixed media product / 2005 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) '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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2727,36 zł |
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Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022
ISBN: 9781464818936 / Miękka / 2022 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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190,75 zł |
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The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2017
ISBN: 9781464810282 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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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83,04 zł |
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The Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and -Driven Development: An Oed Evaluation
ISBN: 9780821363904 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 199 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Participatory approaches that involve local communities in their own development have gained substantial support among international donors over the past quarter-century and have become increasingly important in the work of the World Bank. Community participation is an approach to development that can be used with any Bank lending instrument and across sectors. Projects can involve communities in different ways by sharing information, consulting, collaborating, or empowering them. The process of involving communities in project activities is also expected to contribute in most cases to...
Participatory approaches that involve local communities in their own development have gained substantial support among international donors over the p...
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112,37 zł |
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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 (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 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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58,60 zł |