wyszukanych pozycji: 433
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. |
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191,51 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. 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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231,53 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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337,65 zł |
International Debt Statistics 2023
ISBN: 9781464819025 / Miękka / 2022 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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217,65 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. '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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164,61 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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234,51 zł |
Where Is the Value in the Chain?
ISBN: 9781464818813 / Miękka / 2022 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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191,51 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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125,31 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. 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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174,07 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. 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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202,84 zł |
Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022
ISBN: 9781464818936 / Miękka / 2022 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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215,70 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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103,47 zł |
Angola: Oil, Broad-Based Growth, and Equity
ISBN: 9780821371022 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Once one of the world's largest staple food producers, Angola is now known as a major oil exporter--the second largest producer in sub-Saharan Africa. Angola is also the world's fourth largest producer of rough diamonds in terms of value, with the potential to become one of the leading global diamond producers. In addition to oil and diamonds, the country is well endowed with agricultural resources which remain mostly untapped. However, despite the country's significant natural wealth, a prolonged civil war, the rapid development of the oil sector, and the policies pursued after Independence...
Once one of the world's largest staple food producers, Angola is now known as a major oil exporter--the second largest producer in sub-Saharan Africa....
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158,81 zł |
Africa's Infrastructure: A Time for Transformation
ISBN: 9780821380413 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 355 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Sustainable infrastructure development is vital for Africa's prosperity. And now is the time to begin the transformation. This volume is the culmination of an unprecedented effort to document, analyze, and interpret the full extent of the challenge in developing Sub-Saharan Africa's infrastructure sectors. As a result, it represents the most comprehensive reference currently available on infrastructure in the region. The book covers the five main economic infrastructure sectors--information and communication technology, irrigation, power, transport, and water and sanitation. 'Africa's...
Sustainable infrastructure development is vital for Africa's prosperity. And now is the time to begin the transformation. This volume is the culminati...
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250,02 zł |
Strategic Environmental Assessment in Policy and Sector Reform: Conceptual Model and Operational Guidance
ISBN: 9780821385593 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book presents the findings and recommendations of the evaluation of the World Bank's Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Pilot Program. It shows that SEA can contribute to improving development policy and sector reform by calling attention to environmental and social priorities, strengthening constituencies, enhancing policy capacities, and improving social accountability. It also provides guidance for undertaking SEA in policy and sector reform. Although it acknowledges the need for tailoring SEA to the context of specific sectors and countries, the book discusses in detail and...
This book presents the findings and recommendations of the evaluation of the World Bank's Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Pilot Program. It s...
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158,81 zł |
Mongolia Economic Retrospective 2008-2010
ISBN: 9780821385401 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Mongolia was one of the East Asian economies hardest hit by the global downturn, as copper prices collapsed and external demand fell. This Economic Retrospective highlights the key economic, financial and policy developments in the country during the crisis and recovery over 2008 to 2010. In particular, it offers a closer look at the weaknesses in the economic structure and policy environment that lay at the heart of downturn, and which amplified the external shock due to the collapse in global commodity prices from mid-2008. The Retrospective offers valuable insights into how an...
Mongolia was one of the East Asian economies hardest hit by the global downturn, as copper prices collapsed and external demand fell. This Economic Re...
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97,81 zł |
Global Economic Prospects, January 2022
ISBN: 9781464817588 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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211,34 zł |
Violence without Borders: The Internationalization of Crime and Conflict
ISBN: 9781464814525 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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231,53 zł |
Aid That Works: Successful Development in Fragile States
ISBN: 9780821362013 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Research in recent years on aid effectiveness shows that significant obstacles in fragile states--insecurity, poor governance and weak implementation capacity--usually prevent aid from achieving the desired results in these environments. This study investigates the attributes and effectiveness of donor-supported programmes and projects that worked well under difficult conditions in fragile states. Presented in this study are nine development initiatives in six less developed countries--Afghanistan, Cambodia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Timor Leste and Uganda. The cases show that development...
Research in recent years on aid effectiveness shows that significant obstacles in fragile states--insecurity, poor governance and weak implementation ...
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219,82 zł |
Global Monitoring Report 2013: Rural-Urban Dynamics and the Millennium Development Goals
ISBN: 9780821398067 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Global Monitoring Report 2013: Rural-Urban Dynamics and the Millennium Development Goals examines rural-urban disparities in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and how urbanization, if managed well, can contribute to the attainment of these goals. The report provides information about the differences in progress toward the MDGs across geographical areas and recognizes that urban populations are better off than their rural brethren. However, unfettered urbanization can cause migrants and the urban poor to end up in slums where attainment of the MDGs lags. GMR 2013...
The Global Monitoring Report 2013: Rural-Urban Dynamics and the Millennium Development Goals examines rural-urban disparities in the achievement of th...
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174,45 zł |