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Assessing Development Effectiveness: Evaluation in the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation
ISBN: 9780821343951 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 79 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. To succeed in its mission to reduce poverty, the World Bank continually adapts its policies and practices to a rapidly changing world. To do this, it seeks reliable and objective information on the effectiveness of its operations. This volume presents an overview of the World Bank Group operations and evaluation criteria and strategies for assistance. The World Bank's new evaluation strategy emphasizes achieving results in the field. Evaluation is a key tool to support results-based management, the purpose of which is to provide a framework for strategic planning and management based on the...
To succeed in its mission to reduce poverty, the World Bank continually adapts its policies and practices to a rapidly changing world. To do this, it ...
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Doing Business -- An Independent Evaluation: Taking the Measure of the World Bank-Ifc Doing Business Indicators
ISBN: 9780821375525 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This independent evaluation of the Doing Business Indicators assesses the methods and processes used to construct the indicators, their relevance to development outcomes, and their usefulness to policy makers and other stakeholders. It makes recommendations for improving the collection and presentation of data and for greater clarity in communicating what the indicators can and cannot capture.
This independent evaluation of the Doing Business Indicators assesses the methods and processes used to construct the indicators, their relevance to d...
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Miniatlas of Millennium Development Goals: Building a Better World
ISBN: 9780821361757 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The greatest challenge of the 21st century is to provide every human being on the planet with a long, healthy, and fulfilling life, free of poverty and full of opportunities to participate in the life of their community. The Millennium Development Goals - signed by 189 countries in 2000 - set clear targets for reducing poverty and other sources of human deprivation and for promoting sustainable development. But how far are we towards meeting these goals? And what resources are needed to help those countries that are not on track? The third volume in the miniatlas series is an at-a-glance...
The greatest challenge of the 21st century is to provide every human being on the planet with a long, healthy, and fulfilling life, free of poverty an...
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World Development Report 2018: Learning to Realize Education's Promise
ISBN: 9781464810961 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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global development finance 2008: the role of international banking
ISBN: 9780821373941 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'Vol I. Analysis and Outlook' reviews recent trends in financial flows to developing countries. 'Vol II. Summary and Country Tables'* includes comprehensive data for 138 countries, as well as summary data for regions and income groups. The CD-ROM, provides you with more than 200 historical time series from 1970 to 2006, and country group estimates for 2007. 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...
'Vol I. Analysis and Outlook' reviews recent trends in financial flows to developing countries. 'Vol II. Summary and Country Tables'* includes compreh...
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Privatization in Latin America : Myths and Reality
ISBN: 9780821358825 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Privatization is under attack. Beginning in the 1980s, thousands of failing state-owned enterprises worldwide have been turned over to the private sector. But public opinion has turned against privatization. A large political backlash has been brewing for some time, infused by accusations of corruption, abuse of market power, and neglect of the poor. What is the real record of privatization and are the criticisms justified? 'Privatization in Latin America' evaluates the empirical evidence on privatization in a region that has witnessed an extensive decline in the state's share of production...
Privatization is under attack. Beginning in the 1980s, thousands of failing state-owned enterprises worldwide have been turned over to the private sec...
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Digital Progress and Trends Report 2025: Strengthening Artificial Intelligence Foundations
ISBN: 9781464822643 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Digital Progress and Trends Report presents latest progress on digitalization from both the supply and demand sides, with a focus on developing countries. It also highlights the emergence of digital public infrastructure, benefits and risks brought by artificial intelligence, and regulatory trends and implications for developing countries.
The Digital Progress and Trends Report presents latest progress on digitalization from both the supply and demand sides, with a focus on develo...
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Corporate Responses to Hiv/AIDS: Case Studies from India
ISBN: 9780821371718 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. India's relatively low HIV prevalence rate often raises the question of whether it is in corporate sector interest to allocate resources to combat HIV and AIDS. The five case studies in this report feature a selection of Indian companies that felt compelled to engage in this fight and id allocate resources in order to do so. The challenges these companies encountered and innovative methods they used to surmount these challenges serve as useful lessons for those interested in launching similar intiatives.
India's relatively low HIV prevalence rate often raises the question of whether it is in corporate sector interest to allocate resources to combat HIV...
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Markets and People: Romania Country Economic Memorandum
ISBN: 9781464815034 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 167 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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Education in Rwanda: Rebalancing Resources to Accelerate Post-Conflict Development and Poverty Reduction
ISBN: 9780821356104 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Ten years after the 1994 genocide in which an estimated 10 percent of the country's population perished Rwanda's devastated education system is now back on its feet. Classrooms have been repaired and new ones built; teachers who fled the mayhem have been reintegrated into the teaching force; arrears in teacher pay have been cleared up; a Genocide Fund has been created specifically to assist orphans; and, in higher education, the system has been diversified and new arrangements for student finance have been introduced. This success notwithstanding, the task of transforming the rapid recovery...
Ten years after the 1994 genocide in which an estimated 10 percent of the country's population perished Rwanda's devastated education system is now ba...
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Education in Sierra Leone: Present Challenges, Future Opportunities
ISBN: 9780821368688 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Aimed at policymakers and practitioners, this book uses the latest census and survey data to reveal the abiding costs of education to individual households. It goes on to suggest a sustainable, long-term strategy for the education system in Sierra Leone that emphasizes the needs of the poor, as well as the elimination of disparities across regions, between urban and rural areas, and between boys and girls.
Aimed at policymakers and practitioners, this book uses the latest census and survey data to reveal the abiding costs of education to individual house...
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The Right to Tell: The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development
ISBN: 9780821352038 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. An independent press is essential to sound and equitable economic development. The media helps to give a voice to the poor and the disenfranchised. An independent press also provides a solid foundation for a free and transparent society. 'The Right to Tell' contains an outstanding list of contributors from Nobel Prize winner and former World Bank chief economist, Joseph Stiglitz to Robert J. Shiller author of 'Irrational Exuberance', and Nobel Prize winner and novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Contributors to this volume explore the role of the media as a watchdog of government and the...
An independent press is essential to sound and equitable economic development. The media helps to give a voice to the poor and the disenfranchised. An...
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2008 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness: Shared Global Challenges
ISBN: 9780821377147 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The '2008 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness', an independent evaluation, presents evidence on the Bank's efforts in two important and connected areas: tracking outcomes of Bank projects andprograms; and progress in fostering global public goods.
The '2008 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness', an independent evaluation, presents evidence on the Bank's efforts in two important and connect...
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Reengaging in Agricultural Water Management: Challenges and Options
ISBN: 9780821364987 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In order to face the challenge of disappointing returns on public investment in irrigation and drainage, new solutions have emerged. These solutions are based on widely available technology and new management and governance options. The main message of 'Re-engaging in Agricultural Water Management' is that the irrigation and drainage sector should not continue to be dealt with as a standalone sector, but should be integrated into a broader perspective, one that embraces the objectives of productivity growth, poverty reduction, natural resources management and environmental protection.
In order to face the challenge of disappointing returns on public investment in irrigation and drainage, new solutions have emerged. These solutions a...
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Beyond the Annual Budget
ISBN: 9780821396254 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. What conditions determine the success of Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks (MDTFs)? How should the implementation of MTEFs be sequenced and coordinated with other budget reforms? What role should organizations such as the World Bank, bilateral development partners, and other international agencies play in supporting MTEF adoption? How can country authorities implement a new MTEF or strengthen an existing one? Beyond the Annual Budget provides a comprehensive review of global experience with Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks (MTEFs). Looking at countries both with and without MTEFs over the...
What conditions determine the success of Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks (MDTFs)? How should the implementation of MTEFs be sequenced and coordinat...
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World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation
ISBN: 9780821365410 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 317 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Supporting young people's transition to adulthood poses important opportunities and risky challenges for development policy. Are education systems preparing young people to cope with the demands of changing economies? What kind of support do they get as they enter the labor market? Can they move freely to where the jobs are? What can be done to help them avoid serious consequences of risky behavior, such as death from HIV-AIDS and drug abuse? Can their creative energy be directed productively to support development thinking? The report focuses on crucial capabilities and transitions in a...
Supporting young people's transition to adulthood poses important opportunities and risky challenges for development policy. Are education systems pre...
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Poverty Reduction and the World Bank: Progress in Fiscal 1996 and 1997
ISBN: 9780821338018 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Although tremendous progress has been made in reducing poverty in the developing world, much remains to be done. Over 1 billion people live on less than $1 a day, and 3 billion live on less than $2 a day. As the number of poor people has risen in all regions (with the exception of East Asia), disparities in income and unequal access to education and health care prevent members of society from benefiting equally from the growth process. Helping to minimize these disparities is a major objective in the World Bank's efforts to assist client countries in achieving poverty reduction and improve...
Although tremendous progress has been made in reducing poverty in the developing world, much remains to be done. Over 1 billion people live on less th...
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L'Enseignement Superieur Tunisien: Enjeux Et Avenir
ISBN: 9780821341704 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 874 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Higher education in Tunisia is a largely effective and well-performing system. Yet the doubling of enrollments expected over the next ten years will create obstacles that may prevent it from playing the role expected of it by a society and economy in rapid transformation. This study identifies some of these obstacles and suggests a series of coordinated countermeasures. Some suggestions include building a system that would eliminate the disadvantages of rigid student assignments, ensuring greater decentralization of decisionmaking for universities, allocating results-oriented resources and...
Higher education in Tunisia is a largely effective and well-performing system. Yet the doubling of enrollments expected over the next ten years will c...
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Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction
ISBN: 9780821350713 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Land is a key component of the wealth of any nation. Throughout history, virtually all civilizations have spent considerable time defining land rights and establishing institutions to administer them. Well-defined, secure, and transferable rights to land are crucial to development efforts. In developing countries, most land is used for agricultural production, a mainstay of economic sustenance. The possession of land rights also typically ensures a baseline of shelter and food supply and allows people to turn latent assets into live capital through entrepreneurial activity. Once secure in...
Land is a key component of the wealth of any nation. Throughout history, virtually all civilizations have spent considerable time defining land rights...
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Land for Productive, Inclusive, and Sustainable Economic Development in the Middle East and North Africa
ISBN: 9781464816611 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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