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Building State Capacity in Africa
ISBN: 9780821360002 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The World Bank and other donors are fully committed to modalities of development support that put countries in the driver's seat, with the poverty reduction strategy process--prepared by national governments, on the basis of close consultation with civil society--providing the framework for that support. An effective poverty reduction strategy process and a productive partnership can be built only on a platform of strong public capacity: capacity to formulate policies; capacity to build consensus; capacity to implement reform; and capacity to monitor results, learn lessons, and adapt...
The World Bank and other donors are fully committed to modalities of development support that put countries in the driver's seat, with the poverty red...
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170,84 zł |
Old-Age Income Support in the 21st Century: An International Perspective on Pension Systems and Reform
ISBN: 9780821360408 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The past decade has brought an increasing recognition to the importance of pension systems to the economic stability of nations and the security of their aging populations. During this time, the World Bank has taken a leading role in addressing this challenge through its support for pension reforms around the world. 'Old-Age Income Support in the 21st Century' attempts to explain current policy thinking and update the World Bank's perspective on pension reform. The Bank has been involved in pension reforms in nearly 60 countries, and the demand for its support continues to grow. This book...
The past decade has brought an increasing recognition to the importance of pension systems to the economic stability of nations and the security of th...
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146,90 zł |
At the Frontlines of Development: Reflections from the World Bank
ISBN: 9780821360415 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 'At the Frontlines of Development' former World Bank country directors recount their experiences, both as managers of the World Bank's programs in global economic hotspots of the 1990s as well as throughout their careers in development economics. These essays detail, among many stories of development in the 1990s, how China and India lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, while Russia collapsed; how Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mozambique remade their war-ravaged economies; and how Thailand, Turkey, and Argentina fell into financial crisis. These remarkable stories, told in first-person...
In 'At the Frontlines of Development' former World Bank country directors recount their experiences, both as managers of the World Bank's programs in ...
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227,67 zł |
Measuring Empowerment: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
ISBN: 9780821360576 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poverty reduction on a large scale depends on empowering those who are most motivated to move out of poverty?--poor people themselves. But if empowerment cannot be measured, it will not be taken seriously in development policy making and programming. Building on the award-winning 'Empowerment and Poverty Reduction' sourcebook, this volume outlines a conceptual framework that can be used to monitor and evaluate programs centered on empowerment approaches. It presents the perspectives of 27 distinguished researchers and practitioners in economics, political science, sociology, psychology,...
Poverty reduction on a large scale depends on empowering those who are most motivated to move out of poverty?--poor people themselves. But if empowerm...
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215,70 zł |
Tools for Public Sector Evaluations
ISBN: 9780821363249 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides tools of analysis to conduct economic evaluation of projects, programs, and policies. This book presents conceptual and empirical guidance on capital budgeting, establishing priorities for sectoral spending on an objective basis, pricing public services, and measuring the fiscal burden on current and future generations.
Provides tools of analysis to conduct economic evaluation of projects, programs, and policies. This book presents conceptual and empirical guidance on...
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119,78 zł |
International Migration, Remittances, and the Brain Drain
ISBN: 9780821363720 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries, has enormous economic, social and cultural implications in both origin and destination countries. Using original research, this title examines the determinants of migration, the impact of remittances and migration on poverty, welfare, and investment decisions, and the consequences of brain drain, brain gain, and brain waste.
International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries, has enormous economic, social and cultural implications in both origi...
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215,70 zł |
Trade, Doha, and Development: A Window Into the Issues
ISBN: 9780821364376 / Angielski / Miękka / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In today's economically integrated world, trade matters more for development than ever before. This book addresses the key trade issues relevant to the ongoing multilateral trade negotiations and the evolution of the world trading system. Topics include: a general overview of the Doha Round, potential gains from trade liberalization for developed and developing countries, agriculture, manufacturing trade, services, trade facilitation, TRIPs and the regulatory agenda, regional trade agreements, aid for trade and much more. This is an essential and accessible primer for policymakers,...
In today's economically integrated world, trade matters more for development than ever before. This book addresses the key trade issues relevant to th...
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66,13 zł |
Challenges of Cafta: Maximizing the Benefits for Central America
ISBN: 9780821364444 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'This study provides a balanced and serious evaluation of the trade and development challenges facing Central America in the next decade, especially those associated with DR-CAFTA. And there is a sobering and timely message within these pages. DR-CAFTA offers great opportunity, but it is no magic potion. Capitalizing on the opportunities andd mitigating the costs depends critically on the success by the Central Americans in developing an effective domestic agenda and handling the ensuing economic and social restructuring. The study provides useful guidance toward this objective, including how...
'This study provides a balanced and serious evaluation of the trade and development challenges facing Central America in the next decade, especially t...
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138,15 zł |
Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth: Insights and Lessons from Country Experiences
ISBN: 9780821365151 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Broad-based growth is critical for accelerating poverty reduction. But income inequality also affects the pace at which growth translates into gains for the poor. Despite the attention researchers have given to the relative roles of growth and inqequality in reducing poverty, little is known about how the microunderpinnings of growth strategies affect poor households' ability to participate in and profit from growth. 'Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth' contributes to the debate on how to accelerate poverty reduction by providing insights from eight countries that have been...
Broad-based growth is critical for accelerating poverty reduction. But income inequality also affects the pace at which growth translates into gains f...
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185,79 zł |
Africa's Silk Road: China and India's New Economic Frontier
ISBN: 9780821368350 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. China and India's new-found interest in trade and investment with Africa - home to 300 million of the globe's poorest people and the world's most formidable development challenge - presents a significant opportunity for growth and integration of theSub-Saharan continent into the global economy. Africa's Silk Road finds that China and India's South-South commerce with Africa isabout far more than natural resources, opening the way for Africato become a processor of commodities and a competitive supplier of goods and services to these countries - a major departure from its long...
China and India's new-found interest in trade and investment with Africa - home to 300 million of the globe's poorest people and the world's most form...
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111,53 zł |
Services Trade and Development: The Experience of Zambia
ISBN: 9780821368497 / Angielski / Miękka / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Some see trade in services as irrelevant to the development agenda for least developed countries (LDCs). Others see few benefits from past market openings by LDCs. This book debunks both views. It finds that serious imperfections in Zambia's reform of services trade deprived the country of significant benefits and diminished faith in liberalization. What is to be done? Move aggressively and consistently to eliminate barriers to entry and competition. Develop and enforce regulations to deal with market failures. And implement proactive policies to widen the access of firms, farms, and...
Some see trade in services as irrelevant to the development agenda for least developed countries (LDCs). Others see few benefits from past market open...
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185,79 zł |
Challenges of African Growth: Opportunities, Constraints, and Strategic Directions
ISBN: 9780821368824 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poverty in Africa is largely the outcome of slow growth. With the region hosting 10 percent of the world's population but a staggering 30 percent of the world's poor, the challenges it faces are enormous but NOT insurmountable. The message of this book is clear--poverty-eradicating development in Africa is possible. In fact, there are indications that Africa is at a turning point, and there is growing momentum among front-runner economies in the region toward higher and sustained growth. This study challenges African countries and their development partners to consolidate and continue this...
Poverty in Africa is largely the outcome of slow growth. With the region hosting 10 percent of the world's population but a staggering 30 percent of t...
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185,49 zł |
Globalization for Development: Trade, Finance, Aid, Migration, and Policy
ISBN: 9780821369296 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Globalization and its relation to poverty reduction and development is not well understood. The book identifies the ways in which globalization can overcome poverty or make it worse. The book defines the big historical trends, identifies main global flows - trade, finance, aid, migration, and ideas - and examines how each can contribute to undermine economic development. By considering what helps and what does not, the book presents policy recommendations to make globalization more effective as a vehicle for shared growth and prosperity. It will be of interest to students, researchers and...
Globalization and its relation to poverty reduction and development is not well understood. The book identifies the ways in which globalization can ov...
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245,32 zł |
Innovative Experiences in Access to Finance: Market-Friendly Roles for the Visible Hand?
ISBN: 9780821370803 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Interest in access to finance and awareness of its importance have increased significantly since the early 2000s. Growing evidence suggests that lack of access to credit prevents many households and firms from financing high-return investment projects, which has an adverse effect on growth and poverty alleviation. Despite the increasing awareness of the importance of access to finance among both researchers and policymakers, there are still some major gaps in our understanding of the main drivers of access, as well as about the impact of different policies in this area. This book aims to... Interest in access to finance and awareness of its importance have increased significantly since the early 2000s. Growing evidence suggests that la... |
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227,06 zł |
Moving Out of Poverty (Volume 2): Success from the Bottom Up
ISBN: 9780821372159 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'No matter if I fall, I get up again. If I fall 5,000 times, I will stand up another 5,000 times.' -- William, a 37-year-old from El Gorrion, Colombia Why and how do some people move out of poverty--and stay out--while others remain trapped? Most books on growth and poverty reduction are dominated by the perspectives of policy makers and academic experts. In contrast, 'Moving Out of Poverty: Success from the Bottom Up' presents the experiences of poor people who have made it out of poverty. The book's findings draw from the Moving Out of Poverty research conducted in communities in 15...
'No matter if I fall, I get up again. If I fall 5,000 times, I will stand up another 5,000 times.' -- William, a 37-year-old from El Gorrion, Colombia...
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245,62 zł |
What Every Engineer Should Know about Concurrent Engineering: Concurrent Engineering
ISBN: 9780824795788 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work offers a step-by-step approach to the overall concurrent engineering (CE) development process, presenting both fundamental principles and advanced concepts, while focusing on rapid product development and cost-effective designs. The book also provides an introduction to Cost Driven Design, with specific examples on how to minimize expenses by understanding the basis of product costs. The process of concurrent engineering is explained from initial planning to production start-up.
This work offers a step-by-step approach to the overall concurrent engineering (CE) development process, presenting both fundamental principles and ad...
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490,51 zł |
Applying TQM to Product Design and Development
ISBN: 9780824796778 / Angielski / Twarda / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Comprehensively covers all phases of the application of Total Quality Management (TQM) to product design and development--from initial concept to customer support--addressing statistical quality control, manufacturing engineering, processes and procedures management, and motivation management. Provides rigorous definitions of the principles of TQM."
"Comprehensively covers all phases of the application of Total Quality Management (TQM) to product design and development--from initial concept to cus...
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986,18 zł |
Engineering Project Management: The Ipqms Method and Case Histories
ISBN: 9780849300240 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Engineering Project Management presents IPQMS (Integrated Planning and Quality Management System) as a powerful management methodology. This system ensures accountability, cost-effectiveness, and quality in the construction project, environmental cleanups, and other sectors - providing an integrative force for essential teamwork in industry and government.
This resource contains IPQMS case histories or postmortems as distinguished from engineering and business case studies. Each case history analyzes the entire spectrum of a particular project, demonstrating the interrelationships among... Engineering Project Management presents IPQMS (Integrated Planning and Quality Management System) as a powerful management methodology. This system en...
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581,60 zł |
Creating Breakthrough Ideas: The Collaboration of Anthropologists and Designers in the Product Development Industry
ISBN: 9780897896825 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Research, design, and development firms are actively recruiting anthropologists and other social scientists, as ethnographic research becomes more central to the creation of appropriate new products, services, and marketing strategies for U.S. and global markets. To be successful designers, professionals must learn new processes, develop training programs, modify communication styles, and share their methods to make their work possible. The current volume is written by social scientists, designers, and entrepreneurs who create new products and services. They provide frank and insightful... Research, design, and development firms are actively recruiting anthropologists and other social scientists, as ethnographic research becomes more ... |
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393,94 zł |
Vision in Action: Working with Soul & Spirit in Small Organizations
ISBN: 9780940262744 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How can we foster the development of initiatives? How can enterprises such as community projects, schools, farms, and businesses be well founded? How can we work as equals, sharing responsibilities, encouraging one another in our development, and offering a high-quality product or service?
Vision in Action is a workbook for those involved in social creation--in collaborative actions that can influence the social environment in which we live and where our ideas and actions can matter. This is a user-friendly, hands-on guide for developing healthy small... How can we foster the development of initiatives? How can enterprises such as community projects, schools, farms, and businesses be well founded? How ...
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106,63 zł |