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Urban Environment and Infrastructure: Toward Livable Cities
ISBN: 9780821357965 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The 'brown agenda, ' or urban environmental issues, became an important part of the international policy agenda following the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. Urban environmental issues continue to remain a major challenge in the cities of developing countries. The World Bank strengthened its focus on urban environmental management with the adoption of this brown agenda as part of the Bank's urban livability program. 'Urban Environment and Infrastructure' reviews the World Bank's activities to improve urban environmental quality. It sets out the...
The 'brown agenda, ' or urban environmental issues, became an important part of the international policy agenda following the 1992 United Nations Conf...
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120,31 zł |
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Local Approaches to Environmental Compliance: Japanese Case Studies and Lessons for Developing Countries
ISBN: 9780821361016 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Despite recognition of the ill effects of pollution and the enactment of environmental regulations, pollution monitoring and compliance in developing countries continue to lag. 'Local Approaches to Environmental Compliance' demonstrates how community and local government initiatives played a key role in arresting pollution during Japan's industrialization in the 1960s and 1970s. The approaches described are relevant to current pollution problems and are reviewed from the perspective of developing countries.
Despite recognition of the ill effects of pollution and the enactment of environmental regulations, pollution monitoring and compliance in developing ...
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126,55 zł |
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approaches to private participation in water services: a toolkit
ISBN: 9780821361115 / Angielski / Twarda / 339 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) 'Approaches to Private Participation in Water Services' is an informative toolkit that provides options for the design of policies to facilitate the delivery of good quality water and sanitation services to the poor. It highlights the need for tariffs, investment, stakeholder consultation, and regulatory policies to address the affordability and sustainability of those services. Targeted to an audience that includes government advisors as well as consultants, lawyers, and donors, the toolkit builds on previous global experience in private participation in water and sanitation supply....
'Approaches to Private Participation in Water Services' is an informative toolkit that provides options for the design of policies to facilitate the d...
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235,41 zł |
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Connecting Sub-Saharan Africa: A World Bank Group Strategy for Information and Communication Technology Sector Development
ISBN: 9780821361504 / Angielski / Miękka / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) 'Connecting Sub-Saharan Africa' outlines a strategy for information and communication technologies (ICT) development in Sub-Saharan Africa that will further the reform agenda to facilitate deployment of ICT infrastructure, and encourage the development community to support African governments in this regard. The strategy builds on the earlier reform agenda in the sector by leveraging the achievements to date of Sub-Saharan African countries to advance the essential goal of increasing the continent's connectivity. It provides strategies for developing and enhancing the capacity of Africa's ICT...
'Connecting Sub-Saharan Africa' outlines a strategy for information and communication technologies (ICT) development in Sub-Saharan Africa that will f...
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98,39 zł |
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Aid That Works: Successful Development in Fragile States
ISBN: 9780821362013 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) 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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164,16 zł |
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Where Is the Wealth of Nations?: Measuring Capital for the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780821363546 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The book presents estimates of total wealth for nearly 120 countries, using economic theory to decompose the wealth of a nation into its component pieces: produced capital, natural resources and human resources. The wealth estimates provide a unique opportunity to look at economic management from a broader and comprehensive perspective. The book's basic tenet is that economic development can be conceived as a process of portfolio management, so that sustainability becomes an integral part of economic policy making. The rigorous analysis, presented in accessible format, tackles issues such as...
The book presents estimates of total wealth for nearly 120 countries, using economic theory to decompose the wealth of a nation into its component pie...
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156,61 zł |
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Consensus, Confusion, and Controversy: Selected Land Reform Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN: 9780821364406 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Land reform can be divided broadly into land tenure reform (the establishment of secure and formalized property rights in land) and land redistribution (the transfer of land from large to small farmers). This paper therefore is in two parts. The first part focuses on property rights, giving a short narrative of some of the key land tenure and land policy issues. Though these issues remain politically sensitive, a solid consensus is emerging on how to deal with them--but only once the confusion is cleared up surrounding private common property and formal and informal rights. The second part...
Land reform can be divided broadly into land tenure reform (the establishment of secure and formalized property rights in land) and land redistributio...
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90,47 zł |
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Budget Support as More Effective Aid : Recent Experiences and Emerging Lessons
ISBN: 9780821364635 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Budget support has become an increasingly important instrument in the context of a partnership-based approach to development assistance. Compared to traditional modes of aid delivery, it promises greater country ownership, reduced transaction costs, better donor coordination, scaling up of poverty reduction and potentially greater development effectiveness. This book presents a timely and valuable review of key concepts, issues, experiences and emerging lessons relevant to budget support. It provides an overview of principal characteristics, expectations and concerns related to budget...
Budget support has become an increasingly important instrument in the context of a partnership-based approach to development assistance. Compared to t...
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164,16 zł |
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Reengaging in Agricultural Water Management: Challenges and Options
ISBN: 9780821364987 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) 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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120,31 zł |
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Regulatory Frameworks for Water Resources Management: A Comparative Study
ISBN: 9780821365199 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This title examines how regulatory frameworks have addressed the various basic issues related to water resources management, and provides a comparative analysis of those issues. It elicits and discusses what it considers are the essential elements for a regulatory framework for water resources management, and identifies some emerging trends.
This title examines how regulatory frameworks have addressed the various basic issues related to water resources management, and provides a comparativ...
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191,56 zł |
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At Loggerheads?: Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction, and Environment in the Tropical Forests
ISBN: 9780821367353 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Despite the vast number of books and reports on tropical deforestation, there's confusion about the causes of forest loss and forest poverty, and the effectiveness of policy responses. 'At Loggerheads' seeks to describe ways to reconcile pressures for agricultural expansion in the tropics with the urgent needs for both forest conservation and poverty alleviation. It diagnoses the causes and impacts of forest loss and the reasons for the association of forests and poverty. It looks at how policies modulated by local conditions act simultaneously on deforestation and poverty, creating tradeoffs...
Despite the vast number of books and reports on tropical deforestation, there's confusion about the causes of forest loss and forest poverty, and the ...
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131,27 zł |
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Sustainable Energy in China: The Closing Window of Opportunity
ISBN: 9780821367537 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) China's remarkable economic growth has been supported by a generally adequate and relatively low-cost supply of energy, creating the world's largest coal industry, its second-largest oil market, and an electic power business that is adding capacity at an unprecedented rate. However, in fueling that impressive economic growth, the energy sector has increasingly stressed the natural environment, placed heavy demands on domestic energy sources, and exposed the country to risks of dependence on foreign petroleum supplies. If energy requirements continue to double every decade, China will not be...
China's remarkable economic growth has been supported by a generally adequate and relatively low-cost supply of energy, creating the world's largest c...
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213,49 zł |
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Strategic Environmental Assessment for Policies: An Instrument for Good Governance
ISBN: 9780821367629 / Angielski / Miękka / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Environmentally and socially sustainable policies are essential for good governance. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is the key tool for integrating environmental considerations into policies, programs and plans. This book focuses on SEA applied to policies. Through lessons learned from previous use of SEA on policies, it draws lessons on the strengths and weaknesses of current SEA methodology. It then goes on to analyze how policies are formulated and implemented and proposes a new conceptual framework for conducting SEA of policies thatpotentially could be more useful in...
Environmentally and socially sustainable policies are essential for good governance. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is the key tool for inte...
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114,52 zł |
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Environmental Priorities and Poverty Reduction: A Country Environmental Analysis for Colombia
ISBN: 9780821368886 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) 'Environmental Priorities and Poverty Reduction: A Country Environmental Analysis for Colombia' proposes cost-effective policy and technical interventions aimed at abating the cost of environmental degradation and supporting more equitable and sustainable economic growth. Environmental degradation is associated with increased morbidity and mortality and decreased productivity. Urban and indoor air pollution; inadequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene; natural disasters (mainly floods and landslides); and land degradation are the environmental problems associated with the highest social...
'Environmental Priorities and Poverty Reduction: A Country Environmental Analysis for Colombia' proposes cost-effective policy and technical intervent...
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164,16 zł |
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Forest Law and Sustainable Development: Addressing Contemporary Challenges Through Legal Reform
ISBN: 9780821370384 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book analyzes the wide range of issues that should be taken into account in forest-related legislation. It stresses that forest law must be understood in the context of the broader legal framework governing land use and land tenure, as well as international obligations related to trade, environmental protection, and human rights. The book also pays significant attention to institutional arrangements and governance practices relevant to forests, including decentralization, transparency, and law enforcement. The authors draw extensively on experience from around the world to provide tools...
This book analyzes the wide range of issues that should be taken into account in forest-related legislation. It stresses that forest law must be under...
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228,75 zł |
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Obtenir Le Meilleur Parti Des Ressources Rares: Une Meilleure Gouvernance Pour Une Meilleure Gestion de l'Eau Au Moyen-Orient Et En Afrique Du Nord
ISBN: 9780821370940 / Francuski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Dans la region du Moyen-Orient et de l Afrique du Nord, l eau engendre de graves problemes sociaux et economiques en raison de sa rarete, de la variabilite des volumes disponibles, du manque de fiabilite des services et des dommages environnementaux. La situation devrait continuer de s aggraver dans les annees a venir a moins que les pratiques actuelles ne soient abandonnees: selon les previsions, a l'horizon 2050 les quantites d eau disponibles par habitant auront diminue de moitie, la qualite de l eau se sera encore degradee, un plus grand nombre de nappes souterraines seront epuisees. Bien...
Dans la region du Moyen-Orient et de l Afrique du Nord, l eau engendre de graves problemes sociaux et economiques en raison de sa rarete, de la variab...
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120,31 zł |
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Unleashing India's Innovation: Toward Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
ISBN: 9780821371978 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) India's recent growth rate has been impressive, with real GDP rising by over 8 percent a yearsince 2004. The country is also becoming a top global innovator for high-tech products andservices. Still, India is underperforming relative to its innovation potential. Even a dynamicyoung population--more than half of whom are under 25 years of age--is constrained when skillstraining and higher education are insufficient. To sustain competitiveness, economic growth, andrising living standards over the long term, India needs to aggressively harness its innovation potential. The term innovation is...
India's recent growth rate has been impressive, with real GDP rising by over 8 percent a yearsince 2004. The country is also becoming a top global inn...
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120,31 zł |
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Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
ISBN: 9780822327356 / Angielski / Twarda / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A compilation of definitions, terms, and critical commentary on aspects of sustainable development and environmental policy, with a strong emphasis on policy tools, policy practices, and systems of international environmental governance.
A compilation of definitions, terms, and critical commentary on aspects of sustainable development and environmental policy, with a strong emphasis on...
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536,32 zł |
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Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
ISBN: 9780822327455 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The "Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy "is a comprehensive presentation of definitions, philosophies, policies, models, and analyses of global environmental and developmental issues. With a wealth of comparative, multidisciplinary, and geographically varied perspectives on environmental governance, it also provides detailed and balanced discussions about specific environmental issues.
The guide combines formal, objective entries with critical commentaries that emphasize different opinions and controversies. With succinct explanations of more than a thousand... The "Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy "is a comprehensive presentation of definitions, philosophies, policies, models, and an...
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145,74 zł |
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Culture and the Question of Rights: Forests, Coasts, and Seas in Southeast Asia
ISBN: 9780822328025 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This collection of ethnographic and interpretive essays fundamentally alters the debate over indigenous land claims in Southeast Asia and beyond. Based on fieldwork conducted in Malaysia and Indonesia during the 1980s and 1990s, these studies explore new terrain at the intersection of environmental justice, nature conservation, cultural performance, and the politics of making and interpreting claims.
Calling for radical redefinitions of development and ownership and for new understandings of the translation of culture and rights in politically dangerous contexts natural resource frontiers... This collection of ethnographic and interpretive essays fundamentally alters the debate over indigenous land claims in Southeast Asia and beyond. Base...
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463,42 zł |
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