Alejandro de la Fuente, Elizabeth Foster, Quentin Wodon
Sērija : International Development in Focus
(Izdošanas datums: 13-Aug-2024, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9781464820755)
This book examines the evolution of poverty and human development outcomes since the end of the 10-year civil war in 2001 and asks if the foundations for creating shared prosperity and addressing persistent poverty in Sierra Leone have been laid down...Lasīt vairāk
This edited collection is the first part of a two-volume set., which focuses on leadership in Catholic education settings in the United Kingdom. It includes an overview of the importance of different types of leadership, including servant-leaders...Lasīt vairāk
Household vulnerability to weather shocks and changing climatic conditions has become a major concern in developing countries. Yet the empirical evidence remains limited on the impact that changing environmental conditions have on households. This...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Dec-2018, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9781464807084)
This study provides a basic diagnostic of residential network (piped) water coverage and affordability in Uganda and its relationship with poverty using a series of nationally representative household surveys for the period 2002-2013. The study first...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Dec-2018, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9781464807114)
This study provides a basic diagnostic of access to safe water and sanitation in Uganda and their relationship with poverty. The analysis relies on a series of nationally representative household surveys for the period 2002-13, as well as on qualitat...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Jan-2018, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9781464810466)
National income is underpinned by a countrys wealth--measured comprehensively to include all assets, produced capital, human capital, natural capital and net financial assets--and sustained economic growth over the long term requires investment in t...Lasīt vairāk
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Membership in Service Clubs provides the first rigorous assessment of the activities of Rotary, a global service organization founded in 1905 that implements projects and helps build goodwill and peace throughout the world....Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Oct-2015, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9781464804489)
What is the state of school infrastructure for primary and secondary education in Paraguay? How much is invested by the government in order to improve school infrastructure and how have these investments evolved over time? What is the legal framework...Lasīt vairāk
The Economics of Faith-Based Service Delivery provides the first ever comprehensive empirical assessment of the role that faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) play in the supply of health care and education services in sub-Saharan Africa. Wodon fo...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Aug-2015, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9781464806469)
Since the early 2000s, Indonesia has taken a number of steps to prioritize early childhood development ranging from the inclusion of Early Childhood Development (ECD) in the National Education System Law No. 20 in 2003 to a Presidential Declaration...Lasīt vairāk
Household vulnerability to weather shocks and changing climatic conditions has become a major concern in developing countries. Yet the empirical evidence remains limited on the impact that changing environmental conditions have on households. This...Lasīt vairāk
Hari Bansha Dulal, Quentin Wodon, Nora Lustig, Luis F. López-Calva, Subrata Mitra, Jivanta Schöttli, Markus Pauli, Kate Bird, Kate Higgins, George Joseph...
Poverty Reduction in a Changing Climate, edited by Hari Bansha Dulal, is a work which discusses the new innovations and funding mechanisms which have emerged in response to the rise of climate...Lasīt vairāk
Rebecca K. Sayre, Amanda E. Devercelli, Michelle J. Neuman, Quentin T. Wodon
Sērija : World Bank Studies
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Jan-2015, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9781464804038)
This study provides an overview of Bank investments in Early Childhood Development (ECD) from 2000-2013 within the Education, Health, Nutrition and Population, and Social Protection and Labor practices. The study summarizes trends in operational and...Lasīt vairāk
Membership in Service Clubs provides the first rigorous assessment of the activities of Rotary, a global service organization founded in 1905 that implements projects and helps build goodwill and peace throughout the world. Using data for a dist...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Jan-2014, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821399651)
Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Comparing Faith-Inspired, Private Secular, and Public Schools is part of the World Bank Studies series. These papers are published to communicate the results of the Banks ongoing research and to stimulate public disc...Lasīt vairāk
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The book provides the first ever comprehensive empirical assessment of the role that faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) play in the supply of health care and education services in sub-Saharan Africa....Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Dec-2013, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821386958)
This volume is devoted to an assessment of the performance and selected aspects of the management and pedagogical practices of Fe y Alegrķa, a federation of Jesuit schools serving approximately one million children in 20 countries, mostly in Latin A...Lasīt vairāk
Rene Bonnel, Rosalia Rodriguez-Garcia, Jill Olivier, Quentin Wodon, Sam McPherson, Kevin Orr
Sērija : World Bank Studies
(Izdošanas datums: 28-Feb-2013, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821397794)
In the past decade the global financial assistance for AIDS responses increased tremendously and the donor community provided greater resources to community responses. Yet little is known about the global magnitude of these resources and their alloc...Lasīt vairāk
Hari Bansha Dulal, Quentin Wodon, Nora Lustig, Luis F. López-Calva, Subrata Mitra, Jivanta Schöttli, Markus Pauli, Kate Bird, Kate Higgins, George Joseph...
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Poverty Reduction in a Changing Climate, edited by Hari Bansha Dulal, is a work which discusses the new innovations and funding mechanisms which have emerged in response to the rise of climate...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Oct-2012, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821395936)
This study provides a diagnostic of the benefit incidence and targeting performance of a large number of social programs in Ghana. Both broad-based programs (such as spending for education and health, and subsidies for food, oil-related products and...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-May-2012, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821389799)
Despite substantial progress towards peace, economic growth, and better governance since 2003, Liberia remains one of the poorest countries in the world. The objective of this study is twofold. First it is to provide a basic diagnostic of both cons...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 31-Jan-2011, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821386835)
La mayoria de los observadores consideran que Fe y Alegria es una organizacion exitosa, pero pocas evaluaciones de carßcter riguroso se han realizado hasta el momento. Las contribuciones a este volumen estßn dedicadas a la evaluacion del desempe±o y...Lasīt vairāk
Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Harry Anthony Patrinos, Quentin Wodon
Sērija : Directions in Development
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Jun-2009, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821379769)
Economists and other researchers, most from the World Bank, Chile, and Harvard University, present recent empirical evidence on the effectiveness of various public-private education partnerships on the three continents, including voucher programs and...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Sep-2007, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821368268)
The role of public finance in reducing poverty is the focus of this volume, with discussion of case studies from Africa and Latin America. Moreno-Dodson and Wodon compile 12 chapters (including eight case studies) that address concepts such as debt,...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Apr-2007, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821366295)
Six case studies assess the benefits of growth for poverty reduction in West Africa. The publisher being a bank, it is to be assumed that the growth meant is economic rather than, for example, biological or demographic. In two countries, growth led t...Lasīt vairāk
Boubacar-Sid Barry, Edward G E Creppy, Estanislao Gacitua-Mario, Quentin Wodon
Sērija : World Bank Working Paper
(Izdošanas datums: 07-Mar-2007, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821370216)
Conflict and political instability have weakened Guinea-Bissaus productive infrastructure considerably during the past three decades. This situation contributes to an increase in the degree of vulnerability of the population, especially in rural are...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 17-May-2006, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821366257)
Founded in 1957 by Joseph Wresinski (1917-1988), the International Movement ATD Fourth World is a non-governmental organization that has the goal of fighting poverty by fostering partnership with families in persistent poverty and other citizens. In...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 26-Jan-2006, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821365618)
This title examines the links between gender, time use, and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. It contributes to a broader definition of poverty to include time poverty, and to a broader definition of work to include household work. The papers present...Lasīt vairāk
Kristin Komives, Vivien Foster, Jonathan Halpern, Quentin Wodon
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Oct-2005, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821363423)
Bringing together empirical evidence on subsidy performance in several countries, this volume documents the prevalence of consumer subsidies, provides a typology of the many variants found in the developing world, and presents a number of indicators...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 13-Jul-2003, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821355381)
To reach Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) countries (or states or provinces within countries) have two options: increasing these inputs used to produce the outcomes measured by the MDGs, or increasing the efficiency with which inputs are used. T...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Feb-2002, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821350393)
During the 1990 s a number of countries in Latin America including Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, developed policies focused on utility sector liberalization through increased private sector participation. This focus resulted from the recognition th...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Dec-2001, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821350546)
Over the past decade, the World Bank has evolved its analysis and reporting on poverty to a multi-dimensional view which includes issues of social disadvantage, vulnerability, and powerlessness. This broader construct, which considers the concepts of...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-May-2001, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: World Bank Publications, ISBN-13: 9780821349397)
This book is comprised of a collection of essays on extreme poverty. It focuses on what it means to live in extreme poverty, how to reach the very poor through programs and interventions, and how to make private and public institutions more responsiv...Lasīt vairāk
