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  • MPI Ethno. Forsch.  (111)
  • 2005-2009  (111)
  • Developing countries
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
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  • 1
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Queen Elizabeth House series in development studies
    Series Statement: UNU/WIDER studies in development economics
    DDC: 362.87/526/091724
    Keywords: Kriegsfolgen ; Unterernährung ; Flüchtlinge ; Humanitäre Hilfe ; Nahrungsmittelhilfe ; Welt ; Humanitarian assistance ; Political aspects ; Developing countries ; Humanitarian assistance ; Economic aspects ; Developing countries ; War and civilization ; Developing countries ; Food relief ; Developing countries ; Refugees ; Services for ; Developing countries ; International economic relations ; Developing countries ; Katastrophe ; Krieg ; Humanitäre Hilfe
    Description / Table of Contents: v. 1. Analysis -- v. 2. Case studies
    Note: A study prepared for Queen Elizabeth House, International Development Centre, University of Oxford (QEH) and the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER) , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 2
    ISBN: 0198293380
    Language: English
    DDC: 332.6/09172/4
    Keywords: Buffer stocks ; Prices ; Developing countries ; Buffer stocks ; Prices ; Africa ; Buffer stocks ; Prices ; Asia ; Buffer stocks ; Prices ; Latin America ; Commodity control ; Developing countries ; Commodity control ; Africa ; Commodity control ; Asia ; Commodity control ; Latin America ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Handelspolitik ; Wirtschaftskrise
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  • 3
    ISBN: 0754622452
    Language: English
    Series Statement: International library of environmental economics and policy
    DDC: 333.3091724
    Keywords: Land use Environmental aspects ; Developing countries ; Property Developing countries ; Commons Developing countries ; Right of property Environmental aspects ; Developing countries ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Eigentum ; Recht ; Entwicklungsländer ; Umweltbelastung
    Note: Erschienen: 1 - 2
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  • 4
    Language: English
    Keywords: Law and economic development Periodicals ; Law Periodicals ; Developing countries ; Justice Periodicals ; Developing countries
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  • 5
    ISBN: 3801202003 , 3801201899
    Language: German
    Pages: 21 cm
    Edition: 3. Aufl.
    DDC: 14
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    Keywords: Gesellschaft ; Entwicklung ; Unterentwicklung ; Handbuch ; Dritte Welt/Entwicklungspolitik ; manual ; Third World/development policy ; Entwicklungsländer ; Developing countries ; Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Entwicklungsländer ; Gesellschaft ; Entwicklung ; Unterentwicklung ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Afrika ; Amerika ; Ozeanien ; Südasien ; Ostasien
    Note: Bis 2. Aufl. erschienen im Verl. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg , Erschienen: Bd. 1 - 8
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9781849802178
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 212 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Studies in evolutionary political economy
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The governance of network industries
    DDC: 363.6
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    Keywords: 1975-2005 ; Versorgungswirtschaft ; Infrastrukturpolitik ; Deregulierung ; Welt ; Public utilities Management ; Privatization ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Deregulation ; Infrastruktur ; Kommunaler Versorgungsbetrieb ; Deregulierung ; Privatisierung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Infrastruktur ; Versorgungsbetrieb ; Deregulierung ; Privatisierung ; Infrastruktur ; Versorgungswirtschaft ; Deregulierung
    Abstract: Infrastructures are subject to substantial readjustments of governance structures, often labeled as liberalization, privatization or re-regulation. This affects all traditional infrastructure sectors including communications, energy, transport and water. This study highlights and illustrates some of the major challenges for readjusting the governance of network industries from an economic, institutional, political and technological perspective. The three parts of the book address the institutional design of infrastructures, the role of technology in different sectors and actor behaviour
    Abstract: pt. I. Institutions -- pt. II. Technology -- pt. III. Policies
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 7
    ISBN: 9783832940782 , 3845212659 , 3832940782 , 3845212659 , 9783832940782 , 9783845212654
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (291 pages)
    Edition: 1. Aufl
    Series Statement: MIPLC studies v. 3
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Print version Law, Andrew Patents and public health
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    Keywords: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ; Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ; Public health ; Intellectual property (International law) ; Drugs Patents ; Drugs Law and legislation ; Public health ; Intellectual property (International law) ; Drugs ; Drugs ; Electronic books ; Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (1994 April 15) ; Übereinkommen über handelsbezogene Aspekte der Rechte an geistigem Eigentum ; Übereinkommen über handelsbezogene Aspekte der Rechte an geistigem Eigentum ; Drugs ; Drugs ; Law and legislation ; Intellectual property (International law) ; Public health ; Arzneimittel ; Patentschutz ; Zwangslizenz ; Droger ; juridik och lagstiftning ; U-länder ; Folkhälsa ; juridik och lagstiftning ; U-länder ; Patenträtt ; LAW / Commercial / General ; Entwicklungsländer ; Developing countries ; Patents
    Abstract: Introduction -- Patents and society -- The legalising policy thoughts in the Public Health Declaration -- The circumstances leading up to the Public Health Declaration -- An analysis of the TRIPS agreement -- The Public Health Declaration -- The solution to the paragraph 6 dilemma -- The realisation opportunities afforded by the Public Health Declaration -- Definitive consequences of the Public Health Declaration
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261) , Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität, München, 2008
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  • 8
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    ISBN: 9781781953273
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource ([288?] p)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Infrastructure's role in lowering Asia's trade costs
    DDC: 338.95
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    Keywords: 1950-2005 ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Transportkosten ; Infrastrukturpolitik ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Asien ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Electronic books ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Asia ; Asia ; Commerce ; Asien ; Infrastrukturleistung ; Außenhandel ; Kostensenkung
    Abstract: This book analyses and draws policy implications from infrastructure's central role in lowering Asia's trade costs
    Abstract: 1. Infrastructure's role in lowering Asia's trade costs / Douglas H. Brooks -- 2. Trends in Asian trade : implications for transport infrastructure and trade costs / David Hummels -- 3. Trade infrastructure and trade costs : a study of selected Asian ports / Jon Haveman, Adina Ardelean and Christopher Thornberg -- 4. Empirical estimates of transportation costs : options for enhancing Asia's trade / Prabir De -- 5. Port competitiveness : a case study of Semarang and Surabaya, Indonesia / Arianto A. Patunru, Nanda Nurridzki and Rivayani -- 6. Infrastructure and trade costs in Malaysia : the importance of FDI and exports / Tham Siew Yean, Evelyn Devadason and Loke Wai Heng -- 7. Infrastructure development in a fast-growing economy : the People's Republic of China / Liqiang Ma and Jinkang Zhang -- 8. Trade transportation costs in South Asia : an empirical investigation / Prabir De
    Note: "A joint publication of the Asian Development Bank Institute and Edward Elgar publishing"--Cover , Includes bibliographical references and index -- Includes bibliographical references and index , Title from cover
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  • 9
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848449190
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 358 p) , ill., maps
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Monetary policy frameworks for emerging markets
    DDC: 339.53091724
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    Keywords: 1971-2008 ; Geldpolitik ; Währungssystem ; Inflationssteuerung ; Finanzpolitik ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Schwellenländer ; Anti-inflationary policies Congresses ; Economic stabilization Congresses ; Monetary policy Congresses ; Electronic books ; Developing countries Congresses Foreign economic relations ; Developing countries Foreign economic relations ; Monetary policy ; Developing countries ; Economic stabilization ; Developing countries ; Developing countries ; Foreign economic relations ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Geldpolitik
    Abstract: Financial globalization has made monetary policy formulation in emerging market economies increasingly complicated. This timely set of studies looks at the turmoil in global financial markets, which coupled with volatile inflation poses serious challenges for central banks in these countries. Featuring papers from the research frontier and front-line policymakers in developing and emerging market economies, the book addresses questions such as 'What monetary policy framework is most suitable for these countries to confront the new challenges while they continue to open up to trade and financial flows', 'What are the linkages between monetary stability and financial stability?' and 'Is inflation targeting or a fixed exchange rate regime preferable for developing and emerging markets?'
    Abstract: pt. 1. Frameworks for monetary policy -- pt. 2. Country experiences
    Note: A selection of papers presented at a conference held in London on 17-18 July 2007, sponsored by the Bank of England and Cornell University -- p.3-4 , Includes bibliographical references and index , Title from cover
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  • 10
    ISBN: 0871547627 , 9780871547620
    Language: English
    Pages: XVI, 176 S.
    Series Statement: American Sociological Association's Rose series in sociology
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    Keywords: Employee rights Case studies ; Developing countries ; Labor movement Case studies ; Developing countries ; Human rights monitoring Case studies ; Developing countries ; International business enterprises Case studies ; Management ; Developing countries ; Social responsibility of business Case studies ; Developing countries ; Employee rights Case studies ; Developing countries ; Human rights monitoring Case studies ; Developing countries ; International business enterprises Case studies ; Management ; Developing countries ; Labor movement Case studies ; Developing countries ; Social responsibility of business Case studies ; Developing countries ; Entwicklungsländer ; Arbeitnehmerschutz ; Verbraucherboykott
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 11
    ISBN: 9780821375549 , 0821375547 , 9780821375556 , 0821375555
    Language: English
    Pages: xxiii, 143 p.
    Series Statement: PPIAF trends and policy options no. 5
    DDC: 338.915106
    Keywords: Investments, Chinese ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; China ; Afrika ; Subsaharisches Afrika ; China ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Subsaharisches Afrika ; China ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Afrika
    Note: "Helping to eliminate poverty through private involvement in infrastructure." , Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-77) and index
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  • 12
    ISBN: 9780821377307 , 0821377302 , 9780821377314 , 0821377310
    Language: English
    Pages: xii, 111 p.
    DDC: 658.15/224
    Keywords: Public works Finance ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Investments, Foreign ; Public Private Partnership ; Investitionsanalyse ; Afrika ; Afrika ; Afrika ; Public Private Partnership ; Investitionsanalyse
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-104) and index
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  • 13
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4878
    Parallel Title: Irving, Jacqueline Local sources of financing for infrastructure in Africa
    Keywords: Financial institutions ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Financial institutions ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "With the exception of South Africa, local financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa remain underdeveloped and small, with a particular dearth of financing with maturity terms commensurate with the medium- to long-term horizons of infrastructure projects. But as financial market reforms gather momentum, there is growing awareness of the need to tap local and regional sources. Drawing on a comprehensive new database constructed for the purpose of this research, the paper assesses the actual and potential role of local financial systems for 24 African countries in financing infrastructure. The paper concludes that further development and more appropriate regulation of local institutional investors would help them realize their potential as financing sources, for which they are better suited than local banks because their liabilities would better match the longer terms of infrastructure projects. There are clear signs of positive change: private pension providers are emerging in Africa, there is a shift from defined benefit toward defined contribution plans, and African institutional investors have begun taking a more diversified portfolio approach in asset allocation. Although capital markets remain underdeveloped, new issuers in infrastructure sectors-particularly of corporate bonds-are coming to market in several countries, in some cases constituting the debut issue. More than half of the corporate bonds listed at end-2006 on these countries' markets were by companies in infrastructure sectors. More cross-border listings and investment within the region-in both corporate bonds and equity issues-including by local institutional investors, could help overcome local capital markets' impediments and may hold significant promise for financing cross-country infrastructure projects. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/7/2009 , Also available in print.
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  • 14
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4854
    Parallel Title: Estache, Antonio (Un)bundling infrastructure procurement
    Keywords: Government purchasing ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Sanitation ; Water-supply ; Government purchasing ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Sanitation ; Water-supply
    Abstract: "Competition in public procurement auctions in the water supply and sanitation sector is largely limited. This is partly because of high technical complexity and partly because of auction design flaws. The division of lot contracts is an important policy choice for auctioneers to achieve efficiency. In general, there is a tradeoff between competition in auctions and size of contracts. Larger works could benefit from economies of scale and scope, but large contracts might undermine competition. Using data on public procurement auctions for water and sewage projects in developing countries, this paper shows that bidder entry is crucially endogenous, especially because it is determined by the auctioneer's bundling and unbundling strategy. If water treatment plant and distribution network works are bundled in a single lot package, competition would be significantly reduced, and this adverse entry effect would in turn raise the public procurement costs of infrastructure. There is no evidence of positive scope economies in the bidder cost structure. It is important to account for the underlying cost structure for designing efficient auction mechanisms. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/8/2009 , Also available in print.
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  • 15
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    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4880
    Parallel Title: Available in another form Trends in household coverage of modern infrastructure services in Africa
    Keywords: Household surveys ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Household surveys ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "Household surveys have long been used to estimate poverty and inequality trends, as well as trends in education and health indicators, but they have not been used to the same extent to assess trends in the access to or coverage of modern infrastructure services. In this paper, we use Demographic and Health Surveys from a larger sample of sub-Saharan African countries in order to collect comparable information across countries on coverage of piped water, flush toilets, electricity, and landline telephones over time. The results suggest that coverage rates for electricity, flush toilets have improved slightly over the last decade. Coverage of piped water has declined, at the same time as coverage of landline (as well as cellular) telephone has increased rapidly. The decline has been primarily in the urban areas while the infrastructure coverage has either increased or remained stable in rural Africa. For all four services, among the poorest households coverage remains virtually inexistent. If business as usual continues, it would take a very long time to reach universal or widely shared coverage even in countries where coverage has improved. These results point to the need to increase efforts by governments and international community to progressively increase access to modern infrastructure services in Africa. "--World Bank web site
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  • 16
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4912
    Parallel Title: Yepes, Tito Making sense of Africa's infrastructure endowment
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "The paper's objective is to explain factors underlying Africa's weak infrastructure endowment and to identify suitable infrastructure goals for the region based on benchmarking against international peers. The authors use a dataset covering the stocks of key infrastructure-including information and communication technology (ICT), power, roads, and water-across 155 developing countries over the period 1960 to 2005. The paper also examines subregional differences within Africa. They make use of regression techniques to control for a comprehensive set of economic, demographic, geographic, and historic conditioning factors, as well as adjusting for potential endogeneities. Results show that Africa lags behind all other regions of the developing world in its infrastructure endowment, except in ICT. By far the largest gaps arise in the power sector, with generating capacity and household access to electricity at half the levels observed in South Asia. While it is often assumed that Africa's infrastructure deficit is largely a reflection of its relatively low income levels, the authors find that African countries have much more limited infrastructure than income peers in other parts of the developing world. Countries that face the most challenging environment, with low population density, weak governance, and history of conflict, have the poorest infrastructure endowments. At the outset of the data series, Africa was doing significantly better than other developing regions for road density, generation capacity, and fixed-line telephones, but Africa's relative position has deteriorated over time. The most dramatic loss of ground has come in electrical generating capacity, which has stagnated since 1980. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/7/2009 , Also available in print.
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  • 17
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    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4914
    Parallel Title: Calderón, César Infrastructure and growth in Africa
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "The goal of the paper is to provide a comprehensive assessment of the impact of infrastructure development on growth in African countries. Based on econometric estimates for a sample of 136 countries from 1960-2005, the authors evaluate the impact on per capita growth of faster accumulation of infrastructure stocks and of enhancement in the quality of infrastructure services for 39 African countries in three key infrastructure sectors: telecommunications, electricity, and roads. Using an econometric technique suitable for dynamic panel data models and likely endogenous regressors, the authors find that infrastructure stocks and service quality boost economic growth. The growth payoff of reaching the infrastructure development of the African leader (Mauritius) is 1.1 percent of GDP per year in North Africa and 2.3 percent in Sub-Saharan Africa, with most of the contribution coming from more, rather than better, infrastructure. Across Africa, infrastructure contributed 99 basis points to per capita economic growth, versus 68 points for other structural policies. Most of the contribution came from increases in stocks (89 basis points), versus quality improvements (10 basis points). The findings show that growth is positively affected by the volume of infrastructure stocks and the quality of infrastructure services; simulations show that our empirical findings are significant statistically and economically. Identifying areas of opportunity to generate productivity growth, the authors find that African countries are likely to gain more from larger stocks of infrastructure than from enhancements in the quality of existing infrastructure. The payoffs are largest for telephone density, electricity-generating capacity, road-network length, and road quality. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/7/2009 , Also available in print.
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  • 18
    ISBN: 0821375075 , 0821376772 , 9780821375075 , 9780821376775
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxxiv, 491 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 368.38/2
    Keywords: Health insurance Economic aspects ; Health insurance Economic aspects ; Health Expenditures ; Insurance, Health economics ; Models, Econometric ; Private Sector ; World Health ; Health insurance ; Health Expenditures ; Economic aspects ; Insurance, Health ; Models, Econometric ; Developing countries ; economics ; Private Sector ; World Health
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction : strength in numbers / Alexander S. Preker, Onno P. Schellekens, and Marianne LindnerSix regions, one story / Denis Drechsler and Johannes P. Jütting -- From theory to practice / Peter Zweifel -- Chile / Ricardo Bitrán and Rodrigo Muñoz -- Egypt / Heba Nassar and Sameh El-Saharty -- South Africa / Michael Thiede, Vimbayi Mutyambizi -- Thailand / Siripen Supakankunti -- Turkey / Anna Cederberg Heard and Ajay Mahal -- United States / M. Kate Bundorf and Mark V. Pauly -- China / Teh-Wei Hu and Xiao-hua Ying -- Brazil / Bernard F. Couttolenc and Alexandre C. Nicolella -- India / Peter A. Berman, Rajeev Ahuja, and Vijaysekar Kalavakonda -- Nigeria / Obinna Onwujekwe and Edit V. Velényi -- Slovenia / Maks Tajnikar and Petra Došenovič Bonča -- Republic of Korea / Kee Taig Jung.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 19
    ISBN: 0821381652 , 0821381660 , 9780821381656 , 9780821381663
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvii, 76 p) , ill. (some col.) , 28 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 338.9009172/4
    Keywords: Economic development ; Financial crises ; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 ; Economic development ; Financial crises ; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 ; Economic development ; Financial crises ; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 ; Developing countries ; Developing countries ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Economic conditions 21st century ; Developing countries Economic conditions 21st century
    Description / Table of Contents: IntroductionThe crisis -- Questioning the growth strategies -- Openness and financial development -- Resilience -- Concluding thoughts.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 20
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    Washington D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821378406 , 0821378422 , 9780821378403 , 9780821378427
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (v. 〈1〉) , ill., tables , 28 cm
    Edition: World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 336.3/435/091724
    Keywords: Debts, External Statistics ; Finance ; International finance ; Investments, Foreign ; Debts, External Statistics ; Finance ; International finance ; Investments, Foreign ; Debts, External ; Finance ; International finance ; Developing countries ; Developing countries ; Statistics ; Investments, Foreign
    Description / Table of Contents: v. 1: Review, analysis, and outlookv. 2: Summary and country tables.
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  • 21
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    Washington, DC : Agence Française de Développement
    ISBN: 0821380419 , 0821380834 , 9780821380413 , 9780821380833
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxii, 355 p) , ill., maps , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Africa development forum
    DDC: 363.6096
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Description / Table of Contents: Africa's infrastructure : a time for transformationThe Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic -- Meeting Africa's infrastructure needs -- Closing Africa's funding gap -- Dealing with poverty and inequality -- Building sound institutions -- Facilitating urbanization -- Deepening regional integration -- Information and communication technologies : a boost for growth -- Power : catching up -- Transport : more than the sum of its parts -- Roads : broadening the agenda -- Railways : looking for traffic -- Ports and shipping : landlords needed -- Airports and air transport : the sky's the limit -- Water resources : a common interest -- Irrigation : tapping potential -- Water supply : hitting the target? -- Sanitation : moving up the ladder.
    Note: "Presents the findings of the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD)"--P. [4] of cover , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 22
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848442733
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 240 p) , ill., maps
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Infrastructure and trade in Asia
    DDC: 363.095
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    Keywords: 2005 ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Regionalentwicklung ; Regionale Wirtschaftsintegration ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Armutsbekämpfung ; Wirtschaftsintegration ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Asien ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Asien ; Infrastruktur ; Handel ; Electronic books ; Asia Commerce ; Asia Economic policy ; Asia Economic conditions 1945- ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Asien ; Infrastruktur ; Handel
    Abstract: Analysis of infrastructure's role in facilitating international trade and consequently regional economic integration is still rudimentary. This original book fills that knowledge gap by exploring relevant concepts, measurement issues, aspects of the implementation of trade-related infrastructure facilities and their impacts on poverty, trade, investment and macroeconomic balances
    Abstract: Infrastructure and trade in Asia : an overview / Douglas H. Brooks and Jayant Menon -- A framework for considering infrastructure for regional co-operation / John Weiss -- Trade facilitation : what, why, how, where and when? / Philippa Dee, Christopher Findlay and Richard Pomfret -- Regional co-operation, governance, soft infrastructure and trading costs / Haider A. Khan -- Empirical estimates of trade costs for Asia / Prabir De -- Roads and poverty : a general equilibrium analysis for Lao PDR / Jayant Menon and Peter Warr -- Road infrastructure and regional economic integration : evidence from the Mekong / Christopher Edmonds and Manabu Fujimura -- Meeting the MDG water target in Asia : the role of regional co-operation / P.B. Anand -- Infrastructure financing : impacts on macroeconomic balances / Douglas H. Brooks and Fan Zhai
    Note: "A joint publication of the Asian Development Bank Institute and Edward Elgar Publishing , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 23
    ISBN: 9780833045058 , 0833046357 , 9781282033207 , 1282033204 , 9780833046352 , 0833045059
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 48 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Weatherford, Brian State of U.S. railroads
    Keywords: Railroads Freight ; Evaluation ; Infrastructure (Economics) Evaluation ; Railroads ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Business & Economics ; United States ; TRANSPORTATION ; General ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Evaluation ; Transportation Economics ; TRANSPORTATION ; Railroads ; Pictorial ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The volume of freight transported in the United States is expected to double in the next 30 years. An increased use of rail freight could allow the supply chain to accommodate these increased volumes while minimizing highway congestion and improving energy efficiency in the transportation sector. Shippers and policymakers are concerned that the existing infrastructure--much diminished after decades of track abandonment--lacks sufficient capacity to accommodate the increased demand for rail freight. This report draws from publicly available data on the U.S. railroad industry to provide observations about rail infrastructure capacity and performance in freight transportation. Railroads have improved their productivity in the past three decades, mitigating immediate concerns about capacity, but concerns about future capacity constraints appear to be justified. Insufficient data exist to determine whether rail performance is now stable, significantly declining, or improving. The railroad system is privately owned and operated, but there is a public role for easing rail capacity constraints because private decisions about transportation investment and freight shipping have public consequences for safety and the environment. A better understanding of the public and private cost trade-offs between shipping freight by truck and by rail is needed. Improvements to data quality and freight-modeling tools will improve the ability for policymakers to better target public investment in the rail freight transportation system
    Abstract: Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One- Introduction; Freight Transportation: An Engine for Economic Growth; The Pressures of Increased Demand for Transportation; Concerns About Rail Infrastructure; The Public Costs of Private Logistics Decisions; Content of This Report; Chapter Two- Capacity; Capacity: Industry Structure; Capacity: Infrastructure; Capacity: Motive Power; Capacity: Operating Strategies; Capacity: Crews; Capacity Summary; Chapter Three- Performance; Average Speed; Reliability; Prices; Productivity; Resilience
    Abstract: The volume of freight transported in the United States is expected to double in the next 30 years. An increased use of rail freight could allow the supply chain to accommodate these increased volumes while minimizing highway congestion and improving energy efficiency in the transportation sector. Shippers and policymakers are concerned that the existing infrastructure--much diminished after decades of track abandonment--lacks sufficient capacity to accommodate the increased demand for rail freight. This report draws from publicly available data on the U.S. railroad industry to provide observations about rail infrastructure capacity and performance in freight transportation. Railroads have improved their productivity in the past three decades, mitigating immediate concerns about capacity, but concerns about future capacity constraints appear to be justified. Insufficient data exist to determine whether rail performance is now stable, significantly declining, or improving. The railroad system is privately owned and operated, but there is a public role for easing rail capacity constraints because private decisions about transportation investment and freight shipping have public consequences for safety and the environment. A better understanding of the public and private cost trade-offs between shipping freight by truck and by rail is needed. Improvements to data quality and freight-modeling tools will improve the ability for policymakers to better target public investment in the rail freight transportation system
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-48) , Performed by RAND Supply Chain Policy Center of the RAND Transportation, Space, and Technology Program for UPS Foundation , Technical report , Text document in PDF format
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    Washington, DC : World Bank [u.a.]
    ISBN: 0821354817
    Language: English
    Pages: XV, 221 S , graph. Darst
    Edition: Repr
    Series Statement: A World Bank policy research report
    Keywords: Civil war Economic aspects ; Developing countries ; Civil war Social aspects ; Developing countries ; Poverty Developing countries ; Income distribution Developing countries ; Mortality Developing countries ; Public health Developing countries ; Economic development ; Developing countries Politics and government ; 21st century
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    Washington, DC : The World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821372234 , 0821372238 , 9780821372241 , 0821372246
    Language: English
    Pages: vii, 78 p.
    Series Statement: Environment and development (Washington, D.C.)
    DDC: 339.4/9091724
    Keywords: Poverty Environmental aspects ; Households Economic aspects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Natural resources ; Environmental health
    Description / Table of Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-74) and index
    Description / Table of Contents: Understanding poverty-environment linkages at the household level -- Poverty and environmental change at the macro scale -- Environmental management and pathways to household welfare -- Scope of the report -- Some key conclusions -- Local natural resources, poverty, and degradation: examining empirical regularities -- The importance of environmental income to the poor -- Commons as a source of insurance -- The effect of growth on local resource use -- Welfare impacts of degradation -- The role of poverty in environmental change -- Conclusions -- Health outcomes and environmental pathogens -- Theoretical linkages between health outcomes and environmental conditions -- Empirical evidence of linkages between health outcomes and environmental conditions -- How robust are the empirical findings? -- Conclusions and tentative policy implications -- Household welfare and policy reforms -- Selected policy reforms: evidence from case studies -- Challenges and data limitations -- Conclusions -- Directions for change -- Use of local natural resources -- Design principles for improving environmental health -- Better data for monitoring change -- Policy reforms for managing the environment and reducing poverty -- Moving forward
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (34 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Docquier, Frederic A Gendered Assessment of The Brain Drain
    Keywords: Access to education ; Brain Drain ; Developing countries ; Educational attainment ; Gender ; Gender and Development ; Gender gap ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Immigration ; Migrant ; Migration ; Policy ReseaRch ; Policy ReseaRch WoRking PaPeR ; Population Policies ; Access to education ; Brain Drain ; Developing countries ; Educational attainment ; Gender ; Gender and Development ; Gender gap ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Immigration ; Migrant ; Migration ; Policy ReseaRch ; Policy ReseaRch WoRking PaPeR ; Population Policies ; Access to education ; Brain Drain ; Developing countries ; Educational attainment ; Gender ; Gender and Development ; Gender gap ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Immigration ; Migrant ; Migration ; Policy ReseaRch ; Policy ReseaRch WoRking PaPeR ; Population Policies
    Abstract: This paper updates and extends the Docquier-Marfouk data set on inter-national migration by educational attainment. The authors use new sources, homogenize definitions of what a migrant is, and compute gender-disaggregated indicators of the brain drain. Emigration stocks and rates are provided by level of schooling and gender for 195 source countries in 1990 and 2000. The data set can be used to capture the recent trend in women's skilled migration and to analyze its causes and consequences for developing countries. The .findings show that women represent an increasing share of the OECD immigration stock and exhibit relatively higher rates of brain drain than men. The gender gap in skilled migration is strongly correlated with the gender gap in educational attainment at origin. Equating women's and men's access to education would probably reduce gender differences in the brain drain
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (33 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Docquier, Frederic Is Migration A Good Substitute For Education Subsidies?
    Keywords: Brain drain ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Human capital ; Immigration ; Impact of migration ; International Migration ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Migration ; Policy ReseaRch ; Policy ReseaRch WoRking PaPeR ; Population Policies ; Private Sector Development ; Progress ; Skilled workers ; Social Development ; Brain drain ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Human capital ; Immigration ; Impact of migration ; International Migration ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Migration ; Policy ReseaRch ; Policy ReseaRch WoRking PaPeR ; Population Policies ; Private Sector Development ; Progress ; Skilled workers ; Social Development ; Brain drain ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Human capital ; Immigration ; Impact of migration ; International Migration ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Migration ; Policy ReseaRch ; Policy ReseaRch WoRking PaPeR ; Population Policies ; Private Sector Development ; Progress ; Skilled workers ; Social Development
    Abstract: Assuming a given educational policy, the recent brain drain literature reveals that skilled migration can boost the average level of schooling in developing countries. This paper introduces educational subsidies determined by governments concerned by the number of skilled workers remaining in the country. The theoretical analysis shows that developing countries can benefit from skilled emigration when educational subsidies entail high .fiscal distortions. However when taxes are not too distortionary, it is desirable to impede emigration and subsidize education. The authors investigate the empirical relationship between educational subsidies and migration prospects, obtaining a negative relationship for 105 countries. Based on this result, the analysis revisits the country specific effects of skilled migration upon human capital. The findings show that the endogeneity of public subsidies reduces the number of winners and increases the magnitude of the losses
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (42 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Shilpi, Forhad Migration, Sorting And Regional Inequality
    Keywords: Communities & Human Settlements ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Household level ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Human capital ; Important policy ; Living standards ; Migration ; Policy ReseaRch ; Policy ReseaRch WoRking PaPeR ; Population Policies ; Poverty Lines ; Poverty Reduction ; Progress ; Rural Development ; Rural Poverty Reduction ; Urban Development ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Household level ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Human capital ; Important policy ; Living standards ; Migration ; Policy ReseaRch ; Policy ReseaRch WoRking PaPeR ; Population Policies ; Poverty Lines ; Poverty Reduction ; Progress ; Rural Development ; Rural Poverty Reduction ; Urban Development ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Household level ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Human capital ; Important policy ; Living standards ; Migration ; Policy ReseaRch ; Policy ReseaRch WoRking PaPeR ; Population Policies ; Poverty Lines ; Poverty Reduction ; Progress ; Rural Development ; Rural Poverty Reduction ; Urban Development
    Abstract: Using household level data from Bangladesh, this paper examines the differences in the rates of return to household attributes over the entire welfare distribution. The empirical evidence uncovers substantial differences in returns between an integrated region contiguous to the country's main growth centers, and a less integrated region cut-off from those centers by major rivers. The evidence suggests that households with better observed and unobserved attributes (such as education and ability) are concentrated in the integrated region where returns are higher. Within each region, mobility of workers seems to equalize returns at the lower half of the distribution. The natural border created by the rivers appears to hinder migration, causing returns differences between the regions to persist. To reduce regional inequality in welfare in Bangladesh, the results highlight the need for improving connectivity between the regions, and for investing in portable assets of the poor (such as human capital)
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    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4712
    Parallel Title: Calderán, César Infrastructure and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Keywords: Income distribution ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Income distribution ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "An adequate supply of infrastructure services has long been viewed by both academics and policy makers as a key ingredient for economic development. Sub-Saharan Africa ranks consistently at the bottom of all developing regions in terms of infrastructure performance, and an increasing number of observers point to deficient infrastructure as a major obstacle for growth and poverty reduction across the region. This paper offers an empirical assessment of the impact of infrastructure development on growth and inequality, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper uses a comparative cross-regional perspective to place Africa's experience in the international context. Drawing from an updated data set of infrastructure quantity and quality indicators covering more than 100 countries and spanning the years 1960-2005, the paper estimates empirical growth and inequality equations including a standard set of control variables augmented by infrastructure quantity and quality measures, and controlling for the potential endogeneity of the latter. The estimates illustrate the potential contribution of infrastructure development to growth and equity across Africa. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/18/2009 , Also available in print.
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (44 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Ferreira, Francisco H.G Global Poverty And Inequality
    Keywords: Developing countries ; Distributional change ; Equity and Development ; Growth elasticity ; Household surveys ; Income ; Income inequality ; Inequality ; Inequality ; Mean income ; Policy ReseaRch ; Poverty Impact Evaluation ; Poverty Reduction ; Poverty reduction ; Pro-Poor Growth ; Services and Transfers to Poor ; Developing countries ; Distributional change ; Equity and Development ; Growth elasticity ; Household surveys ; Income ; Income inequality ; Inequality ; Inequality ; Mean income ; Policy ReseaRch ; Poverty Impact Evaluation ; Poverty Reduction ; Poverty reduction ; Pro-Poor Growth ; Services and Transfers to Poor ; Developing countries ; Distributional change ; Equity and Development ; Growth elasticity ; Household surveys ; Income ; Income inequality ; Inequality ; Inequality ; Mean income ; Policy ReseaRch ; Poverty Impact Evaluation ; Poverty Reduction ; Poverty reduction ; Pro-Poor Growth ; Services and Transfers to Poor
    Abstract: Drawing on a compilation of data from household surveys representing 130 countries, many over a period of 25 years, this paper reviews the evidence on levels and recent trends in global poverty and income inequality. It documents the negative correlations between both poverty and inequality indices, on the one hand, and mean income per capita on the other. It points to the dominant role of Asia in accounting for the bulk of the world's poverty reduction since 1981. The evolution of global inequality in the last decades is also described, with special emphasis on the different trends of inequality within and between countries. The statistical relationships between growth, inequality and poverty are discussed, as is the correlation between inequality and the growth elasticity of poverty reduction. Some of the recent literature on the drivers of distributional change in developing countries is also reviewed
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (25 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Herrera, Santiago Public Expenditure And Consumption Volatility
    Keywords: Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Developing countries ; Domestic financial markets ; Economic Conditions and Volatility ; Economic Stabilization ; Economic Theory & Research ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Fiscal policy ; Government spending ; Growth rates ; Income ; Instrumental variables ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Output volatility ; Private Sector Development ; Standard deviation ; Volatility ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Developing countries ; Domestic financial markets ; Economic Conditions and Volatility ; Economic Stabilization ; Economic Theory & Research ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Fiscal policy ; Government spending ; Growth rates ; Income ; Instrumental variables ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Output volatility ; Private Sector Development ; Standard deviation ; Volatility ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Developing countries ; Domestic financial markets ; Economic Conditions and Volatility ; Economic Stabilization ; Economic Theory & Research ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Fiscal policy ; Government spending ; Growth rates ; Income ; Instrumental variables ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Output volatility ; Private Sector Development ; Standard deviation ; Volatility
    Abstract: Recent estimates of the welfare cost of consumption volatility find that it is significant in developing nations, where it may reach an equivalent of reducing consumption by 10 percent per year. Hence, examining the determinants of consumption volatility is of utmost relevance. Based on cross-country data for the period 1960-2005, the paper explains consumption volatility using three sets of variables: one refers to the volatility of income and the persistence of income shocks; the second set of variables refers to policy volatility, considering the volatility of public spending and the size of government; while the third set captures the ability of agents to smooth shocks, and includes the depth of the domestic financial markets as well as the degree of integration to international capital markets. To allow for potential endogenous regressors, in particular the volatility of fiscal policy and the size of government, the system is estimated using the instrumental variables method. The results indicate that, besides income volatility, the variables with the largest and most robust impact on consumption volatility are government size and the volatility of public spending. Results also show that deeper and more stable domestic financial markets reduce the volatility of consumption, and that more integrated financial markets to the international capital markets are associated with lower volatility of consumption
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (28 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Knack, Stephen Sovereign Rents And The Quality of Tax Policy And Administration
    Keywords: Banks and Banking Reform ; Bureaucratic quality ; Country risk ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Development Economics and Aid Effectiveness ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economic development ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Governance ; Governance Indicators ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Human development ; International bank ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Po ; Private Sector Development ; Rule of law ; Tax ; Tax Law ; Tax policy ; Tax systems ; Taxation and Subsidies ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Bureaucratic quality ; Country risk ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Development Economics and Aid Effectiveness ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economic development ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Governance ; Governance Indicators ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Human development ; International bank ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Po ; Private Sector Development ; Rule of law ; Tax ; Tax Law ; Tax policy ; Tax systems ; Taxation and Subsidies ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Bureaucratic quality ; Country risk ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Development Economics and Aid Effectiveness ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economic development ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Governance ; Governance Indicators ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Human development ; International bank ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Po ; Private Sector Development ; Rule of law ; Tax ; Tax Law ; Tax policy ; Tax systems ; Taxation and Subsidies
    Abstract: The availability of windfall revenues from natural resource exports or foreign aid potentially weakens governments' incentives to design efficient tax systems. Cross-country data for developing countries provide evidence for this hypothesis, using a World Bank indicator of "efficiency of revenue mobilization." Aid's negative effects on the quality of tax systems are robust to correcting for potential reverse causality, to changes in the sample, and to alternative estimation methods. Fuel export revenues are also associated with lower-quality tax policy and administration, but this finding is somewhat sensitive to outliers. Non-fuel resource exports, in contrast, show no relationship to the efficiency of revenue mobilization
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (28 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Murthi, Mamta Attitudes To Equality
    Keywords: Corporate Law ; Country Strategy and Performance ; Developing countries ; Equal countries ; Gender ; Gender and Law ; Gini coefficient ; Income ; Income inequality ; Income level ; Inequality ; Labor market ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Policy ReseaRch ; Poverty Impact Evaluation ; Poverty Reduction ; Poverty Reduction ; Public spending ; Corporate Law ; Country Strategy and Performance ; Developing countries ; Equal countries ; Gender ; Gender and Law ; Gini coefficient ; Income ; Income inequality ; Income level ; Inequality ; Labor market ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Policy ReseaRch ; Poverty Impact Evaluation ; Poverty Reduction ; Poverty Reduction ; Public spending ; Corporate Law ; Country Strategy and Performance ; Developing countries ; Equal countries ; Gender ; Gender and Law ; Gini coefficient ; Income ; Income inequality ; Income level ; Inequality ; Labor market ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Policy ReseaRch ; Poverty Impact Evaluation ; Poverty Reduction ; Poverty Reduction ; Public spending
    Abstract: It is routinely assumed that residents of post-socialist countries have a preference for greater income equality, other things being equal, owing to the legacy of socialism. This proposition is examined in the context of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union using data from three waves of the World Values Survey. Contrary to expectations, the authors find little evidence of a 'socialist legacy' en bloc. Considering the former Soviet Union separately from other post-socialist countries, the analysis finds that as a group these countries display significantly lower preference for moving toward greater income equality than both Eastern Europe and other comparator groups (developed and developing countries). These findings hold up even when controlling for the conventional determinants of attitudes such as income level and employment status of the individual respondent, as well as national factors such as per-capita income and its distribution. Moreover, the preference for greater income inequality appears to have persisted at least since the mid-1990s and possibly since the early 1990s (data difficulties preclude a robust examination of this latter question). The results are consistent with the fairly low levels of public spending on redistribution commonly found in the former Soviet Union
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    ISBN: 9780821374092 , 9780821374108
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxviii, 351 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Latin American development forum series
    DDC: 363.6098
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Privatization ; Public utilities Finance ; Public utilities Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Privatization ; Public utilities Finance ; Public utilities Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Privatization ; Public utilities ; Public utilities ; Public-private sector cooperation
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Setting the stage -- Learning from the existing literature -- Filling the gaps with new datasets and methodologies -- The impact on electricity distribution -- The impact on fixed line telecommunications -- The impact on water and sewerage -- An assessment of the electricity distribution performance of private and public utilities -- Determinants of impact: regulatory and contract variables -- Conclusions and moving forward.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-328) and index
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    Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press
    ISBN: 9781281972521 , 9048501326 , 9053566082 , 1281972525 , 9789053566084 , 9789048501328
    Language: English , Dutch
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (376 pages)
    Series Statement: WRR Verkenningen, 19
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) Government policy ; Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; General ; Mathematics and science ; Science: general issues ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Finance ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Government policy ; Infrastructuur ; Investeringen ; Duurzame ontwikkeling ; Economische ontwikkeling ; Financiering ; Privatisering ; Europe ; European Union countries ; Netherlands
    Abstract: 1 stuck on the tracks? empirical study for investments in the dutch railway infrastructure; 2 regulering en investeringen in infrastructuur; 3 planning van weginfrastructuur: enkele aanknopingspunten voor verbetering; 4 european regulators in the network sectors: revolution or evollution?; 5 investments in infrastructures: strategic behaviour; 6 the impact of technical characteristics of network industries upon the governance of infrastructure adequacy; 7 europe and investment in infrastructure with emphasis on electronic communications; 8 private equity funds and public utilities: where incentive structures collide; 9 publieke belangen, overheidsbeleid en investeringen in infrastructuur; 10 infrastructure investments on the edge of public and private domains; 11 concessiestelsel en overheidsaandeelhouderschap
    Abstract: 1 stuck on the tracks? empirical study for investments in the dutch railway infrastructure; 2 regulering en investeringen in infrastructuur; 3 planning van weginfrastructuur: enkele aanknopingspunten voor verbetering; 4 european regulators in the network sectors: revolution or evollution?; 5 investments in infrastructures: strategic behaviour; 6 the impact of technical characteristics of network industries upon the governance of infrastructure adequacy; 7 europe and investment in infrastructure with emphasis on electronic communications; 8 private equity funds and public utilities: where incentive structures collide; 9 publieke belangen, overheidsbeleid en investeringen in infrastructuur; 10 infrastructure investments on the edge of public and private domains; 11 concessiestelsel en overheidsaandeelhouderschap
    Note: At head of title: WRR, Scientific Council for Government Policy , Includes bibliographical references , Print version record , In English and Dutch
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    Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press
    ISBN: 128178771X , 9053566058 , 9048501318 , 9781281787712 , 9789053566053 , 9789048501311
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (223 pages) , illustrations
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Rapporten aan de regering 81
    Parallel Title: Print version Infrastructures
    Keywords: InfraStructure ; InfraStructure ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Mathematics and science ; Science: general issues ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; General ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Finance ; Infrastructuur ; Investeringen ; Duurzame ontwikkeling ; Economische ontwikkeling ; Netherlands ; InfraStructure ; Adviezen (vorm) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Influential policy advisors call for a reform of the management of, and investment in infrastructures at both the regional and the national level
    Abstract: Summary in dutch; executive summary; preface; 1 introduction; 2 regime change and investment ininfrastructures; 3 a new constellation of actors; 4 infrastructures in a multi-level arena; 5 regime change and public values ininfrastructures; 6 regime change and investment in energyinfrastructure; 7 conclusions and recommendations; abbreviations; bibliography
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , English
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    Paris : OECD Publishing and European Conference of Ministers of Transport
    ISBN: 9789282101575
    Language: French
    Pages: Online-Ressource (258 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Transport Infrastructure Investment: Options for Efficiency
    Keywords: Transportation Finance ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Verkehrsinvestition ; Öffentliche Investition ; Public Private Partnership
    Description / Table of Contents: ""AVANT-PROPOS""; ""R�SUM� ANALYTIQUE N° ITRD* F111480""; ""TABLE DES MATI�RES""; ""MESSAGES CL�S""; ""R�SUM� DES CONCLUSIONS ET RECOMMANDATIONS""; ""PARTIE I. FOURNITURE D�INFRASTRUCTURES DE TRANSPORT DE SURFACE""; ""1. CADRES DE FOURNITURE ET DE FINANCEMENT D�INFRASTRUCTURES DE TRANSPORT DE SURFACE""; ""2. EXP�RIENCES INTERNATIONALES""; ""PARTIE II. PRINCIPES DU TRAITEMENT BUDG�TAIRE DES INVESTISSEMENTS DANS LES INFRASTRUCTURES DE TRANSPORT DE SURFACE""; ""3. INVESTISSEMENTS D�INFRASTRUCTUREET TRAITEMENT BUDG�TAIRE""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""PARTIE III. LA RECHERCHE DES GAINS D�EFFICACIT� DANS LA FOURNITURE DES INFRASTRUCTURES DE TRANSPORTS DE SURFACE""""4. PRINCIPES D�EFFICACIT� DANS LA FOURNITURE D�INFRASTRUCTURES POUR LES TRANSPORTS DE SURFACE""; ""5. EFFICACIT� DES DIFF�RENTS MOD�LES DE FOURNITURE D�INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""6. PARTAGE DU RISQUE DANS LES PARTENARIATS PUBLIC PRIV�""; ""7. FAIRE PAYER EFFICACEMENT L�UTILISATION DE L�INFRASTRUCTURE � L�INFRASTRUCTURE DOIT- ELLE ÊTRE FINANCEE PAR LES IMP�TS OU PAR DES REDEVANCES SUR LES USAGERS ?""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""PARTIE IV. �FFICACITE DE LA MISE EN PLACE DE PARTENARIATS PUBLIC-PRIV�""""8. L�GISLATION ET R�GLEMENTATION DES PARTENARIATS PUBLIC-PRIV�""; ""9. MARCH�S PARTENARIATS PUBLIC-PRIV� ET CONTR�LE QUALIT�""; ""ANNEXE. �TUDES DE CAS""; ""1. R�SEAUX""; ""2. PROJETS""; ""R�F�RENCES""; ""CONTRIBUTEURS À CE RAPPORT""
    Note: At head of title: Forum International des Transports , Includes bibliographical references , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821369997 , 0821370006 , 9780821369999 , 9780821370001
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xlviii, 418 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: New frontiers of social policy
    DDC: 320.609172/4
    Keywords: Social policy ; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) Social aspects ; Social policy ; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) Social aspects ; Social policy ; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Social policy ; Developing countries Social policy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821369954 , 0821369962 , 9780821369951 , 9780821369968
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxii, 337 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: New frontiers of social policy
    DDC: 332.609172/4
    Keywords: Saving and investment Case studies ; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) Case studies ; Saving and investment Case studies ; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) Case studies ; Saving and investment ; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Case studies Social policy ; Developing countries Case studies Social policy
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  • 40
    ISBN: 9781847205506
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 350 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The economic costs and consequences of terrorism
    DDC: 363.325
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    Keywords: 2000-2005 ; Terrorismus ; Kosten ; Sachversicherung ; Luftverkehr ; Hafenanlagen ; Ernährungsindustrie ; Tourismus ; Elektrizitätswirtschaft ; Wasserversorgung ; USA ; Terrorism Economic aspects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Electric utilities ; Transportation Effect of terrorism on ; Terrorism Prevention ; USA ; Terrorismus ; Innere Sicherheit ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Electronic books ; USA ; Terrorismus ; Innere Sicherheit ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Infrastruktur
    Abstract: Terrorism : considering new policies / Bruno S. Frey and Simon Luechinger -- An empirical analysis of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) / Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan -- Airport security : time for a new model / Robert W. Poole, Jr. -- Cost-effective strategies to address urban terrorism : a risk management approach. / Richard G. Little -- Optimal inspection strategies for Coast Guard operations / Niyazi Onur Bakir -- Balancing freedom and security after 9/11 : risk management at National Park Service / Larry Parkinson -- The national economic impacts of a food terrorism event : initial estimates of indirect costs / Thomas F. Stinson -- The economic cost of disasters : permanent or ephemeral? / Matthew P. Drennan -- Analyzing catastrophic terrorist events with applications to the food industry / Hamid Mohtadi and Antu Panini Murshid -- Simulating the state-by-state effects of terrorist attacks on three major US ports : applying NIEMO (National Interstate Economic Model) / Jiyoung Park ... [et al.] -- Tourism and terrorism : the national and interregional economic impacts of attacks on major US theme parks / Harry W. Richardson... [et al.] -- Worst case electricity scenarios : the benefits and costs of prevention / Lester B. Lave, Jay Apt and Granger Morgan -- Risk and economic costs of a terrorist attack on the electric system / Rae Zimmerman ... [et al.] -- Regional economic impacts of a terrorist attack on the water system of Los Angeles : a computable general disequilibrium analysis / Adam Rose, Gbadebo Oladosu and Shu-Yi Liao -- Two-sided electricity markets : self-healing systems / Richard E. Schuler.
    Abstract: This landmark book covers a range of issues concerning the consequences of terrorist attacks. Beginning with a discussion of new policies and strategies, it then delves into specific areas of concern, modeling a range of possible scenarios and ways to mitigate or pre-empt damages
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 41
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    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230300026
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Microfinance ; Microfinance Case studies ; Developing countries ; Poverty Case studies ; Developing countries ; Small business Case studies ; Finance ; Developing countries ; Welfare economics. ; Macroeconomics. ; Labor economics. ; Finance. ; Public policy. ; Electronic books Case studies
    Abstract: Microfinance institutions (MFIs) provide a public good; if MFIs create and deepen markets where none existed before, there may be a case for public support. This book is based on a study of 45 MFIs, and applies factor analysis and cluster analysis to show that MFIs form clusters in terms of social and financial performance.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-257) and index. - Description based on print version record , Description based on print version record , Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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  • 42
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 178 S.) , graph. Darst.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Development Centre studies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Informal institutions
    DDC: 338.9
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    Keywords: Economic development ; Sex discrimination ; Social institutions ; Developing countries ; Entwicklungsländer ; Sozialdienst
    Description / Table of Contents: pt. 1. Informal institutions : friend or foe of development? -- pt. 2. Informal institutions in three key areas of development : gender equality, governance and private sector development -- pt. 3. What have we learned and what can we do?
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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  • 43
    ISBN: 1403983828 , 9781403983824
    Language: English
    Pages: VI, 260 S
    Edition: 1. ed.
    Series Statement: Palgrave studies in governance, security, and development
    DDC: 355.03301724
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    Keywords: National security Congresses ; Political violence Congresses ; National security Congresses ; Developing countries ; Political violence Congresses ; Developing countries ; Staat ; Failed State ; Begrenzte Staatlichkeit ; Humanitäre Intervention ; Paramilitärischer Verband ; Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben ; Reform ; Sicherheit ; Abrüstung ; Demobilmachung ; Reintegration ; Bedrohungsvorstellung ; Developing countries Congresses Politics and government 21st century ; Developing countries Congresses Foreign relations ; Developing countries Congresses ; Politics and government ; 21st century ; Developing countries Congresses ; Foreign relations ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Entwicklungsländer ; Politik ; Gewalt ; Entwicklungsländer ; Staat ; Destabilisierung ; Innere Sicherheit ; Politische Stabilität
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  • 44
    ISBN: 1844070522 , 1844070530
    Language: English
    Pages: XXIV, 253 S , graph. Darst., Kt
    Edition: Reprint
    DDC: 333.7
    Keywords: Sustainable development Developing countries ; Economic development Environmental aspects ; Developing countries ; Rural development Environmental aspects ; Developing countries ; Environmental policy Developing countries ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Ländliche Entwicklung ; Umweltverträglichkeit ; Entwicklungsländer ; Umweltschutz ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: In the past decade, the relationship between humans and the environment has taken centre stage in the quest for development that supports both ecological integrity and sustainable livelihoods. This new Reader brings together for the first time a core selection of recently published key articles that have helped define the emerging field of 'environment and development'. The first of three sections covers the ways in which the environment and environmental change have been conceptualized or (mis)understood, with impacts for both scientific understandings of the environment and the growing importance of local environmental knowledge. The second section highlights thematic areas in the environment and development literature including the effect of population and poverty pressures on the environment, the role of key actors in environment and development and the relationship between people and natural resources. The final section addresses the critical issue of environment and development in practice and theory, including conceptual frameworks used in the field in support of sustainable development and rural livelihoods, as well as frameworks, theories and philosophies guiding research. A general introduction and section introductions provide valuable insights by defining the scope of the field and teasing out the critical debates and approaches to the myriad of cross-cutting issues in this complex growing field of study and practice. Setting the debates in the wider literature these introductions also include extensive bibliographies. This is an essential sourcebook that consolidates the core areas of the field of study for students, academics and practitioners in geography, environmental studies, development studies, economics and natural resource management.
    Note: Literaturangaben
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  • 45
    ISBN: 9158680535
    Language: English
    Pages: 188 S , graph. Darst
    Series Statement: Sida studies 20
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    Keywords: Energiepolitik ; Energieversorgung ; Erneuerbare Ressourcen ; Energiewirtschaft ; Entwicklungsländer ; Electric power production Economic aspects ; Developing countries ; Electric power production Government policy ; Developing countries ; Electric power Economic aspects ; Developing countries ; Electric power Government policy ; Developing countries ; Energy policy Developing countries ; Power resources Developing countries ; Sustainable development Developing countries ; Entwicklungsländer ; Energiewirtschaft ; Reform
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  • 46
    ISBN: 9783932170904 , 3932170903
    Language: German
    Pages: 186 S. , Ill , 22 cm
    Edition: 2. Aufl.
    Uniform Title: Seek 〈dt.〉
    DDC: 910
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    Keywords: Johnson, Denis Journeys ; United States ; Johnson, Denis Journeys ; Developing countries ; Novelists, American Biography ; Gewalt ; Staatliche Gewalt ; Krieg ; Bürgerkrieg ; Entwicklungsländer ; Liberia ; Somalia ; Afrika ; United States Social life and customs ; 1971- ; United States Description and travel ; United States Social conditions ; 1980- ; Developing countries Social life and customs ; Developing countries Description and travel ; Developing countries Social conditions ; Reisebericht ; Liberia
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  • 47
    ISBN: 9783939804246 , 393980424X
    Language: English
    Pages: VIII, 195 Seiten , Illustrationen, Diagramme (schwarz-weiß) , 21 cm
    DDC: 333.72
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    Keywords: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992). ; Protocols, etc., ; 1997 Dec. 11 ; Congresses ; Klimaschutz ; Systemtransformation ; Russland ; Climatic changes Environmental aspects ; Developing countries ; Congresses ; Climatic changes Environmental aspects ; Russia ; Congresses ; Russia Economic conditions ; 21st century ; Congresses ; Russia Environmental conditions ; Congresses ; Konferenzschrift 2005 ; Russland ; Klimaschutz ; Rahmenübereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen über Klimaänderungen Kyoto-Protokoll 1997 Dezember 11
    Note: Enthält 10 Beiträge
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  • 48
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    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821364960 , 0821364979 , 0821367161 , 9780821364963 , 9780821364970 , 9780821367162
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (v. 〈 -2〉) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Agriculture and rural development
    DDC: 382/.41091724
    Keywords: World Trade Organization ; World Trade Organization ; Agriculture and state ; Agriculture and state ; World Trade Organization ; Agriculture and state ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Commerce ; Developing countries Commerce
    Description / Table of Contents: v. 1. Key issues for a pro-development outcome of the Doha Round negotiations -- v. 2. Quantifying the impact of multilateral trade reform.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Basingstoke : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821369911 , 0821371118 , 9780821372159 , 9780821378366 , 9780821369913 , 9780821371114
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (v. 〈1-2〉) , ill , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 339.46091724
    Keywords: Migrant labor ; Poverty ; Social mobility Economic aspects ; Migrant labor ; Poverty ; Social mobility Economic aspects ; Migrant labor ; Poverty ; Social mobility ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Economic conditions ; Developing countries Economic conditions
    Description / Table of Contents: v. 1. Cross-disciplinary perspectives on mobility/Deepa Narayan and Patti Petesch, editors. -- v. 2. Success from the bottom up/Deepa Narayan, Lant Pritchett, and Soumya Kapoor
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 50
    ISBN: 0821366769 , 0821366777 , 9780821366769
    Language: English
    Pages: xiii, 130 p.
    DDC: 338.098
    Keywords: Geschichte 1990-2007 ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastruktur ; Lateinamerika ; Lateinamerika ; Lateinamerika ; Infrastruktur ; Geschichte 1990-2007
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (29 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Woodruff, Christopher Measuring Microenterprise Profits
    Keywords: Bank Policy ; Business Environment ; Business in Development ; Competitiveness and Competition Policy ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Economic Theory and Research ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial support ; Fungible ; Living Standards ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Microenterprises ; Microfinance ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Returns ; Tax ; Trust Fund ; Bank Policy ; Business Environment ; Business in Development ; Competitiveness and Competition Policy ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Economic Theory and Research ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial support ; Fungible ; Living Standards ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Microenterprises ; Microfinance ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Returns ; Tax ; Trust Fund ; Bank Policy ; Business Environment ; Business in Development ; Competitiveness and Competition Policy ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Economic Theory and Research ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial support ; Fungible ; Living Standards ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Microenterprises ; Microfinance ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Returns ; Tax ; Trust Fund
    Abstract: A large share of the world's poor is self-employed. Accurate measurement of profits from microenterprises is therefore critical for studying poverty and inequality, measuring the returns to education, and evaluating the success of microfinance programs. But a myriad of problems plague the measurement of profits. The authors report on a variety of different experiments conducted to better understand the importance of some of these problems and to draw recommendations for collecting profit data. In particular, they (1) examine how far we can reconcile self-reported profits and reports of revenue minus expenses through more detailed questions; (2) examine recall errors in sales and report on the results of experiments which randomly allocated account books to firms; and (3) ask firms how much firms like theirs underreport sales in surveys like this, and have research assistants observe the firms at random times 15-16 times during a month to provide measures for comparison. The authors conclude that firms underreport revenues by about 30 percent, that account diaries have significant effects on both revenues and expenses but not on profits, and that simply asking profits provides a more accurate measure of firm profits than detailed questions on revenues and expenses
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (25 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Rojas, Gabriel V. Montes Can foreign lobbying enhance development ?
    Keywords: Accommodation and Tourism Industry ; Developed countries ; Developing countries ; Economic Theory and Research ; Environment ; Export earnings ; Hotels ; Industry ; International Economics & Trade ; Lobbying ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Protectionism ; Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures ; Public Sector Development ; Real income ; Tariff preferences ; Tourism ; Tourism and Ecotourism ; Trade Policy ; Trade promotion ; Accommodation and Tourism Industry ; Developed countries ; Developing countries ; Economic Theory and Research ; Environment ; Export earnings ; Hotels ; Industry ; International Economics & Trade ; Lobbying ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Protectionism ; Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures ; Public Sector Development ; Real income ; Tariff preferences ; Tourism ; Tourism and Ecotourism ; Trade Policy ; Trade promotion ; Accommodation and Tourism Industry ; Developed countries ; Developing countries ; Economic Theory and Research ; Environment ; Export earnings ; Hotels ; Industry ; International Economics & Trade ; Lobbying ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Protectionism ; Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures ; Public Sector Development ; Real income ; Tariff preferences ; Tourism ; Tourism and Ecotourism ; Trade Policy ; Trade promotion
    Abstract: There exist legal channels for informational lobbying of U.S. policymakers by foreign principals. Foreign governments and private sector principals frequently and intensively use this institutional channel to lobby on trade and tourism issues. The authors empirically study whether such lobbying effectively achieves its goal of trade promotion in the context of Caribbean tourism and it is the first paper to examine the potential for using foreign lobbying as a vehicle for development. They use panel data to explore and quantify the association between foreign lobbying by Caribbean principals and U.S. tourist arrivals to Caribbean destinations. A variety of sensitivity analyses support the finding of a strong association. The policy implications are obvious and potentially important for developing countries
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (41 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Hanson, James A The Growth In Government Domestic Debt
    Keywords: Bank debt ; Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Capital market ; Central bank ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Domestic Debt ; Emerging Markets ; External Debt ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial crises ; Financial systems ; Foreign debt ; Government debt ; International Economics & Trade ; Private Sector Development ; Private capital ; Bank debt ; Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Capital market ; Central bank ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Domestic Debt ; Emerging Markets ; External Debt ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial crises ; Financial systems ; Foreign debt ; Government debt ; International Economics & Trade ; Private Sector Development ; Private capital ; Bank debt ; Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Capital market ; Central bank ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Domestic Debt ; Emerging Markets ; External Debt ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial crises ; Financial systems ; Foreign debt ; Government debt ; International Economics & Trade ; Private Sector Development ; Private capital
    Abstract: This paper analyzes the recent growth of government domestic debt, including central bank debt, using a new data base on government domestic debt in developing countries with large, open financial systems. On average, government domestic debt grew much faster than GDP between 1994 and 2004 and became larger than foreign debt. The rapid growth of domestic debt reflects financial crises, the growth of central bank debt and the greater attractiveness to governments of issuing domestic debt as well as the recent increase in demands for it. Both its attractiveness and the increased demands for it reflect the current benign international environment to some degree. The main risk of government debt, domestic or foreign, remains its overall size relative to a country's fiscal, financial, and political institutions. While government domestic debt can help the domestic private capital market, large domestic debt, like large external debt, has risks. For example, there can be "sudden stops" in the demand for domestic debt as well as in foreign lending. Governments need to be aware of the risks and burdens in domestic debt issue-crowding out small borrowers, transferring risks to banks when issuing longer maturity, fixed-interest domestic debt and reducing returns, and imposing risks on holders of pensions, annuities, and life insurance policies. Growth of central bank debt can divert central banks from pursuit of the objective of price stability
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  • 54
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (33 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Ravallion, Martin Geographic Inequity In A Decentralized Anti-Poverty Program
    Keywords: Absolute poverty ; Anti-poverty programs ; Data set ; Developing countries ; Economic Theory and Research ; Income ; Inequality ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Mean incomes ; Policy ReseaRch ; Poor areas ; Poverty Monitoring and Analysis ; Poverty Reduction ; Poverty lines ; Public Sector Management and Reform ; Redistributive policies ; Services and Transfers to Poor ; Absolute poverty ; Anti-poverty programs ; Data set ; Developing countries ; Economic Theory and Research ; Income ; Inequality ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Mean incomes ; Policy ReseaRch ; Poor areas ; Poverty Monitoring and Analysis ; Poverty Reduction ; Poverty lines ; Public Sector Management and Reform ; Redistributive policies ; Services and Transfers to Poor ; Absolute poverty ; Anti-poverty programs ; Data set ; Developing countries ; Economic Theory and Research ; Income ; Inequality ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Mean incomes ; Policy ReseaRch ; Poor areas ; Poverty Monitoring and Analysis ; Poverty Reduction ; Poverty lines ; Public Sector Management and Reform ; Redistributive policies ; Services and Transfers to Poor
    Abstract: The central governments of many developing countries have chosen to decentralize their anti-poverty programs, in the expectation that local agents are better informed about local needs. The paper shows that this potential advantage of decentralized eligibility criteria can come at a large cost, to the extent that the induced geographic inequities undermine performance in reaching the income- poor nationally. These issues are studied empirically for (probably) the largest transfer-based poverty program in the world, namely China's Di Bao program, which aims to assure a minimum income through means-tested transfers. Poor municipalities are found to adopt systematically lower eligibility thresholds, reducing the program's ability to reach poor areas, and generating considerable horizontal inequity
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  • 55
    ISBN: 0821369911 , 0821371118 , 9780821369913 , 9780821371114 , 9780821372159 , 9780821372173 , 9780821376317 , 9780821378366
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (v. 〈1-4 〉) , ill , 24 cm
    Edition: World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 339.46091724
    Keywords: Migrant labor ; Poverty ; Social mobility Economic aspects ; Migrant labor ; Poverty ; Social mobility Economic aspects ; Migrant labor ; Poverty ; Social mobility ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Economic conditions ; Developing countries Economic conditions
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , v. 1. Cross-disciplinary perspectives on mobility , v. 3. The promise of empowerment and democracy in India , v. 4. Rising from the ashes of conflict
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (36 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Lopez, Humberto What Is The Impact of International Remittances On Poverty And Inequality In Latin America ?
    Keywords: Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Inequality ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Migrants ; Official development assistance ; Policy Research ; Policy Research Working Paper ; Population Policies ; Poverty Reduction ; Practitioners ; Progress ; Rates of growth ; Remittance ; Remittances ; Remittances ; Rural Development ; Rural Poverty Reduction ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Inequality ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Migrants ; Official development assistance ; Policy Research ; Policy Research Working Paper ; Population Policies ; Poverty Reduction ; Practitioners ; Progress ; Rates of growth ; Remittance ; Remittances ; Remittances ; Rural Development ; Rural Poverty Reduction ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Inequality ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Migrants ; Official development assistance ; Policy Research ; Policy Research Working Paper ; Population Policies ; Poverty Reduction ; Practitioners ; Progress ; Rates of growth ; Remittance ; Remittances ; Remittances ; Rural Development ; Rural Poverty Reduction
    Abstract: Workers' remittances have become a major source of income for developing countries. However, little is still known about their impact on poverty and inequality. Using a large cross-country panel dataset, the authors find that remittances in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have increased growth and reduced inequality and poverty. These results are robust to the use of different instruments that attempt to correct for the potential endogeneity of remittances. Household survey-based estimates for 10 LAC countries confirm that remittances have negative albeit relatively small inequality and poverty-reducing effects, even after imputations for the potential home earnings of migrants
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (37 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Woodruff, Christopher Returns To Capital In Microenterprises
    Keywords: Access to Finance ; Capital stock ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Economic Theory and Research ; Equipment ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Investment and Investment Climate ; Investment opportunities ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Market Interest Rate ; Micorenterprises ; Microfinance ; Microfinance ; Productive Investment ; Return ; Returns ; Access to Finance ; Capital stock ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Economic Theory and Research ; Equipment ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Investment and Investment Climate ; Investment opportunities ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Market Interest Rate ; Micorenterprises ; Microfinance ; Microfinance ; Productive Investment ; Return ; Returns ; Access to Finance ; Capital stock ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Economic Theory and Research ; Equipment ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Investment and Investment Climate ; Investment opportunities ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Market Interest Rate ; Micorenterprises ; Microfinance ; Microfinance ; Productive Investment ; Return ; Returns
    Abstract: Small and informal firms account for a large share of employment in developing countries. The rapid expansion of microfinance services is based on the belief that these firms have productive investment opportunities and can enjoy high returns to capital if given the opportunity. However, measuring the return to capital is complicated by unobserved factors such as entrepreneurial ability and demand shocks, which are likely to be correlated with capital stock. The authors use a randomized experiment to overcome this problem and to measure the return to capital for the average microenterprise in their sample, regardless of whether they apply for credit. They accomplish this by providing cash and equipment grants to small firms in Sri Lanka, and measuring the increase in profits arising from this exogenous (positive) shock to capital stock. After controlling for possible spillover effects, the authors find the average real return to capital to be 5.7 percent a month, substantially higher than the market interest rate. They then examine the heterogeneity of treatment effects to explore whether missing credit markets or missing insurance markets are the most likely cause of the high returns. Returns are found to vary with entrepreneurial ability and with measures of other sources of cash within the household, but not to vary with risk aversion or uncertainty
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (28 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Cravino, Javier Foreign Direct Investment In Latin America During The Emergence of China And India
    Keywords: Capital formation ; Capital stocks ; Common Carriers Industry ; Corporate Law ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial support ; Fixed capital ; Foreign Direct Investment ; Foreign capital ; Host countries ; Host country ; Industry ; International Bank ; Law and Development ; Non Bank Financial Institutions ; Transport ; Transport and Trade Logistics ; Capital formation ; Capital stocks ; Common Carriers Industry ; Corporate Law ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial support ; Fixed capital ; Foreign Direct Investment ; Foreign capital ; Host countries ; Host country ; Industry ; International Bank ; Law and Development ; Non Bank Financial Institutions ; Transport ; Transport and Trade Logistics ; Capital formation ; Capital stocks ; Common Carriers Industry ; Corporate Law ; Debt Markets ; Developing countries ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial support ; Fixed capital ; Foreign Direct Investment ; Foreign capital ; Host countries ; Host country ; Industry ; International Bank ; Law and Development ; Non Bank Financial Institutions ; Transport ; Transport and Trade Logistics
    Abstract: In spite of the growing concerns about foreign direct investment being diverted from Latin America to China and India, the best available data show that Latin America has performed relatively well since 1997. Foreign capital stocks from OECD countries and the United States in particular in China and India are still far from those in the largest Latin American economies. The evidence shows that foreign capital stocks in China increased more than in Latin America during 1990-1997, but not as much since 1997. In fact, Latin America has actually performed better than China since 1997 given its lack of relative growth. The growth of foreign capital stocks in India was more stable than in China. Nonetheless, after controlling for shocks emanating from the source countries and bilateral distance between source and host countries, this paper finds a significant change in foreign capital stocks relative to China between 1990 and 1997, but no change relative to India
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  • 59
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    Washington, D.C : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank
    ISBN: 0821367277 , 9780821367278
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxvii, 180 p) , ill , 27 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 330.9
    Keywords: Economic forecasting ; Economic forecasting ; Globalization ; Economic forecasting ; Economic forecasting ; Globalization ; Economic forecasting ; Economic forecasting ; Globalization ; Developing countries ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Economic conditions ; Developing countries Economic conditions
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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    Washington D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821366947 , 0821366955 , 9780821366943 , 9780821366950
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvii, 247 p) , ill., maps , 23 cm
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 332.1/532
    Keywords: World Bank Group ; World Bank Group ; Economic assistance ; Economic assistance ; World Bank Group ; Economic assistance ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Economic conditions ; Developing countries Economic conditions
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    ISBN: 082137169X , 9780821371695
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiii, 47 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: World Bank working paper no. 121
    DDC: 338.9
    Keywords: Economic development Political aspects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Economic development Political aspects ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 47)
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    London : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230627253
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 240 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
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    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Series Statement: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
    Series Statement: Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Printed edition
    Keywords: Entwicklung ; Freiheit ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Armutsbekämpfung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Costa Rica ; Dominikanische Republik ; Economics ; Development economics ; Economic development ; Political aspects ; Developing countries ; Politics and government ; Entwicklungspolitik
    Abstract: The book examines the extent to which Amartya Sen's conception of 'development as freedom' can be a guide for development policy. It argues that the theoretical foundations of the conception need to be expanded, and that it needs to give more attention to collective and historical dimensions if it is to address poverty effectively
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Development as Freedom; Chapter 2 Human Well-Being and Freedom; Chapter 3 Freedom within Structures of Living Together; Chapter 4 Political Freedom and Practical Reason; Chapter 5 From Development Theory to Practice; Chapter 6 The Costa Rican Human Development Story; Chapter 7 The Dominican Republic's Narrative; Conclusion: The Capability Approach and the Praxis of Development; Notes; Bibliography; Index
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Development as Freedom; Chapter 2 Human Well-Being and Freedom; Chapter 3 Freedom within Structures of Living Together; Chapter 4 Political Freedom and Practical Reason; Chapter 5 From Development Theory to Practice; Chapter 6 The Costa Rican Human Development Story; Chapter 7 The Dominican Republic's Narrative; Conclusion: The Capability Approach and the Praxis of Development; Notes; Bibliography; Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-236) and index
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    ISBN: 9783839404607 , 3839404606 , 3839404606 , 9783839404607
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (342 p.))
    Series Statement: Global Studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Leisering, Lutz Soziale Grundsicherung in der Weltgesellschaft
    Keywords: Public welfare Developing countries ; Social security Developing countries ; Public welfare ; Social security ; Social services and welfare, criminology ; Social welfare and social services ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; Social welfare & social services ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Policy ; North and south ; Public welfare ; Social security ; Globalisierung ; Garantiertes Mindesteinkommen ; Soziale Sicherheit ; Developing countries
    Abstract: Auch Sozialpolitik globalisiert sich. Das Buch zeigt, dass sozialhilfe- und rentenartige Grundsicherungssysteme nicht nur in entwickelten, sondern auch in Entwicklungs- und Übergangsgesellschaften wirksame Instrumente der Armutsbekämpfung sein können. Direkte Geldleistungen etwa an von AIDS betroffene Familien, alleinerziehende Frauen und Alte können auch entwicklungspolitisch produktiv sein. Das Buch gibt erstmals einen weltweiten Überblick über monetäre Grundsicherungssysteme. Die Grundsicherungsstrategie markiert einen Paradigmenwechsel in der Entwicklungspolitik und stützt die These John W. Meyers einer sich verbreitenden universalistischen Weltkultur
    Description / Table of Contents: Frontmatter -- INHALT -- Liste der Übersichten -- Einleitung: „Freiheit von Not" als internationaler Nachkriegskonsens -- Soziale Grundsicherung als globale Herausforderung -- Sozialhilfe in entwickelten Gesellschaften -- Soziale Grundsicherungssysteme in Entwicklungs- und Übergangsgesellschaften -- Soziale Grundsicherung als entwicklungspolitische Reformstrategie -- Fazit und weltgesellschaftliche Perspektiven -- Literatur -- Die Autorinnen und Autoren -- Danksagung -- Register -- Backmatter.
    Note: In German
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    Book
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    Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 052185962X , 0521676886 , 9780521859622 , 9780521676885
    Language: English
    Pages: IX, 230 S
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Series Statement: Law in context
    DDC: 341.48
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    Keywords: Human rights ; International business enterprises Law and legislation ; Non-governmental organizations Law and legislation ; International agencies ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Human rights ; International business enterprises Law and legislation ; Non-governmental organizations Law and legislation ; International agencies ; Infrastructure (Economics) Developing countries ; Entwicklungsländer ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Infrastruktur ; Menschenrecht
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Formerly CIP
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  • 65
    ISBN: 0415345642 , 0415345650 , 9780415345644 , 9780415345651
    Language: English
    Pages: xxviii, 587 Seiten , Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
    Edition: Second edition
    DDC: 820.9358
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    Keywords: Commonwealth literature (English) History and criticism ; English literature History and criticism ; Developing countries ; Postcolonialism Commonwealth countries ; Postcolonialism in literature ; Decolonization in literature ; Imperialism in literature ; Colonies in literature ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Englisch ; Postkoloniale Literatur ; Englisch ; Literatur ; Postkolonialismus ; Englisch ; Literatur ; Commonwealth ; Entkolonialisierung ; Imperialismus ; Literatur ; England ; Kolonie ; Literatur
    Abstract: The essential introduction to the most important texts in post-colonial theory and criticism, this second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include 121 extracts from key works in the field. Leading, as well as lesser known figures in the fields of writing, theory and criticism contribute to this inspiring body of work that includes sections on Nationalism, Hybridity, Diaspora and Globalization. The Reader`s wide-ranging approach reflects the remarkable diversity of work in the discipline along with the vibrancy of anti-imperialist writing both within and without the metropolitan centres. Covering more debates, topics and critics than any comparable book in its field, The Postcolonial Studies Reader is the ideal starting point for students and issues a potent challenge to the ways in which we think and write about literature and culture.
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 541-575 , Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke***Unchanged reprints that were published later are included here
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    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821365053 , 9780821365052
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 311 p) , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausgabe World Bank E-Library Archive Sonstige Standardnummer des Gesamttitels: 041181-4
    Parallel Title: Reproduktion von The other half of gender
    DDC: 305.3109172/4
    Keywords: Entwicklungsländer ; Geschlechterrolle ; Mann ; Entwicklungsländer ; Community development ; Developing countries ; Economic development projects ; Developing countries ; Men ; Developing countries ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Mann ; Geschlechterrolle
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-302) and index , Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:c2006
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    ISBN: 0821366092
    Language: English
    Pages: xii, 77 p
    Series Statement: PPIAF trends and policy options no. 3
    DDC: 354.7/2880981
    Keywords: Recht ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Independent regulatory commissions ; Public utilities Law and legislation ; Brasilien
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C. : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821366866 , 9780821366868
    Language: English
    Pages: xxi, 141 p.
    DDC: 338.9009172/4
    Keywords: World Bank ; Weltbank ; Entwicklungsländer ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Economic development projects ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Entwicklungsländer ; Entwicklungsländer ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Weltbank
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 131) and index
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    ISBN: 0821366823 , 0821366831
    Language: English
    Pages: xi, 42 p
    Series Statement: World Bank working paper no. 84
    DDC: 333.91/409664
    Keywords: Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Communication in rural development ; Water-power ; Hydroelectric power plants
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3907
    Parallel Title: Reshef, Ariell Trade and harmonization
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; International trade ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; International trade
    Abstract: "Good institutional quality (function) and similar institutional design (form) can promote international trade by reducing transactions costs. The authors evaluate the relative importance of function versus form in a gravity model, using an indicator of different legal systems as a proxy for differences in form, together with indicators of overall institutional quality. They find that good institutions promote trade much more than similar legal systems and have much more explanatory power. This effect is economically large-up to 10 times the effect of different legal systems. Moreover, better infrastructure matters as much as good institutions. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/8/2006 , Also available in print.
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3943
    Parallel Title: Foster, Vivien Is cost recovery a feasible objective for water and electricity?
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public utilities ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public utilities
    Abstract: "Given the relatively small segment of the population that faces genuine affordability problems in Latin America, there appears to be a promising case for using targeted subsidies to reconcile the cost recovery objective with social protection concerns. Social tariff schemes of various kinds are already widespread in Latin America, but they suffer from a number of design flaws. Increasing block tariff (IBT) structures are the most prevalent form of social tariffs in the region. These are likely to be more successful in the electricity sector than in the water sector because the correlation between consumption and income is much stronger in the case of electricity than water. Moreover, IBT structures in electricity tend to be much better designed than in the case of water, with lower fixed charges, lower subsistence blocks, and steeper gradients. A number of more sophisticated social tariff schemes are also being applied that combine consumption criteria with some form of socioeconomic screening. These are generally found to perform better than IBTs, although they also present significant room for improvement. "--World Bank web site
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3950
    Parallel Title: Auriol, Emmanuelle Infrastructure and public utilities privatization in developing countries
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Privatization ; Public utilities ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Privatization ; Public utilities
    Abstract: "The paper analyzes governments' tradeoff between fiscal benefits and consumer surplus in privatization reforms of noncompetitive industries in developing countries. Under privatization, the control rights are transferred to private interests so that public subsidies decline. This benefit for tax-payers comes at the cost of price increases for consumers. In developing countries, tight budget constraints imply that privatization may be optimal for low profitability segments. For highly profitable public utilities, the combination of allocative inefficiency and critical budgetary conditions may favor public ownership. Finally, once a market segment gives room for more than one firm, governments prefer to regulate the industry. In the absence of a credible regulatory agency, regulation is achieved through public ownership. "--World Bank web site
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    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3825
    Parallel Title: Bogetic, Željko International benchmarking of Lesotho's infrastructure performance
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "The author provides a preliminary benchmarking of infrastructure performance in Lesotho in four major sectors--electricity, water and sanitation, information and communication technology, and road transportation--against the relevant group of comparator countries using a new World Bank international data base with objective and perception-based indicators of infrastructure performance from over 200 countries. The results of the benchmarking are revealing of several major, comparative deficiencies in infrastructure performance in Lesotho: (1) extremely low access to electricity and its affordability; (2) poor coverage, quality, and the cost of local (non-cellular) telephony; and (3) poor quality of roads. Infrastructure service delivery in electricity, telephony, and roads is well below what would be expected, on average, for a country in Lesotho's income group. In these sectors, Lesotho also compares unfavorably with many other geographical country groups. Unless addressed, such infrastructure shortfalls are likely to adversely affect the welfare of Lesotho's poor, and the cost competitiveness and growth prospects of a range of economic sectors (such as tourism and trade) that depend critically on a stable and competitive supply of basic infrastructure service. They could also affect the speed and quality of Lesotho's regional economic integration within the South Africa Customs Union (SACU) sub-region with attendant consequences for the long-term growth of regional trade and real output. By contrast, Lesotho's performance is solid in the access to improved water and sanitation, in the aggregate and in both rural and urban areas. Finally, this benchmarking, combined with more in-depth, sector analyses, could provide policymakers in Lesotho a useful guide to the areas of infrastructure performance requiring attention. "--World Bank web site
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3830
    Parallel Title: Bogetic, Željko International benchmarking of South Africa's infrastructure performance
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "The paper provides a first systematic, comprehensive benchmarking of South Africa's infrastructure performance in four major sectors--electricity, water and sanitation, information and communication technology, and transportation--against the relevant group of comparator countries using a new World Bank international data base with objective and perception-based indicators of infrastructure performance from over 200 countries. Specifically, the paper seeks to answer a number of relevant questions: How does South Africa compare on major indicators of infrastructure sector performance against the relevant country groups? What do outcome indicators tell us about the relative strengths and weaknesses of South Africa's infrastructure compared with various income and geographical comparator groups of countries? Where are the largest deviations-positive and negative-from the benchmarks and other comparators? And how does one interpret some of these comparisons to be useful for policy purposes? "--World Bank web site
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    Online Resource
    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 1843766353 , 9781843766353
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xlii, 580 p) , ill , 25 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: An Elgar reference collection
    Series Statement: Critical perspectives on the global trading system and the WTO 11
    Parallel Title: Available in another form Trade preferences and differential treatment of developing countries
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Trade preferences and differential treatment of developing countries
    DDC: 382/.7091724
    RVK:
    Keywords: World Trade Organization ; World Trade Organization ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Freihandel ; Handelsliberalisierung ; Außenwirtschaftspolitik ; Internationale Zusammenarbeit ; Entwicklungsländer ; Free trade ; Free trade ; World Trade Organization ; Free trade ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Commerce ; Developing countries Commerce ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Außenhandelspolitik ; Präferenzsystem
    Description / Table of Contents: History/early ideas and assessments -- Economic analysis -- Administrative costs -- Political economy -- Preference erosion -- International cooperation, GATT/WTO developments and proposals for reform.
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3989
    Parallel Title: Fedderke, Johannes W Infrastructure and growth in South Africa
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public investments ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public investments ; South Africa Economic conditions ; South Africa Economic conditions
    Abstract: "Empirical explorations of the growth and productivity impacts of infrastructure have been characterized by ambiguous (countervailing signs) results with little robustness. A number of explanations of the contradictory findings have been proposed. These range from the crowd-out of private by public sector investment, non-linearities generating the possibility of infrastructure overprovision, simultaneity between infrastructure provision and growth, and the possibility of multiple (hence indirect) channels of influence between infrastructure and productivity improvements. The authors explore these possibilities using panel data for South Africa over the 1970-2000 period, and a range of 19 infrastructure measures. Using a number of alternative measures of productivity, the prevalence of ambiguous (countervailing signs) results, with little systematic pattern is also shown to hold for their data set in estimations that include the infrastructure measures in simple growth frameworks. The authors demonstrate that controlling for potential endogeneity of infrastructure in estimation robustly eliminates virtually all evidence of ambiguous impacts of infrastructure, due for example to possible overinvestment in infrastructure. Controlling for the possibility of endogeneity in the infrastructure measures renders the impact of infrastructure capital not only positive, but of economically meaningful magnitudes. These findings are invariant between the direct impact of infrastructure on labor productivity, and the indirect impact of infrastructure on total factor productivity. "--World Bank web site
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3997
    Parallel Title: Araujo, M. Caridad Local inequality and project choice
    Keywords: Income distribution ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public investments ; Income distribution ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public investments
    Abstract: "This paper provides evidence consistent with elite capture of Social Fund investment projects in Ecuador. Exploiting a unique combination of data-sets on village-level income distributions, Social Fund project administration, and province level electoral results, the authors test a simple model of project choice when local political power is unequally distributed. In accordance with the predictions of the model, poorer villages are more likely to receive projects that provide excludable (private) goods to the poor, such as latrines. Controlling for poverty, more unequal communities are less likely to receive such projects. Consistent with the hypothesis of elite capture, these results are sensitive to the specific measure of inequality used in the empirical analysis, and are strongest for expenditure shares at the top of the distribution. "--World Bank web site
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    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821366521 , 9780821366523
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xix, 70 p) , ill , 28 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 332.109172/4
    Keywords: World Bank ; World Bank ; Finance Evaluation ; International finance ; Finance Evaluation ; International finance ; World Bank ; Finance ; International finance ; Developing countries
    Note: "World Bank Independent Evaluation Group , Author from acknowledgements , Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-70)
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    New York : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821361252 , 9780821361252
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xix, 346 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Trade and development series
    DDC: 337.1
    Keywords: Industrial productivity Effect of technological innovations on ; International economic integration ; International trade ; Investments, Foreign ; Technology transfer Economic aspects ; Industrial productivity Effect of technological innovations on ; International economic integration ; International trade ; Investments, Foreign ; Technology transfer Economic aspects ; Industrial productivity ; International economic integration ; Effect of technological innovations on ; International trade ; Developing countries ; Investments, Foreign ; Technology transfer
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 80
    ISBN: 0821364863 , 9780821364864
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxvi, 520 p) , ill., maps , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 339.4/6091724
    Keywords: Poverty ; Poverty ; Poverty ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Economic policy ; Developing countries Economic policy
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    ISBN: 9780833040312 , 0833042858 , 0833040316 , 9780833042859
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 92 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report
    Parallel Title: Print version Landree, Eric Freedom and information
    DDC: 363.325/93880973
    Keywords: Transportation Security measures ; Infrastructure (Economics) Safety measures ; National security Planning ; Transportation Effect of terrorism on ; Terrorism Prevention ; Evaluation ; Transportation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; National security ; Transportation ; Terrorism ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Terrorism ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; General ; National security ; Planning ; Transportation ; Effect of terrorism on ; Transportation ; Security measures ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: How much data regarding U.S. anti- and counterterrorism systems, countermeasures, and defenses is publicly available and how easily could it be found by individuals seeking to harm U.S. domestic interests? The authors developed a framework to guide assessments of the availability of such information for planning attacks on the U.S. air, rail, and sea transportation infrastructure, and applied the framework in an information-gathering exercise that used several attack scenarios. Overall, the framework was useful for assessing what kind of information would be easy or hard for potential attackers to find. For each of the attack scenarios, a team of 'attackers' was unable to locate some of the information that a terrorist planner would need to gauge the likely success of a potential attack. The authors recommend that procedures for securing sensitive information be evaluated regularly and that information that can be obtained from easily accessible, off-site public information sources be included in vulnerability assessments
    Abstract: How much data regarding U.S. anti- and counterterrorism systems, countermeasures, and defenses is publicly available and how easily could it be found by individuals seeking to harm U.S. domestic interests? The authors developed a framework to guide assessments of the availability of such information for planning attacks on the U.S. air, rail, and sea transportation infrastructure, and applied the framework in an information-gathering exercise that used several attack scenarios. Overall, the framework was useful for assessing what kind of information would be easy or hard for potential attackers to find. For each of the attack scenarios, a team of 'attackers' was unable to locate some of the information that a terrorist planner would need to gauge the likely success of a potential attack. The authors recommend that procedures for securing sensitive information be evaluated regularly and that information that can be obtained from easily accessible, off-site public information sources be included in vulnerability assessments
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    ISBN: 0821363999 , 9780821363997
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xix, 246 p) , ill., col. maps , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Directions in development
    DDC: 363.8/56
    Keywords: Economic assistance ; Malnutrition ; Nutrition Government policy ; Poverty ; Economic assistance ; Malnutrition ; Nutrition Government policy ; Poverty ; Economic assistance ; Malnutrition ; Nutrition ; Poverty ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Economic conditions ; Developing countries Economic conditions
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-237) and index
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    Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : World Bank
    ISBN: 082136314X , 9780821363140
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxi, 537 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Trade and development series
    DDC: 339.4/6091724
    Keywords: World Trade Organization ; World Trade Organization ; Doha Development Agenda ; Doha Development Agenda ; International trade ; Poverty ; International trade ; Poverty ; World Trade Organization ; Doha Development Agenda ; International trade ; Developing countries ; (2001-) ; Poverty ; Developing countries ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Economic conditions ; Developing countries Economic policy ; Developing countries Economic conditions ; Developing countries Economic policy
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    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821362607 , 9780821362600
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvii, 217 p) , ill., col. maps , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Uniform Title: Disease Control Priorities Project.
    Uniform Title: Disease control priorities in developing countries.
    DDC: 362.109172/4
    Keywords: Communicable Disease Control ; Developing Countries ; Health Planning ; Health planning ; Medicine, Preventive ; Preventive Medicine ; Public Health ; Public health ; Communicable Disease Control ; Developing Countries ; Health Planning ; Health planning ; Medicine, Preventive ; Preventive Medicine ; Public Health ; Public health ; Communicable Disease Control ; Developing Countries ; Health Planning ; Health planning ; Medicine, Preventive ; Preventive Medicine ; Developing countries ; Developing countries ; Public Health ; Public health
    Note: "Companion volume to Disease control priorities in developing countries, 2nd ed. (DCP2)"--P. [4] of cover , "Disease Control Priorities Project"--Cover , Col. maps on lining papers , Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186) and index
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  • 85
    ISBN: 0511115660 , 9780511115660
    Language: English
    Pages: xi, 276 pages , Illustrationen , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2005 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
    Series Statement: EBSCOhost eBook Collection
    Parallel Title: Print version Federalism and the market
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    Keywords: Federal government ; Federal government Developing countries ; Federal government ; Federal government ; Federal government ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Economic Policy ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Government & Business ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Development ; Economic Development ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Development ; Business Development ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Structural Adjustment ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Development ; General ; Economic policy ; Federal government ; Föderalismus ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Developing countries Economic policy. ; Developing countries Economic policy ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Economic policy ; Developing countries Economic policy ; Developing countries Economic policy. ; Developing countries ; Entwicklungsländer ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books ; Entwicklungsländer ; Föderalismus ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Entwicklungsländer ; Föderalismus ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: Intergovernmental Bargaining and Economic Policy in Federations --From Market-Preserving to Market-Distorting Federalism: Divergent Incentives and Economic Reform in Developing Nations --Federalism and the Decentralized Politics of Macroeconomic Policy and Performance --Testing the Model: Macroeconomic Reform Beyond the Federal-Unitary Distinction --Partisan Harmony, Intergovernmental Coordination, and Market Transitions: The Case of Argentina --Regional Competition, Fiscal Dependence, and Incentives in the Argentine Provinces --The View from Below: The Politics of Public Sector Reform in Three Argentine Provinces --Conclusion: Federalism, Reform, and Enduring Puzzles.
    Abstract: This book, first published in 2005, develops a comparative model of intergovernmental bargaining to account for variation in the capacity of federations in the developing world to undertake economic policy reform, suggesting that many market reform policies are a function of a constant process of bargaining between national and regional leaders struggling for political survival. As the degree of national-regional disagreement mounts, collective action on reforms that require implementation at multiple levels of government becomes more difficult. The degree to which the two factors conflict depends on four factors: the individual electoral interests, a shared intergovernmental fiscal system, the manner in which regional interests are represented in national policy making and the levers of partisan influence national leaders have over subnational politicians. In testing the argument with a combination of cross-sectional time-series and case study analysis, this book contributes to the broad literatures on development and the comparative political economy of federalism and decentralization
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-272) and index , Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2005
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    London : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230006294
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXI, 303 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Series Statement: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
    Series Statement: Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Political economy ; Macroeconomics ; Economic history ; Development economics ; Developing countries ; Economic policy ; Management ; Electronic books ; Developing countries ; Economic policy ; Management ; Entwicklungsländer ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: This book presents a critical view of economic development in the last 50 years and evaluates different approaches taken that led to success or failure. It covers development policies, methods, procedures, as well as development project selection and how the one-size-fits-all approach taken by major players in development resulted in huge waste and disappointments. Global examples and comparisons are used to identify the need for selective strategies and new ways to assure development effectiveness
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  • 87
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    London : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230522954
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIV, 233 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: International Economic Association Series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Printed edition
    Keywords: Auslandsinvestition ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Welt ; Entwicklungsländer ; Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Investments, Foreign Congresses ; Developing countries ; International business enterprises Congresses ; Developing countries ; Economic development Congresses ; Finance ; Political economy ; Macroeconomics ; International economics ; Economic history ; Development economics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Auslandsinvestition ; Entwicklungsländer ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Auslandsinvestition
    Abstract: During the past twenty or so years, foreign direct investment (FDI) flows have increased at rates approaching the astounding, especially so during the 1990s. While much of the increase was due to unprecedented cross-border mergers and acquisitions among high-income countries, the amount of FDI flowing to developing nations also grew substantially. This volume examines the economics of this FDI to developing countries. Some chapters are theoretical in nature, others empirical, and still others are largely policy-oriented. Topics covered include whether FDI makes an autonomous contribution to growth in these nations and whether or not 'spillovers' are generated by this investments. Also covered are effects of policy intervention by governments on FDI flows and whether non-economic factors (e.g. cultural factors) might figure as determinants of location of FDI
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; The International Economic Association; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Introduction: Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries - Where Do We Now Stand?; 2 On Intra-firm Trade and Multinationals: Offshoring and Foreign Outsourcing in Manufacturing; 3 Foreign Direct Investment, Externalities and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Some Empirical Explorations; 4 Technological Spillovers and Export-platform FDI; 5 Foreign Direct Investment in South Asia: Impact on Economic Growth and Local Investment
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 The Internationalization of Korean Firms: Strategic Interaction and Tariff-jumping when Quality Matters7 Foreign Direct Investment, Trade and Regional Integration in Mercosur; 8 The Effect of Exchange-rate Uncertainty on Foreign Direct Investment in the United Kingdom; 9 The Role of Foreign Direct Investment and Natural Resources in Economic Development; 10 Multinationals and Foreign Direct Investment in India and China; 11 Portuguese Investment in Brazil - the Challenges of an Iberian Logic
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; The International Economic Association; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Introduction: Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries - Where Do We Now Stand?; 2 On Intra-firm Trade and Multinationals: Offshoring and Foreign Outsourcing in Manufacturing; 3 Foreign Direct Investment, Externalities and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Some Empirical Explorations; 4 Technological Spillovers and Export-platform FDI; 5 Foreign Direct Investment in South Asia: Impact on Economic Growth and Local Investment
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 The Internationalization of Korean Firms: Strategic Interaction and Tariff-jumping when Quality Matters7 Foreign Direct Investment, Trade and Regional Integration in Mercosur; 8 The Effect of Exchange-rate Uncertainty on Foreign Direct Investment in the United Kingdom; 9 The Role of Foreign Direct Investment and Natural Resources in Economic Development; 10 Multinationals and Foreign Direct Investment in India and China; 11 Portuguese Investment in Brazil - the Challenges of an Iberian Logic
    Note: "Selected from papers presented at the Thirteenth Congress of the International Economic Association, held in Lisbon, Portugal in September 2002"--P , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 88
    ISBN: 3825881628
    Language: German
    Pages: X, 298 S. , graph. Darst. , 21 cm
    Series Statement: Politik 18
    Series Statement: Politik
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Entwicklungshilfe ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Kritik ; Wirtschaftslage ; Vergleich ; Entwicklungsländer ; Welt ; Economic assistance Developing countries ; Economic development Political aspects ; Developing countries ; Economic development Social aspects ; Developing countries ; Entwicklungsländer ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Lebensbedingungen ; Entwicklungshilfe
    Abstract: Die Lebensbedingungen auf der Welt, insbesondere in den Entwick-lungsländern, sollen sich, so hört man es oft, laufend verschlechtern. Insbesondere Institutionen, die von und für die Entwicklungs-hilfe leben, vertreten diese These. Mit reichem Datenmaterial be-legt der Verfasser, daß fast überall auf der Welt die Lebenserwartung steigt, sich Bildungsstand und Ernährungslage verbessern, kurz, der Wohlstand zunimmt. Mit einer Ausnahme: Schwarzafrika. Wolff geht weiter, er warnt vor dem Trugschluß, dies sei auf Entwicklungshilfe zurückzuführen und erfolgreiche Entwicklungsprojekte seien mit erfolgreicher Entwicklung gleichzusetzen. Reformvorschläge für die Entwicklungshilfe schließen den Band ab.
    Note: Literaturverz. S. [283] - 298
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  • 89
    ISBN: 1856497488 , 1856497496
    Language: English
    Pages: X, 293 S , 22cm
    Edition: 3. impr
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    Keywords: War ; Economic aspects ; Developing countries ; National security ; Developing countries ; Globalization ; Entwicklungsländer ; Krieg ; Wirtschaft ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Weltordnung ; Globalisierung
    Note: Includes index , Bibliography
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  • 90
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    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821364421 , 9780821364420
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 168 p) , ill , 28 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausgabe World Bank E-Library Archive Sonstige Standardnummer des Gesamttitels: 041181-4
    Parallel Title: Reproduktion von E-development
    DDC: 303.48/33
    Keywords: Entwicklungsländer ; Informationstechnik ; Informationsgesellschaft ; Entwicklungsländer ; Information society ; Developing countries ; Information technology ; Economic aspects ; Developing countries ; Technology and state ; Developing countries ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Informationstechnik ; Informationsgesellschaft
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-168) , Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:c2005
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  • 91
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    Washington, DC: World Bank, c2005
    ISBN: 0821360582 , 9780821360583
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 475 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausgabe World Bank E-Library Archive Sonstige Standardnummer des Gesamttitels: 041181-4
    Parallel Title: Reproduktion von Measuring empowerment
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.5/69/091724
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    Keywords: Entwicklungsländer ; Empowerment ; Sozialer Indikator ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Community development ; Developing countries ; Citizen participation ; Poverty ; Developing countries ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Empowerment ; Sozialer Indikator
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 92
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    Washington, D.C. : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821362410 , 0821362429
    Language: English
    Pages: xvii, 92 p.
    DDC: 332.1/532/096
    Keywords: World Bank Evaluation ; Weltbank ; Economic development projects Evaluation ; Public administration ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Kapazitätsmanagement ; Afrika ; Afrika ; Afrika ; Weltbank ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Kapazitätsmanagement
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-92)
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  • 93
    ISBN: 0821362801
    Language: English
    Pages: xii, 197 p
    Series Statement: World Bank working paper no. 58
    DDC: 363/.09729
    Keywords: Wirtschaft ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Economics ; Infrastruktur ; Karibik ; Karibik ; Infrastruktur
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  • 94
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    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821361813 , 0821363484
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (v. 〈1-2 〉) , ill , 23 cm.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 339.4/6/091724
    Keywords: Poverty ; Poverty ; Poverty ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Economic policy ; Developing countries Economic policy
    Description / Table of Contents: v. 1. A practitioner's guide on trade, monetary and exchange rate policy, utility provision, agricultural markets, land policy, and education -- v. 2. Analyzing the distributional impact of reforms
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 95
    ISBN: 0821363808
    Language: English
    Pages: vii, 51 p
    Series Statement: World Bank working paper no. 66
    DDC: 363.6
    Keywords: Consumer protection ; Consumer protection ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Ostasien ; Pazifischer Raum
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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  • 96
    ISBN: 082136152X
    Language: English
    Pages: ix, 140 p
    Series Statement: World Bank working paper no. 52
    DDC: 332.67/22
    Keywords: Public utilities Finance ; Public utilities Regulation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Großbritannien
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  • 97
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    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3689
    Parallel Title: Noumba Um, Paul Private participation in infrastructure projects in the Republic of Korea
    Keywords: Capital investments ; Financial crises ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Privatization ; Capital investments ; Financial crises ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Privatization
    Abstract: "In the aftermath of the 1997 East Asian financial crisis, the government of the Republic of Korea published a Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Act to remove the main impediments to private investment in infrastructure sectors. The implementation of the Act was followed by a steady increase in the number of PPI projects, thus spurring the modernization of the main infrastructure facilities in transport, water, electricity, and telecommunications. Despite this progress, the Korean PPI market still faces critical challenges that are probably related to its nascent stage of development. The market is dominated by five construction and engineering firms, but lacks world-class project developers. At the same time, the procurement of PPI projects takes on average four years, and competition in tenders is limited. The number of unsolicited proposals is abnormally high, whereas the number of solicited proposals remains flat. The participation of foreign firms is very limited despite the size of the market and the number of projects awarded. Although local financing is available, the maturity of financing instruments does not exceed five years for most corporate papers, and 10 years for government bonds. This paper reviews the procurement of PPI projects in Korea and benchmarks it to international best practices before proposing options for its improvement. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 8/25/2005 , Also available in print.
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  • 98
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3789
    Parallel Title: Lasagabaster, Esperanza Sri Lanka's migrant labor remittances
    Keywords: Emigrant remittances ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Emigrant remittances ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "Remittances-money sent home by immigrant workers abroad-are hugely beneficial to Sri Lanka. Migrants' remittances have grown dramatically in recent years and are now estimated at US
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 12/7/2005 , Also available in print.
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  • 99
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    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3513
    Parallel Title: Benitez, Daniel A How concentrated are global infrastructure markets?
    Keywords: Globalization ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Globalization ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "In infrastructure, the possibility of a positive relationship between operators' profitability and the degree of concentration is a major political issue in view of the wide diversity of feelings about the potential role of the private sector. This is particularly important because of (1) the large residual degree of monopolies, (2) the protection they are granted through exclusivity clauses built in service delivery contracts, and (3) the widespread sense that the same operators tend to be present in most of the privatized operations. The main purpose of this paper is to provide a first set of quantitative assessments of the degree of concentration in infrastructure at the global and the regional levels. Concentration issues were identified in only about 20 percent of the cases studied, and a presumption of concentration was found in another 30 percent of the cases. Benitez and Estache find no correlation between the degree of concentration and the degree of reform adopted by a region or a sector. In more general terms, they find no scope for simple encompassing regional or sectoral statements because issues are region- and sector-specific. The authors conclude by arguing that there are a few cases and regions in which it would make sense for a supranational competition or regulation agency to ensure that the interests of the users are protected more effectively against the risks of collusion and other types of anti-competitive behaviors local regulators would not be equipped to address. This paper--a product of the Office of the Vice President, Infrastructure Network--is part of a larger effort in the network to document the state of the sector"--World Bank web site
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  • 100
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3515
    Parallel Title: Trujillo, Lourdes Reforms and infrastructure efficiency in Spain's container ports
    Keywords: Container terminals ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Container terminals ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "Serrano and Trujillo quantify the evolution of technical efficiency in port infrastructure service provision in the major Spanish port authorities involved in container traffic. They also analyze the extent to which port reforms that took place in the 1990s had an impact on the efficiency of the Spanish container ports. Because of the multi-output nature of port activities, the authors have estimated a distance function, which is a novel methodology in the study of the port industry. Their results show that the reforms resulted in significant improvements in technological change, but that technical efficiency has in fact changed little on average. But there is a significant movement of the efficiency within ports over time as a result of these reforms. This paper--a product of the Office of the Vice President, Infrastructure Network--is part of a larger effort in the network to document the impact of regulatory reform"--World Bank web site
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