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  • 1
    Language: English
    Pages: ill , 30 cm
    DDC: 304.6/32/0962
    Keywords: Fertility ; Egypt ; Egypt ; Population ; Birth control ; Egypt
    Note: World Fertility Survey, International Statistical Institute , This project was conducted as part of the World Fertility Survey and with the collaboration of the World Bank"--T.p. verso , Includes bibliographical references
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  • 2
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    New York : Palgrame Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230617834
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (ix, 180 p)
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    DDC: 306.091
    Keywords: Culture Study and teaching ; Linguistics ; Semiotics ; Nature conservation ; Sociology ; Cultural studies ; Pop-Kultur ; Symbolismus ; Mythos
    Abstract: This book delves into the reasons why pop culture, and all of its "X-Rated" features, are so appealing to masses of people, even though they may hate to love it
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  • 3
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    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C. : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821379240 (Sekundärausgabe) , 9780821379240 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Pages: Ill., col. map , 26 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource World Bank E-Library ISBN 0821379240
    Edition: ISBN 9780821379240
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    Series Statement: A World Bank country study
    DDC: 305.2350982
    Note: Online-Ausg.:
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  • 4
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    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C. : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821382073 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Pages: 25 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource World Bank E-Library ISBN 9780821382073 (pbk.)
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 305.5/630982
    Note: Online-Ausg.:
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  • 5
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    Online Resource
    Malden, MA : Blackwell
    ISBN: 9781405189200 , 1444308823 , 1282116541 , 1444308831 , 9781444308822 , 9781282116542 , 9781444308839
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvi, 213 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Anthropology off the shelf
    DDC: 306
    Keywords: Ethnology Authorship ; Anthropologists Attitudes ; Literature and anthropology ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: In Anthropology off the Shelf, leading anthropologists reflect on the craft of writing and the passions that fuel their desire to write books.First of its kind volume in anthropology in which prominent anthropologists and 3 respected professionals outside the discipline follow the tradition of the “writers on writing” genre to reflect on all aspects of the writing processContributors are high-profile in anthropology and many have a strong presence outside the field, in popular cultureUnique in its format: short essays, revealing and straightforward in content and writing style
    Abstract: Introduction : the writer in the anthropologist / Maria D. Vesperi and Alisse Waterston -- Speaking truth to power with books / Howard Zinn -- Remember when writing was fun? : why academics should go on a low syllable, active voice diet / Karen Brodkin -- The bard / Carolyn Nordstrom -- Saggin' and braggin' / Lee D. Baker -- Stories for readers : a few observations from outside the academy / Andrew Barnes -- Writing poverty, drawing readers : stories in Love, sorrow and rage / Alisse Waterston -- Write ous indignation : Black girls, dilemmas of cultural domination and the struggle to speak the skin we are in / Signithia Fordham -- Writing truth to power : racism as statecraft / Arthur K. Spears -- Remembering Octavia / Sharon Ball -- Believing in anthropology as literature / Ruth Behar -- Walking in Zora's shoes or "seek(ing) out de inside meanin' of words" : the intersections of anthropology, ethnography, identity, and writing / Irma McClaurin -- Off the shelf and into oblivion? / Catherine Kingfisher -- "Don't use your data as a pillow" / S. Eben Kirksey -- The trope of the pith helmet : America's anthropology, anthropology's America / Micaela di Leonardo -- The book that wrote me / Roger Sanjek -- Fighting words / Paul Farmer -- Taking chances / Maria D. Vesperi
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction : the writer in the anthropologist / Maria D. Vesperi and Alisse WaterstonSpeaking truth to power with books / Howard Zinn -- Remember when writing was fun? : why academics should go on a low syllable, active voice diet / Karen Brodkin -- The bard / Carolyn Nordstrom -- Saggin' and braggin' / Lee D. Baker -- Stories for readers : a few observations from outside the academy / Andrew Barnes -- Writing poverty, drawing readers : stories in Love, sorrow and rage / Alisse Waterston -- Write ous indignation : Black girls, dilemmas of cultural domination and the struggle to speak the skin we are in / Signithia Fordham -- Writing truth to power : racism as statecraft / Arthur K. Spears -- Remembering Octavia / Sharon Ball -- Believing in anthropology as literature / Ruth Behar -- Walking in Zora's shoes or "seek(ing) out de inside meanin' of words" : the intersections of anthropology, ethnography, identity, and writing / Irma McClaurin -- Off the shelf and into oblivion? / Catherine Kingfisher -- "Don't use your data as a pillow" / S. Eben Kirksey -- The trope of the pith helmet : America's anthropology, anthropology's America / Micaela di Leonardo -- The book that wrote me / Roger Sanjek -- Fighting words / Paul Farmer -- Taking chances / Maria D. Vesperi.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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  • 6
    ISBN: 082137818X , 9780821378182
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (x, 67 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: World Bank working paper no. 166
    DDC: 362.1
    Keywords: Health promotion ; Integrated delivery of health care ; World health ; Health promotion ; Integrated delivery of health care ; World health ; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated ; World Health
    Description / Table of Contents: IntroductionMethodology -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-67)
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  • 7
    ISBN: 0821375873 , 0821375881 , 9780821375877 , 9780821375884
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 764 pages) , illustrations , 28 cm
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Agriculture and rural development
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 338.1082091724
    Keywords: Agricultural laborers ; Agricultural laborers ; Women agricultural laborers ; Women agricultural laborers ; Women in agriculture ; Women in agriculture
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 8
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Washington, DC : World Bank | [Tunisia] : Infrastructure Consortium for Africa | [Washington, D.C.] : Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility
    ISBN: 0821377302 , 0821377310 , 9780821377307 , 9780821377314
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 111 pages) , color illustrations , 23 cm
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 658.15/224
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Investments, Foreign ; Public works Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-104) and index
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  • 9
    ISBN: 0821377906 , 0821379143 , 9780821377901 , 9780821379141
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxiii, 100 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Agriculture and rural development
    DDC: 338.3/727
    Keywords: Fishery management ; Fishery policy ; Intergovernmental cooperation ; Fishery management ; Fishery policy ; Intergovernmental cooperation ; Fishery management ; Fishery policy ; Intergovernmental cooperation ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Description / Table of Contents: Global trends in fisheriesThe economic performance of world marine capture fisheries -- Estimate of net economic loss in the global marine fishery -- Results -- The way forward.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-94) and index
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  • 10
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    Online Resource
    Washington, DC : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821377531 , 0821379399 , 9780821377536 , 9780821379394
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxii, 142 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development. Countries and regions
    DDC: 338/.0640951
    Keywords: Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Technology transfer ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Technology transfer ; Technological innovations ; Technology transfer
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-134) and index
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  • 11
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    Online Resource
    Washington, DC : World Bank
    ISBN: 082137754X , 0821377558 , 9780821377543 , 9780821377550
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (104 pages) , color illustrations , 27 cm
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 332.1/75086942096
    Keywords: Banks and banking ; Financial services industry ; Microfinance
    Abstract: Overview -- Banking the poor -- Starting to bank -- Adding customer services -- Building branchless banking -- Promoting access to banking -- Extending credit to entrepreneurs -- Increasing disclosure -- Data sources and methodology.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-76)
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  • 12
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    Online Resource
    Washington, DC : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821374443 , 9780821377406
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxiv, 308 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 362.1/042
    Keywords: Equality Health aspects ; Health services accessibility ; Poor Cross-cultural studies Medical care ; World health ; Equality Health aspects ; Health services accessibility ; Poor Cross-cultural studies Medical care ; World health ; Cross-Cultural Comparison ; Developing Countries ; Health Policy ; Health Status Disparities ; Healthcare Disparities ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Equality ; Health services accessibility ; Health aspects ; Poor ; World health ; Medical care ; Cross-Cultural Comparison ; Cross-cultural studies ; Developing Countries ; Health Policy ; Health Status Disparities ; Healthcare Disparities ; Socioeconomic Factors
    Description / Table of Contents: An unacceptable realityApproaching a complex and persistent problem -- The importance of "listening" -- A menu of pro-poor policies -- Brazil, filling the cracks in universal coverage -- Cambodia: contracting with nongovernmental organizations to serve the poor -- Cambodia: health equity fund for the poor -- Chile: integrated services program for the poor -- Colombia: expanding health insurance for the poor -- India: community-based health care services -- Indonesia: health cards for the poor -- Kenya: expanding immunization reach through campaigns -- The Kyrgyz Republic: health financing reform and the poor -- Mexico: paying the poor to use health services -- Mexico: providing subsidized health insurance to the poor -- Nepal: participatory planning -- Rwanda: community-based health insurance -- Tanzania: social marketing for malaria prevention -- Vigilance.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-294) and index
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  • 13
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    Online Resource
    Washington, DC : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821378880 , 0821379437 , 9780821378885 , 9780821379431
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxii, 338 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development
    DDC: 362.109172/4
    Keywords: Health services accessibility ; Medical care ; Public health ; Health services accessibility ; Medical care ; Public health ; Delivery of Health Care ; Developing Countries ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Health Services ; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) ; Health services accessibility ; Medical care ; Public health ; Delivery of Health Care ; Developing countries ; Developing countries ; Developing countries ; Developing Countries ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Health Services ; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
    Description / Table of Contents: Review of strategies to strengthen health servicesReview of strategies to strengthen the performance of health organizations -- Review of strategies to improve health care provider performance -- Review of community empowerment strategies for health -- Analysis of cross-country changes in health services -- Institutional context of health services -- Evaluation of changes in health results in World Bank-assisted health projects -- Seven country case studies -- From evidence to learning and doing.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 14
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    Online Resource
    Washington, DC : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821378786 , 9780821379370
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xviii, 194 p) , ill. , col. maps , 23 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 333.75096711
    Keywords: Forest policy ; Forests and forestry ; Rain forests Management ; Forest policy ; Forests and forestry ; Rain forests Management ; Forest policy ; Forests and forestry ; Rain forests
    Description / Table of Contents: The historic and environmental contextThe advent of forest reform -- Objectives and content of the reforms -- A summary of impacts -- In-depth analysis of impacts -- Ten years of forest sector reform.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 15
    ISBN: 9780821379585 , 9780821379592
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxvi, 127 p) , ill. (some col.) , 28 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 338.910962
    Keywords: World Bank ; World Bank ; Economic assistance ; Economic development ; Economic assistance ; Economic development ; World Bank ; Economic assistance ; Economic development ; Egypt ; Egypt Economic conditions 1981- ; Egypt Economic conditions 1981-
    Note: "Written by Ismail Arslan, with contributions by consultants Ataman Aksoy ... [et al.]"--P. vii , At head of title: IEG World Bank, IFC, MIGA , Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-127)
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  • 16
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    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821380060 , 0821380079 , 9780821380062 , 9780821380079
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxix, 167 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development. Human development
    DDC: 338.4/33621009598
    Keywords: Health care reform ; Medical economics ; National health insurance ; Health care reform ; Medical economics ; National health insurance ; Financing, Government ; Health Care Reform economics ; Insurance, Health economics ; National Health Programs economics ; Population Dynamics ; Health care reform ; Medical economics ; National health insurance ; Financing, Government ; Health Care Reform ; Insurance, Health ; National Health Programs ; Population Dynamics
    Description / Table of Contents: Socioeconomic and health systems contextIndonesia's health financing system -- Assessment of health financing performance -- Key policy issues, options, and costs -- Policy options : finding resources for health -- Conclusions and next steps.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-159) and index
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  • 17
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    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821380516 , 0821380524 , 9780821380512 , 9780821380529
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxiii, 88 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available online
    Series Statement: A World Bank country study
    DDC: 362.5/820982
    Keywords: Economic assistance, Domestic ; Income maintenance programs ; Social security ; Economic assistance, Domestic ; Income maintenance programs ; Social security ; Economic assistance, Domestic ; Income maintenance programs ; Social security ; Argentina ; Argentina ; Argentina Economic policy ; Argentina Social policy ; Argentina Economic policy ; Argentina Social policy
    Abstract: Argentina approaches its bicentennial as an independent republic and has a window of opportunity in social protection policy. Following the most serious economic crisis in its history during 2001-02, the country mobilized an effort to provide income support to the population in need. Now, as growth has returned and social indicators have recovered to pre-crisis levels, there is an opening to move from emergency income support programs to a more comprehensive, long-term, and sustainable strategy for social protection. The emergency response was effective, as it helped the country to overcome the worst of the crisis. The centerpiece of the strategy, plan Jefes y Jefas, provided benefits to nearly two million households during a period when poverty affected more than half the population and unemployment reached record levels. The number of beneficiaries slowly declined beginning in 2003, and was at nearly one-third of its maximum value by early 2008. This reduction was achieved by the reentry of beneficiaries into the formal labor market, the loss of eligibility, and the shift of beneficiaries to familias and seguro de capacitacion y empleo (Seguro), the successor programs to Jefes. Now that the crisis has passed, the policy debate has shifted toward the future of social protection over the longer term. The improvement in overall economic conditions since 2003 has resulted in a decline in unemployment, poverty, and inequality, and a recovery of formal employment and real salaries to pre-crisis levels. These positive trends have generated opportunities to consider longer-term and structural issues, including a debate over the future of whether this new type of noncontributory social policies, based on income transfers to households and individuals, should continue.--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Income transfer programs and social protectionIncome support policies in Argentina : origins and development -- Opinions and preferences toward income support -- Income support and the role of the provinces -- Policy options and future challenges -- Reflections, challenges, and policy considerations.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Also available online.
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  • 18
    ISBN: 0821378740 , 0821378759 , 9780821378748 , 9780821378755
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxii, 451 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 336.3/435091724
    Keywords: Debt relief ; Debt relief ; Debt relief ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Note: "This book is the outcome of a conference titled 'Debt relief and beyond: a World Bank conference on debt and development,' held in October 2008 at the World Bank in Washington, D.C."--Preface , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 19
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    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821379992 , 082138001X , 9780821379998 , 9780821380017
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxxii, 150 p) , ill., maps , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: A World Bank country study
    DDC: 342.6029
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    Keywords: Decentralization in government ; Democracy ; Local government ; Decentralization in government ; Democracy ; Local government ; Decentralization in government ; Democracy ; Local government ; Sierra Leone ; Sierra Leone Politics and government 1961- ; Sierra Leone Politics and government 1961- ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: This publication addresses the question of whether political, fiscal, and administrative decentralization improves government effectiveness and the debate on whether it is a viable and desirable state-building strategy for post-conflict countries. The publication is a collection of eight papers written by authors who were closely involved in the decentralization reform process in Sierra Leone from 2003-07. During this period, Sierra Leone's government established elected district and urban councils across the country, transferred certain responsibilities for primary services and local investment and some financial resources to the new councils, and invested heavily in building the administrative infrastructure and capacity of the local councils. Compared to most other Sub-Saharan African countries that have embarked upon decentralization, Sierra Leone's progress in building local government capacity and restructuring the fiscal system is enviable. The authors conclude that improved security and public services are possible in a decentralizing country and Sierra Leone's progress would not have been possible without significant effort at fiscal decentralization and intensive investment in local government capacity building. The most critical ingredient for this reform process is the leadership team in charge of promoting the new institutional framework and their persistent effort to achieve quick improvement in the local government system and public services.--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction / Yongmei ZhouEstablishing the legislative, political and administrative framework for local government and decentralization in Sierra Leone / Emmanuel Gaima -- Fiscal decentralization : building the financial capacity of local governments / Adams Sanpha Kargbo -- Administrative decentralization : building the non-financial capacity of local governments / Alhassan Kanu -- Decentralization in practice / Katherine Whiteside Casey -- Impact of decentralization on public services : evidence to date / Elizabeth Foster and Rachel Glennester -- Civic engagement in local governance / Yongmei Zhou and Ye Zhang -- Landscape of local authority in Sierra Leone : how traditional and modern justice and governance systems interact / Ryann Elizabeth Manning -- Reflections and conclusions on positives and problems resulting from devolution to date / Emmanuel Gaima.
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  • 20
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    Washington, D.C : Africa Region Human Development Department/World Bank
    ISBN: 0821381245 , 0821381253 , 9780821381243 , 9780821381250
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiii, 45 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Africa human development series
    Series Statement: World Bank working paper no. 175
    DDC: 344.67/074
    Keywords: Education, Higher Law and legislation ; Private universities and colleges Law and legislation ; Education, Higher Law and legislation ; Private universities and colleges Law and legislation ; Education, Higher ; Private universities and colleges
    Note: "William Saint and Christine Lao, March 2009 : This paper expands on an initial survey completed by Christine Lao in April 2007. Both authors served as consultants to the Africa Region Human Development Department of the World Bank. However, the findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank or of the governments they represent"---publisher's galley , Includes bibliographical references
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  • 21
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    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821376683 , 9780821376683
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 145 pages) , illustrations , 26 cm
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 337.611
    Keywords: Economic forecasting ; Tunisia Economic policy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-145)
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  • 22
    ISBN: 0821375407 , 0821375415 , 9780821375402 , 9780821375419
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxiv, 251 p) , ill., maps , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Development practice in education
    DDC: 372.12/06
    Keywords: Education and state Case studies ; Education, Elementary Case studies Costs ; School enrollment Case studies ; Education and state Case studies ; Education, Elementary Case studies Costs ; School enrollment Case studies ; Education and state ; Education, Elementary ; School enrollment ; Fallstudiensammlung
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 23
    ISBN: 0821378023 , 9780821378021
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxviii, 271 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development. Human development
    DDC: 362.1
    Keywords: Medical economics ; Public health personnel Salaries, etc ; Medical economics ; Public health personnel Salaries, etc ; Developing Countries ; Developing Countries ; Developing Countries ; Developing Countries ; Health Manpower economics ; Health Manpower economics ; Health Manpower economics ; Health Manpower economics ; Health Manpower organization & administration ; Health Manpower organization & administration ; Health Manpower organization & administration ; Health Manpower organization & administration ; Salaries and Fringe Benefits legislation & jurisprudence ; Salaries and Fringe Benefits legislation & jurisprudence ; Salaries and Fringe Benefits legislation & jurisprudence ; Salaries and Fringe Benefits legislation & jurisprudence ; Medical economics ; Public health personnel ; Developing Countries ; Developing Countries ; Developing Countries ; Developing Countries ; Health Manpower ; Health Manpower ; Health Manpower ; Health Manpower ; Health Manpower ; Health Manpower ; Health Manpower ; Health Manpower ; Salaries and Fringe Benefits ; Salaries and Fringe Benefits ; Salaries and Fringe Benefits ; Salaries and Fringe Benefits
    Description / Table of Contents: OverviewBackground country study for Kenya -- Background country study for Zambia -- Background country study for Rwanda -- Background country study for the Dominican Republic.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 24
    ISBN: 0821378155 , 9780821378151
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxii, 321 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 338.4/73621
    Keywords: Medical economics ; Medical fees ; Medical economics ; Medical fees ; Developing Countries ; Health Policy ; National Health Programs ; Rate Setting and Review methods ; Reimbursement Mechanisms ; Reimbursement, Incentive ; Medical economics ; Medical fees ; Developing Countries ; Health Policy ; National Health Programs ; Rate Setting and Review ; Reimbursement Mechanisms ; methods ; Reimbursement, Incentive
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview : what, how, and who : an introduction to provider payment systemsPrimary health care per capita payment systems -- Case-based hospital payment systems -- Hospital global budgeting -- A primer on contracting -- Health management information systems : linking purchasers and providers.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 25
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    Washington, DC : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821377825 , 0821377833 , 9780821377826 , 9780821377833
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xi, 171 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Health, nutrition, and population series
    DDC: 362.109597
    Keywords: Health care reform ; Health insurance ; Medical care Finance ; Medical policy ; Health care reform ; Health insurance ; Medical care Finance ; Medical policy ; Delivery of Health Care ; Health Care Costs ; Health Care Reform ; Health Expenditures ; Health Policy ; Insurance, Health ; Health care reform ; Health insurance ; Medical care ; Medical policy ; Delivery of Health Care ; Health Care Costs ; Health Care Reform ; Health Expenditures ; Health Policy ; Insurance, Health
    Description / Table of Contents: Vietnam's health system since DOI MOIRecent trends in Vietnam's health sector performance -- Health insurance -- Reforming health insurance -- Service delivery -- Reforming service delivery -- Decentralization and government stewardship.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index
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  • 26
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    Online Resource
    Washington, DC : World Bank
    ISBN: 082137799X , 9780821377994
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 180 pages) , illustrations , 27 cm
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 330.91724
    Keywords: Economic forecasting ; Economic forecasting ; Economic history 1990- ; International economic relations ; Developing countries Economic conditions
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  • 27
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    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821378694
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (43 p)
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: World Bank Country Briefs
    DDC: 967.8
    Abstract: The World Bank is in the initial stages of developing a new annual series of World Bank Country Briefs. Tanzania- the second report in the series - will be published in the winter of 2009. These short, country-specific reports examine the economic, social, environmental, and business landscape of developing countries, focusing on issues critical to development. Overview; People and Poverty; Environment; Economy; Governance and Business Environment; Global Links; Statistical Appendix
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821378519
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (232 p)
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: World Development Indicators
    DDC: 363.7
    Abstract: This pocket-sized reference on key environmental data for over 200 countries includes key indicators on agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation. The volume helps establish a sound base of information to help set priorities and measure progress toward environmental sustainability goals
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    ISBN: 0821380176 , 0821380192 , 9780821380178 , 9780821380192
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xlix, 311 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: A World Bank country study
    DDC: 337.1/729
    Keywords: Free trade ; Free trade ; Free trade ; Caribbean Area ; Caribbean Area ; Caribbean Area Economic integration ; Caribbean Area Economic policy ; Caribbean Area Economic integration ; Caribbean Area Economic policy
    Abstract: The main objective of this report is to help policymakers in the Caribbean design an agenda of policy actions to accelerate trade integration and growth, and to reduce poverty. Each part of the report focuses on a key question and provides an in-depth analysis of the issues raised, laying the foundations for policy recommendations described in the last chapter of the report. Part I asks whether the Caribbean's economic and trade system are sound enough to sustain the new era of its global trade relations. Part II addresses the opportunities and challenges that the new trade environment offers to the Caribbean. Part III assesses the impact of the recently-negotiated Economic Partnership Agreement on growth and poverty reduction using two types of macroeconomic models. The report concludes with policy priorities for accelerating Caribbean integration into the world economy and for reaping the benefits of global competition.--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: pt. 1. Overview of economic and trade system context. Macroeconomic and structural constraints on trade reform in the CaribbeanCaribbean regional and global trading relations -- Trade patterns and flows, and competitiveness issues -- pt. 2. Challenges and new opportunities. New areas of opportunities and challenges -- Capitalizing on a changing international environment -- pt. 3. Quantifying the impact of trade reform on growth, job creation, and poverty. Quantifying the gains from global trade integration : a dynamic macroeconomic analysis -- From diagnosis to policy recommendations.
    Note: "Document of the World Bank and the Organization of American States, co-produced with the Governments of CARIFORUM Countries , Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-311)
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    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821380230 , 0821380249 , 9780821380239 , 9780821380246
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvi, 117 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available online
    Series Statement: A World Bank country study
    DDC: 338.6/420984
    Keywords: Industrial productivity ; Informal sector (Economics) ; Small business Management ; Industrial productivity ; Informal sector (Economics) ; Small business Management ; Industrial productivity ; Informal sector (Economics) ; Small business
    Abstract: This book presents qualitative and quantitative analyses on Bolivia's informal sector, the reasons why firms are informal, and the impact of normalization on their profitability. The analysis finds that the impact of tax registration on profitability depends on firm size and the ability to issue tax receipts, and presents a set of prioritized policy implications for policy makers. In the short term, the first priority should be to increase the benefits of formalization through training, access to credit and markets, and business support. The second is to increase information on how to formalize and its benefits. In the medium term, the priority is to simplify formalization, regulatory and taxation procedures and reduce their costs. Increasing even-handed enforcement of taxation and regulation is also important but not a priority for micro and small firms. Measures to boost the productivity of micro and small firms in general will both help overall economic growth, employment, and, formalization.--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction : increasing formality and productivity of Bolivian firmsThe informal sector in Bolivia today -- The productivity of micro and small firms -- Informality and profitability in micro and small firms -- Policy recommendations.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Also available online.
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    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821380141 , 0821380168 , 9780821380147 , 9780821380161
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xv, 61 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available online
    Series Statement: A World Bank country study
    DDC: 338.6/420820984
    Keywords: Businesswomen ; Informal sector (Economics) ; Sex discrimination against women ; Small business Management ; Sex differences ; Women-owned business enterprises Management ; Businesswomen ; Informal sector (Economics) ; Sex discrimination against women ; Small business Management ; Sex differences ; Women-owned business enterprises Management ; Businesswomen ; Informal sector (Economics) ; Sex discrimination against women ; Small business ; Women-owned business enterprises
    Abstract: Bolivia's informal economic sector is the largest in Latin America, and women-owned businesses tend to be overrepresented in the informal sector and to be less profitable than firms in the formal sector. This study seeks to better understand gender-based differences in firms' tendencies toward formality, the impact of formality on profits, and the productivity of small informal firms. Using data from firm surveys, national household surveys, and qualitative data from focus groups, the study conducts a gender analysis of formality and productivity in six different sectors in Bolivia. The findings shed new light on how gender-based differences contribute to a firm's decision to become formal and the consequences of this decision for profitability. The outcomes of the study suggest that policies should focus on increasing the productivity and scale of women-owned businesses. Two general priorities emerge: promoting women's access to productive assets to facilitate growth and productivity and providing an enabling environment for women's entrepreneurship by expanding women's choices and capacity to respond to market opportunities.--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Men and women in Bolivia's informal sectorGender, formality, and profitability -- Gender-specific constraints to productivity -- Implications of policies to increase the formalization and productivity of female owners of small and micro firms.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Also available online.
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    Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter
    ISBN: 3110196336 , 9783110196337 , 9783110199222 , 9781282073128
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiv, 278 p) , ill
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Applications of cognitive linguistics 8
    Parallel Title: Print version World Englishes : A Cognitive Sociolinguistic Approach
    DDC: 306.44
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    Keywords: Intercultural communication ; English language Variation ; Cognitive grammar ; English language ; Sociolinguistics ; applied linguistics English /language ; sociolinguistics ; Cognitive Linguistics ; Africa Languages ; Influence on English ; Englisch ; Afrika ; Sprachvariante ; Kognitive Linguistik ; Soziolinguistik ; Kulturkontakt
    Abstract: The book presents Cognitive Linguistics as a framework for the study of cultural variation in world Englishes and within languages in general by offering a corpus-based analysis of the linguistic realization of the cultural model of community in African English. It also reflects on the role of English in intercultural communication and positions Cognitive Linguistics within a wider hermeneutic tradition. Hans-Georg Wolf, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong; Frank Polzenhagen, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.
    Abstract: The book is the first of its kind to establish Cognitive Linguistics as a research paradigm within the field of world Englishes. The authors survey the main tenets of both areas of linguistic enquiry and suggest that the theoretical and methodological apparatus developed both within Cognitive Linguistics generally and within its novel sub-discipline Cognitive Sociolinguistics can overcome certain limitations inherent in traditional approaches to cultural variation in language. They present a case study of the linguistic realization of the cultural model of community in African English as an exemplar for the investigation of cultural models in other varieties of English. Corpus-linguistic methods are combined with conceptual metaphor analysis and blending theory to elucidate a vast network of conceptualizations salient to speakers of African English. The findings, based on computer corpora and a range of additional sources, are discussed against the background of work in anthropology, religious studies, and political science. The book also reflects on the role of English in intercultural communication and concludes with a comparison of Cognitive Linguistics and pragmatic functionalism, placing the former in the wider framework of a hermeneutic philosophy that stresses dialogic understanding.
    Description / Table of Contents: Frontmatter ; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Preface; 1.1. Cognitive Linguistics and the study of world Englishes; 1.2. The world Englishes paradigm; 1.3. The Cognitive Linguistic paradigm and the study of language variation; 1.4. Scope, methodology, and empirical basis of our study; 2.1. Analytical tools: Conceptual metaphor, cultural models, conceptual networks; 2.2. Aspects of the African community model; 2.3. Interim summary; 2.4. The African community model and politics; 2.5. Summary and implications of the analysis
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.1. Arguments for a hermeneutic approach to the study ofintercultural communication3.2. Foci of a hermeneutic approach to intercultural communication and a critique of functionalist positions; 3.3. Intercultural understanding and the problem of relativism; 3.4. Concluding remarks; Backmatter
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-273) and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    Washington, DC : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821377094 , 0821377108 , 9780821377093 , 9780821377109
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 128 pages) , 23 cm
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Trends and policy options no. 7
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 333.1/6
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Land use, Urban ; Public land sales
    Note: "Helping to eliminate poverty through private involvement in infrastructure." , Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-117) and index
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    Washington, DC : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821378007 , 9780821378007
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxvi, 244 p) , ill., map , 23 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development. Human development
    DDC: 362.196/979200954
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    Keywords: AIDS (Disease) Economic aspects ; AIDS (Disease) Economic aspects ; Demography Statistics ; Developing Countries Statistics ; Financing, Government statistics & numerical data ; HIV Infections Statistics economics ; HIV Infections epidemiology ; AIDS (Disease) ; Demography ; Developing Countries ; Financing, Government ; HIV Infections ; HIV Infections
    Description / Table of Contents: Dynamics of the HIV epidemic in South Asia / David Wilson and Mariam ClaesonResponding to HIV in Afghanistan / Jed Friedman and Edit V. Velenyi -- Development impact of HIV and AIDS in South Asia / Markus Haacker -- Economic cost of HIV and AIDS in India / Sanghamitra Das, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, and Tridip Ray -- The fiscal burden of AIDS treatment on South Asian health care systems / Mead Over -- Recurrent costs of India's free ART program / Indrani Gupta, Mayur Trivedi, and Subodh Kandamuthan.
    Note: Errata slip inserted , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Washington D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821379348 , 0821379550 , 9780821379349 , 9780821379554
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvii, 282 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 331.1209172/4
    Keywords: International trade Social aspects ; Labor Social aspects ; Labor market ; International trade Social aspects ; Labor Social aspects ; Labor market ; International trade ; Labor ; Labor market ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Commerce ; Developing countries Commerce
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview: the promises and perils of globalization / Raymond Robertson ... [et al.]A review of the globailization literature: implications for employment, wages, and labor standards / Drusilla Brown -- Globalization and working conditions : a framework for county studies / Raymond Robertson -- Globalization and working conditions : evidence from Cambodia / Samsen Neak and Raymond Robertson -- The effect of globalization on working conditions: El Salvador, 1995-2005 -- Globalization and working conditions : evidence from Honduras / Douglas Marcouiller and Raymond Robertson -- Globalization and working conditions: evidence from Indonesia / Raymond Robertson ... [et al.] -- Export processing zones in Madagascar: the impact of the dismantling of clothing quotas on employment and labor standards / Jean-Pierre Cling, Mireille Razafindrakoto, and François Roubaud.
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821378564
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (232 p)
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: World Development Indicators
    DDC: 330.9
    Abstract: The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2009 is one of a series of pocket-sized books intended to provide a quick reference to development data on different topics. The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2009 provides data for more than 20 key indicators on business environment and private sector development in a single page for each of the World Bank member countries and other economies with populations of more than 30,000. These more than 200 country pages are supplemented by aggregate data for regional and income groupings
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    ISBN: 0821379003 , 9780821379004
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (ix, 98 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: World Bank working paper no. 162
    DDC: 362.1094
    Keywords: Health surveys ; Health surveys ; Health surveys ; Health surveys ; Consumer Satisfaction ; Data Collection ; Health Services ; Quality of Life ; Socioeconomic Factors
    Description / Table of Contents: Key factors affecting satisfaction with life in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet UnionEmployment, sources of income, and the poor in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union -- Satisfaction with publicly-provided health services in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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    New York : Columbia University Press
    ISBN: 0231144083 , 0231520026
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxix, 414 p) , ill , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Marriage and Family : Perspectives and Complexities
    DDC: 306.850973
    Keywords: Parenting ; Families ; Marriage ; Families -- United States ; Marriage -- United States ; Parenting -- United States ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Family life has been radically transformed over the past three decades. Half of all households are unmarried, while only a quarter of all married households have kids. A third of the nation's births are to unwed mothers, and a third of America's married men earn less than their wives. With half of all women cohabitating before they turn thirty and gay and lesbian couples settling down with increasing visibility, there couldn't be a better time for a book that tracks new conceptions of marriage and family as they are being formed.The editors of this volume explore the motivation to marry and th
    Description / Table of Contents: Table of Contents ; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments ; Introduction; Part I: Perspectives on Marriage; 1. Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Marriage; 2. Marriage and Family: Th e Evolutionary Ecological Context; 3. A Gender Lens on Marriage; 4. Institutional, Companionate, and Individualistic Marriage:A Social Psychological Perspective on Marital Change; Part II: Contemporary Families; 5. Single Parenthood and Child Well-Being: Trends, Theories, and Evidence ; 6. Cohabitation and Parenthood: Lessons from Focus Groupsand In- Depth Interviews
    Description / Table of Contents: 7. An Examination of Child Well- Being in Stable Single- Parentand Married Families8. Reconsidering the Association Between Stepfather Familiesand Adolescent Well- Being; 9. Parenting by Gay Men and Lesbians: Beyond the CurrentResearch; Part III: Strengthening Marriage; 10. Supporting Healthy Marriage: Designing a Marriage EducationDemonstration and Evaluation for Low- Income Married Couples; 11. Differentiating Among Types of Domestic Violence: Implications for Healthy Marriages ; Part IV: The Future of Marriage; 12. The Growing Importance of Marriage in America
    Description / Table of Contents: 13. The Future of Marriage and the State: A Proposal14. Why Won't African Americans Get (and Stay) Married? Why Should They?; 15. Race, Immigration, and the Future of Marriage; Contributors; Index
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    New York : Columbia University Press
    ISBN: 0231146647 , 0231518390
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xii, 210 p) , ill , 22 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version How Women Got Their Curves and Other Just-So Stories : Evolutionary Enigmas
    DDC: 305.4
    Keywords: Women Evolution ; Women - Evolution
    Abstract: So how did women get their curves? Why do they have breasts, while other mammals only develop breast tissue while lactating, and why do women menstruate, when virtually no other beings do so? What are the reasons for female orgasm? Why are human females kept in the dark about their own time of ovulation and maximum fertility, and why are they the only animals to experience menopause?David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton, coauthors of acclaimed books on human sexuality and gender, discuss the theories scientists have advanced to explain these evolutionary enigmas (sometimes called "Just-So sto
    Description / Table of Contents: Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; Epilogue; Notes; Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-206) and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    ISBN: 9783110209242
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (vi, 122 p) , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Communications monograph 6
    Parallel Title: Print version The Social Embeddedness of Media Use : Action Theoretical Contributions to the Study of TV Use in Everyday Life
    DDC: 302.23/45085
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    Keywords: Television broadcasting Social aspects ; Television Social aspects ; Mass media Social aspects ; Television and families ; Communication Research Television News Viewing ; Familie ; Fernsehen ; Medienkonsum ; Alltag
    Abstract: Scholars in the field of communication research have extensively studied television viewing in general and watching television news in particular. The book looks at the subject from an integrative theoretical perspective. Based on Schutzean sociology and action theoretical approaches to media use, the author argues that immediate social influences and other everyday life situations largely determine television use, and that the influence of short-term situational characteristics are often overlooked in person-centered explanatory models. In three empirical studies, the role of short-term situations and the influence of immediate social surroundings is analyzed. The use of Discrete Time Event History Analysis is an innovative way to look at household diary data. Findings reveal how family members influence each other in many ways. Watching television turns out to be an integral part of everyday life in the family, but also a force that may reduce family interaction. It is shown that television may serve as a surrogate for those family members that are not present, and that family members while present at home follow each others example. Partners are shown to mimic each other, children to mimic their parents, and parents follow the example set by their children. Television news viewing, in contrast to general television viewing is less determined by the immediate influence of others. Also, the individual motivations for news viewing vary throughout the day. First exposure to television news appears to be motivated by other factors than subsequent exposure. A need for 'surveillance' dominates first exposure, but subsequent exposure appears to be governed by other, more 'ritualistic' motivations. The book is important to scholars, graduate-level students and practitioners who are concerned with theoretical and methodological insights in the phenomenon of television viewing in everyday life.
    Description / Table of Contents: Frontmatter ; Contents; Chapter 1. The social embeddedness of media use: An introduction; Chapter 2. Transcending Uses and Gratifications: Media use as social action and the use of event history analysis; Chapter 3. The situational and time-varying context of routines in television viewing; Chapter 4. Watching television news in everyday life: An event history analysis; Chapter 5. The social character of parental and adolescent television viewing; Chapter 6. On the use of an action theoretical approach to television (news) viewing; Backmatter
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    ISBN: 0821378503 , 9780821378502
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxxix, 127 p) , ill. (some col.), map , 28 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 333.79
    Keywords: World Bank ; World Bank ; Climatic changes Economic aspects ; Climatic changes Government policy ; Economic development Environmental aspects ; Energy policy Environmental aspects ; Environmental policy ; Greenhouse gas mitigation ; Climatic changes Economic aspects ; Climatic changes Government policy ; Economic development Environmental aspects ; Energy policy Environmental aspects ; Environmental policy ; Greenhouse gas mitigation ; World Bank ; Climatic changes ; Climatic changes ; Economic development ; Energy policy ; Environmental policy ; Economic aspects ; Government policy ; Environmental aspects ; Environmental aspects ; Greenhouse gas mitigation
    Note: "Kenneth Chomitz was the evaluation manager and main author for this study"--P. xiii , At head of title: IEG World Bank , Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-127)
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    Washington D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821376489 , 0821376543 , 9780821376485 , 9780821376546
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 236 pages) , illustrations , 28 cm
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 332.1/532091724
    Keywords: World Bank ; Economic assistance Social aspects ; Poverty ; Unemployment
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    ISBN: 0821377159 , 0821377175 , 9780821377154 , 9780821377178
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 98 pages) , illustrations , 23 cm
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Trends and policy options no. 6
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 333.793/2
    Keywords: Electric utilities Management ; Public utilities Management ; Evaluation ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Water utilities Management
    Note: "Helping to eliminate poverty through private involvement in infrastructure." , Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-91) and index
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    ISBN: 0821377760 , 9780821377765
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxvii, 187 p) , col. ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Orientations in development series
    DDC: 337.56051
    Keywords: Africa, North ; Africa, North ; Africa, North ; China ; China ; India ; India ; Middle East ; Middle East ; Middle East ; Africa, North Commerce ; Africa, North Foreign economic relations ; Africa, North Foreign economic relations ; China Foreign economic relations ; China Foreign economic relations ; India Foreign economic relations ; India Foreign economic relations ; Middle East Commerce ; Middle East Foreign economic relations ; Middle East Foreign economic relations ; Africa, North Commerce ; Africa, North Foreign economic relations ; Africa, North Foreign economic relations ; China Foreign economic relations ; China Foreign economic relations ; India Foreign economic relations ; India Foreign economic relations ; Middle East Commerce ; Middle East Foreign economic relations ; Middle East Foreign economic relations
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-177) and index , Report prepared by a team led by Miria Pigato , Statement of responsibility from cover
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821378489
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (234 p)
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: World Development Indicators
    DDC: 330.90511
    Abstract: Now in its eigth edition, this pocket-sized reference on key development data for over 200 countries provides profiles of each country with 54 development indicators about people, environment, economy, technology and infrastructure, trade, and finance
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821378533
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (146 p)
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: World Development Indicators
    DDC: 336.3435
    Abstract: The Little Data Book on External Debt provides a quick reference for users interested in external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, key debt ratios, and the currency composition of long-term debt for all countries reporting through the Debtor Reporting system. A pocket edition of the Global Development Finance 2009, Volume II: Summary and Country Tables, it contains statistical tables for 135 countries as well as summary tables for regional and income groups
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    ISBN: 0821379194 , 0821379232 , 9780821379196 , 9780821379233
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxvii, 163 p) , ill., col. map , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: World Bank working paper no. 163
    DDC: 332/.042
    Keywords: Foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc ; Foreign workers, Haitian ; Foreign workers, Jamaican ; Migrant remittances ; Migrant remittances ; Migrant remittances ; Foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc ; Foreign workers, Haitian ; Foreign workers, Jamaican ; Migrant remittances ; Migrant remittances ; Migrant remittances
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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    Washington, DC : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821379820 , 9780821379837
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxi, 248 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development
    DDC: 362.1/04257
    Keywords: Health care reform ; Rural health services ; Health care reform ; Rural health services ; Delivery of Health Care ; Health Care Reform ; Insurance, Health ; Rural Health Services ; Health care reform ; Rural health services ; Delivery of Health Care ; Health Care Reform ; Insurance, Health ; Rural Health Services
    Description / Table of Contents: China's health challenges at the start of the new millenniumThe rural health reforms of the 2000s -- Looking toward a new decade : the big picture -- Financing rural insurance coverage -- Improving service delivery : a question of incentives -- Enhancing accountability and incentives in public health -- The longer-term reform agenda.
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    ISBN: 9780821376454 , 9780821378250
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxiii, 160 pages) , illustrations, maps , 27 cm
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Water resources development ; Water-supply
    Abstract: Introduction -- Water scarcity in China : current situation -- Water resources management in China : an overview of determinant variables -- Improving water governance -- Deepening water rights administration and developing water markets -- Improving efficiency and equity in water pricing -- Protecting ecosystems in river basins through market-oriented eco-compensation instruments -- Controlling water pollution -- Preventing water pollution disasters -- Summary, action plan and issues for the future.
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821378731
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (230 p)
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: World Development Indicators
    DDC: 304.6
    Abstract: This handy pocket guide is a quick reference for users interested in the gender statistics. It presents gender-disaggregated data for more than 200 countries in an easy country-by-country reference on demography, education, health, labor force, political participation and the Millennium Development Goals. The book's summary pages cover regional and income group aggregates
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    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821375695 , 0821375709 , 9780821375693 , 9780821375709
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (8 v. in 1) , ill , 29 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 332.1068/4
    Keywords: Money laundering ; Terrorism Finance ; Terrorism Prevention ; Money laundering ; Terrorism Finance ; Terrorism Prevention ; Money laundering ; Terrorism ; Terrorism
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Effects on economic development and international standards2. Legal requirements to meet international standards -- 3a. Regulatory and institutional requirements for AML/CFT -- 3b. Compliance requirements for financial institutions -- 4. Building an effective financial intelligence unit -- 5. Domestic (inter-agency) and international cooperation -- 6. Combating the financing of terrorism -- 7. Investigating money laundering and terrorist financing.
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    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 119 p) , ill., col. map , 26 cm
    Edition: Online edition s.l.
    Series Statement: A World Bank country study
    Series Statement: World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 305.2350982
    Keywords: Youth / Argentina / Social conditions
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-119)
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    New York, N.Y : Routledge
    ISBN: 0415961491 , 9780415961493
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (ix, 272 p) , ill
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Routledge research in cultural and media studies 16
    DDC: 391.009
    Keywords: Fashion History
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Introduction : Inserting fashion into space , Tracking fashions : risking it all at the Hippodrome de Longchamp , Framing the Victorians : photography, fashion, and identity , On The golden stairs : the spectacle of the Victorian woman in white , Maurice de Rothschild's "Remembrances of things past" : costume obsession and decadence, the collection of a Belle époque dandy , Fashion's chameleons : camouflage, "conspicuousness," and gendered display during World War I , Making the Princeton man : collegiate clothing and campus culture, 1900-20 , Elegance and spectacle in Berlin : the Gerson fashion store and the rise of the modern fashion show , The city boutique : Milan and the spaces of fashion , Libertine acts : fashion and furniture , Dressing rooms : women, fashion, and the department store , The logic of the mannequin : shop windows and the realist novel , Allure of the silent beauties : mannequins and display in America, 1935-70 , "A house that is made of hats" : the Lilly Daché building, 1937-68 , From "Paradise" to cyberspace : the revival of the bourgeois marketplace , Armani/architecture : the timelessness and textures of space , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Energy Study
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: This guide has been written to assist anyone interested in running small stationary diesel powered engines on coconut oil. It is intended to be a 'how-to' guide to provide with relevant information of every aspect of fuelling an engine with coconut oil. The guide is specifically written with small (less than about 50 kVA) diesel generators in mind. While the information and principles can be applied to all diesel engines, there are additional complicating factors to consider when applying to a vehicle, for example. It must be noted also, that this manual is intended for stationary applications that typically involve few stop-starts, longer running times and consistent loads. Diesel engines that stop-start regularly and unpredictably (eg. car engine or back up generator) are outside the scope of this guide. The technical considerations for running a diesel engine on coconut oil, or any vegetable oil for that matter, are not particularly complex. The concept of powering a diesel engine with vegetable oil is, after all, as old as the diesel engine itself. To do it successfully, however, and particularly with today's modern diesel engines, several key elements of the fuel delivery and combustion system must be suitable or made suitable. If these elements are not the engine will be damaged and it will ultimately lead to premature engine failure
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Environmental Study
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: The economic value of the Upper Tuul ecosystem in Mongolia reports on a study carried out under the auspices of the World Bank and the Government of Mongolia. The goal of the study was to improve understanding about the economic value of the Upper Tuul ecosystem for Ulaanbaatar's water supplies and how this might be affected by different land and resource management options in the future. The study also aims to develop and apply ecosystem valuation methods that can be used more widely in the country, to generate information about the contribution of the environment to the Mongolian economy, and to make the case for improved budget allocations for the conservation of the Upper Tuul. Integrating eco-hydrological and economic valuation techniques, the study traces through the biophysical effects and socioeconomic impacts of future land and resource degradation, and ecosystem conservation, in the upper watershed
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    Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xix, 490 p) , ill
    Edition: Reproduction. s.l. Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Culture and psychology
    Parallel Title: Print version Cultural Transmission : Psychological, Developmental, Social, and Methodological Aspects
    Keywords: Cognition and culture ; Learning, Psychology of ; Learning / Social aspects ; Ethnopsychology ; Socialization
    Abstract: State-of-the-art source book explaining how cultural information is transferred from one generation to the next within a family
    Description / Table of Contents: COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; CONTRIBUTORS; 1 Introduction to Cultural Transmission: Psychological, Developmental, Social, and Methodological Aspects; INTRODUCTION; 1.0. CULTURAL TRANSMISSION: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH FIELD; 2.0. THE CARRIERS OF TRANSMISSION; 4.0. THE MECHANISM OF THE TRANSMISSION PROCESS; 5.0. DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE ON TRANSMISSION; REFERENCES; 2 Theory and Research in Cultural Transmission: A Short History; INTRODUCTION; 1.0. EARLY THOUGHTS AND STUDIES ON CULTURAL TRANSMISSION; 2.0. THE SECOND PERIOD: 1950s, 1960s, AND 1970s
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.0. THE THIRD PERIOD: 1980s TO THE PRESENTREFERENCES; PART ONE EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE; 3 Cultural Transmission: A View from Chimpanzees and Human Infants; 4 Transmission, Self-Organization, and the Emergence of Language: A Dynamic Systems Point of View; 5 Relationship-Specific Intergenerational Family Ties: An Evolutionary Approach to the Structure of Cultural Transmission; PART TWO CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE; 6 An Ecocultural Perspective on Cultural Transmission: The Family across Cultures; 7 Intergenerational Relations and Cultural Transmission
    Description / Table of Contents: 8 Intergenerational Transmission, Social Capital, and Interethnic Contact in Immigrant Families9 Developmental Processes Related to Intergenerational Transmission of Culture: Growing Up with Two Cultures; 10 The Transmission Process: Mechanisms and Contexts; 11 Accounting for Parent-Child Value Congruence: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence; 12 Culture, Migration, and Family-Value Socialization: A Theoretical Model and Empirical Investigation with Russian-Immigrant Youth in Israel
    Description / Table of Contents: 13 Immigrant Parents' Age Expectations for the Development of Their Adolescent Offspring: Transmission Effects and Changes after ImmigrationPART THREE INTRACULTURAL VARIATIONS; 14 Intergenerational Transmission of Moral Capital across the Family Life Course; 15 Similarity of Life Goals in the Family: A Three-Generation Study; 16 The Intergenerational Transmission of Xenophobia and Rightism in East Germany; 17 Intergenerational Transmission of Violence; 18 ""Don't Trust Anyone over 25"": Youth Centrism, Intergenerational Transmission of Political Orientations, and Cultural Change
    Description / Table of Contents: 19 Value Transmission and Zeitgeist Revisited20 Epilogue: Toward a Model of Cultural Transmission; INDEX
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    Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 0230210376 , 9780230210370
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiv, 282 p) , ill
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Everyday multiculturalism
    DDC: 305.8
    Keywords: Cultural pluralism ; Multiculturalism ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Alltag ; Interaktion ; Kulturkontakt ; Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
    Abstract: This book explores everyday lived experiences of multiculturalism in the contemporary world. Drawing on place-based case studies, contributions focus on encounters and interactions across cultural difference in super-diverse cities to explore what it means to inhabit multiculturalism in our everyday lives
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Multiculturalism and Everyday Life; Part I: Neighbourhoods; Part II: Food; Part III: Shopping; Part IV: Leisure; Part V: Everyday Solidarities, Everyday Politics; Part VI: Everyday Tensions; Index
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    Chichester, U.K : Wiley-Blackwell
    ISBN: 140513240X , 1405132418 , 9781405132404 , 9781405132411
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxvii, 300 p) , ill., maps
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Social history of Byzantium
    DDC: 306.09495
    Keywords: Byzantine Empire Social conditions ; Byzantine Empire History ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: With original essays by leading scholars, this book explores the social history of the medieval eastern Roman Empire and offers illuminating new insights into our knowledge of Byzantine society. Provides interconnected essays of original scholarship relating to the social history of the Byzantine empireOffers groundbreaking theoretical and empirical research in the study of Byzantine societyIncludes helpful glossaries of sociological/theoretical terms and Byzantine/medieval terms
    Abstract: With original essays by leading scholars, this book explores the social history of the medieval eastern Roman Empire and offers illuminating new insights into our knowledge of Byzantine society. Provides interconnected essays of original scholarship relating to the social history of the Byzantine empireOffers groundbreaking theoretical and empirical research in the study of Byzantine societyIncludes helpful glossaries of sociological/theoretical terms and Byzantine/medieval terms
    Description / Table of Contents: Towards a social history of Byzantium / John HaldonMen, women, Eunchs: gender, sex, and power / Liz James -- Family structure and the transmission of property / Angeliki E. Laiou -- The social function of the law / Bernard Stolte -- Social relations and the land: the Early Period / Peter Sarris -- Land and power in the Middle and Later Period / Peter Frankopan -- The producing population / Michel Kaplan -- Social elites, wealth, and power / John Haldon -- Court society and aristocracy / Paul Magdalino -- Church and society: iconoclasm and after / Michael Angold -- A monastic world / Alice-Mary Talbot.
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    Boulder, Colo : Westview Press
    ISBN: 0813343585 , 9780813343587
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiv, 537 p) , 23 cm
    Edition: 3rd ed
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Ain't No Makin' It : Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood
    DDC: 305.5/690973
    Keywords: Social mobility Case studies ; Youth with social disabilities Case studies ; Equality Case studies ; Urban poor Case studies ; Fallstudiensammlung
    Abstract: Author Jay MacLeod 's classic ethnography-a defining work on the cycle of social reproduction and inequality as lived through the young men from the Clarendon Heights housing project-now includes a third section that continues the lives of the original Brothers and Hallway Hangers through new interviews and analysis
    Description / Table of Contents: Social immobility in the land of opportunitySocial reproduction in theoretical perspective -- Teenagers in Clarendon Heights : the Hallway Hangers and the Brothers -- The influence of the family -- The world of work : aspirations of the Hangers and Brothers -- School : preparing for the competition -- Leveled aspirations : social reproduction takes its toll -- Reproduction theory reconsidered -- The Hallway Hangers : dealing in despair -- The Brothers : dreams deferred -- Conclusion : outclassed and outcast(e) -- The Hallway Hangers : weeble, wobble, but we don't fall down -- The Brothers : finally finding a foothold -- Reproduction, redemption, and respect.
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    Chichester, U.K : Wiley-Blackwell
    ISBN: 1405189347 , 1405189339 , 9781405189347 , 9781405189330
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xi, 299 p) , ill , 25 cm
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Moral Panics : The Social Construction of Deviance
    DDC: 302/.17
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    Keywords: Social problems ; Moral conditions ; Deviant behavior ; Moral panics ; Massenwahn ; Abweichendes Verhalten
    Abstract: Packed with new examples and material, this second edition provides a fully up-to-date exploration of the genesis, dynamics, and demise of moral panics and their impacts on the societies in which they take place.: Packed with updated and recent examples including terrorism, the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Towers, school shootings, flag burning, and the early-2000s resurgence of the "sex slave" scare; Includes a new chapter on the media, currently regarded as a major component of the moral panic; Devotes a chapter to addressing criticisms of the first edition as well as the moral panics conc
    Abstract: Packed with new examples and material, this second edition provides a fully up-to-date exploration of the genesis, dynamics, and demise of moral panics and their impacts on the societies in which they take place. Packed with updated and recent examples including terrorism, the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Towers, school shootings, flag burning, and the early-2000s resurgence of the "sex slave" scareIncludes a new chapter on the media, currently regarded as a major component of the moral panicDevotes a chapter to addressing criticisms of the first edition as well as the moral panics concept i
    Description / Table of Contents: MORAL PANICS; CONTENTS; Preface and Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1 Enter the Moral Panic; 2 The Moral Panic: An Introduction; 3 Three Theories of the Moral Panic; 4 The Moral Panic Meets Its Critics; 5 The Media Ignite and Embody the Moral Panic; 6 Deviance, Morality, and Criminal Law; 7 Collective Behavior; 8 Social Movements; 9 Social Problems; 10 The Renaissance Witch Craze; 11 Drug Abuse Panics; 12 The Feminist Anti-Pornography Crusade; Epilogue: The Demise and Institutionalization of the Moral Panic; References; Author Index; Subject Index
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    Hoboken, N.J : Wiley
    ISBN: 0470282312 , 1282682598 , 9780470282311 , 9781282682597
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xviii, 392 p) , ill , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Wiley finance
    Parallel Title: Print version Advising Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices
    DDC: 305.5/234
    Keywords: Rich people ; Investments Decision making
    Abstract: BA timely guide for financial professionals looking to tap into the lucrative world of the ultra-affluent/b The ultra affluent'defined here as those having $50 million or more in liquid assets'are an elite class who expect their financial advisors to not only preserve and grow their assets, but also help them with "soft" issues such as philanthropy and family governance. One of the biggest factors to success in this field is the relationship between the client and the advisor. In iAdvising Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices/i, author and practicing investment consultant Michael Pompian provides a practical introduction to who the ultra-affluent actually are and reveals what it takes to build and maintain a solid relationship with them. Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, this unique resource offers valuable information on issues that every advisor to the ultra-affluent must be familiar with
    Abstract: A timely guide for financial professionals looking to tap into the lucrative world of the ultra-affluent The ultra affluent-defined here as those having 50 million or more in liquid assets-are an elite class who expect their financial advisors to not only preserve and grow their assets, but also help them with "soft" issues such as philanthropy and family governance. One of the biggest factors to success in this field is the relationship between the client and the advisor. In Advising Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices, author and practicing investment consultant Michael Pompian provide
    Description / Table of Contents: Advising Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: Introduction to Advising Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices; Chapter 1: Who Are the Ultra-Affluent?; DEFINING THE ULTRA-AFFLUENT; QUANTIFYING ULTRA-AFFLUENCE AMONG TOTAL GLOBAL WEALTH; LOOKING TO THE FUTURE; A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVISERS; Chapter 2: Understanding the Mindset of the Ultra-Affluent Client; WHY ADVISING THE ULTRA-AFFLUENT IS DIFFERENT; WHAT ULTRA-AFFLUENT CLIENTS VALUE IN AN ADVISER; BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS BY ASKING QUESTIONS AND LISTENING TO THE ANSWERS
    Description / Table of Contents: MATCHING CLIENT WITH ADVISERCONSULTANT QUESTIONNAIRE; CONCLUSION; Chapter 3: Wealth Attitudes, Aspirations, and Investor Behavior of Ultra-Affluent Clients; FAMILY ASPIRATIONS; WEALTH ATTITUDES OF ULTRA-AFFLUENT CLIENTS; WHERE PSYCHOLOGY MEETS FINANCE; INVESTOR BIASES; CONCLUSION; Chapter 4: Noninvestment Best Practices; THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH WEALTH; GUIDELINES FOR SUSTAINING MULTIGENERATIONAL WEALTH; CONCLUSION; Part Two: Investment Strategies for Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices; Chapter 5: Practices of the Best Investment Organizations
    Description / Table of Contents: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ENDOWMENTS AND PRIVATE INVESTORSINVESTMENT COMMITTEES; WHAT IS THE BEST ENDOWMENT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE?; INVESTMENT POLICY STATEMENTS; KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR PORTFOLIO OVERSIGHT; CONCLUSION; Chapter 6: Asset Allocation Considerations for Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices; WHAT IS ASSET ALLOCATION?; THE IMPORTANCE OF ASSUMPTIONS IN THE ASSET ALLOCATION SELECTION PROCESS; THE IMPORTANCE OF ASSET ALLOCATION; CONSIDERATIONS IN ASSET ALLOCATION FOR INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS; Chapter 7: Domestic and International Equity
    Description / Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION TO U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL EQUITY SECURITIESTHE FIVE-STEP EQUITY STRATEGY PROCESS; Chapter 8: Domestic and International Bonds; INTRODUCTION TO BONDS; DESCRIPTIONS OF BOND ASSET CLASSES; Chapter 9: Private Equity; WHAT IS PRIVATE EQUITY AND HOW DOES IT WORK?; THREE PRIMARY TYPES OF PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENTS; CREATING A CUSTOMIZED PRIVATE EQUITY PROGRAM; Chapter 10: Hedge Funds; WHAT IS A HEDGE FUND?; HEDGE FUND INVESTING BY UACs AND FAMILY OFFICES; A HISTORY OF HEDGE FUNDS; THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF HEDGE FUNDS; HEDGE FUND STRATEGIES; MANAGER SELECTION; Chapter 11: Real Assets
    Description / Table of Contents: THE PORTFOLIO BENEFITS OF REAL ASSETSREAL ESTATE: A LONG-TERM INFLATION HEDGE; NATURAL RESOURCES; Part Three: Multigenerational Considerations for Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices; Chapter 12: Selecting an Adviser; TRUST: THE KEY INGREDIENT; HOW UACs SELECT AN ADVISER; QUESTIONS FOR PROSPECTIVE ADVISERS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 13: Selecting a Custodian and Investment Vehicle Structure; CUSTODIAL SERVICES; INVESTMENT VEHICLE STRUCTURE; CONCLUSION; Chapter 14: Considerations for Creating a Family Office; WHAT IS A FAMILY OFFICE?; CHALLENGES OF WEALTH
    Description / Table of Contents: PRACTICAL REASONS TO CREATE A FAMILY OFFICE
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    ISBN: 9781598743432 , 9781598743449
    Language: English
    Pages: 272 S. , Ill.
    Parallel Title: Online version Waging war, making peace
    DDC: 303.6/9
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    Keywords: Reparations for historical injustices ; Restorative justice ; Human rights Moral and ethical aspects ; Reparations for historical injustices ; Restorative justice ; Human rights Moral and ethical aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Unrecht ; Wiedergutmachung ; Opferentschädigung ; Menschenrecht ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Politische Verfolgung ; Wiedergutmachung ; Opferentschädigung ; Menschenrecht ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Note: Based on essays first presented during a double session of panels at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in San Jose, California, in 2006 , Includes index , =A http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0827/2008038382.html =3 04 , Includes bibliographical references and index , Based on essays first presented during a double session of panels at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in San Jose, California, in 2006. - Includes index , Waging war, making peace: the anthropology of reparations , The ethical dimensions of peace , When governments fail: reparation, solidarity, and community in Nicaragua , From theory to practice: implementing reparations in post-truth commission Peru , Reparations in Morocco: the symbolic dirham , "Victims of crime" and "victims of justice": the symbolic and financial aspects in U.S. compensation programs , "We all must have the same treatment": calculating the damages of human rights abuses for the people of Diego Garcia , Milpa matters: the Maya community of Toledo versus the government of Belize , Reparations and the illusive meaning of justice in Guatemala , Of lemons and laws: property and the (trans)national order in Cyprus , Israel and the Palestinian refugees: postpragmatic reflections on historical narratives, closure, transitional justice and Palestinian refugees' right to refuse , Reparations and human rights: why the anthropological approach matters
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    San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
    ISBN: 9781576756256 , 1576756254
    Language: English
    Pages: XIV, 222 S.
    Edition: 2. ed., [rev. and updated]
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Online-Ressource ebrary online Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    Series Statement: A BK business book
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Thomas, David C., 1947 - Cultural intelligence
    DDC: 658.049
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    Keywords: Intercultural communication ; Cross-cultural orientation ; Cultural awareness ; Corporate culture ; Business anthropology ; Management Cross-cultural studies ; Intercultural communication ; Führung ; Interkulturelle Kompetenz ; Internationales Management
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    ISBN: 9781845208141 , 1845208145 , 9781845208134 , 1845208137
    Language: English
    Pages: VII, 190 S.
    Edition: English ed., 1. publ.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Online-Ressource ebrary online Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Edition: [S.l.] Ebrary Berg new media series
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Green, Nicola, 1969 - Mobile communications
    DDC: 302.231
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    Keywords: Wireless Internet Social aspects ; Mobile communication systems Social aspects ; Cellular telephones Social aspects ; Wireless Internet Social aspects ; Mobile communication systems Social aspects ; Cell phones Social aspects ; Mobile Telekommunikation ; Soziologie ; Handy ; Kommunikation ; Neue Medien ; Kommunikation
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    New York, NY [u.a.] : Psychology Press
    ISBN: 9781848728080 , 1848728085
    Language: English
    Pages: XIX, 530 S. , graph. Darst.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Online-Ressource ebrary online Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Understanding culture
    DDC: 306.01
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    Keywords: Culture Philosophy ; Culture Research ; Culture Study and teaching ; Culture Study and teaching ; Culture Research ; Culture Philosophy ; Ohne direkten Regionalbezug Kultur/Sprache/Kunst ; Theorie/Methodik ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kultur ; Interdisziplinäre Forschung ; Kulturtheorie ; Kulturwissenschaften
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    Amsterdam [u.a.] : Benjamins
    ISBN: 1282395467 , 9789027210210
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 277 S.)
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    Series Statement: Dialogue studies 4
    DDC: 303.48/2
    Keywords: Communication ; Intercultural communication
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    Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 0521873819 , 052169602X , 1282393979 , 9780511647932 , 9780521873819 , 9780521696029
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 314 S.) , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Key topics in sociolinguistics
    Parallel Title: Print version Language and Identity
    DDC: 306.44
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    Keywords: Nationalism ; Language and languages Political aspects ; Group identity ; Identity politics ; Sociolinguistics
    Abstract: Outlines the relationship between our identity as members of groups and the language varieties important to each group
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Identity, the individual and the group; 3 Identifying ourselves; 4 Language, dialect and identity; 5 Dialect and identity: beyond standard and nonstandard; 6 Language, religion and identity; 7 Language, gender and identity; 8 Ethnicity and nationalism; 9 Assessments of nationalism; 10 Language and nationalism; 11 Language planning and language ecology; Glossary; Notes; References; Index
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    Chichester, U.K : Wiley-Blackwell
    ISBN: 9781405161596 , 1444311093 , 9781444311099
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvi, 302 p) , ill
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation
    DDC: 306
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    Keywords: Ethnic relations Political aspects ; Cultural property Social aspects ; Acculturation Political aspects ; Intercultural communication Political aspects ; Ethnic relations Moral and ethical aspects ; Indigenous peoples Civil rights ; Cultural property Protection ; Moral and ethical aspects ; Intercultural communication Moral and ethical aspects ; Acculturation Moral and ethical aspects ; Minorities Civil rights
    Abstract: The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation undertakes a comprehensive and systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic questions that arise from the practice of cultural appropriation.:.; Explores cultural appropriation in a wide variety of contexts, among them the arts and archaeology, museums, and religion.; Questions whether cultural appropriation is always morally objectionable.; Includes research that is equally informed by empirical knowledge and general normative theory.; Provides a coherent and authoritative perspective gained by the collaboration of philosophers and specialists in th
    Abstract: The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation undertakes a comprehensive and systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic questions that arise from the practice of cultural appropriation. Explores cultural appropriation in a wide variety of contexts, among them the arts and archaeology, museums, and religionQuestions whether cultural appropriation is always morally objectionableIncludes research that is equally informed by empirical knowledge and general normative theoryProvides a coherent and authoritative perspective gained by the collaboration of philosophers and specialists in the field who
    Description / Table of Contents: The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation; Table of Contents; Ethics of Cultural Appropriation Research Group Members; Preface; Artist Statement; 1: Introduction; 2: Archaeological Finds: Legacies of Appropriation, Modes of Response; 3: The Appropriation of Human Remains: A First Nations Legal and Ethical Perspective; 4: The Repatriation of Human Remains; 5: 'The Skin Off Our Backs' Appropriation of Religion; 6: Genetic Research and Culture: Where Does the Offense Lie?; 7: Appropriation of Traditional Knowledge: Ethics in the Context of Ethnobiology
    Description / Table of Contents: 8: A Broken Record: Subjecting 'Music' to Cultural Rights9: Objects of Appropriation; 10: Do Subaltern Artifacts Belong in Art Museums?; 11: 'Nothing Comes from Nowhere': Reflections on Cultural Appropriation as the Representation of Other Cultures; Index
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    ISBN: 1847883664 , 1847883672 , 1847883680 , 9781847883667 , 9781847883674 , 9781847883681
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (viii, 245 p) , ill
    Edition: English ed
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Uniform Title: Wann is Mode? 〈engl.〉
    Parallel Title: Print version When clothes become fashion
    DDC: 746.9/2
    Keywords: Aesthetics ; Costume Psychological aspects ; Fashion design ; Clothing trade ; Fashion ; Costume Psychological aspects ; Fashion ; Fashion design ; Aesthetics ; Clothing trade
    Abstract: "When, how and why do clothes become fashion? Fashion is more than mere clothing. It is a moment of invention, a distillation of desire, a reflection of a zeitgeist. It is also economically relevant relying on an intricate network of manufacture, marketing and retail. Fashion is both medium and message but it does not explain itself. It requires language and images for its global mediation. It develops from the prescience of the designer and is dependent on acceptance by observers and wearers alike. When Clothes Become Fashion explores the structures and strategies which underlie fashion innovation, how fashion is perceived and the point at which clothing is accepted or rejected as fashion. The book provides a clear theoretical framework for understanding the system of fashion - its aesthetic premises, plurality of styles, performative impulses, social qualities and economic conditions."--publisher's website
    Description / Table of Contents: Fashion Theory.Does Fashion Need a Theory?Textiles as MaterialClothes as FormFashion as SystemInvention and Innovation.When Is Invention?When Is Creativity?When Is Innovation?When Clothes Become Fashion.When Is Fashion?When Is Fashion Art?When Is Fashion Design?
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    Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press
    ISBN: 9780826516756
    Language: English
    Pages: XXIV, 231 S.
    Edition: 2. ed.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Online-Ressource ebrary online Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Edition: [S.l.] Ebrary
    DDC: 306.70981
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    Keywords: Sex customs Brazil ; Sexual ethics Brazil ; Sexual behavior surveys Brazil ; Sexual ethics ; Sexual behavior surveys ; Sex customs ; Brasilien ; Sexualität
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    Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press
    ISBN: 9780674032965 , 9780674053939
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvii, 246 p) , ill , 18 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Nathan I. Huggins lectures
    Parallel Title: Print version Political worlds of slavery and freedom
    DDC: 306.3/620973
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    Keywords: Garvey, Marcus ; Universal Negro Improvement Association ; Political participation History 20th century ; Political participation History 19th century ; Slavery Political aspects ; History ; Slaves Emancipation ; Black nationalism History 20th century ; Slave insurrections History 19th century ; African Americans Politics and government 19th century ; African Americans Politics and government 20th century ; Garvey, Marcus 1887-1940
    Abstract: "Steven Hahn's provocative new book challenges deep-rooted views in the writing of American and African-American history. Moving from slave emancipations of the eighteenth century through slave activity during the Civil War and on to the black power movements of the twentieth century, he asks us to rethink African-American history and politics in bolder, more dynamic terms."--Jacket
    Description / Table of Contents: "Slaves at large" : the emancipation process and the terrain of African American politicsDid we miss the greatest slave rebellion in modern history? -- Marcus Garvey, the UNIA, and the hidden political history of African Americans.
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    ISBN: 155885522X , 9781611920147 , 9781558855229
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxxix, 360 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Hispanic civil rights series
    Uniform Title: Influencias de las ideas modernas. 〈engl.〉
    Parallel Title: Print version Absolute equality
    DDC: 305.42097295
    Keywords: Puerto Rican literature ; Feminism
    Description / Table of Contents: Absolute equality: an early feminist perspective. PrologueInfluences of modern ideas -- Philosophical, naturalist, psychological, and moralist notes, annotations, thoughts, concepts, definitions, maxims, and reflections -- Interesting letters from a Panamanian anarchist -- The corruption of the rich and of the poor ... -- Marriage without love, consequence, adultery -- how poor women are prostituted -- In the country, free love -- After her death -- Influencias de las ideas modernas. Prólogo -- Influencias de las ideas modernas -- Notas, apuntes, pensamientos, conceptos, definiciones, sentenicas y reflexiones filósoficas, naturistas, psicológicas, moralistas -- Cartas interesantes de un ácrata de Panamá -- La corrupción de los ricos y la de los pobres ... -- Matrimonio sin amor, consecuencia, el adulterio -- Cómo se prostituyen las pobres -- En el campo, amor libre -- Después de muerta.
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    New York [u.a.] : McGraw-Hill
    ISBN: 1281845280 , 0071508635 , 9780071508636
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVI, 368 S.) , Ill
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    DDC: 303.4834 22
    Keywords: Computers and civilization ; Computer networks ; Technology and youth ; Generation Y
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    Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell
    ISBN: 9781405168823 , 1444308270 , 9781444308273
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xviii, 252 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Blackwell studies in discourse and culture
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    DDC: 306.440945/24
    Keywords: Italian language Dialects ; Language and culture ; Sociolinguistics ; Bergamo (Italy) Intellectual life 21st century
    Abstract: Introduction -- Bergamasco in use : the feel of everyday speaking -- Gendering language -- Bergamasco on stage : poetry and theater -- Modern campanilismo : the value of place -- Bergamo, Italy, Europe : speaking contextualized -- Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: IntroductionBergamasco in use : the feel of everyday speaking -- Gendering language -- Bergamasco on stage : poetry and theater -- Modern campanilismo : the value of place -- Bergamo, Italy, Europe : speaking contextualized -- Conclusion.
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    Hoboken, NJ : Wiley
    ISBN: 9781848211339 , 0470611987 , 9780470611982
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvi, 254 p) , map
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: ISTE v.147
    Uniform Title: États-Unis face au défi du développement durable. 〈engl.〉
    Parallel Title: Print version Sustainable Development in the USA
    DDC: 304.6
    Keywords: Environmental policy ; Cities and towns Growth ; Sustainable development ; United States Population
    Abstract: After WWII, the United States of America proposed their way of life, based on an unlimited consumption of land, goods, and energy, as a model for the entire world. Nowadays, this expansionist model has reached its limits. This book provides a comprehensive study of the geographical basis of the American settlements, assuming that part of the U.S. overshooting is related to geography because of harsh climates and the continental size of the Nation, but another part is the result of a cultural habits of expansion and segregation. Urban Sprawl, for instance, is the real Achille's heel of America
    Description / Table of Contents: Sustainable Development in the USA; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. The American Territory; 1.1. A continent-nation with a dispersed population; 1.2. Major geographical areas; 1.3. Unfavorable climatic factors; 1.4. Physical geography of the US; Chapter 2. Developing the Territory; 2.1. Agricultural regions; 2.2. An agriculture which does not influence settlement; 2.3. The abundance and limits of natural resources; 2.4. Working towards the sustainable management of the American forest; 2.5. Fossil resources-abundance and dependence; 2.6. The case of fossil fuels
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.6.1. The world's second largest producer of coal2.6.2. Oil - a strategic dilemma; 2.6.3. Natural gas - a highly desirable resource; 2.7. Environmental protection; Chapter 3. A Rapidly Growing Population; 3.1. A relatively high fertility rate due to immigration; 3.2. Life expectancy and aging; 3.3. Aging - regional disparities; 3.4. Immigration to the United States of America; 3.5. The country's gateways; Chapter 4. A Multi-ethnic Nation; 4.1. Native peoples; 4.2. A nation of immigrants; 4.3. The African-American question; 4.4. America and Mexico
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.5. Geography of the population of Asian originChapter 5. Regional Dynamics; 5.1. Main features of settlement in the US territory; 5.1.1. The United States in 1930; 5.1.2. America in 1970; 5.1.3. The United States in 2005; 5.2. The dynamics of regional settlement between 1930 and 2005; Chapter 6. Economic Change and Territories; 6.1. A changing economy; 6.2. Economic growth; 6.3. Industrial change; 6.4. A population on the move; 6.5. Migration of retired populations; Chapter 7. A Suburban Nation; 7.1. Urban sprawl; 7.2. Big cities; 7.3. Consequences of urban sprawl on sustainable development
    Description / Table of Contents: 7.4. Urban sprawl is not only a big city phenomenonChapter 8. Urban Fragmentation and Sprawl; 8.1. Social divisions find expression in land use patterns; 8.1.1. Atlanta; 8.1.2. Detroit; 8.1.3. Houston; 8.1.4. Portland; 8.2. The challenge of governance in fragmented metropolitan areas; 8.3. The crisis of cities; Chapter 9. New Orleans in Dangerous Waters; 9.1. The physical components of natural hazards; 9.2. Increased vulnerability from urban sprawl; 9.3. The consequences of a natural disaster; Conclusion; Glossary; References; List of Tables and Figures; Index
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    New York : Columbia University Press
    ISBN: 0231146523 , 9780231146524
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvi, 274 p) , map , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Thin Places : A Pilgrimage Home
    DDC: 305.89549
    Keywords: Armbrecht, Ann ; Women anthropologists Biography ; Yamphu (Nepalese people) Social life and customs ; Women anthropologists Biography ; Women anthropologists - Nepal - Hedanga ; Hedanga (Nepal) Social life and customs
    Abstract: Thin Places is an eloquent meditation on what it means to move between cultures and how one might finally come home, a particular paradox in a culture that lacks deep ties to the natural world. During the 1990s, Ann Armbrecht, an American anthropologist, made several trips to northeastern Nepal to research how the Yamphu Rai acquired, farmed, and held onto their land; how they perceived their area's recent designation as a national park and conservation area; and whether-as she believed-they held a wisdom about living on the earth that the industrialized West had forgotten. What Armbrecht fou
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; Part 2; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; Part 3; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; Part 4; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; Bibliography
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    Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter
    ISBN: 3110213486 , 9783110213485
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xii, 261 p) , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Language, power, and social process 25
    Parallel Title: Print version Coerced Confessions : The Discourse of Bilingual Police Interrogations
    DDC: 306.44
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    Keywords: Bilingualism Social aspects ; Police questioning Social aspects ; Intercultural communication Social aspects ; Critical discourse analysis Social aspects ; Discourse Analysis Sociolinguistics ; Language and the Law ; USA ; Polizei ; Vernehmung ; Zweisprachigkeit ; Hispanos ; Diskursanalyse
    Abstract: The book presents a discourse analysis of police interrogations involving U.S. Hispanic suspects accused of crimes. The study is unique in that it concentrates on interrogations involving suspects whose first language is not English and police officers who have a rudimentary knowledge of Spanish. The volume examines the pitfalls of using police officers as interpreters at custodial interrogations. Susan Berk-Seligson, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA.
    Abstract: The book presents a discourse analysis of police interrogations involving U.S. Hispanic suspects accused of crimes. The study is unique in that it concentrates on interrogations involving suspects whose first language is not English and police officers who have a rudimentary knowledge of Spanish. It examines the pitfalls of using police officers as interpreters at custodial interrogations. Using an interactional sociolinguistic discourse analytical approach, the book offers a microlinguistic examination of interrogations involving persons accused of murder, child molestation, and kidnapping. Communication difficulties are shown to arise from suspects' limited proficiency in English and police officers' equally limited proficiency in Spanish, coupled with the unwillingness of these officers to remain in interpreter footing. The volume demonstrates how pidginization and asymmetrical communicative accommodation can emerge in such situations of highly unequal power relations. It also demonstrates how cultural factors such as acquiescence to interlocutors of greater authority and higher socioeconomic status can lead persons of certain Latin American backgrounds to engage in ""gratuitous concurrence"", answering ""yes"" to police questions even when it is clear that that these yes-tokens are not truly affirmative responses to those questions. In addition, the book provides evidence of the kinds of abuse that can result from police interrogations that are not electronically recorded. Coerced Confessions reviews appellate cases involving police interpreters spanning a thirty-four-year period, and concludes that the Miranda rights are placed in jeopardy when a police officer is assigned the role of interpreter at a custodial interrogation.
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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.
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821381366
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (147 p)
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Independent Evaluation Group Studies
    Abstract: The Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2009 presents evidence on the World Bank’s efforts in two areas. Part I tracks the outcomes of Bank projects and country programs and the evolution of monitoring and evaluation (M&E). Part II examines the Bank’s support for environmentally sustainable development compatible with economic growth and poverty reduction. The Bank’s project performance rebounded in 2008, allaying concerns about the weakened performance in 2007. As previous ARDEs have shown, project performance has been improving gradually for 15 years according to the traditional measure -- percent of projects with satisfactory (versus unsatisfactory) outcomes. But IEG ratings of M&E quality for completed projects indicate considerable room for progress. Information to assess impacts continues to be lacking although preliminary data suggests improvements in baseline data collection. Bank support for the environment has recovered since 2002 due to new sources of concessional finance. The outcomes of environment projects have improved in recent years. A growing number of regional projects are addressing the shared use of water resources. New global partnerships are deepening the Bank’s involvement in climate change issues. But M&E remains weak: three-quarters of environment-related projects - those managed by sectors other than environment - lack reporting of environmental outcomes
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    ISBN: 0821377205 , 0821377213 , 9780821377208 , 9780821377215
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xviii, 257 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Africa human development series
    DDC: 372.16096
    Keywords: Community organization ; Education Parent participation ; Education, Primary Aims and objectives ; Rural development projects ; School buildings Design and construction ; Community organization ; Education Parent participation ; Education, Primary Aims and objectives ; Rural development projects ; School buildings Design and construction ; Community organization ; Education ; Education, Primary ; Rural development projects ; School buildings
    Note: "Education For All Fast Track Initiative , Includes bibliographical references and index
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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 4808
    Parallel Title: Gorodnichenko, Yuriy Globalization and innovation in emerging markets
    Keywords: Globalization ; Technological innovations ; Globalization ; Technological innovations
    Abstract: "Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through the impact of increased competition and foreign direct investment on domestic firms' efforts to innovate (raise their capability) by upgrading their technology, improving the quality of their product or service, or acquiring certification. They find that competition has a negative effect on innovation, especially for firms further from the efficiency frontier, and we do not find support for an inverted U effect of competition on innovation. The authors show that the supply chain of multinational enterprises and international trade are important channels for domestic firms' innovation. They detect no evidence that firms in a more pro-business environment are more likely to display a positive or inverted U relationship between competition and innovation, or that they are more sensitive to foreign presence. "--World Bank web site
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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 4816
    Parallel Title: Ravallion, Martin The developing world's bulging (but vulnerable) "middle class
    Keywords: Middle class ; Middle class
    Abstract: "The "developing world's middle class" is defined here as those who are not poor when judged by the median poverty line of developing countries, but are still poor by US standards. The "Western middle class" is defined as those who are not poor by US standards. Although barely 80 million people in the developing world entered the Western middle class over 1990-2002, economic growth and distributional shifts allowed an extra 1.2 billion people to join the developing world's middle class. Four-fifths came from Asia, and half from China. Most of the new entrants remained fairly close to poverty, with incomes now bunched up just above
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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 4826
    Parallel Title: Schiff, Maurice W The regional dimension of North-South trade-related r&d spillover
    Keywords: Diffusion of innovations ; Industrial productivity. i ; International trade ; Diffusion of innovations ; Industrial productivity. i ; International trade
    Abstract: "This paper examines the impact of trade with Japan, North America, and the European Union on technology diffusion and total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed based on industry-specific research and development in the North, North-South trade patterns, and input-output relations in the South. The findings show that technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be regional. Jordan benefits mainly from trade with the European Union, Korea from trade with Japan, and Mexico from trade with North America. In other words, the dynamic version of the "natural trading partners" hypothesis holds for these countries. "--World Bank web site
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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 4830
    Parallel Title: Moral-Benito, Enrique Determinants of economic growth
    Keywords: Bayesian statistical decision theory ; Economic development ; Bayesian statistical decision theory ; Economic development
    Abstract: "Model uncertainty hampers consensus on the key determinants of economic growth. Some recent cross-country, cross-sectional analyses have employed Bayesian Model Averaging to address the issue of model uncertainty. This paper extends that approach to panel data models with country-specific fixed effects. The empirical results show that the most robust growth determinants are the price of investment goods, distance to major world cities, and political rights. This suggests that growth-promoting policy strategies should aim to reduce taxes and distortions that raise the prices of investment goods; improve access to international markets; and promote democracy-enhancing institutional reforms. Moreover, the empirical results are robust to different prior assumptions on expected model size. "--World Bank web site
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    Pages: Online-Ressource
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4873
    Parallel Title: Coolidge, Jacqueline G Small businesses in South Africa
    Keywords: Small business Taxation ; Small business Taxation
    Abstract: "The authors use firm-level survey data on 998 small and medium enterprises registered for tax in South Africa regarding tax compliance costs to investigate the use of outsourcing to complete tax compliance tasks. Overall, about 43 percent of the enterprises do all their tax compliance work in-house, 11 percent outsource all their tax compliance work, and the remaining 46 percent use a combination of both ("partial outsourcing"). The data display an inverted-U shape for outsourcing of tax compliance tasks: the smallest firms (those under R 300,000 turnover or well under US
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4877
    Parallel Title: Jack, William Health investments and economic growth
    Keywords: Economic development Health aspects ; Health Social aspects ; Medical economics ; Economic development Health aspects ; Health Social aspects ; Medical economics
    Abstract: "This paper reviews the correlations and potential links between health and economic growth and summarizes the evidence on the role of government in improving health status. At the macroeconomic level, the evidence of an impact of health on growth remains ambiguous due both to difficulties in measuring health, and to the methodological challenges of identifying causal links. The evidence on the micro linkages from health investments to productivity and income are robust. Progress in life expectancy over the past two centuries has been spectacular, fueled by: improved agriculture that has increased food quantity; knowledge of disease transmission, and effective public health interventions that have controlled communicable diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, and hookworm; and, most recently and importantly, investments in very young children that pay off in healthier and more productive adults. Whether public investments in medical care affect health hinges on the quality of health institutions. In much of the developing world, factors such as chronic absenteeism among public providers, poor budget execution, ineffective management, and virtually no accountability weaken public efforts. Institutional issues are central in efforts to enhance public health investments, which in turn have a direct impact on the population's welfare and, perhaps over the long term, improvements in national income. "--World Bank web site
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4866
    Parallel Title: Bhattacharyya, Subhes C Energy demand models for policy formulation
    Keywords: Energy policy ; Energy policy
    Abstract: "This paper critically reviews existing energy demand forecasting methodologies highlighting the methodological diversities and developments over the past four decades in order to investigate whether the existing energy demand models are appropriate for capturing the specific features of developing countries. The study finds that two types of approaches, econometric and end-use accounting, are used in the existing energy demand models. Although energy demand models have greatly evolved since the early 1970s, key issues such as the poor-rich and urban-rural divides, traditional energy resources, and differentiation between commercial and non-commercial energy commodities are often poorly reflected in these models. While the end-use energy accounting models with detailed sector representations produce more realistic projections compared with the econometric models, they still suffer from huge data deficiencies especially in developing countries. Development and maintenance of more detailed energy databases, further development of models to better reflect developing country context, and institutionalizing the modeling capacity in developing countries are the key requirements for energy demand modeling to deliver richer and more reliable input to policy formulation in developing countries. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4871
    Parallel Title: Available in another form Wage subsidy and labor market flexibility in South Africa
    Keywords: Labor market ; Unskilled labor ; Labor market ; Unskilled labor
    Abstract: "In this paper, the authors use a highly disaggregate general equilibrium model to analyze the feasibility of a wage subsidy to unskilled workers in South Africa, isolating and estimating its potential employment effects and fiscal cost. They capture the structural characteristics of the labor market with several labor categories and substitution possibilities, linking the economy-wide results on relative prices, wages, and employment to a micro-simulation model with occupational choice probabilities in order to investigate the poverty and distributional consequences of the policy. The impact of a wage subsidy on employment, poverty, and inequality in South Africa depends greatly on the elasticities of substitution of factors of production, being very minimal if unskilled and skilled labor are complements in production. The desired results are attainable only if there is sufficient flexibility in the labor market. Although the impact in a low case scenario can be improved by supporting policies that relax the skill constraint and increase the production capacity of the economy especially towards labor-intensive sectors, the gains from a wage subsidy are still modest if the labor market remains very rigid. "--World Bank web site
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  • 89
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4879
    Parallel Title: Allcott, Hunt The performance of decentralized school systems
    Keywords: Schools Decentralization ; Schools Decentralization
    Abstract: "This program evaluation estimates the effects on standardized test scores of graduating from the Fe y Alegria private school system in Venezuela. The authors find an Average Treatment Effect on the order of 0.1 standard deviations (approximately 16 percent of the average score), using a control group of public school students. These effects are significantly larger for households at the bottom of the distribution, and smaller for those at the top. The authors posit that the better performance of the Fe y Alegria system stems from their labor contract flexibility and decentralized administrative structure. "--World Bank web site
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  • 90
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    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
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4817
    Parallel Title: Iarossi, Giuseppe The investment climate in 16 Indian states
    Keywords: Investments States ; Investments States
    Abstract: "In this paper, the author attempts to identify the characteristics of the business climate in India that can help explain the different performance of individual states in terms of investment and growth. The paper develops a new Investment Climate Index aimed at summarizing the aspects of the business environment that entrepreneurs consider when deciding whether to invest. Using this index, the author explores the investment climate in several typologies of Indian states and identify the key features of a poor business environment in India. The analysis shows that infrastructure and institutions remain the main bottlenecks in the country's private sector development. More specifically, power, transportation, corruption, tax regulations, and theft are major factors explaining the poor business environment in some Indian states. Infrastructure appears to be the single most important constraint, as it is particularly binding in states that show low levels of domestic investment and GDP growth. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4890
    Parallel Title: Rudolph, Heinz P Enabling conditions for second pillars of pension systems
    Keywords: Pension trusts ; Pension trusts
    Abstract: "This note adds to the existing literature by examining the enabling conditions for the creation of mandatory funded pension funds, and identifying additional factors that are important to consider in the early stages of the reform. The note stresses the importance of some factors that had already been identified in previous literature but not fully observed by reforming countries, including the strong and lasting commitment of the authorities with the reform, the fiscal commitment with the reform, and some basic financial infrastructure. The analysis is also extended to analyze the role of supervision in the early stages of the reform and the role of the government in fostering the development of the domestic capital market. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4926
    Parallel Title: Hevia, Constantino Optimal devaluations
    Keywords: Devaluation of currency ; Recessions ; Devaluation of currency ; Recessions
    Abstract: "According to the conventional wisdom, when an economy enters a recession and nominal prices adjust slowly, the monetary authority should devalue the domestic currency to make the recession less severe. The reason is that a devaluation of the currency lowers the relative price of non-tradable goods, and this reduces the necessary adjustment in output relative to the case in which the exchange rate remains constant. This paper uses a simple small open economy model with sticky prices to characterize optimal fiscal and monetary policy in response to productivity and terms of trade shocks. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, in this framework optimal exchange rate policy cannot be characterized just by the cyclical properties of output. The source of the shock matters: while recessions induced by a drop in the price of exportable goods call for a devaluation of the currency, those induced by a drop in productivity in the non-tradable sector require a revaluation. "--World Bank web site
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  • 94
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4931
    Parallel Title: Rosendahl, Knut Einar Simple model frameworks for explaining inefficiency of the clean development mechanism
    Keywords: Greenhouse gas mitigation ; Greenhouse gas mitigation
    Abstract: "The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is an offset mechanism designed to reduce the overall cost of implementing a given global target for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in industrialized "Annex B" countries of the Kyoto Protocol. This paper discusses various ways in which CDM projects do not imply full offset of emissions, thus leading to an overall increase in global GHG emissions when considering the Annex-B emissions increase allowed by the offsets. The authors focus on two ways in which this may occur: baseline manipulation; and leakage. Baseline manipulation may result when agents that carry out CDM projects have incentives to increase their initial (or baseline) emissions in order to optimize the value of CDM credits. Leakage occurs because reductions in emissions under a CDM project may affect market equilibrium in local and/or global energy and product markets, and thereby increase emissions elsewhere. Remedies against these problems are discussed. Such remedies are more obvious for the baseline problem (where one is simply to choose an exogenous baseline independent of the project) than for the leakage problem (which is difficult to prevent, and where a prediction of the effect must rely on information about overall market equilibrium effects). "--World Bank web site
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  • 95
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4898
    Parallel Title: Stephanou, Constantinos Including financial services in preferential trade agreements
    Keywords: Financial services industry ; Financial services industry ; China Commercial treaties ; China Commercial treaties
    Abstract: "The objective of this paper is to address the main considerations for China of including financial services in its preferential trade agreements. The paper briefly reviews China's financial liberalization process and the state of its domestic financial system, discusses the main considerations of including financial services in China's preferential trade agreements, compares and contrasts the different 'architectural' approaches that have been used by countries to include financial services in such agreements, and identifies good practices in preparing for financial services negotiations. Particular emphasis is placed on lessons from Latin American preferential trade agreements, given their more frequent and extensive coverage of financial services compared with other regions. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4940
    Parallel Title: Norgaard, Kari Marie Cognitive and behavioral challenges in responding to climate change
    Keywords: Climatic changes Government policy ; Climatic changes Public opinion ; Global warming ; Climatic changes Government policy ; Climatic changes Public opinion ; Global warming
    Abstract: "Climate scientists have identified global warming as the most important environmental issue of our time, but it has taken over 20 years for the problem to penetrate the public discourse in even the most superficial manner. While some nations have done better than others, no nation has adequately reduced emissions and no nation has a base of public citizens that are sufficiently socially and politically engaged in response to climate change. This paper summarizes international and national differences in levels of knowledge and concern regarding climate change, and the existing explanations for the worldwide failure of public response to climate change, drawing from psychology, social psychology and sociology. On the whole, the widely presumed links between public access to information on climate change and levels of concern and action are not supported. The paper's key findings emphasize the presence of negative emotions in conjunction with global warming (fear, guilt, and helplessness), and the process of emotion management and cultural norms in the construction of a social reality in which climate change is held at arms length. Barriers in responding to climate change are placed into three broad categories: 1) psychological/conceptual, 2) social and cultural, and 3) structural (political economy). The author provides policy considerations and summarizes the policy implications of both psychological and conceptual barriers, and social and cultural barriers. An annotated bibliography is included. "--World Bank web site
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  • 97
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4911
    Parallel Title: Abe, Kazutomo Weathering the storm
    Keywords: Harbors ; Harbors
    Abstract: "The world economic crisis of 2008 presents clear challenges to prospects for economic growth in developing countries. This is particularly true for emerging economies in East Asia that have relied to a great extent over the past decade on export-led growth. What steps to facilitate trade promise a relatively strong return on investment for East Asia to help sustain trade and growth? The authors examine how port infrastructure affects trade and the role of transport costs in driving exports and imports for the region. They find that port congestion has significantly increased the transport costs to East Asia from both of the United States and Japan. The analysis suggests that cutting port congestion by 10 percent could cut transport costs in East Asia by up to 3 percent. This translates into a 0.3 to 0.5 percent across-the-board tariff cut. In addition, the estimates suggest that the trade cost reduction of investment in port infrastructure in East Asia that translates into higher consumer welfare would far outweigh the cost for physical expansion of the ports in the region. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4915
    Parallel Title: Kessides, Ioannis Nicolaos Toward defining and measuring the affordability of public utility services
    Keywords: Public utilities ; Public utilities
    Abstract: "This paper reviews the progress made in the literature toward defining and measuring the affordability of utilities. It highlights the relative merits of alternate affordability metrics; the practical challenges to their operationalization, including the underlying data requirements; and their implications for the design, evaluation, and implementation of appropriate affordability programs. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4853
    Parallel Title: Estache, Antonio Auctions with endogenous participation and quality thresholds
    Abstract: "Infrastructure projects are often technically complicated and highly customized. Therefore, procurement competition tends to be limited. Competition is the single most important factor toward auction efficiency and anti-corruption. However, the degree of competition realized is closely related to bidders' entry decision and the auctioneer's decision on how to assess technical attributes in the bid evaluation process. This paper estimates the interactive effects among quality, entry, and competition. With data on procurement auctions for electricity projects in developing countries, it is found that large electricity works are by nature costly and can attract only a few participants. The limited competition would raise government procurement costs. In addition, high technical requirements are likely to be imposed for these large-scale projects, which will in turn add extra costs for the better quality of works and further limit bidder participation. The evidence suggests that quality is of particular importance in large infrastructure projects and auctioneers cannot easily substitute price for quality. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4857
    Parallel Title: Robinson, Jonathan Transactional sex as a response to risk in Western Kenya
    Keywords: AIDS (Disease) ; Prostitutes Health and hygiene ; Prostitution Health aspects ; AIDS (Disease) ; Prostitutes Health and hygiene ; Prostitution Health aspects
    Abstract: "Formal and informal commercial sex work is a way of life for many poor women in developing countries. Though sex workers have long been identified as crucial in affecting the spread of HIV/AIDS, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the nature of sex-for-money transactions remains poorly understood. Using a unique panel dataset constructed from 192 self-reported sex worker diaries which include detailed information on sexual behavior, labor supply, and health shocks, the authors find that sex workers adjust their supply of risky, better compensated sex to cope with unexpected health shocks, exposing themselves to increased risk of HIV infection. In particular, women are 3.1 percent more likely to see a client, 21.2 percent more likely to have anal sex, and 19.1 percent more likely to have unprotected sex on days in which a household member falls ill. Women also increase their supply of risky sex on days after missing work due to symptoms from a sexually transmitted infection. Given that HIV prevalence has been estimated at 9.8 percent in this part of Kenya, these behavioral responses entail significant health risks for sex workers and their partners, and suggest that sex workers are unable to cope with risk through other formal or informal consumption smoothing mechanisms. "--World Bank web site
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