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  • 1
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    The Egyptian fertility survey, 1980 (1983-)
    Cairo : The Agency
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    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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    The price of paradise : the costs of inequality and a vision for a more equitable America (2013)
    New York : New York University Press
    Details
    ISBN: 9780814760550 , 0814760554 , 9780814724897 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9780814724897
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 305.50973
    RVK:
    MS 1235
    Keywords: Gleichheit ; Mittelstand ; Segregation ; Soziale Gerechtigkeit ; Recht ; Soziale Schichtung ; USA
    Note: Online-Ausg.:
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/28077
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  • 3
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    Puer tea : ancient caravans and urban chic (2013)
    Seattle : University of Washington Press
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    ISBN: 9780295993225 , 9780295993232 , 0295993227 , 9780295804873 (Sekundärausgabe) , 0295804874 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9780295804873
    Edition: ISBN 0295804874
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    Series Statement: Culture, place, and nature
    DDC: 394.1/5095135
    Note: "A China Program Book , Online-Ausg.:
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/27584
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  • 4
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    A deeper sense of place : stories and journeys of indigenous-academic collaboration (2013)
    Corvallis : Oregon State University Press
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    ISBN: 9780870717222 , 0870717227 , 9780870717239 (Sekundärausgabe) , 0870717235 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9780870717239
    Edition: ISBN 0870717235
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 304.2/3
    Note: Online-Ausg.:
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/27749
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  • 5
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    Beyond discrimination : racial inequality in a post-racist era (2013)
    New York : Russell Sage Foundation
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    ISBN: 9780871544551 , 9781610448178 (Sekundärausgabe) , 1610448170 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9781610448178
    Edition: ISBN 1610448170
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 305.800973
    RVK:
    MS 3300
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    MS 1300
    RVK:
    MS 1235
    Keywords: Minderheit ; Rassendiskriminierung ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; USA ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Note: Online-Ausg.:
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/28212
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  • 6
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    Identity technologies : constructing the self online (2013)
    Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press
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    ISBN: 9780299296445 , 029929644X , 9780299296438 (Sekundärausgabe) , 0299296431 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource Wisconsin studies in autobiography ISBN 9780299296438
    Edition: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 0299296431
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    Series Statement: Wisconsin studies in autobiography
    DDC: 302.3
    RVK:
    MS 7965
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    AP 13800
    RVK:
    MR 6050
    Note: Online-Ausg.:
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/28237
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    What's queer about Europe? : productive encounters and re-enchanting paradigms (2013)
    New York : Fordham University Press
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    ISBN: 9780823255399
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
    DDC: 306.7601094
    RVK:
    MS 1200
    RVK:
    MS 2870
    RVK:
    MS 3165
    Keywords: Queer-Theorie ; Queer theory ; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General ; LITERARY CRITICISM / Gay & Lesbian ; Europa ; Frankreich ; Europe Civilization ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: "What's Queer about Europe focuses on those queer types of artistic, political or theoretical exchanges that take place in the presence of the idea of Europe. This book is not about queer communities in Europe but about how Queer Theory helps us initiate counter-intuitive encounters for imagining Europe"--...
    Abstract: "What's Queer about Europe? examines how queer theory helps us initiate disorienting conjunctions and counterintuitive encounters for imagining historical and contemporary Europe. This book queers Europe and Europeanizes queer, forcing a reconsideration of both. Its contributors study Europe relationally, asking not so much what Europe is but what we do when we attempt to define it. The topics discussed include: gay marriage in Renaissance Rome, Russian anarchism and gender politics in early-twentieth-century Switzerland, colonialism and sexuality in Italy, queer masculinities in European popular culture, queer national identities in French cinema, and gender theories and activism. What these apparently disparate topics have in common is the urgency of the political, legal, and cultural issues they tackle. Asking what is queer about Europe means probing the blind spots that continue to structure the long and discrepant process of Europeanization"--...
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/33398
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    Racial blackness and the discontinuity of Western modernity (2013)
    Urbana : University of Illinois Press
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    ISBN: 9780252038006 , 9780252079511 , 9780252095290 (Sekundärausgabe) , 0252095294 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9780252095290
    Edition: ISBN 0252095294
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    Series Statement: The new Black studies series
    DDC: 305.896
    RVK:
    MS 3450
    Keywords: Geschichte ; Schwarze ; Ethnische Identität ; Rassismus ; Sklavenhandel ; Imperialismus ; Westliche Welt ; Atlantischer Raum
    Abstract: "Racial Blackness and the Discontinuity of Western Modernity is the unfinished manuscript of Lindon Barrett, who died tragically and unexpectedly in 2008. John Carlos Rowe has assembled the completed chapters, and provides an introduction that offers some background and context for the writings. The project offers a genealogy of how the development of racial blackness within the mercantile capitalist system of Euro-American colonial imperialism was constitutive of Western modernity. Barrett explores the complex transnational systems of economic transactions and political exchanges foundational to the formation of modern subjectivities. In particular, he traces the embodied and significatory violence involved in the development of modern nations, and characterizes that time of nation-building as one which created unprecedented individual and communal detachments, facilitating the exclusion of racialized subjects from modern understandings of what it means to be human, or a subject. Ranging from an analysis of the mass commodity markets that were created by colonial economic expansion and which relied on the decimation of populations of indigenous people unsuitable for exploitation as well as the transport and sale of enslaved African workers, to literacy and the autobiography The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, The African, Written by Himself, to later legal and literary texts, the work masterfully connects historical systems of racial slavery to postenlightenment modernity, and will be pathbreaking in a number of fields"--...
    Note: Online-Ausg.:
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/33399
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  • 9
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    Dying unneeded : the cultural context of the Russian mortality crisis (2013)
    Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press
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    ISBN: 9780826519726 , 9780826519733 , 9780826519740 (Sekundärausgabe) , 0826519741 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9780826519740
    Edition: ISBN 0826519741
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 304.6/40947
    Abstract: "Reveals the flaws in existing explanations of Russia's mortality crisis, and offers a persuasive, alternative explanation based on Russian notions of being unneeded"--Provided by publisher.
    Note: Online-Ausg.:
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/32609
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  • 10
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    Raging against the machine : political opposition under authoritarianism in Egypt (2013)
    Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press
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    ISBN: 9780815633204 , 0815633203 , 9780815633426 , 0815633424 , 9780815652595 (Sekundärausgabe) , 0815652593 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: First edition.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9780815652595
    Edition: ISBN 0815652593
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    Series Statement: Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East
    DDC: 322.40962/09045
    RVK:
    MI 12000
    Note: Online-Ausg.:
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/30910
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    A Jewish professor's political punditry : fifty-plus years of published commentary (2013)
    New York : Syracuse University Press
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    ISBN: 0815652135 , 9780815652137
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (pages cm)
    Edition: First edition
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ausg
    Parallel Title: Print version Rubin, Ron A Jewish Professor's Political Punditry : Fifty-Plus Years of Published Commentary By Ron Rubin
    DDC: 070.4/82092
    Keywords: Rubin, Ron ; Jewish journalists Biography ; Jewish journalists--United States--Biography ; Electronic books
    Abstract: c -- Rubin & Devaney Final -- bc
    Description / Table of Contents: The university student, 1957-1965A young professor in a young school, 1965-1969 -- An established professor and author: at home and abroad, 1970s and 1980s -- The turn of the century, 1990-2008.
    Note: "This anthology takes a look at the Jewish world of the past fifty-plus years through Rubin's writings. It looks at Judaism, the religion; Israel, the country; Jewish American politics; world politics"--publisher's note , Includes bibliographical references and index , Description based on print version record , Online-Ausg.
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    China : Inclusive Innovation for Sustainable Inclusive Growth (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Social Analysis
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: Inclusive innovation seeks to expand access to essential goods and services, thereby improving quality of life, and enhancing economic empowerment through knowledge creation, acquisition, adaption, absorption, and deployment efforts targeted directly at the needs of excluded populations. Inclusive innovation is of high relevance for the Chinese authorities, but the concept is new to the Chinese government from both conceptual and policy perspective. So far China has emphasized frontier innovation, yet has recognized the importance of inclusive innovation in addressing increasing disparity between the rich and poor. In China many efforts are being made in the domain of inclusive innovation, but there is no clear strategy and implementation plan. This report aims to help build awareness and set the stage for the potential implementation and operationalization of inclusive innovation policy in China and possibly in other countries. This report is presented in four Chapters and an Executive Summary. Chapter I presents the concept of inclusive innovation and why it is relevant for China. Chapter II discusses the current landscape for inclusive innovation in China. Chapter III presents international experience and examples. Chapter IV outlines some policy options for consideration by the Chinese authorities
    DOI: 10.1596/26333
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    Belarus Macroeconomic Update : Achieving Stability and Growth (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: This note assesses recent macroeconomic developments in Belarus and presents a medium-term economic outlook for 2013-2016 in three scenarios. These scenarios are sensitive to underlying assumptions and are provided to illustrate the main macroeconomic policy choices, available to Belarus. The first scenario (baseline scenario) assumes that the authorities continue macroeconomic policies of the past year, with alternating phases of policy loosening and tightening, motivated by attempts to balance growth and stability. The second scenario (expansionary scenario) assumes that the authorities pursue more aggressive expansionary policies (compared to the baseline scenario) to boost growth in the short term. Prioritizing growth at the expense of stability will reignite macroeconomic imbalances.The third scenario (sustainable growth scenario) assumes that the authorities put in place policies that ensure macroeconomic stability and provide a basis for sustainable growth. This includes a policy framework that (i) maintains the flexible exchange rate regime; (ii) sustains tight monetary policy, namely containing credit growth, including under government directed lending programs to contain inflation and real exchange rate appreciation; (iii) balances wage growth so that it does not exceed productivity growth; (iv) maintains tight fiscal policy and a balanced budget over the medium term. These three scenarios highlight the main macroeconomic trade-offs that Belarus is facing in the current environment. This note is organized as follows: Section one highlights recent macroeconomic trends; Section two provides the three macroeconomic scenarios; and Section three provides the Bank's recommendations for macroeconomic and structural policies. Annex one outlines the structural modernization agenda that could support sustainable medium term growth. Annex two provides detailed assumptions, underlying the three scenarios. Annex three presents the results of simple sensitivity analysis of the potential impact of price declines in potash fertilizer
    DOI: 10.1596/26094
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    Policy Brief : Opportunities and Challenges for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Policy Notes
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: Agriculture is the economic foundation of many Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries, employing about 60 percent of the workforce and contributing an average of 30 percent of gross domestic product. Yet agricultural growth rates for SSA declined in the 2000 and food insecurity remains a concern, with malnourishment only dropping from 34 to 30 percent in two decades. Various projections suggest that food production must increase by 70-100 percent by 2050 to meet the demands of a world with 9 billion people and changing diets. In SSA this will require considerable investments in agricultural development-research, institutional support and infrastructural development. Ensuring food security under a changing climate is one of the major challenges of our era. African agriculture is highly vulnerable to climate change. Climate-smart agriculture seeks to increase productivity in an environmentally and socially sustainable way, strengthen farmers' resilience to climate change, and reduce agriculture's contribution to climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon storage on farmland. Climate-smart agriculture includes proven practical techniques-such as mulching, intercropping, conservation agriculture, crop rotation, integrated crop-livestock management, agroforestry, improved grazing, and improved water management-but also innovative practices such as better weather forecasting, early warning systems and risk insurance. Climate-smart agriculture fully incorporates attention to climate risk management. Climate-smart agriculture offers some unique opportunities to tackle food security, adaptation and mitigation objectives. African countries will particularly benefit from climate-smart agriculture given the central role of agriculture as a means to poverty alleviation and the major negative impacts that climate change is likely to have on the African continent
    DOI: 10.1596/26079
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    Growing Africa : Unlocking the Potential of Agribusiness (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Agricultural Study
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: This report highlights the great potential of the agribusiness sector in Africa by drawing on experience in Africa as well as other regions. The evidence demonstrates that good policies, a conducive business environment, and strategic support from governments can help agribusiness reach its potential. Africa is now at a crossroads, from which it can take concrete steps to realize its potential or continue to lose competitiveness, missing a major opportunity for increased growth, employment, and food security. The report pursues several lines of analysis. First, it synthesizes the large body of work on agriculture and agribusiness in Africa. Second, it builds on a diagnosis of specific value chains. As part of this effort, the value chain for Africa's largest and fastest-growing food import, rice, is benchmarked in Senegal and Ghana against Thailand's rice value chain. Third, 170 agribusiness investments by the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) in Africa and Southeast Asia are analyzed to gain perspective on the elements of success and failure. Fourth, the report synthesizes perspectives from the private sector through interviews with 23 leading agribusiness investors and a number of other key informants. In conclusion, the report offers practical policy advice based on the experience of countries from within and outside Africa. The huge diversity of Africa's agro-ecological, market, and business environments, however, necessarily means that each country (and indeed regions within countries) will need to adapt the broad guidance provided here to the local context. Annex 1, concerning the rice value chain, was authored by John Orchard, Tim Chancellor, Roy Denton, Amadou Abdoulaye Fall, and Peter Jaeger. Annex 2, containing interviews with 23 leading agribusiness players in Africa, was authored by Peter White
    DOI: 10.1596/26082
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    World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, April 2013 : A Fine Balance (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (24 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Abstract: The World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update is a comprehensive, twice-yearly review of the region's economies prepared by the East Asia and Pacific region of the World Bank. In this edition, the report notes that in China, growth slowed to 7.8 percent in 2012 due to rebalancing efforts. Risks emanating from the Eurozone and the U.S. have declined since the middle of last year. While still fragile, there are signs of a turnaround in real activity in high income economies, thus external demand for the East Asia and Pacific region’s exports will stabilize this year. Movements in high-income country currencies, such as the yen, are likely to affect trade and investment flows in the region in the short term, but a return to sustained growth in Japan would benefit the region as a whole. An emerging issue is the risk of overheating in some of the larger economies. Policymakers need to continue to be vigilant to react to shocks in the world economy, but be prepared to withdraw stimulus as the world economy recovers. For countries that show some signs of inflationary pressures, it would be a good time to rebuild policy buffers
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0077-1
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    World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update 2011, Volume 1 : Securing the Present, Shaping the Future (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (131 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Abstract: The World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update is a comprehensive, twice-yearly review of the region's economies prepared by the East Asia and Pacific region of the World Bank. In this edition, the report notes that real GDP growth in East Asia has been moderating after a sharp rebound from the global crisis. Inflation has become the key short-run challenge for the authorities in the region, complicated by a surge in portfolio capital inflows and rapidly increasing food and commodity prices that hit low-income households disproportionately. Over the medium-term, East Asia has the potential to sustain rapid increases in living standards even as the global economy enters a more challenging phase
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0071-9
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    Middle East and North Africa Economic Developments and Prospects, September 2011 : Investing for Growth and Jobs (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (68 p)
    Series Statement: Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Abstract: The report highlights the important links between good governance on a level legal and regulatory playing field, and the ability of investment to stimulate growth. Investment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been strong over the last two decades in comparison with Latin America and Eastern Europe. However, in the oil exporting countries, it has been primarily supported by large and expanding public investments. Oil importers, in contrast, have shown more strength in private investment, which has increased in recent years. A concern with reliance on public investment is that in economies with weak governance there is no evidence that public investment stimulates growth. In contrast, in countries with an adequate level of protection of property rights and legal institutions, public investment is strongly linked to growth. The report also makes a strong case for private investment in services and manufacturing as engines of job creation and income growth in the region
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9888-3
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    Good Practices for Construction Regulation and Enforcement Reform : Guidelines for Reformers (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Other papers
    Abstract: The report's main objective is to provide policy makers, regulators, and the private sector, primarily in emerging economies and developing countries, with a tool for enforcing international best practice and for developing strategies for successful reforms in the area of construction regulation. This paper is divided into the following eight chapters: 1) the importance of construction regulation reform. The first chapter defines three overarching goals of construction-regulation reform and addresses why and how these efforts can pay off; 2) reforms as good regulation not deregulation. This chapter points out that deregulating is not the answer; 3) the distribution and focus of construction regulation reform. Leveraging eight years of data from the doing business reports, this chapter provides an overview of reforms initiated within the doing business scenario and the key regional trends; 4) eight key policies affecting process efficiency, transparency, regulatory outcomes, and costs. This chapter provides a concise description of eight priority policy areas; 5) initiating reform and addressing typical challenges. Based on international experience, this chapter focuses on how to start reforms and covers issues including who should be involved in construction-regulation reform and how reform should be sequenced; 6) an overview of best practices. This chapter summarizes the best practices around four major issues, namely, building codes, procedures and transparency, payment of fees, and measures concerning stakeholder liability and accountability; 7) performance measures and evaluation of building regulatory systems. This chapter defines guiding principles for leading the reform effort and includes a meaningful set of indicators and a framework for monitoring outcomes; and 8) ten case studies. This chapters 10 in-depth case studies round out the discussion
    DOI: 10.1596/16612
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    Georgia Economic Report, October 2013 : Seeking Effective Policies (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: This economic report records the economic activities of Georgia for the year 2013. The growth slow-down in 2013, largely viewed as temporary, reflected to a large extent policy uncertainty that began with the late-2012 parliamentary elections and is expected to last until the October 2013 Presidential elections, and attempts by the new government to trim public investment spending. In the absence of a clear communications strategy and a well-structured development strategy that elaborated the government's policy direction, a weakening of consumer and investor confidence since November 2012 along with a cut in public investment spending, contributed to slower growth. Both tax and non-tax revenues fell behind budget estimates in the first half of the year reflecting the economic slowdown. The revenue shortfall was driven by a drop in VAT on imports. Demand for imported investment goods has been particularly weak. The external position of the country improved, as imports declined significantly, mainly because of lower demand generated by public investment spending. Commodity imports fell by 19 percent while exports rose 8 percent during the first six months of 2013. Credit growth softened as demand for loans declined even in the face of cuts in the Central Bank rate. The twelve month increase in credit slowed to 12 percent by July 2013 from 24 percent in July 2012. Slower lending and higher deposits have led to excess liquidity in the system
    DOI: 10.1596/26092
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    Uzbekistan Economic Report, April 2013 : Economic Development and Reforms - Achievements and Challenges (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: This regular economic report records the economic activities of Uzbekistan for the year 2013-2014. Uzbekistan's outlook remains largely dependent on commodity prices. The chief external factors affecting economic performance of Uzbekistan are favorable global commodity price trends for gold, gas, cotton, and copper. Although remittance inflows may suffer as the outlook weakens for Russia, government increases in wages and social payments will help to sustain private consumption. Thus, growth in Uzbekistan is not expected to slow down considerably, as surplus current account, high fiscal savings, external reserves, ongoing investment program and wage increase and remittance inflow in 2013-14 would mitigate the impacts of a continued global slowdown. However, the poor business environment will continue to deter most Western investors, and the authorities likely to continue impeding private-sector activity by retaining currency controls and high tariffs and excise taxes on imports. Inflation is expected to remain at around 7 percent in 2013-15. Global food prices are forecast to gradually decline, and more modest growth in net foreign assets and monetary indicators would offset higher government spending and limit inflationary pressure. Although the short-term growth outlook remains favorable, downside risks are high due to a still weak global situation. The first risk is external and stems from a possible slowdown in economic activity in Russia (and a consequent reduction in remittance flows to Uzbekistan) and likely lower prices for some of Uzbekistan's traditional commodity exports. The second risk is internal and comes from inappropriate integration of generally sound macroeconomic policies with weak structural policies in the country that negatively affect business incentives and hamper improvements in productivity and appropriate job creation making long term growth unsustainable
    DOI: 10.1596/26060
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    Kyrgyz Republic Economic Report, October 2013 : Growth is Back, Headwinds Persist (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
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    Abstract: This regular economic report records the economic activities of Kyrgyz Republic for the year 2013. The growth performance of the Kyrgyz Republic has been encouraging and largely in line with our forecasts from the Spring 2013 update. Real Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 8 percent in the first eight months of 2013 (year-on-year) driven by a recovery in gold production at the Kumtor mine. The non-gold economy also performed well, as strong private transfers from abroad and higher credit to the private sector fueled private consumption and investment. At the same time, the contribution of the public sector was more limited with government spending kept under control. Following a slow start, officially recorded exports have started to recover. Macroeconomic policies have been supportive of stability and stronger economic activity. The baseline scenario for 2014 remains optimistic, though headwinds have been gaining strength. The challenge to sustain high economic growth rates in the medium term is considerable. Monetary policy needs to be cautious to prevent the build-up of risks in the financial sector and limit inflationary pressures. Second, creation of a vibrant and competitive private sector will require significant upgrading of the country's institutional, physical and human capital. A business environment characterized by efficient institutions, reliable infrastructure and highly-skilled labor will help realize the country's growth potential and reduce poverty
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    South Africa Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes : Accounting and Auditing (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Series Statement: Accounting and Auditing Assessment
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    Abstract: The main purpose of the South Africa Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes, Accounting and Auditing (ROSC A&A) is to determine reforms that will continue to improve the quality of financial reporting in South Africa. The review, requested by the Minister of Finance, was conducted to assess the status of implementation of policy recommendations in the prior 2003 ROSC A&A report, assess the institutional framework underpinning accounting and auditing practices in comparison with international standards and good practices in order to identify any emerging issues that require strengthening, share good practices adopted in the country, and propose policy recommendations addressing areas that require improvements. Implementation of the policy recommendations will further enhance the quality of financial reporting in the country, a key pillar that contributes to enhancing the business environment and advancement of governance and financial accountability in both the private and public sector entities. The review focuses on private sector. Financial reporting in public sector is assessed under public expenditure and financial accountability framework
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    World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update 2012, Volume 1 : Capturing New Sources of Growth (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (108 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Abstract: The World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update is a comprehensive, twice-yearly review of the region's economies prepared by the East Asia and Pacific region of the World Bank. In this edition, the report notes that growth in developing East Asia and Pacific has remained strong, though it has been slowing from its post-crisis peaks. Domestic demand and investment were generally strong and aided by loosening of monetary policy in some countries. Overall the number of people living in poverty has been cut in half in the last decade in East Asia and Pacific. Domestic demand has proved resilient to shocks; most countries run current account surpluses and hold high levels of international reserves; and banking systems are generally well-capitalized. As external demand is likely to remain weak, countries in developing East Asia and Pacific need to rely less on exports and more on domestic demand to maintain high growth
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    World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, October 2013 : Rebuilding Policy Buffers, Reinvigorating Growth (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (146 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update
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    Abstract: Developing economies in East Asia and Pacific are projected to grow at 7.1 % in 2013, down from 7.5 percent last year. While the pace of growth is slowing, the region will still contribute 40% of global growth and one-third of global trade this year †“ higher than any other region in the world. In China, growth is moderating as the country rebalances to pursue a more sustainable growth path. In 2013, it is expected to meet the official indicative growth target of 7.5%. The Federal Reserve’s decision to delay tapering of quantitative easing stabilized markets for now, giving countries some reprieve and a second chance to take measures to lower risks from future volatility. In the long term, as higher global interest rates are likely to affect investment, accelerating growth and poverty reduction depends critically on structural reforms. Countries need to improve their investment climate and invest more in infrastructure, while making public investment more efficient. They also need to address fiscal risks and create space to support long-term growth. The World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update is a comprehensive, twice-yearly review of the region's economies prepared by the East Asia and Pacific region of the World Bank
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0116-7
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    Results 2013 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821399026
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (62 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
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    Abstract: The World Bank's Results 2013 provides the Bank's shareholders, partners, and external stakeholders with an integrated view of results and performance in recent years. It covers the World Bank and reports on aggregate results that countries have achieved with Bank support against the backdrop of global development results. The report also asseses the Bank's operational and organizational performance at the corporate level and serves as a companion to the World Bank Corporate Scorecard 2013
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9901-9
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    Building Evidence, Shaping Policy : Findings of the 2012 Timor-Leste Education Survey (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Abstract: Reliable evidence is needed to design policies that will allow overcoming Timor-Leste's remaining challenges in provision of quality education. In recent post-conflict years, aided by availability of oil revenues, Timor-Leste has been able to considerably improve availability of schools and access to education. This report presents findings of the 2012 Education Survey, collaboration between the Ministry of Education, the National Directorate of Statistics, AusAID and the World Bank. The survey collected detailed information at all primary, pre-secondary and secondary schools in the country. Its objectives were to support the improvement of Timor-Leste's education quality and service delivery through building a solid information source and analytical foundation which will allow for sound, evidence-based policy making. The survey results indicate that student absenteeism should be a major cause for concern. More than one third of grade one students were absent from school on the day of the survey, in some districts it was half or even more. Education levels of primary school teachers are low, with the majority only having secondary education. For 71 percent of primary school teachers the highest level of education is secondary school, for 6 percent it is even lower. Both demand and supply side interventions are needed to tackle the challenges faced. Some key policy areas should be: 1) improving school attendance through creating appropriate demand-side incentives; 2) enhancing teacher quality; 3) strengthening instruction language policy; 4) improving education system management; 5) improving school infrastructure and learning environment; and 6) ensuring adequate supply of textbooks
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    Strategic IDPs Assessement (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Series Statement: City Development Strategy
    Abstract: Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) have been introduced in Romania as a prerequisite for accessing EU funds under the Regional Operational Program (ROP). The IDPs designed for growth poles represent a specific category of strategic planning documents as: 1) they need to be considered within the frame of the national policy to whose implementation they contribute; and 2) they represent a first endeavor to think of development across functional areas rather than confined to the administrative borders of the main cities. The objectives of this report are: i) to carry out a strategic evaluation of the seven IDPs and assess how the current plans compare with the diagnostic of the challenges identified in the work on urban development; and ii) to provide clear recommendations for the improvement of existing IDPs which will contribute to the elaboration of the future generation of plans implemented during the next programming period and will help improve the targeting of investments to enhance their economic impact
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    Taking Stock, July 2013 : An Update on Vietnam's Recent Economic Developments (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
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    Abstract: The global economy appears to be transitioning toward a period of more stable albeit moderate pace of growth. Global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which slowed in mid-2012, is recovering and a modest acceleration in quarterly GDP is expected during the course of 2013. In the developing world growth remains solid, but there are some signs of easing. More than four years after the financial crisis started, global industrial output is only 5.3 percent higher than its pre-crisis peak. While the global financial market conditions continue to improve, eventual phasing out of quantitative easing in advanced economies is beginning to worry investors. The improvement in financial conditions can be seen in lower yields on long-term debt, higher stock market returns and near-record flow of gross capital to developing countries. Vietnam's economy is experiencing its longest spell of slow growth since the onset of economic reforms in the late-1980s. Real GDP grew by 5 percent in 2012, the lowest level since 1998. The economy extended its slow growth into the first half of 2013, registering a growth rate of 4.9 percent in the first quarter and 5 percent in the second quarter. This is the first time that Vietnam has experienced two consecutive years of sub-5 percent growth in the first half of the year since it started publishing quarterly GDP. In fact what had distinguished Vietnam from other countries is its ability to recover rapidly after an economic shock-be it during the East Asian crisis in 1999 or the global financial crisis in 2009. However, Vietnam has found it harder to take timely and decisive actions to jumpstart its economy from the current growth slowdown. Vietnam is the only large developing country in the East Asia and Pacific region other than China whose post-crisis growth rate has been lower than its pre-crisis level
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    Ukraine Public Investment Management Performance Assessment 2012 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Series Statement: Public Investment Review
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    Abstract: Ukraine has extensive public infrastructure inherited from the Soviet times but much of it has fallen into disrepair over the past decades and needs major rehabilitation or replacement so that growth may continue. Creating fiscal space for investing more is one of the critical tasks that facing the country, but a constrained fiscal space together with the use of investments as a stimulus for growth call for more efficiency in public investment management practices. There are a number of fundamental issues that need to be addressed if Ukraine is to make progress in its reform ambitions for public investment management (PIM). The most significant are: (1) most projects avoid scrutiny due to loopholes in classification (lack of definition of a public investment project); (2) there is no effective economic appraisal and appraisal review procedures in place due to limited human resource (HR) capacity, and no common technical standards; (3) the PIM system does not seem to block new projects from entering the budget but allows ministries to delay ongoing ones and squeeze in new ones; and (4) lack of strategic guidance with which to prioritize complicates project selection. One of the fundamental building blocks of a sound PIM system is a clear, legal definition of what counts as a public investment project and what does not. It should be pointed out that this already high discrepancy is only a comparative measure of input values. Developing projects that are output and performance driven should yield even greater efficiencies. Between 2000 and 2008, Ukraine was an average growth performer in a fast growing region, with gross domestic product (GDP) growth averaging 7 percent. As the global financial crisis hit the Ukrainian economy it contracted by 15 percent in 2009, exposing its underlying macroeconomic and structural vulnerabilities. As a result of the insufficient structural transformation and impact of the economic crisis, Ukraine now faces substantial fiscal pressures that threaten economic stability and growth. The Government of Ukraine recognized the need for a modern public financial management (PFM) system and put considerable emphasis on several aspects of PFM reforms. Training for the development of capacity in the PIM system is tricky in Ukraine. It is becoming clear that due to the dynamic nature of the Ukrainian civil service, officials are rapidly moving from one area of the Administration to another
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    Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Accounting and Auditing Update : Czech Republic (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Series Statement: Accounting and Auditing Assessment
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    Abstract: Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC) Accounting and Auditing (A&A) assess accounting and auditing practices in participating countries. They form part of a joint initiative that is implemented by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to review the quality of implementation of twelve internationally recognized core standards (the ROSC program). These standards and their related codes are relevant to economic stability and private and financial sector development. The program was developed at the end of the 1990s, in the wake of financial crises that affected many countries in several regions of the world. Since its inception in early 2000, the ROSC A&A program has concluded evaluations of the A&A environment in more than one hundred countries around the world. ROSC A&A reports have been produced for all countries of the Europe and Central Asia Region, except Russia. Initiatives to reassure investors about the quality of financial reporting of public interest entities, including listed companies, banks and insurance companies will also be essential
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    World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update 2011, Volume 2 : Navigating Turbulence, Sustaining Growth (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (105 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update
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    Abstract: The World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update is a comprehensive, twice-yearly review of the region's economies prepared by the East Asia and Pacific region of the World Bank. In 2011, an estimated 38 million people will move out of poverty, and the proportion of people living on less than US
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    World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update 2012, Volume 2 : Remaining Resilient (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (135 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update
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    Abstract: The World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update is a comprehensive, twice-yearly review of the region's economies prepared by the East Asia and Pacific region of the World Bank. In this edition, the report notes that the region is expected to contribute almost 40 percent of global growth in 2012, and a similar share in 2013.China’s economic slowdown affected the region’s economic performance. China’s growth is projected to reach 7.9 percent this year, 1.4 percentage points lower than last year’s 9.3 percent and the lowest growth rate since 1999. For 2014, we expect most countries in the region to benefit from a mild recovery in advanced countries as well as continued strong domestic demand. For economies in the region that face difficulties in budget execution, particularly of the capital budget, fiscal interventions could focus on increasing private domestic demand, such as targeted social assistance or investment tax credits
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    Middle East and North Africa Economic Developments and Prospects, January 2011 : Sustaining the Recovery and Looking Beyond (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (142 p)
    Series Statement: Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor
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    Abstract: The impact of the global financial and economic crisis on the Middle East and North Africa region was relatively mild. Lack of integration and a large public sector helped insulate the region to some extent, but now these and other factors are slowing down the speed of its economic recovery. The report examines the major factors threatening the recovery and those that obstruct long-term growth †“ especially non-oil export growth, which in net terms contributed little to regional growth during the past decade, with non-oil exports remaining below potential in many countries in the region. The report emphasizes several major areas in need of policy makers’ attention, including restrictive trade policies, particularly those affecting trade in services; governance issues linked to uneven application of rules and regulations; inefficient and inflexible labor markets and scarcity of skills, innovation and technological capabilities
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    Growth Poles : The Next Phase (2013)
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    Series Statement: City Development Strategy
    Abstract: This report looks at the growth poles policy in Romania to determine ways to increase its effectiveness and efficiency for the next programming cycle (2014-2020). The growth poles policy in Romania has been initiated in 2008, as a means to support a balanced economic development of the country, while still targeting investments to maximize economic impact. A total of seven growth poles have been designated and are currently supported as such, via an integrated development plan designed for each. In an effort respond to all the above the Romanian Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration (MRDPA) has engaged with the World Bank in a broader advisory services partnership implemented between 2012-2013. The current review is a result of this joint work. The report is grouped into three main parts. The first part sets out the context of analysis, including a brief presentation of growth poles policy objectives as well as the European policy context, and conceptual debates in which it is framed. The second part includes a set of recommendations regarding the growth poles policy for the next programming cycle (2014-2020). The third part includes an analysis of each of the growth poles, presenting specific recommendations for each
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    Reforming Business Registration : A Toolkit for the Practitioners (2013)
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    Abstract: The private sector, through investment and job creation, plays a crucial role in a country's fight against poverty. Where an effective private sector is lacking, business registration reform has been shown to be one of the essential first steps toward fostering private-sector growth. The easier, faster, and cheaper the business registration process becomes, the higher the number of businesses in an economy. A number of recent studies have found that simpler registration processes translate into advantages for workers and employers, including greater employment opportunities, more productive jobs, and higher total factor productivity. In addition, society as a whole benefits from registration reform. Business registration reform also has the potential to reduce both informality and gender disparity in entrepreneurship. This toolkit provides a systematic analysis of various reform options and is meant to serve as a guide for policy makers and practitioners implementing business registration reform. The toolkit thus displays the fundamentals of international good practice that can be adapted to specific country contexts in a coherent, consistent, and sustainable way
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    Rwanda Diagnostic Review of Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy : Volume 2. Comparison with Good Practices (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Series Statement: Other Financial Accountability Study
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    Abstract: Although the Parliament of Rwanda has passed an impressive array of financial sector laws since 2008, the laws relevant to financial consumer protection are very limited and in some cases overlapping. Consumer protection in Rwandan banking, microfinance, and insurance sectors is fragmented because of insufficiently defined roles and responsibilities among institutions and unclear enforcement capacity. While there are some strong provisions in some areas such as electronic money transfer, electronic transmission, credit information, and market conduct regulation in the insurance industry, many other areas are lagging. Rwandan authorities recognize that a sound financial consumer protection framework is fundamental to improving usage and quality of financial services, access to them, and overall deepening of the financial sector. This World Bank diagnostic review was requested by the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) in November 2012. Modules on banking and microfinance sectors were developed based on publicly available information and data during the World Bank mission in Rwanda, and the review of the insurance sector was conducted through a desk review using the data obtained from BNR data requests and questionnaires, and the analysis is therefore constrained by it. Volume I of the review summarizes its key findings and recommendations, and volume II provides a detailed assessment against the World Bank's good practices on financial consumer protection
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    Taking Stock, December 2013 : An Update on Vietnam's Recent Economic Developments (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Abstract: Macroeconomic stability in Vietnam is improving, underpinned by moderating inflation and strengthening external accounts. Headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation has stabilized, aided by subdued credit growth and easing of food price increases. The decline in core inflation has been more gradual. Pressure on the Vietnamese currency has also eased substantially. A sustained recovery in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth remains hampered however by slow-moving structural reforms and global uncertainty. With rising pressures on the budget, the government is faced with some crucial fiscal policy choices, as it seeks to balance the objectives of economic expansion and macroeconomic stability. This paper explores crucial issues such as trade facilitation, competitiveness and growth, poverty and inequality, corruption and economic growth in Vietnam, the external economic environment, and recent economic developments in Vietnam
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    Assessing the Financial Sustainability of Jamaica's HIV Program (2013)
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    Series Statement: Other Health Study
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    Abstract: Jamaica has made many notable achievements in the fight against HIV/AIDS, which include a robust treatment program and improved HIV prevention programs that increasingly focus on the key drivers of the HIV epidemic and which are based on evidence. These attainments have resulted in a sustained decline in the estimated incidence of HIV and in a reduction in AIDS mortality. The national response to HIV/AIDS in Jamaica is currently financed by the Government as well as by several external sources, including the World Bank, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) and the United States government. It is expected, however, that external financing will cease or be significantly reduced in the next two years. As a result, a substantial increase in domestic financing for the national HIV/AIDS response will be needed. However, public debt levels are high, and the country is feeling the repercussions of the global financial crisis, thus the availability of domestic resources is and will be very tight. Any shortfall in financing whether domestic, external or both will have serious implications for the delivery of HIV services. The Government of Jamaica requested this study so as to inform its future HIV/AIDS policy response. This study is one input in a series of actions that the Government will undertake to formulate a future sustainability plan and investment framework for the National HIV Program. This study was led and financed by the World Bank and conducted in collaboration with the Government of Jamaica and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The study aimed to assess the sustainability of Jamaica's National HIV Program from a fiscal perspective. Specifically, the purpose of the study was to: 1) review current spending on HIV/AIDS and the sources of financing; 2) estimate the fiscal burden of the national HIV/AIDS response and assess the outlook for external financing of the HIV program; 3) project how the epidemic will unfold as well as what the costs would be under different potential scenarios; and 4) provide recommendations to inform policy decisions
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    Medical Malpractice Systems Around the Globe : Examples from the US-Tort Liability System and the Sweden-No Fault System (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Series Statement: Other Health Study
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    Abstract: In this paper two main medical malpractice systems are discussed - tort liability system in the US and no-fault system adopted in OECD countries- most notably in Sweden. These systems were discussed from administrative issues, deterrence, financing,compensation, costs occur to parties involved in malpractice cases, quality of care and finally their impact on health care costs. Tort liability system is a "social insurance of a market society" where patients are compensated when the negligence is proved to be the cause of the injury, whereas no-fault system is a "social insurance of goodwill" where the patients are compensated without proof of providers' fault. Tort litigation system has been criticized for being inefficient, unfair, and costly to both patients, health care providers and to health care system. No-fault system is introduced as an alternative totort system and adopted by many developed OECD countries. Although the system is more efficient and less costly for providing compensation to patients, it limits the patient's right to appeal, and it appears that there is a trade-off between deterrence and the lower litigation costs. In order to overcome problems associated with the tort litigation system, several methods are suggested as an alternative current tort system in the US. These methods are discussed briefly at the end of the paper to provide information on different methods so that the countries who are in a process of planning to set a medical malpractice system could tailor some of suggested methods to their needs. There is no perfect medical malpractice system when the costs of litigation, deterrence, quality of care, financing, and fairness of compensation are considered simultaneously. Therefore, countries should adopt medical malpractice system by tailoring their functions to the conditions and the needs of the country
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    Armenia Economic Report, October 2013 : Stronger Structural Reforms Needed to Offset Macroeconomic Risks (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: This economic report records the economic activities of Armenia for the year 2013. A steep decline in construction caused economic growth to weaken to 0.6 percent in the second quarter of 2013 (year-on-year) from 7.5 percent in the first quarter and 7.2 percent in 2012 as a whole. Developments of the current account were more favorable than expected earlier. The volume of metal exports rose substantially, more than offsetting lower international prices for copper and remittances remained high despite the slowdown of economic growth in Russia. For a third year in a row, fiscal policy is likely to be tighter because of lower than budgeted capital spending. This outcome reflects delays in the North-South corridor infrastructure project. With continued sluggish growth expected in Armenia's main trading partners, including Russia and the European Union (EU), we project growth of about 4-5 percent a year over the medium term. Armenia's authorities recognize the need to improve the business environment and competitiveness. The government's medium-term reform agenda, supported by a new Development Policy Operation from the World Bank, reflects these priorities. It includes critical business climate and public administration reforms, aimed at strengthening competitiveness and public sector efficiency. These are expected to contribute to job creation through reducing the costs of doing business for firms, expanding access to credit to Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and increasing opportunities for employment and job creation through increased trade and connectivity within and outside Armenian borders
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    South Asia Economic Focus, Fall 2013 : A Wake-Up Call (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (65 p)
    Series Statement: South Asia Economic Focus
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Abstract: Global capital re-balancing has highlighted structural weakness and vulnerability in South Asia, acting as a wake-up call for policy makers. While recent economic developments in advanced countries are encouraging, large parts of the region continue to slow. Portfolio outflows, triggered by the prospect of unwinding Quantitative Easing (QE) in the US, have made current account deficits more difficult to finance across emerging markets. Meanwhile, supply-side constraints and macroeconomic imbalances remain a challenge in most South Asian countries. But the depreciation of regional currencies offers an opportunity to stimulate growth and create space for reforms to improve the investment climate. While the medium-term outlook for the region remains cautiously positive, two highly complementary policies are central for needed higher and sustainable growth. First, continuing to tighten the stance of fiscal and monetary policy will help to promote macroeconomic stability and raise tax revenue to reduce vulnerability. Second, removing supply-side constraints, both regulatory and physical, will pave the way for increasing investment and growth. Given the recent economic turmoil across emerging market economies, this edition's focus section examines the relationship between the transmission of economic shocks from India to the rest of South Asia, as well as from the world to South Asia. The main findings of the analysis suggest that, independent of global business cycle movements, India plays an important role in influencing growth across the region, and that this effect has increased since the 2008 global crisis. Furthermore, the United States played a larger role in influencing global cyclical real GDP movements before the global crisis, but since then its independent influence has diminished as all regions are moving together with greater frequency. Nonetheless, much of the cyclical real GDP variation in the region remains idiosyncratic
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    Middle East and North Africa Economic Developments and Prospects, October 2013 : Investing in Turbolent Times (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (73 p)
    Series Statement: Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Abstract: The post-revolutionary economies of MENA - Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Yemen - have been recovering after a period of growth decelerations in 2011. In Egypt and Tunisia, the growth dips of 2011 were less dramatic than the declines observed during previous transitions. The recovery has been relatively quick but the transition process is far from complete and uncertainty about the political and reform process remains a binding constraint to private investment. Consequently, post-transition growth is below potential and is lower than growth prior to the Arab Spring, with negative consequences for employment and poverty. Events in the post-revolution economies have affected other countries in MENA. Macroeconomic fundamentals weakened in most developing MENA countries in 2011-12 as growth slowed and governments responded to social pressures with expansionary fiscal policies. The regional growth outlook for 2013 reflects weaker expected global economic activity, especially in the EU, and moderating oil prices. Regional economic growth is expected to decelerate to 3.5% in 2013 from 5.5% in 2012. Prolonged political and policy uncertainty and social unrest are serious downside risks to the outlook
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    Integrated Intervention Tool : Integration Strategies for Urban Poor Areas and Disadvantaged Communities (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Other Poverty Study
    Abstract: For the 2014-2020 programming period, the Government of Romania (GoR) is considering a new approach presented by the European Commission (EC) - community-led local development (CLLD). Through CLLD, empowered communities have the opportunity to directly shape and own the process of local development, during all stages of EU - funded interventions, from concept design through implementation. If Romania ultimately pursues CLLD, the critical task facing the government is to design an optimal implementation framework for the new approach - this is precisely the focus and scope of the current integrated intervention tool (IIT). The preparation of this IIT entailed a number of steps, including extensive field work to define relevant subtypes of urban marginalized communities and to review past experiences with urban integration in Romania. This summary covers multiple sections, in line with the key chapters of the main IIT report. It first reviews CLLD's main features and best practice principles at the EU level. It focuses on Romania, making some recommendations for where CLLD can apply and what it will require in terms of coordinating different sources of funding. It also covers the main six stages of operationalizing CLLD in Romania, as follows: launch: preparations through capacity building and information campaigns; call for expressions of interest regarding the potential submission of local integration strategies (LISs); mobilization of the community for the establishment of local action groups (LAG) and development of LIS by each LAG; selection of strategies to be financed; implementation of LISs approved for financing, including selection and implementation of individual projects under these strategies; and phase-out activities and evaluation
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    Opening doors : gender equality and development in MENA (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online edition s.l.
    Series Statement: MENA development report
    Series Statement: World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 305.420956
    Keywords: Sex discrimination against women / Africa, North ; Sex discrimination against women / Middle East ; Women / Legal status, laws, etc / Africa, North ; Women / Legal status, laws, etc / Middle East ; Women's rights / Africa, North ; Women's rights / Middle East
    Description / Table of Contents: AcknowledgementsForeword -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Gender equality in MENA : the facts and the puzzle -- Impressive achievements in human development -- Little discrimination between girls and boys within the household -- Of the lowest rates of excess female mortality in the world -- Rapid declines in maternal mortality -- More girls in school than in much of the world -- Virtually no gender gaps in enrolment, and reverse gender gaps in university, and math performance -- MENA's performance in human development is largely explained by economic development and wealth -- Some challenges remain -- The puzzle in MENA : why do women participate in such few numbers outside the home? -- Women in the workforce -- Women in business -- Women in politics -- What explains the mena puzzle? -- Religion is too simplistic an explanation -- Oil endowments alone cannot explain the paradox either -- Social norms and the legal framework limit women's agency ---
    Description / Table of Contents: Social and cultural norms constrain women's roles outside the home -- Evolving norms and the invisible hand of marriage -- Equality under the law and its enforcement is critical for women's agency -- Legal systems differ widely and derive from multiple sources -- Legal constraints to women's agency in MENA -- Economic incentives dampen participation in the workforce -- A social contract underpinned by a generous but costly welfare state -- Extensive public sector employment with generous compensation -- Generous subsidies encourage women to stay at home -- State regulation and intervention in the market -- Heavy investment in education, but not the kind that businesses want -- Unequal access to entrepreneurship opportunities -- The time for reform is now -- Aspirations are changing -- As education levels increase, female labor force participation will likely increase -- A demographic gift? -- The social contract is no longer sustainable ---
    Description / Table of Contents: Opening the door to women : policy directions -- A roadmap for reform -- Policies to address the region's challenges -- Closing the remaining gender gaps in human deelopment -- Expanding economic opportunities for women -- Closing gender gaps in voice and agency -- Supporting evidence-based policy making -- References -- Technical annex -- Appendix 1.
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    The Pacific islands : environment and society (2013)
    Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press
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    ISBN: 0824865847 , 9780824865849
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Edition: Revised edition
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 304.20995
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    LB 24690
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    RX 60844
    Keywords: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography ; Environmental protection ; Geography ; Human ecology ; Human geography ; Manners and customs ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural ; Geografie ; Umweltschutz ; Environmental protection ; Human ecology ; Human geography ; Landeskunde ; Alltagskultur ; Sozialgeografie ; Anthropogeografie ; Umweltschutz ; Ozeanien ; Ozeanien ; Sozialgeografie ; Anthropogeografie ; Alltagskultur ; Landeskunde ; Umweltschutz
    Note: Originally published in 1999 by Bess Press , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Scheherazade's children : global encounters with The Arabian Nights (2013)
    New York : New York University Press
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    ISBN: 9781479837922 , 147983792X , 1479840319 , 9781479840311 , 1479857092 , 9781479830756
    Language: English
    Pages: pages cm
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 398.22
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    EN 2910
    Keywords: Scheherazade / Queen, consort of Shahryar, King of Persia (Legendary character) ; Scheherazade ; Arabian nights ; Alf laila wa-laila ; Geschichte ; Arabian nights ; Arabian nights ; English literature ; Literature ; ART / Performance ; ART / Reference ; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern ; Literatur ; Rezeption ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Alf laila wa-laila ; Rezeption ; Geschichte
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Part I. Translating -- part II. Engaging -- part III. Staging , Scheherazade's Children gathers together leading scholars to explore the reverberations of the tales of the Arabian Nights across a startlingly wide and transnational range of cultural endeavors. The contributors, drawn from a wide array of disciplines, extend their inquiries into the book's metamorphoses on stage and screen as well as in literature-from India to Japan, from Sanskrit mythology to British pantomime, from Baroque opera to puppet shows. Their highly original research illuminates little-known manifestations of the Nights, and provides unexpected contexts for understanding the boo
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    Energy efficiency : lessons learned from success stories (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398036
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Eastern Europe and Central Asia reports
    DDC: 333.79/17
    Keywords: Energy consumption ; Energy consumption ; Energy policy ; Energy policy ; Energy consumption ; Energy consumption ; Energy policy ; Energy policy ; Energy consumption ; Energy consumption ; Energy policy ; Energy policy
    Description / Table of Contents: AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations -- Executive summary -- Top lessons and findings -- Interesting findings for future consideration -- Why is energy efficiency important? -- Low, medium, and high energy intensity country characteristics -- Moving from high to medium energy intensity -- Moving from medium to low energy intensity -- The way forward -- Annex 1: Summary of lessons learned from the country case studies -- Annex 2: The energy efficiency ladder -- References.
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    Operating and planning electricity grids with variable renewable generation : review of emerging lessons from selected operational experiences and desktop studies (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821397343 , 9780821397367
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (p. cm)
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 333.793/2
    Keywords: Electric utilities ; Energy development ; Power resources ; Renewable energy resources ; Sustainable development ; Electric utilities ; Energy development ; Power resources ; Renewable energy resources ; Sustainable development ; Electric utilities ; Energy development ; Power resources ; Renewable energy resources ; Sustainable development
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9734-3
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    World Development Indicators 2013 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398258
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (123 p)
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: World Development Indicators
    Abstract: A new look and new ways to access the world’s premier source of development data Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank’s premier annual compilation of data about development. Compiled from officially-recognized international sources, WDI presents the most current and accurate global development data available, including national, regional and global estimates. This year’s print edition and e-book have been redesigned to allow users the convenience of easily linking to the latest data on-line. What you will find in the print edition: • A selection of the most popular indicators across 155 economies and 14 country groups organized into six WDI themes • Thematic and regional highlights, providing an overview of global development trends • An in-depth review of the progress made toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals • A user guide describing resources available on-line and on mobile apps. What you can do on-line: • Download individual tables and other key information • Access and download time series data using the data retrieval system • Access indicators in five different languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, English, and Spanish) • Directly obtain the the most up-to-date data available. The WDI Little Data Book 2013 is a companion to the WDI, and is a handy country-by-country view of key development indicators for more than 200 countries. Each page provides a country data profile of of its people, environment, economy, states and markets, and global links.. ACCESS WDI TIME SERIES DATA FREE ONLINE = data.worldbank.org (the full data retrieval system organized by indicator, country and topic); and data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development-indicators (for all on-line WDI resources) DOWNLOAD THE WDI DATAFINDER MOBILE APP AND OTHERS = data.worldbank.org/apps WDI DataFinder is a mobile app for browsing the current WDI database on smartphones and tablets, using iOS, Android, and Blackberry, available in four languages: English, French, Spanish, and Chinese. Use the app to browse data using the structure of the WDI; visually compare countries and indicators; create, edit and save customized tables, charts and maps; and share what you create on Twitter, Facebook, and via email
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    The Little Green Data Book 2013 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398159
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (239 p)
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Abstract: The Little Green Data Book is a pocket-sized ready reference on key environmental data for over 200 countries. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, oceans, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation. The 2013 edition of The Little Green Data Book introduces new set of ocean-related indicators, highlighting the role of oceans in economic development
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9814-2
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    Evaluation of World Bank Programs in Afghanistan 2002-11 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398739
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (254 p)
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Independent Evaluation Group Studies
    Abstract: This report evaluates the outcomes of World Bank Group support to Afghanistan from 2002-11. Despite extremely difficult security conditions, which deteriorated markedly after 2006, the World Bank Group has commendably established and sustained a large program of support to the country. The key messages of the evaluation are: • While World Bank Group strategy has been highly relevant to Afghanistan’s situation, beginning in 2006 the strategies could have gone further in adapting ongoing programs to evolving opportunities and needs, and in programming activities sufficient to achieve the objectives of the pillars in those strategies. • Overall, Bank Group assistance has achieved substantial progress toward most of its major objectives, although risks to development outcomes remain high. Impressive results have been achieved in public financial management, public health, telecommunications, and community development; substantial outputs have also been achieved in primary education, rural roads, irrigation, and microfinance-all started during the initial phase. Bank assistance has been critical in developing the mining sector as a potential engine of growth. However, progress has been limited in civil service reform, agriculture, urban development, and private sector development. • The Bank Group’s direct financial assistance has been augmented effectively by analytic and advisory activities and donor coordination through the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund. Knowledge services have been an important part of Bank Group support and have demonstrated the value of strategic analytical work, even in areas where the Bank Group may opt out of direct project financing. • With the expected reduction of the international presence in 2014, sustainability of development gains remains a major risk because of capacity constraints and inadequate human resources planning on the civilian side. To enhance program effectiveness, the evaluation recommends that the Bank Group help the government develop a comprehensive, long-term human resources strategy for the civilian sectors; focus on strategic analytical work in sectors that are high priorities for the government; assist in the development of local government institutions and, in the interim, support the development of a viable system for service delivery at subnational levels; assist in transforming the National Solidarity Program into a more sustainable financial and institutional model to consolidate ...
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    Twenty years of health system reform in Brazil : an assessment of the Sistema Único de Saúde (2013)
    Washington, D. C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398432
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 362.10981
    Keywords: Sistema Único de Saúde (Brazil) ; Delivery of Health Care organization & administration ; Health Care Reform history ; History, 20th Century ; History, 21st Century ; Public Health Administration ; Sistema Único de Saúde (Brazil) ; Delivery of Health Care ; Health Care Reform ; History, 20th Century ; History, 21st Century ; Public Health Administration
    Description / Table of Contents: Have the SUS reforms transformed the Brazilian health system?Have the SUS reforms led to better outcomes?.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Risking your health : causes, consequences, and interventions to prevent risky behaviors (2013)
    Washington, DC : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821399064
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xviii, 185 pages) , illustrations , 23 cm
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Human development perspectives
    DDC: 362.1
    Keywords: Developing Countries ; Health Behavior ; Health Status Indicators ; Poverty ; Public Health ; Risk Factors ; Risk-Taking ; Social Problems ; Developing Countries ; Health Behavior ; Health Status Indicators ; Poverty ; Public Health ; Risk Factors ; Risk-Taking ; Social Problems
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview of prevalence and trends of risky behaviors by region in the developing worldDeterminants of risky behavior -- The consequences of risky behavior -- Targeting risky behaviors using non-price interventions/legislation, information and education -- Using economic mechanisms to reduce risky behaviors : tax policy and other incentives.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9906-4
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    Entrepreneurship in Latin America : a step up the social ladder? (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464800085
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Latin American development forum series
    DDC: 338/.04098
    Keywords: Economic development ; Entrepreneurship Social aspects ; Social mobility ; Economic development ; Entrepreneurship Social aspects ; Social mobility ; Economic development ; Entrepreneurship ; Social mobility
    Note: "A copublication of the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    China 2030 : building a modern, harmonious, and creative society (2013)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821395455
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 330.951
    Keywords: China ; China ; China Economic policy 2000- ; China Social policy ; China Economic policy 2000- ; China Social policy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9545-5
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    World Bank Group Impact Evaluations : Relevance and Effectiveness (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821397183
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (165 p)
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Independent Evaluation Group Studies
    Abstract: Impact evaluation has grown more popular as a method for identifying the causal links between interventions and outcomes. These kind of evaluations assess changes that can be attributed to a particular intervention. Both innovations in statistical methods and the demand for evaluations that can measure such development results are increasing. The World Bank Group is the largest producer of impact evaluations among all development institutions. Thus, IEG has evaluated the relevance, quality, and influence of World Bank and IFC impact evaluations. IEG finds that the World Bank Group portfolio of impact evaluations is largely aligned with sector strategies and project objectives. Selection and coordination of impact evaluations has been improving. Most World Bank impact evaluations meet either medium or high quality standards, and about half of IFC impact evaluations did. Issues related to funding, staff capacity, and incentives, however, constrain the scope and coverage of impact evaluations in the Bank Group. IEG makes five recommendations to strengthen the Bank Group’s impact evaluation efforts, revolving around consistency, coordination, quality standards, and ensuring operational relevance. Both development and evaluation professionals will find valuable lessons in this evaluation. There are real benefits from impact evaluations, including their influence on development practices through contributions to project assessment and design of future projects. Thus, development practitioners engaged in designing projects, evaluators interestedin using similar methodology, and the general evaluation community will be able to use the lessons IEG sets out in this report
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    Building urban resilience : principles, tools and practice (2013)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821388655
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 307.1/216
    Keywords: City planning ; Disasters Economic aspects ; Emergency management ; Infrastructure (Economics) Planning ; Regional planning ; Urban policy ; City planning ; Disasters Economic aspects ; Emergency management ; Infrastructure (Economics) Planning ; Regional planning ; Urban policy ; City planning ; Disasters ; Emergency management ; Economic aspects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Regional planning ; Planning ; Urban policy
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8865-5
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    Financial management information systems and open budget data : do governments report on where the money goes? (2013)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464800832
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 352.40285
    Keywords: Finance, Public Management ; Data processing ; Management information systems ; Transparency in government ; Finance, Public Management ; Data processing ; Management information systems ; Transparency in government ; Finance, Public ; Management information systems ; Management ; Transparency in government ; Data processing
    Description / Table of Contents: AbbreviationsAcknowledgments -- Preface -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Data -- Good practices -- Guidelines for publishing open budget data -- Conclusions -- Findings -- Concluding remarks -- Annexes -- Tables -- Boxes -- Figures.
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    Atlas of global development Scales differ (2013)
    Glasgow, United Kingdom : Collins Bartholomew
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    ISBN: 9780821397572
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (144 pages) , color illustrations, color maps , 25 cm
    Edition: Fourth edition
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Keywords: Economic development Maps ; Economic indicators Maps ; Environmental indicators Maps ; Globalization Maps ; Population Maps ; Social indicators Maps ; Economic development Maps ; Economic indicators Maps ; Environmental indicators Maps ; Globalization Maps ; Population Maps ; Social indicators Maps ; Economic development ; Economic indicators ; Environmental indicators ; Globalization ; Population ; Social indicators
    Note: "© 2013 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank; design © HarperCollins Publishers"--T.p. verso , Title from cover
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9757-2
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    Emerging issues in financial development : lessons from Latin America (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398289
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 332.098
    Keywords: Finance ; Financial institutions ; Monetary policy ; Finance ; Financial institutions ; Monetary policy ; Finance ; Financial institutions ; Monetary policy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9828-9
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    Promoting healthy living in Latin America and the Caribbean : governance of multisectoral activities to prevent health risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464800160
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxiv, 221 pages) , illustrations , 26 cm
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 613.098
    Keywords: Health Behavior ; Health Behavior ; Health Policy ; Health Policy ; Health Promotion ; Health Promotion ; Preventive Health Services ; Preventive Health Services ; Risk Factors ; Risk Factors ; Health Behavior ; Health Behavior ; Health Policy ; Health Policy ; Health Promotion ; Health Promotion ; Preventive Health Services ; Preventive Health Services ; Risk Factors ; Risk Factors
    Description / Table of Contents: Noncommunicable diseases in Latin America and the CaribbeanRisk factors for NCDs in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Economic impact of NCDs in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Population-based interventions to promote healthy living -- Multisectoral interventions to prevent health risk factors for NCDs in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Lessons learned and agenda for the future.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0016-0
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    Measuring the real size of the world's economy : the framework, methodology, and results of the International Comparison Program--ICP (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 0821397281 , 9780821397282
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxxiv, 659 p) , ill , cm
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Keywords: International Comparison Programme ; International Comparison Programme ; Economics Statistical methods ; Gross domestic product Statistical methods ; National income Statistical methods ; Purchasing power parity ; Economics Statistical methods ; Gross domestic product Statistical methods ; National income Statistical methods ; Purchasing power parity ; International Comparison Programme ; Economics ; Gross domestic product ; National income ; Purchasing power parity ; Statistical methods ; Statistical methods ; Statistical methods
    Description / Table of Contents: Executive summary / Frederic A. VogelIntroduction : reshaping the world / Angus S. Deaton -- The framework of the International Comparision Program / D.S. Prasada Rao -- Governance structure of ICP 2005 / Paul McCarthy -- National accounts framework for international comparisons : GDP compilation and breakdown process / Paul McCarthy -- Computation of basic heading PPPs for comparisons within and between regions / D.S. Prasada Rao -- Methods of aggregation above the basic heading level within regions / W. Erwin Diewert -- Methods of aggregation above the basic heading level : linking the regions / W. Erwin Diewert -- The ICP survey framework / Frederic A. Vogel -- The ring comparison : linking the regions / Frederic A. Vogel -- Validation of ICP regional prices and basic heading PPPs / David Roberts -- Validation of basic heading and aggregated PPPs : when does validation end and estimation begin? / Frederic A. Vogel -- Health and education / Derek Blades -- Dwelling services / Alan Heston -- Construction / Paul McCarthy -- Machinery and equipment / Derek Blades -- Government services / Derek Blades -- Government services : productivity adjustments / Alan Heston -- Reference PPPs / Derek Blades and Yuri Dikhanov -- Extrapolating PPPs and compariing ICP benchmark results / Paul McCarthy -- Results and empirical analysis, ICP 2005 / Yuri Dikhanov and Frederic A. Vogel -- Absolute poverty measures for the developing world, 1981-2008 / Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion -- PPP exchange rates for the global poor / Angus S. Deaton and Olivier Dupriez -- International relative price levels : an empirical analysis / Charles Thomas ... [et al.] -- PPP estimates : applications by the International Monetary Fund / Mick Silver -- Using expenditure PPPs for sectoral output and productivity comparisons / Robert Inklaar and Marcel P. Timmer.
    Note: "This work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions"--T.p. verso , Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9728-2
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    The Little Data Book on Gender 2013 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398210
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (237 p)
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Abstract: This handy pocket guide is a quick reference for users interested in 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
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9820-3
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    Scaling up affordable health insurance : staying the course (2013)
    Washington DC : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821382509
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 368.38/2
    Keywords: Developing Countries ; Health Services Accessibility economics ; Insurance, Health ; Developing Countries ; Health Services Accessibility ; Insurance, Health ; economics
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Public options and private choices / Alexander S. Preker, Marianne E. Lindner, Dov Chernichovsky, and Onno P. Schellekens2. Health protection : more than financial protection / Xenia B. Scheil-Adlung -- Making health insurance affordable : role of risk equalization / Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven -- 4. Reaching the poor : transfers from rich to poor and from healthy to sick / Sherry Glied and Mark Stabile -- 5. Binding constraints on public funding : prospects for creating fiscal space / Peter S. Heller -- Universal coverage : a global consensus / Guy Carrin, Inke Mathauer, Ke Xu, and David B. Evans -- 7. The French connection in francophone Africa / Yohana Dukhan, Alexander S. Preker and François Diop -- 8. Big bang reforms in anglophone Africa / Caroline Ly, Yohana Dukhan, Frank G. Feeley, Alexander S. Preker, and Chris Atim -- Moving from intent to action in the Middle East and North Africa / Bjorn O. Ekman and Heba A. Elgazzar -- One step, two step tango in Latin America and the Caribbean / Ricardo Bitrán -- 11. Orient express in South, East, and Pacific Asia / William C. Hsiao, Alexis Medina, Caroline Ly, and Yohana Dukhan -- 12. Bismarck's unfinished business in Western Europe / Hans Maarse, Alexander S. Preker, Marianne E. Lindner, and Onno P. Schellekens -- 13. From cradle to grave in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere / Alexander S. Preker and Mark C. Bassett -- 14. Great post-communist experiment in Eastern Europe and Central Asia / Adam Wagstaff and Rodrigo Moreno-Serra -- 15. Political economy of reform / Ashley M. Fox and Michael R. Reich -- 16. Institutions matter / Alexander S. Preker, April Harding, Edit V. Velenyi, Melitta Jacob, Caroline Ly, and Yohana Dukhan -- 17. Accountability and choice / Dov Chernichovsky, Michal Chernichovsky, Jürgen Hohmann, and Bernd Schramm -- 18. Regulatory and supervisory challenges / Hernán L. Fuenzalida-Puelma, Pablo Gottret, Somil Nagpal, and Nicole Tapay -- 19. Implementing change / Hong Wang, Kimberly Switlick-Prose, Christine Ortiz, Catherine Connor, Beatriz Zurita, Chris Atim, and François Diop -- 20. New development paradigm / Onno Schellekens, Jacques van der Gaag, Marianne E. Lindner, and Judith de Groot.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8250-9
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    The new microfinance handbook : a financial market system perspective (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821389270 , 9780821389287
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (p. cm)
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 332
    RVK:
    QM 353
    Keywords: Financial institutions ; Microfinance ; Poor Finance, Personal ; Financial institutions ; Microfinance ; Poor Finance, Personal ; Financial institutions ; Microfinance ; Poor ; Mikrofinanzierung ; Kreditmarkt
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8927-0
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    Urbanization beyond municipal boundaries : nurturing metropolitan economies and connecting peri-urban areas in India (2013)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398401
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 307.760954
    Keywords: Land use, urban ; Suburbs ; Urban economics ; Urban policy ; Urbanization ; Land use, urban ; Suburbs ; Urban economics ; Urban policy ; Urbanization ; Land use, urban ; Suburbs ; Urban economics ; India ; India ; Urban policy ; Urbanization ; India ; India Economic conditions ; India Economic conditions
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9840-1
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    Afghanistan in transition : looking beyond 2014 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398616
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 330.9581
    Keywords: Economic development ; Postwar reconstruction ; Economic development ; Postwar reconstruction ; Economic development ; Postwar reconstruction ; Afghanistan ; Afghanistan ; Afghanistan ; Afghanistan ; Afghanistan Economic conditions 21st century ; Afghanistan Economic policy ; Afghanistan History 2001- ; Afghanistan Politics and government 2001- ; Afghanistan Economic conditions 21st century ; Afghanistan Economic policy ; Afghanistan History 2001- ; Afghanistan Politics and government 2001-
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9861-6
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    The Little Data Book on Gender in Africa 2012/2013 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821397862
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (115 p)
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Africa Development Indicators
    Abstract: The Little Data Book on Gender in Africa 2012/13 provides a summary collection of gender statistics on Africa available in one volume. It contains 60 indicators, covering 53 African countries. Additional data may be found on the companion CD-ROM or online, covering about 1,700 indicators from 1961 to 2011. Key themes are : • Basic demographic indicators • Education • Health • Labor force and wages • Women’s empowerment. Designed to provide all those interested in Africa with quick reference and a reliable set of data to monitor development programs and aid flows in the region, this is an invaluable pocket edition reference tool for analysts and policy makers who want a better understanding of the economic and social developments occurring in Africa. For free access to Africa Development Indicators online, please visit http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9785-5
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    The Indus Basin of Pakistan : the impacts of climate risks on water and agriculture (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398746
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 551.48095491
    Keywords: Climatic changes ; Crops and climate ; Water resources development Environmental aspects ; Climatic changes ; Crops and climate ; Water resources development Environmental aspects ; Climatic changes ; Crops and climate ; Water resources development ; Indus River Watershed ; Indus River Watershed ; Indus River Watershed Economic conditions ; Indus River Watershed Environmental conditions ; Indus River Watershed Economic conditions ; Indus River Watershed Environmental conditions
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9874-6
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    Suspending suspicious transactions (2013)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821399170
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvi, 91 pages) , illustrations , 26 cm
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: A World Bank study
    DDC: 364.16/8
    Keywords: Commercial crimes ; Commercial crimes Prevention ; Money laundering ; Money laundering Prevention ; Terrorism Finance ; Terrorism Finance ; Prevention ; Commercial crimes ; Commercial crimes Prevention ; Money laundering ; Money laundering Prevention ; Terrorism Finance ; Terrorism Finance ; Prevention ; Commercial crimes ; Commercial crimes ; Money laundering ; Prevention ; Money laundering ; Terrorism ; Terrorism
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 91)
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9917-0
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    Planning, connecting, and financing cities--now : priorities for city leaders (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 0821398393 , 9780821398395
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xv, 111 p) , col. ill., col. maps , 27 cm
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Keywords: City planning ; Intergovernmental cooperation ; Municipal finance ; City planning ; Intergovernmental cooperation ; Municipal finance ; City planning ; Intergovernmental cooperation ; Municipal finance
    Note: "This report was written by a team led by Somik V. Lall"--P. xi , Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9839-5
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    Learning from economic downturns : how to better assess, track, and mitigate the impact on the health sector (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464800603 , 9781464800610
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development
    DDC: 362.1
    Keywords: Economic Development ; Economic Recession ; Health Care Sector economics ; Health Policy ; Economic Development ; Economic Recession ; Health Care Sector ; Health Policy ; economics
    Description / Table of Contents: A framework for health sector resilienceAssessing vulnerability of the health sector to economic downturns -- Tracking the impact on households and institutions : the Europe and Central Asia story -- Mitigating the effects of economic downturns -- Lessons from the European Union.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0060-3
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    Doing Business 2014 : Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821399835
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (278 p)
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Abstract: Eleventh in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 189 economies, Doing Business 2014 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity including; starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, closing a business, and employing workers. The report updates all indicators as of June 1, 2013, ranks economies on their overall “ease of doing business”, and analyzes reforms to business regulation – identifying which economies are strengthening their business environment the most. The Doing Business reports illustrate how reforms in business regulations are being used to analyze economic outcomes for domestic entrepreneurs and for the wider economy. Doing Business is a flagship product by the World Bank and IFC that garners worldwide attention on regulatory barriers to entrepreneurship. More than 60 economies use the Doing Business indicators to shape reform agendas and monitor improvements on the ground. In addition, the Doing Business data has generated over 870 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals since its inception
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9984-2
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    Improving skills development in the informal sector : strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa (2013)
    Washington, DC : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821399682
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development
    DDC: 331
    Keywords: Informal sector (Economics) ; Labor ; Labor market ; Small business ; Vocational education ; Informal sector (Economics) ; Labor ; Labor market ; Small business ; Vocational education ; Informal sector (Economics) ; Labor ; Labor market ; Small business ; Vocational education ; Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic policy ; Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic policy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9968-2
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    The role of information and communication technologies in post-conflict reconstruction (2013)
    Washington, DC : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464800740
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiv, 99 pages) , 26 cm
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 363.34/988014
    Keywords: Information technology Government policy ; Peace-building ; Postwar reconstruction ; Information technology Government policy ; Peace-building ; Postwar reconstruction ; Information technology ; Peace-building ; Government policy ; Postwar reconstruction
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-99)
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0074-0
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    Strong, safe, and resilient : a strategic policy guide for disaster risk management in East Asia and the Pacific (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398050
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 363.34/6095
    Keywords: Disasters Economic aspects ; Disasters Social aspects ; Emergency management ; Emergency management ; Disasters Economic aspects ; Disasters Social aspects ; Emergency management ; Emergency management ; Disasters ; Disasters ; Emergency management ; Emergency management
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9805-0
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    Toward interventions in Human resources for health in Ghana : evidence for health workforce planning and results (2013)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821396674 , 9780821396681
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxxiv, 194 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development. Human development
    DDC: 362.1068/3
    Keywords: Health Care Rationing ; Health Manpower ; Health Planning ; Health Care Rationing ; Health Manpower ; Health Planning
    Description / Table of Contents: Toward addressing remaining challenges on human resources for healthThe stock of health care workers -- The distribution of health care workers -- The performance of health care workers -- Agencies and their responsibilities for planning, developing, and managing human resources for health -- Interventions to improve stock, distribution and performance of HRH -- Available financing for policy and interventions -- The political economy of crafting policy.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9667-4
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    World Development Report 2014 : Risk and Opportunity - Managing Risk for Development (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821399828
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (344 p)
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: World Development Report
    Abstract: The past 25 years have witnessed unprecedented changes around the world - many of them for the better. Across the continents, many countries have embarked on a path of international integration, economic reform, technological modernization, and democratic participation. As a result, economies that had been stagnant for decades are growing, people whose families had suffered deprivation for generations are escaping poverty, and hundreds of millions are enjoying the benefits of improved living standards and scientific and cultural sharing across nations. As the world changes, a host of opportunities arise constantly. With them, however, appear old and new risks, from the possibility of job loss and disease to the potential for social unrest and environmental damage. If ignored, these risks can turn into crises that reverse hard-won gains and endanger the social and economic reforms that produced these gains. The World Development Report 2014 (WDR 2014), Risk and Opportunity: Managing Risk for Development, contends that the solution is not to reject change in order to avoid risk but to prepare for the opportunities and risks that change entails. Managing risks responsibly and effectively has the potential to bring about security and a means of progress for people in developing countries and beyond. Although individuals? own efforts, initiative, and responsibility are essential for managing risk, their success will be limited without a supportive social environment?especially when risks are large or systemic in nature. The WDR 2014 argues that people can successfully confront risks that are beyond their means by sharing their risk management with others. This can be done through naturally occurring social and economic systems that enable people to overcome the obstacles that individuals and groups face, including lack of resources and information, cognitive and behavioral failures, missing markets and public goods, and social externalities and exclusion. These systems?from the household and the community to the state and the international community?have the potential to support people?s risk management in different yet complementary ways. The Report focuses on some of the most pressing questions policy makers are asking. What role should the state take in helping people manage risks? When should this role consist of direct interventions, and when should it consist of providing an enabling environment? How can governments improve their own risk management, and ...
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    Biennial report on operations evaluation : assessing the monitoring and evaluation systems of IFC and MIGA (2013)
    Washington D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821399187
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 332.1/53
    Keywords: International Finance Corporation ; Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency ; International Finance Corporation ; Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency ; Economic development ; Economic development ; International Finance Corporation ; Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency ; Economic development
    Description / Table of Contents: AbbreviationsAcknowledgments -- Overview -- Management response -- Management action record -- Chairperson's summary : committee on development effectiveness -- Statement by the external expert panel -- Context and evaluation framework -- Monitoring and evaluation in IFC and MIGA -- Use and influence of monitoring and evaluation in IFC and MIGA -- Effectiveness and efficiency of monitoring and evaluation systems -- Main findings and recommendations -- Findings -- Recommendations -- Appendix B: IEG criteria for assessing the M&E quality for advisory -- Appendix C: Electro -- Boxes -- Tables -- Figures -- Appendixes.
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9918-7
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    Human resources for health in Africa : a new look at the crisis (2013)
    Washington, DC : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821395554 , 9780821395585
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (p) , cm
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 362.10967
    Keywords: Health Manpower ; Health Personnel education ; Health Personnel organization & administration ; Health Manpower ; Health Personnel ; Health Personnel
    Description / Table of Contents: Labor markets analysis of human resources for healthNeeds-based estimates for the health workforce -- A labor market approach -- Productivity of health workers : Tanzania -- Health worker performance -- Fiscal issues in scaling up the health workforce -- Politics and governance in human resources for health -- How many health workers -- Rural/urban imbalance of health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Migration and attrition -- Public and private practice of health workers -- The equity perspective -- Incentives for provider performance -- Intrinsic motivation -- Facility-level human resource management -- Health worker education and training -- Becoming a health worker student -- Paying for higher education reform in health.
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9555-4
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    Getting better : improving health system results in Europe and Central Asia (2013)
    Washington DC : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398838
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Europe and Central Asia reports
    DDC: 362.1094
    Keywords: Delivery of Health Care standards ; Delivery of Health Care standards ; Health Policy ; Health Policy ; Quality Assurance, Health Care economics ; Quality Assurance, Health Care economics ; Quality Assurance, Health Care organization & administration ; Quality Assurance, Health Care organization & administration ; Delivery of Health Care ; Delivery of Health Care ; Health Policy ; Health Policy ; Quality Assurance, Health Care ; Quality Assurance, Health Care ; Quality Assurance, Health Care ; Quality Assurance, Health Care
    Description / Table of Contents: Getting better? In search of convergenceImproving welfare : the value of health -- Improving health : the heart of the matter -- Improving financial protection and equity : a safety net for all -- Improving efficiency : cutting the fat -- Improving institutions : ingredients not recipes -- Summary Q&A.
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9883-8
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    The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2013 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398197
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (238 p)
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Abstract: One of a series of pocket-sized books that provide a quick reference to development data on different topics, 'The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2013' provides data for more than 20 key indicators on the 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
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9818-0
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    Building effective employment programs for unemployed youth in the Middle East and North Africa (2013)
    Washington, DC : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821399040
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development
    DDC: 362.71
    Keywords: Employment agencies ; Employment agencies ; Unemployed youth ; Unemployed youth ; Employment agencies ; Employment agencies ; Unemployed youth ; Unemployed youth ; Employment agencies ; Employment agencies ; Unemployed youth ; Unemployed youth
    Description / Table of Contents: Public provision of employment services in the mena regionPublic employment services in egypt -- Public employment services in jordan -- Public employment services in lebanon -- Public employment services in morocco -- Public employment services in syria -- Public employment services in tunisia -- Public employment services in yemen.
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9904-0
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    Capital for the future : saving and investment in an interdependent world (2013)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 0821396358 , 0821399551 , 9780821396353 , 9780821399552
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xv, 149 p) , ill. (col.), maps , 27 cm
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Global development horizons
    Keywords: Capital movements ; Saving and investment ; Capital movements ; Saving and investment ; Capital movements ; Saving and investment
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Lead authors: Mansoor Dailami and Maurizio Bussolo
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9635-3
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    The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2013 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398173
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (237 p)
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Abstract: This Little Data Book presents tables for over 213 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technology (ICT), including access, quality, affordability, efficiency,sustainability, and applications
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9816-6
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    Developing skills for economic transformation and social harmony in China : a study of Yunnan Province (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464800795
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 331.25/92095135
    Keywords: Economic development ; Manpower policy ; Occupational training ; Vocational education ; Economic development ; Manpower policy ; Occupational training ; Vocational education ; Economic development ; Manpower policy ; Occupational training ; Vocational education
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0079-5
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    Humour in Chinese life and culture : resistance and control in modern times (2013)
    Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press
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    ISBN: 9789888268054 , 9888268058
    Language: English , Chinese
    Pages: Online Ressource (1 PDF (xxii, 348 pages) , illustrations.
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Humour in Chinese life and culture
    DDC: 306.0951
    Keywords: Joking China ; Chinese wit and humor History and criticism ; Chinese wit and humor History and criticism ; Chinese wit and humor ; Chinese wit and humor ; Joking ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Chinese wit and humor ; Joking ; Humor ; Witz ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; China ; China ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: This book investigates the use of humor in the public sphere and in personal life in China. The contributors cover modern and contemporary forms -- comic films and novels, cartooning, pop-songs, internet jokes, and humor in advertising and education. The second of two multidisciplinary volumes designed for the general reader as well as academic audiences, the book explores the relationship between political control and popular expression of humor, including the mutual exchange of comic stereotypes between China and Japan, and draws out important methodological implications for psychological and cross-cultural studies of humor
    Description / Table of Contents: List of illustrations and tables viiContributors xi -- Editors' note xix -- Preface -- Humour and its cultural context : introduction and overview / Jessica Milner Davis -- The phantom of the clock : laughter and the time of life in the writings of Qian Zhongshu and his contemporaries / Diran John Sohigian -- Unwarranted attention : the image of Japan in twentieth-century Chinese humour / Barak Kushner -- Chinese cartoons and humour : the views of first- and second-generation cartoonists / John A. Lent and Xu Ying -- "Love you to the bone" and other songs : humour and rusheng rhymes in early Cantopop / Marjorie K.M. Chan and Jocelyn Chey -- A "new" phenomenon of Chinese cinema : the Happy-New-Year comic movie / Xu Ying and Xu Zhongquan -- Spoofi ng (e'gao) culture on the Chinese Internet / Christopher G. Rea -- Humour in new media : comparing China, Australia and the United States / Heather J. Crawford -- Chinese concepts of humour and the role of humour in teaching / Guo-Hai Chen -- Laughing at others and being laughed at in Taiwan and Switzerland : a cross-cultural perspective / Hsueh-Chih Chen, Yu-Chen Chan, Willibald Ruch and Rene T. Proyer -- Freedom and political humour: their social meaning in contemporary China / X.L. Ding -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. - "A companion volume to 'Humour in Chinese life and letters: classical and traditional approaches. - Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-341) and index. - Chiefly in English; includes some Chinese with English translation. - Description based on print version record , Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-341) and index , Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE , Chiefly in English; includes some Chinese with English translation
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    Media ethics and regulation : insights from Africa (2013)
    Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa Research & Publishing
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    ISBN: 9789956790234 , 9956790230
    Language: English , French
    Pages: Online Ressource (1 PDF (ii, 209 pages) , color illustrations.
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 302.23096982
    Keywords: Mass media Self-regulation ; Africa ; Journalistic ethics Africa ; Mass media Moral and ethical aspects ; Africa ; Mass media Self-regulation ; Journalistic ethics ; Mass media Moral and ethical aspects ; Journalistic ethics ; Mass media ; Moral and ethical aspects ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology ; Africa ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book provides useful pointers to help journalists navigate the dilemmas they face in the professional practice. It provides an enlightening overview of the views of Mauritian journalists on their own industry and an in-depth look at the South African model for self-regulation. As part of the ethical approach, the book also reviews the main issues related to gender-sensitive reporting, in view of the significant role the media have to play in gender education. In an age of information overload, over-exposure to a hyper-mediated culture and the rise of user-generated content, journalists increasingly strive to remain relevant. The temptation to use lower standards, resort to sensationalism and even paycheck journalism is strong. Such examples of unethical practice can only further undermine the credibility of a profession which purports to act as a watchdog, a Fourth Estate. Claims that ethics is a private affair no longer hold good. Journalism is a public good and the need to a clear social contract is stronger than ever in a world where transparency and accountability are on the agenda. Mechanisms for ensuring ethical practice are essential and should be hailed as beacons for a stronger journalism
    Note: Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. - Includes bibliographical references. - Includes 1 chapter in French. - Description based on print version record
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    Fairy tales transformed? : twenty-first-century adaptations and the politics of wonder (2013)
    Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press
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    ISBN: 081433928X , 9780814339282
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (pages cm)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ausg
    Series Statement: Series in fairy-tale studies
    Parallel Title: Print version Fairy Tales Transformed? : Twenty-First-Century Adaptations and the Politics of Wonder
    DDC: 398.2
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Cover""; ""Half-title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Introduction. The Fairy-Tale Web: Intertextual and Multimedial Practices in Globalized Culture, a Geopolitics of Inequality, and (Un) Predictable Links ""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""1 Activist Responses: Adaptation, Remediation, and Relocation """"2 Double Exposures: Reading (in) Fairy-Tale Films ""; ""3 Fairy-Tale Remix in Film: Genres, Histories, and Economies ""; ""4 Resituating The Arabian Nights: Challenges and Promises of Translation ""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Epilogue: The Politics of Wonder """"Notes ""; ""Works Cited ""; ""Filmography ""; ""Index ""; ""Acknowledgments ""
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    Sex tourism in Bahia : ambiguous entanglements (2013)
    Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press
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    ISBN: 9780252095191 , 0252095197
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: National women's studies association
    Series Statement: University of Illinois press first book prize
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Williams, Erica Lorraine Sex tourism in Bahia
    DDC: 306.740981
    Keywords: Sex tourism Brazil ; Bahia (State) ; Sex tourism Brazil ; Salvador ; Sex tourism ; Sex tourism ; Sex tourism Social aspects ; Sex tourism Social aspects ; Prostitutes ; Prostitutes ; Prostitution Social aspects ; Prostitution Social aspects ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Social conditions ; Prostitution ; Social aspects ; Prostitutes ; Sex tourism ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; Salvador (Brazil) Social conditions ; Bahia (Brazil : State) Social conditions ; Brazil ; Bahia (State) ; Brazil ; Salvador ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: For nearly a decade, Brazil has surpassed Thailand as the world's premier sex tourism destination. As the first full-length ethnography of sex tourism in Brazil, this pioneering study treats sex tourism as a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that involves a range of activities and erotic connections, from sex work to romantic transnational relationships
    Abstract: Geographies of blackness : tourism and the erotics of black culture in Salvador -- Racial hierarchies of desire and the specter of sex tourism -- Working-class kings in paradise : coming to terms with sex tourism -- Tourist tales and erotic adventures -- Aprosba : the politics of race, sexual labor, and identification -- Se valorizando (valuing oneself) : ambiguity, exploitation, and cosmopolitanism -- Moral panics : sex tourism, trafficking, and the limits of transnational mobility -- Conclusion : the specter of sex tourism in a globalized world.
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    Inclusion matters : the foundation for shared prosperity (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 273 pages) , illustrations , 23 cm
    Edition: Online edition s.l.
    Series Statement: New Frontiers of Social Policy
    Series Statement: World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 302
    Keywords: Marginality, Social ; Social integration
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0010-8
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    Louis Marshall and the rise of Jewish ethnicity in America : a biography (2013)
    Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press
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    ISBN: 0815610009 , 0815651988 , 0815651988 , 9780815651987
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (644 p.) , ill
    Edition: First Edition
    Series Statement: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
    Series Statement: Modern Jewish history
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.892/4073092
    Keywords: Marshall, Louis / 1856-1929 ; Marshall, Louis / 1856-1929 ; Marshall, Louis ; Marshall, Louis ; Geschichte 1920-1940 ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies ; Jews ; Jews / Identity ; Juden ; Jews Identity ; Jews Biography ; Juden ; Ethnische Identität ; USA ; USA ; Biografie ; USA ; Juden ; Ethnische Identität ; Geschichte 1920-1940 ; Marshall, Louis 1856-1929
    Description / Table of Contents: Part One : From upstate to uptown -- Syracuse -- Manhattan and moral reform -- Part Two : A national organization for the Jews -- The origins of organized activism -- Abrogation -- Avoiding the guillotine of immigration restriction -- Part Three : War and peace -- World War I -- Paris and Haiti -- Part Four : Marshall law -- Ford -- Jews and birds -- Ethnic affairs in the 1920s -- Crimea and Eretz Israel -- Epilogue : Massena, Zurich, Emanu-el
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    Cowboys, cops, killers, and ghosts : legends and lore in Texas (2013)
    Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press
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    ISBN: 1574415328 , 9781574415322 , 9781574415445 , 1574415441
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (ix, 306 pages) , illustrations.
    Edition: First edition
    Series Statement: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society LXIX
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cowboys, cops, killers, and ghosts
    DDC: 398.209764
    Keywords: Legends Mexican-American Border Region ; Legends Texas ; Legends ; Legends ; Manners and customs ; Biographies ; Anecdotes ; History ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology ; Legends ; Texas Social life and customs ; Texas Anecdotes ; History ; Texas Biography ; Anecdotes ; North America ; Mexican-American Border Region ; Texas ; Texas Biography ; Anecdotes ; Texas Social life and customs ; Texas Anecdotes History ; North America ; Mexican-American Border Region ; Texas ; Electronic books Anecdotes ; Biography ; Anecdotes ; History
    Abstract: This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society has something for everyone: articles on cowboys, a famous outlaw, how to discover your family culture, weddings, and how to fish
    Description / Table of Contents: On the job: legends and language in occupational lore. Recalling a Texas legend: Samuel Thomas 'Booger Red' Privett / Jerry YoungThe legacy of Bill Pickett, the Dusky Demon / Courtney Elliott -- Day work cowboys in the Depression era / Len Ainsworth -- Red Overton, Somervell County cedar chopper / Robert J. (Jack) Duncan -- Folklore of gunfighter John Wesley Hardin: myths, truths, and half-truths / Chuck Parsons -- Houston cop talk / Scott Hill Bumgardner -- Jury selection the old-fashioned way / Jerry B. Lincecum -- A sampling of Texas cultures: from bikers to Knanaya Catholics to Tejana culture: The Texas biker sub-culture and the ride of my life / Veronica Pozo -- Texas Knanaya Catholics and their wedding customs / Jenson Erapuram -- Hemphill: revisiting small-town Texas / Sue M. Friday -- Musica Tejana recording pioneers / Alex LaRotta -- "But, Miss, my family doesn't have a saga!" / Lucy Fischer-West -- Urban legends, ghost stories and towns, and searching for lost treasure. Living an urban legend: Galveston ball in the early 1970s / Gretchen Kay Lutz -- The truth versus the legend of the Interstate 45 Serial Killer / Marissa Gardner -- Ghost towns of the Big Thicket / Francis Edward Abernethy -- The ghost lights of Marfa / Stephanie Mateum -- Beyond Texas folklore: the Woman in Blue / Jennifer Curtis -- "There's gold in them there hills; or, silver at least" / Lee Haile -- Ben Sublett's gold / Winston Sosebee -- "Just for fun" lore. "Here kitty, kitty, kitty: fishing with Bubba / L. Patrick Hughes -- Texas Country churches / Pat Parsons -- Texas weddings: rattles on the garter and 'barb' wire in the flowers / Mildred B. Sentell -- Sally and Chance: an unusual love story / Sheila Morris -- They're still singin' and sayin' on the range: cowboy culture enters the 21st century / Charles Williams -- Contributors' vitas -- Index.
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    Between ruin and restoration : an environmental history of Israel (2013)
    Pittsburgh, Pa : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 9780822978114 , 0822978113
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xv, 400 p.) , illustrations.
    Series Statement: History of the urban environment
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Between ruin and restoration
    DDC: 304.2095694
    Keywords: Environmental policy History ; Israel ; Environmental policy History ; Environmental policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Human Geography ; Ecology ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; Israel ; History ; Israel Environmental conditions ; History ; Israel ; History ; Israel Environmental conditions ; History ; Israel ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The environment in Palestine in the late Ottomas period, 1789-1918 -- The environmental legacy of the Fellaheen and the Bedouin -- Human impact on wildlife in Israel since the nineteenth-century -- Zionist and Israeli perspectives on population growth and environmental impact in Palestine and Israel -- Combating desertification : evolving perceptions and strategies -- The agricultural roots of Israel's water crisis -- Open space in an urban society -- The battle of the "True Believers" : environmentalism in Israeli party politics -- Environmental challenges facing the Arab Society in Israel -- A prolonged recessional : the continuing influence of British rule on Israeli environmental law -- Marin-pollution abatement along Israel's Mediterranean coast : a story of policy success -- Olive green : environment, militarism, and the Israel Defense Forces -- "Going beyond Israel" : epistemic communities, global interests, and international environmental agreements -- Toward sustainable development : mainstreaming environment in Israel -- Anthropogenic climate change in Israel -- Nature knows no boundaries? : notes toward a future history of regional environmentalism -- The future of the Israeli environmental movement : is a major paradigm shift under way?
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    Between ruin and restoration : an environmental history of Israel (2013)
    Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 0822962225 , 0822978113 , 9780822978114
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 400 p.)
    Series Statement: History of the urban environment
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 304.2095694
    Keywords: Geschichte ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography ; Ecology ; Environmental policy ; HISTORY / Middle East / Israel ; Geschichte ; Umweltpolitik ; Ökologie ; Environmental policy History ; Umwelt ; Naher Osten ; Israel ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Israel ; Umwelt ; Geschichte
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    Who's your Paddy? : racial expectations and the struggle for Irish American identity (2013)
    New York : New York University Press
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    ISBN: 9780814744130 , 0814744133
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (pages cm.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Nation of newcomers
    Series Statement: immigrant history as American history
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Duffy, Jennifer Nugent Who's Your Paddy? : Racial Expectations and the Struggle for Irish American Identity
    DDC: 305.8916207307471
    Keywords: Irish Americans Social conditions ; New York (State) ; Yonkers ; Irish Americans History ; New York (State) ; Yonkers ; African Americans Relations with Irish Americans ; Irish Americans Race identity ; New York (State) ; New York ; Irish Americans Social conditions ; New York (State) ; New York ; Irish Americans History ; New York (State) ; New York ; Irish Americans Race identity ; Irish Americans Social conditions ; Irish Americans History ; African Americans Relations with Irish Americans ; Irish Americans Social conditions ; Irish Americans History ; HISTORY ; General ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; African Americans ; Relations with Irish Americans ; Irish Americans ; Irish Americans ; Social conditions ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; History ; New York (State) ; New York ; New York (State) ; Yonkers ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "After all the green beer has been poured and the ubiquitous shamrocks fade away, what does it mean to be Irish American besides St. Patrick's Day? Who's Your Paddy traces the evolution of "Irish" as a race-based identity in the U.S. from the 19th century to the present day. Exploring how the Irish have been and continue to be socialized around race, Jennifer Nugent Duffy argues that Irish identity must be understood within the context of generational tensions between different waves of Irish immigrants as well as the Irish community's interaction with other racial minorities. Using historic and ethnographic research, Duffy sifts through the many racial, class, and gendered dimensions of Irish-American identity by examining three distinct Irish cohorts in Greater New York: assimilated descendants of nineteenth-century immigrants; "white flighters" who immigrated to postwar America and fled places like the Bronx for white suburbs like Yonkers in the 1960s and 1970s; and the newer, largely undocumented migrants who began to arrive in the 1990s. What results is a portrait of Irishness as a dynamic, complex force in the history of American racial consciousness, pertinent not only to contemporary immigration debates but also to the larger questions of what it means to belong, what it means to be American. Jennifer Nugent Duffy is Associate Professor of History at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut. "--
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Who's Your Paddy? Irish Immigrant Generations in Greater New YorkFrom City of Hills to City of Vision: The History of Yonkers, New York -- Good Paddies and Bad Paddies: The Evolution of Irishness as a Race-Based Tradition in the United States -- Bar Wars: Irish Bar Politics in Neoliberal Ireland and Neoliberal Yonkers -- They're Just Like Us: Good Paddies and Everyday Irish Racial Expectations -- Bad Paddies Talk Back -- Paddy and Paddiette Go to Washington: Race and Transnational Immigration Politics.
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    Louis Marshall and the rise of Jewish ethnicity in America : a biography (2013)
    Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press
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    ISBN: 9780815651987 , 0815651988
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (644 p.) , ill.
    Edition: First Edition
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Modern Jewish history
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Silver, M.M. (Matthew Mark), 1961- Louis Marshall and the rise of Jewish ethnicity in America
    DDC: 305.8924073092
    Keywords: Marshall, Louis 1856-1929 ; Marshall, Louis ; Marshall, Louis ; Marshall, Louis ; Jews Identity ; United States ; Jews Biography ; United States ; Jews Identity ; Jews Biography ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Lawyers & Judges ; Jews ; Jews ; Identity ; Biographies ; United States ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Part One : From upstate to uptown -- Syracuse -- Manhattan and moral reform -- Part Two : A national organization for the Jews -- The origins of organized activism -- Abrogation -- Avoiding the guillotine of immigration restriction -- Part Three : War and peace -- World War I -- Paris and Haiti -- Part Four : Marshall law -- Ford -- Jews and birds -- Ethnic affairs in the 1920s -- Crimea and Eretz Israel -- Epilogue : Massena, Zurich, Emanu-el.
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    Opening doors : gender equality and development in MENA (2013)
    Washington, D.C. : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821397633 (Sekundärausgabe) , 9780821397640 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource World Bank E-Library ISBN 9780821397633 (alk. paper)
    Edition: ISBN 9780821397640 (ebk.)
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    Series Statement: MENA development report
    DDC: 305.420956
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    URL: http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-9763-3
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    Caribbean spaces : escapes from twilight zones (2013)
    Urbana : University of Illinois Press
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    ISBN: 9780252038020 , 9780252079535 , 9780252095863 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9780252095863
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 305.8960729
    Abstract: "Both a memoir and a scholarly study, this project explores the multivalent meanings of Caribbean space and community in a cross-cultural and transdisciplinary perspective. Drawing on experiential knowledge and theory, Boyce Davies has crafted this set of reflective essays to illuminate the dynamic and ever-changing complexity of Caribbean culture and to trace its migratory patterns in and between the Americas. In weaving the private spaces of the author's individual story with public spaces of Caribbean culture, Boyce Davies crosses many cultural and disciplinary boundaries. Such movements are necessary to understand the interrelated dynamics of race, gender, and sexuality embedded in Caribbean spaces, and also many Caribbean people's traumatic and transformative stories of displacement, migration, and exile. From there, she dwells on the way her knowledge has informed her political vision as it links to broader, black diaspora matters including the 1960s civil rights movement, the environmental catastrophes of Haiti, the failure of the New Orleans levies, technologies such as the iPhone and GPS, and how all these things are understood and informed by a Caribbean logic. Family narratives, local knowledge, poems, literary analyses, descriptions of artwork, and accounts of spiritual practices are cohesively used to sustain a comprehensive theoretical analysis fostered by the author's extensive fieldwork and research. Ultimately, Boyce Davies reestablishes the link between theory and practice and intellectual work and activism which, the author argues, marked the beginning of Black Studies itself"--...
    Abstract: "Drawing on both personal experience and critical theory, Carole Boyce Davies illuminates the dynamic complexity of Caribbean culture and traces its migratory patterns throughout the Americas. Both a memoir and a scholarly study, Caribbean Spaces: Escapes from Twilight Zones explores the multivalent meanings of Caribbean space and community in a cross-cultural and transdisciplinary perspective. From her childhood in Trinidad and Tobago to life and work in communities and universities in Nigeria, Brazil, England, and the United States, Carole Boyce Davies portrays a rich and fluid set of personal experiences. She reflects on these movements to understand the interrelated dynamics of race, gender, and sexuality embedded in Caribbean spaces, as well as many Caribbean people's traumatic and transformative stories of displacement, migration, exile, and sometimes return. Ultimately, Boyce Davies reestablishes the connections between theory and practice, intellectual work and activism, and personal and private space. "--...
    Note: Online-Ausg.:
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/27452
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