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  • HeBIS  (7)
  • 2015-2019  (7)
  • Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    East Asia and Pacific Cities (2017)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464811036
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Urban Development
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 305.569095
    Abstract: Urbanization in East Asia and the Pacific has created enormous opportunity for many. Yet the rapid growth of cities can also create challenges as national and local governments try to keep up with the needs of their growing populations. Among these challenges is a lack of affordable housing, resulting in increasing slums, deficits in basic service provision, and widening inequality for urban dwellers. This study aims to better understand urban poverty and inequality in East Asian cities, recognizing that many countries of the region, particularly those of middle-income status, are at a critical juncture in their urbanization and growth process where potential social divisions in cities could harm prospects for future poverty reduction. The study uses a multidimensional approach to understand urban poverty and inclusion and draws on examples of programs and policies that have been successfully implemented in the East Asia region to develop a set of guiding principles for policy makers
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-1093-0
    URL: http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-1-4648-1093-0
    URL: Inhaltsbeschreibung der Sammlung und Zugangshinweise
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  • 2
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    Early Childhood Development in Tonga (2016)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464810008
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank Studies
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 305.231099612
    Abstract: Early Childhood Development in Tonga offers a comprehensive assessment of early child development across Tonga using the Tongan Early Human Capability Index instrument. The data has information on more than 6,600 children, ages three to five, living across 36 inhabited islands, and reported for 129 communities. On the basis of population figures from the Tongan census data collection provided by the Tonga Department of Statistics, 81 percent of three- to five-year-olds participated in the Tongan Early Human Capability Index. The report details the development of the instrument used to collect the child development data to ensure cultural validity and local relevance, while still capturing the fundamental aspects of child development that are consistent across countries and cultures. As well as the development of the instrument, other countries will also be interested in learning about h the method of data collection across a country with remote and isolated islands using an innovative partnership between health and education. Using existing systems and community governance structures, the data was not only collected but also disseminated back to communities to raise awareness and prompt community and government mobilization to support early child development. The process of developing and implementing the Tongan Early Human Capability Index across Tonga helped build national and district capacity, and is encouraging the establishment of community-based supports for children. Researchers, policy makers, and practitioners as well as advocates for the development and enhancement of systems to monitor early child development worldwide will find this publication highly significant
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0999-6
    URL: http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-1-4648-0999-6
    URL: Inhaltsbeschreibung der Sammlung und Zugangshinweise
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  • 3
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    Being Fair, Faring Better (2016)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464806193
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Directions in Development - Human Development
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 305.891497094
    Abstract: In Central and Eastern European countries, inequalities for Roma families living in marginalized communities start early and are striking. Some of these inequalities reflect hard-wired family circumstances such as being born in poverty. Others reflect lack of opportunities such as limited access to those basic goods and services that are necessary not only for realizing one's potential in life, but also for living with dignity. Gaps between Roma and non-Roma widen over the lifecycle in a way that reinforces and perpetuates disadvantage and translates into significantly unequal outcomes, despite the fact that Roma report having similar aspirations to those of their non-Roma neighbors. Promoting equal opportunities for disadvantaged Roma is not only an imperative for societies that want to call themselves fair, but it is also a smart economic choice, especially in those countries where populations are aging rapidly. Investing early, with a particular emphasis on supporting healthy and cognitive development for disadvantaged Roma children, is likely to go a long way in promoting fair chances. However, leveling the playing field in childhood is likely not enough: disadvantaged Roma continue being exposed to unequal opportunities at key nodes in their lives, such as when pursuing education or when looking for a job. Therefore, it is as important that a broader set of policies address some of the circumstances in which a large share of Roma children grow up, including access to employment and decent living conditions for their families. Implementing interventions that help overcome these interrelated barriers will require strong ownership at the national level, coordinated policies across different ministries and government levels, and an integrated delivery system that (...)
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0598-1
    URL: http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-1-4648-0598-1
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    Making Politics Work for Development (2016)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464807749
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Policy Research Reports
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 306.2
    Abstract: Governments fail to provide the public goods needed for development when its leaders knowingly and deliberately ignore sound technical advice or are unable to follow it, despite the best of intentions, because of political constraints. This report focuses on two forces-citizen engagement and transparency-that hold the key to solving government failures by shaping how political markets function. Citizens are not only queueing at voting booths, but are also taking to the streets and using diverse media to pressure, sanction and select the leaders who wield power within government, including by entering as contenders for leadership. This political engagement can function in highly nuanced ways within the same formal institutional context and across the political spectrum, from autocracies to democracies. Unhealthy political engagement, when leaders are selected and sanctioned on the basis of their provision of private benefits rather than public goods, gives rise to government failures. The solutions to these failures lie in fostering healthy political engagement within any institutional context, and not in circumventing or suppressing it. Transparency, which is citizen access to publicly available information about the actions of those in government, and the consequences of these actions, can play a crucial role by nourishing political engagement
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0771-8
    URL: http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-1-4648-0771-8
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  • 5
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    Becoming a Knowledge-Sharing Organization (2016)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464809446
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 305.4
    Abstract: This volume offers a simple, systematic guide to creating a knowledge sharing practice in your organization. It shows how to build the enabling environment and develop the skills needed to capture and share knowledge gained from operational experiences to improve performance and scale-up successes. Its recommendations are grounded on the insights gained from the past seven years of collaboration between the World Bank and its clients around the world-ministries and national agencies operating in various sectors-who are working to strengthen their operations through robust knowledge sharing. While informed by the academic literature on knowledge management and organizational learning, this handbook's operational background and many real-world examples and tips provide a missing, practical foundation for public sector officials in developing countries and for development practitioners. However, though written with a public sector audience in mind, the overall concepts and approaches will also hold true for most organizations in the private sector and the developed world
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0943-9
    URL: http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-1-4648-0943-9
    URL: Inhaltsbeschreibung der Sammlung und Zugangshinweise
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    From potential to reality (2015)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464804908 , 9781464804892
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 304.6/20967
    Abstract: Overview --The state of demographics in Sub-Saharan Africa --Speeding the demographic transition --Selected social and economic effects of the demographic dividend --Afterword.
    Note: "October 23, 2014
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0489-2
    URL: http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-1-4648-0489-2
    URL: Inhaltsbeschreibung der Sammlung und Zugangshinweise
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    Responding to the challenge of fragility and security in West Africa (2015)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464804649 , 9781464804656
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 303.6/90966
    Abstract: Trends in conflict and violence --An overview of conflict and violence in West Africa --Emerging threats : trafficking, maritime piracy, and religious extremism --The complex challenges of youth and migration --The struggle for greater fairness and equity : the challenge of regional imbalances and improved benefit from extractives --The fragility of political institutions : managing the competition for power --Security : responding to new threats --Land institutions : a neverending conundrum --Lessons in resilience : the end of the Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Côte d'Ivoire conflicts --Improving the way donors and development agencies support the reduction of fragility --Annex : political leadership in West Africa.
    Note: "January 2015 , Includes bibliographical references , "This report has been prepared by the Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group at the World Bank
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0464-9
    URL: http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-1-4648-0464-9
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