The 2010 Growth And Development Bridge Index Report

Author : Anh-Nga Tran-Nguyen
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0557350190
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The 2010 Growth and Development Bridge Index Report written by Anh-Nga Tran-Nguyen and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new index is born ! The Growth and Development Bridge (GDB) index. The Growth and Development Bridge index has been developed to gauge the quality of countries' economic fundamentals. What are the determinants of growth and development ? What makes countries rich and others poor ? These are the kind of issues that the newly-created 'Growth and Development Bridge' index tries to address, building on the findings of the vast literature on economic development on sustainable growth and development, which remains the most important question in economics. The question of sustainable growth and development takes an acute perspective and more pressing concern as the world grapples with the worst financial crisis since the 1929 Great Depression.

Author : Augusto Lopez-Claros
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230239676
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Innovation for Development Report 2010-2011 written by Augusto Lopez-Claros and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how innovation drives national prosperity, in particular, economic growth and development, with 70 country profiles and the unique Innovation Capacity Index

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Publisher : CTA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
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Download or read book ICT Update 66 English written by and published by CTA. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ICT Update is a bimonthly printed and on-line magazine (http://ictupdate.cta.int) and an accompanying e-mail newsletter published by CTA. This issue focuses on the future of telecentres.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004273220
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental and Climate Change in South and Southeast Asia written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on pioneering research, this volume on South and Southeast Asia offers a cultural studies' perspective on the vast and largely uncharted domain of how local cultures are coping with climate changes and environmental crises.The primary focus is on three countries that have high emission rates: India, Indonesia, and Thailand. Whereas the dominant discourse on climate largely reflects the view of Western cultures, this volume adds indigenous views and practices that provide insight into Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic responses. Making use of textual materials, fieldwork, and analyses, it highlights the close links between climate solutions, forms of knowledge, and the various socio-cultural and political practices and agencies within societies. The volume demonstrates that climate is global and plural. Contributors are: Monika Arnez, Somnath Batabyal, Joachim Betz, Susan M. Darlington, Dennis Eucker, Rüdiger Haum, Albertina Nugteren, Marcus Nüsser & Ravi Baghel, Martin Seeger, and Janice Stargardt.

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Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821387014
Total Pages : 198 pages
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Download or read book Global Monitoring Report 2011 written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared jointly by The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Author : Laurence Chandy
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815726341
Total Pages : 425 pages
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Download or read book The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty written by Laurence Chandy and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Viewed from a global scale, steady progress has been made in reducing extreme poverty—defined by the $1.25-a-day poverty line—over the past three decades. This success has sparked renewed enthusiasm about the possibility of eradicating extreme poverty within a generation. However, progress is expected to become more difficult, and slower, over time. This book will examine three central changes that need to be overcome in traveling the last mile: breaking cycles of conflict, supporting inclusive growth, and managing shocks and risks. By uncovering new evidence and identifying new ideas and solutions for spurring peace, jobs, and resilience in poor countries, The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty will outline an agenda to inform poverty reduction strategies for governments, donors, charities, and foundations around the world. Contents Part I: Peace: Breaking the Cycle of Conflict External finance for state and peace building, Marcus Manuel and Alistair McKechnie, Overseas Development Institute Reforming international cooperation to improve the sustainability of peace, Bruce Jones, Brookings and New York University Bridging state and local communities through livelihood improvements, Ryutaro Murotani, JICA, and Yoichi Mine, JICA-RI and Doshisha University Postconflict trajectories and the potential for poverty reduction, Gary Milante, SIPRI Part II: Jobs: Supporting Inclusive Growth Structural change and Africa's poverty puzzle, John Page, Brookings Public goods for private jobs: lessons from the Pacific, Shane Evans, Michael Carnahan and Alice Steele, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Government of Australia Strategies for inclusive development in agrarian Sub-Saharan countries, Akio Hosono, JICA-RI The role of agriculture in poverty reduction, John McArthur, Brookings, UN Foundation, and Fung Global Institute

Author : Ortrud Lessmann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134912269
Total Pages : 192 pages
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Download or read book The Capability Approach and Sustainability written by Ortrud Lessmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book dedicated exclusively to the question of the relationships between sustainability and the capability approach. It is rather astonishing that the issue of sustainability first posed by the Brundtland commission in 1987 has gained so little attention from capability scholars despite the approach’s focus on human well-being. This book starts with a seminal contribution by Sen on the "Ends and Means of Sustainability" delivered as a keynote in 2000. All contributions to the book focus on the difficulties that arise from a freedom-oriented view of sustainability: they argue for taking note of the impact of human life on nature, they question the meaning of intergenerational justice when measured in the currency of "substantive freedoms" (capabilities), they raise the issue of collective responsibility and suggest ways to model and operationalize the capability approach to sustainable development. The book presents the state of the art concerning "The capability approach and sustainability" while admitting that it is only a first contribution to a growing field that deserves our attention: Defining what is to be sustained and asking how it can be sustained. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
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Download or read book Human Development Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chandrima Chakraborty
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1837531803
Total Pages : 321 pages
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Download or read book Gender Inequality and its Implications on Education and Health written by Chandrima Chakraborty and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising awareness among stakeholders and institutions to recognise the importance of gender inequality throughout the world and its various implications – especially on education and health – Gender Inequality and its Implications on Education and Health provides strategies to achieve gender equality.

Author : Gordon Conway
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801466105
Total Pages : 469 pages
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Download or read book One Billion Hungry written by Gordon Conway and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hunger is a daily reality for a billion people. More than six decades after the technological discoveries that led to the Green Revolution aimed at ending world hunger, regular food shortages, malnutrition, and poverty still plague vast swaths of the world. And with increasing food prices, climate change, resource inequality, and an ever-increasing global population, the future holds further challenges.In One Billion Hungry, Sir Gordon Conway, one of the world's foremost experts on global food needs, explains the many interrelated issues critical to our global food supply from the science of agricultural advances to the politics of food security. He expands the discussion begun in his influential The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century, emphasizing the essential combination of increased food production, environmental stability, and poverty reduction necessary to end endemic hunger on our planet. Conway addresses a series of urgent questions about global hunger: • How we will feed a growing global population in the face of a wide range of adverse factors, including climate change? • What contributions can the social and natural sciences make in finding solutions?• And how can we engage both government and the private sector to apply these solutions and achieve significant impact in the lives of the poor?Conway succeeds in sharing his informed optimism about our collective ability to address these fundamental challenges if we use technology paired with sustainable practices and strategic planning.Beginning with a definition of hunger and how it is calculated, and moving through issues topically both detailed and comprehensive, each chapter focuses on specific challenges and solutions, ranging in scope from the farmer's daily life to the global movement of food, money, and ideas. Drawing on the latest scientific research and the results of projects around the world, Conway addresses the concepts and realities of our global food needs: the legacy of the Green Revolution; the impact of market forces on food availability; the promise and perils of genetically modified foods; agricultural innovation in regard to crops, livestock, pest control, soil, and water; and the need to both adapt to and slow the rate of climate change. One Billion Hungry will be welcomed by all readers seeking a multifaceted understanding of our global food supply, food security, international agricultural development, and sustainability.