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Book Resurging Asian Giants

Download or read book Resurging Asian Giants written by Klaus Gerhaeusser and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economies of the People's Republic of China and India have seen dramatic growth in recent years. As their respective successes continue to reshape the world's economic landscape, noted Chinese and Indian scholars have studied the two countries' development paths, in particular their rich and diverse experiences in such areas as education, information technology, local entrepreneurship, capital markets, macroeconomic management, foreign direct investment, and state-owned enterprise reforms. Drawing on these studies, ADB has produced a timely collection of lessons learned that serves as a valuable refresher on the challenges and opportunities ahead for developing economies, especially those in Asia and the Pacific.

Book ADB Business Opportunities

Download or read book ADB Business Opportunities written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Community Development Abstracts

Download or read book Community Development Abstracts written by Sociological Abstracts, inc., New York and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Evidence on Key Policies for African Agricultural Growth

Download or read book Evidence on Key Policies for African Agricultural Growth written by Xinshen Diao and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is widely agreed that reducing poverty in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) depends largely on stimulating growth in agriculture. To this end, heads of state in Africa rallied to form the pan-African Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) with the goal of raising investments and improving strategy implementation. However, while implementing an agricultural agenda under the CAADP framework, more and more countries have realized that increasing public investment in agriculture alone is not enough. Policy can play an important role not only to make public investment more efficient, but also is crucial for incentivizing private sector and farmer investment in agriculture. Against this backdrop this paper takes stock of current agricultural policies in SSA with a view to identifying policies that are working as well as areas for improvement. The paper examines policies to encourage the adoption of agricultural inputs, initiate greater private-sector investment in agriculture and agro-industries, and manage price volatility while encouraging openness. The paper further reviews successful land tenure policies and property rights systems, reviews the evidence on the synergies between agriculture and nutrition, and examines how CAADP is laying the institutional architecture for improved policy formulation in Africa. In general, the paper finds that although substantial progress has been made, there is considerable scope for improvement. This is not surprising given the relatively primitive and deeply rooted nature of smallholder farming in Africa. Evidence synthesized in the paper supports the view that most policies cannot be implemented in isolation. Rather, policies tend to be most effective when implemented along with complementary policies and public investments.

Book Making Development Work

Download or read book Making Development Work written by Nagy Hanna and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worldwide, the number of poor people increased during the past decade, despite technological improvements, more open trade, and improved policy frameworks in developing countries. Regional conflicts, adverse shifts in terms of trade, and marginalization of poor countries in the new global economy explain this outcome. This highlights the need to reform development assistance and improve its effectiveness. Making Development Work examines the four key principles of the Comprehensive-Development Framework, a World Bank initiative currently being piloted in twelve developing counties. The initiative promotes a holistic long-term vision of development, domestic ownership of development programs, and focus on results; and stronger partnership between government, the private sector, and the civil society. The first section of the volume describes the evolution in development thinking that culminated in this new consensus. The second focuses on country ownership of development policies and programs. Based on empirical evidence, it proposes a new view of the aid relationship as a mutual-learning process. The third section focuses on results and on the ways aid agencies might enhance development impact of their operations. It concludes with a preliminary assessment of strategies for scaling up from specific projects to sector and programmatic approaches, and suggests ways to adapt them to counter conditions. The experience of a bilateral aid agency, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is examined in this context. The fourth section focuses on partnership, emphasizing that aid agencies must be explicit about the kinds of partnerships they seek with countries and the kinds of strategic selectivity they will exercise. The final chapter pulls together the lessons of development experience at various levels of operation. It outlines key tensions between comprehensiveness and selectivity, ownership and conditionality, speed and broad-based ownership, focus on results and poor local evaluation capacity, and enhanced country focus and globalization. Promising approaches to manage these tensions are put forward to replace one-size-fits-all prescriptions with client empowerment and social learning. Making Development Work offers rich lessons on improving the effectiveness of aid. It will be of particular interest to development practitioners, students and professors of development economics studies. Nagy Hanna is a lead corporate strategist and evaluation officer at the World Bank. He has published extensively on development, management, and knowledge. Robert Picciotto is director-general of Operations Evaluation at the World Bank.

Book Economic assistance

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Related Agencies (1968?-1978)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1968
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1838 pages

Download or read book Economic assistance written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Related Agencies (1968?-1978) and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 1838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of Research Literature for Development  Food production and nutrition  development and economics  education and human resources  health  selected development areas

Download or read book Catalogue of Research Literature for Development Food production and nutrition development and economics education and human resources health selected development areas written by United States. Agency for International Development. Bureau for Technical Assistance and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Developmental Change

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  • Author : Allan A. Spitz
  • Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
  • Release : 2014-07-15
  • ISBN : 0813165199
  • Pages : 329 pages

Download or read book Developmental Change written by Allan A. Spitz and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developmental change and the related problems of modernization have attracted the attention of scholars in many discipliness. In this bibliography—derived and expanded from an earlier compilation by Mr. Spitz and Edward Weidner—the author orders and annotates nearly 2,500 articles appearing between 1945 and 1969 in 234 journals from 25 countries. Organized by subject and indexed by both author and journal, the citations include studies of social problems, economic factors, political questions, public administration, and international cooperation and assistance. Special emphasis has been given to new and little-known sources. In addition, a selected bibliography of monographs and book-length studies dealing with the modernization of underdeveloped countries and areas is included in the volume.

Book Congressional Record

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Congress
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1968
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1450 pages

Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 1450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications  Cumulative Index

Download or read book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications Cumulative Index written by United States. Superintendent of Documents and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Foreign Assistance Act of 1965

Download or read book Foreign Assistance Act of 1965 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications

Download or read book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications written by United States. Superintendent of Documents and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index.

Book Public Financial Management Reform in the Middle East and North Africa

Download or read book Public Financial Management Reform in the Middle East and North Africa written by Robert P. Beschel, Jr. and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report combines a comparative cross-country analysis using Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) data along with individual country case studies to examine the relative strengths and weaknesses of public financial management practices in the Middle East and North