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Public spending on infrastructure plays an important role in
promoting economic growth and poverty alleviation. Empirical
studies unequivocally show that under-investment in infrastructure
limit economic growth. At the same time, numerous other studies
have shown that investment in infrastructure can be a highly
effective tool in fighting poverty reduction1. In that context, the
financing of infrastructure has been a critical element of most
economic growth and poverty reduction strategies in developing
countries, since the start of this millennium. This bookprovides a
comparative analysis of the aggregate and sectoral implications of
higher spending on infrastructure in three very different Asian
countries: China, Pakistan, and the Philippines. Particular
attention is paid to the role of alternative financing mechanisms
for increasing public infrastructure investment, namely
distortionary and non-distortionary means of financing. The book
will be of interest to scholars and policy-makers concerned with
economic growth in developing countries."
to establish impact, attributing observed changes in welfare to the
intervention, while identifying key factors of success. Impact
evaluations are aimed at providing feedback to help improve the
design of programs and policies. They also provide greater
accountability and a tool for dynamic learning, allowing
policymakers to improve ongoing programs and ultimately better
allocate funds across programs. Such a causal analysis is essential
for understanding the relative role of alternative interventions in
reducing poverty. The papers in this section again adopt a variety
of techniques. The rst two impact evaluation studies employ
propensity score matching to establish, ex-post, a valid control
group to assess the impact on child schooling outcomes among b- e
ciaries of various interventions in Kenya and Ethiopia. The third
chapter c- ries out an ex-ante evaluation of alternative cash
transfer programs on child school attendance in Uruguay. The nal
paper further carries out in-depth macro-modeling and
micro-regression analysis to simulate the impacts of the food
crisis and various policy responses, including food subsidies and
cash transfers, on various dimensions of child poverty in Mali.
Though using different approaches, the studies are gen- ally in
agreement concerning the positive impact of the cash transfer
program on child schooling and labor market outcomes. The studies
from Kenya and Uruguay both nd that the schooling interventions are
progressive.
Public spending on infrastructure plays an important role in
promoting economic growth and poverty alleviation. Empirical
studies unequivocally show that under-investment in infrastructure
limit economic growth. At the same time, numerous other studies
have shown that investment in infrastructure can be a highly
effective tool in fighting poverty reduction1. In that context, the
financing of infrastructure has been a critical element of most
economic growth and poverty reduction strategies in developing
countries, since the start of this millennium. This
book provides a comparative analysis of the aggregate and
sectoral implications of higher spending on infrastructure in three
very different Asian countries: China, Pakistan, and the
Philippines. Particular attention is paid to the role of
alternative financing mechanisms for increasing public
infrastructure investment, namely distortionary and
non-distortionary means of financing. The book will be of interest
to scholars and policy-makers concerned with economic growth in
developing countries.
to establish impact, attributing observed changes in welfare to the
intervention, while identifying key factors of success. Impact
evaluations are aimed at providing feedback to help improve the
design of programs and policies. They also provide greater
accountability and a tool for dynamic learning, allowing
policymakers to improve ongoing programs and ultimately better
allocate funds across programs. Such a causal analysis is essential
for understanding the relative role of alternative interventions in
reducing poverty. The papers in this section again adopt a variety
of techniques. The rst two impact evaluation studies employ
propensity score matching to establish, ex-post, a valid control
group to assess the impact on child schooling outcomes among b- e
ciaries of various interventions in Kenya and Ethiopia. The third
chapter c- ries out an ex-ante evaluation of alternative cash
transfer programs on child school attendance in Uruguay. The nal
paper further carries out in-depth macro-modeling and
micro-regression analysis to simulate the impacts of the food
crisis and various policy responses, including food subsidies and
cash transfers, on various dimensions of child poverty in Mali.
Though using different approaches, the studies are gen- ally in
agreement concerning the positive impact of the cash transfer
program on child schooling and labor market outcomes. The studies
from Kenya and Uruguay both nd that the schooling interventions are
progressive.
It is no longer acceptable to have a static company culture. In
order to stay competitive in volatile, uncertain, complex and
ambiguous business environments, company culture needs to evolve in
a focused and strategic manner. Despite the number of change
management models that exist, implementation is often poor. The
solution? An effective coaching programme, whereby leaders and
staff are coached at all levels to mitigate against failure. This
practical guide offers advice on how to coach, lead or influence
cultural transformations in large organisations. Through
behavioural psychology theory, company examples and personal
anecdotes from the author, the reader will learn the business
imperative for change, potential failure points and why coaching is
critical. This book will demonstrate: *Established change
management and cultural transformation models *The impact of
regional and existing company cultures on the success of change
programmes *Examples of inspirational leadership and alternative
approaches *How to overcome resistance to change at an individual
and company-wide level For all coaches and managers who want to
support sustainable change, this is essential reading with insights
that can immediately be put into practice. "John has cracked the
code of successful cultural transformation. His book is a primer
that lays out the most business effective roadmap to guide
sustainable change." -James B. Porter, Jr., Former Vice President,
E. I. DuPont and Company "Punctuated with autobiographical
vignettes, this is a genuinely accessible pedagogical resource."
-Tom Vine, Associate Professor, Suffolk Business School "Timeless,
undeniably practical, refreshingly realistic, and 100% on point.
Every leader and coach embarking on a culture change or
transformation programme should read this first and keep it close
to hand throughout the journey!" -Sehaam Cyrene PCC, Founder,
Better Conversations & Associates John Cockburn-Evans splits
his time between coaching and consulting across many countries, as
well as mentoring start-up businesses. He has held senior
leadership roles in manufacturing and engineering for large global
companies such as BASF, Total & DuPont. John has also lectured
on change management for MBA courses and acts as a Business
Ambassador and Branch Chairman for the Institute of Directors.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
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++++ The Unfortunate Englishmen Or A Faithful Narrative Of The
Distresses And Adventures Of John Cockburn John Cockburn
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
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++++ The Queens Of Society, By Grace And Philip Wharton 2 Katherine
Thomson, John Cockburn Thomson Biography & Autobiography;
Women; Biography & Autobiography / Women
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary
study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope,
Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann
Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others.
Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the
development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses.
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(Oxford)<ESTCID>T177808<Notes><imprintFull>London:
printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster,
1740. <collation>190p.; 4
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Rich in titles on
English life and social history, this collection spans the world as
it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles
include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of
nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world
that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American
Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side
of conflict. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
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edition identification: ++++British LibraryT072833Signed at end: A.
B. C., i.e. John Cockburn.London: printed: and sold by the
booksellers of London and Westminster, 1712. 16p.; 8
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The Age of
Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical
understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking.
Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel
Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and
moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade.
The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and
Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a
debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below
data was compiled from various identification fields in the
bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an
additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++British LibraryT109286With a half-title.London: printed for the
author, 1716. 4],35, 1]p.; 8
The prices of farm products are crucial determinants of the extent
of poverty and inequality in the world. The vast majority of the
world's poorest households depend to a considerable extent on
farming for their incomes, while food represents a large component
of the consumption of all poor households. For generations, food
prices have been heavily distorted by government policies in
high-income and developing countries. Many countries began to
reform their agricultural price and trade policies in the 1980s,
but government policy intervention is still considerable and still
favors farmers in high-income countries at the expense of many
farmers in developing countries. What would be the poverty and
inequality consequences of the removal of the remaining distortions
to agricultural incentives? This question is of great relevance to
governments in evaluating ways to engage in multilateral and
regional trade negotiations or to improve their own policies
unilaterally. Agricultural Price Distortions, Inequality, and
Poverty analyses the effects of agricultural and trade policies
around the world on national and regional economic welfare, on
income inequality among and within countries, and on the level and
incidence of poverty in developing countries. The studies include
economy-wide analyses of the inequality and poverty effects of
own-country policies compared with rest-of-the-world policies for
10 individual developing countries in three continents. This book
also includes three chapters that each use a separate global
economic model to examine the effects of policies on aggregate
poverty and the distribution of poverty across many identified
developing countries. This study is motivated by two policy issues:
first, the World Trade Organization's struggle to conclude the Doha
Round of multilateral trade negotiations, in which agricultural
policy reform is, again, one of the most contentious topics in the
talks and, second, the struggle of the developing countries to
achieve their Millennium Development Goals by 2015 - notably the
alleviation of hunger and poverty - which depends crucially on
policies that affect agricultural incentives.
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imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
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