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Two Sherpas (Paperback)
Sebastian Martinez Daniell; Translated by Jennifer Croft
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A British climber has fallen from a cliffside in Nepal, and lies
inert on a ledge below. Two sherpas kneel at the edge, stand,
exchange the odd word, waiting for him to move, to make a decision,
to descend. In those minutes, the world opens up to Kathmandu, a
sun-bleached beach town on another continent, and the pages of
Julius Caesar. Mountaineering, colonialism, obligation-in Sebastian
Martinez Daniell's effortless prose each breath is crystalline, and
the whole world is visible from here.
This book offers an accessible introduction to the topic of impact
evaluation and its practice in development. While the book is
geared principally towards development practitioners and
policymakers designing prospective impact evaluations, we trust
that it will be a valuable resource for students and others
interested in using impact evaluation. Prospective impact
evaluations should be used selectively to assess whether or not a
program has achieved its intended results, or to test alternatives
for achieving those results. We consider that more and better
impact evaluation will help strengthen the evidence base for
development policies and programs around the world. If governments
and development practitioners can make policy decisions based on
evidence - including evidence generated through impact evaluation -
our hope is that development resources will be spent more
effectively, and ultimately have a greater impact on reducing
poverty and improving people s lives. The three chapters in this
handbook provide a non-technical introduction to impact
evaluations, including Why Evaluate in Chapter 1, How to Evaluate
in Chapter 2 and How to Implement Impact Evaluations in Chapter 3.
These elements are the basic tools needed in order to successfully
carry out an impact evaluation. From a methodological standpoint
our approach to impact evaluation is largely pragmatic: we think
that the most appropriate methods should be identified to fit the
operational context, and not the other way around. This is best
achieved at the outset of the program, through the design of
prospective impact evaluation that can be built into the project s
implementation. We argue that gaining consensus between key
stakeholders and identifying an evaluation design that fits the
political and operational context is as important as the method
itself. We also believe strongly that impact evaluations should be
upfront about their limitations and caveats. Finally, we strongly
encourage policymakers and program managers to consider impact
evaluations in a logical framework that clearly sets out the causal
pathways by which the program works to produce outputs and
influence final outcomes, and to combine impact evaluations with
monitoring and selected complementary evaluation approach to gain a
full picture of performance. This book builds on a core set of
teaching materials developed for the Turning Promises to Evidence
workshops organized by the office of the Chief Economist for Human
Development (HDNCE) in partnership with regional units and the
Development Economics Research Group (DECRG) at the World Bank."
Acquisitions are a form of foreign direct investments (FDI) in
China and can be divided into asset and equity acquisitions. Both,
equity and asset acquisitions, can be conducted through a direct
acquisition mode, meaning that the actual transaction takes place
inside China. Also, equity acquisitions can be carried out
indirectly through the purchase of an offshore company, holding a
Chinese foreign invested enterprise (FIE). In this way, the actual
transaction takes place outside China. By acquiring an enterprise
in China, the legal natures of the target as well as the industrial
sector plays significant roles with regards to applicable laws and
regulations. This book gives a detailed legal view on the different
appearances of acquisitions as well as available company forms and
industries. Important procedures and governmental agencies as well
as the Antitrust- Law are discussed. Legal advisers as well as
managers shall benefit from the book through a comprehensive view
on conducting acquisitions in China.
Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Sport - Sonstiges,
Note: 1,5, Universitat Paderborn (Department Sport &
Gesundheit; Arbeitsbereich Sport und Erziehung"), Sprache: Deutsch,
Abstract: Belastungen in Beruf und Alltag sind heute ein wichtiges,
weitreichendes und interdisziplinares Thema. Die physischen
Belastungen wurden durch den Fortschritt der Technik und der damit
verbundenen Optimierung deutlich gesenkt und die Gefahren am
Arbeitsplatz durch entsprechende Schutzmassnahmen minimiert. Die
gerne ausgeklammerten psychischen Belastungen konnen jedoch nicht
einfach von einer Maschine oder durch Tragen eines Helmes gedammt
werden. Nichtsdestotrotz munden psychische Belastungen oft in
physische Belastungen. Einer regelmassigen Beschaftigung
nachzugehen ohne dabei angemessen motiviert zu sein fuhrt zur
standigen Bildung von Stresshormonen im menschlichen Organismus.
Solche Menschen leiden unter Dauerstress, welcher zwangslaufig in
eine Depression fuhrt und letztlich auch fur Krankheiten physischer
Natur verantwortlich ist. Sie sehen keinen Sinn mehr in ihrer
Tatigkeit und fuhlen sich dauerhaft erschopft - sie fuhlen sich
ausgebrannt. Dieser Zustand wird als Burn-Out-Syndrom bezeichnet.
Besonders die sozialen Berufe haben durch die starker ausgepragte
emotionale Belastung eine hohe Anzahl an Fruhaussteigern zu
verzeichnen. Der Spitzenreiter unter diesen Berufen ist heute der
Lehrerberuf. Die emotionalen Anforderungen sind in diesem Beruf
besonders hoch, da der Faktor der hohen Verantwortung bedingt durch
den Erziehungsauftrag eine grosse Herausforderung darstellt. Dieser
und vielen anderen Anforderungen gerecht zu werden, stellt fur
viele (angehende) LehrerInnen ein Problem dar. Besonders
Studienanfangern wird nachgesagt, dass sie sich mit dem Thema der
Berufseignung nur oberflachlich auseinandersetzen. Dieser
Behauptung soll in der vorliegenden Examensarbeit in Form einer
empirischen Studie nachgegangen werden. Dazu wurden 125
Sportlehramtsstudierende der Univ"
The second edition of the Impact Evaluation in Practice handbook is
a comprehensive and accessible introduction to impact evaluation
for policymakers and development practitioners.
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