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Sectoral Flows of Foreign Direct Investment in Asia and the Pacific
An important new study, which develops a better understanding of the operation of this trade-investment nexus. It analyses sectoral flows of FDI to identify the underlying forces determining such flows and looks at policies pursued by selected members and associate members of ESCAP. It also draws upon the regional experience to suggest appropriate strategies for attracting FDI and highlights areas where regional cooperation could be an effective stimulant..
Price: $30.00
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Strategic Synergistic Cross-Sectoral Alliances: Sustaining Community College-Business-Community Relationships for Educational Programs, Rural Community, Workforce, and Economic Development
Synergistic cross-sectoral alliances are crucial resources. Building capacity within each organization and in the overall community can influence the economic development of the community, minimize the vulnerability of individuals to provide for their families, and establish a cooperative set of roles and goals that increase sustainability of alliances. This book,examines successful characteristics of community college-business-community strategic alliances. What strategies and resources are required to sustain and adapt the relationship for mutual reciprocity and innovative educational programs that promote community, workforce, and economic development for rural communities? The analysis includes the exploration of issues surrounding failed or under achieving alliances in a rural community setting. The framework focus is self-organizing learning organizations" and non-linear dynamic systems "chaos theory" tied to the complexity of organizational relationships. Furthermore these strategies assist community colleges in becoming more responsive to their local community. The strategies for collaborative alliances can be used in other regional areas.".
Price: $98.08
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Wetlands Drainage, River Modificatation, and Sectoral Conflict in the Lower Illinois Valley, 1890-1930
John Thompson provides a historical account of the development process, sectoral conflicts, and outcomes related to major alterations of land and water relationships, as well as habit changes, caused in the valley downstream from Peoria by the large-scale reclamations for agriculture and the post-1900 intrusion of large volumes of waste water from the Sanitary and Ship Canal of Chicago. Thompson examines the history of the land drainage movement and the inevitable environmental changes caused by the intensification of urban and rural land use in the Midwest between sixty and one hundred years ago. He shows how institutions of land drainage were organized and operated and how the nascent drainage engineering and contracting sectors functioned. Focusing on the lower valley, Thompson also deals with drainage as it affects the nation, the Midwest, Chicago, and downstate Illinois. Thompson is the first to address the array of interrelated physical, economic, and political circumstances caused by the development of competing and incompatible uses for the waters and the floodplain of the Illinois River when large-scale land reclamation and great volumes of water from Lake Michigan and Chicago changed land and water relationships, destroyed a major riverine fishing industry, and severely damaged renowned waterfowl hunting grounds. .
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Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries: Review of Lessons and Experience (World Bank Regional and Sectoral Studies)
Drawing on a database of more than one hundred anti-poverty interventions in 47 countries, Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries provides a general review of experiences with methods used to target interventions in transition and developing countries. Written for policymakers and program managers in developing countries, in donor agencies, and in NGOs who have responsibility for designing interventions that reach the poor, it conveys what targeting options are available, what results can be expected as well as information that will assist in choosing among them and in their implementation. Key messages are: * While targeting "works" - the median program transfers 25 percent more to the poor than would a universal allocation - targeting performance around the world is highly variable. * Means testing, geographic targeting, and self-selection based on a work requirement are the most robustly progressive methods. Proxy means testing, community-based selection of individuals and demographic targeting to children show good results on average, but with considerable variation. Demographic targeting to the elderly, community bidding, and self-selection based on consumption show limited potential for good targeting. * There is no single preferred method for all types of programs or all country contexts. Successful targeting depends critically on how a method is implemented. The CD-ROM includes the database of interventions, an annotated bibliography (PDF) and Spanish and Russian translations of the book (PDFs)..
Price: $14.99
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Sectoral Systems of Innovation: Concepts, Issues and Analyses of Six Major Sectors in Europe
Innovation and technological change follow markedly different pathways depending on the sector in which they take place. Contributions from eighteen experts in their fields consider the framework of sectoral systems of innovation to analyze the innovation process, factors affecting innovation, the relationship between innovation and industry dynamics, changing boundaries and transformation of sectors, and the determinants of the innovation performance of firms and countries in different sectors..
Price: $97.86
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Administering Targeted Social Programs in Latin America: From Platitudes to Practice (World Bank Regional and Sectoral Studies)
This book includes case studies of 30 social programs from 11 Latin American countries and provides valuable lessons about targeting a range of social programs. These services include the delivery of school lunches, food stamps, day care, student aid, cash payments, unemployment assistance, housing mortgages, and food commodities and subsidies. Information is provided on the administration costs, requirements, and options for targeting social services. Case by case, the book shows how the different programs managed to balance service improvements against the expense of targeting to make them cost-effective. It also describes the most common targeting methods and identifies which programmes used them and why..
Price: $19.76
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