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  • Early Childhood Education and Development in Indonesia

    An Assessment of Policies Using SABER

    Edited by Amina Denboba, Amer Hasan, Quentin Wodon ...
    Series series World Bank Studies
    Since the early 2000s, Indonesia has taken a number of steps to prioritize early childhood development - ranging from the inclusion of Early Childhood Development (ECD) in the National Education System Law No. 20 in 2003 to a Presidential Declaration on Holistic and Integrated ECD and the launch of the country's first ever ECD Census in 2011. These policy milestones have occurred in parallel with ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Public Finance for Poverty Reduction

    Concepts and Case Studies from Africa and Latin America

    Edited by Quentin Wodon, Blanca Moreno-Dodson ...
    Series series Directions in Development - Poverty
    This book presents some basic theoretical concepts of public finance with a particular emphasis on its impact poverty reduction. Eight case studies from Latin America and Africa illustrate how these concepts are applied in practice and the implementation issues that emerge. ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • School Infrastructure in Paraguay

    Needs, Investments, and Costs

    by Quentin Wodon ...
    Series series World Bank Studies
    La infraestructura escolar de Paraguay parece estar relativamente en mal estado y menos desarrollada que la de otros países de América Latina. Entonces, ¿Cuál es el estado de la infraestructura escolar para la educación primaria y secundaria en Paraguay? ¿Cuánto invierte el gobierno con el fin de mejorar la infraestructura escolar y cómo han evolucionado estas inversiones a través del tiempo? ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018

    Building a Sustainable Future

    Edited by Glenn-Marie Lange, Quentin Wodon, Kevin Carey ...
    Countries regularly track gross domestic product (GDP) as an indicator of their economic progress, but not wealth—the assets such as infrastructure, forests, minerals, and human capital that produce GDP. In contrast, corporations routinely report on both their income and assets to assess their economic health and prospects for the future. Wealth accounts allow countries to take stock of their ... Read more

    $34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Water and Sanitation in Uganda

    Edited by Clarence Tsimpo, Quentin Wodon ...
    Series series World Bank Studies
    This World Bank Study provides a basic diagnostic of access to safe water and sanitation in Uganda and their relationship with poverty. The analysis relies on a series of nationally representative household surveys for the period 2002–13, as well as on qualitative data collection. The study first relies on household surveys to analyze trends in access to safe water and some of the constraints ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Investing in Early Childhood Development

    Review of the World Bank's Recent Experience

    by Rebecca K. Sayre, Amanda E. Devercelli, Michelle J. Neuman, Quentin Wodon ...
    Series series World Bank Studies
    Investing in Early Childhood Development: Review of the World Bank's Recent Experience provides an overview of World Bank investments in early childhood development (ECD) from 2000 to 2013 within three of the Bank's Global Practices: Education; Health, Nutrition, & Population; and Social Protection & Labor. The study summarizes trends in operational and analytical investments, including lending ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Residential Piped Water in Uganda

    Edited by Clarence Tsimpo, Quentin Wodon ...
    Series series World Bank Studies
    This World Bank Study provides a basic diagnostic of residential piped water coverage and affordability in Uganda and its relationship with poverty using a series of nationally representative household surveys for the period 2002–13. The study fi rst analyzes trends in piped water coverage using both administrative and survey data. Demand-side and supply-side factors reducing the take-up of piped ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Leadership Matters in Catholic Education

    Part 1: Foundations and Case Studies for the United Kingdom

    Edited by Sean Whittle, Quentin Wodon ...
    Series Book 1 - Education (R0)
    This edited collection is the first part of a two-volume set., which focuses on leadership in Catholic education settings in the United Kingdom. It includes an overview of the importance of different types of leadership, including ‘servant-leadership’, in understanding and framing Catholic school practice, a critical survey of why leadership matters to ensuring the success of Catholic education, ... Read more

    $161.09 USD

  • The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018

    Building a Sustainable Future

    Edited by Glenn-Marie Lange, Quentin Wodon, Kevin Carey ...
    Countries regularly track gross domestic product (GDP) as an indicator of their economic progress, but not wealth—the assets such as infrastructure, forests, minerals, and human capital that produce GDP. In contrast, corporations routinely report on both their income and assets to assess their economic health and prospects for the future. Wealth accounts allow countries to take stock of their ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Poverty Reduction in a Changing Climate

    by Hari Bansha Dulal, Craig Johnson, Nora Lustig, Luis F. López-Calva, Subrata Mitra, Jivanta Schöttli, Markus Pauli, Kate Bird, Kate Higgins, George Joseph0, Quentin Wodon1, Enrique Hennings2, Arup Mitra3, John Weiss4, Sergei Soares5, Dilys Roe6, Terry Sunderland7, Bryan R. Bushley8, Rishikesh R. Bhandary9, Roberto Foa0, Milo Vandemoortele1 ...
    Poverty reduction challenges in the twenty-first century are not the same as those from the previous century. The shift is due in no small part to climate change and climate-related weather disasters, such as extreme flood and drought. The magnitude and frequency of such events are only expected to increase in the coming decades, affecting more and more impoverished people across the globe.Poverty ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Membership in Service Clubs

    Rotary's Experience

    by Divya Wodon, Naina Wodon, Quentin Wodon ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Membership in Service Clubs provides the first rigorous assessment of the activities of Rotary, a global service organization founded in 1905 that implements projects and helps build goodwill and peace throughout the world. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Climate Change Adaptation and Social Resilience in the Sundarbans

    Edited by Anna O'Donnell, Quentin Wodon ...
    Household vulnerability to weather shocks and changing climatic conditions has become a major concern in developing countries. Yet the empirical evidence remains limited on the impact that changing environmental conditions have on households. This book explores climate change adaptation using a social resilience approach.The book is based on primary data from the Sundarbans, a densely populated ... Read more

    $65.99 USD