Thinking out loud II : innovative case studies on participatory instruments /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Katherine Bain -- A new participatory approach for school management: the redes educativas in Pasto, Colombia / Martha Laverde and Massimiliano Paolucci -- The role of water committees in the delivery of potable water services to low-income residents in Port-au-Prince, Haiti / Emmanuel Njomo -- Reconstruction and social development in Colombia: the central role of civil society organizations / Jairo Arboleda -- The country assistance strategy in Argentina: how to make a consultative process work / Roberto Senderowitsch and Sandra Cesilini -- The growing pains of an unprecedented civil society-government partnership in the Brazilian Amazon: the case of the Amazon Working Group (GTA) / Alfredo Wagner Berno de Almeida -- The challenges of forging partnerships for judicial reform / Waleed H. Malik -- Redefining investment to combat poverty in Peru: the ongoing national dialogue / Katherine Bain and Elizabeth Dasso -- Engaging civil society to create sustainable agricultural systems: environmentally-friendly coffee in El Salvador and Mexico / D. …”
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Economics without borders : economic research for european policy challenges /

Table of Contents: “…European Union Dual Labour Markets: Consequences and Potential Reforms / By Juan J. Dolado -- 3. Population, Migration, Ageing and Health: A Survey / By Christian Dustmann, Giovanni Facchini, Cora Signorotto -- 4 - Education Systems: Assignment, Admissions, Accountability and Autonomy / By Simon Burgess -- 5 - Competition and Regulation in Markets for Goods and Services: A Survey with Emphasis on Digital Markets / By Nikolaos Vettas -- 6 - Winners and Losers of Globalization: Sixteen Challenges for Measurement and Theory / By Cecília Hornok, Miklós Koren -- 7 - Economic Approaches to Energy, Environment and Sustainability / By Paul Ekins, Paul Drummond, Jim Watson -- 8 - Regional Disparities and Efficient Transport Policies /By Stef Proost, Jacques-François Thisse -- 9. …”
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America : a narrative history / by Shi, David Emory

Table of Contents: “…The collision of cultures in the sixteenth century -- England and its American colonies, 1607-1732 -- Colonial ways of life, 1607-1750 -- From colonies to states, 1607-1776 -- The American Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Securing the Constitution and union, 1783-1800 -- The early republic, 1800-1815 -- The emergence of a market economy, 1815-1850 -- Nationalism and sectionalism, 1815-1828 -- The Jacksonian era, 1828-1840 -- The South and slavery, 1800-1860 -- Religion, romanticism, and reform, 1800-1860 -- Western expansion and Southern secession, 1830-1861 -- The War of the Union, 1861-1865 -- The era of Reconstruction, 1865-1877 -- Business and labor in the industrial era, 1860-1900 -- The New South and the New West, 1865-1900 -- Political stalemate and rural revolt, 1865-1900 -- Seizing an American empire, 1865-1913 -- The progressive era, 1890-1920 -- America and the Great War, 1914-1920 -- A clash of cultures, 1920-1929 -- The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1933-1939 -- The Second World War, 1933-1945 -- The Cold War and the fair Deal, 1945-1952 -- Affluence and anxiety in the atomic age, 1950-1959 -- New Frontiers and a Great Society, 1960-1968 -- Rebellion and reaction, the 1960s and 1970s -- Conservative revival, 1977-2000 -- Twenty-first-century America, 2000-present.…”

Financing government in the transition : Bulgaria. The political economy of tax policies, tax bases, and tax evasion /

Table of Contents: “…Kyle Peters -- 5. Income tax reform and investment incentives / George R. Zodrow -- 3. …”

The momentum for change, Lewis T. Preston at the World Bank, 1991-95 : addresses and statements / by Preston, Lewis Thompson, 1926-1995

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- A note to the reader -- Fifty years of development: To the Bretton Woods Anniversary Conference Madrid, September 29, 1994 -- The Changing bank: To the board of governors Washington, D.C., September 25, 1993 -- To the Bretton Woods Commission Conference Washignton, D.C., July 21, 1994 -- To the board of governors Madrid, October 4, 1994 -- From the World Bank Group: learning from the past, embrancing the future -- Key development challenges: To the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 4, 1992 -- To the Conference on Overcoming Global Hunger Washington, D.C., November 30, 1993 -- To the International Conference on Population and Development Cairo, September 6, 1994 -- Regional Challenges: On transition economies: to the Bretton Woods Committee June 15, 1992 -- To the Inter-American Development Bank Conference on Social Reform and Poverty Washington, D.C., February 10, 1993 -- On Sub-Saharan Africa: from the Financial Times September 27, 1993 -- To the Conference on the Middle East Peace Process Washignton, D.C., October 1, 1993 -- Development in the post-cold war era: To the Board of Governors Bangkok, October 15, 1991 -- To the Board of Governors Washignton, D.C., September 22, 1992 -- To the Foreign Policy Association New York, March 25, 1993.…”

Trade, exchange rate, and agricultural pricing policies in Chile / Alberto Valdés, Eugenia Muchnik, and Hernán Hurtado by Valdés, Alberto, 1935-

Table of Contents: “…Effects of price intervention on domestic price and consumption stabilization -- Pt. 3: 8. Policy reform efforts -- References -- v. 2. Appendixes: data and methodology: List of tables and figures -- Appendix 1: Estimation of direct price intervention -- Appendix 2: The equivalent tariff estimation -- Appendix 3: Estimation procedure for Pna/Pna* -- Appendix 4: Estimation of the effective rate of protection -- Appendix 5: The supply response model: theoretical framework -- Appendix 6: Sources of data and validation of the supply response model -- Appendix 7: Output effects of intervention -- Appendix 8: Determination of agricultural value added in the undistorted scenarios -- Appendix 9: Foreign exchange effect of intervention -- Appendix 10: Data used in the political economic model -- Appendix 11: Alternative policy simulations -- Appendix 12: Main indicators for the economy and agricultural sector.…”

The global financial crisis : what have we learnt? /

Table of Contents: “…After the crash of 2008: financial reform in an age of plutocracy / Robert E. Prasch -- 10. …”

Regional development strategies : a European perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Theorizing and conceptualizing regions: the West Sweden region an idea searching for reform / Svante Leijon and Christian Jensen -- 3. …”

The political economy of trade policy : papers in honor of Jagdish Bhagwati /

Table of Contents: “…Pure and Mixed Price and Income Compensation Schemes: Breaking Political Roadblocks to Trade Reform /​ Earl L. Grinols -- 8. The Political Economy of Trade Policy: Integrating the Perspectives of Economists and Political Scientists /​ Robert E. …”

Crafting labor policy : techniques and lessons from Latin America

Table of Contents: “…Contenido: 1. Labor reform in Latin America during the 1990s / Dorte Domeland and Indermit S. …”

Cost benefit analysis / edited by Richard Layard and Stephen Glaister

Table of Contents: “…Theoretical Issues: 1. Policy reform, shadow prices and market prices / J. Drèze and N. …”
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Ética y economía : La relación dañada. Aportes camino al G-20 2018 en el marco de la agenda 2030 /

Table of Contents: “…Redefining CSR in the context of the ethical reform of the global financial system / Teodorina Lessdenska -- 12 Corresponsabilidad social corporativa y crisis de autorregulacion / Armando Di Filippo -- 13. …”
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An enlarged Europe : regions in competition? /

Table of Contents: “…Part 1 Introduction: performance of the community's regions in the 1980s - the main challenges for the 1990s, Van de Wee and Hall (DGXVI); shifts in Europe and their impact on the European spatial structure, Albrechts; economic reforms in Central and Eastern Europe - implications for the EC. …”

American Journal of Education /

Table of Contents: “…The High Costs and Doubtful Efficacy of Extended Teacher-Preparation Programs: An Invitation to More Basic Reforms / Willis D. Hawley -- In Pursuit of Whose Excellence? …”

Exchange rate policies in developing and post-socialist countries / by Claassen, Emil-Maria

Table of Contents: “…The eastern bloc: legal reforms before monetary and macroeconomic policies / Reuven Brenner -- 7. …”

Globalization in historical perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Monetary and Financial Reform in Two Eras of Globalization / Barry Eichengreen and Harold James, Comment: Peter B. …”

Pedagogies and policies for publishing research in english : local initiatives supporting international scholars /

Table of Contents: “…SOUTH ASIA : The impact of english language teaching reforms on pakistani scholars language and research skills / Sarwat Nauman -- REGION 6. …”

Policy coherence towards East Asia : development challenges for OECD countries /

Table of Contents: “…US and EU trade policies and East Asia / Peter Drysdale and Christopher Findlay -- 4. Japan's structural reform, liberalisation, and market opening: implications for East Asia / Fukunari Kimura -- 5. …”

How Europe's economies learn : coordinating competing models /

Table of Contents: “…Competence certification and the reform of vocational education: a comparison of the UK, France, and Germany / Christian Bessy -- Pt. 4. …”
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Slovenia : from Yugoslavia to the European Union /

Table of Contents: “…Fiscal policy and public finance reforms / Milan M. Cvikl and Mitja Gaspari -- 13. …”