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  • 1
    UID:
    b3kat_BV048559284
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource
    ISBN: 9789400600355 , 9789400601185
    Series Statement: Iranian studies series
    Content: The ancient Persian storytelling tradition has survived until the present day among the Tajik villages in the Gissar mountains of Uzbekistan. This book explores the story of Barzu and demonstrates that the historical Transoxania, since the time of Alexander the Great, has always been a melting pot of diverse shared cultures. In the village of Pasurxi, near Boysun in the Surxandaryo region of contemporary Uzbekistan, a vivid oral tradition exists on the basis of stories from the Persian Book of Kings or Šohnoma (Shahnama), composed more than a thousand years ago by the poet Firdavsi (Ferdowsi). These stories deal with the hero Barzu. The storytellers Jura Kamol and Mullo Ravšan composed two different versions of the story of Barzu in the Tajik as spoken in the Surxandaryo region. They used to tell their stories during evening gatherings in the village
    Note: Erscheint als Open Access bei De Gruyter
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-90-8728-116-8
    Language: English
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  • 2
    UID:
    b3kat_BV048967898
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource
    ISBN: 9789048519903 , 9789048519910
    Series Statement: The key debates 4
    Note: Erscheint als Open Access bei De Gruyter
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-90-8964-571-5
    Language: English
    Subjects: General works
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  • 3
    UID:
    gbv_795527241
    Format: Online-Ressource (168 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    ISBN: 9781464802775
    Content: Well-run water utilities play an important role in ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Consumers need reliable access to high quality and affordable water and sanitation services. To deliver these basic services efficiently and effectively requires high-performing utilities that are able to respond to urban growth, to connect with the poor, and to improve wastewater disposal practices. The International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities of the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Program (IBNET) has been involved in water sector monitoring since 1997. IBNET works
    Content: Well-run water utilities play an important role in ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Consumers need reliable access to high quality and affordable water and sanitation services. To deliver these basic services efficiently and effectively requires high-performing utilities that are able to respond to urban growth, to connect with the poor, and to improve wastewater disposal practices. The International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities of the World Bank''s Water and Sanitation Program (IBNET) has been involved in water sector monitoring since 1997. IBNET works
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; IBNET Partners; Abbreviations; OVERVIEW; The Success of IBNET; Water Sector Status; FIGURES; O.1 Cost Recovery of Water and Wastewater Services by Country Category, 2006-10; Aggregated IBNET Indices of Utility Performance: Apgar and WUVI; Note; References; 1. STATUS OF THE SECTOR; Introduction; Data Quality; IBNET Performance Reporting; Water Coverage (indicator 1.1); Wastewater Coverage (indicator 1.2); Nonrevenue Water (indicators 6.1 and 6.2); TABLES; 1.1 Coverage of Water Supply Services, 2006-11 , 1.2 Coverage of Wastewater Services, 2006-111.3 Nonrevenue Water as a Share of Water Production, 2006-11; 1.4 Nonrevenue Water, 2006-11; 1.1 Nonrevenue Water by Income Level: Median Values in 2010; 1.5 Nonrevenue Water and Managerial Performance, 2006-11; Staff Productivity; 1.2 Nonrevenue Water by Income Level: Median Values, 2006-11; Operating Cost Coverage Ratio (indicator 24.1); 1.6 Median Staff Productivity Measured in Employees per 1,000 People Served, 2006-11; 1.7 Median Staff Costs per Employee per Year, 2006-11; Operation and Maintenance Costs (indicators 11.1 and 11.3) , 1.8 Operating Cost Coverage Ratio, 2006-111.3 Operating Cost Coverage Ratio by Income Category, 2006-10; BOXES; 1.1 Drivers of Operation and Maintenance Costs; 1.9 Operation and Maintenance Cost per Cubic Meter of Water Sold, 2006-11; Operating Revenues (indicator 18.1); Water Consumption (indicator 4.1); Collection Period (indicator 23.1); 1.10 Average Revenues per Cubic Meter of Water Sold, 2006-11; 1.11 Water Consumption, 2006-11; Affordability of Water and Sewerage Services (indicator 19.1); 1.12 Total Revenue per Capita per Year, 2006-11; 1.13 Collection Period in Number of Days, 2006-11 , 1.14 Affordability in Percentage of GNI, 2006-11Cross-Subsidies (indicator 21.1); 1.15 Cross-Subsidy Levels, 2006-11; Conclusions; Notes; Reference; 2. DEFINITION OF THE GOOD UTILITY: IBNET APGAR AND WUVI; Introduction; The Search for a Good Scoring System; 2.1 The AquaRating System; B2.1.1 AquaRating Program Evaluation Criteria; The Apgar Score Revisited; Application of the IBNET Apgar; 2.1 Classification of Apgar Scores; 2.1 IBNET Apgar Score by Classification, 2000-11; 2.2 Apgar Score Value and Percentage of Each Category of Indicators in the IBNET Database , 2.2 Distribution of Utilities by Apgar Score, 20092.3 Average Apgar Score, 2006-11; 2.4 Unweighted Average Apgar Scores by Level of Economic Development, 2006-11; Water Utility Vulnerability Index (WUVI); Definition; 2.3 IBNET Apgar Score by Size of Utility, 2006-11; Properties of the WUVI Function; WUVI Examples; 2.4 WUVI Standard of the Two Largest Utilities in Moldova, 1996-2012; 2.5 IBNET Apgar Score of the Two Largest Utilities in Moldova, 1996-2012; Conclusions; 2.6 Cost Recovery for Benin, Gabon, and Togo, 2001-09; 2.7 WUVI for Benin, Gabon, and Togo, 2001-09; Notes; References , APPENDIX. COUNTRY DATA TABLES , en_US
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781464802768
    Additional Edition: Print version The IBNET Water Supply and Sanitation Blue Book 2014 The International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities Databook
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
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    Author information: Berg, Caroline H. van den
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  • 4
    UID:
    gbv_797534202
    Format: Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Policy Research Working Paper 4137
    Content: Using data from the International Benchmarking NETwork database, the authors estimate measures of density and scale economies in the water industry in four countries (Brazil, Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam) that differ substantially in economic development, piped water and sewerage coverage, and characteristics of the utilities operating in the different countries. They find evidence of economies of scale in Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam, implying the existence of a natural monopoly. In Brazil the authors cannot reject the 0 hypothesis of constant returns to scale. They also find evidence of economies of customer density in Moldova and Vietnam. The results of this study show that the cost structure of the water and wastewater sector varies significantly between countries and within countries, and over time, which has implications for how to regulate the sector.
    Note: English
    Language: English
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    Author information: Berg, Caroline H. van den
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  • 5
    UID:
    almafu_BV036489047
    Format: 36 S. : , graph. Darst.
    ISBN: 978-3-86558-600-1 , 978-3-86558-601-8
    Series Statement: Discussion paper / Deutsche Bundesbank : Series 1, economic studies 2010,4
    Note: Auch im Internet verfügbar. - Zsfassung in dt. Sprache. - Zsfassungen in dt. und engl. Sprache
    Language: English
    Subjects: Economics
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    Author information: Setzer, Ralph 1975-
    Author information: Wolff, Guntram B. 1974-
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  • 6
    UID:
    gbv_797576916
    Format: Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Water P-Notes 5
    Content: Many countries are weighing urgent reforms to bring safe water supply and sanitation (WSS) services to hundreds of millions of poor city dwellers. Past reforms, unfortunately, have often ignored consumer preferences and perceptions, resulting in overly optimistic projections of the revenue potential of reform projects. When revenues fall short, private partners may seek to renegotiate their contract, resulting in tariff increases and other changes that increase project costs across the board. Such situations can undermine political commitment to reforms in general and to Private Sector Participation (PSP) in particular. Understanding consumers can help avoid such situations. Different groups of consumers have distinct preferences and perceptions that may influence their decisions about new water systems. Unfortunately, studies of consumers' water-related preferences are often deferred because collecting data takes time and costs money. Often there is pressure to complete reforms quickly sometimes to take advantage of a political opportunity so the necessary research is not done. In other cases, the challenge of increasing efficiency and improving governance may seem so daunting that the specific interventions required to make reform beneficial to the poor may be overlooked or consciously deferred.
    Note: English
    Language: English
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  • 7
    UID:
    gbv_797579001
    Format: Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Policy Research Working Paper 6173
    Content: Informal settlements are a permanent feature of South Africa's cities. Estimates from the General Household Survey by Statistics South Africa show that more than 26 percent of all households in the country's six metropolitan areas live in informal dwellings. The government's policy efforts have focused on provision of subsidized housing, first introduced as part of the Reconstruction and Development Program. Through the lens of new urbanism and coordination in planning this paper explores the possible impact of the program using data from the General Household Survey. The analysis of the program's beneficiaries relative to non-beneficiaries does not show that public housing provision has multiplier effects in terms of complementary private investments in housing maintenance or in upgrading. This is likely because Reconstruction and Development Program housing is often far from employment centers, with the houses built in the "old" apartheid locations that are disconnected from employment centers. In addition, households do not receive title deeds and are not allowed to rent out these dwelling. On the demand side, the authors carried out a small sample survey in Cape Town and find that, on a per hectare basis, shack dwellers are paying around the same for access to land as can be found in the up-scale market for undeveloped land. However, land zoning regulations and subdivision laws do not allow supply of small plots that are compatible with the affordability of poor households.
    Note: English , en_US
    Language: English
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  • 8
    UID:
    gbv_797846336
    Format: Online-Ressource
    ISBN: 9780821385821
    Content: The International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities (IBNET) blue book creates a baseline and, at the same time, offers a global vision of the state of the sector in developing countries. By tracking progress in and quantifying and assessing the water supply and sanitation sectors, IBNET helps meet the goal of providing safe, sustainable, and affordable water and sanitation for all. This report serves three purposes. First, it aims to raise awareness of how IBNET can help utilities identify ways to improve urban water and wastewater services. Second, it provides an introduction to benchmarking and to IBNET's objectives, scope, focus, and some recent achievements. Third, it elaborates the methodology and data behind IBNET and presents an overview of IBNET results and country data. By providing comparative information on utilities' costs and performance, IBNET and this study can be used by a wide range of stakeholders, including: 1) utilities: to identify areas of improvement and set realistic targets; 2) governments: to monitor and adjust sector policies and programs; 3) regulators: to ensure that adequate incentives are provided for improved utility performance and that consumers obtain value services; 4) consumers and civil society: to express valid concerns; 5) international agencies and advisers: to perform an evaluation of utilities for lending purposes; and 6) private investors: to identify opportunities and viable markets for investments.
    Note: English
    Language: English
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  • 9
    UID:
    gbv_797583890
    Format: Online-Ressource
    Content: Remittances constitute financial flows that affect the receiving country's economy and its development through diverse channels, including income, consumption, investment, government policies, potential parental absence, and removal of potential entrepreneurial individuals from the community. In view of the economic significance of remittance flows to North African economies, this paper utilizes an econometric model aimed at empirically evaluating the growth impact of remittances on four receiving economies during the period from 1980 to 2007. The model focuses on assessing the role of financial development in determining the growth impact of remittance flows to the region. The paper is organized in four main sections. Section two looks at the scope of migration movements in the four North African countries and the importance of remittance flows to the region. It shows the historical, current and future importance of remittance flows to North African economies. The third section elaborates upon what is known about the economic impacts of remittances at large. It details the major potential macroeconomic impacts of remittances through a literature review on growth and remittances. It also looks at the various channels through which remittances can impact growth. Section four presents an econometric model evaluating the growth impact of remittances with and without the financial sector variable and the results. The fifth section summarizes the main results and concludes.
    Note: English , en_US
    Language: English
    URL: Volltext  (kostenfrei)
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  • 10
    UID:
    gbv_797848290
    Format: Online-Ressource
    ISBN: 9780821373736
    Series Statement: World Bank working paper 130
    Content: This study analyzes the difficulties a poor community experienced in accessing peri-urban land in South Africa. This community, composed largely of laid-off farm workers, wanted to buy their own farm in a peri-urban area west of Johannesburg to establish a mixed-use settlement. The Ethembalethu 250 families started their own savings scheme to make their dream a reality. Millions of black South Africans live in the peri-urban areas. However, government programs, development planning, and environmental requirements, and the current land and housing markets do not allow them realize their aspirations. Based on this case study, the authors suggest the following areas for policy and program reform: (i) overcoming reluctance and resistance by municipalities and prospective neighbors to low-income settlements; (ii) making land use planning in municipalities explicitly pro-poor; (iii) restructuring the land market; (iv) realigning planning processes; (v) designing a land and housing program targeted to peri-urban areas; (vi) re-engineering program implementations; and (vii) freeing up and building capacity. The study proposes the establishment of a national task force to ensure appropriate follow-up.
    Note: English , en_US
    Language: English
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