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Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , U.S. monetary policy during the 1990s / N. Gregory Mankiw -- Fiscal policy and Social Security policy during the 1990s / Douglas W. Elmendorf, Jeffrey B. Liebman, David W. Wilcox -- Tax policy from 1990 to 2001 / Eugene Steuerle -- Between meltdown and moral hazard : the international monetary and financial policies of the Clinton administration / J. Bradford DeLong, Barry Eichengreen -- International trade policy in the 1990s / Robert Z. Lawrence -- The "new economy" and information technology policy / Pamela Samuelson, Hal R. Varian -- Antitrust policy in the Clinton administration / Robert E. Litan, Carl Shapiro -- Energy policy during the 1990s / Paul L. Joskow -- National environmental policy during the Clinton years / Robert W. Hahn, Robert N. Stavins -- Putting students and workers first? : education and labor policy in the 1990s / Alan B. Krueger, Cecelia E. Rouse -- The Clinton legacy for America's poor / Rebecca M. Blank, David T. Ellwood -- Health policy in the Clinton era : once bitten, twice shy / David Cutler, Jonathan Gruber -- Medicare / Joseph P. Newhouse -- The process of economic policy-making during the Clinton administration / Jonathan M. Orszag, Peter R. Orszag, Laura D. Tyson. , English

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Keywords: Konferenzschrift ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift

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Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Enthält bibliografische Hinweise und Index , Introduction: writing the history of law, crime, and punishment in Latin America / Carlos Aguirre and Ricardo D. Salvatore -- Crime in the time of the great fear: Indians and the state in the Peruvian Southern Andes / Charles F. Walker -- Women, order, and progress in Guzmán Blanco's Venezuela, 1870-1888 / Arlene J. Díaz -- Judges, lawyers, and farmers: uses of justice and the circulation of law in rural Buenos Aires, 1900-1940 / Juan Manuel R. Palacio -- Work, property, and the negotiation of rights in the Brazilian cane fields: Campos, Rio de Janeiro, 1930-1950 / Luis A. González -- The criminalization of the syphilitic body: prostitutes, health crimes, and society in Mexico City, 1867-1930 / Christina Rivera-Garza -- Healing and mischief: witchcraft in Brazilian law and literature, 1890-1922 / Dain Borges -- Passion, perversity, and the pace of justice in Argentina at the turn of the last century / Kristin Ruggiero -- Cuidado con los rateros: the making of criminals in modern

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Subjects: History

Keywords: Lateinamerika ; Kriminalität ; Strafverfolgung ; Kriminalisierung ; Randgruppe ; Minderheit ; Geschichte 1850-1950 ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books. ; Aufsatzsammlung

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Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-280-08466-9 , 9781417505346 , 9786610084661 , 1-4175-0534-6

Series Statement: A World Bank policy research report

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- The Report Team -- Executive Summary -- State-owned Monopolies Often Exhibited Poor Performance ... -- . . .Leading to a New Model for Financing and Providing Infrastructure -- The New Model Poses Risks-But Also Holds Considerable Promise -- What Effects Have Reforms Had? -- Developing Good Regulation Remains a Major Challenge -- Many Prices and Subsidies Still Require Reform -- An Agenda for Action-From Institution Building to Policymaking -- 1. The New Paradigm for Network Utilities -- Why Are Network Utilities So Important? -- From State to Market-Changing Views on Utilities -- The Dawn of a New Utility Model -- Framework for Assessing Reforms and Regulations -- Recent Experiences with Privatization and Reform-Promises and Perils -- Second Generation Reforms-Choices and Challenges -- 2. Crafting Regulation for Privatized Infrastructure -- The Emergence of Post-Privatization Regulation -- The Evolution and Elements of Effective Regulation -- The Structure of Regulatory Institutions -- The Importance of Regulatory Commitment -- Getting the Economics Right -- Mechanisms to Regulate Prices -- Moving toward More Practical Regulation -- 3. Restructuring Electricity Supply -- Background to Electricity Reform -- Addressing the Problems of State Ownership -- Regulatory Challenges -- Reform Experiences and Lessons -- 4. Managing Private Participation in Transportation -- Railroads: Restructuring Regulation for the Public Interest -- Ports: Alternatives for Organizing a Multiproduct Activity -- 5. Reforming the Water Sector -- Economics of Water Supply -- Options for Competition and Market Structure -- Choosing Regulation -- Reform Experiences and Lessons -- 6. An Agenda for Action -- Assessing Reform's Effects on Performance and Distribution -- Pricing Reform-Balancing Efficiency and Equity. , Facilitating Access to Bottleneck Facilities -- References -- Boxes -- 1.1 Milestones in Infrastructure Reform in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union -- 1.2 The Technological Revolution in Telecommunications -- 1.3 Power Generation in Brazil Shows That Privatization Is Not Always the Best Approach -- 1.4 Disadvantages of Vertical Separation -- 1.5 Prerequisites for Effective Privatization -- 1.6 Using Competition Policy to Avoid Regulatory Capture -- 1.7 Telmex's Market Power in the Internet Market -- 1.8 Consumer Participation in Colombia's Rulemaking -- 2.1 Regulation in Argentina-Repeating U.S. Mistakes -- 2.2 Recent Shortcomings and Achievements in Infrastructure Regulation -- 2.3 Decentralized Water Services in Mexico and Morocco -- 2.4 Latvia's Public Utilities Regulation Commission -- 2.5 Examples of Allegedly Opportunistic Government Behavior -- 2.6 Regulatory Rigidity in Chile -- 2.7 Cost-Plus Mechanisms -- 2.8 Price Constraints Imposed by Price Cap Plans -- 2.9 Hybrid Regulatory Mechanisms -- 2.10 African Cooperation on Telecommunications Regulation -- 3.1 Rationale for Structural Integration of the Electricity Industry -- 3.2 Power Shortages in the Philippines -- 3.3 Opening the Electricity Market-Photovoltaic Systems in Kenya -- 3.4 Underpricing Undermines Electricity Expansion in Zimbabwe -- 3.5 Stranded Power Purchase Agreements in Poland -- 3.6 Lessons from California's Experience -- 4.1 Limited Rail Options Result in Captive Shippers -- 4.2 Examples of Port Services -- 4.3 Organizational Structures of Ports -- 5.1 Water Systems in Small African Towns and Rural Areas -- 5.2 Problems with Service Contracts in Mexico City -- 5.3 Private Sector Transactions in Water and Sanitation -- 5.4 Objectives of Water Tariff Design -- 5.5 An Aborted Attempt at Water Concessioning in Atlanta, Georgia. , 5.6 Creative Management of South Africa's Commitment to Free Water -- 5.7 Making New Connections Affordable in Buenos Aires -- 5.8 Adapting Quality Standards to Permit Extensions of Low-cost Service in El Alto -- 5.9 Providing Incentives to Extend Service in Côte d'Ivoire -- 6.1 The World Bank Wonders about Utility Privatizations -- 6.2 The Need for Data on Infrastructure Reform -- 6.3 Criteria for Designing Subsidies -- 6.4 Picking Apart Cross-Subsidies -- Figures -- 1 In 1990-2001, Latin America and East Asia Received the Most Private Investment in Infrastructure -- 2 Private Investment in Infrastructure in Developing and Transition Countries Peaked in 1997 -- 3 Privatized Services Have Increased Access to Safe Water in a Variety of Cities and Countries -- 4 In 1989-94, Privatization Contributed to Faster Growth in Phone Lines in Latin America -- 5 Railway Concessions Sharply Increased Labor Productivity in the 1990s -- 6 In 2000, Electricity Prices Covered a Small Fraction of Long-Run Marginal Costs in Many Transition Economies -- 1.1 Latin America and the Caribbean Has Led Developing Regions in Private Investment in Infrastructure, 1990-2001 -- 1.2 The Optimal Size of Power Generating Plants Has Shrunk -- 1.3 There Are Now More Mobile Phone Users Than Fixed Phone Lines -- 1.4 Latin Americans Increasingly Disapprove of Privatization -- 1.5 Privatization Has Led to Rapid Growth in Telecommunications Networks -- 1.6 Private Competition Generated the Fastest Growth in Telecommunications Lines in Latin America -- 1.7 Electricity Prices Often Fail to Cover Costs in Europe and Central Asia, 2000 -- 1.8 Despite Liberalization, Entrants into the Local Exchange Account for a Small Share of Latin American Telecom Markets, 2001 Second Quarter -- 2.1 Results from a Survey of Telecommunications Regulators, 2001. , 2.2 Regulatory Indexes for Telecommunications in Latin America, 1980-97 -- 3.1 Vertical Integration in Electricity -- 3.2 Customers per Electricity Employee in Selected African Countries, 1998 -- 3.3 Projected Costs of Small-Scale Electricity Generation Technologies, 2000-15 -- 3.4 The Single-Buyer Model for Electricity -- 3.5 The Wholesale Competition Model for Electricity -- 3.6 Average Ratios of Household to Industrial Electricity Prices, 1990-99 -- 3.7 Types of Private Investment in Electricity, by Region, 1990-2001 -- 3.8 Top 20 Recipients of Private Investment in Electricity, 1990-99 -- 3.9 Post-Privatization Labor Productivity in Electricity Distribution in Argentina, Chile, and the United Kingdom -- 3.10 Energy Losses among Argentina's Distribution Companies, at Privatization and in 1999 -- 3.11 Electricity Coverage in Peru, 1986-97 -- 4.1 Railroad Freight in Transition Countries, 1988-2001 -- 4.2 Cumulative Investment in Rail Projects with Private Participation in Developing and Transition Countries, 1990-2001 -- 4.3 Performance of Class I U.S. Railroads, 1964-2000 -- 4.4 Rail Labor Productivity in Argentina, 1974-2000 -- 4.5 Cumulative Investment in Port Projects with Private Participation in Developing and Transition Countries, 1990-2001 -- 5.1 Winners and Losers before and after Adjustments to a Water Concession in Parana, Argentina -- 6.1 Telephone and Water Access in Urban and Rural Areas of Developing Regions, 1990s -- Tables -- 1.1 Private Investment in Infrastructure in Developing and Transition Economies, by Sector, 1990-2001 -- 1.2 Noncompetitive and Competitive Components of Network Industries -- 1.3 Exclusivity Periods for Incumbent Telecommunications Operators in Latin America -- 1.4 Access to Infrastructure Services in Urban and Rural Areas of Developing Regions, late 1990s. , 1.5 Average Household Incomes and Energy Tariffs in Ukraine, 1992-98 -- 2.1 Ranking of Infrastructure Regulation in Asia, by Sector and Institutional Criteria, 1998 -- 2.2 Example of Infrastructure Concessions in Developing and Transition Economies -- 2.3 X factor Decisions in U.K. and U.S. Telecommunications Regulation, 1984-Present -- 2.4 Features of Rate of Return and Price Cap Regulation -- 3.1 Net Electricity Consumption in Industrial and Developing Countries, 1990-2020 -- 3.2 Options for the Structure of Electricity Markets -- 3.3 Cash Collection and Commercial Losses for Electricity Companies in Southeastern Europe, 2000 -- 3.4 Market Shares of the Three Largest Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Companies in Various Countries, 2000 -- 3.5 Electricity Reforms by Region, 1998 -- 3.6 Private Investment in Electricity by Region, 1990-99 -- 4.1 Market Structure and Ownership Options in Railroads, Various Countries, 2001 -- 4.2 Rail Freight Tariffs in the Initial Years of Concessions and in 1999, Various Countries -- 4.3 Operating Performance of Ports in Colombia before and after Reforms, 1993 and 1996 -- 5.1 Ratios of Prices Charged by Water Vendors and Public Utilities -- 5.2 Institutional Options for Water Supply -- 5.3 Initial Conditions and Reforms in Six Water Systems -- 5.4 Effects of Reforms on Access and Waste in Six Water Systems. , English

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ISBN: 1-280-11639-0 , 9786610116393 , 0-8213-5931-2 , 1-4175-8955-8

Series Statement: Disaster risk management series ; no. 5

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1. Executive Summary -- Project Approach -- Key Findings of the Global Analyses -- Key Findings of the Case Studies -- Conclusions and the Way Forward -- 2. Project Objectives -- 3. Project Approach -- Risk Assessment Framework -- Selection of Natural Hazards -- Units of Analysis -- Summary of Data Sources and Data Preparation -- Global Hotspots Classification -- 4. Single-Hazard Exposure Analysis -- Cyclones -- Drought -- Floods -- Earthquakes -- Volcanoes -- Landslides -- Single-Hazard Analysis of Exposure -- 5. Multihazard Exposure Analysis -- Simple Multihazard Index -- Reclassification of Multihazard Areas by Population Density -- 6. Multihazard Risk Assessment -- Derivation of Vulnerability Coefficients -- Single-Hazard Risk Assessment Results -- 7. Multihazard Risk Assessment Results -- 8. Case Studies -- Scale Issues -- Summary of Case Study Results -- Linkages to and Lessons for Global Analysis -- 9. Conclusions and the Way Forward -- The Costs of Disaster Risks -- Implications for Decision Making -- Information Development for Disaster Risk Management -- Appendix A: Technical Appendix for Global Analysis -- A.1 Derivation of Tropical Cyclone and GDP Surfaces -- A.2 Reclassification of Hazardous Areas Weighted by Exposure -- A.3 World Bank Country Income Classifications -- References -- Boxes -- Box 6.1 Risk Assessment Procedure for Both Mortality and Economic Losses, Illustrated by the Mortality Example -- Tables -- Table 1.1 Countries Most Exposed to Multiple Hazards -- Table 1.2 Countries at Relatively High Mortality Risk from Multiple Hazards -- Table 3.1 Ranking of Major Natural Hazards by Number of Deaths Reported in EM-DAT -- Table 3.2 Number of Input Units Used in the Gridded Population of the World (GPW) Data Sets, Versions 1-3. , Table 3.3 Summary of Data Sources for Each Hazard -- Table 3.4 Summary of Data Sources for Exposure -- Table 3.5 Summary of Exposure Data for World and Unmasked Areas -- Table 4.1 Characteristics of High-Hazard Areas by Hazard: Top Three Deciles -- Table 5.1 Summary Statistics for the Simple Multihazard Index -- Table 5.2 Hazard Profile for High-Cyclone Exposed Areas -- Table 5.3 Summary Statistics for the Population-Weighted Multihazard Index -- Table 6.1 Mortality-Related Vulnerability Coefficients -- Table 6.2 Economic Loss-Related Vulnerability Coefficients -- Table 6.3 Characteristics of High-Risk Areas by Hazard -- Table 7.1 Characteristics of High-Risk Disaster Hotspots -- Table 7.2 Countries at Relatively High Economic Risk from Multiple Hazards -- Table 8.1 Summary of Case Studies -- Table 8.2 An Expert Synthesis of Storm Surge Hotspots around the World -- Table 8.3 Potential and Actual Hotspots Vulnerable to Flooding by Storm Surge -- Table 9.1 Countries Receiving High Levels of International Disaster Assistance,1992 through 2003 -- Table 9.2 Countries Receiving Emergency Loans and Reallocation of Existing Loans to Meet Disaster Reconstruction Needs,1980 through 2003 -- Table 9.3 Direct and Indirect Losses for Six Major Disasters -- Table A1.1 Available Tropical Cyclone Data by Region -- Table A1.2 Subnational GDP Data -- Table A3.1 World Bank Country Income Classifications: High Income -- Table A3.2 World Bank Country Income Classifications: Low and Middle Income -- Figures -- Figure 1.1 Global Distribution of Areas Highly Exposed to One or More Hazards, by Hazard Type -- Figure 1.2 Global Distribution of Highest Risk Disaster Hotspots by Hazard Type -- Figure 1.3 Proportion of National Population in Highest Risk Areas from Two or More Hazards (Mortality). , Figure 1.4 Proportion of National Population in Highest Risk Areas from One or More Hazards (Mortality) -- Figure 1.5 Proportion of GDP in Highest Risk Areas from Two or More Hazards (Economic Losses) -- Figure 1.6 Proportion of GDP in Highest Risk Areas from One or More Hazards (Economic Losses) -- Figure 3.1 Mask Used to Eliminate Sparsely Populated, Nonagricultural Areas -- Figure 4.1 Distribution of Hazardous Areas by Hazard Type -- Figure 4.2 Exposure Measures by Hazard Decile -- Figure 5.1 Global Distribution of Areas Significantly Exposed to One or More Hazards, by Number of Hazards -- Figure 5.2 Detailed View of Multihazard Areas -- Figure 5.3 Global Distribution of Multiple Hazards by Population Density Category -- Figure 6.1 Global Distribution of Cyclone Risk -- Figure 6.2 Global Distribution of Drought Risk -- Figure 6.3 Global Distribution of Flood Risk -- Figure 6.4 Global Distribution of Earthquake Risk -- Figure 6.5 Global Distribution of Volcano Risk -- Figure 6.6 Global Distribution of Landslide Risk -- Figure 7.1 Global Distribution of Disaster Risk Hotspots for All Hazards -- Figure 7.2 Global Distribution of Disaster Risk Hotspots by Number of Hazards -- Figure 8.1 Frequency with Which Climatic Drought Hazard Events Were Accompanied by Drought Disasters or Not from 1979 through 2001 -- Figure 8.2 WASP Estimates of Climatic Drought and Drought Disasters for Central Southwest Asian Countries -- Figure 8.3 WASP Estimates of Climatic Drought and Drought Disasters for Lao PDR and India -- Figure 8.4 Modeled Landslide Zonation and GEORISK Landslide Inventory in Armenia -- Figure 8.5 Landslide Hazard Map for Central America and Andean South America -- Figure 8.6 Landslide Mortality Risks Calibrated with Historical Landslide-Related Mortality from the EM-DAT International Disaster Database. , Figure 8.7 Multihazard Risk Map Constructed by Weighting Each Hazard Index by Incidence Frequency Data from EM-DAT Database -- Figure 8.8 Multihazard Risk Map Constructed by Weighting Each Hazard Index by the Relief Expenditure Data for Each Hazard between 1948 and 1992 -- Figure 8.9 Multihazard Disaster Risk, Caracas -- Figure 8.10 Location Map of Tana River and Garissa Districts with Coverage of Tana River Basin in Garissa District, Kenya -- Figure 8.11 Livelihood Zones Overlaid on El Niño 1997-98 Flood Case -- Figure A2.1 Single-Hazard Exposure Index Based on Top Three Population-Weighted Deciles. , English

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ISBN: 0-8047-6533-2 , 0-585-06282-X

Series Statement: The making of modern freedom Terms of labor

Content: Throughout recorded history, labor to produce goods and services has been a central concern of society, and questions surrounding the terms of labor—the arrangements under which labor is made to produce and to divide its product with others—are of great significance for understanding the past and the emergence of the modern world. For long periods, much of the world’s labor could be considered under the coercive control of systems of slavery or of serfdom, with relatively few workers laboring under terms of freedom, however defined. Slavery and serfdom were systems that controlled not only the terms of labor, but also the more general issues of political freedom. The nine chapters in this volume deal with the general issues of the causes and consequences of the rise of so-called free labor in Europe, the United States, and the Caribbean over the past four to five centuries, and point to the many complications and paradoxical aspects of this change. The topics covered are European beliefs that rejected the enslavement of other Europeans but permitted the slavery of Africans (David Eltis), British abolitionism and the impact of emancipation in the British West Indies (Seymour Drescher), the consequences of the end of Russian serfdom (Peter Kolchin), the definition and nature of free labor as seen by nineteenth-century American workers (Leon Fink), the effects of changing legal and economic concepts of free labor (Robert J. Steinfeld), the antebellum American use of the metaphor of slavery (David Roediger), female dependent labor in the aftermath of American emancipation (Amy Dru Stanley), the contrast between individual and group actions in attempting to benefit individual laborers (David Brody), and the link between arguments concerning free labor and the actual outcomes for laborers in nineteenth-century America (Clayne Pope).

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Slavery and freedom in the early modern world / David Eltis -- Free labor vs. slave labor: the British and Caribbean cases / Seymour Drescher -- After serfdom: Russian emancipation in comparative perspective / Peter Kolchin -- From autonomy to abundance: changing beliefs about the free labor system in nineteenth-century America / Leon Fink -- Changing legal conceptions of free labor / Robert J. Steinfeld -- Race, labor, and gender in the languages of antebellum social protest / David Roediger -- "We did not separate man and wife, but all had to work": freedom and dependence in the aftermath of slave emancipation / Amy Dru Stanley -- Free labor, law, and American trade unionism / David Brody -- Social mobility, free labor, and the American dream / Clayne Pope. , English

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Keywords: Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift

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ISBN: 0-429-62008-X , 0-429-05468-8

Content: "Record-Making and Record-Keeping in Early Societies provides a concise and up-to-date survey of early record-making and record-keeping practices across the world. It investigates the ways in which human activities have been recorded in different settings using different methods and technologies. Based on an in-depth analysis of literature from a wide range of disciplines, including prehistory, archaeology, Assyriology, Egyptology, and Chinese and Mesoamerican studies, the book reflects the latest and most relevant historical scholarship. Drawing upon the author's experience as a practitioner and scholar of records and archives and his extensive knowledge of archival theory and practice, the book embeds its account of the beginnings of recording practices in a conceptual framework largely derived from archival science. Unique both in its breadth of coverage and in its distinctive perspective on early record-making and record-keeping, the book provides the only updated and synoptic overview of early recording practices available worldwide. Record-Making and Record-Keeping in Early Societies will be of interest to academics, researchers, and students engaged in the study of archival science, archival history, and the early history of human culture. The book will also appeal to practitioners of archives and records management interested in learning more about the origins of their profession"--

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. How records began: representation and persistence -- 2. Marks of ownership and sealing -- 3. Records, accounting, and the emergence of writing in ancient Mesopotamia -- 4. Records and writing in other early societies: Egypt, the Aegean, China, and the Americas -- 5. Creating and storing written records and archives: the proliferation of records in south-west Asia, Egypt, and Greece -- 6. Orality and literacy: confidence in records -- 7. Orality, record-making, and social action -- 8. Concluding thoughts: archival science and early records -- Chronological chart -- Index.

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ISBN: 0-8213-7521-0

Series Statement: Directions in development. Human development

Content: Youth at Risk in Latin America provides evidence-based guidance to policymakers that will help increase the effectiveness of their youth investment program. Drawing on the authors' detailed analyses, the book describes twenty-three policies and programs that youth development experts agree are the basis of a quality youth development portfolio, from early childhood development programs to parent training to cash transfers for positive behaviors. It also lays out strategies for implementing this effective youth portfolio in a budget-constrained environment by reallocation of resources away from

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Why do young people deserve special attention? -- Key messages -- Designing effective interventions -- Policy conclusions -- Introduction -- The motivation for the study -- Definitions, data, and methodologies -- The organization of the report -- Laying the groundwork -- Motivations for focusing on at-risk youth -- The youth cohort, particularly those considered at-risk, is growing -- The costs of not investing in at-risk youth is very high for young people, their families, and society -- A conceptual framework and its application for policymaking -- The conceptual framework and definitions -- Moving from the conceptual framework to policy -- Identifying at-risk youth for better programming and targeting -- A characterization of at-risk youth -- Using the risk typology for targeting prevention programs -- Using the risk typology for targeting for second chances -- Conclusions -- Informing policy by understanding of the trends and causes of risky behavior in LAC -- Understanding the nature and the magnitude of risky behavior -- Leaving school without learning -- Difficult integration into the labor market : joblessness and job turnover -- Risky sexual behavior -- Crime and violence -- Substance use -- Identifying the factors that put youth at risk -- Why do young people engage in risky behavior -- Key factors correlated with risky behaviors -- Cumulative effect of factors -- Conclusions -- Helping young people to make good choices : programming, policy, and implementation -- Principles for building an effective portfolio for youth at risk -- Investing in at-risk youth leads to lower demands on the public purse in the future -- Preventing risky behavior begins at birth -- At-risk youth need second chances -- Effective targeting is the key to results -- The most effective portfolio will prioritize policies and programs that affect multiple risks -- Include only effective policies in the portfolio -- Prioritizing what works -- Core policies : strategies that work and are recommended for implementation -- Nine promising approaches that ought to work and should be tried, accompanied by careful impact evaluation -- General policies with a surprisingly strong effect on youth at risk -- Moving from a wish list to action -- Improving the portfolio for at-risk youth in a budget-constrained environment : reallocate resources away from ineffective programs toward recommended programs -- Improving the portfolio for at-risk youth in a budget-constrained environment : collecting, analyzing, and using data -- Assign and coordinate institutional responsibilities based on comparative advantages -- Investing in youth in LAC : key messages and conclusions -- Key messages -- Defining an effective portfolio of policies and programs -- Moving forward -- Appendix A : Population in LAC by age and sex -- Appendix B : Methodology for estimating the cost of negative youth behavior -- Appendix C : Methodology for devising the typology of at-risk youth -- Appendix D : Measuring youth outcomes -- Appendix E : Estimated taxpayer costs and crime-reduction benefits of 16 crime prevention programs -- Appendix F : Sources of information for evaluated programs. , English

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Edition: Digital. Ausg. Ithaca, NY Cornell Univ. Making of America

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Keywords: Zeitschrift ; Zeitschrift ; Zeitschrift

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ISBN: 1-280-22118-6 , 9786610221189 , 0-8213-6070-1

Series Statement: Directions in development

Content: The urbanization of Latin America has also lead to the urbanization of its poor. Today about half of the region's poor live in cities. Yet the phenomenon of urban poverty is not one that is well studied or well understood and policy makers across Latin America are increasingly interested in policy advice on how to design programs and policies to tackle poverty. Urban Poor in Latin America argues that the causes of poverty, the nature of deprivation, and the policy levers to fight poverty are to a large extent site-specific. As such, the book looks at strategies to assist the urban poor in making

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Overview; 1 Urban Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: Setting the Stage; Tables; Boxes; Figures; 2 Working One's Way Up: The Urban Poor and the Labor Market; 3 Keeping a Roof over One's Head: Improving Access to Safe and Decent Shelter; 4 Violence, Fear, and Insecurity among the Urban Poor in Latin America; 5 Keeping Healthy in an Urban Environment: Public Health Challenges for the Urban Poor; 6 Relying on Oneself: Assets of the Poor; 7 Calling on Friends and Relatives: Social Capital; 8 Public Social Safety Nets and the Urban Poor , English

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Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-283-69837-4 , 90-485-1670-6

Series Statement: Studies of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation

Content: While the divide between capitalism and communism, embodied in the image of the Iron Curtain, seemed to be as wide and definitive as any cultural rift, Giles Scott-Smith, Joes Segal, and Peter Romijn have compiled a selection of essays on how culture contributed to the blurring of ideological boundaries between the East and the West. This important and diverse volume presents fascinating insights into the tensions, rivalries, and occasional cooperation between the two blocs, with essays that represent the cutting edge of Cold War Studies and analyze aesthetic preferences and cultural phenomena as various as interior design in East and West Germany; the Soviet stance on genetics; US cultural diplomacy during and after the Cold War; and the role of popular music as the universal cultural ambassador. An illuminating and wide-ranging survey of interrelated collective dreams from both sides of the Iron Curtain, Divided Dreamworlds? has a place on the bookshelf of any modern historian.

Note: Includes index. , Arts and Sciences Between the Blocs -- , An Unofficial Cultural Ambassador: Arthur Miller and the Cultural Cold War / , Biological Utopias East and West: Trofim D. Lysenko and His Critics / , Tadeusz Kantor's Publics: Warsaw -- New York / , Co-Producing Cold War Culture: East-West Film-Making and Cultural Diplomacy / , Modernity East and West -- , The Dreamworld of New Yugoslav Culture and the Logic of Cold War Binaries / , Sounds like America: Yugoslavia's Soft Power in Eastern Europe / , Moving Toward Utopia: Soviet Housing in the Atomic Age / , Cold War Modernism and Post-War German Homes: An East-West Comparison / , Flying Away: Civil Aviation and the Dream of Freedom in East and West / , Post-1989 Perspectives on the Cultural Cold War -- , East German Materials after / , Musical 'East-West' Diplomacy in the Cold War and the War on Terror / , About the Authors -- , Index. , Also available in print form. , English

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