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From mines and wells to well-built minds : turning Sub-Saharan Africa's natural resource wealth into human capital /
Sub-Saharan Africa's natural resource-rich countries have poor human development. Children in these countries are more likely to die before their first birthday, more likely to be stunted, and less likely to attend school than children in other countries with similar income. Despite the current...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; Resource-Rich Countries Have Higher National Incomes, but Their Populations Are Not Less Poor, and Their Human Development Is Low; While There Are Compelling Reasons for Resource-Rich Countries to Invest in Human Capital, Their Investment Is Paltry and Ineffective; Resource Rents Exacerbate Governance Challenges: Tackling Them Requires Strengthening Institutions, Incentives, and Information; The Returns to Making Smart Investments in Human Capital Are High; Conclusion: Invest Early and Smartly; Notes.
- Violent Conflict: Human Capital Investment and Political InstabilityConclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Delivering Human Development Services in Resource-Rich Countries; Abstract; Governance Challenges and Service Delivery; Levers for Improving the Governance of Service Delivery; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Key Investments to Build the Foundations of Human Capital; Abstract; The Foundations of Human Capital; Interventions to Strengthen the Foundations of Human Capital; The Role of Cash Transfers in Increasing Demand for Health and Education Services.
- Going to Scale with ECD and Cash TransfersConclusions; Annex 4A: Cash Transfer Programs in Africa; Notes; References; Boxes; Box O.1 Transparency to Improve the Quality of Political Engagement; Box O.2 Malaysia: Managing Mineral Resources Revenues for Human Development; Box O.3 The Human Capital of Parents and Offspring; Box 1.1 Country Classification; Box 1.2 New Data on Inequalities in Education and Health Indicators; Box 1.3 Gender Gaps in Education Outcomes; Box 2.1 Private Returns to Human Capital; Box 2.2 Modeling Natural Resources and Human Capital across Generations.
- Box 2.3 Using Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Modeling to Guide InvestmentsBox 2.4 Natural Resources and Conflict; Box 2.5 Angola: Conflict, Natural Resource Wealth, and Low Human Development Outcomes; Box 2.6 The Effect of Parents' Education on the Education of Their Children; Box 3.1 Does Taxation Increase Transparency?; Box 3.2 Service Delivery Indicators: Health and Education Services Need Improvement; Box 3.3 Public Expenditures on Health Services in Ethiopia, Guinea, Malawi, Madagascar, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.