Glosario Del Banco Mundial


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This edition of the World Bank has been revised and expanded by the Terminology Unit in the Languages Services Division of the World Bank in collaboration with the English, Spanish, and French Translation Sections. The Glossary is intended to assist the Bank's translators and interpreters, other Bank staff using French and Spanish in their work, and free-lance translator's and interpreters employed by the Bank. For this reason, the Glossary contains not only financial and economic terminology and terms relating to the Bank's procedures and practices, but also terms that frequently occur in Bank documents, and others for which the Bank has a preferred equivalent. Although many of these terms, relating to such fields as agriculture, education, energy, housing, law, technology, and transportation, could be found in other sources, they have been assembled here for ease of reference. A list of acronyms occurring frequently in Bank texts (the terms to which they refer being found in the Glossary) and a list of international, regional, and national organizations will be found at the end of the Glossary.




Legislación presupuestaria y contabilidad pública. Recopilación normativa. Tomo I


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LEGISLACION PRESUPUESTARIA Y CONTABILIDAD PÚBLICA. RECOPILACIÓN NORMATIVA. TOMO I y II. Publicación compuesta por dos volúmenes que recogen las disposiciones reguladoras de la gestión presupuestaria. Tomo I: Se estructura en siete apartados: normas generales; normas de elaboración; gestión y control del presupuesto del estado; normativa básica sobre subvenciones; normativa comunitaria básica y un último apartado relativo a los presupuestos del estado anuales. Tomo II: Recoge las normas contables de la administración del estado, estructurada en tres apartados: Régimen general, Seguridad Social y Contabilidad Local. El comprador de esta obra adquiere, además, el acceso mediante clave, a la versión en línea de la publicación, permanentemente actualizada en Internet.




Legislación presupuestaria y contabilidad pública. Recopilación normativa. Tomo II


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LEGISLACION PRESUPUESTARIA Y CONTABILIDAD PÚBLICA. RECOPILACIÓN NORMATIVA. TOMO I y II. Publicación compuesta por dos volúmenes que recogen las disposiciones reguladoras de la gestión presupuestaria. Tomo I: Se estructura en siete apartados: normas generales; normas de elaboración; gestión y control del presupuesto del estado; normativa básica sobre subvenciones; normativa comunitaria básica y un último apartado relativo a los presupuestos del estado anuales. Tomo II: Recoge las normas contables de la administración del estado, estructurada en tres apartados: Régimen general, Seguridad Social y Contabilidad Local. El comprador de esta obra adquiere, además, el acceso mediante clave, a la versión en línea de la publicación, permanentemente actualizada en Internet.




Social and Solidarity Economy


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As economic crises, growing inequality and climate change prompt a global debate on the meaning and trajectory of development, increasing attention is focusing on 'social and solidarity economy' as a distinctive approach to sustainable and rights-based development. While we are beginning to understand what social and solidarity economy is, what it promises and how it differs from 'business as usual', we know far less about whether it can really move beyond its fringe status in many countries and regions. Under what conditions can social and solidarity economy scale up and scale out - that is, expand in terms of the growth of social and solidarity economy organizations and enterprises, or spread horizontally within given territories? Bringing together leading researchers, blending theoretical and empirical analysis, and drawing on experiences and case studies from multiple countries and regions, this volume addresses these questions. In so doing, it aims to inform a broad constituency of development actors, including scholars, practitioners, activists and policy makers.




Benchmarking Water Services


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Benchmarking has become a key tool in the water industry to promote and achieve performance targets for utilities. The use of this tool for performance improvement through systematic search and adaptation of leading practices, has expanded globally during the past decade. Many ongoing projects worldwide aim to address different needs and objectives, in varying contexts, with outstanding results and impact. Benchmarking Water Services provides valuable information to everyone interested in benchmarking in the water industry. The text is aimed at utilities considering joining a benchmarking project, experienced practitioners in charge of organizing a benchmarking exercise, consultants, regulators and researchers. The document is presented with a clear practice oriented approach and can be used as a how-to-benchmark guide presented from different perspectives (participants, organizers, supervising bodies). Readers will gain practical insight on real life benchmarking practices and will benefit from the experiences gained in some of the leading benchmarking projects of the water industry (including the IWA-WSAA benchmarking efforts, the European Benchmarking Co-operation and the several benchmarking projects carried out in Austria and Central Europe). The manual also presents the new IWA Benchmarking Framework, which aims to harmonize the terms used to describe benchmarking and performance indicators practices in the water industry, guaranteeing a more fluent and efficient communication. This Manual of Best Practice is edited by the IWA Specialist Group on Benchmarking and Performance Assessment, and co-published by AWWA and IWA Publishing. Praise for Benchmarking Water Services: "The continual trend of conceptual to specifics throughout the book provides for an educational experience each time the book is either casually perused or carefully studied." "The authors (Cabrera, Haskins and Fritiz) diligently pursue the focus of improvement." "Benchmarking Water Services is an in depth and practical ‘must have’ guide for any utility currently engaged in or planning to develop a benchmarking process" - Gregory M. Baird (2012) Benchmarking: An International Journal 19:2. More information about the book can be found on the Water Wiki in an article written by the author: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/TheNewIWABenchmarkingFramework A Spanish language version of this book is available as a free eBook: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/eBookTitlesfromIWAPublishingFreetoDownload-Volume2#HBenchmarkingParaServiciosdeAgua




Milestones in the Development of a National Infrastructure for Nuclear Power


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The development and implementation of an appropriate infrastructure to support the successful introduction of nuclear power and its safe, secure, peaceful and sustainable application is an issue of central concern, especially for countries that are considering and planning their first nuclear power plant. In preparing the necessary nuclear infrastructure, there are several activities that need to be completed. These activities can be split into three progressive phases of development. This publication provides a description of the conditions expected to be achieved by the end of each phase to assist with the best use of resources. 'Milestones' refer to the conditions necessary to demonstrate that the phase has been successfully completed.




Disabled Widows


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Report and compilation of statistical tables resulting from a survey of the handicapped (disabled person), undertaken in 1966 by the social security administration, on demographic aspects and health-related characteristics of handicapped widowed married women in the USA, together with information on their eligibility to receive disability benefits.




Sociétés Transnationales


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Governing the Metropolis


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This book explores key metropolitan management issues, presents practical principles of good governance as they apply to the metropolis, and unfolds cases of institutional and programmatic arrangements to tackle such issues.




Consumer Action Handbook, 2010 Edition


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Use this guide to get help with consumer purchases, problems and complaints. Find consumer contacts at hundreds of companies and trade associations; local, state, and federal government agencies; national consumer organizations; and more.