In what ways is the meaning and practice of politics changing? Why might so many people feel dissatisfied and disaffected with electoral politics? What approaches do political activists use to raise issues and mobilise people for action? What role does the internet and social media play in contemporary citizenship and activism? This book brings together academics from a range of disciplines with political activists and campaigners to explore the meaning of politics and citizenship in conte...

Die Gier und das Versagen. Der schäbige Auftritt des Rolf Breuer bei Bloomberg TV, Ackermanns Victory-Pose vor Gericht, die Razzien und Ungereimtheiten der letzten Zeit, der Top-Dealer Peter Young, der in London vor Gericht in Frauenkleidern erschien, Edson Mitchell, der sich für Gott hielt und dann unter ungeklärten Umständen verstarb … Es gibt keine Firma, die derart skandalträchtig wahrgenommen wird. Die Autoren schildern hier nicht nur die Geschichte der Deutschen Bank und ihre Vernetz...

Für seinen Film »Black Box BRD« hat Andres Veiel im deutschen Feuilleton ausnahmslos positive und begeisterte Kritiken bekommen. In dem Buch vertieft er seine Recherchen und liefert neue überraschende Einsichten in die jüngste deutsche Geschichte.Die RAF führt einen Krieg gegen die Repräsentanten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und ermordet im November 1989 Alfred Herrhausen, den Sprecher der Deutschen Bank. Andres Veiel schreibt »Black Box BRD« aus einer ungewöhnlichen Perspektive:...

Five bank robberies. Fifteen years in jail. That was the sentence handed down to Allan Heyl in 1977. He was twenty-six years old and couldn’t face that many years behind bars. By the time André Stander, ex-police captain and convicted bank robber, arrived at the prison, Heyl was well advanced with his plan to escape. The two of them teamed up, made their escape and proceeded to rob banks at an unprecedented rate. In this fast-paced, no-holds-barred, no-punches-pulled memoir, Heyl exposes t...

The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a severe blow to human capital. This report presents new evidence and analysis to provide a comprehensive diagnostic of the effects of the pandemic on human capital outcomes and identify promising policy responses for governments faced with the task of rebuilding human capital in the wake of the pandemic.

Developing countries in Asia have expanded their social protection programs. One of the key challenges is creating sustainable financing---considered the bedrock for success of the social protection agendas of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Agenda and Strategy 2030 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This book focuses on the analysis of fiscal requirements to achieve the social protection agenda of the SDGs and explore options to close the gaps in population cover...

Have teachers mastered the subject matter they are teaching? Can doctors accurately diagnose and treat critical health conditions? Are schools and health facilities sufficiently stocked with needed equipment and supplies? Are they sufficiently supported and staffed to optimize learning and health care outcomes? For the past decade, the World Bank's Service Delivery Indicators (SDI) surveys have collected nationally representative data in countries across Sub-Saharan Africa to answer these ...

The new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) at its core. A dedicated Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 6) declares a commitment to "ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all." Monitoring progress toward this goal will be challenging: direct measures of water and sanitation service quality and use are either expensive or elusive. However, reliance on household surveys poses limitations and likely oversta...

Infrastructure plays a key role in fostering growth and productivity and has been linked to improved earnings, health, and education levels for the poor. Yet Latin America and the Caribbean are currently faced with a dangerous combination of relatively low public and private infrastructure investment. Those investment levels must increase, and it can be done. If Latin American and Caribbean governments are to increase infrastructure investment in politically feasible ways, it is critical t...

Have teachers mastered the subject matter they are teaching? Can doctors accurately diagnose and treat critical health conditions? Are schools and health facilities sufficiently stocked with needed equipment and supplies? Are they sufficiently supported and staffed to optimize learning and health care outcomes? For the past decade, the World Bank’s Service Delivery Indicators (SDI) surveys have collected nationally representative data in countries across Sub-Saharan Africa to answer these ...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich BWL - Bank, Börse, Versicherung, Note: 100%, Hochschule für Bankwirtschaft , Veranstaltung: Vertriebsmanagement, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Kunden eines Finanzdienstleisters erwarten heute ein umfassendes Dienstleistungsangebot, das neben der Präsenz in den Filialen, auch einen guten Service via Selbstbedienung (SB), Telefon, Internet und Außendienst bietet. Die traditionellen Institute aus dem Sparkassen-, Genossenschafts- und Großbankenbere...

This book uncovers the extent to which government policy in mid nineteenth-century Brazil followed the interests of the all-powerful coffee growing class. The testing ground for this question is monetary and banking policy, an area in which exporters and the Brazilian government were often at loggerheads. The development of the monetary and banking regime during the second half of the Brazilian Empire (1850-89) is examined in a chronological and thematic way. The book establishes two major...