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The Indian Woman
The Indian Woman - a picture of poise, an image of intellect, an exposition of enterprise. She doesn't just nurture the social, cultural and spiritual traditions of India by strengthening the ancient civilization's family values and secular ethos, but also nourishes the young nation's spirit of entrepreneurship by playing a stellar role across professions, businesses and industries. This iconoclastic book captures fascinating journeys of some of the most celebrated Indian women. From the iconic Lata Mangeshkar to the fiery Mary Kom, from the legendary Bhanu Athaiya to the brilliant Kiran Mazumdar Shaw - for the first time they all come together to share their inspiring experiences, in their own words. With Contributions by: Lata Mangeshkar Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Bhanu Athaiya Shahnaz Husain Sunita Narain Naina Lal Kidwai Fathima Beevi Padma Bandopadhyay Gita Gopinath MC Mary Kom A collector's item, this creatively conceptualized and beautifully designed book, provides deep insights into the mind of this great nation and its women and succeeds in passing on the enduring legacy to future generations.
Overconfident
Overconfident: How Economic and Health Fault Lines Left the Middle East and North Africa Ill-Prepared to Face COVID This report examines the region’s economic prospects in 2021, forecasting that the recovery will be both tenuous and uneven as per capita GDP level stays below pre-pandemic levels. COVID-19 was a stress-test for the region’s public health systems, which were already overwhelmed even before the pandemic. Indeed, a decade of lackluster economic reforms left a legacy of large public sectors and high public debt that effectively crowded out investments in social services such as public health. This edition points out that the region’s health systems were not only ill-prepared for the pandemic, but suffered from over-confidence, as authorities painted an overly optimistic picture in self-assessments of health system preparedness. Going forward, governments must improve data transparency for public health and undertake reforms to remedy historical underinvestment in public health systems.
Using Evidence to Inform Policy
To promote evidence-based policy making, the Asian Development Bank partnered with Innovations for Poverty Action and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab in 2012 to deliver a 3-day conference on impact evaluation and public policy in Bangkok. Over 200 scholars, practitioners and policy makers from 34 countries attended the conference. Each day of the conference focused on one of three areas that have high relevance to the region and have received the most proactive development efforts: governance, financial inclusion, and small and medium enterprise development. This report summarizes innovative evaluation studies presented at the conference and researchers' insights into the topics.
The AI Agent Mandate
The Future of Work In an era marked by quiet quitting, burnout, and stagnant productivity, AI presents unprecedented opportunities for workplace transformation. Envision an organization where employees are inspired by groundbreaking work, leading to exceptional satisfaction and retention rates. Here, AI agents seamlessly collaborate with knowledge workers, efficiently handling operational tasks and optimizing productivity. This synergy between humans and AI creates a powerful partnership, resulting in sustained competitive advantage, record-breaking profits, and maximized shareholder value. Tech visionary Marco Buchbinder emphasizes the urgent need to integrate AI agents into thriving organizations at all levels, from the C-suite to HR, sales, and administration. Through data-driven research and compelling case studies, he demonstrates that AI is here not to replace human workers but to amplify our potential for innovative, fulfilling work. The collaboration between AI and knowledge workers is now imperative, determining whether organizations merely survive or truly thrive in this new era.
Strengthening Electoral Integrity
Norris counters current pessimism about the effectiveness of democratic programs monitoring and assisting elections worldwide, arguing for international engagement.
Accelerating India's Development
Seventy-five years after Independence, India has much to be proud of. We are both the world’s biggest democracy and fastest-growing large economy. Yet, we face profound challenges that hinder both individual well-being and aggregate growth, including education and skills, health and nutrition, public safety, justice, social protection, and jobs. This seminal book systematically analyses India’s governance challenges, especially in delivering essential public services, and highlights how these are limiting India’s development. Drawing on a wealth of research and practical insights, it provides actionable, evidence-based strategies, emphasizing state-level reforms as critical for India...
What Works
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award A Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year A Times Higher Education Book of the Week Best Business Book of the Year, 800-CEO-READ Gender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds has proven to be difficult and expensive. By de-biasing organizations instead of individuals, we can make smart changes that have big impacts. Presenting research-based solutions, Iris Bohnet hands us the tools we need to move the needle in classrooms and boardrooms, in hiring and promotion, benefiting businesses, governments, and the lives of millions. “Bohnet assembles an impressive assortment of studies that demonstrate how organizations can achieve gender equity in practice...What Works is stuffed with good ideas, many equally simple to implement.” —Carol Tavris, Wall Street Journal “A practical guide for any employer seeking to offset the unconscious bias holding back women in organizations, from orchestras to internet companies.” —Andrew Hill, Financial Times
Handbook of Sharing Confidential Data
Statistical agencies, research organizations, companies, and other data stewards that seek to share data with the public face a challenging dilemma. They need to protect the privacy and confidentiality of data subjects and their attributes while providing data products that are useful for their intended purposes. In an age when information on data subjects is available from a wide range of data sources, as are the computational resources to obtain that information, this challenge is increasingly difficult. The Handbook of Sharing Confidential Data helps data stewards understand how tools from the data confidentiality literature—specifically, synthetic data, formal privacy, and secure compu...
Running Randomized Evaluations
A comprehensive guide to running randomized impact evaluations of social programs in developing countries This book provides a comprehensive yet accessible guide to running randomized impact evaluations of social programs. Drawing on the experience of researchers at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, which has run hundreds of such evaluations in dozens of countries throughout the world, it offers practical insights on how to use this powerful technique, especially in resource-poor environments. This step-by-step guide explains why and when randomized evaluations are useful, in what situations they should be used, and how to prioritize different evaluation opportunities. It shows how ...
Taxation for Sustained Prosperity
The primary business of government is to develop, implement, and strengthen the conditions that enhance the quality of life of all citizens. Taxation is required to fund government operations to produce and deliver the essential public goods and services that enhance and strengthen citizens’ quality of life and standard of living. Countries like Ethiopia that are not endowed with natural resources such as oil, minerals, and precious metals rely heavily on tax revenues collected from citizens, residents, and businesses. To effectively achieve this goal, government policymakers must understand: · What matters for quality of life? · What must be done to enhance citizens’ quality of life? ...
