World Bank Publications imprint: 136 books
by World Bank Group
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
The World Bank Group A to Z provides the most concise and essential information about the mission, policies, procedures, products, and services of the new World Bank Group. With more than 280 entries arranged in encyclopedic A-to-Z format, readers can easily find up-to-date information about the five...
by World Bank Group
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
The World Bank Group A to Z provides the most concise and essential information about the mission, policies, procedures, products, and services of the new World Bank Group. This second edition is a follow-up to the first volume released for the 2014 Annual Meetings. The World Bank Group A to Z series...
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
International Debt Statistics (IDS) 2016 (formerly Global Development Finance) provides statistical tables showing the external debt of 125 developing countries that report public and publicly guaranteed external debt to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS). It also includes tables of key debt...
Monitoring Global Poverty
Report of the Commission on Global Poverty
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
In 2013, the World Bank Group announced two goals that would guide its operations worldwide. First is the eradication of chronic extreme poverty bringing the number of extremely poor people, defined as those living on less than 1.25 purchasing power parity (PPP)†“adjusted dollars a day, to less than...
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Assessing the Economic and Social Impact of the Syrian Conflict and ISIS
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
The Kurdistan region of Iraq is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis as a result of the influx of Syrian refugees which began in 2012 and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 2014. The region's population increased by 28 percent over a short period, placing strains on the local economy, host...
Global Investment Competitiveness Report 2017/2018
Foreign Investor Perspectives and Policy Implications
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
The Global Investment Competitiveness report presents new insights and evidence on drivers of foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries, and FDI’s role in development. The report’s survey of 750 executives of multinational corporations finds that a business-friendly legal and regulatory...
Global Financial Development Report 2017/2018
Bankers without Borders
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Successful international integration has underpinned most experiences of rapid growth, shared prosperity, and reduced poverty. Perhaps no sector of the economy better illustrates the potential benefits--but also the perils--of deeper integration than banking. International banking may contribute to...
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
This year's edition of International Debt Statistics, successor to Global Development Finance and World Debt Tables, and the fourth in the series, is designed to respond to user demand for timely, comprehensive data on trends in external debt in low- and middle-income countries. It also provides summary...
Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016
Development Goals in an Era of Demographic Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
The Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016, produced by the World Bank Group in partnership with the International Monetary Fund, comes at an inflection point in both the setting of global development goals and the demographic trends affecting those goals. This year marks the end of the Millennium Development...
Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2017
From World Development Indicators
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2017 uses maps, charts and analysis to illustrate, trends, challenges and measurement issues related to each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The Atlas primarily draws on World Development Indicators (WDI) - the World Bank's compilation of internationally...
Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2018
From World Development Indicators
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018
The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2018 is a visual guide to the trends, challenges and measurement issues related to each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The Atlas features maps and data visualizations, primarily drawn from World Development Indicators (WDI) - the World Bank’s...
The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 7 Financing and Implementing the Post-2015 Development Agenda
The Role of Law and Justice Systems
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
The newly adopted post-2015 development agenda is centered on 17 sustainable development goals to be reached by 2030. This volume of the World Bank Legal Review looks at how law and justice systems can support the financing and implementation of these goals, including the role of the rule of law and...
Global Financial Development Report 2015/2016
Long-Term Finance
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Global Financial Development Report 2015/2016 focuses on the ability of financial systems to sustainably extend the maturity of financial contracts for private agents. The challenges of extending the maturity structure of finance are often considered to be at the core of effective, sustainable financial...
by The World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
Over the last decade, a policy revolution has been underway in the developing and emerging world. Country after country is systematically providing non-contributory transfers to poor and vulnerable people, in order to protect them against economic shocks and to enable them to invest in themselves and...