World Bank Publications: 275 books
A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
'A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice' is an introduction to the theory and practice of measuring poverty and inequality, as well as a user's guide for analyzing income or consumption distribution for any standard household dataset using the World Bank's ADePT software....
by Hassane Cissé, Daniel D. Bradlow, Benedict Kingsbury
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
This book focuses on the legal challenges and opportunities for International Financial Institutions in the post-crisis world. It includes contributions from academics, practitioners and Bank staff. The contributions cover a broad array of issues, included governance reform and constitutional framework...
Nonfinancial Defined Contribution Pension Schemes in a Changing Pension World
Volume 1, Progress, Lessons, and Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Nonfinancial Defined Contribution (NDC) schemes are now in their teens. The new pension concept was born in the early 1990s, implemented from the mid-1990s in Italy, Latvia, Poland and Sweden, legislated most recently in Norway and Egypt and serves as inspiration for other reform countries. This innovative...
Urban China
Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
In the last 30 years, China’s record economic growth lifted half a billion people out of poverty, with rapid urbanization providing abundant labor, cheap land, and good infrastructure. While China has avoided some of the common ills of urbanization, strains are showing as inefficient land development...
Africa's Cities
Opening Doors to the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing rapid population growth. Yet their economic growth has not kept pace. Why? One factor might be low capital investment, due in part to Africa’s relative poverty: Other regions have reached similar stages of urbanization at higher per capita GDP. This study,...
Getting the Full Picture on Public Officials
A How-to Guide for Effective Financial Disclosure
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2017
Financial disclosure systems are a vital component of transparency. By now 161 countries around the world have introduced financial disclosure systems, becoming commonplace around the world. But, although the rules are on the books, many practitioners are still struggling with the intricacies of the...
Doing Business 2013
Smarter Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Tenth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 185 economies, Doing Business 2013 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity: ¿ Starting a business ¿ Dealing with construction permits ¿ Getting electricity ¿ Registering property ¿ Getting credit ¿...
Unbreakable
Building the Resilience of the Poor in the Face of Natural Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016
'Economic losses from natural disasters totaled $92 billion in 2015.' Such statements, all too commonplace, assess the severity of disasters by no other measure than the damage inflicted on buildings, infrastructure, and agricultural production. But $1 in losses does not mean the same thing to a rich...
Reaping Digital Dividends
Leveraging the Internet for Development in Europe and Central Asia
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2017
From East to West, the economies of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) are not taking full advantage of the internet to foster economic growth and job creation. The residents of Central Asia and the South Caucasus pay some of the highest prices in the world for internet connections that are slow and unreliable....
Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy
The Framework, Methodology, and Results of the International Comparison Program (ICP)
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy: The Framework, Methodology, and Results of the International Comparison Program-ICP is the most comprehensive accounting ever presented by the International Comparison Program (ICP) of the theory and methods underlying the estimation of purchasing power parities...
Reaping Richer Returns
Public Spending Priorities for African Agriculture Productivity Growth
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
Enhancing the productivity of agriculture is vital for Sub-Saharan Africa's economic future and is one of the most important tools to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity in the region. How governments elect to spend public resources has significant development impact in this regard. Choosing...
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
A new look and new ways to access the world’s premier source of development data Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank’s premier annual compilation of data about development. Compiled from officially-recognized international...
Decarbonizing Development
Three Steps to a Zero-Carbon Future
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
The science is unequivocal: stabilizing climate change implies bringing net carbon emissions to zero. This must be done by 2100 if we are to keep climate change anywhere near the 2oC warming that world leaders have set as the maximum acceptable limit. Decarbonizing Development: Three Steps to a Zero-Carbon...
Regenerating Urban Land
A Practitioner's Guide to Leveraging Private Investment
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Regenerating Urban Land draws on the experience of eight case studies from around the world. The case studies outline various policy and financial instruments to attract private sector investment in urban regeneration of underutilized and unutilized areas and the requisite infrastructure improvements....