World Bank Publications: 275 books
Poverty, Inequality, and Evaluation
Changing Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
The basic premise of this book is that the conversation on the future of development needs to shift from a focus on poverty to that of inequality. The poverty emphasis is in an intellectual and political cul de sac. It does not address the fundamental question of why people are poor nor what can be done...
by Paul J. Gertler, Sebastian Martinez, Patrick Premand
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
The second edition of the Impact Evaluation in Practice handbook is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to impact evaluation for policy makers and development practitioners. First published in 2011, it has been used widely across the development and academic communities. The book incorporates...
Migrating to Opportunity
Overcoming Barriers to Labor Mobility in Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
The movement of people in Southeast Asia is an issue of increasing importance. Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are now the origin of 8 percent of the world's migrants. These countries host only 4 percent of the world's migrants but intra-regional migration has turned Malaysia,...
Work and Family
Latin American and Caribbean Women in Search of a New Balance
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Over recent decades, women in Latin America and the Caribbean have increased their labor force participation faster than in any other region of the world. This evolution occurred in the context of more general progress in women’s status. Female enrollment rates have increased at all levels of education,...
Earth Observation for Water Resources Management
Current Use and Future Opportunities for the Water Sector
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Water systems are building blocks for poverty alleviation, shared growth, sustainable development, and green growth strategies. They require data from in-situ observation networks. Budgetary and other constraints have taken a toll on their operation and there are many regions in the world where the data...
Stop the Violence in Latin America
A Look at Prevention from Cradle to Adulthood
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has the undesirable distinction of being the world's most violent region, with 24.7 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. The magnitude of the problem is staggering and persistent. Of the top 50 most violent cities in the world, 42 are in LAC. In 2010 alone,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Volume 3, Cancer, presents the complex patterns of cancer incidence and death around the world and evidence on effective and cost-effective ways to control cancers. The DCP3 evaluation of cancer will indicate where cancer treatment is ineffective and wasteful, and offer alternative cancer care packages...
by Alexandre Marc, Neelam Verjee, Stephen Mogaka
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Since independence, the West African sub-region has been an arena for a number of large-scale conflicts and civil wars, as well as simmering and low-intensity uprisings. Contrary to perceptions, West Africa in its post-independence history has experienced fewer conflict events and fatalities from conflict...
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
The Little Data Book 2013 is a pocket edition of World Development Indicators 2013. It is intended as a quick reference for users of the World Development Indicators database, book, and mobile app. The database, which covers more than 1,200 indicators and spans more than 50 years The 214 country tables...
Global Monitoring Report 2013
Rural-Urban Dynamics and the Millennium Development Goals
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
The Global Monitoring Report 2013: Rural-Urban Dynamics and the Millennium Development Goals examines rural-urban disparities in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and how urbanization, if managed well, can contribute to the attainment of these goals. The report provides information...
Latin America and the Rising South
Changing World, Changing Priorities
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
The world economy is not what it used to be twenty years ago. For most of the 20th century, the world economy was characterized by developed (North) countries acting as 'center' to a 'periphery' of developing (South) countries. However, the recent rise of developing economies suggests the need to go...
by World Bank, International Monetary Fund
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
What has been the impact of yet another food price spike on developing countries’ ability to make progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? How many poor people have been prevented from lifting themselves out of poverty? How many people, and how many children, have seen their personal...
Valuing Services in Trade
A Toolkit for Competitiveness Diagnostics
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Valuing Services in Trade: A Toolkit for Competitiveness Diagnostics provides a framework, guidance, and practical tools for conducting an analysis and diagnostics of the trade competitiveness of a country’s services sector. The proposed methods subsequently identify the main constraints to improved...
by Kathleen Beegle, Luc Christiaensen, Andrew Dabalen
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Perceptions of Africa have changed dramatically. Viewed as a continent of wars, famines and entrenched poverty in the late 1990s, there is now a focus on “Africa rising†? and an “African 21st century.†? Two decades of unprecedented economic growth in Africa should have brought substantial improvements...