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The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 5
Fostering Development through Opportunity, Inclusion, and Equity
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
This volume will explore the potentially transformative role of effective laws and legal institutions in providing people with more opportunity that is both inclusive and equitable. Laws, legal frameworks and judicial institutions can create opportunity by providing the space to build human capital and...
Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016
Taking on Inequality
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016 is the first of an annual flagship report that will inform a global audience comprising development practitioners, policy makers, researchers, advocates, and citizens in general with the latest and most accurate estimates on trends in global poverty and shared prosperity....
Global Economic Prospects, January 2019
Darkening Skies
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2019
The outlook for the global economy has darkened. Global financing conditions have tightened, industrial production has moderated, trade tensions have intensified, and some large emerging market and developing economies have experienced significant financial market stress. Faced with these headwinds,...
ICT in Agriculture (Updated Edition)
Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks, and Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Information and communication technology (ICT) has always mattered in agriculture. Ever since people have grown crops, raised livestock, and caught fish, they have sought information from one another. Today, ICT represents a tremendous opportunity for rural populations to improve productivity, to enhance...
Securing Development
Public Finance and the Security Sector
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Securing Development: Public Finance and the Security Sector highlights the role of public finance in the delivery of security and criminal justice services. This book offers a framework for analyzing public financial management, financial transparency, and oversight, as well as expenditure policy issues...
by Fortin Henri; Hirata Barros Ana Cristina; Cutler Kit
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2009
The importance of moving toward high-quality, global standards of accounting and auditing has never been clearer. In the midst of the global financial and economic crisis, the leaders of the Group of 20 met and issued their "Declaration on Strengthening the Financial System," placing significant emphasis...
The Innovation Paradox
Developing-Country Capabilities and the Unrealized Promise of Technological Catch-Up
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Since Schumpeter, economists have argued that vast productivity gains can be achieved by investing in innovation and technological catch-up. Yet, as this volume documents, developing country firms and governments invest little to realize this potential, which dwarfs international aid flows. Using new...
by Demombynes Gabriel; Verner Dorte
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2010
The work grows out of discussions with counterparts at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Food (SAGPyA) and INDEC. Recognizing the dearth of information on rural areas, the World Bank team agreed to review knowledge on rural poverty and provide guidance on future data collection efforts....
by Tang Helen
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2010
This evaluation takes the premise that beyond in-forming IDA allocation, the CPIA is useful as a broad indicator of development effectiveness. It reviews the appropriateness of the CPIA as an indicator that assesses the conduciveness of a country's policies and institutions to fostering poverty...
by Barnes Jeff; O'Hanlon Barbar; Feeley Frank; Kimberly McKeon; Nelson Gitonga; Caytie Decker
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
Kenya's private sector is one of the most developed and dynamic in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the health sector - where the leading causes of death are HIV/AIDS, acute respiratory infection, diarrheal diseases, and malaria - the private commercial (for-profit) sector and the not-for-profit sector play critical...
Key Labor Market Indicators
Analysis with Household Survey Data
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
Key Labor Market Indicators: Analysis with Household Survey Data is an introduction to labor market indicator analysis and a guide for analyzing household survey data using the ADePT ILO (International Labour Organization) Labor Market Indicators Module. The analytical framework and approach taken up...
Privilege-Resistant Policies in the Middle East and North Africa
Measurement and Operational Implications
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Renewing the social contract, one of the pillars of the new World Bank Group strategy for the Middle East and North Africa, requires a new development model built on greater trust; openness, transparency, inclusive and accountable service delivery; and a stronger private sector that can create jobs...
A Step Ahead
Competition Policy for Shared Prosperity and Inclusive Growth
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Sustainable economic development has played a major role in the decline of global poverty in the past two decades. There is no doubt that competitive markets are key drivers of economic growth and productivity. They are also valuable channels for consumer welfare. Competition policy is a powerful tool...
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2008
The Caribbean Region is second only to Africa in the impact of HIV&AIDS. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has responded to this challenge by promoting a multisectoral response to the epidemic. UNESCO has provided regional leadership in strengthening the education sector component of this response. In...