World Bank: 627 books

Cover of International Debt Statistics 2017
by World Bank
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...
Cover of Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016

Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016

Development Goals in an Era of Demographic Change

by World Bank;International Monetary Fund
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...
Cover of The State of Social Safety Nets 2015
by The World Bank
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...
Cover of Climate Change and the World Bank Group: Phase I I - The Challenge of Low-Carbon Development
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2011

This study from the Independent Evaluation Group draws lessons for development and climate change mitigation from the World Bank Group's far-reaching portfolio of projects in energy forestry transport coal power and technology transfer. Reviewing what has worked what hasn?t and why the evaluation?s...
Cover of Global Financial Development Report 2014
by World Bank Group
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013

Financial inclusion has become a major subject of interest among policymakers, researchers, and other financial sector stakeholders. Many countries, for example, have recently adopted explicit financial inclusion strategies with targets for financial inclusion. The interest reflects an increased recognition...
Cover of Global Financial Development Report 2017/2018
by World Bank
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...
Cover of Using Training To Build Capacity For Development: An Evalution Of The World Bank's Project-Based And Wbi Training
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2008

This evaluation assesses the extend to which World Bank-financed training builds the capacity of target institutions and organizations to better achieve their development goals, and identifies the training management processes that contribute to positive results.
Cover of Poverty Reduction Support Credits: An Evaluation Of World Bank Support
by Kumar Anjali
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2010

This evaluation examines the relevance and effectiveness of Poverty Reduction Support Credits (PRSCs), introduced by the Bank in early 2001 to support comprehensive growth, improve social conditions, and reduce poverty in IDA countries. PRSCs were intended to allow greater country-ownership, provide...
Cover of The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 7 Financing and Implementing the Post-2015 Development Agenda
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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...
Cover of Global Financial Development Report 2015/2016
by The World Bank The World Bank
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...
Cover of World Development Indicators 2012
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012

Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? 'World Development Indicators' is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical reference allows you to consult over 800 indicators for more than 150 economies and 14 country groups in...
Cover of Sustaining Forests: A Development Strategy
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2004

The World Bank's Forests Strategy, adopted in October 2002, charts a path for the Bank's proactive engagement in the sector to help attain the goal of poverty reduction without jeopardizing the environmental values intrinsic to sustainability. This strategy replaces the Bank's 1991 Forestry Strategy,...
Cover of World Development Report 2013
by World Bank World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012

Jobs provide higher earnings and better benefits as countries grow, but they are also a driver of development. Poverty falls as people work their way out of hardship and as jobs empowering women lead to greater investments in children. Efficiency increases as workers get better at what they do, as...
Cover of Atlas of Global Development

Atlas of Global Development

A Visual Guide to the World’s Greatest Challenges

by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013

COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED INCLUDING SPECIAL eBOOK-ONLY CONTENT Published in association with Harper Collins, the completely revised and updated fourth edition of the Atlas of Global Development is a comprehensive guide to the most critical issues facing our changing world today. A visual guide to...
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