A dynamic and vibrant private sector is
crucial to economic growth, with firms making new
investments, creating jobs, improving productivity, and
promoting growth. Entrepreneurial...
Type: PublicationReport#: 81048Date: September 4, 2013Author:
Kuriakose,Smita
This report is based on seven papers for
the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 published in The
Lancet (December 13, 2010; 380). This publication summarizes
the global...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80848Date: August 27, 2013Author:
Human Development Network the World Bank ;
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Univ
This report is based on seven papers for
the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 published in The
Lancet (December 13, 2010; 380). This publication summarizes
the global...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80853Date: August 27, 2013Author:
Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation
University of Washington ;
Human Development Network the World Bank
This report is based on seven papers for
the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 published in The
Lancet (December 13, 2010; 380). This publication summarizes
the global...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80851Date: August 27, 2013Author:
Human Development Network the World Bank ;
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Univ
This report is based on seven papers for
the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 published in The
Lancet (December 13, 2010; 380). This publication summarizes
the global...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80849Date: August 27, 2013Author:
Human Development Network the world Bank ;
Institue for Health Metrics and Evaluation Unive
This report is based on seven papers for
the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 published in The
Lancet (December 13, 2010; 380). This publication summarizes
the global...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80850Date: August 27, 2013Author:
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
University of Washington ;
Human Development Network the World Bank
This report is organized in such a way
that the key policy options and strategic priorities are
based on the country context, including the burden of
non-communicable...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80752Date: August 21, 2013Author:
Ahsan,Karar Zunaid ;
El-Saharty,Sameh ;
Engelgau,Michael Maurice ;
Koehlmoos,Tracey Lynn Perez
A dynamic and vibrant private sector is
crucial to economic growth, with firms making new
investments, creating jobs, improving productivity, and
promoting growth. Entrepreneurial...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80751Date: August 21, 2013Author:
Kuriakose,Smita
The World Bank Research Observer is
intended for anyone who has a professional interest in
development. Observer articles are written to be accessible
to nonspecialist...
Type: PublicationReport#: 113055Date: August 1, 2013Author:
Ravallion,Martin ;
Gersovitz,Mark ;
Kriger,Norma Jean ;
Serve´n,Luis ;
Nguyen,ha ;
Ferreira,Francisco H. G. ;
Lugo,Maria Ana ;
Acharya,Arnab ;
Vellakkal,Sukumar ;
Taylor,Fiona ;
Masset,Edoardo ;
Satija,Ambika ;
Burke,Margaret ;
Ebrahim,Sha ;
E. Baez,Javier ;
Kronick,Dorothy ;
D. Mason,Andrew
The sourcebook is divided into twelve
chapters. Chapter one provides a short overview of the CPWF
project, based on its strategic and medium term plans.
Chapter two...
Type: PublicationReport#: 102639Date: July 1, 2013Author:
Ibus,Angelina C. ;
Joven, Bernadette ;
Domingo, Ines Vivian ;
Bo, Josephine ;
Gonsalves,Juliana C. ;
Lopez, Katherine ;
Escobin, Kim ;
Lando, Lily Ann ;
Calumpang, Lorna ;
Armonia, Ricardo ;
Bayot, Ruvicyn
The results 2013 report provides the
World Bank's shareholders, partners, and external
stakeholders with an integrated view of results and
performance in recent years....
Type: PublicationReport#: 80612Date: June 27, 2013
This book looks at the experience of
skills development in five African countries, Ghana, Kenya,
Nigeria, Rwanda, and Tanzania, that together account for
one-third of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 78687Date: June 18, 2013Author:
Adams,Arvil Van ;
Razmara,Setareh ;
Johansson De Silva,Sara
This book on light manufacturing in
Zambia is part of broader World Bank work on light
manufacturing in Africa. The focus on light manufacturing,
with its emphasis on...
Type: PublicationReport#: 78686Date: June 13, 2013Author:
Dinh,Hinh Truong
The global economy appears to be
transitioning toward a period of more stable, but slower
growth. Global gross domestic product (GDP), which slowed in
mid-2012, is recovering,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 78486Date: June 13, 2013Author:
Burns,Andrew ;
Janse Van Rensburg,Theo Nortje
Unlike the movement of capital, the
movement of labor across countries remains highly
restricted-despite the huge global returns to international
labor mobility. According...
Type: PublicationReport#: 78684Date: June 13, 2013Author:
Saez,Juan Sebastian
It has been more than 20 years since
Brazil's 1988 Constitution formally established the
Unified Health System (Sistema Unico de Saude, SUS).
Building on reforms that...
Type: PublicationReport#: 78682Date: June 13, 2013Author:
Couttolenc,Bernard F. ;
Gragnolati,Michele ;
Lindelow,Magnus
What is the relationship between
employment and conflict in fragile states? Although this
question cannot be definitively answered, a large body of
research suggests...
Type: PublicationReport#: 78681Date: June 12, 2013Author:
Cuesta Leiva,Jose Antonio ;
Dudwick,Nora ;
Madani,Dorsati H. ;
Srinivasan,Radhika
Influenced by the condition of young
children within its own country and by the pattern of
international evidence about the value of Early Childhood
Education and Development...
The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC)
region has been in many ways successful in increasing
agriculture production and competitiveness, as well as
tackling nutrition....
The population of Sub-Saharan Africa
stood at 854 million in 2010. Annual population growth
averaged 2.5 percent, with a relatively high sustained
fertility rate, fostered...
Type: PublicationReport#: 78680Date: June 7, 2013Author:
Busquet,Nicolas Antoine Philippe ;
Barlet, Muriel ;
Bocquier,Philippe Nabil Louis ;
De Vreyer,Philippe H.
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