Scaling up renewable energy, such as
wind and solar, goes hand-in-hand with the expansion of
transmission infrastructure. The richest solar and wind
renewable energy...
Type: PublicationReport#: 70265Date: June 14, 2012Author:
Madrigal, Marcelino ;
Stoft, Steven
In recent years, many countries, both
developed and developing, have engaged in a process of
decentralization of health service delivery and/or other
functions of the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 70274Date: June 14, 2012Author:
Couttolenc,Bernard F.
Does what economies export matter for
development? If so, can industrial policies improve on the
export basket generated by the market? This book approaches
these questions...
Type: PublicationReport#: 70325Date: June 13, 2012Author:
Lederman,Daniel ;
Maloney,William F.
The little data book on external debt, a
pocket edition of Global Development Finance 2012: external
debt of developing countries contains statistical tables on
the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 69932Date: June 12, 2012Author:
Levent, Ibrahim
Studies evaluating the supply response
in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to the agricultural policy
reforms have found that agricultural growth rates after
reforms have been...
Type: PublicationReport#: 69937Date: June 11, 2012Author:
Aksoy, M. Ataman
This book is a major step towards
improving the understanding of the complex reality of
informal sector firms in francophone West Africa. It
innovates by concentrating...
Type: PublicationReport#: 69935Date: June 8, 2012Author:
Benjamin,Nancy Claire ;
Mbaye,Ahmadou Aly
Countries heavily dependent on imported
oil to power a significant portion of their electricity
generation are especially vulnerable to high and volatile
oil prices....
Type: PublicationReport#: 69944Date: June 8, 2012Author:
Yepez-Garcia, Rigoberto Ariel ;
Dana, Julie
This is a guide to diagnosing strengths
and weaknesses in forest governance using a tool developed
by PROFOR (Program on Forests). The tool consists of a set
of indicators...
Type: PublicationReport#: 71436Date: June 1, 2012Author:
Kishor,Nalin M. ;
Rosenbaum,Kenneth L.
This issue includes the following:
conditional cash transfers and HIV/AIDS prevention:
unconditionally promising? By Hans-Peter Kohler, and Rebecca
L. Thornton; just...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80520Date: June 1, 2012Author:
De Janvry,Alain F. ;
Sadoulet,Elisabeth Marie L.
The use of impact evaluation (IE) to
assess causal effects of development interventions and
complement other evaluation approaches has expanded rapidly
over the past...
For many years after the collapse of the
Soviet economy, most of the water supply and sanitation
systems in Armenia were in disrepair. The country was faced
with increasing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 92801Date: June 1, 2012Author:
Tokhmakhyan,Zaruhi
Economic developments of the past year
have been volatile, punctuated by natural disasters, large
swings in investor sentiment, and periods of relative calm
and improving...
Type: PublicationReport#: 69127Date: June 1, 2012Author:
World Bank
Economic developments of the past year
have been volatile, punctuated by natural disasters, large
swings in investor sentiment, and periods of relative calm
and improving...
Type: PublicationReport#: 69846Date: June 1, 2012Author:
World Bank
This report draws deeply on the
extraordinary efforts and innovations demonstrated by early
child development policy makers around Brazil. This report
draws on background...
Type: PublicationReport#: 69307Date: May 29, 2012Author:
Evans, K. David ;
Kosec,Katrina L.
Countries worldwide face challenges of
high unemployment, unsustainable public finances and lower
potential output. It is pertinent therefore to understand
future challenges...
Type: PublicationReport#: 84423Date: May 8, 2012Author:
Dutz, Mark A. [editor] ;
Mello, Luiz de [editor]
Growth in developing East Asia and the
Pacific remained strong in 2011, although it slowed from its
post-crisis peaks. Strong domestic demand offset weaker
external...
One of the most important functions that
governments perform is mobilizing financial resources and
deploying them to achieve their objectives. According to the
most...
Type: PublicationReport#: 68493Date: April 30, 2012Author:
Beschel, Robert P. ;
Ahern, Mark
The report estimated that in the East
Asia and Pacific (EAP) region alone about US$80 billion a
year of additional investments would be required in
low-emission projects...
Type: PublicationReport#: 68491Date: April 30, 2012
For people in developed countries,
burning fuel wood in an open hearth evokes nostalgia and
romance. But in developing countries, the harsh reality is
that several billion...
Type: PublicationReport#: 68279Date: April 27, 2012Author:
Barnes, Douglas F. ;
Kumar, Priti ;
Openshaw, Keith
The report opens with a brief
description of the conceptual framework that guided the
analysis as well as the data used. The next chapter presents
the analysis of changes...
Type: PublicationReport#: 68361Date: April 21, 2012Author:
Fox, Louise ;
Santibanez, Lucrecia ;
Nguyen, Vy ;
Andre, Pierre
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