Poor people living in slums are at
particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change
and natural hazards. They live on the most vulnerable land
within cities,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 68358Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Baker,Judy L.
This paper is organized in following
headings: has India's economic growth become more
pro-poor in the wake of economic reforms?; are the poverty
effects of trade policies...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80517Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Anderson,Kym ;
Croser,Johanna Louise ;
Cuong,Nguyen Viet ;
Datt,Gaurav ;
Kraay,Aart C. ;
Mont,Daniel M. ;
Newhouse,David Locke ;
Nyiri, Zsolt ;
Ravallion,Martin ;
Suryadarma,Daniel C. J. ;
Verma, Monika ;
Yilmazkuday,Hakan
This book provides a guide to Automated
Development Economics (DEC) Poverty Tables (ADePT's)
two health modules: the first module covers inequality and
equity in health,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 62258Date: May 27, 2011Author:
Bilger,Marcel ;
Lokshin,Michael M. ;
Sajaia,Zurab ;
Wagstaff, Adam
Around the world, countries are becoming
urbanized at an astonishing pace. As countries develop
economically, their economies shift from mainly rural and
agrarian to...
Type: PublicationReport#: 62259Date: May 26, 2011Author:
Dudwick,Nora ;
Hull, Katy ;
Katayama,Roy Shuji ;
Shilpi,Forhad J. ;
Simler,Kenneth
This is a Regional Program Review (RPR)
of the World Bank's support for the Mesoamerican
Biological Corridor (MBC). The review is framed around an
assessment of five...
The Annual World Bank Conference on
Development Economics (ABCDE) is a forum for discussion and
debate of important policy issues facing developing
countries. The conferences...
Type: PublicationReport#: 61894Date: May 17, 2011Author:
Yoon, Jeung-Hyun ;
Sakong, Il ;
Krueger, Anne O. ;
Johnson, Simon ;
Robinson, James A. ;
Hofman, Bert ;
Chang, Ha-Joon ;
Polenske, Karen R. ;
Dasgupta, Partha ;
Aoki, Masahiko ;
Tommasi, Mariano ;
Park, Yung Chul ;
Aizenman, Joshua ;
Lee, Jong-Wha ;
Claessens, Stijn ;
Cho, Yoon Je ;
Zanalda, Giovanni ;
Zettelmeyer, Jeromin ;
Lane, Philip R. ;
Chung, Sungchul ;
Dethier, Jean-Jacques ;
Gelb, Alan ;
Fardoust, Shahrokh ;
Lee, Young Geol ;
Lin, Justin Yifu [editor] ;
Pleskovic, Boris [editor]
Health systems across Africa are in
urgent need of improvement. The public sector should not be
expected to shoulder the burden of directly providing the
needed services...
Type: PublicationReport#: 61895Date: May 12, 2011Author:
Spreng,Connor P.
This book contains a compilation of
contributions to a workshop in November 2007,
"Generating Genuine Demand with Social Accountability
Mechanisms," held in Paris, France,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 61639Date: May 10, 2011Author:
Odugbemi, Sina ;
Lee, Taeku
In many countries in Eastern Europe and
Central Asia (ECA), the National Quality Infrastructure
(NQI) does not support business competitiveness, though this
is one of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 61896Date: May 5, 2011Author:
Racine, Jean-Louis
This report was co-funded by research
grant from the World Bank's research committee for a
regional study evaluating Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)
Support Programs...
Type: PublicationReport#: 61641Date: April 29, 2011Author:
Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys ;
Tan, Hong W.
Growth is good for the poor, but the
impact of growth on poverty reduction depends on both the
pace and the pattern of growth. A pattern of growth that
enhances the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 61809Date: April 28, 2011Author:
Freeman,Adesimi
International migration has profound
implications for human welfare, and African governments have
had only a limited influence on welfare outcomes, for good
or ill....
Type: PublicationReport#: 61636Date: April 26, 2011Author:
Mohapatra,Sanket ;
Ozden,Caglar ;
Plaza,Sonia ;
Ratha,Dilip K. ;
Shaw,William ;
Abebe,Abebe Shimeles
This paper was prepared by the public
sector and governance group of the World Bank poverty
reduction and economic management network. Since 1984, the
World Bank has...
Type: PublicationReport#: 61640Date: April 26, 2011Author:
Dorotinsky,William Leslie ;
Watkins,Joanna Alexandra ;
Dener,Cem
Most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
confront serious health challenges; however, Ghana has done
beer than many of its neighbors. Ghana's life
expectancy at birth is...
Type: PublicationReport#: 61312Date: April 26, 2011Author:
Makinen, Marty ;
Sealy, Stephanie ;
Bitran, Ricardo A. ;
Adjei, Sam ;
Munoz, Rodrigo
The diaspora of developing countries can
be a potent force for development for their countries of
origin, through remittances, but also, importantly, through
promotion...
Type: PublicationReport#: 61638Date: April 26, 2011Author:
Plaza,Sonia ;
Ratha,Dilip Kumar
This report compiles recent evidence on
the Zambian health labor market and provides some baseline
information on human resources for health (HRH) to help the
government...
Type: PublicationReport#: 61897Date: April 26, 2011Author:
Herbst, Christopher H. ;
Vledder, Monique ;
Campbell, Karen ;
Sjöblom, Mirja ;
Soucat, Agnes
Human and economic developments are
closely linked to geography. The mission of the World Bank
Group is to assist countries to overcome poverty and
establish a sustainable...
Type: PublicationReport#: 60058Date: April 16, 2011
This report has been prepared jointly by
the staffs of the World Bank and the International Monetary
Fund (IMF). This year we are facing historic development
challenges...
Type: PublicationReport#: 61311Date: April 14, 2011
This report's objective is to
develop the evidence base for policy making in relation to
poverty reduction. It produces a diagnosis of the broad
nature of the poverty...
Type: PublicationReport#: 57428Date: April 13, 2011Author:
Crost,Benjamin ;
Das,Jishnu ;
Das,Maitreyi B ;
Datt,Gaurav ;
Deaton,Angus S. ;
Dercon,Stefan ;
Dubey,Amaresh ;
Dutta,Puja Vasudeva ;
Hall,Gillette H. ;
Himanshu,Rai ;
Jaison,Shiny ;
Joddar,Pinaki ;
Kapoor,Soumya ;
Kapur, Davesh ;
Krutikova, Sonya ;
Lanjouw,Peter F. ;
May,Ernesto ;
Murgai,Rinku ;
Nikitin,Denis ;
Pigato,Miria A. ;
Rascon Ramirez,Ericka G. ;
Ravallion,Martin ;
Sadoulet,Elisabeth Marie L. ;
Soni,Rita ;
Sriram,Jyoti ;
Vishwanath,Tara ;
Witsoe,Jeffrey Lawrence ;
Yoshida,Nobuo ;
Zagha,N. Roberto ;
De Janvry,Alain F.
The report is organized around three
chapters, in addition to this overview, each one dealing
with an excluded group: Scheduled Tribe (ST), Scheduled
Caste (SC), and...
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