Education is one of the most important
drivers of the development of individuals and societies. It
not only has powerful implications for the creation of human
capacity,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 60039Date: February 24, 2011Author:
Bundy, Donald
The relative lack of attention to early
childhood development in many developing countries remains a
puzzle, and an opportunity. There is increasing evidence
that investments...
Type: PublicationReport#: 60041Date: February 24, 2011Author:
Alderman, Harold
There has been significant discussion on
the potential power of mobile-based technologies to provide
unbanked populations with access to financial instruments
and channels....
Type: PublicationReport#: 60060Date: February 24, 2011Author:
Chatain,Pierre-Laurent ;
Christen, Bob ;
Dannaoui,Najah Nina ;
De Koker,Louis ;
Noor,Sheikh M. Wameek ;
Zerzan,Andrew
This book is about the threats to
education quality that cannot be explained by lack of
resources. It reviews service delivery failures in
education: cases where programs...
Type: PublicationReport#: 60050Date: February 24, 2011Author:
Bruns, Barbara ;
Filmer, Deon ;
Patrinos, Harry Anthony
This book examines recent changes in the
landscape of retirement products and annuity markets in five
countries. All the selected countries (Australia, Chile,
Denmark,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 60052Date: February 18, 2011Author:
Rocha, Roberto ;
Vittas, Dimitri ;
Rudolph, Heinz P.
The main finding of this review is that
the Multi-Donor Trust Fund-Extractive Industries
Transparency Initiative (MDTF-EITI) program is in the
process of achieving its...
Type: PublicationReport#: 65334Date: February 18, 2011
The principal purpose of this Global
Program Review (GPR) is to learn lessons from the experience
of the Global Fund and its interaction with the Bank in
three areas:...
Type: PublicationReport#: 67281Date: February 8, 2011Author:
Gerrard, Chris
The principal purpose of this Global
Program Review (GPR) is to learn lessons from the experience
of the Global Fund and its interaction with the Bank in
three areas:...
Type: PublicationReport#: 67281Date: February 8, 2011Author:
Gerrard, Chris
This issue includes the following: HIV
testing : principles and practice, by Mark Gersovitz.
Corporate governance and performance around the world : what
we know and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73278Date: February 1, 2011Author:
Dulal,Hari Bansha ;
Gersovitz,Mark ;
Graham,Carol L. ;
Honohan,Patrick Thomas ;
Ravallion,Martin ;
Timilsina,Govinda R. ;
Yoder, Sean
This paper is organized in following
headings: five questions on international migration and
development; where on earth is everybody? the evolution of
global bilateral...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80516Date: February 1, 2011Author:
Batista,Catia ;
Beck,Thorsten ;
Bertoli,Simone ;
Bollard,Albert ;
Mckenzie,David J. ;
Moraga,Jesus Fernandez Huertas ;
Morten,Melanie ;
Ortega, Francesc ;
Ozden,Caglar ;
Parsons,Christopher Robert ;
Martinez Peria,Maria Soledad ;
Rapoport,Hillel ;
Schiff,Maurice ;
Vicente, Pedro C. ;
Walmsley,Terrie Louise
This report presents an overview of how
the energy sector might be impacted by climate change and
what options exist for its management. It focuses on energy
sector...
Type: PublicationReport#: 60051Date: January 28, 2011Author:
Ebinger, Jane ;
Vergara, Walter
The first volume of Independent
Evaluation Group (IEG) series (IEG 2009) examined World Bank
experience with the promotion of the most important win-win
(no regrets)...
Type: PublicationReport#: 59460Date: January 26, 2011Author:
Chomitz, Kenneth
This handbook is designed as a how-to
manual that guides practitioners as they grapple with the
strategic, organizational, investigative, and legal
challenges of recovering...
Type: PublicationReport#: 59464Date: January 18, 2011Author:
Brun,Jean Pierre ;
Gray,Larissa Alanna ;
Scott, Clive ;
Stephenson,Kevin Mark
Political risk remains the top
preoccupation for foreign investors operating in developing
countries over the next three years, in spite of persistent
concerns over...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58356Date: January 12, 2011
The main messages of poor places,
thriving people: how the Middle East and North Africa can
rise above spatial disparities can be summarized in four
words: people, connections,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58997Date: January 10, 2011
This book uses terms family farms and
smallholder agriculture interchangeably. The Food and
Agriculture Organization estimates the agricultural
population in Sub-Saharan...
Type: PublicationReport#: 75890Date: January 10, 2011Author:
Deveze, Jean-Claude
This book provides the most
comprehensive and rigorous analysis of Iraqi living
standards to be carried out in several decades. It makes
extensive use of the Iraq Household...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58848Date: January 10, 2011
Interest in farmland is rising. And,
given commodity price volatility, growing human and
environmental pressures, and worries about food security,
this interest will...
Type: PublicationReport#: 59463Date: January 10, 2011Author:
Byerlee,Derek R. ;
Deininger,Klaus W. ;
Lindsay,Jonathan Mills ;
Norton, Andrew ;
Selod,Harris ;
Stickler,Meredith Mercedes
This study assesses levels and trends in
corruption and the administrative burden from government
regulation of private firms. It is largely based on the
fourth round...
Type: PublicationReport#: 59465Date: January 6, 2011Author:
Knack, Stephen ;
Kisunko, Gregory
This report addresses the role of the
private sector in increasing access to safe drinking water,
as well as identifying challenges and opportunities in the
sector....
Type: PublicationReport#: 62263Date: January 1, 2011Author:
Brown, Joe ;
Clasen, Thomas ;
Outlaw, Tom ;
Sobsey, Mark D. ;
Wu, Jianyong
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