This book examines the 35-year career of
Vinod Thomas. He spent those 35 years within the World Bank
Group in different positions and in different regions. This
book...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73355Date: January 1, 2011Author:
Rist, Ray C. [editor] ;
Wolfensohn, James D. ;
Thomas, Vinod ;
Summers, Lawrence H.l ;
Fischer, Stanley ;
Leipziger, Danny M. ;
Nash, John ;
Edwards, Sebastian ;
Hutcheson, Thomas ;
Keesing, Donald ;
Matin, Kazi ;
Pursell, Garry ;
Yeats, Alexander J. ;
Dailami, Mansoor ;
Dhareshwar, Ashok ;
Kaufmann, Daniel ;
Kishor, Nalin ;
Lopez, Ramon ;
Wang, Yan ;
Stiglitz, Joseph ;
dos Reis Velloso, Joao Paulo ;
Junguito, Roberto ;
Mohan, Rakesh ;
Tolley, George S. ;
Georgieva, Kristalina ;
Gressani, Daniela ;
Grasso, Patrick ;
Boehmer, Hans-Martin ;
Tominaga, Jiro
This first World Bank for Results report
provides the Bank's shareholders, partners, and
external stakeholders with an integrated view of results and
performance in...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80514Date: January 1, 2011Author:
Mohammad, Nadeem
The mission of the Multilateral
Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is to promote foreign
direct investment (FDI) into developing countries to support
economic growth,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73168Date: January 1, 2011Author:
Villar, Daniel ;
Jensen, Nathan
The International Benchmarking Network
for Water and Sanitation Utilities (IBNET) blue book creates
a baseline and, at the same time, offers a global vision of
the state...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58849Date: December 23, 2010Author:
Berg, Caroline van den ;
Danilenko, Alexander
This report is based on two case studies
carried out in Brazil and India on the impact of various
strategies to reduce the cost of trade for small-scale
producers. Small...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58852Date: December 21, 2010Author:
Kunaka,Charles
The clothing sector has traditionally
been a gateway to export diversification and industrial
development for low-income countries (LICs) but recent
developments may...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58851Date: December 14, 2010Author:
Staritz, Cornelia
The past half-century has seen enormous
changes in the demographic makeup of Latin America and the
Caribbean (LAC). In the 1950s, LAC had a small population of
about...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58842Date: December 13, 2010Author:
Cotlear,Daniel
Impact evaluation figures among a broad
range of complementary methods that support evidence-based
policy. Although this book focuses on quantitative impact
evaluation...
Type: PublicationReport#: 59998Date: December 13, 2010Author:
Gertler,Paul J. ;
Martinez,Sebastian ;
Premand,Patrick ;
Rawlings,Laura B. ;
Vermeersch,Christel M. J.
This book is about development and
measuring development progress. While precise definitions
may vary, development is, at heart, a process of building
wealth, the produced,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58847Date: December 13, 2010Author:
Lange, Glenn-Marie ;
Hamilton, Kirk ;
Ruta, Giovanni ;
Chakraborti, Lopa ;
Desai, Deval ;
Edens, Bram ;
Ferreira, Susana ;
Fraumeni, Barbara ;
Jarvis, Michael ;
Kingsmill, William ;
Li, Haizheng
Between 2006 and 2010 the World Bank
sought to unmask the role of science, technology, and
innovation in Ugandan industry. This report presents
insights from this research...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58844Date: December 8, 2010Author:
Brar,Sukhdeep ;
Farley,Sara Elizabeth ;
Hawkins,Robert J. ;
Wagner, Caroline S.
This overview summarizes the key
findings of the eight chapters and one policy note. It is
organized as follows. The first section provides a
background of Guangdong,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 59092Date: December 7, 2010
The impact of good governance on
investment management and performance is immense. Several
key factors contribute to good governance within pension
funds, appropriate...
Type: PublicationReport#: 61313Date: December 6, 2010Author:
Rajkumar, Sudhir ;
Dorfman, Mark C.
While globalization has been a powerful
engine of economic growth over the past three decades, it
has also posed new problems and challenges, especially for
international...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58439Date: December 3, 2010Author:
Nabli,Mustapha Kamel
Preparation of the $1.45 billion Nam
Theun 2 (NT2) project in the Lao People's Democratic
Republic (Lao PDR) represented an important milestone for
the government, the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58440Date: December 1, 2010Author:
Porter, Ian C. ;
Shivakumar, Jayasankar
This report discusses and analyzes labor
market dynamics and outcomes (including unemployment, worker
shortages, and urban-rural imbalances of categories of
health workers)...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58843Date: December 1, 2010Author:
Herbst,Christopher H. ;
Jahanshahi,Atefeh Negda ;
Lemiere,Christophe ;
Smith,Ellen
This book provides border management
policymakers and reformers with a broad survey of key
developments in and principles for improving trade
facilitation through better...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58845Date: November 30, 2010Author:
Doyle, Tom ;
Fanta Ivanovic,Enrique ;
Mclinden,Gerard ;
Widdowson,David Charles
Biofuels offer new opportunities for
African countries. They can contribute to economic growth,
employment, and rural incomes. They can become an important
export for...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58438Date: November 24, 2010Author:
Mitchell, Donald
Migration has historically been a source
of opportunities for people to improve their lives and those
of their families. Today, the large differences in income
between...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58284Date: November 24, 2010Author:
Murrugarra, Edmundo ;
Larrison, Jennica ;
Sasin, Marcin
New businesses are likely to have been
even more severely affected by the crisis than mature
businesses, even in non crisis times, new and young firms
tend to be more...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58286Date: November 18, 2010
Output has recovered to above pre-crisis
levels throughout developing East Asia and, in some
countries, is expanding at near pre-crisis rates. Real Gross
Domestic Product...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58285Date: November 17, 2010
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