In the wake of the financial crisis of
2008, governments worldwide undertook massive fiscal
interventions to stave off what might otherwise have been a
system-wide financial...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58283Date: November 16, 2010Author:
Braga,Carlos Alberto Primo ;
Andronova Vincelette,Gallina
Around the world, it is increasingly
being recognized that for sustainability goals to be
reached, efforts need to go beyond complying with standards
and mitigating...
Type: PublicationReport#: 57881Date: November 11, 2010Author:
Loayza, Fernando
The Amazon basin is a key component of
the global carbon cycle. The old-growth rainforests in the
basin represent storage of ~ 120 petagrams of carbon (Pg C)
in their...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58037Date: November 11, 2010Author:
Vergara, Walter ;
Scholz, Sebastian M.
In broad terms, the sources of economic
growth are well understood, but relatively few countries
have succeeded in effectively harnessing this knowledge for
policy purposes...
The purpose of this study is to gather a
broad spectrum of remittance data related to Uganda and the
three remittance corridors and compile such information in a
comprehensive...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58012Date: November 11, 2010Author:
Endo, Isaku ;
Namaaji, Jane ;
Kulathunga, Anoma
This book presents the results of the
study 'New Approaches for Improving the Development
Outcomes of the Extractive Industry in Peru: Improving
Impacts on Women in...
Type: PublicationReport#: 57868Date: November 11, 2010Author:
Ward, Bernie ;
Strongman, John
One of the ways that terrorist
organizations raise and transfer funds is by using the
fundraising power, and the aura of charitable activity, of
nonprofit organizations...
Type: PublicationReport#: 57879Date: November 10, 2010Author:
Willebois, Emile van der Does de
This book has the potential to
contribute to a reversing of this trend, whereby activities
in not only the health sector but also in other sectors
relevant to nutrition...
This volume consists of papers presented
at the Korea-World Bank High Level Conference on Post-Crisis
Growth and Development.The volume is organized as follows.
In chapters...
This volume, Berlin workshop series
2010, contains a selection of papers presented at the 11th
International Policy Workshop, held in Berlin, September
28-30, 2008....
Type: PublicationReport#: 57855Date: November 5, 2010Author:
Ansohn, Albrecht ;
Pleskovic,Boris
Doing Business 2011 is the eighth in a
series of annual reports published by IFC and the World
Bank. Among the world's economies, Kazakhstan improved
business regulation...
Type: PublicationReport#: 58008Date: November 4, 2010
This is the second edition of the
Migration and Remittances Factbook. This report provides a
comprehensive picture of emigration, skilled emigration,
immigration, and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 57869Date: November 4, 2010Author:
Ratha, Dilip ;
Mohapatra, Sanket ;
Silwal, Ani
Human rights indicators are central to
the application of human rights standards in context and
relate essentially to measuring human rights realization,
both qualitatively...
The eight Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) form a blueprint that is agreed upon by all the
world's countries and its leading development
institutions. The first seven...
Type: PublicationReport#: 57882Date: October 22, 2010Author:
Augustinus, Clarissa ;
Deininger,Klaus W. ;
Enemark,Stig ;
Munro-Faure,Paul
Mongolia was one of the East Asian
economies hardest hit by the global downturn, as copper
prices collapsed and external demand fell. With the recovery
in economic activity...
Type: PublicationReport#: 57878Date: October 12, 2010
This report summarizes the findings of
an extensive literature survey of the experiences of
implementing BEECs in developed countries. It also includes
case studies...
Type: PublicationReport#: 57877Date: October 12, 2010Author:
Liu, Feng ;
Meyer, Anke S. ;
Hogan, John F.
This survey was conducted by the World
Bank Payment Systems Development Group, at the request of
the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic, as a follow
up to the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 57883Date: October 12, 2010Author:
Corazza,Carlo ;
Nicolì, Marco
The overall objective of this
comprehensive report is to consider Rwanda's budget
support in the context of its overall public expenditure and
resources to: (a) provide...
This issue includes the following: Stop!
The polio vaccination cessation game, by Scott Barrett.
After Janjaweed? Socioeconomic impacts of the conflict in
Darfur, by...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73276Date: October 1, 2010
The surge in global commodity prices of
the past few years has presented a tremendous development
challenge to South Asian countries. On a net basis South
Asia is estimated...
Type: PublicationReport#: 65399Date: September 30, 2010Author:
Ahmed, Sadiq ;
Jansen, Hans G. P.
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