Development economists are paid to look
into the future. They ask not only how things work today,
but also how a new policy, program, or project will make
them work...
This book investigates trends in skills
demand and supply over the past two decades for insights
into ways to build (and use) the critical skills needed to
sustain competitiveness...
Type: PublicationReport#: 57873Date: September 24, 2010Author:
Gropello, Emanuela di ;
Tan, Hong ;
Tandon, Prateek
The reality of climate change associated
with anthropogenic emissions is now widely acknowledged by
the scientific community. Its potential devastating future
harms...
Type: PublicationReport#: 57874Date: September 21, 2010Author:
Gouvello, Christophede ;
Zelenko, Ivan ;
Ambrosi, Philippe
Carbon accounting and labeling are new
instruments of supply chain management and, in some cases,
of regulation that may affect trade from developing
counties. These...
Type: PublicationReport#: 56798Date: September 21, 2010Author:
Brenton, Paul ;
Edwards-Jones, Gareth ;
Friis Jensen, Michael
This report has been prepared in the
context of a major global effort in the past eight years to
better measure results in development assistance. The agenda
for this...
Type: PublicationReport#: 62470Date: September 14, 2010Author:
Warner,Andrew M.
The world is in the midst of a sporadic
and painful recovery from the most severe economic crisis
since the 1930s Great Depression. The unprecedented scale
of the crisis...
The Bank's Country Policy and
Institutional Assessment (CPIA) assesses the conduciveness
of a country's, policy and institutional framework to
poverty reduction, sustainable...
Type: PublicationReport#: 63951Date: September 13, 2010Author:
Tang, Helena
The World Bank's Country Policy and
Institutional Assessment (CPIA) assess the conduciveness of
a country's policy and institutional framework to
poverty reduction,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 56456Date: September 13, 2010Author:
Tang, Helena
This book is an output of the
'positioning Penang' study, a collaborative
research project between Khazanah Nasional Berhad and The
World Bank, identified by the Economic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 57858Date: September 1, 2010Author:
Kharas, Homi ;
Zeufack, Albert ;
Majeed, Hamdan
The focus of this volume is on China and
India. The authors see them as the principal beneficiaries
of the first upheaval, roughly bookended by the crises of
1997-98...
Type: PublicationReport#: 56794Date: September 1, 2010Author:
Nabeshima,Kaoru ;
Yusuf,Shahid
This paper reviews recent impact
evaluations of interventions and programs to improve child
anthropometric outcomes- height, weight, and birth
weight-with an emphasis...
China's meteoric economic rise over
the past three decades is an unprecedented "growth
miracle" in human history. Since the Open Door policy
and reforms that began in...
Type: PublicationReport#: 56447Date: August 25, 2010Author:
Zeng, Douglas Zhihua
The goal of this guidebook is to serve
as a starting point for civil society organizations, as well
as Bank teams interested in conducting Public Expenditure
Tracking...
Type: PublicationReport#: 56448Date: August 13, 2010Author:
Koziol, Margaret ;
Tolmie, Courtney
South Asia's rebound since March
2009 has been strong and is comparable to that in East Asia.
South Asia is poised to grow by about 7 percent in 2010 and
nearly 8 percent...
The main aim of this book is to help
fill the gap in current knowledge about the nature, the
extent, and some of the root causes of gender disparities in
Africa, showing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 57866Date: August 5, 2010Author:
Arbache,Jorge Saba ;
Filipiak, Ewa ;
Kolev,Alexandre
The survey provided data on rural
household energy use and expenditures, use by rural
households of electricity from the grid, and use by rural
households of off-grid...
Type: PublicationReport#: 62473Date: August 1, 2010Author:
Peter, Meier ;
Tuntivate, Voravate ;
Barnes, Douglas F. ;
Bogach, Susan V. ;
Farchy, Daniel
This issue includes the following :
Ideas and innovation in East Asia, by Milan Brahmghatt and
Albert Hu. Impact assessments in finance and private sector
development...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73277Date: August 1, 2010Author:
Brahmghatt, Milan ;
Gill,Indermit S. ;
Goh, Chor-Ching ;
Hu, Albert ;
Kessides,Ioannis N. ;
Lecocq,Franck Michel ;
Mckenzie,David J. ;
Nauges,Celine ;
Shalizi,Zmarak ;
Whittington,Dale
The past decade has witnessed major
shift thinking about water, including how water
infrastructure development strategies can help advance
sustainable development and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 55840Date: July 30, 2010Author:
Haas, Lawrence J.M.; Mazzei, Leonardo;
O'Leary, Donal T.;
The purpose of this report is to provide
decision makers in Colombia (and by extension other
countries or regions), who are considering the deployment or
consolidation...
The Future of the Natural Gas Market in
Southeast Europe analyzes the role of natural gas in the
energy mix to meet future demand in nine markets in the
region: Albania,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 55833Date: July 20, 2010
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