The last two decades have witnessed a
growing recognition of the importance of taking cultural and
ethnic diversity into consideration when designing and
implementing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 52707Date: November 23, 2009Author:
Marc, Alexandre
Given the Brazilian federal
government's high priority on economic growth,
competitiveness is at the top of the economic agenda. While
economic policies at the national...
Type: PublicationReport#: 52104Date: November 19, 2009Author:
Zhang, Ming
Do the news media especially if they are
free, plural and independent of government control have an
impact on the quality of governance? To many, the answer to
that...
Type: PublicationReport#: 51842Date: November 19, 2009Author:
Norris,Pippa
Global warming and changes in climate
have already had observed impacts on natural ecosystems and
species. Natural systems such as wetlands, mangroves, coral
reefs,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 51838Date: November 19, 2009Author:
MacKinnon, Kathy
The development challenges of addressing
health problems in low- and middle-income countries are
daunting but not insurmountable. There are now known and
affordable...
Type: PublicationReport#: 51832Date: November 18, 2009Author:
Preker, Alexander S.; Zweifel, Peter;
Schellekens, Onno P.;
In the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC)
region, as in the rest of the world, reliable financial
information is the cornerstone of a robust market economy
and efficient...
Type: PublicationReport#: 52457Date: November 18, 2009Author:
Fortin, Henri ;
Hirata Barros, Ana Cristina ;
Cutler, Kit
Undernutrition imposes a staggering cost
worldwide, both in human and economic terms. It is
responsible for the deaths of more than 3.5 million children
each year (more...
Type: PublicationReport#: 51835Date: November 6, 2009Author:
Horton,Susan E. ;
Brooks,Jana Krystene ;
Mahal,Ajay S. ;
Mcdonald,Christine ;
Shekar,Meera
The report starts with an introductory
chapter that sets the stage for the issues and provides a
short historical background on the development of the
private sector...
Type: PublicationReport#: 51833Date: November 4, 2009Author:
Benhassine,Najy ;
Saadani Hassani,Youssef ;
Keefer,Philip E. ;
Stone,Andrew H. W. ;
Wahba,Sameh Naguib
A vigorous economic rebound is under way
in East Asia since the second quarter of 2009, following the
sharp impact from the financial crisis and the global
recession...
Type: PublicationReport#: 51498Date: November 1, 2009Author:
Izvorski, Ivailo; Ollero, Antonio;
This issue includes the following:
gender, poverty and demography: an overview, by Mayra
Buvinic, Monica Das Gupta, and Ursula Casabonne;
Development, modernization,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 62999Date: November 1, 2009Author:
Buvinic,Mayra Lourdes ;
Casabonne,Ursula ;
Das Gupta,Monica ;
Ebenstein,Avraham Yehuda ;
Filmer,Deon P. ;
Friedman,Jed ;
Gasmi,Farid ;
Glinskaya,Elena E. ;
Lokshin,Michael M. ;
Schady,Norbert Rudiger ;
Schultz,Theodoro Paul ;
Sharygin, Ethan Jennings ;
Sirimaneetham,Vatcharin ;
Temple,Jonathan Richard William ;
Noumba Um,Paul ;
Virto, Laura Recuero
This book, written on the eve of the
20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989,
addresses three questions that relate to recession,
recovery, and reform,...
Prospects for future economic growth in
Sub-Saharan Africa will depend in significant measure on the
continent's capacity to cultivate the higher order
skills and expertise...
Type: PublicationReport#: 51837Date: October 19, 2009Author:
Pena,Christine Lao ;
Materu,Peter Nicolas ;
Saint,William
It is estimated that there are currently
approximately 122,000 teachers in Sub-Saharan Africa who are
living with HIV, the vast majority of whom have not sought
testing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 49961Date: October 14, 2009Author:
Bundy, Donald ;
Aduda, David ;
Woolnough, Alice ;
Drake, Lesley ;
Manda, Stella
This book reviews quantitative methods
and models of impact evaluation. The formal literature on
impact evaluation methods and practices is large, with a few
useful...
Type: PublicationReport#: 52099Date: October 13, 2009Author:
Khandker, Shahidur R. ;
Koolwal, Gayatri B. ;
Samad, Hussain A.
This workbook gives the reader a
management decision-making tool for developing a
communication strategy that will support a proposed reform.
This decision tool helps...
Type: PublicationReport#: 50939Date: October 6, 2009Author:
Cabanero-Verzosa, Cecilia; Garcia, Helen R.;
Climate change is already a reality.
This is evidenced by the acceleration of global temperature
increases, the melting of ice and snow covers, and rising
sea levels....
Type: PublicationReport#: 51281Date: October 6, 2009Author:
De la Torre, Augusto ;
Fajnzylber, Pablo ;
Nash, John
The purpose of this report is to provide
the reader with an overview of some of the issues relating
to women and information and communication technology (ICT)
in the...
"A investing with confidence:
understanding political risk management in the 21st
century", is based on papers at the 2008 symposium on
international political risk...
Type: PublicationReport#: 51280Date: October 1, 2009Author:
Lu, Kevin W. ;
Verheyen, Gero ;
Perera, Srilal M.
The Annual World Bank Conference on
Development Economics (ABCDE) is a leading forum for
advanced, forward-looking research on important development
issues. Each year,...
This study provides objective
information and analysis on the performance of
public-private partnerships (PPP) projects in urban water
supply and sanitation in developing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 53017Date: September 22, 2009Author:
Marin,Philippe
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