The System of National Accounts, 2008
(2008 SNA) is an updated version of the System of National
Accounts, 1993 (1993 SNA). It is the fifth version of the
SNA, the first...
Type: PublicationReport#: 57487Date: January 1, 2009
This issue includes the following:
Decentralizing Eligibility for a Federal Antipoverty
Program: a case study for China, by Martin Ravallion; mental
health pattern and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 64745Date: January 1, 2009Author:
Auriol,Emmanuelle ;
Bacha, Edmar L. ;
Budina,Nina Todorova ;
Das,Jishnu ;
Do,Quy-Toan ;
Friedman,Jed ;
Gonçalves, Fernando M. ;
Holland, Márcio ;
Mckenzie,David J. ;
Oostendorp,Remco H. ;
Picard, Pierre M. ;
Ravallion,Martin ;
Thomas,Duncan ;
Van Wijnbergen,Sweder
This book covers the early years of the
International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD),
commonly known as the World Bank when it first confronted
the issue...
Type: PublicationReport#: 55403Date: January 1, 2009Author:
Alacevich,Michele
The world economy is emerging from the
throes of an unprecedentedly deep and synchronized recession
provoked by the bursting of a global financial bubble. The
consequences...
Type: PublicationReport#: 51862Date: January 1, 2009
The first part of the report presents
stylized facts of youth and labor markets in Africa. The
second part discusses past youth employment interventions in
the region....
Type: PublicationReport#: 46768Date: January 1, 2009
The multilateral trade system rests on
the principle of nondiscrimination. The most-favored-nation
(MFN) clause embodied in article one of the General
Agreement on Tariffs...
Type: PublicationReport#: 48339Date: January 1, 2009Author:
Hoekman, Bernard ;
Martin, Will ;
Primo Braga, Carlos A.
Economic progress is accompanied by a
fundamental spatial transformation where the economic
landscapes of countries become increasingly uneven. The
journey from low...
Type: PublicationReport#: 63706Date: January 1, 2009Author:
Lall, Somik V. ;
Astrup, Claus
Chileans value education; they see it as
the most important and surest path towards continued
prosperity. They make great efforts, as individuals and as a
society, to...
Type: PublicationReport#: 70966Date: January 1, 2009
This report brings together lessons from
previous studies, supplemented by new analysis. It frames
the challenges facing the rural and agri-food sector in the
Western...
Type: PublicationReport#: 48461Date: January 1, 2009Author:
Branczik,Amelia ;
Lampietti,Julian A. ;
Lugg,David Gordon ;
Van Der Celen,Philip
This book provides a comprehensive
review of labor market developments in Latin America and the
Caribbean over the past 15 years and sheds light on factors
that are...
The little data book on Africa 2008-09
is a pocket edition of Africa development indicators
2008-09. It contains some 115 key indicators on economics,
human development,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 46950Date: December 31, 2008
This report reviews China's water
scarcity situation, assesses the policy and institutional
requirements for addressing it, and recommends key areas for
strengthening...
Type: PublicationReport#: 47111Date: December 22, 2008Author:
Xie, Jian ;
Liebenthal, Andres ;
Warford, Jeremy J. ;
Dixon, John A. ;
Wang, Manchuan ;
Gao, Shiji ;
Wang, Shuilin ;
Jiang, Yong ;
Ma, Zhong
The approach to regulating private
sector education is as unique as the countries in which the
institutions are located. Governments are under considerable
pressure...
Type: PublicationReport#: 47062Date: December 17, 2008Author:
Bjarnason, Svava ;
Patrinos, Harry Anthony ;
Tan, Jee-Peng ;
Fielden, John ;
LaRocque, Norman
The World Development Report (WDR) has
become such a fixture that it is easy to forget the
circumstances under which it was born and the Bank's
motivation for producing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 47108Date: December 16, 2008Author:
Yusuf, Shahid; Deaton, Angus; Dervis, Kemal;
Easterly, William; Ito, Takatoshi; Stiglitz, Joseph E.;
The release of this year's global
economic prospects finds the world economy at a crossroads.
Markets all over the world are engulfed in a global economic
crisis, with...
Type: PublicationReport#: 46819Date: December 9, 2008
The release of this year's global
economic prospects finds the world economy at a crossroads.
Markets all over the world are engulfed in a global economic
crisis, with...
Type: PublicationReport#: 46820Date: December 9, 2008Author:
Baffes,John ;
Mitchell, Donald ;
Riordan, Elliot (Mick) ;
Shaw,William ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
Timmer,Hans
This study on a world integration for
Tunisia attempts to contribute to the achievement of the
growth of the 11th development plan. It first takes stock of
past integration...
Type: PublicationReport#: 45409Date: December 2, 2008Author:
Cattaneo,Olivier ;
Dee,Philippa Susan ;
Diop,Ndiame ;
Molouche, Mariem ;
Vincellette, Gallina A. ;
Walkenhorst,Peter ;
Lee,Sun Young
Structural change is a key driver of
rapid growth: countries diversify into new industries, firms
learn new things, people move to new locations. Anything
that slows...
Type: PublicationReport#: 47061Date: November 26, 2008Author:
Spence,Andrew Michael ;
Annez,Patricia Clarke ;
Buckley
This document describes the purpose and
context of the Booster Program, its first three years of
operation and the proposed design of phase two of the
program. Phase...
Type: PublicationReport#: 46654Date: November 20, 2008Author:
Pierre- Louis, Anne Maryse;
This book aims to fill that gap by using
extensive and new firm-level data. It provides an
alternative, albeit complementary, approach to previous
studies of the determinants...
Type: PublicationReport#: 46678Date: November 12, 2008Author:
Fajnzylber, Pablo ;
Guasch, J. Luis ;
Lopez, J. Humberto
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