The 1 World Manga series offers a
premise where the hero must grapple with social problems of
a global magnitude that are set in the real world. This
joint World Bank/VIZ...
Type: PublicationReport#: 64563Date: September 1, 2005Author:
Nanta, Hyoe ;
Roman,Annette
The experience of many countries around
the world clearly shows that while financial sector
development can spur economic growth, financial fragility
and instability...
Type: PublicationReport#: 33797Date: September 1, 2005
Tracking NAFTA's shadow 10 years on
-- introduction to the symposium, by Daniel Lederman and
Luis Serven. Spatial dimensions of trade liberalization and
economic convergence...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35338Date: September 1, 2005Author:
Aroca, Patricia ;
Bosch Mossi,Mariano ;
Cadot,Olivier ;
Carrere,Celine ;
Lederman,Daniel ;
Maloney,William F. ;
Portugal Perez,Luis Alberto ;
Serven,Luis ;
De Melo,Jaime A. P.
Trade is an essential driver for
sustained economic growth, and growth is necessary for
poverty reduction. In Sub-Saharan Africa, where
three-fourths of the poor live...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34051Date: September 1, 2005Author:
Labaste, Patrick [editor]
The two volumes of Understanding Civil
War build upon the World Bank's prior research on
conflict and violence, particularly on the work of Paul
Collier and Anke Hoeffler,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34411Date: August 22, 2005Author:
Collier, Paul [editor] ;
Sambanis, Nicholas [editor]
The two volumes of Understanding Civil
War build upon the World Bank's prior research on
conflict and violence, particularly on the work of Paul
Collier and Anke Hoeffler,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34411Date: August 22, 2005Author:
Collier, Paul [editor] ;
Sambanis, Nicholas [editor]
As part of the Bank's poverty
reduction mandate, the Bank's 1994 Operational Policy
on Gender Dimensions of Development aimed to reduce gender
disparity and increase...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34468Date: August 15, 2005Author:
Gopal,Gita
With the end of civil war in 1991,
Ethiopia's government launched a New Education and
Training Policy in 1994 which, by the early 2000s, had
already produced remarkable...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34352Date: July 18, 2005Author:
Ruffino, Deidre [editor]
This report attempts to fill that gap
for two of the most important water-related issues facing
the effects of climate variability and the steady
degradation of the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34854Date: July 10, 2005Author:
Davis,Richard Mark ;
Gichere, Samuel ;
Hirji,Rafik Fatehali ;
Mogaka,Hezron Rasugu
This book is a report on success-success
in trade liberalization and in the removal of trade barriers
so as to integrate Latin American economies into the
international...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34721Date: July 1, 2005Author:
Finger, J. Michael [editor] ;
Nogues, Julio J. [editor]
This report analyzes the effectiveness
of the World Bank's lending support for the growing
area of community-based development (CBD) and
community-driven development...
Over the past 30 years there has been
considerable research on the political economy of reform.
Yet despite this, little is known about strategies for
managing the politics...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34044Date: July 1, 2005Author:
Campos, J. Edgardo ;
Syquia, Jose Luis
The Doha Declaration on the TRIPS
Agreement and Public Health recognized that developing
countries with insufficient, or no manufacturing capacity in
the pharmaceutical...
Type: PublicationReport#: 33426Date: July 1, 2005Author:
Abbott, Frederick M. ;
Van Puymbroeck, Rudolf V.
This study traces the development of the
international law related to the free access of landlocked
States to and from the sea. Part I is a brief introduction
to economic,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34771Date: July 1, 2005Author:
Uprety,Kishor
This study reports on the findings from
a major international research project investigating the
poverty impacts of a potential Doha Development Agenda
(DDA). It combines...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34772Date: July 1, 2005Author:
Hertel, Thomas W. [editor] ;
Winters, L. Alan [editor]
Voices of the World's Poor brings
together over 100 of Wolfensohn's most important and
inspiring speeches, essays and letters during the decade of
his presidency. It...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34362Date: June 30, 2005Author:
Wolfensohn,James D.
In line with one of the major themes in
the Bank's Environment Strategy, this 2005 annual
review is devoted to the theme of environmental health.
Viewpoint articles...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34110Date: June 30, 2005Author:
Acharya,Anjali ;
Ahmed,Kulsum ;
Awe,Yewande Aramide ;
Bojo, Ian [editor] ;
Constant,Samantha M. ;
Kaufmann,Rachel Beth ;
Leitner, Kerstin Dr. ;
Penalosa,Enrique ;
Procee,Paul ;
Ruta,Giovanni ;
Sarraf,Maria ;
Smith,Kirk Robert ;
Trace,Simon ;
Tsutsui,Eri ;
Tynan,Ellen J.
This Sourcebook has been prepared to
help in implementing the World Bank's current rural
strategy, by sharing information on investment options and
innovative approaches...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34392Date: June 30, 2005
This publication identifies the key
drivers of Ukraine's recent trade performance, assesses
current trade policies, and proposes recommendations to
strengthen the Ukraine's...
The globalization of
information-satellite TV, internet, phone and fax-serves to
enhance citizens' awareness of their rights,
obligations, options and alternatives and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34378Date: June 23, 2005Author:
Shah, Anwar [editor]
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