An effective state is essential to
achieving socio-economic and sustainable development. With
the advent of globalization, there are growing pressures on
governments...
Type: PublicationReport#: 29672Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Kusek,Jody Zall ;
Rist, Ray C.
Poverty is an outcome of interaction
between economic, social, and political forces. The World
Bank has emphasized poverty reduction in its programs and
operational...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28113Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Hegedus,Jozsef ;
Bell,Michael E. ;
Yilmaz,Serdar
The Millennium Development Goals aim for
universal primary education by 2015 and gender equality in
enrolments at all levels of education. The Education for All
(EFA)...
Type: PublicationReport#: 30222Date: January 1, 2004
Presenting the proceedings of the May
2003 World Bank Annual Bank Conference on Development
Economics (ABCDE), the volume imparts new research findings
and discussions...
Type: PublicationReport#: 30228Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Attanasio,Orazio Pietro ;
Bourguignon,Francois J. ;
Burgess,Robin Stuart L. ;
Dasgupta,Partha Sarathi ;
Duflo,Esther ;
Lin, Justin Yifu ;
Meghir, Costas ;
Liu,Mingxing ;
Mohan,Rakesh ;
Nayyar, Rohini ;
Ndulu,Benno Joseph ;
Ofer,Gur ;
Platteau,Jean-Philippe ;
Pleskovic, Boris [editors] ;
Polenske, Karen R. ;
Premji, Azim Hasham ;
Rao,Govinda ;
Rao,Vijayendra ;
Schultz,Theodoro Paul ;
Srinivasan,Thirukodikaval N. ;
Stern,Nicholas H. ;
Szekely Pardo,Esteban Miguel ;
Venables,Anthony J. ;
Winter,Sidney G.
This volume presents case studies of
customs modernization initiatives in eight developing
countries: Bolivia, Ghana, Morocco, Mozambique, Peru, the
Philippines, Turkey,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 30112Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Sokol,Jose B. ;
Wulf, Luc De
This paper reviews what has happened in
the field of assessment since then. It deals with public
examinations, but differs from the 1992 report in that,
other than in...
Type: PublicationReport#: 30115Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Greaney,Vincent M. ;
Kellaghan,Thomas
This paper sets the strategic framework
for the International Development Association's (IDA)
work in Africa, over the next several years. The strategy
evolved over...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27928Date: January 1, 2004
The review addresses a list of questions
that seem especially pertinent for skills development in
Sub-Saharan Africa today, namely: What should be the role of
training...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28820Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Richard K. Johanson ;
Arvil V. Adams
With almost half the world's
population, Asia will determine the future of the global
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency
syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic....
Type: PublicationReport#: 30120Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Preker, Alexander S. [editor]
Do macroeconomics crises always slow
human capital accumulations? By Nobert R. Schady. The
distribution of income shocks during crises: an application
of quantile analysis...
Type: PublicationReport#: 30182Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Blunch,Niels-Hugo ;
Bosch Mossi,Mariano ;
Cranfield,John Andrea Lionel ;
Cunningham, Wendy V. ;
Hertel,Thomas W. ;
Hoekman,Bernard M. ;
Ivanic,Maros ;
Kaufman, Daniel ;
Kraay,Aart C. ;
Maloney,William F. ;
Mastruzzi,Massimo ;
Ng,Francis K. T. ;
Olarreaga,Marcelo ;
Preckel,Paul V. ;
Schady, Nobert R. ;
Verner,Dorte
Following three years of war in Bosnia
and Herzegovina (BiH), during which over 10 percent of the
population were killed or wounded, and over half of the
population...
Type: PublicationReport#: 30227Date: January 1, 2004
This book analyzes the development of
knowledge-based economies in the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA). Its principal messages are: Because of the
so-called "knowledge...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28038Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Aubert,Jean-Eric ;
Reiffers,Jean-Louis
The knowledge initiative aims to expand
knowledge sharing as a way of doing business-not a separate
line of business. It also proposes, appropriately, a
comprehensive...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28040Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Gwin,Catherine
The idea of social capital has enjoyed a
remarkable rise to prominence in both the theoretical and
applied social science literature over the last decade.
While lively...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28110Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Christiaan Grootaert; Deepa Narayan; Michael Woo
The book focuses on the future
prosperity of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
region, which together with other companion volumes-on trade
and investment, governance,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28815Date: January 1, 2004
This report builds on the consensus
developed at the August 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on
Sustainable Development. It draws on the effort to achieve
the Millennium...
Type: PublicationReport#: 33405Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Briscoe,John ;
Cassells,David S. ;
Chase,Robert S. ;
Cleaver,Kevin M. ;
Csaki,Csaba ;
Dinar,Ariel ;
Douglas,James J. ;
Evans,James Warren ;
Ganguly,Sushma ;
Hamilton,Kirk E. ;
Hilton,Rita M. ;
Hoekman, Bernanrd ;
Ijjasz-Vasquez,Ede Jorge ;
Johnson,Todd M. ;
Jorgensen,Steen Lau ;
Kelley,Elizabeth ;
Medvedev,Denis ;
Newfarmer,Richard S. ;
O'Sullivan,Kyran ;
Saghir, Jamil ;
Stuggins,Gary ;
Van Ginneken,Meike ;
Watson, Robert
This book provides a detailed and
comprehensive evaluation of water reform and water sector
performance from the perspectives of institutional economics
and political...
Type: PublicationReport#: 30262Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Dinar,Ariel ;
Saleth,R. Maria
The study begins by stressing three
points. First, the number of orphans is growing at an
alarming rate, and therefore the vulnerabilities associated
with orphanhood...
Type: PublicationReport#: 30119Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Subbarao,Kalanidhi
Rapid and sustained growth in
international trade has long been a hallmark of successful
growth and development strategies in East Asia. Some success
stories are well...
Southern Africa is particularly affected
by HIV/AIDS. The disease already has a major impact in the
economies in the region and especially on the mining sector,
which...
Type: PublicationReport#: 31374Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Smart, Rose
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