The outlook for the global economy has
darkened. International trade and investment have softened,
trade tensions remain elevated, and some large emerging
market and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 133490Date: January 1, 2019
It was the summer of 1969 and the
Cuyahoga River was on fire. This wasn’t the first time the
river in northern Ohio had burned, it wasn’t even the tenth.
Every few years,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 140973Date: January 1, 2019
This is the third publication to analyze
progress, challenges, and adjustment options of this reform
revolution for mandated public pension schemes. The
individual account-based...
Type: PublicationReport#: 142712Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Holzmann,Robert ;
Palmer, Edward ;
Palacios,Robert J. ;
Sacchi, Stefano
This is the third publication to analyze
progress, challenges, and adjustment options of this reform
revolution for mandated public pension schemes. The
individual account-based...
Type: PublicationReport#: 142712Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Holzmann,Robert ;
Palmer, Edward ;
Palacios,Robert J. ;
Sacchi, Stefano
This book analyzes advances in
women's economic engagement and empowerment in rural
and urban Bangladesh. It concludes that despite notable
improvement, women's economic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 136461Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Solotaroff, Jennifer L. ;
Kotikula,Aphichoke ;
Lonnberg,Anna Tara ;
Ali,Snigdha ;
Pande,Rohini P. ;
Jahan,Ferdous
This book examines how nine different
health systems – United States (U.S.) Medicare, Australia,
Thailand, Kyrgyz Republic, Germany, Estonia, Croatia, China
(Beijing),...
Seventy-five percent of Vietnam’s ethnic
minorities live in 45 of the country’s 63 provinces, which
are in the country’s northern mountain and central highlands
regions....
Type: PublicationReport#: 138498Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Mbuya,Nkosinathi Vusizihlobo ;
Atwood,Stephen J. ;
Phuong,Huynh Nam
Fiscal policies can lay the foundation
for low-carbon and climate-resilient development. Building
on more than two decades of research in development and
environmental...
Type: PublicationReport#: 133156Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Pigato,Miria A.
The planet is becoming increasingly
urban. In many ways, the urbanization wave and the
unprecedented urban growth of the past 20 years have created
a sense of urgency...
Type: PublicationReport#: 140128Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Farvacque-Vitkovic,Catherine D. ;
Kopanyi,Mihaly
In over 70 years since its independence,
Indonesia has been transformed by urbanization, and within
the next quarter of a century, its transition to an urban
society...
Type: PublicationReport#: 142374Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Roberts,Mark ;
Gil Sander,Frederico ;
Tiwari,Sailesh
Access to finance remains a critical
bottleneck for farmers and agribusinesses in Africa.
Farmers, processors, and other agricultural value chain
actors need better...
Type: PublicationReport#: 134069Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Hollinger,Frank ;
Gross,Adam Lee ;
Toyoda,Makiko
Sub-Saharan Africa's turnaround
over the past couple of decades has been dramatic. After
many years in decline, the continent~^!!^s economy picked up
in the mid-1990s....
Type: PublicationReport#: 142488Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Beegle,Kathleen G. ;
Christiaensen,Luc
Ideas for Action is a youth competition
on initiatives to implement the Sustainable Development
Goals launched in November 2014 by the World Bank Group and
the Zicklin...
Type: PublicationReport#: 142710Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Mohieldin,Mahmoud ;
Petkoski, Djordjija
In over 70 years since its independence,
Indonesia has been transformed by urbanization, and within
the next quarter of a century, its transition to an urban
society...
Type: PublicationReport#: 142374Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Roberts,Mark ;
Gil Sander,Frederico ;
Tiwari,Sailesh ;
Amri,Mulya ;
Baker,Judy L. ;
Coulibaly,Souleymane ;
Lozano Gracia,Nancy ;
Park,Jane ;
De Mendiola Ramirez,Giuliana ;
Straub,Stephane ;
Yoong,Pui Shen
This is the Preliminary Version for a
book expected in November 2019. This book documents frontier
knowledge on the drivers of agriculture productivity to
derive pragmatic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 141838Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Fuglie, Keith ;
Gautam,Madhur ;
Goyal,Aparajita ;
Maloney,William F.
The Little Data Book on Gender 2019
illustrates the progress towards gender equality for 217
economies around the world. It provides comparable
statistics for women...
Beginning in 2003, diverse and
significant actors, both domestic and international, engaged
in reconstruction activities in Iraq. The total budget
committed to Iraq’s...
Type: PublicationReport#: 136976Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Matsunaga,Hideki
Sub-Saharan Africa's turnaround
over the past couple of decades has been dramatic. After
many years in decline, the continent~^!!^s economy picked up
in the mid-1990s....
Type: PublicationReport#: 142488Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Beegle,Kathleen G. ;
Christiaensen,Luc
It is widely agreed that, over the past
decade, accelerating infrastructure investments in
India's North Eastern Region (NER) and neighboring
countries, along with connectivity...
Type: PublicationReport#: 144027Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Kathuria,Sanjay ;
Mathur,Priya-000196531
It was the summer of 1969 and the
Cuyahoga River was on fire. This wasn’t the first time the
river in northern Ohio had burned, it wasn’t even the tenth.
Every few years,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 140973Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Damania,Richard ;
Desbureaux, Sébastien ;
Rodella,Aude-Sophie ;
Russ,Jason Daniel ;
Zaveri,Esha Dilip
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