The World Bank Group has two overarching
goals: End extreme poverty by 2030 and promote shared
prosperity by boosting the incomes of the bottom 40 percent
of the population...
Type: PublicationReport#: 132029Date: October 17, 2018Author:
World Bank
This volume summarizes a series of
studies undertaken to better understand the current
socioeconomic context of the Northern and Eastern provinces
in Sri Lanka. Nearly...
Type: PublicationReport#: 130701Date: October 9, 2018Author:
O'Donnell,Anna Charlotte ;
Razaak,Mohamed Ghani ;
Kostner,Markus ;
Perumpillai-Essex,Jeeva
South Asia remains the fastest-growing
region in the world and its performance has strengthened
further. The external environment, while remaining
conducive, has become...
Type: PublicationReport#: 130703Date: October 6, 2018Author:
World Bank
After a growth recovery, with an
expansion of 1.1 percent in 2017, the region has encountered
some bumps in the road. The Latin America and the Caribbean
(LAC) region...
Type: PublicationReport#: 130704Date: October 5, 2018Author:
Vegh Gramont,Carlos Alberto ;
Vuletin,Guillermo Javier ;
Riera-Crichton,Daniel ;
Medina,Juan Pablo ;
Friedheim,Diego ;
Morano Germani,Luis Francisco ;
Venturi Grosso,Lucila
This book presents key activities,
promising practices, and lessons learned to date from the
World Bank’s Tuberculosis (TB) in the Mining Sector
Initiative—an innovative...
Type: PublicationReport#: 130001Date: October 4, 2018Author:
Osewe,Patrick Lumumba ;
Kistnasamy,Barry
Growth in developing East Asia and
Pacific (EAP) was resilient during the first half of 2018.
Although the external environment has become less favorable
in some respects,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 130702Date: October 3, 2018Author:
World Bank
Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming more
diverse, urbanized, and integrated regionally and globally,
bringing the promise of more and better jobs to the
continent’s sizable...
Type: PublicationReport#: 130473Date: September 20, 2018Author:
Bashir,Sajitha ;
Lockheed,Marlaine E. ;
Ninan,Elizabeth ;
Tan,Jee-Peng
This handbook walks project decision
makers through each step of the project development process,
highlighting the key risk-reward decisions at each step and
the techniques...
Type: PublicationReport#: 130474Date: September 20, 2018Author:
Pulido,Daniel ;
Darido,Georges Bianco ;
Munoz-Raskin,Ramon ;
Moody,Joanna Charlotte
The purpose of Working with Smallholders
handbook is to enable the development of more sustainable,
resilient and productive supply chains for agribusinesses
and to...
Type: PublicationReport#: 132580Date: September 10, 2018
The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region
has a rich history of regional integration and connectivity
to the broader world economy, which has stimulated the
growth of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 129794Date: September 5, 2018Author:
Gould,David Michael ;
Abate,Megersa Abera ;
Artuc,Erhan ;
Bamieh,Omar ;
Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M. ;
Fiorini,Matteo ;
Hoekman,Bernard M. ;
Kenett,Dror Yossef ;
Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria ;
López-Garcia,Paloma ;
Özden,Çag˘lar ;
Panterov,Georgi Lyudmilov ;
Rocha,Nadia ;
Taglioni,Daria ;
Tan,Shawn Weiming ;
Varela,Gonzalo J. ;
Winkler,Hernan Jorge ;
Yde-Jensen,Thea
The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region
has a rich history of regional integration and connectivity
to the broader world economy, which has stimulated the
growth of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 129794Date: September 5, 2018Author:
Gould,David Michael ;
Abate,Megersa Abera ;
Artuc,Erhan ;
Bamieh,Omar ;
Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M. ;
Fiorini,Matteo ;
Hoekman,Bernard M. ;
Kenett,Dror Yossef ;
Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria ;
López-Garcia,Paloma ;
Özden,Çag˘lar ;
Panterov,Georgi Lyudmilov ;
Rocha,Nadia ;
Taglioni,Daria ;
Tan,Shawn Weiming ;
Varela,Gonzalo J. ;
Winkler,Hernan Jorge ;
Yde-Jensen,Thea
Trade has played a critical role in
global poverty reduction. In harnessing the potential of
trade, some of the most successful countries have developed
strong trade...
Type: PublicationReport#: 136128Date: September 1, 2018Author:
Kathuria,Sanjay
Industrial parks help facilitate
commercial activities and provide collective infrastructure
and services, including roads and utilities to resident
firms. Industrial...
This report aims to balance the
political economy and geopolitics of transport corridors
with sound empirical analysis. Its goal is to empower key
stakeholders like...
This paper is part of an ongoing
collaboration between the World Bank and the United
Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization to raise
awareness about the importance...
Type: PublicationReport#: 129634Date: August 1, 2018Author:
Steduto, Pasquale ;
Jagerskog,Lars Anders ;
Ward, Christopher ;
Borgomeo,Edoardo ;
Ruckstuhl,Sandra Meryl
A unique strategic opportunity beckons
Bangladesh. Dhaka, the economic powerhouse of the country,
stands on the cusp of a dramatic transformation that could
make it...
Type: PublicationReport#: 128324Date: July 12, 2018Author:
Bird,Julia Helen ;
Li,Yue-000316086 ;
Rahman,Hossain Zillur ;
Rama,Martin G. ;
Venables,Anthony J.
Skills and Jobs in Brazil: An Agenda for
Youth is a new World Bank book focusing on the challenge of
economic engagement among Brazil’s youth. In the context of
a rapidly...
Type: PublicationReport#: 128325Date: July 12, 2018Author:
Almeida,Rita Kullberg ;
Packard,Truman G.
South Asia is highly vulnerable to
climate change. Average temperatures have been rising
throughout the region, and rainfall has become more erratic.
These changes are...
Type: PublicationReport#: 128323Date: July 9, 2018Author:
Mani,Muthukumara S. ;
Bandyopadhyay,Sushenjit ;
Chonabayashi,Shun ;
Markandya,Anil ;
Mosier,Thomas Michael Rowe
Poverty has been declining in
Sub-Saharan Africa, but millions are still poor or
vulnerable. To address this ongoing and complex problem, all
countries in the region...
Type: PublicationReport#: 128594Date: July 2, 2018Author:
Beegle,Kathleen G. ;
Coudouel,Aline ;
Monsalve Montiel,Emma Mercedes
Brazil enters the election year 2018
with an economy that is gradually recovering from the
deepest recession in its recent economic history. This book
is motivated by...
Type: PublicationReport#: 127626Date: June 29, 2018Author:
Dutz,Mark Andrew ;
Amorim,Vivian De Fatima ;
Araujo,Jorge A. De Thompson R. ;
Arias,Diego ;
Byskov,Steen ;
Calice,Pietro ;
Cirera,Xavier ;
Clarke,Roland N. ;
Contini,Elisio ;
Duhaut,Alice ;
Noronha Farinelli,Barbara Cristina ;
Goodwin,Tanja K. ;
Iootty,Mariana ;
Lall,Somik V. ;
Martinez Licetti,Martha ;
Morris,Michael ;
Nucifora,Antonio ;
Olinto,Pedro ;
Packard,Truman G. ;
Qian,Rong ;
Reis,Jose Guilherme ;
PONTUAL RIBEIRO, EDUARDO ;
Signoret,Jose E. ;
Toman,Michael A. ;
Vieira,Pedro Abel ;
Vijil,Mariana
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