For many countries, natural resources
are important national assets. In rich and poor countries
alike, these sectors have the transformational potential to
support economic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 127627Date: June 28, 2018Author:
Votava,Cari L . ;
Hauch,Jeanne M. ;
Clementucci,Francesco
Water scarcity is seen as a major risk
in many parts of the world, and water crises are
consistently cited as among the top global risks. Irrigated
agriculture is by...
Type: PublicationReport#: 127625Date: June 27, 2018Author:
Scheierling,Susanne M. ;
Tréguer, David O.
Reforming public-sector organizations,
their structures, policies, processes and practices—is
notoriously difficult, in rich and poor countries alike
(Grindle and Thomas...
Type: PublicationReport#: 127624Date: June 27, 2018Author:
So,Sok Bunthoeun ;
Woolcock,Michael ;
April,Leah ;
Hughes,Caroline Sian ;
Smithers,Nicola J.
Promoting the smooth integration of
workers into the labor market and ensuring their early
success has increasingly emerged as an important economic
and social development...
Type: PublicationReport#: 127629Date: June 27, 2018Author:
Raju,Dhushyanth ;
Rajbhandary,Jasmine
This book describes the methodology and
the main findings and results of the technical assistance
that was provided to the Świętokrzyskie region in Poland to
strengthen...
Type: PublicationReport#: 127631Date: June 27, 2018Author:
Hoftijzer,Margo A. ;
Stronkowski,Piotr Karol ;
Rozenbaum,Jakub Jan
This Policy Research Report (PRR),
Moving for Prosperity: Global Migration and Labor Markets,
is an attempt to address this tension between the academic
research and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 127628Date: June 14, 2018Author:
Ozden,Caglar ;
Wagner,Mathis Christoph ;
Packard,Michael Minh Tam
This book provides users an
understanding of key social protection concepts and
measurement metrics and introduces them to the ADePT SP
software, which is used to conduct...
Type: PublicationReport#: 127321Date: June 13, 2018Author:
Yemtsov,Ruslan G. ;
Honorati,Maddalena ;
Evans,Brooks Fox ;
Sajaia,Zurab ;
Lokshin,Michael M.
With more than 70 percent of its
population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean
(LAC) is among the most urbanized regions in the world. Yet,
even though...
Type: PublicationReport#: 127319Date: June 7, 2018Author:
Ferreyra,Maria Marta ;
Roberts,Mark
Liberia has been influenced by the Ebola
crisis since 2014, but the economy is now recovering
quickly. Still, significant challenges lie ahead:
Agriculture, an important...
Type: PublicationReport#: 127128Date: June 6, 2018Author:
Iimi,Atsushi ;
Rao,Kulwinder Singh
The empirical case for trade as an
engine of growth has now been established on solid empirical
grounds. There has been a protracted controversy in the
literature on...
Type: PublicationReport#: 127167Date: June 6, 2018Author:
Cadot,Olivier ;
Ferrantino,Michael Joseph ;
Gourdon,Julien ;
Reye, José-Daniel
Romania’s transformation has been ‘a
tale of two Romania’s’, one urban, dynamic, and integrated
with the EU; the other rural, poor, and isolated. The
reforms spurred...
Type: PublicationReport#: 127129Date: June 6, 2018Author:
De Rosa,Donato ;
Kim,Yeon Soo ;
Chatzinikolaou,Aimilios ;
Bulman,David Janoff ;
Hopkins, Johns ;
Dospinescu,Andrei Silviu ;
Karver,Jonathan George ;
Meisner,Craig M. ;
Murisic,Maja ;
Pauna,Catalin ;
Tsoungui Belinga,Vincent De Paul
Unemployment rates in the region are
among the highest in the world, especially for young
graduates. Recent analytic work trying to explain weak job
creation and insufficient...
Type: PublicationReport#: 130472Date: June 2, 2018Author:
Mahmood,Syed Akhtar ;
Ait Ali Slimane,Meriem
Published semiannually, Global Economic
Prospects includes analysis of topical policy challenges
faced by developing countries. Global activity is firming
broadly as...
Type: PublicationReport#: 158313Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Arteta,Carlos ;
Stocker,Marc ;
Kirby,Patrick Alexander ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T. ;
Wheeler,Collette Mari ;
Vorisek,Dana Lauren ;
Okawa, Yoki ;
Ye,Lei Sandy ;
Taskin,Temel ;
Kambou,Gerard ;
Macadangdang,Maria Hazel ;
Maximiliano,Adriana A. ;
Singson Dinglasan,Rosalie Marie Lourdes ;
Almeida,Luiz H. ;
Berghauser,Andrew Charles ;
Broadfoot,Adam J. ;
Gokdemir,Nazim Aziz ;
Harrup,Michael Brian ;
Mcfadden,Jewel Monique
This report presents the insights
obtained, organized around the confirmation (fact) or
rebuttal (myth) of 16 frequently held perceptions. It is
found that women do...
Type: PublicationReport#: 127073Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Christiaensen,Luc ;
Demery,Lionel ;
Dillon,Brian ;
Barrett,Christopher B. ;
Deininger,Klaus W. ;
Savastano,Sara ;
Xia,Fang ;
Adjognon,Guigonan Serge ;
Liverpool-Tasie,Lenis Saweda O. ;
Reardon,Thomas ;
Carletto,Calogero ;
Corral,Paul ;
Guelfi,Anita ;
McCullough,Ellen B. ;
Palacios-Lopez,Amparo ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Davis,Benjamin K. ;
Di Giuseppe,Stefania ;
Zezza,Alberto ;
Nagler,Paula ;
Naude,Wim ;
Sheahan,Megan Britney ;
Binswanger-Mkhize,Hans P ;
Omonona,Bolarin Titus ;
Sanou,Awa ;
Ogunleye,Wale Olatunji ;
Miller,Daniel Charles ;
Munoz Mora,Juan Carlos ;
Nikoloski,Zlatko Slobodan ;
Hill,Ruth ;
Ndiaye,Moctar ;
d’Hotel,Elodie Maitre ;
Cotty,Tristan Le ;
Kaminski,Jonathan
This document Delivering quality health
services : a global imperative for universal health coverage
describes the essential role of quality in the delivery of
health...
Type: PublicationReport#: 127816Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Kieny,Marie-Paule ;
Evans,Timothy Grant ;
Scarpetta,Stefano ;
Kelley,Edward T. ;
Klazinga,Niek ;
Forde,Ian ;
Veillard,Jeremy Henri Maurice ;
Leatherman,Sheila ;
Syed,Shamsuzzoha ;
Kim,Sun Mean ;
Nejad,Sepideh Bagheri ;
Donaldson,Liam
Published semiannually, Global Economic
Prospects includes analysis of topical policy challenges
faced by developing countries. Global activity is firming
broadly as...
Type: PublicationReport#: 158313Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Arteta,Carlos ;
Stocker,Marc ;
Kirby,Patrick Alexander ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T. ;
Wheeler,Collette Mari ;
Baffes,John ;
Kabundi,Alain Ntumba ;
Kambou,Gerard ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Lakatos,Csilla ;
Nagle,Peter Stephen Oliver ;
Vorisek,Dana Lauren
Fair Progress? Economic Mobility across
Generations around the World looks at an issue that has
gotten much attention in the developed world, but with, for
the first...
Type: PublicationReport#: 126847Date: May 30, 2018Author:
Narayan,Ambar ;
Van Der Weide,Roy ;
Cojocaru,Alexandru ;
Lakner,Christoph ;
Redaelli,Silvia ;
Mahler,Daniel Gerszon ;
Nichanametla Ramasubbaiah,Rakesh Gupta ;
Thewissen,Stefan Hubert
Since the decentralization and
liberalization reforms in the 1990s, Vietnam has experienced
rapid urbanization and remarkable economic growth. By 2025,
more than half...
Type: PublicationReport#: 126578Date: May 24, 2018Author:
Campanaro,Alessandra ;
Dang,Cuong Duc
The Atlas of Sustainable Development
Goals 2018 is a visual guide to the trends, challenges and
measurement issues related to each of the 17 Sustainable
Development...
Type: PublicationReport#: 126797Date: May 16, 2018
Asia and the Pacific region experienced
a dramatic rise in migration during the last few decades.
The wave of migration increased from the 1970s when the oil
price surge...
Type: PublicationReport#: 130000Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Carrasco,Bruno ;
Ratha,Dilip K. ;
De,Supriyo ;
Murata,Akira ;
Ozaki,Mayumi ;
Patti,James P. ;
Plaza,Sonia ;
Sioson,Erica Paula ;
Yi,Soonhwa ;
Yousefi,Seyed Reza
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