This study, which focuses on three
countries, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines, is intended
to contribute to a more comprehensive and cross-cutting
understanding...
Type: PublicationReport#: 122875Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Cassou,Emilie ;
Jaffee,Steven M. ;
Ru,Jiang
Moving Beyond Zero addresses the
challenge of enabling the development of viable, resilient,
and fiscally sustainable health system in Guinea, Liberia,
and Sierra Leone....
Type: PublicationReport#: 122167Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Govindaraj,Ramesh ;
Herbst,Christopher H. ;
Ajumobi,Oluwayemisi Busola ;
Rockmore,Christophe ;
Zine Eddine El Idrissi,Moulay Driss ;
Workie,Netsanet Walelign ;
Clark,John Paul
The growing economic fissures in the
societies of Europe and Central Asia between generations,
between insiders and outsiders in the labor market, between
rural and...
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: January 1, 2018Author:
Bashir,Sajitha ;
Lockheed,Marlaine E. ;
Dulvy,Elizabeth Ninan ;
Tan,Jee-Peng
The Little Data Book on Financial
Inclusion 2018 is a pocket edition of the Global Findex
database published in 2018. The data represent a third round
of data collection...
This paper proposes a joint vision for
health systems strengthening (HSS) toachieve universal
health coverage (UHC). It is intended to be a key
referencedocument for...
Type: PublicationReport#: 122898Date: January 1, 2018
In many emerging markets, the story is a
familiar one. It is the story of challenging operating
environments, weak or non-existent linkages among actors
within agri-value...
Type: PublicationReport#: 137294Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Denyes,Lesley Sarah ;
Lesher, Nicholas ;
Martinez,Meritxell ;
McNutt, Hamilton ;
Nakhal, Mandana
This year’s edition of International
Debt Statistics, successor to Global Development Finance and
World Debt Tables, and the fourth in the series, is designed
to respond...
While adoption of new technologies is
understood to enhance long-term growth and average per
capita incomes, its impact on low-skilled workers is more
complex and merits...
Type: PublicationReport#: 125160Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Dutz,Mark Andrew ;
Almeida,Rita Kullberg ;
Packard,Truman G.
Urbanization is occurring at a rapid
pace in Bangladesh, accompanied by the proliferation of slum
settlements, whose residents have special health needs given
the adverse...
What caused the decline in wage
inequality of the 2000s in Latin America? Looking to the
future, will the current economic slowdown be regressive?
Wage Inequality in...
Type: PublicationReport#: 122492Date: December 28, 2017Author:
Messina,Julián ;
Silva,Joana C. G.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has the
third largest urban population in Sub-Saharan Africa
(estimated at 43 percent in 2016) after South Africa and
Nigeria. It is...
Type: PublicationReport#: 121954Date: December 7, 2017
The Arab Spring protests caught most of
the world by surprise and precipitated a chain of events
that changed the course of history in the Middle East and
North Africa...
Type: PublicationReport#: 121942Date: December 6, 2017Author:
Ianchovichina,Elena
As the culminating volume in the DCP3
series, volume 9 will provide an overview of DCP3 findings
and methods, a summary of messages and substantive lessons
to be taken...
Type: PublicationReport#: 121615Date: December 6, 2017Author:
Jamison,Dean T. ;
Gelband, Hellen ;
Horton,Susan E. ;
Jha,Prabhat K. ;
Laxminarayan,Ramanan ;
Mock, Charles N. ;
Nugent, Rachel
Developing East Asia has led the way in
showing how rapid and broadly shared growth can lift
millions out of poverty. And, as this report shows, the
region has achieved...
Type: PublicationReport#: 121613Date: November 22, 2017Author:
Ruggeri Laderchi,Caterina ;
Spatafora,Nikola L. ;
Shetty,Sudhir ;
Zaidi,Salman
Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related
disorders (CVRDs) and conditions are responsible for a
significant portion of the world’s health burden. In 2012,
52 percent...
Type: PublicationReport#: 121612Date: November 17, 2017Author:
Prabhakaran,Dorairaj ;
Anand,Shuchi ;
Gaziano,Thomas A. ;
Mbanya,Jean-Claude ;
Wu,Yangfeng ;
Nugent,Rachel
India's landmark Right of Children
to Free and Compulsory Education Act (2009) guarantees
education to all children aged 6-14 years. The Act mandates
specific student-teacher...
With 1.5 billion people covered
globally, food and voucher programs provide an important
lifeline for the poor and vulnerable. The study is the 1.5
Billion People Question:...
Type: PublicationReport#: 120368Date: November 11, 2017Author:
Alderman,Harold H. ;
Gentilini,Ugo ;
Yemtsov,Ruslan G.
The electricity sector in the Middle
East and North Africa (MENA) is in the grip of an apparent
paradox. Although the region continues to hold the world’s
largest oil...
Type: PublicationReport#: 121006Date: November 7, 2017Author:
Camos,Daniel ;
Bacon,Robert W. ;
Estache,Antonio ;
Hamid,Mohamad M.
This Global Financial Development Report
is a key component in the ongoing debate over the role of
international banking in supporting economic development and
promoting...
Type: PublicationReport#: 120995Date: November 7, 2017
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