Infectious diseases were responsible for
the largest global burden of premature death and disability
until the end of the twentieth century, when that
distinction passed...
Type: PublicationReport#: 121003Date: November 3, 2017Author:
Holmes,King K. ;
Bertozzi,Stefano M. ;
Bloom,Barry R. ;
Jha,Prabhat K. ;
Gelband,Hellen ;
DeMaria,Lisa M. ;
Horton,Susan E. ;
Danforth,Kristen ;
Granich,Reuben ;
Wiedeman,Danielle ;
Baxi,Sanjiv ;
Padian,Nancy ;
Casper,Corey ;
Crane,Heidi ;
Menon,Manoj ;
Money,Deborah ;
Harripersaud,Katherine ;
McNairy,Margaret ;
Ahmed,Saeed ;
Abrams,Elaine J. ;
Thirumurthy,Harsha ;
El-Sadr,Wafaa M. ;
Holmes,Charles B. ;
Hallett,Timothy B. ;
Walensky,Rochelle P. ;
Barnighausen,Till ;
John-Stewart,Grace ;
Peeling,Rosanna W. ;
Levin,Carol ;
Garcia,Patricia J. ;
Mabey,David ;
Kinuthia,John Muratha ;
Garnett,Geoff P. ;
Krishnaratne,Shari ;
Harris,Kate L. ;
Santos,Michael ;
Enstone,Joanne E. ;
Hensen,Bernadette ;
Dallabetta,Gina ;
Revill,Paul ;
Gregson,Simon A. J. ;
Hargreaves,James R. ;
Wilson,David ;
Taaffe,Jessica Elizabeth ;
Kahn,James G. ;
Bollinger,Lori Ann ;
Stover,John ;
Marseille,Elliot Alexander ;
Chesson,Harrell W. ;
Mayaud,Philippe ;
Aral,Sevgi O. ;
Atun,Rifat A. ;
Cohen,Ted ;
Dye,Christopher ;
Fraser,Hamish ;
Gomez,Gabriela B. ;
Knight,Gwen ;
Murray,Megan ;
Nardell,Edward ;
Rubin,Eric ;
Salomon,Joshua ;
Vassall,Anna ;
Volchenkov,Grigory ;
White,Richard Graham ;
Wilson,Douglas ;
Yadav,Prashant ;
Shretta,Rima ;
Liu,Jenny ;
Cotter,Chris ;
Cohen,Justin ;
Dolenz,Charlotte ;
Makomva,Kudzai ;
Newby,Gretchen ;
Menard,Didier ;
Phillips,Allison ;
Tatarsky,Allison ;
Gosling,Roly ;
Feachem, Richard G. ;
Tediosi,Fabrizio ;
Lengeler,Christian Philipp ;
Castro,Marcia ;
Wells,Tim ;
Tanner,Marcel ;
Crump,John A. ;
Newton,Paul N. ;
Baird,Sarah Jane ;
Lubell,Yoel ;
Babigumira,Joseph B. ;
Garrison Jr.,Louis P. ;
Wiktor,Stefan Z. ;
Fitzpatrick,Christopher ;
Nwankwo,Uzoma ;
Lenk,Edeltraud ;
de Vlas,Sake J. ;
Bundy,Donald A. P. ;
Miller-Petrie,Molly ;
Pant,Suraj ;
Laxminarayan,Ramanan
Doing Business 2018 is the fifteenth in
a series of annual reports investigating the regulations
that enhance business activity and those that constrain it.
Doing Business...
Type: PublicationReport#: 120811Date: November 1, 2017
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#: 121030Date: November 1, 2017
The report assesses the future impact of
two dynamically transforming economies - China and India -
on Russia's economy. China is rebalancing its economy
whereas India...
This Guide was prepared by the
Governance Global Practice Rule of law in ECA group in
cooperation with YUCOM, a Serbian human rights NGOs. It aims
at promoting access...
Type: PublicationReport#: 121482Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Golubovic, Katarina
This inaugural issue of the World Bank
Group s Global Investment Competitiveness Report presents
novel analytical insights and empirical evidence on foreign
direct investments...
Type: PublicationReport#: 121404Date: October 25, 2017
There is a significant body of research
that measures inequality in educational attainment across
all levels of education. Research in this regard, with a
specific focus...
The 21st century will witness the
collision of two powerful forces, burgeoning population
growth, together with a changing climate. With population
growth, water scarcity...
Type: PublicationReport#: 119840Date: October 24, 2017Author:
Damania,Richard ;
Desbureaux, Sébastien ;
Hyland,Marie Caitriona ;
Islam,Asif Mohammed ;
Moore,Scott Michael ;
Rodella,Aude-Sophie ;
Russ,Jason Daniel ;
Zaveri,Esha Dilip
The 21st century will witness the
collision of two powerful forces, burgeoning population
growth, together with a changing climate. With population
growth, water scarcity...
Type: PublicationReport#: 119840Date: October 24, 2017
The 21st century will witness the
collision of two powerful forces, burgeoning population
growth, together with a changing climate. With population
growth, water scarcity...
Type: PublicationReport#: 119840Date: October 24, 2017
Does economic size matter for economic
development outcomes? If so are current policies adequately
addressing the role of size in the development process?
Using working...
Type: PublicationReport#: 120598Date: October 20, 2017Author:
Lederman,Daniel ;
Lesniak,Justin Thomas
This book is the outcome of stylized
facts set agendas and shape debates. In rapidly changing and
data-scarce environments, they also risk being ill-informed,
outdated,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 120599Date: October 20, 2017Author:
Christiaensen,Luc ;
Demery,Lionel
All countries in Central America provide
direct electricity subsidies to a majority of residential
consumers, in some cases benefiting close to 80 percent of
the population....
Type: PublicationReport#: 120401Date: October 12, 2017Author:
Hernandez Ore,Marco Antonio ;
Sanchez,Luis Alvaro ;
Sousa,Liliana Do Couto ;
Tornarolli,Leopoldo ;
Korczyc,Ewa Joanna ;
Olivera,Laura ;
Patron,Luis Rizo
In the past, manufacturing-led
development typically delivered both productivity gains and
job creation for unskilled labor. Looking ahead, changing
technologies and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 121005Date: October 12, 2017Author:
Hallward-Driemeier,Mary C. ;
Nayyar,Gaurav
The movement of people in Southeast Asia
is an issue of increasing importance. Workers move
throughout Southeast Asia in search of economic
opportunities. This book...
Type: PublicationReport#: 120136Date: October 8, 2017Author:
Testaverde,Mauro ;
Moroz,Harry Edmund ;
Hollweg,Claire Honore ;
Schmillen,Achim Daniel
Economists have long argued that
developing countries have the potential for high
productivity growth if they adopt existing technologies and
apply them to the local...
Type: PublicationReport#: 120336Date: October 3, 2017Author:
Cirera,Xavier ;
Maloney,William F.
Developing East Asia and the Pacific has
continued to perform well in the first half of 2017. The
region grew more rapidly than almost all other developing
regions....
Type: PublicationReport#: 120158Date: October 1, 2017
The Global Mobility Report 2017 (GMR) is
the first-ever attempt to examine performance of the
transport sector globally, and its capacity to support the
mobility of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 120500Date: October 1, 2017
This chapter summarizes and critically
assesses the Injury Prevention and Environmental Health
volume’s four key findings. First, there is a large burden
of death and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 120964Date: October 1, 2017Author:
Mock,Charles ;
Nugent,Rachel ;
Kobusingye,Olive ;
Smith,Kirk Robert
Over the past several decades, the
Philippines has dramatically increased the average education
level of its labor force. The country has made especially
significant...
Type: PublicationReport#: 120135Date: September 22, 2017Author:
Acosta,Pablo Ariel ;
Igarashi,Takiko ;
Olfindo,Rosechin ;
Rutkowski,Jan Jerzy
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