Early childhood development is the
holistic development of children from conception to about
eight years. Development is defined as the process of change
in which children...
Type: PublicationReport#: 110821Date: December 7, 2016Author:
Brinkman,Sally Anne ;
Vu,Binh Thanh
Recent years have seen unprecedented
public scrutiny over the tax practices of multinational
enterprise (MNE) groups. Tax policy and administration
concerning international...
Type: PublicationReport#: 111554Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Cooper,Joel Lachlan ;
Fox,Randall R ;
Loeprick,Jan ;
Mohindra,Komal
Economic losses from natural disasters
totaled 92 billion dollars in 2015. Such statements, all too
commonplace, assess the severity of disasters by no other
measure...
South Asia Region (SAR) has decreased
maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by 65 percent between 1990
and 2013, which was the greatest progress among all world
regions. Such...
The Growth Challenge of Latin America
andthe Caribbean shows that Latin America and the
Caribbean's growthperformance over the past decade
cannot be reduced to the commodityboom:...
Type: PublicationReport#: 1101101Date: November 9, 2016Author:
Araujo,Jorge A. De Thompson R. ;
Vostroknutova,Ekaterina ;
Brueckner,Markus ;
Clavijo,Mateo ;
Wacker,Konstantin M.
Many development challenges are common
across the world, but the solutions to them usually remain
localized—they never get adapted for replication, or the key
element...
Type: PublicationReport#: 109809Date: November 2, 2016Author:
Janus,Steffen Soulejman
The year 2015 marks 70 years since
Vietnam’s Declaration of Independence, 40 years since
Reunification, and just short of 30 years from the launch of
Doi Moi, which...
Type: PublicationReport#: 103435Date: November 1, 2016Author:
Cao,Sinh Viet ;
Demombynes,Gabriel ;
Kwakwa,Victoria ;
Mahajan,Sandeep ;
Shetty,Sudhir ;
Đam, Vũ Đức ;
Vinh, Bùi Quang ;
Van Trotsenburg,Axel
This study was initiated by the World
Bank in response to sustained interest on the part of budget
officials in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) to learn
more about...
Type: PublicationReport#: 109808Date: November 1, 2016Author:
Moynihan,Donald P. ;
Beazley,Ivor
During the 1990s, Emerging Europe and
Central Asia (ECA) chose a model of rapid financial
development emphasizing bank credit expansion often funded
by foreign capital....
Type: PublicationReport#: 110764Date: November 1, 2016Author:
Gould,David Michael ;
Melecky,Martin
Prospects for Livestock-Based
Livelihoods in Africa’s Drylands examines the challenges and
opportunities facing the livestock sector and the people who
depend on livestock...
Type: PublicationReport#: 109810Date: October 28, 2016Author:
De Haan,Cornelis
In countries such as the United Kingdom,
the need to manage finances in a professional manner has
been hampered by the severe fi scal constraints of the 2008
fi nancial...
Type: PublicationReport#: 109811Date: October 27, 2016Author:
Squire,Sarah Jane ;
Beazley,John Ivor
Doing Business 2017 is the 14th in a
series of annual reports investigating the regulations that
enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing
Business...
Type: PublicationReport#: 109551Date: October 25, 2016
Ghana was, until very recently, a
success story in Africa, achieving high and sustained growth
and impressive poverty reduction. However, Ghana is now
facing major challenges...
Type: PublicationReport#: 109384Date: October 20, 2016Author:
Honorati,Maddalena ;
Johansson De Silva,Sara
In 2013, the World Bank Group announced
two goals that would guide its operations worldwide. The
first is the eradication of chronic extreme poverty --
bringing the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 110040Date: October 18, 2016
Argentina’s path to economic prosperity
is through efficient, sustainable and economically thriving
cities. Not only are cities a spatial concentration of
people, but...
Type: PublicationReport#: 109359Date: October 18, 2016Author:
Muzzini,Elisa ;
Eraso Puig,Beatriz ;
Anapolsky,Sebastian ;
Lonnberg,Tara ;
Mora,Viviana Catalina
This Diagnostic Trade Integration Study
(DTIS) has been prepared in response to a request from the
government of Bangladesh under the Enhanced Integrated
Framework (EIF)...
The health workforce has received major
policy attention over the past decade,driven in part by the
need to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and
more...
Type: PublicationReport#: 109155Date: October 12, 2016Author:
Herbst,Christopher H. ;
M. Scheffler,Richard (editor) ;
Lemiere,Christophe (editor) ;
Campbell,Jim (editor)
Investments in education across
countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have
transformed the lives of millions of girls and the prospects
of their families and...
The Independent Evaluation
Group’s (IEG) Results and Performance of the
World Bank Group (RAP) is a comprehensive assessment of
World Bank Group performance,...
Type: IEG Evaluation,PublicationReport#: 108576Date: September 27, 2016Author:
Makino,Midori ;
Edelmann,Sid
This book was developed to facilitate
implementation of a programmatic approach using selected
scientific methods for screening climate change and disaster
risks, and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 108578Date: September 23, 2016Author:
Annandale,George W. ;
Morris,Gregory L. ;
Karki,Pravin
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