Global growth again fell short of
expectations in 2015. Growth is projected to edge up in
2016-18 but the forecast is subject to substantial downside
risks. In addition...
Type: PublicationReport#: 102968Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Arteta,Carlos ;
Stocker,Marc ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T. ;
Eigen-Zucchi,Christian ;
Chen,Derek Hung Chiat ;
Vorisek,Dana Lauren ;
Shaukat Khan,Tehmina ;
Kambou,Gerard ;
Huidrom,Raju ;
Kose,Ayhan ;
Ohnsorge,Franziska Lieselotte ;
Lakatos,Csilla ;
Maliszewska,Maryla ;
Petri,Peter A. ;
Plummer,Michael George ;
Klein,Maximilian Michael Johann ;
Shambaugh,Jay Curtis
The Little Data Book on Gender 2016 is a
quick reference for users interested in gender statistics.
It presents sex-disaggregated data for more than 200
countries in...
As June 20th marked World Refugee Day,
the global count of registered refugees and internally
displaced persons (IDPs) has reached the highest level since
Second World...
Type: PublicationReport#: 102365Date: December 22, 2015Author:
Verme,Paolo ;
Gigliarano,Chiara ;
Wieser,Christina ;
Hedlund, Kerren ;
Petzoldt, Marc ;
Santacroce,Marco
International Debt Statistics 2016
focuses on financial flows, trends in external debt, and
other major financial indicators for low, middle, and
high-income countries....
Type: PublicationReport#: 102127Date: December 14, 2015Author:
Rucaj,Evis ;
Fantom,Neil James ;
Agarwal,Parul ;
Bourke,Peter ;
Nyakeri,Cynthia Nyanchama ;
Pollock,Malvina A. ;
Sukaj,Rubena ;
Song,Sun Hwa ;
Vellos,Rasiel Victor ;
Venkatesan,Alagiriswamy
The population in East Asia and Pacific
is aging rapidly, raising concerns about the implications
for the region’s economic future. This report aims to
crystallize what...
Type: PublicationReport#: 102126Date: December 10, 2015Author:
O'Keefe,Philip B. ;
Umapathi,Nithin ;
Somanathan,Aparnaa ;
Palacios,Robert J. ;
Giles,John T. ;
Flochel,Thomas ;
Van Doorn,Ralph ;
Pradelli,Juan ;
Huang,Yang ;
Moroz,Harry Edmund ;
Sen,Shonali ;
Velamuri,Malathi ;
Hasegawa,Naoko ;
Ozden,Caglar ;
Testaverde,Mauro ;
Tong, Minna Han ;
Hu,Yuqing ;
Nakayama,Risa ;
Beath,Andrew ;
Ikeda,Yukiyo
The report offers a detailed outlook for
the global economy and each of the world’s emerging market
regions. It analyzes themes vital to policy makers in
emerging markets...
Type: PublicationReport#: 101812Date: December 1, 2015
This paper offers a critical survey of
the microfinance literature of the past 10 years. It reviews
studies on the effectiveness of different microfinance
techniques...
Type: PublicationReport#: 102284Date: November 22, 2015Author:
Beck,Thorsten
In March 2014, several African
governments’ ministers agreed on a Joint Call for Action in
Kigali to adopt a strategy that uses strategic investments
in science and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 101305Date: November 19, 2015Author:
Blom,Andreas ;
Lan, George ;
Nusrat,Mariam
This global program review (GPR)
principal purposes are: (a) to help improve the relevance
and effectiveness of the Bank Group’s partnership with the
global environment...
Type: PublicationReport#: 101077Date: November 18, 2015Author:
Palenberg,Markus A. ;
Gerrard, Chris ;
York, Nick
Since the late 1990s access to
information and communication technologies (ICTs) has seen
tremendous growth - driven primarily by the wireless
technologies and liberalization...
Type: PublicationReport#: 101078Date: November 16, 2015
This report describes the progress of
urbanization and structural transformation in South Asia,
the market and policy failures that have shaped the region’s
towns and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 101079Date: November 13, 2015Author:
Ellis,Peter D. ;
Roberts,Mark
Benchmarking public procurement focuses
on an equally critical aspect of procurement systems for
private sector participation: a well-functioning complaint
system. Efficient...
Type: PublicationReport#: 101080Date: November 12, 2015Author:
Saliola,Federica ;
Ghossein,Tania ;
Lopez Claros,Augusto ;
Pouget,Sophie ;
Danon,Elisabeth ;
Gutierrez Casadiego,Maria Paula ;
Del Valle Catoni,Natalia ;
Mayer Cuesta,Raquel Maria
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and one
of the world’s rapidly growing megacities, is an urban
hotspot for climate risks. Preparing for the unfolding
impacts of climate-related...
Type: PublicationReport#: 100228Date: October 26, 2015Author:
Dasgupta,Susmita ;
Zaman,Asif Mohammed ;
Roy,Subhendu ;
Huq,Mainul ;
Jahan,Sarwar ;
Nishat,Ainun
This book seeks to shift the
conversation on the future of development needs away from a
focus on poverty and toward a focus on inequality. There is
a need to focus...
Type: PublicationReport#: 100230Date: October 14, 2015Author:
Rist, Ray C. ;
Martin,Frederic P. ;
Sanchez Fernandez,Ana Maria
The report is organized as follows.
Chapter one presents an overview of the general education
system in Brazil and contextualizes Vocational and Technical
Education...
Type: PublicationReport#: 100059Date: October 7, 2015Author:
Almeida,Rita Kullberg ;
Amaral,Nicole Lucilia ;
De Felicio,Fabiana
The study consists of four chapters
apart from this introduction. Chapter two provides a basic
diagnostic of the state of infrastructure in Paraguay’s
public primary...
Type: PublicationReport#: 100062Date: October 7, 2015Author:
Wodon,Quentin T.
South Asia has benefitted from low oil
prices and has proved resilient to the recent turmoil in
international markets. The region’s growth prospects are
strong and India...
Type: PublicationReport#: 100626Date: October 5, 2015Author:
Kitzmuller,Markus ;
Rama,Martin G. ;
Chaudhuri,Shubham ;
Baig,Muhammad Faisal Ali ;
Floreani,Vincent Arthur
After a decade of strong growth, Latin
America and the Caribbean (LAC) started to decelerate in
mid-2011, on the wake of falling commodity prices and slower
growth in...
Type: PublicationReport#: 100083Date: October 1, 2015Author:
De La Torre,Augusto ;
Ize,Alain ;
Beylis,Guillermo Raul ;
Lederman,Daniel
Against this backdrop of a slowing
global economy, the MENA region is stagnating. Continued low
oil prices, the escalation of conflicts, and civil wars make
the short-term...
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