Economic reforms have altered Vietnam
from one of the world's lowest income countries to a
lower-middle-income country. However, since 2008, Vietnam
has faced major...
This report presents a summary of the
projected global economic growth for 2014. Global growth is
projected to accelerate at a greater rate in 2014 than the
previous...
Type: PublicationReport#: 83731Date: January 24, 2014Author:
World Bank
Creating more and better jobs is perhaps
the most critical challenge to boosting shared prosperity in
Europe and Central Asia (ECA). This report examines the role
of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 84041Date: January 21, 2014Author:
Arias Diaz,Omar S. ;
Cancho,Cesar A. ;
Davalos,Maria Eugenia ;
Gruen,Carola A. ;
Saiovici,Gady ;
Sanchez,Carolina ;
Santos,Indhira Vanessa ;
Tiongson,Erwin H. R. ;
De Andrade Falcao,Natasha
Rural Africa's low level of
electrification is a topic of much discussion. One widely
cited estimate is that only fourteen percent of rural
households in Sub- Saharan...
Type: PublicationReport#: 84042Date: January 10, 2014Author:
Greacen,Chris ;
Knuckles,James Albert ;
Siyambalapitiya,Tilak ;
Tenenbaum,Bernard W.
In declaring 2012 the
"international year of sustainable energy for
all," the United Nations (UN) general assembly (2011)
established at the personal initiative of the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 85415Date: January 8, 2014Author:
Adair-Rohani, Heather ;
Angelou, Nicolina ;
Elizondo Azuela,Gabriela ;
Banerjee,Sudeshna Ghosh ;
Benoit,Philippe Charles ;
Bhatia,Mikul ;
Brown,Adam ;
Bruce,Nigel ;
Bushueva,Irina ;
Cozzi, Laura ;
Dobrotkova,Zuzana ;
Dora, Carlos ;
Dorner, Dan ;
Frankl, Paolo ;
Gielen, Dolf ;
Inon,Javier Gustavo ;
Jaques Goldenberg,Ivan ;
Kempener, Ruud ;
Kesicki, Fabian ;
Lins, Christine ;
Otto, Martina ;
Park, Taejin ;
Pasquier,Sara Munro Bryan ;
Portale,Elisa ;
Sarkar,Ashok ;
Schers, Jules ;
Selmet, Nora ;
Subratty, Djaheezah ;
Trace,Simon ;
Tromop,Robert Wilfred ;
Trudeau, Nathalie ;
Wilburn, Susan ;
Zyzniewski, Anna
Developing country governments and the
international development community are looking for ways to
accelerate access to improved water and sanitation services
beyond...
Type: PublicationReport#: 83836Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Jamieson,Jane ;
Sy,Jemima T. ;
Warner,Robert W.
Romania inherited a disastrous child
protection system from the communist regime: in 1989, over
100,000 children were living in large residential
institutions in extremely...
Type: PublicationReport#: 117869Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Stanculescu,Manuela Sofia ;
Grigoras,Vlad Alexandru ;
Marin,Anca Monica ;
Iamandi Cioinaru,Elena Catalina ;
Tesliuc,Emil Daniel ;
Blaj,Georgiana ;
Corad, Bogdon ;
Pop, Voichina ;
Trocea, Andreea
This paper is organized in following
headings: can we trust shoestring evaluations?; evaluation
of development programs: randomized controlled trials or
regressions?;...
Type: PublicationReport#: 113050Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Ravallion,Martin ;
Elbers,Chris T.M. ;
Gunning,Jan Willem ;
Camacho,Adriana ;
Conover,Emily ;
Hoyos,Alejandro ;
Fitzsimons,Emla Olivia Anne ;
Mesnard,Alice ;
Desai,Raj M. ;
Joshi,Shareen ;
Gajate-Garrido,Gissele ;
Blanc,Elodie ;
Strobl,Eric
This booklet offers advice for farmers
and extension workers interested in using conservation
agriculture techniques to boost crop yields, soil quality
and water retention....
Type: PublicationReport#: 91710Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Li,Hongwen ;
Xie,Mei ;
Jin, HE
The evolving nature of education system
and the increasing complex challenges facing individual
teachers and the teaching profession as a whole are of
immense importance...
Type: PublicationReport#: 83152Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Al-Samarrai,Samer ;
Chang,Mae Chu ;
Ragatz,Andrew B. ;
Shaeffer,Sheldon ;
Stevenson,Ritchie ;
De Ree,Joppe Jaitze
The active use of prudential instruments
to regulate the level of credit and influence its
allocation, popular in the 1970s and 1980s, fell somehow
into disgrace in...
Type: PublicationReport#: 86475Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Cordella,Tito ;
Federico,Pablo M ;
Vegh Gramont,Carlos Alberto ;
Vuletin,Guillermo Javier
A number of initiatives that commenced
in recent years are geared towards achievement of the fifth
millennium development goal (MDG 5: improving maternal
health), most...
Type: PublicationReport#: 87905Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Alkema, Leontine ;
Chou, Doris ;
Gemmill,Alison ;
Hogan,Daniel Robert ;
Mathers, Colin ;
Mills,Samuel Lantei ;
Moller, Ann-Beth ;
Say, Lale ;
Suzuki,Emi
This paper is organized in following
headings: how can safety nets contribute to economic
growth?; political reforms and public policy: evidence from
agricultural and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 113048Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Alderman,Harold H. ;
Yemtsov,Ruslan G. ;
Olper,Alessandro ;
Fałkowski,Jan ;
Swinnen,Johan F. M. ;
Larson,Donald F. ;
Lampietti,Julian A. ;
Gouel,Christophe ;
Cafiero,Carlo ;
Roberts,John ;
De Melo,Jaime A. P. ;
Portugal-Perez,Alberto ;
Fafchamps,Marcel ;
Soderbom,Mans Martin ;
Gibson,Jhon ;
Mckenzie,David J. ;
Zia,Bilal Husnain ;
Borchert,Ingo ;
Gootiiz,Batshur ;
Mattoo,Aaditya
Building and operating successful public
institutions is a perennial and long-term challenge for
governments, even under ideal circumstances. The complexity
of this...
Type: PublicationReport#: 90585Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Barma, Naazneen H. ;
Huybens,Elisabeth ;
Vinuela,Lorena
Press coverage of the Egyptian
revolution, both local and international, made frequent use
of the word "inequality" to describe one of the
factors that generated discontent....
Type: PublicationReport#: 86473Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Al-Shawarby, Sherine ;
El Tawila, Sahar ;
El-Majeed, Enas Ali A. ;
Gadallah,May ;
Milanovic,Branko L. ;
Verme,Paolo
Ecosystem accounting is a coherent and
integrated approach to the assessment of the environment
through the measurement of ecosystems, and measurement of
the flows of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 103744Date: January 1, 2014
Because global population is expected to
surpass 9 billion by 2050, food security remains among the
most pressing development issues of our time. The physical
and economic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 92647Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Gillson,Ian John Douglas ;
Fouad,Amir Alexander
International Debt Statistics (IDS) 2014
presents data and analytical information on the external
debt of developing countries for 2012, based on actual flows
and debt-related...
Type: PublicationReport#: 84691Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Fantom,Neil James ;
Huang,Wendy Ven-Dee ;
Levent,Ibrahim ;
Maeda,Hiroko ;
Olmedo Chavez,Patricia Giselle ;
Pogor,Iulian ;
Pollock,Malvina A. ;
Rucaj,Evis ;
Song,Sun Hwa ;
Sukaj,Rubena ;
Taran,Maryna ;
Vellos,Rasiel Victor ;
Venkatesan,Alagiriswamy
This paper is organized in following
headings: economic development as opportunity equalization;
the measurement of educational inequality: achievement and
opportunity;...
Type: PublicationReport#: 113049Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Roemer,John E. ;
Ferreira,Francisco H. G. ;
Gignoux,Jérémie ;
Peragine,Vito ;
Palmisano,Flaviana ;
Brunori,Paolo ;
Van de gaer,Dirk ;
Vandenbossche,Joost ;
Figueroa,José Luis ;
Buvinic,Mayra Lourdes ;
Das Gupta,Monica ;
Shemyakina,Olga N. ;
Justino,Patricia ;
Leone,Marinella ;
Salardi,Paola ;
Valente,Christine ;
Verwimp,Philip ;
Van Bavel,Jan
This report is about the twelve
countries of the former Soviet Union (Eurasia). About 85
percent of the region's economic output is in six
resource-rich economies. Today,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 85417Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Van Eeghen,M. Willem ;
Gill,Indermit S. ;
Izvorski,Ivailo V. ;
De Rosa,Donato
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