The costs of crime and violence to the
private sector amount to significant losses in terms of
gross domestic product (GDP). The private sector's
response to crime and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 83898Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Ariano,Maria ;
Goldberg,Michael J. ;
Kim,Kwang Wook
Sub-Saharan Africa has just experienced
one of the best decades of growth since the 1960s. Between
2000 and 2012, gross domestic product (GDP) grew more than
4.5 percent...
Type: PublicationReport#: 84083Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Brooks,Karen Mcconnell ;
Filmer,Deon P. ;
Fox,M. Louise ;
Goyal,Aparajita ;
Mengistae,Taye Alemu ;
Premand,Patrick ;
Ringold,Dena ;
Sharma,Siddharth ;
Zorya,Sergiy
Corruption and thefts of public assets
harm a diffuse set of victims, weakens confidence in public
institutions, damages the private investment climate, and
threatens...
Type: PublicationReport#: 89138Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Brun,Jean Pierre
In the past 50 years women's legal
status has improved all over the world. But many laws still
make it difficult for women to fully participate in economic
life whether...
Type: PublicationReport#: 92271Date: January 1, 2014
International Debt Statistics (IDS) 2015
provides timely, comprehensive data on trends in external
debt in developing countries. The publication is a
continuation of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 93344Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Bourke,Peter ;
Fantom,Neil James ;
Huang,Wendy Ven-Dee ;
Pollock,Malvina A. ;
Rucaj,Evis ;
Song,Sun Hwa ;
Sukaj,Rubena ;
Vellos,Rasiel Victor ;
Venkatesan,Alagiriswamy ;
Sohn,Molly Watts ;
World Bank Group
Talent, skills, and the ability to work
are people's most important assets. The majority of
people realize the value of these assets in the labor
market, whether they...
Type: PublicationReport#: 87951Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Nguyen,Trang Van ;
Packard,Truman G.
Sub-Saharan Africa has just experienced
one of the best decades of growth since the 1960s. Between
2000 and 2012, gross domestic product (GDP) grew more than
4.5 percent...
Type: PublicationReport#: 84083Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Brooks,Karen Mcconnell ;
Filmer,Deon P. ;
Fox,M. Louise ;
Goyal,Aparajita ;
Mengistae,Taye Alemu ;
Premand,Patrick ;
Ringold,Dena ;
Sharma,Siddharth ;
Zorya,Sergiy
This is the fifth edition of The World
Bank Legal Review, which highlights the breadth of reach of
the rule of law and, most critically, its centrality to
development....
Type: PublicationReport#: 82558Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Abdelhady, Hdeel ;
Alterman,Rachelle ;
Balakrishnan,Pulapre ;
Bo,Giovanni ;
Boraine,Andre ;
Boudry,Charles E. ;
Burke-Shyne, Naomi ;
Chern,Cyril ;
Cisse, Hassane [editor] ;
Correa, Fabiano de Andrade ;
Dokeniya,Anupama ;
Eliasson, Jan ;
Fariello,Frank Anthony ;
Fernandes,Edesio ;
Fraser, Sean ;
Gadio, Kalidou ;
Garrido,Jose M. ;
Gehring, Markus W. ;
Glasser,Matthew D. ;
Hoffman,Beth Anne ;
Iyi, John-Mark ;
Joseph, Nicholas ;
Kibugi, Robert ;
Klugman,Jeni G. ;
Leroy,Anne-Marie ;
Loris, William T. ;
Mcinerney-Lankford,Siobhan ;
Menon, N. R. Madhava [editor] ;
Milovanovitch, Mihaylo ;
Morton,Matthew H. ;
Mulumba, Moses ;
Nmehielle, Vincent O. [editor] ;
Panchu, Sriram ;
Patterson,David H. ;
Pearson De Gonzalez,Annette E. ;
Prettitore,Paul Scott ;
Rastogi, Avni ;
Roestoff, Melanie ;
Saito, Yolanda ;
Segger, Marie-Claire Cordonier [editor] ;
Slattery, Elisa ;
Sulser,Patricia Odette ;
Varela,David F. ;
Viano,Emilio Cesare
This edition of the global economic
prospects, a World Bank flagship report, describes the
forces acting on the global economy and its implications on
developing countries...
Type: PublicationReport#: 83995Date: January 1, 2014Author:
World Bank
Entrepreneurship is a fundamental driver
of growth, development, and job creation. While Latin
America and the Caribbean has a wealth of entrepreneurs,
firms in the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 83837Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Lederman,Daniel ;
Messina Granovsky,Julian S. ;
Pienknagura,Samuel Jaime ;
Rigolini,Iamele P.
In the past 50 years women's legal
status has improved all over the world. But many laws still
make it difficult for women to fully participate in economic
life whether...
Type: PublicationReport#: 92271Date: January 1, 2014
This volume is a synthesis of a
multicounty collaborative effort between the World Bank and
the governments of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. This
effort built on...
Type: PublicationReport#: 87601Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Ahouissoussi,Nicolas ;
Neumann, James E. ;
Srivastava,Jitendra P.
The contribution of work to growth and
household well-being is a growing concern in East Asia
Pacific. The labor share of gross domestic product (GDP) in
several countries...
Type: PublicationReport#: 88174Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Nguyen,Trang Van ;
Packard,Truman G.
Improving logistics performance is at
the core of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda.
Policymakers globally recognize the logistics sector as one
of their...
Type: PublicationReport#: 90419Date: January 1, 2014
Corruption is motivated by the
possibility of securing something of value for oneself and
ones allies. The desire to secure benefits is a human trait
and generally...
Type: PublicationReport#: 91642Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Søreide, Tina
Pakistans population is growing and
becoming more urbanized. By 2020, Karachi and Lahore will
each have a population of well over 10 million people and
several other...
Type: PublicationReport#: 89701Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Sanchez-Triana,Ernesto ;
Biller,S. A. Dan ;
Nabi,Ijaz
This report describes the forces acting
on the global economy and its implications on developing
countries using evidence based analysis. The report includes
forecasts...
Type: PublicationReport#: 84174Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Baffes,John ;
Burns,Andrew ;
Chen,Derek Hung Chiat ;
Choi,Young Il ;
Cosic,Damir ;
Dybczak,Kamil ;
Kambou,Gerard ;
Kennedy, Mike ;
Shaukat Khan,Tehmina ;
Kida,Mizuho ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Lim,Jamus Jerome ;
Mohapatra,Sanket ;
Nallari,Yugandhar Raj ;
Stocker,Marc ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T. ;
Vorisek,Dana Lauren
This study explores the changing
opportunities for children in Africa. While the definition
of opportunities can be subjective and depend on the
societal context,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 91640Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Dabalen,Andrew L. ;
Narayan,Ambar ;
Saavedra-Chandu
Doing Business 2015 is the 12th in a
series of annual reports investigating the regulations that
enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing
Business...
Type: PublicationReport#: 91960Date: January 1, 2014
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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