World Bank Publications imprint: 136 books
East Asia and Pacific Cities
Expanding Opportunities for the Urban Poor
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
Urbanization in East Asia and the Pacific has created enormous opportunity for many. Yet the rapid growth of cities can also create challenges as national and local governments try to keep up with the needs of their growing populations. Among these challenges is a lack of affordable housing, resulting...
Trouble in the Making?
The Future of Manufacturing-Led Development
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Technology and globalization are threatening manufacturing’s traditional ability to deliver both productivity and jobs at a large scale for unskilled workers. Concerns about widening inequality within and across countries are raising questions about whether interventions are needed and how effective...
by Daria Taglioni, Deborah Winkler
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Economic, technological, and political shifts as well as changing business strategies have driven firms to unbundle production processes and disperse them across countries. Thanks to these changes, developing countries can now increase their participation in global value chains (GVCs) and thus become...
Toward a New Social Contract
Taking on Distributional Tensions in Europe and Central Asia
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2018
The growing economic fissures in the societies of Europe and Central Asia between generations, between insiders and outsiders in the labor market, between rural and urban communities, and between the super-rich and everyone else, are threatening the sustainability of the social contract. The institutions...
Golden Aging
Prospects for Healthy, Active, and Prosperous Aging in Europe and Central Asia
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Societies across Europe and Central Asia are aging, but people are not necessarily living longer. This demographic trend-caused by a decrease in fertility rather than improved longevity-presents both challenges and opportunities for governments, the private sector, and individuals alike. Some of the...
The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018
Building a Sustainable Future
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Countries regularly track gross domestic product (GDP) as an indicator of their economic progress, but not wealth—the assets such as infrastructure, forests, minerals, and human capital that produce GDP. In contrast, corporations routinely report on both their income and assets to assess their economic...
Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Africa's Infrastructure
The Power and Water Sectors
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
To sustain Africa’s growth, and accelerate the eradication of extreme poverty, investment in infrastructure is fundamental. In 2010, the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic found that to enable Africa to fill its infrastructure gap, some US$ 93 billion per year for the next decade will need to...
Oil, Gas, and Mining
A Sourcebook for Understanding the Extractive Industries
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2017
Oil, Gas, and Mining: A Sourcebook for Understanding the Extractive Industries provides developing countries with a technical understanding and practical options around oil, gas, and mining sector development issues. A central premise of the Sourcebook is that good technical knowledge can better inform...
Une couverture sanitaire universelle pour un développement durable inclusif
Une synthèse de 11 études de cas pays
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
La CSU a pour objectifs de s’assurer que tous peuvent avoir accès à des services de santé de qualité, de préserver l’ensemble des individus contre les risques à la santé publique et de protéger toutes les personnes contre l’appauvrissement attribuable à la maladie. Des pays aussi...
Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 1)
Essential Surgery
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015
About this Series: From its inception, the Disease Control Priorities series has focused attention on delivering efficacious health interventions that can result in dramatic reductions in mortality and disability at relatively modest cost. The approach has been multidisciplinary, and the recommendations...
Migration and Remittances Factbook 2016
Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Remittances remain a key source of funds for developing countries, far exceeding official development assistance and even foreign direct investment. Remittances have proved to be more stable than private debt and portfolio equity flows, and less volatile than official aid flows, and their annual flow...
Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 9)
Improving Health and Reducing Poverty
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
As the culminating volume in the DCP3 series, volume 9 will provide an overview of DCP3 findings and methods, a summary of messages and substantive lessons to be taken from DCP3, and a further discussion of cross-cutting and synthesizing topics across the first eight volumes. The introductory chapters...
Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 2)
Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
The evaluation of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) by the Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (DCP3) focuses on maternal conditions, childhood illness, and malnutrition. Specifically, the chapters address acute illness and undernutrition in children, principally under age...
Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 6)
Major Infectious Diseases
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Infectious diseases are the leading cause of death globally, particularly among children and young adults. The spread of new pathogens and the threat of antimicrobial resistance pose particular challenges in combating these diseases. Major Infectious Diseases identifies feasible, cost-effective packages...