World Bank Publications: 275 books
South Asia's Hotspots
The Impact of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Living Standards
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
South Asia is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Most previous studies have focused on the projected impacts of sea-level rise or extreme weather - droughts, floods, heatwaves and storm surges. This study adds to that knowledge by identifying the impacts of long-term changes in the climate...
The 1.5 Billion People Question
Food, Vouchers, or Cash Transfers?
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Most of the people in low and middle-income countries covered by social protection receive assistance in the form of in-kind food. The origin of such support is rooted in countries’ historical pursuit of three interconnected objectives, namely attaining self-sufficiency in food, managing domestic...
Critical Connections
Promoting Economic Growth and Resilience in Europe and Central Asia
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Critical Connections examines how trade, investment, migration, and other linkages among countries drive economic growth in the Europe and Central Asia region. The study breaks new ground by using a multidimensional approach that recognizes how each connectivity channel for growth is likely to be...
Inflation in Emerging and Developing Economies
Evolution, Drivers, and Policies
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2019
This is the first comprehensive study in the context of EMDEs that covers, in one consistent framework, the evolution and global and domestic drivers of inflation, the role of expectations, exchange rate pass-through and policy implications. In addition, the report analyzes inflation and monetary...
Capturing Solutions for Learning and Scaling Up
Documenting Operational Experiences for Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Is your organization missing important lessons from its operational experiences? This step-by-step guide shows you how to systematically capture such knowledge and use it to inform decision making, support professional learning, and scale up successes. The captured lessons--knowledge assets, the central...
Development as Freedom in a Digital Age
Experiences from the Rural Poor in Bolivia
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
Under what conditions can new technologies enhance the well-being of poor communities? The study designs an alternative evaluation framework (AEF) that applies Amartya Sen’s capability approach to the study of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in order to place people’s well-being,...
Public Wrongs, Private Actions
Civil Lawsuits to Recover Stolen Assets
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Over the last decade, the topics of corruption and recovery of its proceeds have steadily risen in the international policy agenda, with the entry into force of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in 2005, the Arab Spring in 2011, and most recently a string of scandals in the...
Doing Business 2014
Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2013
Eleventh in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 189 economies, Doing Business 2014 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity: • Starting a business • Dealing with construction permits • Getting electricity • Registering property • Getting...
Planning, Connecting, and Financing Cities — Now
Priorities for City Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
This report provides Mayors and other policymakers with a policy framework and diagnostic tools to anticipate and implement strategies that can avoid their cities from locking into irreversible physical and social structures. At the core of the policy framework are the three main dimensions of urban...
Doing Business 2015
Going Beyond Efficiency
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Twelfth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 189 economies, Doing Business 2015 measures regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity: Starting a business Dealing with construction permits Getting electricity Registering property Getting credit...
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
The Little Data Book on Africa 2012/2013 is a pocket edition of Africa Development Indicators 2012/2013. It contains some 115 key indicators on economics, human development, governance, and partnership and is intended as a quick reference for users of the Africa Development Indicators 2010 book and African...
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
Global Financial Development Report 2013 is the first in a new World Bank series. It provides a unique contribution to financial sector policy debates, building on novel data, surveys, research, and wide-ranging country experience, with emphasis on emerging-market and developing economies. The global...
by Axel Baeumler, Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Shomik Mehndiratta
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
The continuing rapid growth and development of China's cities brings many complex challenges. Tasked with supporting strong economic development that provides jobs and a good quality of life for its growing number of residents, China's cities also must ensure sustainable development in line with national...
Diversified Development
Making the Most of Natural Resources in Eurasia
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2014
Development policy discussions in Eurasia often become debates about how economies can be made more diversified. For a region that is resource-rich, this is to be expected. But Eurasian economies have in many ways become less diversified during the past two decades. At the same time, people are much...