World Bank Publications: 275 books
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Africa Development Indicators 2012/13 is the most detailed collection of data on Africa. It contains macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators for 53 countries. A companion CD-ROM has additional data, with some 1,700 indicators covering 19612010. -Basic indicators -National and fiscal accounts...
Shared Prosperity
Paving the Way in Europe and Central Asia
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
The World Bank has recently defined two strategic goals: ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Shared prosperity is measured as income growth among the bottom 40 percent of the income distribution in the population. The two goals should be achieved in a way that is sustainable from economic,...
by The World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
This book presents a framework, the Urban Risk Assessment, for assessing disaster and climate risk in cities which is intended to assist in decision-making, urban planning, and designing risk management programs. The approach seeks to strengthen coherence and consensus within and across cities in understanding...
by Indermit S. Gill, Martin Raiser
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
The public debt crisis in Europe has shaken the confidence not just in the Euro, but in the European model. Aging and uneconomical Europeans are being squeezed between innovative Americans and efficient Asians, it is said. With debt and demographics dragging down them down, one hears that European economies...
by Ghazala Mansuri, Vijayendra Rao
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
The Policy Research Report Localizing Development: Does Participation Work? brings analytical rigor to a field that has been the subject of intense debate and advocacy, and billions of dollars in development aid. It briefly reviews the history of participatory development and argues that its two modalities,...
Learning from Megadisasters
Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
While not all natural disasters can be avoided, their impact on a population can be mitigated through effective planning and preparedness. These are the lessons to be learned from Japan's own megadisaster: the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, the fi rst disaster ever recorded that included an earthquake,...
Measuring the Effectiveness of Social Protection
Concepts and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018
'Measuring the Effectiveness of Social Protection: Concepts and Applications' provides the conceptual and analytical framework for assessing social protection (SP) programs, as well as provides a practical guide for users seeking to conduct analysis, particularly using the World Bank's Software Platform...
Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
A Case for Adaptation Governance and Leadership in Building Climate Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
In the Arab countries, climate change is a risk to poverty reduction and economic growth, threatening to unravel many of the development gains that have been achieved. The Arab Region is already suffering adverse consequences from climate variability and change. This book provides information on climate...
Fair Progress?
Economic Mobility across Generations around the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Fair Progress? Economic Mobility across Generations around the World focuses on an issue that has gotten much attention in the developed world, but will present new data and analysis covering most of the world including developing economies. The analysis considers whether those born in poverty or...
From Political to Economic Awakening in the Arab World
The Path of Economic Integration
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
The popular grievances that have fueled the Arab Spring since 2010 demonstrate that past development paradigms have failed to achieve the inclusive and sustainable growth expected by Arab populations. Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have failed to develop a strong private...
Getting Better
Improving Health System Outcomes in Europe and Central Asia
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
Fifty years ago, health outcomes in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia were not far behind those in Western Europe and well ahead of most other regions of the world. But progress since then has been slow. While life expectancy in the ECA region today is close to the global average, the...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
In a world where half of the population lives in cities and more than 90 percent of urban growth is occurring in the developing world, cities struggle to modernize without completely losing their unique character, which is embodied by their historic cores and cultural heritage assets. As countries develop,...
by Judy L. Baker
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Poor people living in slums are at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. They live on the most vulnerable lands within cities, typically areas that are deemed undesirable by others and are thus affordable. Residents are exposed to the impacts of landslides, sea-level...
Transforming Cities with Transit
Transit and Land-Use Integration for Sustainable Urban Development
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
'Transforming Cities with Transit' explores the complex process of transit and land-use integration in rapidly growing cities in developing countries. As one of the most promising strategies for advancing environmental sustainability, economic competitiveness, and socially inclusive development in fast-growing...