This book aims to help the policymaker and development community in general to understand the nature of the problems and policy dilemmas that landlocked countries...
'Contribution of Information and Communication Technologies to Growth' is part of the World Bank Working Paper series. These papers are published to communicate the results...
The movement toward decentralization, accountability, and democratic forms of government at the local level is gathering momentum and the enormous costs of corruption are being...
Early in 2000, Ecuador, confronted with a serious economic and governance crises, adopted the U.S. dollar as its national currency. The economic situation was dire...
Early in 2000, Ecuador, confronted with a serious economic and governance crises, adopted the U.S. dollar as its national currency. The economic situation was dire...
During recent years, many Latin American countries have undergone significant reforms. The economic systems that emerged in the 1930s, stifled by heavy government intervention and...
Why does conflict occur over the use of natural resources? How are external factors built into local conflicts? What governing mechanisms are conducive to equitable...
Why does conflict occur over the use of natural resources? How are external factors built into local conflicts? What governing mechanisms are conducive to equitable...
This book analyzes the cultural heritage sector in the Middle East and North Africa region and the World Bank's policy and operational experiences in this...
Trade integration contributes substantially to economic development and poverty alleviation. In recent years much progress was made to liberalize the trade regime, but customs procedures...
A companion to the 'Customs Modernization Handbook', this book provides case studies on customs modernization initiatives in seven countries: Bolivia, Morocco, Mozambique, Peru, the Philippines,...
In recent years, the world has seen both massive destruction caused by natural disasters and immense financial and physical support for the victims of these...
This handbook presents an overview of the major policy considerations for establishing a government securities market. It also offers a detailed description of the policy...
Domestic government debt markets play a critical role in managing public debt effectively and reducing the vulnerability of developing countries to financial crises. Many aspects...
With challenges similar to those faced by a number of low income countries, Madagascar faces critical policy choices with respect to postbasic education. Enrolment ratios...
The faith and development nexus is both a promising new focus for secular development agencies and a historic reality: for centuries, world faiths and individuals...
The faith and development nexus is both a promising new focus for secular development agencies and a historic reality: for centuries, world faiths and individuals...
'Development as Leadershipled Change' presents the findings of the Global Leadership Initiative Research Study, which examines leadership in the change processes of fourteen capacity development...
The 'Development Communication Sourcebook' highlights how the scope and application of communication in the development context are broadening to include a more dialogic approach. This...
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The successful development of children and young people requires that we protect and nurture a set of interrelated physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional systems. What happens...
The 'Chilean model' has been expostulated for some time in the Latin American and Caribbean region and elsewhere because it appeared that the country, despite...
The key challenges facing China in the next two decades derive from the ongoing process of urbanization. China's urbanization rate in 2005 was about 43%....
This volume comprises a collection of papers prepared and presented at the World Bank's Fifth Urban Research Symposium, as part of the World Bank Group's...
The guide serves as a primer for decision and policy makers, technical specialists, central, regional and local government officials, and concerned stakeholders in the community...
'Cities in a Globalizing World' stresses that quality of governance can determine whether the burgeoning cities of the developing world can become global centers of...
In many low and middle income countries, dismal failures in the quality of public service delivery such as absenteeism among teachers and doctors and leakages...
A longstanding debate on health system organization relates to the benefits of integrating programs that emphasize specific interventions into mainstream health systems to increase access...
Closing the Coverage Gap discusses how social pensions and other retirement income transfers can be used to close the coverage gap of mandatory pension systems....
A compendium of Colombia's development process, this book is intended to provide the incoming Presidential Administration with a comprehensive account of diagnostics and policy recommendations...
A compendium of Colombia's development process, this book is intended to provide the incoming Presidential Administration with a comprehensive account of diagnostics and policy recommendations...
Corruption is a worldwide phenomenon. No country, no matter how rich or powerful, is immune to the detrimental effects of corruption. In this timely and...
The paper compares the EU and US securities regulations, and specifically MiFID with the corresponding US regulations. It primarily focuses on the regulatory and supervisory...
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs are one of the most popular interventions in the social sectors in developing countries. While the details of program design...
'Conflict and Cooperation on South Asia's International Rivers' traces the development of international water law. This book focuses on the hydropolitics of four countries in...
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