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TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Annual Flagship Titles.......................................................................1

International Economics and Trade...............................................28

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Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.......................................28

Online Resources..............................................................................25

Poverty Reduction.............................................................................29

Agriculture.........................................................................................26

Private Sector Development...........................................................29

Education...........................................................................................26

Public Sector Development.............................................................29

Energy................................................................................................27

Science and Technology Development..........................................30

Environment......................................................................................27

Social Protections and Labor..........................................................30

Finance and Financial Sector Development.................................27

Urban Development.........................................................................31

Governance........................................................................................28

Water Supply and Sanitation...........................................................31

Health, Nutrition, and Population...................................................28

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Information and Communication Technologies...........................28

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GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS, JANUARY 2018 Broad-Based Upturn, but for How Long? The global economy is in a broad-based cyclical recovery. Investment, manufacturing, and trade are on the rebound. Financing conditions are benign, monetary policies are generally accommodative, and the worst impacts of the recent commodity price collapse have begun to dissipate. However, the global economic outlook remains clouded by a number of risks. These include the possibility of financial market disruptions, rising protectionist sentiment, and heightened geopolitical tensions. Of particular concern is evidence of subdued productivity and slowing potential growth. In addition to discussing global and regional economic developments and prospects, this edition of Global Economic Prospects includes a chapter on the causes of the broad-based slowing of potential growth and suggests remedies. The report also contains Special Focus sections on the impact of the 2014–2016 oil price collapse and the relationship between education demographics and global inequality.

GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS

January 2018. 240 pages. Stock no. C211163 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1163-0). US$35.00

Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and prospects, with a special focus on emerging market and developing countries, on a semiannual basis (in January and June). The January edition includes in-depth analyses of topical policy challenges faced by these economies, while the June edition contains shorter analytical pieces.

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PATHWAYS FOR PEACE Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Violent Conflict The case for prevention of violent conflict has never been stronger. After declining steadily for decades, violent conflict has increased dramatically since 2010. Battle-related deaths, refugee numbers, and terrorist incidents have all reached historic highs, resulting in ever-increasing peacekeeping budgets. This escalation in violent conflict has renewed the commitment to addressing the risk of violence early on, and in a coordinated way. More countries are affected by violent conflict today than at any time in the past 30 years. This includes middle-income countries, where over 70 percent of conflicts take place today. In 2016, 80 percent of battle-related deaths were due to seven to eight conflicts. However, lower-intensity violence taking place in several countries also took a huge toll on societies and economies. By 2030, more than half of the world's poor will be in countries affected by high levels of violence. Pathways to Peace: Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Violent Conflict, a joint World Bank and United Nations study, reaffirms that prevention is universal, takes time to accomplish, and is part and parcel of economic and social development. Prevention fosters inclusive societies where people have March 2018. 248 pages. Stock no. C211162 (ISBN: opportunity and can live without the fear of long-term violence. This report is 978-1-4648-1162-3). US$39.95 a first step in working jointly to address the immense challenge of preventing violent conflict. It also explores concrete ways that countries and the international community can combine tools and approaches to reduce violent conflict. This in turn will contribute to reducing the immense suffering and devastating long-term impacts that violent conflict inflicts on societies.

Table of Contents nn Introduction nn Chapter 1. A Surge and Expansion of Violent Conflict nn Chapter 2. The Need for Prevention in an Interdependent World nn Chapter 3. Pathways for Peace nn Chapter 4. Why People Fight: Inequality, Exclusion, and a Sense of Injustice nn Chapter 5. What People Fight Over: Arenas of Contestation nn Chapter 6. Country Approaches to Preventing Violent Conflict nn Chapter 7. The International Architecture for Prevention nn Chapter 8. Pursuing Pathways to Peace: Recommendations for Building Inclusive Approaches for Prevention nn Appendix. Thematic Papers and Case Studies

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DOING BUSINESS 2018 Reforming to Create Jobs Fifteenth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing Business 2018 measures aspects of regulation affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity: nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn

tarting a business S Dealing with construction permits Getting electricity Registering property Getting credit Protecting minority investors Paying taxes Trading across borders Enforcing contracts Resolving insolvency

These areas are included in the distance to frontier score and ease of doing business ranking. Doing Business also measures features of labor market regulation, which is not included in these two measures. The report updates all indicators as of June 1, 2017, ranks economies on their overall “ease of doing business”, and analyzes reforms to business regulation—identifying which economies are strengthening their business environment the most.

DOING BUSINESS

November 2017. 236 pages. Stock no. C211146 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1146-3). US$39.95

Doing Business illustrates how reforms in business regulations are being used to analyze economic outcomes for domestic entrepreneurs and for the wider economy. It is a flagship product produced in partnership by the World Bank Group that garners worldwide attention on regulatory barriers to entrepreneurship. More than 137 economies have used the Doing Business indicators to shape reform agendas and monitor improvements on the ground. In addition, the Doing Business data has generated over 2,182 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals since its inception. Data Notes; Distance to Frontier and Ease of Doing Business Ranking, and Summaries of Doing Business Reforms in 2016/17 can be downloaded separately from the Doing Business website.

WOMEN, BUSINESS AND THE LAW 2018 Empowering Women

April 2018. 268 pages. Stock no. C211252 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1252-1). US$45.00

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GROWING SMARTER Learning and Growth in East Asia and Pacific More children are going to school, staying in school for longer, and learning than ever before in East Asia and Pacific (EAP). During the past 50 years, a group of countries in EAP have successfully transformed their economies by investing in the continuous upgrading of knowledge, skills, and abilities of their workforce. Through policy foresight, they have produced graduates with new levels of knowledge and skills almost as fast as industries have increased their demand for them. Yet, the success of these high-performing systems has not been replicated throughout the region. Hundreds of millions of students in the region are still in school but not learning, and roughly two of three students in EAP remain in school systems struggling to escape from the global learning crisis or whose performance is likely poor. Most students in these systems fail to reach basic levels of proficiency in key subjects and are greatly disadvantaged because of it. This report focuses on the experiences of countries in the region that were able to expand schooling, learning and showcases countries that have managed to successfully pursue education reforms at scale. By WORLD BANK EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGIONAL REPORT examining these experiences, it provides both diagnoses and detailed May 2018. 256 pages. Stock no. C211261 recommendations for improvement not only for education systems within (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1261-3). US$45 EAP, but for countries across the globe. In EAP, the impressive record of success in education in some developing countries is proof-of-concept that schooling in resource-constrained contexts can lead to learning for all. This report identifies the policies and practices necessary to ensure learning and suggests how countries can raise learning outcomes through a framework of five essential domains and their associated elements.

Table of Contents nn Overview nn Chapter 1. High-quality schooling fueled economic growth in East Asia and the Pacific nn Chapter 2. The state of education in East Asia and the Pacific today nn Spotlight. The growth of education in the Pacific Island Countries: achievements and challenges nn Chapter 3. Institutional capacity for policy implementation nn Spotlight. What lessons can other EAP countries draw from the history of TVET in the region’s high-performing economies? nn Chapter 4. Effective spending of public resources on education nn Spotlight. How have EAP economies used public–private partnerships to improve education outcomes? nn Chapter 5. Getting ready to learn nn Chapter 6. Developing skilled teachers and supporting effective teaching nn Chapter 7. Systematic use of student assessments to improve instruction and learning nn Chapter 8. Charting the course ahead nn Appendix. Country education systems at a glance

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UNLEASHING THE POTENTIAL OF EDUCATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Over centuries, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been the birthplace of some of the world's greatest civilizations. Despite recent setbacks, the region once again can become an engine of intellectual, economic, and social progress for individuals as well as societies. To succeed, education must regain its role as the main driver of knowledge, skills, and innovation. Unleashing the Potential of Education in the Middle East and North Africa highlights two missing factors that have held back the region's educational potential. First is the lack of a “push” at the outset of educational systems to build solid foundations for children's learning. Continued underinvestment in early schooling has resulted in weak and delayed acquisition of literacy, numeracy, and socioemotional skills from which it is difficult to catch up. The second factor is the lack of a “pull” on education systems from the labor market and society to demand the skills that would enable children to succeed later in life. This missing pull factor creates a cycle in which labor markets, society, and educational systems focus on credentials rather than on skills. June 2018. 200 pages. Stock no. C211234 (ISBN: Overcoming these obstacles of the missing push and pull is well within the 978-1-4648-1234-7). US$45 control of countries' policy makers, stakeholders, and individuals. The report lays out a road map to modernize education in MENA to meet the hopes and aspirations of the region's people and governments.

To address these push and pull factors, countries will need to strengthen their focus on learning rather than on memorizing and develop all students' foundational skills for continued learning. Countries urgently need to develop skills required by labor markets. Societies need to shift to valuing skills over credentials. Making these changes will help to unleash the potential of education to lead to peace and shard prosperity in the twenty-first century.

FACING FORWARD

Schooling and Learning in Africa April 2018. 408 pages. Stock no. C211260 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1260-6). US$55.00

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THE WEB OF TRANSPORT CORRIDORS IN SOUTH ASIA The WEB of Transport Corridors in South Asia develops a holistic appraisal methodology to ensure that economic benefits of investments in transport corridors are amplified and more widely spread and possible negative impacts such as congestion, environmental degradation, and other unintended consequences are minimized. It focuses on South Asia—not only as one of the world's most populous and poorest regions—but as a hinge between East Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. The book is aimed at politicians, technocrats, civil society organizations, and businesses. It presents case studies of past and recent corridor initiatives, provides rigorous analysis of the literature on the spatial impact of corridors, and offers assessments of corridor investment projects supported by international development organizations. A series of spotlights examines such issues as private sector co-investment, the impacts of corridors on small enterprises and women, and issues with implementing cross-border corridors. The “WEB” in the title stands for both the wider economic benefits (WEB) that transport corridors are expected to generate and the complex web of January 2018. 300 pages. Stock no. C211215 transport corridors that has been proposed. The appraisal methodology (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1215-6). US$49.95 introduced in this book shows how the web of interconnected elements around corridors can be disentangled and the most promising corridor proposals—the ones with the greatest wider economic benefits—can be selected.

IN THE DARK

How Much Do Power Sector Distortions Cost South Asia? June 2018. 224 pages. Stock no. C211154 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1154-8). US$39.95

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SOUTH ASIA'S HOTSPOTS Impacts of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Living Standards By Muthukumara Mani, Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay, Shun Chonabayashi, Anil Markandya, and Thomas Mosier

South Asia is highly vulnerable to climate change. Given that many of the poor live in areas prone to climactic shifts and in occupations that are highly climate-sensitive, such as agriculture and fisheries, future climate change could have significant implications for living standards. At the same time, the effect of climate change will vary significantly depending on the level of exposure and the inherent adaptive capacities of individuals, households, and communities. It is therefore important to understand how climate varies spatially and over time at a relatively granular level and to better understand the corresponding spatial effects of climate change on living standards. This report will aid in the development of targeted policies to improve resilience of the people, especially the poor and vulnerable, to future climatic shifts. Using historic and projected climate and household survey data, this study investigates the historic spatial patterns of climate change across South Asia at the district level, the effect of changes in long-term average climate on living standards at the household level, and where the future hotspots may be. The analysis complements studies that have investigated effects of extreme climate events and finds that projected future temperature and precipitation changes could create a significant challenge for certain geographic areas and populations, which could reduce gains in living standards that have taken place over the past decades.

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March 2018. 95 pages. Stock no. C211155 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1155-5). US$35

Severe hotspots may cover a significant portion of South Asia by 2050. Achieving the climatesensitive scenario (left) would mostly prevent the emergence of severe hotspots through 2050 compared with the carbon-intensive scenario (right)

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NURTURING NETWORKS Why Europe and Central Asia's Regional and Global Connections Matter By David M. Gould and Rashmi Shankar

Nurturing Networks takes an innovative approach to measuring multidimensional connectivity by relying on both economic relationships and network analysis. In addition to capturing how information, people, goods, and finance flow within Europe and Central Asia (ECA) and between ECA and the rest of the world, this allows for the identification of countries that are more connected (in a multidimensional sense) and whether it matters for a country to whom it is connected. It is better (in terms of growth and shared prosperity) to be more connected to well-connected countries, countries that are closer to the frontier of technology, or countries that share different endowments? Is there a connectivity-stability trade-off? The focus on drivers of multidimensional connectivity will deepen our understanding of how policy can support the positive impacts of specific aspects of regional and global integration to boost growth and shared prosperity. I. Introduction and Overview: What does multidimensional connectivity mean for Europe and Central Asia and why it is important? EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA STUDIES

March 2018. 220 pages. Stock no. C211157 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1157-9). US$39.95

II. How has multidimensional connectivity evolved in ECA and between ECA and the rest of the World? III. Does multidimensional connectivity enhance growth and shared prosperity in ECA? IV. How can ECAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s multidimensional connectivity be enhanced? V. Looking forward

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Managing Financial Trade-Offs for Inclusive Growth in Europe and Central Asia January 2017. 292 pages. Stock no. C210967 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0967-5). US$39.95

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RAISING THE BAR Cities and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean Edited by Maria Marta Ferreyra, and Mark Roberts

With more than 70 percent of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is among the most urbanized regions in the world. Yet, although its cities are, on average, more productive than those elsewhere in the world, their productivity lags that of North American and Western European cities. Closing this gap would provides LAC with the opportunity to raise living standards and join the ranks of the world's richest countries. Raising the Bar: Cities and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean is about the productivity of cities in LAC and the factors that help to explain its determination. Based on original empirical research, the report documents the high levels of population density and other features of LAC cities that mark them out from those in the rest of the world. The report also studies the role of three key factors—urban form, skills, and access to markets—in determining the productivity of LAC cities. It shows that while excessive congestion forces and inadequate metropolitan coordination seem to be stifling the benefits of agglomeration, LAC cities benefit from strong human capital externalities. It also finds that, within individual LAC countries, cities are poorly integrated with one another, which contributes to large differences in performance across cities and undermines their aggregate contribution to productivity at the national level.

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April 2018. 224 pages. Stock no. C211258 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1258-3). US$45

Table of Contents nn Introduction and Overview nn Urbanization, Economic Development, and Structural Transformation nn The Many Dimensions of Urbanization and the Productivity of LAC Cities nn The Empirical Determinants of City Productivity nn Transport Infrastructure and Agglomeration in Cities nn Human Capital in Cities nn Urban Form, Institutional Fragmentation, and Metropolitan Coordination

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DISEASE CONTROL PRIORITIES, THIRD EDITION The Disease Control Priorities series focuses attention on delivering effective health interventions that can result in dramatic reductions in mortality and disability at relatively modest cost. The approach has been multidisciplinary, and the recommendations have been evidence-based, scalable, and adaptable in multiple settings. Disease Control Priorities, third edition (DCP3) builds on the foundation and analyses of the first and second editions (DCP1 and DCP2) to further inform program design and resource allocation at the global and country levels by providing an up-to-date comprehensive review of the effectiveness of priority health interventions. In addition, DCP3 presents systematic and comparable economic evaluations of selected interventions, packages, delivery platforms, and policies based on newly developed economic methods. Complete volumes of DCP3 are published electronically and available in hard copy.

VOLUME 5, CARDIOVASCULAR, RESPIRATORY, AND RELATED DISORDERS

Edited by Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Shuchi Anand, Thomas A. Gaziano, Jean-Claude Mbanya, Yangfeng Wu, and Rachel Nugent

November 2017. 466 pages. Paperback: Stock no. C210518 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0518-9). US$35. Hardback: Stock no. C210519 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0519-6). US$55.

VOLUME 6, MAJOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Edited by King K. Holmes, Stefano Bertozzi, Barry R. Bloom, and Prabhat Jha

November 2017. 506 pages. Paperback: Stock no. C210524 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0524-0). US$35. Hardback: Stock no. C210526 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0526-4). US$55.

VOLUME 7, INJURY PREVENTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Edited by Charles N. Mock, Rachel Nugent, Olive Kobusingye, and Kirk R. Smith

October 2017. 300 pages. Paperback: Stock no. C210522 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0522-6). US$35. Hardback: Stock no. C210521 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0521-9). US$55.

VOLUME 8, CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Edited by Donald A. P. Bundy, Nilanthi de Silva, Susan Horton, Dean T. Jamison, and George C. Patton

November 2017. 502 pages. Paperback: Stock no. C210423 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0423-6). US$35. Hardback: Stock no. C210517 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0517-2). US$55.

VOLUME 9, IMPROVING HEALTH AND REDUCING POVERTY

Edited by Dean T. Jamison, Hellen Gelband, Susan Horton, Prabhat Jha, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Charles N. Mock, and Rachel Nugent

January 2018. 426 pages. Paperback: Stock no. C210527 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0527-1). US$35. Hardback: Stock no. C210529 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0529-5). US$55.

ALSO AVAILABLE: VOLUMES 1, 2, 3, AND 4 Volume 1, Essential Surgery: 2015. 442 Pages.

Paperback (Stock no. 210346. ISBN 978-1-4648-0346-8. US$35). Hardback (Stock no. 210097. ISBN 978-1-4648-0097-9.US$55).

Volume 2, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health: 2016. 416 Pages. Paperback (Stock no. 210348. ISBN 978-1-4648-0348-2. US$35). Hardback (Stock no. 210347. ISBN 978-1-4648-0347-5.US$55).

Volume 3, Cancer: 2015. 360 Pages.

Paperback (Stock no. 210349. ISBN 978-1-4648-0349-9. US$35). Hardback (Stock no. 210350. ISBN 978-1-4648-0350-5.US$55).

Volume 4, Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders: 2015. 304 Pages. Paperback (Stock no. 210426. ISBN 978-1-4648-0426-7. US$35). Hardback (Stock no. 210427. ISBN 978-1-4648-0427-4.US$55).

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GLOBAL MIGRATION AND LABOR MARKETS Labor is one of the few and often most critical assets of the poor. Making better employment opportunities available to the poor is one of the main paths to escape poverty. Increasing labor mobility—whether internally or across borders—is one of the surest ways to connect the poor to better jobs and is a key part of the development process. This Policy Research Report provides an overview of the main patterns of labor mobility across the world, and explores how the movement of people across national boundaries affects labor market outcomes such as wages and employment in both origin and destination labor markets. Areas of policy interest that have previously received too little rigorous economic analysis are also covered, including human capital acquisition, female labor force participation, the role of refugees, and the circulation of global skills. The report will aid policy makers in assessing the economic implications of labor mobility and contribute to the design of welfare and productivity-enhancing policy tools.

POLICY RESEARCH REPORTS

July 2018. 248 pages. Stock no. C211165 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1165-4). US$39.95

FAIR PROGRESS? Economic Mobility across Generations By Ambar Narayan, Roy Van der Weide, Alexandru Cojocaru, Christoph Lakner, Silvia Redaelli, Daniel Gerszon Mahler, Rakesh Ramasubbaiah, and Stefan Thewissen

Fair Progress? Economic Mobility across Generations will look at an issue that has gotten much attention in the developed world, but with, for the first time, new data and analysis covering most of the developing world. The analysis looks at whether those born in poverty or in prosperity are destined to remain in the same economic circumstances into which they were born and looks back over a half a century at whether children's lives are better or worse than their parents' in different parts of the world. It suggests local, national, and global actions and policies that can help break the cycle of poverty, paving the way for the next generation to realize their potential and improve their lives.

EQUITY AND DEVELOPMENT

May 2018. 176 pages. Stock no. C211210 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1210-1). US$39.95

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ATLAS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 2018 From World Development Indicators The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2018 uses maps, charts, and analysis to illustrate, trends, challenges and measurement issues related to each of the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The Atlas primarily draws on World Development Indicators (WDI)—the World Bank's compilation of internationally comparable statistics about global development and the quality of people's lives. Given the breadth and scope of the SDGs, the editors have been selective, emphasizing issues considered important by experts in the World Bank's Global Practices and Cross-Cutting Solution Areas. Nevertheless, the Atlas aims to reflect the breadth of the goals themselves and presents national and regional trends and snapshots of progress towards the 17 goals: poverty, hunger, health, education, gender, water, energy, jobs, infrastructure, inequalities, cities, consumption, climate, oceans, the environment, peace, and partnerships.

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April 2018. 128 pages. Stock no. C211250 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1250-7). US$29.95

GLOBAL FINDEX DATABASE 2017 Measuring Financial Inclusion and the FinTech Revolution The Global Findex Database is the world's most comprehensive set of data on how people make payments, save money, borrow, and manage risk. Launched in 2011, it includes more than 100 financial inclusion indicators in a format allowing users to compare access to financial services among adults worldwide—including by gender, age, and household income. This third edition of the database was compiled in 2017 using nationally representative surveys in more than 140 developing and high-income countries. The database includes updated indicators on access to and use of formal and informal financial services. It features additional data on FinTech and digital financial services, including the use of mobile phones and internet technology to conduct financial transactions.

April 2018. 120 pages. Stock no. C211259 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1259-0). US$39.95

Global Findex data is utilized to track progress toward the World Bank's goal of Universal Financial Access by 2020 and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The data also is a source for the G20 Financial Inclusion Indicators and a benchmark for policy makers seeking to expand access to and use of financial services. Lastly, this report discusses opportunities to expand access to financial services among the unbanked and ways to promote greater use of digital financial services among the underbanked.

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WOMEN, BUSINESS AND THE LAW 2018 Empowering Women How can governments ensure that women have the same employment and entrepreneurship opportunities as men? One important step is to level the law so that the rules for operating in the worlds of work and business apply equally regardless of gender. Women, Business and the Law 2018, the fifth edition in a series, examines laws affecting women's economic inclusion in 189 economies worldwide. It tracks progress that has been made over the past two years while identifying opportunities for reform to ensure economic empowerment for all. The report updates all indicators as of June 1, 2017, and explores new areas of research, including child care, pensions, and financial inclusion. By measuring where the law treats men and women differently, Women, Business and the Law 2018 shines a light on how women's incentives and capacity to work are affected by the legal environment and provides a basis for improving regulation.

April 2018. 268 pages. Stock no. C211252 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1252-1). US$45.00

GLOBAL INVESTMENT COMPETITIVENESS REPORT 2017/2018 Foreign Investor Perspectives and Policy Implications This inaugural issue of the World Bank Group's Global Investment Competitiveness Report presents novel analytical insights and empirical evidence on the drivers of foreign direct investment (FDI) and its contributions to economic transformation. Three key features distinguish this report from other leading FDI studies. Firstly, its insights come from a variety of sources, including a new survey of investor perspectives, extensive analysis of available data and evidence, and a thorough review of international best practices in investment policy design and implementation. Secondly, the report provides targeted, in-depth analysis of FDI differentiated by motivation, sector, and geographic origin and destination of investment. Thirdly, the report offers practical and actionable recommendations to developing-country governments. The report's groundbreaking survey of more than 750 executives of multinational corporations investing in developing countries finds that—in addition to political October 2017. 182 pages. stability, security, and macroeconomic conditions—a business-friendly legal and Stock no. C211175 regulatory environment is the key driver of investment decisions. The report also (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1175-3). US$35.00 explores the potential of FDI to create new growth opportunities for local firms, assesses the effectiveness of fiscal incentives in attracting FDI, analyzes the characteristics of FDI originating in developing countries—so-called South-South and South-North FDI—and examines the experience of foreign investors in countries afflicted by conflict and fragility.

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THE CHANGING WEALTH OF NATIONS 2018 Building a Sustainable Future Edited by Glenn-Marie Lange, Quentin Wodon, and Kevin Carey

National income is underpinned by a country's wealth—measured comprehensively to include all assets, produced capital, human capital, natural capital, and net financial assets—and sustained economic growth over the long term requires investment in this broad portfolio of assets. While a macroeconomic indicator like GDP provides an important measure of economic progress, it does not reflect changes in the underlying asset base, and hence, used alone, may provide misleading signals about the state of the economy. GDP does not reflect depreciation and depletion of assets, whether accumulation of wealth keeps pace with population growth, or whether the mix of different assets will support a country's development goals. GDP indicates whether an economy is growing; Comprehensive Wealth indicates the prospects for maintaining economic growth over the long term. Economic performance is best evaluated by monitoring both. The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018 is the latest report on Comprehensive Wealth by the World Bank. It provides a time series from 1995 to 2014 for 140 countries, covering produced capital, 19 types of natural capital, net foreign assets, and, for the January 2018. 240 pages. first time, an explicit measure of human capital, based on the well-known JorgensonStock no. C211046 Fraumeni lifetime earnings approach. Trends in wealth and sustainable development (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1046-6). are assessed. Wealth accounts are used to address a range of important development US$39.95 topics such as economic diversification of resource-rich economies and the gains in national wealth that could be achieved by universal primary education.

THE STATE OF SOCIAL SAFETY NETS 2018 Over the last decade, a policy revolution has been under way in the developing and emerging world. Country after country is systematically providing noncontributory transfers to poor and vulnerable people, in order to protect them against economic shocks and to enable them to invest in themselves and their children. Social safety nets or social transfers, as these are called, have spread rapidly from their early prominence in the middle-income countries of Latin America and Europe increasingly to nations in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East—and today, more than 130 developing countries have made investments in social safety nets an important pillar of economic development policies.

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The statistics and analysis in The State of Social Safety Nets 2018 capture this evolution and reveal it in many dimensions at the country, regional, and international levels. This latest edition of a periodic series brings together a large body of data that was not previously available, drawing on the World Bank's Atlas of Social Protection Indicators of Resilience and Equity (ASPIRE) database and other sources.

Why have so many countries made a firm commitment to incorporate social safety nets as part of their social and economic policy architecture? Because social safety nets work. This report also examines the rigorous evidence that demonstrates their impact, and points the way to making them even more efficient and effective at meeting their development goals.

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UNCHARTED WATERS The New Economics of Water Scarcity and Variability By Richard Damania, Sébastien Desbureaux, Marie Hyland, Asif Islam, Scott Moore, Aude-Sophie Rodella, Jason Russ, and Esha Zaveri

The twenty-first century will witness the collision of two powerful forces—burgeoning population growth coupled with a changing climate. With population growth, water scarcity will proliferate to new areas across the globe. With climate change, rainfall will become more fickle, with longer and deeper periods of droughts and deluges. Uncharted Waters: The New Economics of Water Scarcity and Variability presents new evidence to advance our understanding of how rainfall shocks, coupled with water scarcity, affect farms, firms, and families. On farms, the largest consumers of water in the world, impacts are channeled from declining yields to shriveling forests. Dry shocks, by reducing farmers' yields, cause forests to be converted into farms and are a hidden driver of global deforestation, which in turn accentuates the risks of climate change. In cities, water extremes—especially when combined with unreliable infrastructure—can stall firm production, sales, and revenue. For rural families, who are at the center of the water scarcity challenge, rainfall shocks have an impact on their incomes, jobs, and long-term health. Although a rainfall shock may be fleeting, its consequences can become the destiny of those who experience it. October 2017. 98 pages. Uncharted Waters demonstrates that, while floods are the spectacular weather events Stock no. C211179 that cause sensational damage, the impacts of water scarcity and drought are even (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1179-1). greater, causing long-term and persistent harm in ways that are poorly understood. US$29.95 Avoiding this misery in slow motion will call for fundamental changes in the way that water is managed and used. A key message of Uncharted Waters is that water has multiple economic attributes that entail distinct policy responses at each stage in its cycle of use. If water is not managed more prudently—from source, to tap, and back to source—the crises observed today will become the catastrophes of tomorrow.

HIDDEN DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY Natural Resources and the Environment By Carter Brandon, and Harun Dogo

This report focuses on the impact of environmental degradation on the poorest, and the sustainability of the economic development model. The global pattern of development observed over the past 25 years has yielded impressive returns, but has come at a high cost of environmental degradation. Yet we find that the environmental costs of development are disproportionately borne by the extreme poor and that the changing quality of local natural capital plays a determining role in the process of poverty reduction. Importantly, regardless of the definition of sustainability used, the historical model of development does not appear to be sustainable in the poorest areas of the world. Therefore, achieving the World Bank's poverty goals in a sustainable manner will require more aggressive policy changes than are commonly appreciated. No single set of policy recommendations can apply for all countries, as decoupling economic and poverty alleviation growth from environmental damages depends on the country context. Still, one truism does apply to all countries: the twin goals of poverty alleviation and shared prosperity simply cannot be achieved in an economy and environment that is unsustainable. Maintaining the sustainable use of natural capital and healthy ecosystems is a fundamental part of what countries need to achieve the twin goals.

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June 2018. 250 pages. Stock no. C211246 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1246-0). US$45.00

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ERUPTIONS OF POPULAR ANGER The Economics of the Arab Spring and Its Aftermath By Elena lanchovichina

The Arab Spring protests caught most of the world by surprise and precipitated a chain of events that changed the course of history in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), ushering in a period of prolonged political instability and intense civil conflicts. The analysis in this book of the Arab Spring aftermath sheds light on the interplay between economic, behavioral, institutional, and political factors that have influenced the transitions across the region and the risk of civil conflict. The study draws on four main bodies of literature on poverty and inequality, subjective well-being, civil conflict, and macroeconomics as well as on an eclectic mix of quantitative and qualitative methods and data. Given the complex nature of the Arab Spring and its aftermath, the study touches also on areas related to political economy and governance.

MENA DEVELOPMENT REPORT

December 2017. 174 pages. Stock no. C211152 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1152-4). US$35.00

BEYOND SCARCITY Water Security in the Middle East and North Africa Water has always been a source of risks and opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa. Yet rapidly changing socioeconomic, political, and environmental conditions make water security a different, and more urgent, challenge than ever before. This report shows that water security is about much more than just coping with water scarcity. It entails ensuring the delivery of affordable and high-quality water to citizens in order to reinforce relationships between service providers and customers and contribute to a renewed social contract. It involves managing the impacts of migration on water supplies to ensure—against a backdrop of historic levels of displacement— that both host and refugee communities enjoy equitable and reliable access without degrading water resources.

MENA DEVELOPMENT REPORT

December 2017. 230 pages. Stock no. C211144 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1144-9). US$39.95

As the report describes, water security is an urgent target, but also a target within reach. A host of potential solutions to the region's water management challenges exist. To make these solutions work, clear incentives are needed to change the way water is managed, conserved, and allocated. Countries in the region also will need to engage civil society and youth as well as promote social inclusion.

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PRIVILEGE-RESISTANT POLICIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Measurement and Operational Implications By Syed Akhtar Mahmood and Meriem Ait Ali Slimane

Renewing the social contract, one of the pillars of the new World Bank Group strategy for the Middle East and North Africa, requires a new development model built on greater trust; openness, transparency, and inclusive and accountable service delivery; and a stronger private sector that can create jobs and opportunities for the youth of the region. Recent analytic work trying to explain weak job creation and insufficient private sector dynamism in the region point to formal and informal barriers to entry and competition. These barriers privilege a few (often unproductive) incumbents who enjoy a competition-edge due to their connections or ability to influence policy making and delivery. Policy recommendations to date in the field of governance for private sector policymaking have been too general and too removed from concrete, actionable policy outcomes. This report proposes—for the first time—to fill this policy and operational gap by answering the following question: What good governance features should be instilled in the design of economic policies and institutions to help shield them from capture, discretion, and arbitrary implementation? The report proposes an innovative conceptual and measurement framework that encapsulates the governance features that could shield policies from capture, discretion, and arbitrary enforcement that limits competition. The report offers a menu of operational and technical entry points to enhance privilege-resistant policy making in a concrete way that is politically tractable in different country contexts.

MENA DEVELOPMENT REPORT

January 2018. 150 pages. Stock no. C211207 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1207-1). US$39.95

WHAT IS CONSTRAINING INCLUSIVE GROWTH IN THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT, JORDAN, LEBANON, AND TUNISIA By Shantayanan Devarajan, Auguste Tano Kouame, Hania Sahnoun and Sahar S. Hussain

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region registered relatively rapid economic growth, extreme poverty rates declined, and inequality as measured by the Gini coefficient was lower than the average for middle-income countries and, in most cases, declining. Yet, starting in 2010, the region had revolutions in four countries—Tunisia, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Libya, and the Republic of Yemen—and widespread protests in several others. This book attempts to shed light on these paradoxical and tumultuous events by focusing on four countries: the Arab Republic of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Tunisia.. Based on the Systematic Country Diagnostics (SCDs) for these countries, the volume shows first that lurking behind the achievements up to 2010 were serious economic and social problems. Growth, though high, was volatile. Although childhood diseases had been eliminated and everyone went to school, the quality of public education and health services was extremely low. And while inequality may have been low, the region had the highest unemployment rate in the world. The middle class in particular were suffering from the lack of formal-sector jobs. But the SCDs of the four countries reveal that these factors were only the proximate causes of the discontent and unrest in the Arab world. Underlying them was a failure of governance that manifested itself in different ways in the four countries. JANUARY – JUNE 2018 CATALOG

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February 2018. 120 pages. Stock no. C211170 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1170-8). US$35.00

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REALIZING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF SOCIAL SAFETY NETS IN AFRICA Edited by Kathleen Beegle, Aline Coudouel, and Emma Monsalve

Poverty remains a pervasive and complex phenomenon in Sub-Saharan Africa. Part of the recent agenda to tackle poverty in Africa has been the launching of social safety net programs. All countries have now deployed safety net interventions as part of their core development programs. The number of programs has skyrocketed since the mid-2000s, though many remain limited in size. This shift in social policy reflects the evolution in the understanding of the role that social safety nets can play in the fight against poverty and vulnerability and in the human capital and growth agenda. Evidence on their impacts on equity, resilience, and opportunity is growing and makes a foundational case for investments in safety nets as a major component of national development plans.

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For this potential to be realized, safety net programs need to be significantly scaled up. This will involve a series of technical considerations to identify the parameters, tools, and processes that can deliver maximum benefits to the poor and vulnerable. In addition to technical considerations, and at least as importantly, this report argues that a series of decisive shifts need to occur in three other critical spheres: political, institutional, and fiscal.

This report highlights the implications that political, institutional, and fiscal aspects have for the choice and design of programs. Fundamentally, it argues that these considerations are critical to ensure the successful scaling-up of social safety nets in Africa, and that ignoring them could lead to technically sound, but practically impossible, choices and designs.

REAPING RICHER RETURNS Public Spending Priorities for African Agriculture Productivity Growth By Aparajita Goyal, and John Nash

Experience has shown that governments' choices on spending of public resources make a great deal of difference in agricultural sector development. Agricultural public spending in Africa not only lags behind other developing regions, but its impact is also vitiated by misinvestment such as subsidies and transfers that tend to benefit the better off, with insignificant gains for the poor. Shortcomings of the budgeting process also reduce spending effectiveness. African governments and regional institutions have recognized the importance of enhancing the quantity and quality of spending in the sector and are working hard to assist countries in meeting these objectives. This volume is intended to support these efforts and is the first to pull together evidence on spending policy in such a comprehensive manner.

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The volume takes stock of the current state of knowledge and generates new research to look at the effectiveness of different types of spending; provides evidence-based guidance and pragmatic policy advice to governments, development partners, civil society, and the private sector on the cost-effectiveness of major programs and their collateral consequences; and identifies common problems that impede spending effectiveness and examines how these can be overcome. COMING SOON IN FRENCH:

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FACING FORWARD Schooling for Learning in Africa By Sajitha Bashir, Marlaine Lockheed, Elizabeth Ninan Dulvy, and Jee-Peng Tan

This book lays out a range of policy and implementation actions that are needed for countries in sub-Saharan Africa to meet the challenge of improving learning while expanding access and completion of basic education for all. It underscores the importance of aligning the education system to be relentlessly focused on learning outcomes and to ensuring that all children have access to good schools, good learning materials, and good teachers. It is unique in characterizing countries according to the challenges they faced in the 1990s and the educational progress they have made over the past 25 years. The authors review the global literature and contribute their extensive new analyses of multiple data sets from over three dozen countries in the region. They integrate findings about what affects children's learning, access to schooling, and progress through basic education. The book examines four areas to help countries better align their systems to improve learning: completing the unfinished agenda of reaching universal basic education with quality, ensuring effective management and support of teachers, targeting spending priorities and budget processes on improving quality, and closing the institutional capacity gap. It concludes with an assessment of how future educational progress may be affected by projected fertility rates and economic growth.

April 2018. 408 pages. Stock no. C211260 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1260-6). US$55.00

The primary audiences for this book are policy makers in Africa, practitioners, and partners concerned about building the knowledge capital of sub-Saharan Africa.

THE SKILLS BALANCING ACT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Investing in Skills for Productivity, Inclusion, and Adaptability By Omar Arias, Indhira Santos, and David K. Evans

Sub-Saharan Africa has the youngest population of any region of the world, and that growing working-age population represents a major opportunity to reduce poverty and increase shared prosperity. But the region's workforce is the least skilled in the world, constraining economic prospects. Despite economic growth, declining poverty, and investments in skillsbuilding, too many students in too many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are not acquiring the foundational skills they need to thrive and prosper in an increasingly competitive global economy. This report examines the balancing act that individuals and countries face in making productive investments in both a wide range of skills— cognitive, socio-emotional, and technical—and a wide range of groups—young children through working adults—so that Sub-Saharan Africa will thrive. May 2018. 256 pages. Stock no. C211149 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1149-4). US$45.00

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ENTANGLED Localized Effects of Exports on Earnings and Employment in South Asia By Erhan Artuc, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Raymond Robertson, and Daniel Samaan

Very few studies focus on the growth of labor market opportunities that follow from exports. Entangled is one of the first to systematically examine the localized effects of long-run export growth in South Asia. The basic premise is that adjustment costs matter. If adjustment costs matter, then we would expect to see significant and persistent differences in wages across industries and regions. We would expect to see that exporting industries and regions tend to pay higher wages and that these differences would only slowly dissipate over time (if at all). We would expect to see that increases in exports would increase the demand for workers. An increase in demand for workers could increase either wages, employment, or both, depending on the ability and willingness of workers to switch industries and regions.

SOUTH ASIA DEVELOPMENT FORUM

May 2018. 200 pages. Stock no. C211248 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1248-4). US$45.00

If workers face high adjustment costs, the increase in labor demand from exports would be associated with higher wage growth, but not necessarily higher employment growth, because workers would not move into expanding industries. As a result, firms would have to raise wages to attract the workers they need. Since expanding takes more time than contracting, we would expect to see the strongest positive wage effects over the longest time horizon, because exports take longer to affect labor markets than import competition.

The report evaluates these predictions using data from Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka. The results are consistent with the presence of very significant worker-level adjustment costs in South Asia and suggest that the gains from exports to date have still been modest.

GLACIERS OF THE HIMALAYAS Assessing the Impact of Climate Change and Black Carbon Melting glaciers, loss of seasonal snow, and precipitation changes pose significant risks to the stability of water resources in the South Asia region. Glaciers help to moderate river flows in the region's major rivers by providing a source of meltwater in hot, dry years and storing water during colder, wetter years. The dependence on glaciers and snow makes these rivers particularly vulnerable to climate change. In addition to threats from global climate change, black carbon produced and circulated within the region is both increasing the absorption of solar radiation by the glaciers through decreasing the glacier surfacesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reflectance and raising air temperatures, which also increases melt. In these ways, black carbon is becoming a significant factor in the retreat of some Himalayan glaciers. The purpose of this study is to identify the causes of potential changes to the glacier and snow dynamics in the Himalaya, Karakoram, and Hindu Kush mountain ranges, present scenarios of possible glacier and snow changes under different climate May 2018. 200 pages. change and black carbon scenarios, and determine implications for water resources Stock no. C210099 within the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra basins. Since changes in regional (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0099-3). US$45 climates are largely linked to global-scale actions and processes, the response of glaciers and snow changes must be approached in the context of the need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions; however, there are local actions that may reduce or offset the impacts in the short term. The overall objective is to provide sound analytical underpinnings for policy making, investments, and other initiatives that could be further supported by Bank-financed operations. 20

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IN THE DARK How Much Do Power Sector Distortions Cost South Asia? By Fan Zhang

Electricity shortages are among the biggest barriers to South Asia's development. Thirty percent of households in South Asia are not connected to the power grid. Even households and firms that are connected often experience long hours of blackouts. How much do power sector distortions cost South Asian economies? Previous research considers a narrow definition of the power sector that includes generation, transmission, and distribution, but often does not account for the upstream distortions in coal and gas production, the downstream distortions from the lack of electricity access, or the pollution generated by fossil-fuel plants. It also addresses only the fiscal costs of distortions, though many distortions do not have a direct fiscal cost. This study offers a comprehensive assessment of the economic cost of energy sector distortions in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. It uses microeconomic data from utilities, households, and firms to estimate key parameters for each country. It then uses these parameters to generate precise estimates of the cost of regulatory, institutional, and social and environmental distortions. The study finds that some of the most costly distortions are upstream and downstream. Urgent power sector reforms should be a top priority because they can rapidly and effectively promote economic growth. Smart reforms would reduce the need for massive investments in generation, because existing capacity is currently poorly

SOUTH ASIA DEVELOPMENT FORUM

June 2018. 224 pages. Stock no. C211154 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1154-8). US$39.95

SOUTH ASIA'S TURN Policies to Boost Competitiveness and Create the Next Export Powerhouse By Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Denis Medvedev, and Vincent Palmade

South Asia has a huge need to create more and better jobs for a growing population— especially in the manufacturing industries where it is underperforming as compared to East Asia. This report examines three critical and relatively understudied drivers of competitiveness: nn nn

conomies of agglomeration: firms and workers accrue benefits from locating E close together in cities or clusters through urbanization and localization. Participation in global value chains: stronger competitive pressures weed out the least productive firms while others improve by gaining access to new knowledge and better inputs. Firm capabilities: to operate close to what would be considered optimum efficiency levels given the prevailing factor prices and thus employ South Asia’s abundant labor.

The report shows that South Asia has great untapped competitiveness potential. Realizing this potential would require the governments in the region to pursue second-generation trade policy reforms for firms to better contribute to and benefit from global value chains (e.g, facilitating imports for exporters),and to facilitate the development of industrial clusters in secondary cities (cheaper and less congested than the metros), as well as to deploy policies to improve the capabilities of firms.

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May 2017. 178 pages. Stock no. C210973 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0973-6). US$35.00

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HEALTHY CHINA Deepening Health Reform in China—Building High-Quality and ValueBased Service Delivery The main theme of this report is the need for China to transition its health care delivery system toward people-centered, high-quality, integrated care built on the foundation of a strong primary health care system. This system offers both better health care for its citizens and better value for its economy as well. The report offers a comprehensive set of eight interlinked recommendations that can prepare the Chinese health system for the demographic and health challenges it faces.

June 2018. 504 pages. Stock no. C211263 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1263-7). US$59.95

This report focuses not only on the top-level design for reform; it also addresses the important question of how to make reform work on the ground. It builds on extensive analysis of literature and case studies from high- and middle-income countries, as well as on ongoing innovations in China that offer lessons and experiences for bringing about desired change. The report draws upon cutting-edge thinking about science of delivery that can help scaling up health reforms—from prefecture to province, and ultimately, nationwide.

WAGE INEQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA Understanding the Past to Prepare for the Future By Julián Messina and Joana Silva

What caused the decline in wage inequality of the 2000s in Latin America? Looking to the future, will the current economic slowdown be regressive? Wage Inequality in Latin America: Understanding the Past to Prepare for the Future addresses these two questions by reviewing relevant literature and providing new evidence on what we know from the conceptual, empirical, and policy perspectives. The answer to the first question can be broken down into several parts, although the bottom line is that the changes in wage inequality resulted from a combination of three forces: (a) education expansion and its effect on falling returns to skill (the supply-side story); (b) shifts in aggregate domestic demand; and (c) exchange rate appreciation from the commodity boom and the associated shift to the nontradable sector that changed interfirm wage diff erences. Other forces had a non-negligible but secondary role in some countries, while they were not present in others. These include the rapid increase of the minimum wage and a rapid trend toward formalization of employment, which played a supporting role, but only during the boom. LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT FORUM

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Understanding the forces behind recent trends also helps to shed light on the second question. The analysis in this volume suggests that the economic slowdown is putting the brakes on the reduction of inequality in Latin America and will likely continue to do so—but it might not actually reverse the region's movement toward less wage inequality.

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MEASURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOCIAL PROTECTION Concepts and Applications By Ruslan Yemtsov, Maddalena Honorati, Brooks Evans, Zurab Sajaia, and Michael Lokshin

Measuring the Effectiveness of Social Protection: Concepts and Applications provides the conceptual and analytical framework for assessing social protection (SP) programs as well as a practical guide for users seeking to conduct analysis, particularly using the World Bank's Software Platform for Automated Economic Analysis (ADePT). The manual provides a comprehensive, unique resource to tie together social policy theory, concepts, and practical analytical techniques. The book’s content is targeted at policy makers and practitioners worldwide seeking to improve the outcomes of their social protection policies. It suggests advanced methods and a new rapid analysis instrumental for technical experts working on quantitative SP analysis for their ministries, national statistics offices, think tanks, universities, or development organizations. The book aims to equip users with different statistical background and SP knowledge to independently conduct SP analysis and prepare a standardized set of tables and graphs to conduct different types of SP performance analysis, ranging from benchmarking SP performance within and across countries to simulating the performance of alternative reform options, and assessing the viability of proposed programs.

STREAMLINED ANALYSIS WITH ADEPT SOFTWARE

January 2018. 204 pages. Stock no. C211090 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1090-9). US$39.95

STRENGTHENING POST-EBOLA HEALTH SYSTEMS From Response to Resilience in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone Edited by Ramesh Govindaraj and Christopher H. Herbst

The Ebola virus outbreak ravaged parts of West Africa during 2013—16, particularly in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The epidemic had very high human, social, and economic costs; food became scarce, schools were shut down, and ongoing development programs shifted to support the immediate response efforts. The rapid spread of the disease demonstrated the urgent need to invest in health systems and to establish surveillance and preparedness programs for long-term resilience. Strengthening Post-Ebola Health Systems was initiated when Ebola was still raging, in 2015. The book focuses on some of the most critical needs for public health resilience and emergency preparedness: adequate fiscal space, an effective health workforce, and ongoing disease surveillance. Drawing on the Post-Ebola Planning Strategies of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, the book highlights key strategies and investment opportunities that governments and partners might leverage to make health systems more efficient, resilient, and sustainable. The lessons from this book are expected to help guide efforts to rebuild the health systems of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, but they can also be applied to other lowincome countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. This book will be of interest to policy makers, health practitioners, and development partners who support pandemic preparedness and health-system-strengthening efforts around the world. JANUARY – JUNE 2018 CATALOG

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DAM SAFETY ASSURANCE Global Comparative Assessment of Legal and Institutional Frameworks By Marcus Wishart, Satoru Ueda, John Pisaniello, Joanne Tingey, Kimberly Lyon, and Esteben Boj Garcia

Dam safety is central to public protection and economic security. Aging portfolios of large dams, increasing populations, and rapid urbanization require the development of legal and institutional frameworks for dam safety that can secure water supplies for hydropower generation, improve food security through irrigation, and enhance resilience to floods and droughts. This book provides a systematic review of the legal and institutional frameworks for dam safety in 51 countries with varying economic, political, and cultural circumstances. These case studies inform a range of legal, institutional, technical, and financial options for developing frameworks for sustainable dam safety assurance that apply to a variety of different portfolio and country-specific circumstances.

LAW, JUSTICE, AND DEVELOPMENT SERIES

February 2018. 250 pages. Stock no. C211242 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1242-2). US$45

The analysis employs a regulatory mix approach to develop a continuum of alternative dam safety assurance options contingent upon the country context and portfolio characteristics. It informs decision makers about the different options’ merits and identifies the necessary supporting capacity to assist them in systematically developing interventions to enhance dam safety. By identifying the essential elements and accounting for portfolio characteristics, this tool can help in enhancing regulatory regimes and identifying gaps in existing legal and institutional frameworks.

IMPACT EVALUATION IN PRACTICE, SECOND EDITION By Paul J. Gertler, Sebastian Martinez, Patrick Premand, Laura B. Rawlings, and Christel M. J. Vermeersch

The second edition of the Impact Evaluation in Practice handbook is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to impact evaluation for policy makers and development practitioners. First published in 2011, it has been used widely across the development and academic communities. The book incorporates real-world examples to present practical guidelines for designing and implementing impact evaluations. Readers will gain an understanding of impact evaluations and the best ways to use them to design evidence-based policies and programs. The second edition covers the newest techniques for evaluating programs and includes state-of-the-art implementation advice, as well as an expanded set of examples and case studies that draw on recent development challenges. It also includes new material on research ethics and partnerships to conduct impact evaluation. The handbook is divided into four sections: Part One discusses what to evaluate and why, Part Two presents the main impact evaluation methods, Part Three addresses how to manage impact evaluations, and Part Four reviews impact evaluation sampling and data collection. Case studies illustrate different applications of impact evaluations. The second edition is a valuable resource for the international development community, universities, and policy makers looking to build better evidence around what works in development. September 2016. 364 pages. Stock no. C210779 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0779-4). US$45.00

NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE: La evaluación de impacto en la práctica, Segunda edición. January 2017. 402 pages. Stock no. C210888 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0888-3). US$45 Avaliação de Impacto na Prática, segunda edição. March 2018. 402 pages. Stock no. 210989 [ISBN: 978-1-4648-0989-7]. US$45

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GETTING THE RIGHT TEACHERS INTO THE RIGHT SCHOOLS

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Managing India's Teacher Workforce

MITIGATING DROUGHT IMPACTS IN DRYLANDS Quantifying the Potential for Strengthening Crop- and LivestockBased Livelihoods Pierre Fallavier

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Prospects for sustainable development of drylands are assessed in this book through the lens of resilience, understood here to mean the ability of people to withstand and respond to droughts and other shocks. WORLD BANK STUDIES

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THE CHALLENGE OF AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION IN EAST ASIA

Evidence from China, Vietnam, and the Philippines By Emilie Cassou, Steven M. Jaffee, and Jiang Ru

This report examines existing evidence on the nature, magnitude, drivers, and impacts of agricultural pollution in emerging East Asia with a focus on China, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

By Vimala Ramachandran, Tara Béteille, Toby Linden, Sangeeta Dey, Sangeeta Goyal, and Prerna Goel Chatterjee

This report takes a detailed look at the complexity of the teacher management system in India. It compares and contrasts teacher management policies in nine Indian states with actual practice on the ground, identifying key implementation challenges. WORLD BANK STUDIES

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SHARING HIGHER EDUCATION'S PROMISE BEYOND THE FEW IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA By Peter Darvas, Shang Gao, Yijun Shen, and Bilal Bawany

This report aims to improve understanding of equity in tertiary enrollment in Sub-Saharan African countries, to examine the extent to which inequity inhibits the ability of African universities to effectively drive improvements in overall quality of life and economic competitiveness, and to identify effectiveness of government equity policies. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT

December 2017. 118 pages. Stock no. C211050 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1050-3). US$35.

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E D U C AT I O N

DEVELOPING SOCIOEMOTIONAL SKILLS FOR THE PHILIPPINES' LABOR MARKET By Pablo Acosta, Takiko Igarashi, Rosechin Olfindo, and Jan Rutkowski

This study presents evidence on the role of socioemotional skills in the Philippine labor market. The analysis reveals that two-thirds of employers report difficulty finding workers with adequate work ethics and interpersonal and communications skills; and that these skills are associated with higher daily earnings and employment.

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WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2018 Learning to Realize Education's Promise

Every year, the World Bank’s World Development Report (WDR) features a topic of central importance to global development. The 2018 WDR—Learning to Realize Education’s Promise—is the first ever devoted entirely to education. WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT

October 2017. 236 pages. Stock no. C211096 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1096-1). US$39.95

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SHEDDING LIGHT ON ELECTRICITY UTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

P O P U L A R

INNOVATIVE EXPERIENCES IN ACCESS TO FINANCE

Insights from a Performance Diagnostic

Market-Friendly Roles for the Visible Hand?

By Daniel Camos, Robert Bacon, Antonio Estache, and Mohamad Mahgoub Hamid

Shedding Light on Electricity Utilities in the Middle East and North Africa provides quantitative evidence on how better utility management; sustainable pricing; and selective, context-specific reforms would free enough resources to make the needed investments and lower the operating costs of the sector. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT

December 2017. 256 pages. Stock no. C211182 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1182-1). US$39.95.

ENVIRONMENT P O P U L A R

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UNBREAKABLE

Building the Resilience of the Poor in the Face of Natural Disasters By Stephane Hallegatte, Adrien Vogt-Schilb, Mook Bangalore, and Julie Rozenberg This report moves beyond asset and production losses and shifts its attention to how natural disasters affect people's well-being.

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By Augusto de la Torre, Juan Carlos Gozzi, and Sergio L. Schumukler Growing evidence suggests that lack of access to credit prevents many households and firms from financing high-return investment projects, which has an adverse effect on growth and poverty alleviation. LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT FORUM

June 2017. 296 pages. Stock no. C17080 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-7080-3). US$39.95

THE NEW MICROFINANCE HANDBOOK

A Financial Market System Perspective Edited by Joanna Ledgerwood The New Microfinance Handbook provides a detailed overview of client financial service needs, the various providers and financial products and services that meet those needs, and the supporting functions that allow the financial market system to provide better, more appropriate financial services to the poor sustainably. February 2013. 530 pages. Stock no. C18927 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-8927-0). US$60.00

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NATURAL HAZARDS, UNNATURAL DISASTERS

The Economics of Effective Prevention

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WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2017 Governance and the Law

The World Development Report 2017 on governance and the law sheds light on how a better understanding of governance can bring about more effective policy interventions to achieve sustainable improvements in welfare. WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT

February 2017. 304 pages. Stock no. C210950 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0950-7). US$39.95

I N FO R M AT I O N A N D C O M M U N I C AT I O N TECHNOLOGIES P O P U L A R

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WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2016 Digital Dividends

The digital revolution has forged ahead, but 'analog complements' --regulations promoting entry and competition, skills enabling workers to leverage the new economy, and institutions accountable to citizens-- have not kept pace. Countries need a strong analog foundation to deliver digital dividends of faster growth, more jobs, and better services. WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT

January 2016. 376 pages. Stock no. C210671 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0671-1). US$35.00

H E A LT H , N U T R I T I O N , A N D P O P U L AT I O N

HACIA LA COBERTURA UNIVERSAL EN SALUD Y LA EQUIDAD EN AMÉRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE Evidencia de países seleccionados Edited by Tania Dmytraczenko, and Gisele Almeida

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NON-TARIFF MEASURES

Quantitative Methods for Assessing Economic Effects By Olivier Cadot, Michael J. Ferrantino, Julien Gourdon, and José-Daniel Reyes

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Non-tariff measures (NTMs) in international trade continue to cause trade costs to be high and to impede the further growth of trade and the gains that can be derived from trade. This book discusses some of the analytical methods that can be used to estimate the impact of NTMs on international trade and the possible gains from their reform.

October 2017. 264 pages. Stock no. C211177 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1177-7). US$39.95.

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Spanish edition of Toward Universal Health Coverage and Equity in Latin America and the Caribbean. It reviews progress in reducing inequalities in health outcomes, service utilization, and financial protection and assesses the common trends emerging from these reforms.

HEALTH AND NUTRITION IN URBAN BANGLADESH

Social Determinants and Governance By Ramesh Govindaraj, Dhushyanth Raju, Federica Secci, Sadia Chowdhury, and Jean-Jacques Frere

Urbanization is occurring at a rapid pace in Bangladesh, accompanied by the proliferation of slum settlements, whose residents have special health-related needs given the adverse social, economic, and public environmental conditions they face. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT

January 2018. 112 pages. Stock no. C211199 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1199-9). US$39.95.

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THE OCEAN ECONOMY IN MAURITIUS

Making It Happen, Making It Last Edited by Raffaello Cervigni and Pasquale L. Scandizzo

The book aims at assessing the overall potential of the Ocean Economy (OE) to contribute to Mauritius' development, at identifying key sectoral and crosscutting challenges to be overcome in order to seize that potential, and at evaluating ways to ensure the OE's longer-term sustainability. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT

March 2018. 288 pages. Stock no. C211224 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1224-8). US$45.00.

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CHINA 2030

Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative Society

The report is based on the strong conviction that China has the potential to become a modern, harmonious, and creative high income society by 2030 and proposes six strategic directions to achieve this goal. March 2013. 480 pages. Stock no. C19545 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-9545-5). US$39.95

POVERTY REDUCTION

P R I VAT E S E CTO R D E V E LO P M E N T P O P U L A R

T I T L E

HOW TO ENGAGE WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN PUBLICPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN EMERGING MARKETS By By Edward Farquharson, Clemencia Torres de Mästle, and, and E.R. Yescombe The purpose of this guide is to enhance the chances of effective partnerships being developed between the public and the private-sector by addressing one of the main obstacles to effective PPP project delivery: having the right information on the right projects for the right partners at the right time. January 2011. 196 pages. Stock no. C17863 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-7863-2). US$25.00

CUANDO NO BASTA EL CRECIMIENTO

Razones de la rigidez de la pobreza en la Republica Dominicana Edited by Francisco Galrao Carneiro and Sophie Sirtaine

Spanish edition of When Growth Is Not Enough. It assembles a collection of empirical analyses that explore three hypotheses that could help understand why the Dominican Republic continues experiencing high economic growth rates with limited poverty reduction. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT

September 2017. 188 pages. Stock no. C211189 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1189-0). US$35.

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PUBLIC SECTOR DEVELOPMENT

BUILDING PUBLIC SERVICES IN POSTCONFLICT COUNTRIES A Comparative Analysis of Reform Trajectories in Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Timor-Leste By Jurgen Rene Blum, Marcos Ferreiro-Rodriguez, and Vivek Srivastava

This study provides policy guidance on how to rebuild public services in postconflict settings. It conducts a comparative analysis of public service reform trajectories in five postconflict countries: Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Timor-Leste. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT

March 2018. 419 pages. Stock no. C211082 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1082-4). US$49.95.

Taking on Inequality

Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016 is the first of a biannual flagship report that provides a global audience comprising development practitioners,policy makers, researchers, advocates, and citizens in general with the latest and most accurate estimates on trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. POVERTY AND SHARED PROSPERITY

October 2016. 184 pages. Stock no. C210958 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0958-3). US$39.95

TROUBLE IN THE MAKING

The Future of Manufacturing-Led Development By Mary Hallward-Driemeier and Gaurav Nayyar 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 is raising questions about whether interventions are needed and how effective they could be.

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HANDBOOK ON IMPACT EVALUATION

Quantitative Methods and Practices By Shahidur R. Khandker, Gayatri B. Koolwal, and Hussain A. Samad Public programs are designed to reach certain goals and beneficiaries. Methods to understand whether such programs actually work, as well as the level and nature of impacts on intended beneficiaries, are main themes of this book. October 2009. 260 pages. Stock no. C18028 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-8028-4). US$49.95

October 2017. 252 pages. Stock no. C211174 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1174-6). US$35

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MAKING MONITORING AND EVALUATION SYSTEMS WORK A Capacity Development Toolkit

By Marelize Göergens, and Jody Zall Kusek This manual explains the skills and steps for making a monitoring and evaluation system that functions well, organizing the people, processes and partnershipsso that they collect and use good information that can be used by decision makers and other stakeholders. March 2010. 526 pages. Stock no. C18186 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-8186-1). US$60.00

MAKING POLITICS WORK FOR DEVELOPMENT Harnessing Transparency and Citizen Engagement

By Stuti Khemani, Ernesto Dal Bó, Claudio Ferraz, Frederico Finan, and Corinne Stephenson Synthesizing the best available research, this report offers innovative ideas for making political markets function better so that governments have the political will to adopt technically sound policies and the legitimacy to implement these policies through effective public sector institutions. POLICY RESEARCH REPORTS

July 2016. 278 pages. Stock no. C210771 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0771-8). US$35.00

THE ROAD TO RESULTS

Designing and Conducting Effective Development Evaluations By Linda G. Morra Imas, and Ray C. Rist The text provides procedures and examples on how to set up a monitoring and evaluation system, how to conduct participatory evaluations and do social mapping, and how to construct a 'rigorous' quasi-experimental design to answer an impact question. This comprehensive text is an essential tool for those involved in development evaluation. June 2009. 604 pages. Stock no. C17891 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-7891-5). US$60.00

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TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH

Impacts of Digital Technologies on Productivity, Jobs, and Skills in Latin America By Mark A. Dutz, Rita K. Almeida, and Truman G. Packard

This book summarizes new research on the impact of digital technology adoption on lower-skilled workers. Country studies on Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico find inclusive growth due to the increased productivity and the resulting output effects on lower-skilled jobs. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT

February 2018. 88 pages. Stock no. C211222 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1222-4). US$35.

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BUILDING AN EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE AGED CARE SYSTEM IN CHINA By Elena Glinskaya, and Zhanliang Feng

This volume aims to provide an understanding of the evolving aged care landscape in China; review international experiences in long-term care provision, financing, and quality assurance and assess their relevance to China; discuss implications of current developments and trends for the future of aged care in China; and propose policy options. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT

January 2018. 344 pages. Stock no. C211075 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1075-6). US$45.

GETTING TO WORK

Unlocking Women's Potential in Sri Lanka's Labor Force By Jennifer L. Solotaroff, George Joseph, and Anne Kuriakose

This report is intended to improve understanding of the puzzle of women's persistently low labor force participation rates and other poor labor market outcomes in Sri Lanka over the past decade. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT

February 2018. 156 pages. Stock no. C211067 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1067-1). US$35.

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CASHING IN ON EDUCATION

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Women, Childcare, and Prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean

Water and Sanitation Measurement Technologies and Practices to Inform the Sustainable Development Goals

By Mercedes Mateo Díaz, and Lourdes RodriguezChamussy Cashing In On Education brings new elements to the public policy debate about alternatives that could effectively help remove barriers to female economic participation.

Edited by Evan Thomas, Luis Alberto Andres, Christian Borja-Vega, and German Sturzenegger

This book reviews the monitoring approaches used in the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) period, and its chapters highlight the significant gap between “improved” water and sanitation and impacts on health.

LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT FORUM

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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO URBANIZATION REVIEW

Edited by Clarence Tsimpo, and Quentin Wodon

Productive and Inclusive Cities for an Emerging Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of Congo Urbanization Review develops a diagnostic of the current situation of urbanization in the country, and identifies the key bottlenecks holding back the potential benefits of urbanization.

This study provides a diagnostic of residential network water in Uganda, focusing on access and affordability for the poor, and using data from the latest national household survey. WORLD BANK STUDIES

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WATER AND SANITATION IN UGANDA

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TOWARDS GREAT DHAKA

Edited by Clarence Tsimpo, and Quentin Wodon

A New Urban Development Paradigm for Bangladesh

This study provides a diagnostic of access to and affordability of water and sanitation in Uganda, focusing on services for the poor, and using the most recent qualitative and household survey data.

By Julia Bird, Yue Li, Hossain Zillur Rahman, Martin Rama, and Anthony Venables

By using state-of-the-art modeling techniques, this study simulates population, housing, economic activity, commuting times, transport and trade across the 266 unions that constitute Great Dhaka, taking into account flood vulnerability, traffic congestion, and other location conditions.

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February 2018. 250 pages. Stock no. C211238 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1238-5). US$45.

TRANSFORMING KARACHI INTO A LIVABLE AND COMPETITIVE MEGACITY The Karachi City Diagnostic attempts to present detailed data on the economy, livability, and key urban services of the city. It also proposes pathways towards the transformation of Karachi into a more livable, inclusive, and economically competitive city by outlining and prioritizing key policy actions. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT

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INDEX Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2018....................12

Handbook on Impact Evaluation............................................29

South Asia's Hotspots...............................................................7

Beyond Scarcity........................................................................16

Health and Nutrition in Urban Bangladesh.........................28

South Asia's Turn.....................................................................21

Building An Efficient and Sustainable Aged Care System In

Healthy China...........................................................................22

Strengthening Post-Ebola Health Systems.........................23

China...................................................................................30

Hidden Dimensions of Poverty...............................................15

Technology Adoption and Inclusive Growth..........................30

How to Engage with the Private Sector in Public-Private

The Challenge of Agricultural Pollution in East Asia..........26

Building Public Services in Postconflict Countries.............29 Cashing in on Education.........................................................31

Partnerships in Emerging Markets.................................29

The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018.................................14

China 2030................................................................................29

Impact Evaluation in Practice, Second Edition....................24

The New Microfinance Handbook.........................................27

Cuando no basta el crecimiento............................................29

Innovations in WASH Impact Measures...............................31

The Ocean Economy in Mauritius..........................................28

Dam Safety Assurance............................................................24

Innovative Experiences in Access to Finance.......................27

The Road to Results................................................................30

Democratic Republic of Congo Urbanization Review.........31

In the Dark................................................................................21

The Skills Balancing Act in Sub-Saharan Africa.................19

Developing Socioemotional Skills for the Philippines' Labor

Making Monitoring and Evaluation Systems Work.............30

The State of Social Safety Nets 2018....................................14

Market.................................................................................26

Making Politics Work for Development................................30

The Web of Transport Corridors in South Asia......................6

Disease control priorities, Third Edition...............................10

Measuring the Effectiveness of Social Protection...............23

Towards Great Dhaka..............................................................31

Doing Business 2018.................................................................3

Mitigating Drought Impacts in Drylands..............................26

Transforming Karachi into a Livable and Competitive

Entangled..................................................................................20

Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters................................27

Megacity..............................................................................31

Eruptions of Popular Anger...................................................16

Non-Tariff Measures...............................................................28

Trouble in the making.............................................................29

Facing Forward........................................................................19

Nurturing Networks..................................................................8

Unbreakable.............................................................................27

Fair Progress?..........................................................................11

Pathways for Peace...................................................................2

Uncharted Waters....................................................................15

Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016.....................................29

Unleashing the Potential of Education in the Middle East and

Getting the Right Teachers into the Right Schools.............26 Getting to Work........................................................................30

Privilege-Resistant Policies in the Middle East and North

North Africa..........................................................................5

Glaciers of the Himalayas......................................................20

Africa...................................................................................17

Wage Inequality in Latin America..........................................22

Global Economic Prospects, January 2018............................1

Raising the Bar..........................................................................9

Water and Sanitation in Uganda............................................31

Global Economic Prospects, June 2018.................................1

Realizing the Full Potential of Social Safety Nets in Africa.18

What is Constraining Inclusive Growth in the Arab Republic

Global Findex Database 2017.................................................12

Reaping Richer Returns.........................................................18

Global Investment Competitiveness Report 2017/2018......13

Residential Piped Water in Uganda.......................................31

Global Migration and Labor Markets....................................11

Sharing Higher Education's Promise beyond the Few in Sub-

Growing Smarter.......................................................................4

Saharan Africa....................................................................26

World Development Report 2016...........................................28

Shedding Light on Electricity Utilities in the Middle East and

World Development Report 2017...........................................28

North Africa........................................................................27

World Development Report 2018...........................................26

Hacia la cobertura universal en salud y la equidad en AmĂŠrica Latina y el Caribe...............................................28

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of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Tunisia..........................17 Women, Business and the Law 2018....................................13 World Bank eLibrary...............................................................25

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