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TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Annual Flagship Titles.......................................................................1
Health, Nutrition, and Population...................................................23
Featured Titles....................................................................................6
Information and Communication Technologies...........................24
Online Resources..............................................................................19
International Economics and Trade...............................................24
Mobile Applications..........................................................................20
Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.......................................25
Conflict and Development...............................................................21
Poverty Reduction.............................................................................26
Culture and Development...............................................................21
Private Sector Development...........................................................26
Education...........................................................................................21
Social Development..........................................................................26
Environment......................................................................................22
Social Protection and Labor............................................................27
Finance and Financial Sector Development.................................22
Urban Development.........................................................................27
Gender................................................................................................22
Water Resources..............................................................................27
Governance........................................................................................23
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WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2016 Internet for Development The internet has spread rapidly. Development has not. But there are instances where technology can be transformational. A digital identification system such as India’s Aadhar overcomes complex information problems to promote the inclusion of disadvantaged groups. Alibaba’s businessto-business e-commerce platform reduces coordination costs to boost efficiency in China’s economy. The M-Pesa digital payment platform exploits scale economies from automation to bring innovations to Kenya’s economy. The full transformative potential of the internet, however, remains largely unrealized in most developing countries. The World Development Report 2016 explores why. It analyzes the internet’s impact on economic growth, on social and economic opportunity, and on the efficiency of public service delivery. It explores the factors that have allowed some businesses, people, and governments to benefit greatly from the internet—and others not. For the internet to have greater impact everywhere and on everyone requires simultaneous investment in technology and its complements. The unfinished task of making the internet universally accessible and affordable remains an WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT urgent policy priority. It also requires improving the “analog” complements January 2016. 264 pages. Stock no. C210671 to digital investments—by strengthening regulations that ensure competition (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0671-1). US$35.00 among businesses, by adapting workers’ skills to the demands of the new economy, and by ensuring that institutions are accountable. These measures involve policy reforms in the information and communication technology sector, in complementary sectors at the national level, and strengthening cooperation on the governance and use of the internet at the global level.
Table of Contents n Overview Spotlight 1. How the internet promotes development n PART I FACTS AND ANALYSIS n Chapter 1. Accelerating growth Sector focus 1. Agriculture Spotlight 2. Enabling digital development: Digital finance n Chapter 2. Expanding opportunities Sector focus 2. Education Spotlight 3. Enabling digital development: Social media n Chapter 3. Delivering services Sector focus 3. eHealth Spotlight 4. Enabling digital development: Digital Identity n PART II POLICIES n Chapter 4. Sectoral policies Sector focus 4. Smart cities Spotlight 5. Enabling digital development: The Data Revolution n Chapter 5. National priorities Sector focus 5. Energy n Chapter 6. Global cooperation Sector focus 6. Environmental management Spotlight 6. Six digital technologies to watch JULY-DECEMBER 2015 CATALOG
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DOING BUSINESS 2016 Doing Business 2016 is the 13th publication in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 189 economies. This year the report addresses regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity including: n n n n n n n n n n n
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 Labor market regulations
Doing Business 2016 updates all indicators as of June 1, 2015, ranks economies on their overall ease of doing business, and analyzes reforms October 2015. 300 pages. Stock no. C210667 to business regulation – identifying which economies are strengthening (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0667-4). US$35.00 their business environment the most. This report 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 by the World Bank Group that garners worldwide attention on regulatory barriers to entrepreneurship. More than 60 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 2,000 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals since its inception. DOING BUSINESS
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GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS, JUNE 2015 The Global Economy in Transition Global growth is expected to be 2.8 percent in 2015, but is expected to pick up to 3.2 percent in 2016–17. Growth in developing countries and some highincome countries is set to disappoint again this year. The prospect of rising borrowing costs will compound the challenges many developing countries are facing as they adapt to an era of low commodity prices. Risks to this outlook remain tilted to the downside. This edition of Global Economic Prospects includes two Special Features that analyze the policy challenges raised by the two transitions in developing countries: the risks associated with the first U.S. central bank interest rate increase since 2006 and the implications of persistently low commodity prices for low-income countries. Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and prospects, with a special focus on developing countries, on a semiannual basis (in January and June). The January edition includes in-depth analyses of topical policy challenges faced by developing countries while the June edition contains shorter analytical pieces.
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June 2015. 194 pages. Stock no. C210483 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0483-0). US$35.00
Table of Contents n Chapter 1. Global Outlook: The Global Economy in Transition Summary and Key Messages Recent Developments and Outlook in Major Economies Global Trends and Spillovers Recent Developments and Outlook in Developing Countries Risks to the Outlook Policy Challenges References Special Features 1. Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst: Risks around U.S. Rate Liftoff and Policy Options 2. After the Commodities Boom—What Next for Low-Income Countries? n
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COMING SOON! Global Economic Prospects, January 2016 January 2016. 248 pages. Stock no. C210675 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0675-9).
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GLOBAL MONITORING REPORT 2015/2016 Development Goals in an Era of Demographic Change The Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016, produced by the World Bank Group in partnership with the International Monetary Fund, comes at an inflection point in both the setting of global development goals and the demographic trends affecting those goals. This year marks the end of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the launching of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while the World Bank Group has in parallel articulated the twin goals of sustainably ending extreme poverty and sharing prosperity. This report presents the latest global poverty numbers, based on the 2011 purchasing power parity (PPP) data, and examines the pace of development progress through the lens of the evolving global development goals.
GLOBAL MONITORING REPORT
October 2015. 240 pages. Stock no. C210669 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0669-8). US$35.00
The special theme of this year’s report examines the complex interaction between demographic change and development. With the number of children approaching a global ceiling of two billion, the world’s population is growing slower. It is also aging faster, with the share of people of working age starting a decline in 2013. But the direction and pace of these trends vary starkly across countries, with sizeable demographic disparities between centers of global poverty (marked by high fertility) and drivers of global growth (marked by rapid aging). These demographic disparities are expected to deeply affect the pursuit of the post-2015 agenda, accentuating existing challenges and creating new opportunities.
Table of Contents n Executive Summary n Overview Monitoring Global Development Progress Demographic Change and the Development Goals n Part I: Monitoring Global Development Progress Chapter 1. Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity: Multi-Dimensional Perspectives Chapter 2. From Millennium to Sustainable Development Goals: Opportunities and Challenges Chapter 3. Global Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook: The Prospects for Growth n Part II. Demographic Change and the Development Goals Chapter 4. Demography in Motion: Trends and Patterns Chapter 5. Demography and Development: A Two-Way Street Chapter 6. Demography, Policy, and Achieving Development Goals
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INTERNATIONAL DEBT STATISTICS 2016 International Debt Statistics (IDS) 2016 (formerly Global Development Finance) provides statistical tables showing the external debt of 125 developing countries that report public and publicly guaranteed external debt to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS). It also includes tables of key debt ratios for individual reporting countries and the composition of external debt stocks and flows for individual reporting countries and regional and income groups along with some graphical presentations. IDS 2016draws on a database maintained by the World Bank External Debt (WBXD) system. Longer time series and more detailed data are available from the World Bank open databases, which contain more than 200 time series indicators, covering the years 1970 to 2014 for most reporting countries, and pipeline data for scheduled debt service payments on existing commitments to 2020. International Debt Statistics 2016 is unique in its coverage of the important trends and issues fundamental to the financing of the developing world. This report is an indispensable resource for governments, economists, investors, financial consultants, bankers, and the entire development community.
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December 2015. 210 pages. Stock no. C210681 In addition, International Debt Statistics will showcase the broader spectrum (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0681-0). US$75.00 of debt data collected and compiled by the World Bank. These include the high frequency, quarterly external debt database (QEDS) and the quarterly public sector database (QPSD) developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund and launched by the World Bank.
Table of Contents n Indicators n PART I: Overview Introduction Debtor Reporting System Trends in Debt Stocks and Flows, 2014 Aggregate Financial Flows to Developing Countries, 2014 Highlights All Developing Countries East Asia and Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean Middle East and North Africa South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Quarterly External Debt Statistics Public Sector Debt n PART II: Aggregate and Country Tables
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THE WORLD BANK GROUP A TO Z 2016 The World Bank Group A to Z provides the most concise and essential information about the mission, policies, procedures, products, and services of the World Bank Group. The book, available in both print and electronic formats, is updated every six months in time for the World Bank Group's Annual and Spring meetings. With more than 280 entries arranged in encyclopedic A-to-Z format, readers can easily find up-to-date information about the five agencies of the World Bank Group and the wide range of areas in which they work: from agriculture, education, energy, health, social protection, and labor to gender, jobs, conflict, private sector development, trade, water, and climate change. Building on previous editions of A Guide to the World Bank, this new volume has been completely revised and updated to include features not found in its predecessors including, at the start of the book, a graphical introduction to the World Bank Group, THE WORLD BANK GROUP A TO Z highlighting the Bank Group's goals, financials, regions, and results; examples and November 2015. 220 pages. photos of Bank Group projects and programs; and tools to guide you to the information Stock no. C210484 you are looking for (even if you don't know exactly what that is). It also reflects the (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0484-7). wide ranging reforms that have taken place within the World Bank Group in recent US$24.95 years, including the launch of the new World Bank Group Strategy; new approaches to development; the establishment of new Global Practice Groups and Cross-Cutting Solutions Areas; and the goal of becoming a 'Solutions Bank', one that will marshal the vast reserves of evidence and experiential knowledge across the five World Bank Group agencies and apply them to local problems.
GLOBAL FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2015/2016 Long-Term Finance Global Financial Development Report 2015/2016 focuses on the ability of financial systems to sustainably extend the maturity of financial contracts for private agents. The challenges of extending the maturity structure of finance are often considered to be at the core of effective, sustainable financial development. Sustainably extending long-term finance may contribute to the objectives of higher growth and welfare, shared prosperity and stability in two ways: by reducing rollover risks for borrowers, thereby lengthening the horizon of investments; and by increasing the availability of long-term financial instruments, thereby allowing households to address their life cycle challenges.
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September 2015. 218 pages. Stock no. C210472 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0472-4). US$35.00
The aim of the report is to contribute to the global policy debate on long-term finance. It builds upon findings from recent and ongoing research, lessons from operational work, as well as on inputs from financial sector professionals and researchers both within and outside the World Bank Group. Benefiting from new worldwide datasets and information on financial development, it will provide a broad and balanced review of the evidence and distill pragmatic lessons on long-term finance.
This report, the third in the Global Financial Development Report series, follows the second issue on Financial Inclusion and the inaugural issue, Rethinking the Role of the State in Finance. It will be accompanied by a website worldbank.org/ financialdevelopment containing extensive datasets, research papers, and other background materials as well as interactive features. 6
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POVERTY AND CLIMATE CHANGE By Marianne Fay, Stephane Hallegatte, Mook Bangalore, Julie Rozenberg, Tamaro Kane, Vogt-Schilb Adrien, and Ulf Narloch
Climate change and climate policies will affect poverty reduction efforts through direct and immediate impacts on the poor and by affecting factors that condition poverty reduction, such as economic growth. Poverty and Climate Change explores the relation between climate change, climate policies, and poverty outcomes by examining three questions: the (static) impact on poor people’s livelihood and well-being; the impact on the risk for non-poor individuals to fall into poverty; and the impact on the ability of poor people to escape poverty. The report explores various channels through which climate change and policies will affect poverty: economic impacts through incomes and prices; natural disasters and their effects on assets and livelihoods; and health impacts. It also investigates policy options to ensure adaptation and mitigation policies — such as adaptive and well-targeted social protection, public investments, and financial inclusion policies — contribute to poverty reduction and protect poor people against climate change impacts. The report highlights the benefits of eradicating poverty during the window of opportunity given to us before climate impacts are likely to substantially increase.
October 2015. 168 pages. Stock no. C210673 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0673-5). US$29.95
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER Aging in East Asia and Pacific Aging is a challenge which countries in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region are grappling with or will soon confront. It raises many questions for policymakers ranging from potential macroeconomic impacts, to fiscal challenges of supporting pension, health and long-term care systems, and labor market implications as countries seek to promote productive aging. The urgency of the aging challenge varies across the region, but it will confront all EAP countries in time and early preparation is essential to avoid the missteps of other regions. Live Long and Prosper discusses the societal and public policy challenges and reform options for EAP countries as they address aging. It aims to strike a balance between aging optimists and pessimists. On the one hand, the impacts of aging on growth, labor markets and public spending are not the unavoidable catastrophe often feared. However, minimizing the downside risks of aging and ensuring healthy and productive aging will require proactive public policy, political leadership, and new mindsets across society.
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September 2015. 240 pages. The report reviews the evidence on demographic transition in EAP and its potential Stock no. C210469 macroeconomic impact. It addresses the current policy environment including pensions (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0469-4). and social security, health, and long-term care and labor markets to assess the risks of US$35.00 'business as usual'. It also suggests policy directions to promote healthy and productive aging in EAP, and emphasizes that aging is not just about older people, but requires policy and behavioral change across the life cycle.
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BENCHMARKING THE DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN By Jorge Thompson Araujo, Markus Brueckner, Mateo Clavijo, Ekaterina Vostroknutova, and Konstantin M. Wacker
Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC) has seen a “decade of convergence.” The recent growth performance in LAC has also been especially pro-poor. Understanding the factors underlying LAC’s growth performance is critical for policy design going forward. Benchmarking the Determinants of Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean reassesses these engines of growth in light of new data and information. The external conditions and policy decisions in the 2000's to a large extent favored the LAC region. However, the region’s good luck seems to be running out and the determinants of growth that are policy-influenced will play a bigger role if the region wants to avoid losing its growth momentum. Using dynamic panel data regressions, this publication investigates how aggregate economic, political, and social variables affect per capita GDP growth rates for a large sample of countries. Research finds that drivers of growth in LAC have shifted over the last decade. This suggests that most LAC countries have already brought November 2015. 140 pages. their macroeconomic house in order throughout the 1990s, which facilitated reaping Stock no. C210658 benefits from other sources of growth. For many LAC countries, most notably net (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0658-2). commodity exporters, external conditions were an essential driver of growth over the US$29.95 last decade. Structural features have turned out as a robust determinant of growth. This publication also carries out a benchmarking exercise that sheds light on where the biggest bang for the buck could be for LAC countries in terms of broad policy directions. The empirical findings provide a window into the potential growth-facilitating role for governments in the region.
LEFT BEHIND Chronic Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean By Renos Vakis, Jamele Rigolini, and Leonardo Lucchetti
Chronic poverty raises perhaps the most complex and difficult challenge for governments around the world. Chronic poverty refers to those people that persistently live in low levels of welfare over long periods, as opposed to vulnerable populations that may get in and out of poverty due to shocks. Within generations, this manifests itself by the weak link between economic growth and the income generation capabilities that hinder individuals’ ability to integrate productively in society. Left Behind: Chronic Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean is motivated by three questions: How many people live in chronic poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean? Who are they and how effective has the policy toolkit in the region been to address chronic poverty?
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This publication reviews the evolution of chronic poverty between 2004 and 2012 in Latin America and the Caribbean. From an inter-generational perspective, chronic poverty is associated with the long-term structural constraints that persist from one generation to the other, and can be framed as a problem of fairness or equality of opportunity. In addition to its links to the fairness of the social system and the capacity to move out of poverty, the chronicity or persistence of poverty also results from lack of voice of some population groups and the lack of responsiveness of the political system to their needs.
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CRIME PREVENTION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Never Too Early, Never Too Late, Never Too Comprehensive By Laura Chioda
The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has the undesirable distinction of being the world’s most violent region, with 24.7 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. The magnitude of the problem is staggering and persistent. Of the top 50 most violent cities in the world, 42 are in LAC. In 2010 alone, 142,302 people in LAC fell victim to homicide, representing 390 homicides per day and 4.06 homicides every 15 minutes. Crime disproportionately affects young men aged 20 to 24, whose homicide rate of 92 per 100,000 nearly quadruples that of the region. The focus of Crime Prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean is to identify policy interventions that, whether by design or indirect effect, have been shown to affect antisocial behavior early in life and patterns of criminal offending in youth and adults. Particular attention is devoted to recent studies that rigorously establish a causal link between the interventions in question and outcomes. This publication adopts a lifecycle perspective and argues that as individuals progress through different stages of the lifecycle, not only do different sets of risk factors arise and take more prominence, but their interactions and interdependencies shape human behavior. These interactions and the relative importance of different sets of risk factors identify relevant margins that can effectively be targeted by prevention policies, not only early in life, but throughout the lifecycle.
December 2015. 150 pages. Stock no. C210664 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0664-3). US$29.95
WORK AND FAMILY Latin American and Caribbean Women in Search of a New Balance By Laura Chioda
Over recent decades the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region has seen a dramatic and virtually uninterrupted rise in female labor force participation (LFP). Women in LAC have increased their participation faster than in any other region of the world, with nearly 70 million women added to the labor force. This evolution occurred in the context of more general progress in women’s status. Female enrollment rates from primary to tertiary education have increased to the point of closing or even reversing the gender gap that traditionally favored boys. Family structures have changed markedly, and fertility rates have started to decline. Social norms have also shifted toward gender equality. Work and Family argues that these changes are interrelated and need to be studied as such. This report provides insight on the complex interplay between economic development and female economic participation. It argues that it is inside the household that divergences of opinion, preferences, and comparative advantages are negotiated to reach decisions regarding the division of labor, child care responsibilities, home vs. market production, etc. In some cases, intra-household interactions can yield efficient specialization among spouses, such that both spouses do not have identical degrees of engagement in the labor force. In other instances, the interaction may lead to inefficient allocations of resources and/or destructive outcomes, as in the extreme case of domestic violence, making a case for policy interventions on equity and efficiency grounds.
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September 2015. 208 pages. Stock no. C18485 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-8485-5). US$25.00
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DISEASE CONTROL PRIORITIES, THIRD EDITION (VOLUME 2) Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Edited by Robert Black, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Marleen Temmerman, and Neff Walker
The evaluation of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) by the Disease Control Priorities Third Edition (DCP3) focuses on maternal conditions, childhood illness, and malnutrition. Specifically, the chapters address acute illness and undernutrition in children, principally under age 5. It also covers maternal mortality, morbidity, stillbirth and influences to pregnancy and pre-pregnancy. Volume 2 focuses on developments since the publication of DCP2 and will also include the transition to older childhood, in particular, the overlap and commonality with the child development volume. The DCP3 evaluation of these conditions produced three key findings: n
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October 2015. 300 pages. Hardback. Stock no. C210347 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0347-5). US$55.00
here is significant difficulty in measuring the burden of key conditions T such as unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, non-sexually transmitted infections, infertility, and violence against women. Investments in the continuum of care can have significant returns for improved and equitable access, health, poverty, and health systems. There is a large difference in how RMNCH conditions affect different income groups and investments in RMNCH can lessen the disparity in terms of both health and financial risk.
Paperback. Stock no. C210348 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0348-2). US$35.00
ABOUT THE DISEASE CONTROL PRIORITIES SERIES Health practitioners and policymakers in low- and middle-income countries confront a pressing need for care. Though funding for global health programs has increased dramatically since the turn of the millennium, competition for funding has increased as well. Setting priorities for resource allocation entails navigating an increasingly complex map of policy and intervention choices. The third edition of Disease Control Priorities aims to meet the critical need for quantitative evidence on the benefits and costs of diverse health interventions. DCP3 expands the scope of assessments presented in the first and second editions. This nine-volume set, organized by health condition, presents systematic economic evaluations, based on newly developed methods, of interventions, delivery platforms, and policies. This up-to-date review of the effectiveness of priority health interventions will aid global and country decision makers in program design and resource allocation. To optimize access to quality care, global health programmers require comprehensive evidence of what works, what does not, and how much it will cost. DCP3 contributes an informed perspective for setting global and national health care priorities. For more information on the series visit www.dcp-3.org.
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DISEASE CONTROL PRIORITIES, THIRD EDITION (VOLUME 3) Cancer Edited by Hellen Gelband, Jha Prabhat, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, and Susan Horton
Volume 3, Cancer, presents the complex patterns of cancer incidence and death around the world and evidence on effective and cost-effective ways to control cancers. The DCP3 evaluation of cancer will indicate where cancer treatment is ineffective and wasteful, and offer alternative cancer care packages that are cost-effective and suited to low-resource settings. Main messages from the volume include: n n
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uality matters in all aspects of cancer treatment and palliation. Q Cancer registries that track incidence, mortality, and survival – paired with systems to capture causes of death are important to understanding the national cancer burden and the effect of interventions over time. Effective interventions exist at a range of prices. Adopting “resource appropriate” measures which allow the most effective treatment for the greatest number of people will be advantageous to countries. Prioritizing resources toward early stage and curable cancers is likely to have August 2015. 368 pages. the greatest health impact in low income settings. Hardback. Stock no. C210350 Research prioritization is no longer just a global responsibility. Providing (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0350-5). US$55.00 cancer treatment requires adequate numbers of trained healthcare Paperback. Stock no. C210349 professionals and infrastructure beyond what is available in most LMICs, (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0349-9). US$35.00 especially low income countries. Careful patient monitoring is a requirement of good quality cancer care and this often involves laboratory tests in addition to clinical examination. Even if financing were immediately available to build or expand a cancer control system, reaching capacity will take many years.
DISEASE CONTROL PRIORITIES, THIRD EDITION (VOLUME 4) Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders Edited by Vikram Patel, Dan Chisholm, Tarun Dua, Ramanan Laxminarayan, and Maria Elena Medina-Mora
Mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders are a major source of global disease burden, accounting for one in every ten years of lost heath, and often requiring long-term prevention, treatment, and care. Evidence-based interventions are available to address this disease burden, however intervention coverage rates remain low, particularly in low-income countries. The Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (DCP3) volume on MNS disorders looks at global and regional estimates for the burden of these disorders and identifies costeffective interventions and packages of care available for scaling-up in low- and middle-income countries. Publically financing these packages, which are estimated to cost just US$1-2 per capita per year in low- and lower-middle income countries, will contribute toward a more equitable allocation of resources and move countries towards the goal of universal health coverage.
October 2015. 300 pages. Hardback. Stock no. C210427 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0427-4). US$55.00 Paperback. Stock no. C210426 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0426-7). US$35.00
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HIGHWAYS TO SUCCESS OR BYWAYS TO WASTE Estimating the Economic Benefits of Roads By Rubaba Ali, Alvaro Barra, Claudia Berg, Richard Damania, John Nash, and Jason Russ
Roads are the arteries through which the economy pulses. They connect sellers to markets, workers to jobs, students to education, and the sick to hospitals. Yet much of the developing world, Africa in particular, lacks adequate transportation infrastructure. Accordingly investments in transportation remain a cornerstone of the development agenda. Sub-Saharan Africa spends roughly $6.8 billion per year on paving roads, and the World Bank invests more on roads than on education, health, and social services combined.
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Despite the development focus on transportation, methodologies for evaluating which road projects to fund are often dis-jointed and unreliable. Highways to Success or Byways to Waste hopes to improve upon the current approaches by establishing a new methodology for prioritization which can be applied to a diverse set of scenarios, regions, and projects. This book demonstrates how modern econometrics and geospatial techniques can be combined to analyze the latest available geo-referenced datasets at the smallest possible scale to answer some of the most important questions in development.
August 2015. 207 pages. Stock no. C210654 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0654-4). US$35.00
Uniquely this report attempts to shed light on some of the most profound puzzles in determining the impacts of roads and where to locate these. Does road infrastructure unleash a virtuous growth cycle? Is it advisable to improve roads in conflict prone zones? What is the effect of improving market access on farming practices? And what are the impacts of roads on forests and biodiversity?
AFRICA'S DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION Dividend or Disaster? Edited by David Canning, Sangeeta Raja, and Abdo S. Yazbeck
Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced impressive and sustained economic growth and development. Some of that growth is powered by natural resources and policies that are opening up more markets and attracting investments. The demographic transition—particularly the speed with which it takes place and the economic and human development policies that accompany it—can power the next wave of economic growth with healthier and better educated youth cohorts that enter expanding labor markets and contribute to improved financial markets. Africa’s Demographic Transition: Dividend or Disaster? lays out a range of policy actions that are needed at the various phases of the demographic transition and uses global and regional experiences to provide evidence on what has worked and what has not. Countries have a menu of options available to speed up the transition, improve investment in the resulting youth cohort, expand labor markets, and encourage savings. This book not only looks at lessons from East Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, but also at unique demographic characteristics in Sub-Saharan Africa. AFRICA DEVELOPMENT FORUM
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ENHANCING THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE OF AFRICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE The Power and Water Sectors Edited by Raffaello Cervigni, Rikard Liden, James E. Neumann, and Kenneth M. Strzepek
To sustain Africa’s growth, and accelerate the eradication of extreme poverty, investment in infrastructure is fundamental. In 2010, the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic found that to enable Africa to fill its infrastructure gap, some US$ 93 billion per year for the next decade will need to be invested. The Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), endorsed in 2012 by the continent’s Heads of State and Government, lays out an ambitious long-term plan for closing Africa’s infrastructure including trough step increases in hydroelectric power generation and water storage capacity. Much of this investment will support the construction of long-lived infrastructure (e.g. dams, power stations, irrigation canals), which may be vulnerable to changes in climatic patterns, the direction and magnitude of which remain significantly uncertain. Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Africa 's Infrastructure evaluates -using for the first time a single consistent methodology and the state-of-the-arte climate scenarios-, the impacts of climate change on hydro-power and irrigation expansion plans in Africa’s main rivers basins (Niger, Senegal, Volta, Congo, Nile, Zambezi, Orange); and outlines an approach to reduce climate risks through suitable adjustments to the planning and design process.
July 2015. 188 pages. Stock no. C210466 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0466-3). US$29.95
BUILDING REGULATION FOR RESILIENCE By Thomas Moullier and Frederick Krimgold
Building codes and land use regulatory systems have been largely neglected, to date, in disaster risk reduction strategies for developing countries. Experience has demonstrated the inappropriate transposition of codes and standards from highincome, developed countries to developing countries. Successful mechanisms of risk reduction and hazard adaptation in the developed world have relied in large part on effective and efficient regulation. Regulations have dramatically reduced the incidence of urban conflagration and epidemic disease over the past two centuries. It is now necessary that this collective experience be better understood and appropriately adapted to local conditions and incorporated into sustainable regulatory implementation systems. In March 2015, at the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, the “Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030” made clear the renewed international consensus on the importance of building and land use regulation for disaster risk reduction.
October 2015. 160 pages. Stock no. C210679 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0679-7). US$29.95
This report will provide an analysis of available evidence to increase international awareness and understanding for the role of effective building code implementation practices within broader disaster risk reduction strategies. Focusing primariliy on practices relevant to low and middleincome countries, it will call for a renewed and internationally coordinated effort in this area. The report will also outline a proposed programmatic approach consistent with the priorities set out in the post-2015 agenda for disaster risk.
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BREAKING BARRIERS Regional Integration in South Asia By David Gould, Martin Rama, and Ritika D'Souza
South Asia is one of the most dynamic regions in the world, but it is also one of the least integrated. Countries in the region trade with each other to a much lesser extent than countries in other developing areas and foreign direct investment among South Asian countries is dismally low. But the region was not always divided: ancient empires transcended today’s borders, its peoples share a common culture, and large ethnic groups span neighboring countries. Breaking Barriers assesses the gains that would result from greater regional integration in South Asia. It shows that the potential gains from regional electricity trade would be sizeable. Gains from trade liberalization would be substantial too, but in relative terms they would more important for the smaller countries in the region. Cooperation in river basin management may not sufficiently stabilize water flows, but better forecasting and preparedness can reduce the human and economic cost of floods and droughts. SOUTH ASIA DEVELOPMENT FORUM
September 2015. 176 pages. Stock no. C210024 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0024-5). US$29.95
The tension between potentially large economic gains and a substantial trust deficit sheds light on a possible way forward. The volume calls for seizing every opportunity to make progress, across all sectors. It also calls for using bilateral and sub-regional deals as building blocks for broader agreements.
LEVERAGING URBANIZATION IN SOUTH ASIA Managing Urban Development and Transformation for Improved Prosperity and Livability The number of people in South Asia’s cities rose by 130 million between 2000 and 2011—more than the entire population of Japan. This was linked to an improvement in productivity and a reduction in the incidence of extreme poverty. But the region’s cities have struggled to cope with the pressure of population growth on land, housing, infrastructure, basic services, and the environment. As a result, urbanization in South Asia remains underleveraged in its ability to deliver widespread improvements in both prosperity and livability.
September 2015. 212 pages. Stock no. C210662 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0662-9). US$35.00
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Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia is about the state of South Asia’s urbanization and the market and policy failures that have taken the region’s urban areas to where they are today—and the hard policy actions needed if the region’s cities are to leverage urbanization better. This publication provides original empirical and diagnostic analysis of urbanization and related economic trends in the region. It also discusses in detail the key policy areas, the most fundamental being urban governance and finance, where actions must be taken to make cities more prosperous and livable.
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CONFRONTING CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY IN WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND PROJECT DESIGN The Decision Tree Approach By Patrick Ray and Casey Brown
Confronting Climate Uncertainty in Water Resources Planning and Project Design describes an approach to facing two fundamental and unavoidable issues brought about by climate change uncertainty in water resources planning and project design. The first is a risk assessment problem. The second relates to risk management. This book provides background on the risks relevant in water systems planning, the different approaches to scenario definition in water system planning, and an introduction to the decision-scaling methodology upon which the decision tree is based. The decision tree is described as a scientifically defensible, repeatable, direct and clear method for demonstrating the robustness of a project to climate change. While applicable to all water resources projects, it allocates effort to projects in a way that is consistent with their potential sensitivity to climate risk. The process was designed to be hierarchical, with different stages or phases of analysis triggered based on the findings of the previous phase. An application example is provided followed by a descriptions of some of the tools available for decision making under uncertainty and methods available for climate risk management.
August 2015. 104 pages. Stock no. C210477 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0477-9). US$25.00
EARTH OBSERVATION FOR WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Current Use and Future Opportunities for the Water Sector Edited by Luis Garcia, Diego Rodriguez, and Marcus Wijnen
Water systems are building blocks for poverty alleviation, shared growth, sustainable development and green growth strategies. They require data from in-situ observation networks. Budgetary and other constraints have taken a toll on their operation and there are many regions in the world where the data are scarce or unreliable. Increasingly, remote sensing satellite-based earth observation is becoming an alternative. This book briefly describes some key global water challenges, perspectives for remote sensing approaches, and their importance for water resources-related activities. It describes eight key types of water resources management variables, a list of sensors that can produce such information and a description of existing data products with examples. Earth Observation for Water Resources Management provides a series of practical guidelines that can be used by project leaders to decide whether remote sensing may be useful for the problem at hand and suitable data sources to consider if so. The book concludes with a review of the literature on reliability statistics of remote-sensed estimations.
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REGENERATING URBAN LAND A Practitioner's Manual to Leveraging Private Investment By Rana Amirtahmasebi and Mariana Orloff
Regenerating Urban Land draws on the experience of eight case studies from around the world. The case studies outline various policy and financial instruments to attract private sector investment in urban regeneration of underutilized and unutilized areas and the requisite infrastructure improvements. In particular, each case study is discussed in detail throughout the project cycle, from the scoping phase and determination of initial amount of public sector investment, to implementation and subsequent leveraged private-sector funds. This manual analyzes rates of return on the investments and long-term financial sustainability.
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Regenerating Urban Land guides local governments to systematically identify the sequence of steps and tasks needed to develop a regeneration policy framework, with the participation of the private sector. The manual also formulates specific policies and instruments for expanding private sector participation; structuring effective administrative and legal frameworks; utilizing land readjustment/assembly methods; determining duration of contracts, adequate phasing and timeline; and balancing the distribution of risk and sustainability measures.
September 2015. 250 pages. Stock no. C210473 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0473-1). US$35.00
OIL, GAS, AND MINING A Sourcebook for Understanding the Extractive Industries Edited by Peter D. Cameron and Michael Stanley
Oil, Gas and Mining aims to provide developing countries with a technical understanding and practical options around oil, gas, and mining sector development issues. A central premise of the Sourcebook is that good technical knowledge can better inform political, economic, and social choices with respect to sector development and the related risks and opportunities. The guidance provided by the Sourcebook assumes a broad set of over-arching principles, all centered on good governance and directed at achieving positive and broadly-based sustainable development outcomes. The Sourcebook is intended for use by senior government officials and decision makers and by supporting domestic and international technical specialists. It has been developed through a partnership of universities, industry and civil society organizations, and the World Bank. October 2015. 280 pages. Stock no. C19658 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-9658-2). US$25.95
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THE KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ Assessing the Economic and Social Impact of the Syrian Conflict and ISIS The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is facing a multifaceted and complex crisis compounding concurrent and mutually aggravating security, political, economic, and social risks. As a result of the influx of Syrian refugees and internally displaced persons arising from the Syrian conflict and the ISIS insurgency, the region's population increased by 28 percent, placing strains on the local economy, host community, and access to public services. These events took place in the context of a fiscal crisis, and these multiple shocks hit the economy hard. Disruption of public investment projects, resulting from a lack of fiscal transfers, severely affected domestic economic activities. The construction sector has been particularly affected with, small companies reporting bankruptcy. Foreign direct investment flows have declined, and operations of foreign enterprises have been adversely affected. The crisis resulted in sharply lower local revenues, increased borrowing from the private sector, and large quasi-fiscal deficits. This book provides the government with a technical assessment of the impact and stabilization costs associated with the influx of refugees and internally displaced persons. The cost of conflict is high, and the impact on the KRG economy and budget is significant. In the short term, much of the solutions for managing the impact of these shocks will require national and international response.
April 2015. 190 pages. Stock no. C210548 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0548-6). US$29.95
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THE STATE OF SOCIAL SAFETY NETS 2015 Over the last decade, a policy revolution has been under way in the developing and emerging world. Countries systematically providing non-contributory 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 middleincome countries of Latin America and Europe increasingly to nations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East – and today, over 130 developing countries have made investments in social safety nets an important pillar of economic development policies. The statistics and analysis in The State of Social Safety Nets 2015 capture this revolution, 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 ASPIRE database and other sources to examine trends in coverage, spending, and safety nets program performance.
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GOING UNIVERSAL How Twenty-Four Countries are Implementing Universal Health Coverage from the Bottom Up By Daniel Cotlear, Somil Nagpal, Owen Smith, Ajay Tandon, and Rafael Cortez
This book is about 24 developing countries that have embarked on the journey towards universal health coverage (UHC) following a bottom-up approach, with a special focus on the poor and vulnerable, through a systematic data collection that provides practical insights to policymakers and practitioners. Each of the UHC programs analyzed in this book is seeking to overcome the legacy of inequality by tackling both a “financing gap” and a “provision gap”: the financing gap (or lower per capita spending on the poor) by spending additional resources in a pro-poor way; the provision gap (or underperformance of service delivery for the poor) by expanding supply and changing incentives in a variety of ways. The prevailing view seems to indicate that UHC require not just more money, but also a focus on changing the rules of the game for spending health system resources. August 2015. 304 pages. Stock no. C210610 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0610-0). US$39.95
The book does not attempt to identify best practices, but rather aims to help policy makers understand the options they face, and help develop a new operational research agenda. The main chapters are focused on providing a granular understanding of policy design, while the appendixes offer a systematic review of the literature attempting to evaluate UHC program impact on access to services, on financial protection, and on health outcomes.
WOMEN, BUSINESS, AND THE LAW 2016 Getting to Equal In a changing world, how can we be sure that women as well as men entrepreneurs and workers obtain the benefit from these changes? Ensuring that women have the same legal opportunities as men is one part of the picture. By measuring where the law treats men and women differently, Women, Business, and the Law shines a light on how women’s incentives or capacity to work are affected by the legal environment and provides a basis for improving regulation.
September 2015. 256 pages. Stock no. C210677 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0677-3). US$35.00
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The fourth edition in a series, Women, Business, and the Law 2016: Getting to Equal examines laws and regulations affecting women’s prospects as entrepreneurs and employees in 173 economies, across seven areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit, going to court, and protecting women from violence. The report’s quantitative indicators are intended to inform research and policy discussions on how to improve women’s economic opportunities and outcomes.
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C O N F L I C T A N D D E V E LO P M E N T • E D U C AT I O N PARENTING EDUCATION IN INDONESIA
CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT
A Review and Recommendations to Strengthen Program and Systems
INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORMS
An Independent Evaluation of World Bank Group Support to Reforms of Business Regulations
By Heather Biggar Tomlinson and Syifa Andina
The health of the private sector in developing countries depends on a well-functioning investment climate. The World Bank Group has provided extensive support to investment climate reforms. The Independent Evaluation Group assesses this support and makes several recommendations to enhance its overall effectiveness.
October 2015. 159 pages. Stock no. C210628 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0628-5). US$29.95.
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July 2015. 145 pages. Stock no. C210621 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0621-6). US$29.95.
WHERE HAVE ALL THE TEXTBOOKS GONE? Toward Sustainable Provision of Teaching and Learning Materials in Sub-Saharan Africa
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KNOWLEDGE-BASED COUNTRY PROGRAMS
An Evaluation of the World Bank Group Experience The World Bank Group is currently engaged in reflection and debate on how to improve the delivery of development support. Part of this debate concerns strengthening the knowledge agenda. The findings of this evaluation are particularly relevant because they speak directly to questions that the institution is deliberating. INDEPENDENT EVALUATION GROUP STUDIES
July 2015. 186 pages. Stock no. C210223 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0223-2). US$29.95.
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This report synthesizes international research on parenting education while providing detailed information on the seven agencies currently providing parenting education programs in Indonesia, collected from interviews, reports, and data presentations in 2013 and early 2014.
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This study examines evidence from 40 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to analyze the causes of textbook scarcity in the region. The study looks at TLM policies, availability of funds, and issues related to textbook production and distribution that cause textbook scarcity in schools. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT
July 2015. 272 pages. Stock no. C210572 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0572-1). US$35.00.
PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION IN TANZANIA Challenges and Opportunities in Education Edited by Arun R. Joshi and Isis Gaddis
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Tanzania aims to reach middle income status by 2025. Since the country's economic growth will increasingly require workforce with postsecondary training and skills, the education system needs to close systemic gaps and inefficiencies at the root of its current undeperformance.
WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2015 Mind, Society, and Behavior
This report aims to inspire and guide the researchers and practitioners to discover the possibilities and limits of a new set of approaches concerning how people actually make decisions, the role that social preferences and context play in our decision making, and the use of mental shortcuts and mental models to filter and interpret information.
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June 2015. 160 pages. Stock no. C210590 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0590-5). US$29.95.
ASSESSING ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN BRAZIL By Rita Almeida, Nicole Amaral, and Fabiana de Felicio
December 2014. 234 pages. Stock no. C210342 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0342-0). US$35.00
Report explores multiple sources of information including a desk review of existing reports and papers, inputs/data provided by the Ministry of Education, interviews with multiple stakeholders and practitioners at the federal and state level.
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GETTING TEXTBOOKS TO EVERY CHILD IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Strategies for Addressing the High Cost and Low Availability Problem
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August 2015. 114 pages. Stock no. C210642 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0642-1). US$29.95.
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE IN PARAGUAY Needs, Investments, and Costs By Quentin Wodon
By Birger Fredriksen and Sukhdeep Brar
Textbooks play a key role in enhancing the quality of learning, especially in the context of low-income Sub-Saharan African countries characterized by large class-size, poorly motivated and inadequately trained teachers, and short effective school years.
This study provides a diagnostic of the state of school infrastructure in Paraguay, its investments needs, its current budget allocations, and the targeting performance of investments to the schools most in need. WORLD BANK STUDIES
June 2015. 141 pages. Stock no. C210448 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0448-9). US$25.00.
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May 2015. 124 pages. Stock no. C210540 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0540-0). US$29.95.
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Confronting Environmental Threats in Sindh, Pakistan By Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, Santiago Enriquez, Bjorn Larsen, Peter Webster, and Javaid Afzal
This book aims to share information on the environmental harms in Sindh, Pakistan, which in 2009 resulted in more than 40,000 premature deaths and costs equivalent to 15% of the province’s GDP, and to provide an interdisciplinary framework for bringing about improved environmental conditions in Sindh. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT
July 2015. 304 pages. Stock no. C210452 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0452-6). US$35.00.
THE LITTLE GREEN DATA BOOK 2015 The Little Green Data Book is a pocket-sized ready reference on key environmental data for over 200 countries. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, oceans, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation. WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
June 2015. 248 pages. Stock no. C210560 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0560-8). US$15.00.
THE WORLD BANK GROUP’S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY The World Bank Group is currently engaged in reflection and debate on how to improve the delivery of development support. Part of this debate concerns strengthening the knowledge agenda. The findings of this evaluation are particularly relevant because they speak directly to questions that the institution is deliberating. INDEPENDENT EVALUATION GROUP STUDIES
July 2015. 198 pages. Stock no. C210220 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0220-1). US$29.95.
FINANCE AND FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT AND POLITICAL ECONOMY DRIVERS IN SOMALILAND
Economic Governance and Policy Choices for Prosperity and Job Creation The report provides an evidence-based analysis of the private and financial sector in Somaliland. It explores trends in, opportunities for and impediments to effective government regulation of the private and financial sector and private-sector led economic growth in Somaliland, a relatively new democracy with limited institutional capacities. WORLD BANK STUDIES
June 2015. 100 pages. Stock no. C210491 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0491-5). US$25.00.
LITTLE DATA BOOK ON FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2015/2016 This pocket edition of the Global Financial Development Database contains 38 indicators of financial development in 205 economies, also by regional and income groupings, related to financial depth, access, efficiency, and stability of financial institutions and markets. WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
September 2015. 234 pages. Stock no. C210554 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0554-7). US$15.00.
E-MONEY TO BOOST FINANCIAL INCLUSION Lessons Learned from Success and Constraints By Thyra A. Riley and Anoma Kulathunga
Universal access to financial services is within reach, thanks to new technologies, transformative business models, and ambitious reforms. However, technology is not a silver bullet and these case studies explore what other strategic elements need to be in place for a country to increase financial access. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT
November 2015. 304 pages. Stock no. C210462 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0462-5). US$39.95.
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GLOBAL FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2014 Financial Inclusion
The second issue in a new series, Global Financial Development Report 2014 takes a step back and re-examines financial inclusion from the perspective of new global datasets and new evidence. It builds on a critical mass of new research and operational work produced by World Bank Group staff as well as outside researchers and contributors. GLOBAL FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT
November 2013. 222 pages. Stock no. C19985 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-9985-9). US$35.00
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$49.95
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THE LITTLE DATA BOOK ON GENDER 2015 This handy pocket guide is a quick reference for users interested in gender statistics. WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
September 2015. 246 pages. Stock no. C210556 (ISBN: 978-1-46480556-1). US$15.00.
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THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES SECTOR
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Essentials for Economists, Public Finance Professionals, and Policy Makers
VOICE AND AGENCY
By Håvard Halland, Martin Lokanc, and Arvind Nair
Empowering Women and Girls for Shared Prosperity
The extractive industries (EI) sector occupies an outsize space in the economies of many developing countries. Policy makers, economists, and public finance professionals working in such countries are frequently confronted with issues that require an in-depth understanding of the sector, its economics, governance, and policy challenges
By Jeni Klugman, Lucia Hanmer, Sarah Twigg, Tazeen Hasan, Jennifer McCleary Sills, and Julieth Bonilla Despite recent advances for girls and women, pervasive challenges remain--some of which reflect grave violations of their most basic rights. This report distills vast data to shed new light on constraints facing women and girls worldwide, arguing for progressive steps to empower them--and help tackle poverty in the process.
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June 2015. 135 pages. Stock no. C210492 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0492-2). US$29.95.
VOICES OF THE VULNERABLE
September 2014. 236 pages. Stock no. C210359 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0359-8). US$29.95
OPENING DOORS
By Waleed Haider Malik
Voices of the Vulnerable is a comparative study on access to justice in three Sub-Saharan countries -- Ethiopia, Cameroon, and Sierra Leone. The findings are based on household, e- and radio surveys, and focus group discussions with women, youth, and small business owners.
Gender Equality and Development in the Middle East and North Africa
Among the challenges in the MENA region is translating the investments made in education and health into a productive and expanded role for women in the economy and society. Only removing the complex set of constraints to decision-making, choice, mobility and opportunity will realize women's aspirations and harness their full potential.
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October 2015. 224 pages. Stock no. C210532 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0532-5). US$35.00.
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MENA DEVELOPMENT REPORT
February 2013. 206 pages. Stock no. C19763 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-9763-3). US$29.95
THE HEALTH WORKFORCE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
GOVERNANCE
BENCHMARKING AND SELF-ASSESSMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC PARLIAMENTS
An Analysis of Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay
Edited by Mitchell O’Brien, Rick Stapenhurst, and Lisa von Trapp
This edited volume presents a comprehensive review of frameworks to assess democratic parliaments by current standards and principles, and potential new ones, drawing from case studies and lessons of experience. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT
September 2015. 288 pages. Stock no. C210327 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0327-7). US$35.00.
MACRO-FISCAL MANAGEMENT IN THE RESOURCE-RICH COUNTRIES
WORLD BANK STUDIES
December 2015. 155 pages. Stock no. C210495 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0495-3). US$29.95.
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This report provides a status update on the human resources for health (HRH) sub-system in six Latin American and Caribbean countries: Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay. The report structures its discussion around how the health workforce is financed, organized, managed, regulated, and performing. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT
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Essentials for Economists and Public Finance Professionals This book sets out indicators to assess the fiscal stance in resource rich countries, then discusses fiscal policy in three related dimensions: short-run stabilization; the management of fiscal risks and vulnerabilities; and the promotion of long-run sustainability.
By Carmen Carpio and Natalia Santiago Bench
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDONESIA An Assessment of Policies Using SABER Edited by Amina Denboba, Amer Hasan, and Quentin Wodon
This report presents findings on early childhood development policies in Indonesia at the national, provincial, and distric levels. In addition, the authors compare Indonesia’s early childhood development policies to other countries that have comparable policy data on early childhood development. WORLD BANK STUDIES
July 2015. 110 pages. Stock no. C210646 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0646-9). US$29.95.
This volume addresses the need for improved public financial management in resource-rich countries, and discusses how this can be achieved. The volume takes as a point of departure the political economy constraints that can frequently be expected in resourcerich countries. WORLD BANK STUDIES
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES • INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND TRADE THE PATH TO UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE IN BANGLADESH
Bridging the Gap of Human Resources for Health By Sameh El-Saharty, Susan Powers Sparkes, Helene Barroy, Karar Zunaid Ahsan, and Syed Masud Ahmed
This study explores policy options based on evidence from international experience that will help Bangladesh improve the availability and skillmix of its health workforce. WORLD BANK STUDIES
June 2015. 124 pages. Stock no. C210536 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0536-3). US$29.95.
TOWARD UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE AND EQUITY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Evidence from Selected Countries Edited by Tania Dmytraczenko and Gisele Almeida
After nearly a quarter century of implementing coverage reforms, it is apt to take stock of how well the region has fared. This volume reviews progress in reducing inequalities in health outcomes, service utilization, and financial protection, and assesses the common trends emerging from these reforms. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT
July 2015. 256 pages. Stock no. C210454 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0454-0). US$35.00.
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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
THE LITTLE DATA BOOK ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 2015
Insights from a Literature Review
This Little Data Book presents tables for over 213 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technology (ICT), including access, quality, affordability, efficiency,sustainability, and applications.
By Barbara McPake, Allison Squires, Mahat Agya, and Edson Araujo
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
The formation of health professionals is critical for the health system to function and to achieve its universal health coverage (UHC) goals, and this is well recognized by the majority of governments that plan to ensure enough training places and aim to regulate in order to ensure quality.
September 2015. 244 pages. Stock no. C210558 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0558-5). US$15.00.
THE ECONOMICS OF HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND CAREERS
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July 2015. 85 pages. Stock no. C210616 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0616-2). US$25.00.
THIRTY YEARS OF THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC IN ARGENTINA
An Assessment of the National Health Response By Fernando Lavadenz, Carla Pantanali, and Eliana Zeballos
I N T E R N AT I O N A L E C O N O M I C S A N D TRADE
COSTA RICA FIVE YEARS AFTER CAFTA-DR Assessing Early Results
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Argentina is a success story in combating HIV/AIDS and this study analyzes the burden of disease, the demand and supply-sides of service delivery, the financial dimension and provides best practices about key programmatic innovations that have had a pivotal role in reducing incidence and burden in Argentina.
The benefits of regional trade agreements can be important factors in the economic development of a country. This study looks at the impact of the Central America Free Trade Agreement - Dominican Republic on the Costa Rican economy overall and some key manufacturing and service sectors, finding positive results.
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THE WORLD BANK'S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GAVI ALLIANCE GAVI is the third largest multilateral in the health sector, with a singlepurpose mandate—to increase access to immunization. The World Bank is a founding partner and remains a major partner. This review identifies opportunities for stronger Bank engagement at the country level, in GAVI’s governance, and in immunization policy discussions. INDEPENDENT EVALUATION GROUP STUDIES
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Promoting Exports in the Middle East and North Africa By Mélise Jaud and Caroline Freund
In MENA countries the largest exporter is alone at the top, it lacks a team of world-class exporters to surround and emulate him. This lack of export champions results from a combination of structural and policy-induced factors and has critically contributed to region's weak aggregate export performance over the past two decades. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT
April 2015. 88 pages. Stock no. C210460 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0460-1). US$29.95.
STRATEGIES TO STRENGTHEN BANGLADESHI COMPETITIVENESS
MACROECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
AS TIME GOES BY IN ARGENTINA
Economic Opportunities and Challenges of the Demographic Transition By Michele Gragnolati, Rafael Rofman, Ignacio Apella, and Sara Troiano
The demographic transition underway in Argentina will likely affect the fiscal space and spending dilemmas for social protection, healthcare, and education, also in the context of medium and long-term perspectives of economic growth. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT
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Thematic Assessments
P O P U L A R
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INVESTING FOR COMPETITIVENESS IN BANGLADESH
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS 2015
World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. Compiled from officially-recognized international sources, WDI presents the most current and accurate global development data available, including national, regional and global estimates. WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
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Sectoral Analyses
ATLAS OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges
Edited by Sanjay Kathuria and Mariem Malouche
For the Bangladeshi economy to grow faster, absorb more labor, and continue its pace of poverty reduction, selective policy reforms and targeted investments will be required in key interlinked sectors, from education to infrastructure, investment climate, and trade policies.
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TOWARD NEW SOURCES OF COMPETITIVENESS IN BANGLADESH By Sanjay Kathuria and Mariem Malouche
Bangladesh has a strong track record on growth and employment. To grow faster, absorb more labor, and continue its pace of poverty reduction, the country will need to build on that record and improve on several fronts -- from education and infrastructure to investment climate and trade policies, to support a multi-sector competitiveness agenda. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT
August 2015. 168 pages. Stock no. C210647 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0647-6). US$29.95.
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WORLD BANK ATLAS
April 2013. 144 pages. Stock no. C19757 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-9757-2). US$29.95
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS 2013
World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. This year's print edition and e-book have been redesigned to allow users the convenience of easily linking to the latest data on-line. WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
April 2013. 144 pages. Stock no. C19824 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-9824-1). US$25.00
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE 2014 EBOLA EPIDEMIC Short- and Medium-Term Estimates for West Africa
Beyond the terrible toll in human lives and suffering, the Ebola epidemic currently afflicting West Africa is already having a measurable economic impact. This report provides a systematic analysis of the channels of economic impact and the likely magnitude of that impact for Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, as well as West Africa as a whole. November 2014. 106 pages. Stock no. C210438 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0438-0). US$15.00
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LATIN AMERICA AND THE RISING SOUTH
The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2015 provides country tables on aspects of private sector development, accompanied by summary pages by region and by income group aggregates.
P O P U L A R
T I T L E S,
Changing World, Changing Priorities
By Augusto de la Torre, Tatiana Didier, Alain Ize, Daniel Lederman, and Sergio L. Schmukler Latin America and the Rising South: Changing World, Changing Priorities focuses on the restructuring of the global economy and its implications for the development and policy priorities of LAC.
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
June 2015. 176 pages. Stock no. C210562 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0562-2). US$15.00.
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DOING BUSINESS 2014
LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises
May 2015. 248 pages. Stock no. C210355 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0355-0). US$29.95
Eleventh in a series of annual reports comparing business regulations in 189 economies, Doing Business 2014 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity around the world.
POVERTY REDUCTION
WHAT PROGRESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL NUTRITIONAL SERVICES PROGRAM? Results of an Operational Assessment
The report presents the findings of an operations research study that assessed progress in implementing Bangladesh’s National Nutrition Services Program (NNS) program. A mixed methods research approach evaluated five major domains of the program. WORLD BANK STUDIES
August 2015. 120 pages. Stock no. C210640 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0640-7). US$29.95.
P O P U L A R
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A MEASURED APPROACH TO ENDING POVERTY AND BOOSTING SHARED PROSPERITY Concepts, Data, and the Twin Goals
This Policy Research Reports lays out the conceptual underpinnings of the World Bank's goals to end poverty and boost shared prosperity, discusses the goals' relative strengths and weaknesses by contrasting them with alternative indicators, and proposes empirical approaches and requirements to track progress towards the goals. POLICY RESEARCH REPORTS
October 2014. 296 pages. Stock no. C210361 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0361-1). US$35.00
P R I VAT E S E CTO R D E V E LO P M E N T
SMART SPECIALIZATION IN CROATIA
Inputs from Trade, Innovation, and Productivity Analysis Edited by Arabela Aprahamian and Paulo Guilherme Correa
The report examines recent trends in Croatia’s in trade, productivity, innovation performance and policy governance framework, to help identify priorities for the development of the country’s Smart Specialization Strategy, which is an ex-ante conditionality for access to the EU’s Structural and Investment Funds over the 2014–20 programming period.
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DOING BUSINESS
October 2013. 278 pages. Stock no. C19984 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-9984-2). US$35.00
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
PORTRAITS OF LABOR MARKET EXCLUSION By Ramya Sundaram, Ulrich Hoerning, Natasha de Andrade Falcão, Natalia Millán, Carla Tokman, and Michele Zini
Portraits of Labor Market Exclusion presents “profiles” or “portraits” of individuals who have limited labormarket attachment. The report looks at such individuals through the lenses of both poverty/welfare status and labor market indicators providing a much richer glimpse into the very different barriers that different groups face. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT
July 2015. 310 pages. Stock no. C210539 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0539-4). US$35.00.
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ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND THE RISE OF THE LATIN AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS By Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Julian Messina, Jamele Rigolini, Luis-Felipe Lopez-Calva, Maria Ana Lugo, Renos Vakis, Luis Felipe López-Calva, and Renos Vakis This book investigates the nature, determinants, and consequences of the emergence of a new, rapidly expanding middle class in Latin America. It proposes a way to assess mobility into the middle class based on the concept of economic security, and reviews how socioeconomic achievements of a generation are linked to those of their parents. LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
November 2012. 200 pages. Stock no. C19634 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-9634-6). US$25.95
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LABOR MARKET DYNAMICS IN LIBYA
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Reintegration for Recovery
This policy note provides an initial assessment of Libya’s labor market and discusses policy options for promoting employability as part of a broader jobs strategy. It is intended as a contribution to evidence on Libya’s labor market for the benefit of policy makers, civil society and the broader international community.
Jobs
WORLD BANK STUDIES
The 2013 World Development Report on jobs will help explain and analyze the connection between jobs and important dimensions of economic and social development. It will provide analytical tools to identify the obstacles to sustained job creation and examine differences in the nature of jobs.
June 2015. 100 pages. Stock no. C210566 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0566-0). US$29.95.
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SUSTAINING EMPLOYMENT AND WAGE GAINS IN BRAZIL
October 2012. 420 pages. Stock no. C19575 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-9575-2). US$35.00
A Skills and Jobs Agenda
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
By Joana Silva, Rita Almeida, and Victoria Strokova
Continued social and economic progress in Brazil will depend on high employment, sustained labor productivity and income growth, and opportunities for the poor and disadvantaged to upgrade their own productivity and convert it into sustainable incomes.
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August 2015. 204 pages. Stock no. C210644 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0644-5). US$35.00.
Measuring a Decade of Spatial Growth
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR MARGINALIZED ROMA
This study uses satellite imagery and population data for the decade 2000 to 2010 in order to map urban areas and populations across the entire East Asia region, identifying 869 urban areas with populations over 100,000, allowing us for the first time to understand patterns in urbanization in East Asia.
By Roberta Gatti, Kosuke Anan, Celine Ferré, Silvia Guallar Artal, Sandor Karacsony, Valerie Morrica, Carmen de Paz, and Abla Safir
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Inclusion Challenges and Policy Responses in Eastern Europe
January 2015. 180 pages. Stock no. C210363 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0363-5). US$29.95
Roma are the largest minority group in Europe and are the major poverty risk group in Central and Eastern Europe, also because of high birth rate and persistent discriminiation. A comprehensive policy approach is needed to promote Roma involvement and participation in mainstream society, while maintaining cultural and social identity and autonomy. DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT
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URBAN CHINA
Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization
Urban China is a joint research report by a team from the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China's State Council which was established to address the challenges and opportunities of urbanization in China and to help China forge a new model of urbanization. July 2014. 624 pages. Stock no. C210206 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0206-5). US$49.95
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WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2014
Risk and Opportunity - Managing Risk for Development
The World Development Report 2014 examines how improving risk management can lead to larger gains in development and poverty reduction. It argues that improving risk management is crucial to reduce the negative impacts of shocks and hazards, but also to enable people to pursue new opportunities for growth and prosperity. WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT
October 2013. 360 pages. Stock no. C19903 (ISBN: 978-0-8213-9903-3). US$35.00
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NIGERIA: PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE WATER AGENCIES By Berta Macheve, Alexander Danilenko, Abel Bove, Roohi Abdullah, and L. Joe Moffitt
Nigeria: Performance Assessment of the State Water Agencies is a first step towards performance benchmarking in Nigeria’s water and sanitation sector. This report serves as a tool for utilities, its authorities and stakeholders, and for bilateral and multilateral donors in their efforts to monitor performance and progress of each water provider.
August 2015. Stock no. C210657 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0657-5).
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INDEX About the Disease Control Priorities Series........................10
Global Financial Development Report 2015/2016.................6
Careers................................................................................24
Africa's Demographic Transition...........................................12
Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016......................................4
The Extractive Industries Sector............................................23
A Measured Approach to Ending Poverty and Boosting
Going Universal........................................................................18
The Health Workforce in Latin America and the Caribbean.23
Shared Prosperity..............................................................26
Highways to Success or Byways to Waste...........................12
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq.................................................17
Assessing Advances and Challenges in Technical Education
IDS ONLINE DATABASE...........................................................5
The Little Data Book on Gender 2015...................................22
International Debt Statistics 2016...........................................5
The Little Data Book on Information and Communication
in Brazil...............................................................................21 As Time Goes By in Argentina...............................................25 Atlas of Global Development..................................................25 Benchmarking and Self-Assessment for Democratic Parliaments........................................................................23 Benchmarking the Determinants of Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean.....................................8 Breaking Barriers....................................................................14 Building Regulation for Resilience........................................13 Champions Wanted.................................................................25 Coming soon!.............................................................................3 Confronting Climate Uncertainty in Water Resources Planning and Project Design............................................15 Costa Rica Five Years after CAFTA-DR.................................24 Crime Prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean.......9 Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 1)...........24 Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 2)...........10 Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 3)...........11 Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 4)...........11 Doing Business 2014...............................................................26 Doing Business 2016.................................................................2 Early Childhood Education and Development in Indonesia.23 Earth Observation for Water Resources Management......15
Investing for Competitiveness in Bangladesh.....................25
Technology 2015.................................................................24
Investment Climate Reforms.................................................21
The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2015.26
Knowledge-Based Country Programs..................................21
The Little Green Data Book 2015..........................................22
Labor Market Dynamics in Libya...........................................27
The New Microfinance Handbook.........................................22
Latin America and the Rising South.....................................26
The Path to Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh.....24
Left Behind.................................................................................8
The State of Social Safety Nets 2015....................................17
Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia.................................14
The World Bank Group A to Z 2016.........................................6
Little Data Book on Financial Development 2015/2016.....22
The World Bank Group A - Z App iOs...................................20
Live Long and Prosper..............................................................7
The World Bank Group’s Partnership with the Global
Macro-Fiscal Management in the Resource-Rich Countries
Environment Facility..........................................................22 The World Bank's Partnership with the GAVI Alliance.......24
23 Nigeria: Performance Assessment of the State Water Agencies..............................................................................27 Oil, Gas, and Mining................................................................16
Thirty Years of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Argentina...........24 Toward New Sources of Competitiveness in Bangladesh.. 25 Toward Universal Health Coverage and Equity in Latin
Opening Doors.........................................................................23
America and the Caribbean.............................................24
Parenting Education in Indonesia..........................................21
Urban China.............................................................................27
Portraits of Labor Market Exclusion.....................................26
Voice and Agency.....................................................................23
Poverty and Climate Change....................................................7
Voices of the Vulnerable..........................................................23
Preparing the Next Generation in Tanzania.........................21
WDR 2015 App for iPad...........................................................20
Private Sector Development and Political Economy Drivers
What Progress in the Implementation of the National
in Somaliland......................................................................22
Nutritional Services Program?........................................26
Public Financial Management in Resource-Rich Countries.23
Where Have All the Textbooks Gone?...................................21
Regenerating Urban Land......................................................16
Women, Business, and the Law 2016...................................18
Request a free trial today!......................................................19
Work and Family........................................................................9
School Infrastructure in Paraguay........................................21
World Bank eLibrary...............................................................19
Smart Specialization in Croatia.............................................26
World Development Indicators 2013.....................................25
Strategies to Strengthen Bangladeshi Competitiveness...25
World Development Indicators 2015.....................................25
Equality of Opportunity for Marginalized Roma...................27
Sustainability and Poverty Alleviation....................................22
World Development Report 2013...........................................27
Getting Textbooks to Every Child in Sub-Saharan Africa...21
Sustaining Employment and Wage Gains in Brazil.............27
World Development Report 2014...........................................27
Global Economic Prospects, June 2015.................................3
The Economic Impact of the 2014 Ebola Epidemic............25
World Development Report 2015...........................................21
Global Financial Development Report 2014.........................22
The Economics of Health Professional Education and
World Development Report 2016.............................................1
East Asia's Changing Urban Landscape..............................27 Economic Mobility and the Rise of the Latin American Middle Class.......................................................................26 E-Money To Boost Financial Inclusion..................................22 Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Africa's Infrastructure. 13
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