Search results for “[Subject: development-general]”

• Author(s): Richard Damania • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)Does access to natural resources and a clean environment provide a s...

• Author(s): World Bank Group • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Development - Sustainable DevelopmentAs the global population heads toward 9 billion by 2050, decisions made today will lock ...

• Author(s): Aurelia Segatti | Loren B. Landau • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Emigration & ImmigrationBuilding on global interest in migration development, the volume draws attention...

• Author(s): Ryan Watkins | Maurya West Meiers | Yusra Visser • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Development - General"The earliest decisions that lead to development projects are among the ...

• Author(s): Madhur Gautam • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Agriculture - GeneralThe rural economy in Bangladesh has powerfully advanced economic growth and substantially reduced poverty, ...

• Author(s): World Bank | James Manor • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Development - Sustainable DevelopmentResearch in recent years on aid effectiveness shows that significant obstacles i...

• Author(s): Oscar Calvo-Gonzalez | Laura Zoratto • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Economics - GeneralBehavioral Insights for Development: Cases from Central America brings together a set ...

• Author(s): The World Bank • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Economics - GeneralThe Report identifies principles for growth to enable middle-income countries to transition to high-income, ...

• Author(s): Fulbert Tchana Tchana • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Economics - GeneralChad remains among the least developed countries in the world; its GDP per capita has contracted sinc...

• Author(s): World Bank Group | Commission on Growth and Development • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Development - Economic DevelopmentThe 2008 financial crisis has raised a number of que...

• Author(s): Judy L. Baker • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Development - Economic DevelopmentDespite the billions of dollars spent on development assistance each year, there is still very...

• Author(s): Mark D. J. Williams • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Data Transmission Systems - GeneralMany countries in Sub-Saharan Africa see broadband ICT as an essential part of their lo...

• Author(s): World Bank • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Industries - GeneralPublic-private partnerships (PPPs) are long-term contracts between a private party and a government agency that...

• Author(s): The World Bank | The World Bank • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: International - General"The development paradigm has shifted toward private investment, and the private sector...

• Author(s): Zamir Iqbal | Abbas Mirakhor • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Finance - General"Over the last three decades, the concepts of Islamic finance and Islamic economics have capture...

• Author(s): World Bank • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Finance - GeneralThe Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2016 is a reliable cross-country data on aspects of private sec...

• Author(s): Sanjay Kathuria • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Economics - GeneralIt is widely agreed that, over the past decade, accelerating infrastructure investments in India's North Ea...

• Author(s): Jean-Pierre Chauffour | Jean-Christophe Maur • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: International Relations - Trade & TariffsEconomists have repeatedly warned against them, NGOs...

• Author(s): C. Martin Webber | Patrick Labaste • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: International - GeneralValue chain-based approaches offer tremendous scope for market-based improvements in...

• Author(s): Patrick Barron | Louise Cord | José Cuesta • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Economics - GeneralAll development is about people: the transformative process to equip, link, and ...

• Author(s): Guido Licciardi | Rana Amirtahmasebi • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Urban & RegionalIn a world where half of the population lives in cities and more than 90 percent of u...

• Author(s): Andrew Dabalen | Alvin Etang | Johannes Hoogeveen • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: GeneralHousehold survey data are very useful for monitoring living conditions of citizens of...

• Author(s): Palgrave MacMillan Uk | Aaditya Mattoo | Lucy Payton • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Development - Business DevelopmentSome see trade in services as irrelevant to the develop...

• Author(s): Richard Damania • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Economics - General The great expansion of economic activity since the end of World War II has caused an unprecedented rise in...

• Author(s): World Bank • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Finance - GeneralThe Little Green Data Book 2017 is based on World Development Indicators 2017 and its online database. Defining, g...

• Author(s): World Bank • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Public Affairs & AdministrationThe old Russian saying of "kto kovo" (Who will get whom?) has become "kem skhvachena eto?" (Who ...

• Author(s): David Brady | Michael Spence • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Political Process - General- Does leadership affect economic growth and development? - Is leadership an exogenous...

• Author(s): Benedicte De La Briere | Deon Filmer | Dena Ringold • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: GeneralSub-Saharan Africa's natural resource-rich countries have poor human development. C...

• Author(s): Bernard Aritua • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Economics - GeneralHow can countries develop their ports to become gateways for economic prosperity? Despite being endowed with...

• Author(s): Huihui Wang • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Economics - GeneralNutrition investments affect human capital formation, which in turn affects economic growth. Malnutrition is in...

• Author(s): Samia Melhem | Claudia Morrell | Nidhi Tandon • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Finance - GeneralThis paper reviews how women in the developing world access and use information...

• Author(s): Hirji, Rafik Fatehali • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Pub. • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Environmental - Water SupplyThis book advances the understanding and integration in operati...

• Author(s): Jay-Hyung Kim | Jonas Arp Fallov | Simon Groom • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Economics - GeneralThe Public Investment Management (PIM) Reference Guide aims to convey countr...

• Author(s): Jack, William • Publisher: MixIG • Publisher Imprint: MixIG • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Industries - General"This book fills an important and large gap in the market for health economics textbooks. It is more rigorous than its comp...

• Author(s): World Bank • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Development - Sustainable DevelopmentThe Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2017 uses maps, charts and analysis to illustrate, ...

• Author(s): The World Bank • Publisher: World Bank Publications • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications • BISAC: Economics - GeneralOver the past 40 years, the number of people in China with incomes below US$ 1.90 per day has fallen by clos...