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  • 101
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    World Development Report 2014 : Risk and Opportunity - Managing Risk for Development (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821399828
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (344 p)
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: World Development Report
    Abstract: The past 25 years have witnessed unprecedented changes around the world - many of them for the better. Across the continents, many countries have embarked on a path of international integration, economic reform, technological modernization, and democratic participation. As a result, economies that had been stagnant for decades are growing, people whose families had suffered deprivation for generations are escaping poverty, and hundreds of millions are enjoying the benefits of improved living standards and scientific and cultural sharing across nations. As the world changes, a host of opportunities arise constantly. With them, however, appear old and new risks, from the possibility of job loss and disease to the potential for social unrest and environmental damage. If ignored, these risks can turn into crises that reverse hard-won gains and endanger the social and economic reforms that produced these gains. The World Development Report 2014 (WDR 2014), Risk and Opportunity: Managing Risk for Development, contends that the solution is not to reject change in order to avoid risk but to prepare for the opportunities and risks that change entails. Managing risks responsibly and effectively has the potential to bring about security and a means of progress for people in developing countries and beyond. Although individuals? own efforts, initiative, and responsibility are essential for managing risk, their success will be limited without a supportive social environment?especially when risks are large or systemic in nature. The WDR 2014 argues that people can successfully confront risks that are beyond their means by sharing their risk management with others. This can be done through naturally occurring social and economic systems that enable people to overcome the obstacles that individuals and groups face, including lack of resources and information, cognitive and behavioral failures, missing markets and public goods, and social externalities and exclusion. These systems?from the household and the community to the state and the international community?have the potential to support people?s risk management in different yet complementary ways. The Report focuses on some of the most pressing questions policy makers are asking. What role should the state take in helping people manage risks? When should this role consist of direct interventions, and when should it consist of providing an enabling environment? How can governments improve their own risk management, and ...
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9903-3
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  • 102
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    Pirate trails : tracking the illicit financial flows from pirate activities off the Horn of Africa (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821399637 , 9781464800412
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 363.25/964
    Keywords: Flow of funds ; Piracy ; Flow of funds ; Piracy ; Flow of funds ; Piracy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9963-7
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  • 103
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    Entrepreneurship in Latin America : a step up the social ladder? (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464800085
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Latin American development forum series
    DDC: 338/.04098
    Keywords: Economic development ; Entrepreneurship Social aspects ; Social mobility ; Economic development ; Entrepreneurship Social aspects ; Social mobility ; Economic development ; Entrepreneurship ; Social mobility
    Note: "A copublication of the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank , Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0008-5
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  • 104
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    Africa Development Indicators 2012/2013 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821396179
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (208 p)
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Africa Development Indicators
    Keywords: Afrika ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Indikator
    Abstract: Africa Development Indicators 2012/13 is the most detailed collection of data on Africa. It contains macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators for 53 countries. The print edition includes a companion CD-ROM with additional data, some 1,700 indicators covering 1961-2010. -Basic indicators -National and fiscal accounts -External accounts and exchange rates -Millennium Development Goals -Private sector development -Trade and regional integration -Infrastructure -Human development -Agriculture, rural development, and the environment -Labor, migration, and population -HIV/AIDS and malaria -Capable states and partnership -Paris Declaration indicators -Governance and polity Designed as both a quick reference and a reliable dataset for monitoring development programs and aid flows in the region, Africa Development Indicators 2012/13 is an invaluable tool for analysts and policymakers who want a better understanding of Africa’s economic and social development
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9616-2
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  • 105
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    The role of information and communication technologies in post-conflict reconstruction (2013)
    Washington, DC : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464800740
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiv, 99 pages) , 26 cm
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 363.34/988014
    Keywords: Information technology Government policy ; Peace-building ; Postwar reconstruction ; Information technology Government policy ; Peace-building ; Postwar reconstruction ; Information technology ; Peace-building ; Government policy ; Postwar reconstruction
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-99)
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0074-0
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  • 106
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    Belarus Macroeconomic Update : Achieving Stability and Growth (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: This note assesses recent macroeconomic developments in Belarus and presents a medium-term economic outlook for 2013-2016 in three scenarios. These scenarios are sensitive to underlying assumptions and are provided to illustrate the main macroeconomic policy choices, available to Belarus. The first scenario (baseline scenario) assumes that the authorities continue macroeconomic policies of the past year, with alternating phases of policy loosening and tightening, motivated by attempts to balance growth and stability. The second scenario (expansionary scenario) assumes that the authorities pursue more aggressive expansionary policies (compared to the baseline scenario) to boost growth in the short term. Prioritizing growth at the expense of stability will reignite macroeconomic imbalances.The third scenario (sustainable growth scenario) assumes that the authorities put in place policies that ensure macroeconomic stability and provide a basis for sustainable growth. This includes a policy framework that (i) maintains the flexible exchange rate regime; (ii) sustains tight monetary policy, namely containing credit growth, including under government directed lending programs to contain inflation and real exchange rate appreciation; (iii) balances wage growth so that it does not exceed productivity growth; (iv) maintains tight fiscal policy and a balanced budget over the medium term. These three scenarios highlight the main macroeconomic trade-offs that Belarus is facing in the current environment. This note is organized as follows: Section one highlights recent macroeconomic trends; Section two provides the three macroeconomic scenarios; and Section three provides the Bank's recommendations for macroeconomic and structural policies. Annex one outlines the structural modernization agenda that could support sustainable medium term growth. Annex two provides detailed assumptions, underlying the three scenarios. Annex three presents the results of simple sensitivity analysis of the potential impact of price declines in potash fertilizer
    DOI: 10.1596/26094
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  • 107
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    Growing Africa : Unlocking the Potential of Agribusiness (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Agricultural Study
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: This report highlights the great potential of the agribusiness sector in Africa by drawing on experience in Africa as well as other regions. The evidence demonstrates that good policies, a conducive business environment, and strategic support from governments can help agribusiness reach its potential. Africa is now at a crossroads, from which it can take concrete steps to realize its potential or continue to lose competitiveness, missing a major opportunity for increased growth, employment, and food security. The report pursues several lines of analysis. First, it synthesizes the large body of work on agriculture and agribusiness in Africa. Second, it builds on a diagnosis of specific value chains. As part of this effort, the value chain for Africa's largest and fastest-growing food import, rice, is benchmarked in Senegal and Ghana against Thailand's rice value chain. Third, 170 agribusiness investments by the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) in Africa and Southeast Asia are analyzed to gain perspective on the elements of success and failure. Fourth, the report synthesizes perspectives from the private sector through interviews with 23 leading agribusiness investors and a number of other key informants. In conclusion, the report offers practical policy advice based on the experience of countries from within and outside Africa. The huge diversity of Africa's agro-ecological, market, and business environments, however, necessarily means that each country (and indeed regions within countries) will need to adapt the broad guidance provided here to the local context. Annex 1, concerning the rice value chain, was authored by John Orchard, Tim Chancellor, Roy Denton, Amadou Abdoulaye Fall, and Peter Jaeger. Annex 2, containing interviews with 23 leading agribusiness players in Africa, was authored by Peter White
    DOI: 10.1596/26082
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    World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update 2012, Volume 1 : Capturing New Sources of Growth (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (108 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Abstract: The World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update is a comprehensive, twice-yearly review of the region's economies prepared by the East Asia and Pacific region of the World Bank. In this edition, the report notes that growth in developing East Asia and Pacific has remained strong, though it has been slowing from its post-crisis peaks. Domestic demand and investment were generally strong and aided by loosening of monetary policy in some countries. Overall the number of people living in poverty has been cut in half in the last decade in East Asia and Pacific. Domestic demand has proved resilient to shocks; most countries run current account surpluses and hold high levels of international reserves; and banking systems are generally well-capitalized. As external demand is likely to remain weak, countries in developing East Asia and Pacific need to rely less on exports and more on domestic demand to maintain high growth
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0076-4
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    Results 2013 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821399026
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (62 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Abstract: The World Bank's Results 2013 provides the Bank's shareholders, partners, and external stakeholders with an integrated view of results and performance in recent years. It covers the World Bank and reports on aggregate results that countries have achieved with Bank support against the backdrop of global development results. The report also asseses the Bank's operational and organizational performance at the corporate level and serves as a companion to the World Bank Corporate Scorecard 2013
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9901-9
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    Middle East and North Africa Economic Developments and Prospects, October 2013 : Investing in Turbolent Times (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (73 p)
    Series Statement: Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Abstract: The post-revolutionary economies of MENA - Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Yemen - have been recovering after a period of growth decelerations in 2011. In Egypt and Tunisia, the growth dips of 2011 were less dramatic than the declines observed during previous transitions. The recovery has been relatively quick but the transition process is far from complete and uncertainty about the political and reform process remains a binding constraint to private investment. Consequently, post-transition growth is below potential and is lower than growth prior to the Arab Spring, with negative consequences for employment and poverty. Events in the post-revolution economies have affected other countries in MENA. Macroeconomic fundamentals weakened in most developing MENA countries in 2011-12 as growth slowed and governments responded to social pressures with expansionary fiscal policies. The regional growth outlook for 2013 reflects weaker expected global economic activity, especially in the EU, and moderating oil prices. Regional economic growth is expected to decelerate to 3.5% in 2013 from 5.5% in 2012. Prolonged political and policy uncertainty and social unrest are serious downside risks to the outlook
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0114-3
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    Investing in communities achieves results : findings from an evaluation of community responses to HIV and AIDS (2013)
    Washington DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821397411 , 9780821397619
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (p) , cm
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development
    DDC: 362.19697/92
    Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome prevention & control ; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome prevention & control ; Community Health Services economics ; Community Health Services economics ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; HIV Infections prevention & control ; HIV Infections prevention & control ; International Cooperation ; International Cooperation ; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) economics ; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) economics ; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ; Community Health Services ; Community Health Services ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; HIV Infections ; HIV Infections ; International Cooperation ; International Cooperation ; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) ; Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
    Description / Table of Contents: Approach and methodologyKey findings and cross-cutting issues -- Overview of country evaluation cases -- Features of successful community responses.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9741-1
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  • 112
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    Planning, connecting, and financing cities--now : priorities for city leaders (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 0821398393 , 9780821398395
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xv, 111 p) , col. ill., col. maps , 27 cm
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Keywords: City planning ; Intergovernmental cooperation ; Municipal finance ; City planning ; Intergovernmental cooperation ; Municipal finance ; City planning ; Intergovernmental cooperation ; Municipal finance
    Note: "This report was written by a team led by Somik V. Lall"--P. xi , Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9839-5
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    Growing green : the economic benefits of climate action (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821397916 , 9780821397923
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Eastern Europe and Central Asia Reports
    DDC: 363.738/745
    Keywords: Climatic changes Economic aspects ; Climatic changes Government policy ; Environmental policy Economic aspects ; Environmental policy Economic aspects ; Climatic changes Economic aspects ; Climatic changes Government policy ; Environmental policy Economic aspects ; Environmental policy Economic aspects ; Climatic changes ; Climatic changes ; Environmental policy ; Environmental policy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9791-6
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    Development evaluation in times of turbulence : dealing with crises that endanger our future (2013)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398791
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 338.91
    Keywords: Crises Political aspects ; Crisies Economic aspects ; Economic assistance Evaluation ; Economic development projects Evaluation ; Economic policy ; Crises Political aspects ; Crisies Economic aspects ; Economic assistance Evaluation ; Economic development projects Evaluation ; Economic policy ; Crises ; Crisies ; Economic assistance ; Economic development projects ; Economic policy ; Political aspects ; Economic aspects ; Evaluation ; Evaluation
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9879-1
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    China 2030 : building a modern, harmonious, and creative society (2013)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821395455
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 330.951
    Keywords: China ; China ; China Economic policy 2000- ; China Social policy ; China Economic policy 2000- ; China Social policy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9545-5
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    Improving skills development in the informal sector : strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa (2013)
    Washington, DC : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821399682
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development
    DDC: 331
    Keywords: Informal sector (Economics) ; Labor ; Labor market ; Small business ; Vocational education ; Informal sector (Economics) ; Labor ; Labor market ; Small business ; Vocational education ; Informal sector (Economics) ; Labor ; Labor market ; Small business ; Vocational education ; Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic policy ; Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic policy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9968-2
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    Building effective employment programs for unemployed youth in the Middle East and North Africa (2013)
    Washington, DC : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821399040
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development
    DDC: 362.71
    Keywords: Employment agencies ; Employment agencies ; Unemployed youth ; Unemployed youth ; Employment agencies ; Employment agencies ; Unemployed youth ; Unemployed youth ; Employment agencies ; Employment agencies ; Unemployed youth ; Unemployed youth
    Description / Table of Contents: Public provision of employment services in the mena regionPublic employment services in egypt -- Public employment services in jordan -- Public employment services in lebanon -- Public employment services in morocco -- Public employment services in syria -- Public employment services in tunisia -- Public employment services in yemen.
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9904-0
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    Evaluation of World Bank Programs in Afghanistan 2002-11 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398739
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (254 p)
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Independent Evaluation Group Studies
    Abstract: This report evaluates the outcomes of World Bank Group support to Afghanistan from 2002-11. Despite extremely difficult security conditions, which deteriorated markedly after 2006, the World Bank Group has commendably established and sustained a large program of support to the country. The key messages of the evaluation are: • While World Bank Group strategy has been highly relevant to Afghanistan’s situation, beginning in 2006 the strategies could have gone further in adapting ongoing programs to evolving opportunities and needs, and in programming activities sufficient to achieve the objectives of the pillars in those strategies. • Overall, Bank Group assistance has achieved substantial progress toward most of its major objectives, although risks to development outcomes remain high. Impressive results have been achieved in public financial management, public health, telecommunications, and community development; substantial outputs have also been achieved in primary education, rural roads, irrigation, and microfinance-all started during the initial phase. Bank assistance has been critical in developing the mining sector as a potential engine of growth. However, progress has been limited in civil service reform, agriculture, urban development, and private sector development. • The Bank Group’s direct financial assistance has been augmented effectively by analytic and advisory activities and donor coordination through the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund. Knowledge services have been an important part of Bank Group support and have demonstrated the value of strategic analytical work, even in areas where the Bank Group may opt out of direct project financing. • With the expected reduction of the international presence in 2014, sustainability of development gains remains a major risk because of capacity constraints and inadequate human resources planning on the civilian side. To enhance program effectiveness, the evaluation recommends that the Bank Group help the government develop a comprehensive, long-term human resources strategy for the civilian sectors; focus on strategic analytical work in sectors that are high priorities for the government; assist in the development of local government institutions and, in the interim, support the development of a viable system for service delivery at subnational levels; assist in transforming the National Solidarity Program into a more sustainable financial and institutional model to consolidate ...
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9872-2
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    Clusters of competitiveness (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464800498
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development
    DDC: 338.6/048
    Keywords: Competition ; Economic development ; Competition ; Economic development ; Competition ; Economic development
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0049-8
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    Capital for the future : saving and investment in an interdependent world (2013)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 0821396358 , 0821399551 , 9780821396353 , 9780821399552
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xv, 149 p) , ill. (col.), maps , 27 cm
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Global development horizons
    Keywords: Capital movements ; Saving and investment ; Capital movements ; Saving and investment ; Capital movements ; Saving and investment
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Lead authors: Mansoor Dailami and Maurizio Bussolo
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9635-3
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    Tackling noncommunicable diseases in Bangladesh : now is the time (2013)
    Washington, DC : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821399200 , 9780821399217
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (p) , cm
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development
    DDC: 362.1095492
    Keywords: Chronic Disease economics ; Chronic Disease epidemiology ; Chronic Disease prevention & control ; Delivery of Health Care ; Health Transition ; Chronic Disease ; Chronic Disease ; Chronic Disease ; Delivery of Health Care ; Health Transition
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9920-0
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    Let workers move : using bilateral labor agreements to increase trade in services (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 0821399152 , 9780821399156
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xix, 168 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development. Trade
    Keywords: Foreign workers Government policy ; Labor laws and legislation, International ; Labor mobility Government policy ; Labor policy ; Foreign workers Government policy ; Labor laws and legislation, International ; Labor mobility Government policy ; Labor policy ; Foreign workers ; Labor laws and legislation, International ; Government policy ; Labor mobility ; Labor policy ; Government policy
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9915-6
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    Learning from economic downturns : how to better assess, track, and mitigate the impact on the health sector (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464800603 , 9781464800610
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development
    DDC: 362.1
    Keywords: Economic Development ; Economic Recession ; Health Care Sector economics ; Health Policy ; Economic Development ; Economic Recession ; Health Care Sector ; Health Policy ; economics
    Description / Table of Contents: A framework for health sector resilienceAssessing vulnerability of the health sector to economic downturns -- Tracking the impact on households and institutions : the Europe and Central Asia story -- Mitigating the effects of economic downturns -- Lessons from the European Union.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0060-3
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    Atlas of global development Scales differ (2013)
    Glasgow, United Kingdom : Collins Bartholomew
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    ISBN: 9780821397572
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (144 pages) , color illustrations, color maps , 25 cm
    Edition: Fourth edition
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Keywords: Economic development Maps ; Economic indicators Maps ; Environmental indicators Maps ; Globalization Maps ; Population Maps ; Social indicators Maps ; Economic development Maps ; Economic indicators Maps ; Environmental indicators Maps ; Globalization Maps ; Population Maps ; Social indicators Maps ; Economic development ; Economic indicators ; Environmental indicators ; Globalization ; Population ; Social indicators
    Note: "© 2013 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank; design © HarperCollins Publishers"--T.p. verso , Title from cover
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    Doing Business 2014 : Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (278 p)
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    Abstract: Eleventh in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 189 economies, Doing Business 2014 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity including; starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, closing a business, and employing workers. The report updates all indicators as of June 1, 2013, ranks economies on their overall “ease of doing business”, and analyzes reforms to business regulation – identifying which economies are strengthening their business environment the most. The Doing Business reports illustrate how reforms in business regulations are being used to analyze economic outcomes for domestic entrepreneurs and for the wider economy. Doing Business is a flagship product by the World Bank and IFC that garners worldwide attention on regulatory barriers to entrepreneurship. More than 60 economies use the Doing Business indicators to shape reform agendas and monitor improvements on the ground. In addition, the Doing Business data has generated over 870 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals since its inception
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9984-2
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    Taking Stock, December 2013 : An Update on Vietnam's Recent Economic Developments (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
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    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
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    Abstract: Macroeconomic stability in Vietnam is improving, underpinned by moderating inflation and strengthening external accounts. Headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation has stabilized, aided by subdued credit growth and easing of food price increases. The decline in core inflation has been more gradual. Pressure on the Vietnamese currency has also eased substantially. A sustained recovery in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth remains hampered however by slow-moving structural reforms and global uncertainty. With rising pressures on the budget, the government is faced with some crucial fiscal policy choices, as it seeks to balance the objectives of economic expansion and macroeconomic stability. This paper explores crucial issues such as trade facilitation, competitiveness and growth, poverty and inequality, corruption and economic growth in Vietnam, the external economic environment, and recent economic developments in Vietnam
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    Taking Stock, July 2013 : An Update on Vietnam's Recent Economic Developments (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
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    Abstract: The global economy appears to be transitioning toward a period of more stable albeit moderate pace of growth. Global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which slowed in mid-2012, is recovering and a modest acceleration in quarterly GDP is expected during the course of 2013. In the developing world growth remains solid, but there are some signs of easing. More than four years after the financial crisis started, global industrial output is only 5.3 percent higher than its pre-crisis peak. While the global financial market conditions continue to improve, eventual phasing out of quantitative easing in advanced economies is beginning to worry investors. The improvement in financial conditions can be seen in lower yields on long-term debt, higher stock market returns and near-record flow of gross capital to developing countries. Vietnam's economy is experiencing its longest spell of slow growth since the onset of economic reforms in the late-1980s. Real GDP grew by 5 percent in 2012, the lowest level since 1998. The economy extended its slow growth into the first half of 2013, registering a growth rate of 4.9 percent in the first quarter and 5 percent in the second quarter. This is the first time that Vietnam has experienced two consecutive years of sub-5 percent growth in the first half of the year since it started publishing quarterly GDP. In fact what had distinguished Vietnam from other countries is its ability to recover rapidly after an economic shock-be it during the East Asian crisis in 1999 or the global financial crisis in 2009. However, Vietnam has found it harder to take timely and decisive actions to jumpstart its economy from the current growth slowdown. Vietnam is the only large developing country in the East Asia and Pacific region other than China whose post-crisis growth rate has been lower than its pre-crisis level
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    China : Inclusive Innovation for Sustainable Inclusive Growth (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Series Statement: Social Analysis
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    Abstract: Inclusive innovation seeks to expand access to essential goods and services, thereby improving quality of life, and enhancing economic empowerment through knowledge creation, acquisition, adaption, absorption, and deployment efforts targeted directly at the needs of excluded populations. Inclusive innovation is of high relevance for the Chinese authorities, but the concept is new to the Chinese government from both conceptual and policy perspective. So far China has emphasized frontier innovation, yet has recognized the importance of inclusive innovation in addressing increasing disparity between the rich and poor. In China many efforts are being made in the domain of inclusive innovation, but there is no clear strategy and implementation plan. This report aims to help build awareness and set the stage for the potential implementation and operationalization of inclusive innovation policy in China and possibly in other countries. This report is presented in four Chapters and an Executive Summary. Chapter I presents the concept of inclusive innovation and why it is relevant for China. Chapter II discusses the current landscape for inclusive innovation in China. Chapter III presents international experience and examples. Chapter IV outlines some policy options for consideration by the Chinese authorities
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    Georgia Economic Report, October 2013 : Seeking Effective Policies (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
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    Abstract: This economic report records the economic activities of Georgia for the year 2013. The growth slow-down in 2013, largely viewed as temporary, reflected to a large extent policy uncertainty that began with the late-2012 parliamentary elections and is expected to last until the October 2013 Presidential elections, and attempts by the new government to trim public investment spending. In the absence of a clear communications strategy and a well-structured development strategy that elaborated the government's policy direction, a weakening of consumer and investor confidence since November 2012 along with a cut in public investment spending, contributed to slower growth. Both tax and non-tax revenues fell behind budget estimates in the first half of the year reflecting the economic slowdown. The revenue shortfall was driven by a drop in VAT on imports. Demand for imported investment goods has been particularly weak. The external position of the country improved, as imports declined significantly, mainly because of lower demand generated by public investment spending. Commodity imports fell by 19 percent while exports rose 8 percent during the first six months of 2013. Credit growth softened as demand for loans declined even in the face of cuts in the Central Bank rate. The twelve month increase in credit slowed to 12 percent by July 2013 from 24 percent in July 2012. Slower lending and higher deposits have led to excess liquidity in the system
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    Kyrgyz Republic Economic Report, October 2013 : Growth is Back, Headwinds Persist (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
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    Abstract: This regular economic report records the economic activities of Kyrgyz Republic for the year 2013. The growth performance of the Kyrgyz Republic has been encouraging and largely in line with our forecasts from the Spring 2013 update. Real Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 8 percent in the first eight months of 2013 (year-on-year) driven by a recovery in gold production at the Kumtor mine. The non-gold economy also performed well, as strong private transfers from abroad and higher credit to the private sector fueled private consumption and investment. At the same time, the contribution of the public sector was more limited with government spending kept under control. Following a slow start, officially recorded exports have started to recover. Macroeconomic policies have been supportive of stability and stronger economic activity. The baseline scenario for 2014 remains optimistic, though headwinds have been gaining strength. The challenge to sustain high economic growth rates in the medium term is considerable. Monetary policy needs to be cautious to prevent the build-up of risks in the financial sector and limit inflationary pressures. Second, creation of a vibrant and competitive private sector will require significant upgrading of the country's institutional, physical and human capital. A business environment characterized by efficient institutions, reliable infrastructure and highly-skilled labor will help realize the country's growth potential and reduce poverty
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    World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, October 2013 : Rebuilding Policy Buffers, Reinvigorating Growth (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (146 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Abstract: Developing economies in East Asia and Pacific are projected to grow at 7.1 % in 2013, down from 7.5 percent last year. While the pace of growth is slowing, the region will still contribute 40% of global growth and one-third of global trade this year †“ higher than any other region in the world. In China, growth is moderating as the country rebalances to pursue a more sustainable growth path. In 2013, it is expected to meet the official indicative growth target of 7.5%. The Federal Reserve’s decision to delay tapering of quantitative easing stabilized markets for now, giving countries some reprieve and a second chance to take measures to lower risks from future volatility. In the long term, as higher global interest rates are likely to affect investment, accelerating growth and poverty reduction depends critically on structural reforms. Countries need to improve their investment climate and invest more in infrastructure, while making public investment more efficient. They also need to address fiscal risks and create space to support long-term growth. The World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update is a comprehensive, twice-yearly review of the region's economies prepared by the East Asia and Pacific region of the World Bank
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0116-7
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    World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update 2011, Volume 1 : Securing the Present, Shaping the Future (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (131 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update
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    Abstract: The World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update is a comprehensive, twice-yearly review of the region's economies prepared by the East Asia and Pacific region of the World Bank. In this edition, the report notes that real GDP growth in East Asia has been moderating after a sharp rebound from the global crisis. Inflation has become the key short-run challenge for the authorities in the region, complicated by a surge in portfolio capital inflows and rapidly increasing food and commodity prices that hit low-income households disproportionately. Over the medium-term, East Asia has the potential to sustain rapid increases in living standards even as the global economy enters a more challenging phase
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0071-9
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    South Asia Economic Focus, Fall 2013 : A Wake-Up Call (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (65 p)
    Series Statement: South Asia Economic Focus
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    Abstract: Global capital re-balancing has highlighted structural weakness and vulnerability in South Asia, acting as a wake-up call for policy makers. While recent economic developments in advanced countries are encouraging, large parts of the region continue to slow. Portfolio outflows, triggered by the prospect of unwinding Quantitative Easing (QE) in the US, have made current account deficits more difficult to finance across emerging markets. Meanwhile, supply-side constraints and macroeconomic imbalances remain a challenge in most South Asian countries. But the depreciation of regional currencies offers an opportunity to stimulate growth and create space for reforms to improve the investment climate. While the medium-term outlook for the region remains cautiously positive, two highly complementary policies are central for needed higher and sustainable growth. First, continuing to tighten the stance of fiscal and monetary policy will help to promote macroeconomic stability and raise tax revenue to reduce vulnerability. Second, removing supply-side constraints, both regulatory and physical, will pave the way for increasing investment and growth. Given the recent economic turmoil across emerging market economies, this edition's focus section examines the relationship between the transmission of economic shocks from India to the rest of South Asia, as well as from the world to South Asia. The main findings of the analysis suggest that, independent of global business cycle movements, India plays an important role in influencing growth across the region, and that this effect has increased since the 2008 global crisis. Furthermore, the United States played a larger role in influencing global cyclical real GDP movements before the global crisis, but since then its independent influence has diminished as all regions are moving together with greater frequency. Nonetheless, much of the cyclical real GDP variation in the region remains idiosyncratic
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0118-1
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    Middle East and North Africa Economic Developments and Prospects, September 2011 : Investing for Growth and Jobs (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (68 p)
    Series Statement: Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor
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    Abstract: The report highlights the important links between good governance on a level legal and regulatory playing field, and the ability of investment to stimulate growth. Investment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been strong over the last two decades in comparison with Latin America and Eastern Europe. However, in the oil exporting countries, it has been primarily supported by large and expanding public investments. Oil importers, in contrast, have shown more strength in private investment, which has increased in recent years. A concern with reliance on public investment is that in economies with weak governance there is no evidence that public investment stimulates growth. In contrast, in countries with an adequate level of protection of property rights and legal institutions, public investment is strongly linked to growth. The report also makes a strong case for private investment in services and manufacturing as engines of job creation and income growth in the region
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    Middle East and North Africa Economic Developments and Prospects, January 2011 : Sustaining the Recovery and Looking Beyond (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (142 p)
    Series Statement: Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor
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    Abstract: The impact of the global financial and economic crisis on the Middle East and North Africa region was relatively mild. Lack of integration and a large public sector helped insulate the region to some extent, but now these and other factors are slowing down the speed of its economic recovery. The report examines the major factors threatening the recovery and those that obstruct long-term growth †“ especially non-oil export growth, which in net terms contributed little to regional growth during the past decade, with non-oil exports remaining below potential in many countries in the region. The report emphasizes several major areas in need of policy makers’ attention, including restrictive trade policies, particularly those affecting trade in services; governance issues linked to uneven application of rules and regulations; inefficient and inflexible labor markets and scarcity of skills, innovation and technological capabilities
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9889-0
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    Integrated Intervention Tool : Integration Strategies for Urban Poor Areas and Disadvantaged Communities (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
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    Series Statement: Other Poverty Study
    Abstract: For the 2014-2020 programming period, the Government of Romania (GoR) is considering a new approach presented by the European Commission (EC) - community-led local development (CLLD). Through CLLD, empowered communities have the opportunity to directly shape and own the process of local development, during all stages of EU - funded interventions, from concept design through implementation. If Romania ultimately pursues CLLD, the critical task facing the government is to design an optimal implementation framework for the new approach - this is precisely the focus and scope of the current integrated intervention tool (IIT). The preparation of this IIT entailed a number of steps, including extensive field work to define relevant subtypes of urban marginalized communities and to review past experiences with urban integration in Romania. This summary covers multiple sections, in line with the key chapters of the main IIT report. It first reviews CLLD's main features and best practice principles at the EU level. It focuses on Romania, making some recommendations for where CLLD can apply and what it will require in terms of coordinating different sources of funding. It also covers the main six stages of operationalizing CLLD in Romania, as follows: launch: preparations through capacity building and information campaigns; call for expressions of interest regarding the potential submission of local integration strategies (LISs); mobilization of the community for the establishment of local action groups (LAG) and development of LIS by each LAG; selection of strategies to be financed; implementation of LISs approved for financing, including selection and implementation of individual projects under these strategies; and phase-out activities and evaluation
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    Building Evidence, Shaping Policy : Findings of the 2012 Timor-Leste Education Survey (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
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    Abstract: Reliable evidence is needed to design policies that will allow overcoming Timor-Leste's remaining challenges in provision of quality education. In recent post-conflict years, aided by availability of oil revenues, Timor-Leste has been able to considerably improve availability of schools and access to education. This report presents findings of the 2012 Education Survey, collaboration between the Ministry of Education, the National Directorate of Statistics, AusAID and the World Bank. The survey collected detailed information at all primary, pre-secondary and secondary schools in the country. Its objectives were to support the improvement of Timor-Leste's education quality and service delivery through building a solid information source and analytical foundation which will allow for sound, evidence-based policy making. The survey results indicate that student absenteeism should be a major cause for concern. More than one third of grade one students were absent from school on the day of the survey, in some districts it was half or even more. Education levels of primary school teachers are low, with the majority only having secondary education. For 71 percent of primary school teachers the highest level of education is secondary school, for 6 percent it is even lower. Both demand and supply side interventions are needed to tackle the challenges faced. Some key policy areas should be: 1) improving school attendance through creating appropriate demand-side incentives; 2) enhancing teacher quality; 3) strengthening instruction language policy; 4) improving education system management; 5) improving school infrastructure and learning environment; and 6) ensuring adequate supply of textbooks
    DOI: 10.1596/24804
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    Strategic IDPs Assessement (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: City Development Strategy
    Abstract: Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) have been introduced in Romania as a prerequisite for accessing EU funds under the Regional Operational Program (ROP). The IDPs designed for growth poles represent a specific category of strategic planning documents as: 1) they need to be considered within the frame of the national policy to whose implementation they contribute; and 2) they represent a first endeavor to think of development across functional areas rather than confined to the administrative borders of the main cities. The objectives of this report are: i) to carry out a strategic evaluation of the seven IDPs and assess how the current plans compare with the diagnostic of the challenges identified in the work on urban development; and ii) to provide clear recommendations for the improvement of existing IDPs which will contribute to the elaboration of the future generation of plans implemented during the next programming period and will help improve the targeting of investments to enhance their economic impact
    DOI: 10.1596/24490
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    Energy efficiency : lessons learned from success stories (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398036
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
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    Series Statement: Eastern Europe and Central Asia reports
    DDC: 333.79/17
    Keywords: Energy consumption ; Energy consumption ; Energy policy ; Energy policy ; Energy consumption ; Energy consumption ; Energy policy ; Energy policy ; Energy consumption ; Energy consumption ; Energy policy ; Energy policy
    Description / Table of Contents: AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations -- Executive summary -- Top lessons and findings -- Interesting findings for future consideration -- Why is energy efficiency important? -- Low, medium, and high energy intensity country characteristics -- Moving from high to medium energy intensity -- Moving from medium to low energy intensity -- The way forward -- Annex 1: Summary of lessons learned from the country case studies -- Annex 2: The energy efficiency ladder -- References.
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9803-6
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    Urbanization beyond municipal boundaries : nurturing metropolitan economies and connecting peri-urban areas in India (2013)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398401
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 307.760954
    Keywords: Land use, urban ; Suburbs ; Urban economics ; Urban policy ; Urbanization ; Land use, urban ; Suburbs ; Urban economics ; Urban policy ; Urbanization ; Land use, urban ; Suburbs ; Urban economics ; India ; India ; Urban policy ; Urbanization ; India ; India Economic conditions ; India Economic conditions
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9840-1
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    The new microfinance handbook : a financial market system perspective (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821389270 , 9780821389287
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (p. cm)
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 332
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    Keywords: Financial institutions ; Microfinance ; Poor Finance, Personal ; Financial institutions ; Microfinance ; Poor Finance, Personal ; Financial institutions ; Microfinance ; Poor ; Mikrofinanzierung ; Kreditmarkt
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8927-0
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    Operating and planning electricity grids with variable renewable generation : review of emerging lessons from selected operational experiences and desktop studies (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821397343 , 9780821397367
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (p. cm)
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 333.793/2
    Keywords: Electric utilities ; Energy development ; Power resources ; Renewable energy resources ; Sustainable development ; Electric utilities ; Energy development ; Power resources ; Renewable energy resources ; Sustainable development ; Electric utilities ; Energy development ; Power resources ; Renewable energy resources ; Sustainable development
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9734-3
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    The Little Data Book 2013 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398135
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (239 p)
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Abstract: This pocket-sized reference on key development data for over 200 countries provides profiles of each country with 54 development indicators about people, environment, economy, technology and infrastructure, trade, and finance
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9812-8
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    Human resources for health in Africa : a new look at the crisis (2013)
    Washington, DC : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821395554 , 9780821395585
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (p) , cm
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 362.10967
    Keywords: Health Manpower ; Health Personnel education ; Health Personnel organization & administration ; Health Manpower ; Health Personnel ; Health Personnel
    Description / Table of Contents: Labor markets analysis of human resources for healthNeeds-based estimates for the health workforce -- A labor market approach -- Productivity of health workers : Tanzania -- Health worker performance -- Fiscal issues in scaling up the health workforce -- Politics and governance in human resources for health -- How many health workers -- Rural/urban imbalance of health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Migration and attrition -- Public and private practice of health workers -- The equity perspective -- Incentives for provider performance -- Intrinsic motivation -- Facility-level human resource management -- Health worker education and training -- Becoming a health worker student -- Paying for higher education reform in health.
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9555-4
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    Getting better : improving health system results in Europe and Central Asia (2013)
    Washington DC : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398838
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Europe and Central Asia reports
    DDC: 362.1094
    Keywords: Delivery of Health Care standards ; Delivery of Health Care standards ; Health Policy ; Health Policy ; Quality Assurance, Health Care economics ; Quality Assurance, Health Care economics ; Quality Assurance, Health Care organization & administration ; Quality Assurance, Health Care organization & administration ; Delivery of Health Care ; Delivery of Health Care ; Health Policy ; Health Policy ; Quality Assurance, Health Care ; Quality Assurance, Health Care ; Quality Assurance, Health Care ; Quality Assurance, Health Care
    Description / Table of Contents: Getting better? In search of convergenceImproving welfare : the value of health -- Improving health : the heart of the matter -- Improving financial protection and equity : a safety net for all -- Improving efficiency : cutting the fat -- Improving institutions : ingredients not recipes -- Summary Q&A.
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    Rural-urban dynamics and the millennium development goals (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 0821398067 , 9780821398067
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xv, 178 p) , col. ill , 27 cm
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary Also available on the Internet
    Keywords: Economic development ; Economic development ; Economic development
    Note: Includes bibliographic references , Written by staffs of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund , Also available on the Internet.
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9806-7
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    The internal geography of trade : lagging regions and global markets (2013)
    Washington DC : The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398937
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xviii, 278 pages) , illustrations , 25 cm
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 330.9
    Keywords: Economic development ; International economic integration ; International trade ; Regional economic disparities ; Regional economics ; Economic development ; International economic integration ; International trade ; Regional economic disparities ; Regional economics ; Economic development ; International economic integration ; International trade ; Regional economic disparities ; Regional economics ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Commerce ; Developing countries Commerce
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9893-7
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    Measuring the real size of the world's economy : the framework, methodology, and results of the International Comparison Program--ICP (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 0821397281 , 9780821397282
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxxiv, 659 p) , ill , cm
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Keywords: International Comparison Programme ; International Comparison Programme ; Economics Statistical methods ; Gross domestic product Statistical methods ; National income Statistical methods ; Purchasing power parity ; Economics Statistical methods ; Gross domestic product Statistical methods ; National income Statistical methods ; Purchasing power parity ; International Comparison Programme ; Economics ; Gross domestic product ; National income ; Purchasing power parity ; Statistical methods ; Statistical methods ; Statistical methods
    Description / Table of Contents: Executive summary / Frederic A. VogelIntroduction : reshaping the world / Angus S. Deaton -- The framework of the International Comparision Program / D.S. Prasada Rao -- Governance structure of ICP 2005 / Paul McCarthy -- National accounts framework for international comparisons : GDP compilation and breakdown process / Paul McCarthy -- Computation of basic heading PPPs for comparisons within and between regions / D.S. Prasada Rao -- Methods of aggregation above the basic heading level within regions / W. Erwin Diewert -- Methods of aggregation above the basic heading level : linking the regions / W. Erwin Diewert -- The ICP survey framework / Frederic A. Vogel -- The ring comparison : linking the regions / Frederic A. Vogel -- Validation of ICP regional prices and basic heading PPPs / David Roberts -- Validation of basic heading and aggregated PPPs : when does validation end and estimation begin? / Frederic A. Vogel -- Health and education / Derek Blades -- Dwelling services / Alan Heston -- Construction / Paul McCarthy -- Machinery and equipment / Derek Blades -- Government services / Derek Blades -- Government services : productivity adjustments / Alan Heston -- Reference PPPs / Derek Blades and Yuri Dikhanov -- Extrapolating PPPs and compariing ICP benchmark results / Paul McCarthy -- Results and empirical analysis, ICP 2005 / Yuri Dikhanov and Frederic A. Vogel -- Absolute poverty measures for the developing world, 1981-2008 / Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion -- PPP exchange rates for the global poor / Angus S. Deaton and Olivier Dupriez -- International relative price levels : an empirical analysis / Charles Thomas ... [et al.] -- PPP estimates : applications by the International Monetary Fund / Mick Silver -- Using expenditure PPPs for sectoral output and productivity comparisons / Robert Inklaar and Marcel P. Timmer.
    Note: "This work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions"--T.p. verso , Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9728-2
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    Financial management information systems and open budget data : do governments report on where the money goes? (2013)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464800832
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 352.40285
    Keywords: Finance, Public Management ; Data processing ; Management information systems ; Transparency in government ; Finance, Public Management ; Data processing ; Management information systems ; Transparency in government ; Finance, Public ; Management information systems ; Management ; Transparency in government ; Data processing
    Description / Table of Contents: AbbreviationsAcknowledgments -- Preface -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Data -- Good practices -- Guidelines for publishing open budget data -- Conclusions -- Findings -- Concluding remarks -- Annexes -- Tables -- Boxes -- Figures.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0083-2
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    Promoting healthy living in Latin America and the Caribbean : governance of multisectoral activities to prevent health risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464800160
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxiv, 221 pages) , illustrations , 26 cm
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 613.098
    Keywords: Health Behavior ; Health Behavior ; Health Policy ; Health Policy ; Health Promotion ; Health Promotion ; Preventive Health Services ; Preventive Health Services ; Risk Factors ; Risk Factors ; Health Behavior ; Health Behavior ; Health Policy ; Health Policy ; Health Promotion ; Health Promotion ; Preventive Health Services ; Preventive Health Services ; Risk Factors ; Risk Factors
    Description / Table of Contents: Noncommunicable diseases in Latin America and the CaribbeanRisk factors for NCDs in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Economic impact of NCDs in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Population-based interventions to promote healthy living -- Multisectoral interventions to prevent health risk factors for NCDs in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Lessons learned and agenda for the future.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0016-0
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    Policy Brief : Opportunities and Challenges for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Policy Notes
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    Abstract: Agriculture is the economic foundation of many Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries, employing about 60 percent of the workforce and contributing an average of 30 percent of gross domestic product. Yet agricultural growth rates for SSA declined in the 2000 and food insecurity remains a concern, with malnourishment only dropping from 34 to 30 percent in two decades. Various projections suggest that food production must increase by 70-100 percent by 2050 to meet the demands of a world with 9 billion people and changing diets. In SSA this will require considerable investments in agricultural development-research, institutional support and infrastructural development. Ensuring food security under a changing climate is one of the major challenges of our era. African agriculture is highly vulnerable to climate change. Climate-smart agriculture seeks to increase productivity in an environmentally and socially sustainable way, strengthen farmers' resilience to climate change, and reduce agriculture's contribution to climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon storage on farmland. Climate-smart agriculture includes proven practical techniques-such as mulching, intercropping, conservation agriculture, crop rotation, integrated crop-livestock management, agroforestry, improved grazing, and improved water management-but also innovative practices such as better weather forecasting, early warning systems and risk insurance. Climate-smart agriculture fully incorporates attention to climate risk management. Climate-smart agriculture offers some unique opportunities to tackle food security, adaptation and mitigation objectives. African countries will particularly benefit from climate-smart agriculture given the central role of agriculture as a means to poverty alleviation and the major negative impacts that climate change is likely to have on the African continent
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    Uzbekistan Economic Report, April 2013 : Economic Development and Reforms - Achievements and Challenges (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: This regular economic report records the economic activities of Uzbekistan for the year 2013-2014. Uzbekistan's outlook remains largely dependent on commodity prices. The chief external factors affecting economic performance of Uzbekistan are favorable global commodity price trends for gold, gas, cotton, and copper. Although remittance inflows may suffer as the outlook weakens for Russia, government increases in wages and social payments will help to sustain private consumption. Thus, growth in Uzbekistan is not expected to slow down considerably, as surplus current account, high fiscal savings, external reserves, ongoing investment program and wage increase and remittance inflow in 2013-14 would mitigate the impacts of a continued global slowdown. However, the poor business environment will continue to deter most Western investors, and the authorities likely to continue impeding private-sector activity by retaining currency controls and high tariffs and excise taxes on imports. Inflation is expected to remain at around 7 percent in 2013-15. Global food prices are forecast to gradually decline, and more modest growth in net foreign assets and monetary indicators would offset higher government spending and limit inflationary pressure. Although the short-term growth outlook remains favorable, downside risks are high due to a still weak global situation. The first risk is external and stems from a possible slowdown in economic activity in Russia (and a consequent reduction in remittance flows to Uzbekistan) and likely lower prices for some of Uzbekistan's traditional commodity exports. The second risk is internal and comes from inappropriate integration of generally sound macroeconomic policies with weak structural policies in the country that negatively affect business incentives and hamper improvements in productivity and appropriate job creation making long term growth unsustainable
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    South Africa Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes : Accounting and Auditing (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Accounting and Auditing Assessment
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: The main purpose of the South Africa Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes, Accounting and Auditing (ROSC A&A) is to determine reforms that will continue to improve the quality of financial reporting in South Africa. The review, requested by the Minister of Finance, was conducted to assess the status of implementation of policy recommendations in the prior 2003 ROSC A&A report, assess the institutional framework underpinning accounting and auditing practices in comparison with international standards and good practices in order to identify any emerging issues that require strengthening, share good practices adopted in the country, and propose policy recommendations addressing areas that require improvements. Implementation of the policy recommendations will further enhance the quality of financial reporting in the country, a key pillar that contributes to enhancing the business environment and advancement of governance and financial accountability in both the private and public sector entities. The review focuses on private sector. Financial reporting in public sector is assessed under public expenditure and financial accountability framework
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    Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Accounting and Auditing Update : Czech Republic (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Accounting and Auditing Assessment
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC) Accounting and Auditing (A&A) assess accounting and auditing practices in participating countries. They form part of a joint initiative that is implemented by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to review the quality of implementation of twelve internationally recognized core standards (the ROSC program). These standards and their related codes are relevant to economic stability and private and financial sector development. The program was developed at the end of the 1990s, in the wake of financial crises that affected many countries in several regions of the world. Since its inception in early 2000, the ROSC A&A program has concluded evaluations of the A&A environment in more than one hundred countries around the world. ROSC A&A reports have been produced for all countries of the Europe and Central Asia Region, except Russia. Initiatives to reassure investors about the quality of financial reporting of public interest entities, including listed companies, banks and insurance companies will also be essential
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    World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, April 2013 : A Fine Balance (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (24 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Abstract: The World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update is a comprehensive, twice-yearly review of the region's economies prepared by the East Asia and Pacific region of the World Bank. In this edition, the report notes that in China, growth slowed to 7.8 percent in 2012 due to rebalancing efforts. Risks emanating from the Eurozone and the U.S. have declined since the middle of last year. While still fragile, there are signs of a turnaround in real activity in high income economies, thus external demand for the East Asia and Pacific region’s exports will stabilize this year. Movements in high-income country currencies, such as the yen, are likely to affect trade and investment flows in the region in the short term, but a return to sustained growth in Japan would benefit the region as a whole. An emerging issue is the risk of overheating in some of the larger economies. Policymakers need to continue to be vigilant to react to shocks in the world economy, but be prepared to withdraw stimulus as the world economy recovers. For countries that show some signs of inflationary pressures, it would be a good time to rebuild policy buffers
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    China's pension system : a vision (2013)
    Washington DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821395400 , 9780821395417
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (p. cm)
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development
    DDC: 331.25/20951
    Keywords: Pensions Government policy ; Social security ; Pensions Government policy ; Social security ; Pensions ; Social security
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9540-0
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    Afghanistan in transition : looking beyond 2014 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398616
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 330.9581
    Keywords: Economic development ; Postwar reconstruction ; Economic development ; Postwar reconstruction ; Economic development ; Postwar reconstruction ; Afghanistan ; Afghanistan ; Afghanistan ; Afghanistan ; Afghanistan Economic conditions 21st century ; Afghanistan Economic policy ; Afghanistan History 2001- ; Afghanistan Politics and government 2001- ; Afghanistan Economic conditions 21st century ; Afghanistan Economic policy ; Afghanistan History 2001- ; Afghanistan Politics and government 2001-
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9861-6
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    Income and asset disclosure : case study illustrations (2013)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821397961
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 364.4/04563
    Keywords: Financial disclosure Case studies ; Financial disclosure Case studies Law and legislation ; Political corruption Case studies Prevention ; Financial disclosure Case studies ; Financial disclosure Case studies Law and legislation ; Political corruption Case studies Prevention ; Financial disclosure ; Financial disclosure ; Political corruption
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9796-1
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    Scaling up affordable health insurance : staying the course (2013)
    Washington DC : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821382509
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 368.38/2
    Keywords: Developing Countries ; Health Services Accessibility economics ; Insurance, Health ; Developing Countries ; Health Services Accessibility ; Insurance, Health ; economics
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Public options and private choices / Alexander S. Preker, Marianne E. Lindner, Dov Chernichovsky, and Onno P. Schellekens2. Health protection : more than financial protection / Xenia B. Scheil-Adlung -- Making health insurance affordable : role of risk equalization / Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven -- 4. Reaching the poor : transfers from rich to poor and from healthy to sick / Sherry Glied and Mark Stabile -- 5. Binding constraints on public funding : prospects for creating fiscal space / Peter S. Heller -- Universal coverage : a global consensus / Guy Carrin, Inke Mathauer, Ke Xu, and David B. Evans -- 7. The French connection in francophone Africa / Yohana Dukhan, Alexander S. Preker and François Diop -- 8. Big bang reforms in anglophone Africa / Caroline Ly, Yohana Dukhan, Frank G. Feeley, Alexander S. Preker, and Chris Atim -- Moving from intent to action in the Middle East and North Africa / Bjorn O. Ekman and Heba A. Elgazzar -- One step, two step tango in Latin America and the Caribbean / Ricardo Bitrán -- 11. Orient express in South, East, and Pacific Asia / William C. Hsiao, Alexis Medina, Caroline Ly, and Yohana Dukhan -- 12. Bismarck's unfinished business in Western Europe / Hans Maarse, Alexander S. Preker, Marianne E. Lindner, and Onno P. Schellekens -- 13. From cradle to grave in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere / Alexander S. Preker and Mark C. Bassett -- 14. Great post-communist experiment in Eastern Europe and Central Asia / Adam Wagstaff and Rodrigo Moreno-Serra -- 15. Political economy of reform / Ashley M. Fox and Michael R. Reich -- 16. Institutions matter / Alexander S. Preker, April Harding, Edit V. Velenyi, Melitta Jacob, Caroline Ly, and Yohana Dukhan -- 17. Accountability and choice / Dov Chernichovsky, Michal Chernichovsky, Jürgen Hohmann, and Bernd Schramm -- 18. Regulatory and supervisory challenges / Hernán L. Fuenzalida-Puelma, Pablo Gottret, Somil Nagpal, and Nicole Tapay -- 19. Implementing change / Hong Wang, Kimberly Switlick-Prose, Christine Ortiz, Catherine Connor, Beatriz Zurita, Chris Atim, and François Diop -- 20. New development paradigm / Onno Schellekens, Jacques van der Gaag, Marianne E. Lindner, and Judith de Groot.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Urban labor markets in sub-Saharan Africa (2013)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821397817 , 9780821397824
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (p. cm)
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 331.120967
    Keywords: City dwellers Employment ; Labor market ; City dwellers Employment ; Labor market ; City dwellers ; Labor market ; Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions ; Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions
    Description / Table of Contents: General introductionPart I. A comparative analysis of urban labour markets in sub-Saharan Africa -- 1. Employment, unemployment and working conditions on the urban labour markets in Africa: main stylised facts -- Part II. Job quality and labour market conditions -- 2. Underemployment and job mismatch in sub-Saharan Africa -- 3. Job satisfaction: a measurement of employment quality compared with aspirations in eight African capitals -- 4. Employment vulnerability and earnings -- Part III. The many dimensions of labour market inequalities -- 5. Education and labour market outcomes in urban West Africa -- 6. Urban labour market segmentation in WAEMU: a distributional approach -- 7. Working at retirement age? a comparison of seven West African capitals -- 8. Domestic work and employment in Africa: what is the trade-off for women? -- 9. Inequality of opportunities on the urban labour market in West Africa -- 10. Decomposing gender and ethnic earnings gaps in seven West African cities -- Part IV. Some key coping mechanisms and private responses -- 11. Why migrating, self-selection and returns to education in the WAEMU -- 12. Returns to returning in West Africa -- 13. The work-school trade-off among West African children: Are household tasks more compatible with school than economic activities? -- 14. General conclusion.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    The Little Green Data Book 2013 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398159
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (239 p)
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Abstract: 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. The 2013 edition of The Little Green Data Book introduces new set of ocean-related indicators, highlighting the role of oceans in economic development
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9814-2
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    Sustaining trade reform : institutional lessons from Argentina and Peru (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821399866
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development
    DDC: 382/.30982
    Keywords: Argentina ; Argentina ; Peru ; Peru ; Argentina Commerce ; Argentina Commercial policy ; Peru Commerce ; Peru Commercial policy ; Argentina Commerce ; Argentina Commercial policy ; Peru Commerce ; Peru Commercial policy
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9986-6
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    Toward interventions in Human resources for health in Ghana : evidence for health workforce planning and results (2013)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821396674 , 9780821396681
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxxiv, 194 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development. Human development
    DDC: 362.1068/3
    Keywords: Health Care Rationing ; Health Manpower ; Health Planning ; Health Care Rationing ; Health Manpower ; Health Planning
    Description / Table of Contents: Toward addressing remaining challenges on human resources for healthThe stock of health care workers -- The distribution of health care workers -- The performance of health care workers -- Agencies and their responsibilities for planning, developing, and managing human resources for health -- Interventions to improve stock, distribution and performance of HRH -- Available financing for policy and interventions -- The political economy of crafting policy.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9667-4
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    Reducing the vulnerability of Uzbekistan's agricultural systems to climate change : impact assessment and adaptation options (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464800009 , 9781464800016
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (p. cm)
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: World Bank studies
    Keywords: Agriculture Environmental aspects ; Agriculture and state ; Climatic changes Risk management ; Crops and climate ; Agriculture Environmental aspects ; Agriculture and state ; Climatic changes Risk management ; Crops and climate ; Agriculture ; Agriculture and state ; Climatic changes ; Crops and climate
    Description / Table of Contents: Current conditions for Uzbekistan agriculture and climateDesign and methodology -- Impacts of climate change on agriculture in Uzbekistan -- Identification of adaptation options for managing risk to Uzbekistan's agricultural systems -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Options to improve climate resilience of Uzbekistan's agriculture sector.
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0000-9
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    Reducing the vulnerability of FYR Macedonia's agricultural systems to climate change : impact assessment and adaptation options (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464800436 , 9781464800443
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (p. cm)
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: World Bank studies
    Keywords: Agriculture Environmental aspects ; Agriculture and state ; Climatic changes Risk management ; Crops and climate ; Agriculture Environmental aspects ; Agriculture and state ; Climatic changes Risk management ; Crops and climate ; Agriculture ; Agriculture and state ; Climatic changes ; Crops and climate
    Description / Table of Contents: Current conditions for Macedonian agriculture and climateDesign and methodology -- Impacts of climate change on agriculture in FYR Macedonia -- Identification of adaptation options for managing risk to FYR Macedonia's agricultural systems -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Priority options to improve climate resilience of FYR Macedonia's agricultural sector.
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0043-6
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    Reducing the vulnerability of Albania's agricultural systems to climate change : impact assessment and adaptation options (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464800474 , 9781464800481
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (p. cm)
    Edition: 2013 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: World Bank studies
    Keywords: Agriculture Environmental aspects ; Agriculture and state ; Climatic changes Risk management ; Crops and climate ; Agriculture Environmental aspects ; Agriculture and state ; Climatic changes Risk management ; Crops and climate ; Agriculture ; Agriculture and state ; Climatic changes ; Crops and climate
    Description / Table of Contents: Current conditions: Albanian agriculture and climateMethodology -- Impacts of climate change on agriculture in Albania -- Identification of adaptation options for managing risk to Albania's agricultural systems -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Options to improve climate resilience of Albania's agricultural sector.
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0047-4
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    Developing skills for economic transformation and social harmony in China : a study of Yunnan Province (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464800795
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 331.25/92095135
    Keywords: Economic development ; Manpower policy ; Occupational training ; Vocational education ; Economic development ; Manpower policy ; Occupational training ; Vocational education ; Economic development ; Manpower policy ; Occupational training ; Vocational education
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0079-5
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    Risking your health : causes, consequences, and interventions to prevent risky behaviors (2013)
    Washington, DC : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821399064
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xviii, 185 pages) , illustrations , 23 cm
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Human development perspectives
    DDC: 362.1
    Keywords: Developing Countries ; Health Behavior ; Health Status Indicators ; Poverty ; Public Health ; Risk Factors ; Risk-Taking ; Social Problems ; Developing Countries ; Health Behavior ; Health Status Indicators ; Poverty ; Public Health ; Risk Factors ; Risk-Taking ; Social Problems
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview of prevalence and trends of risky behaviors by region in the developing worldDeterminants of risky behavior -- The consequences of risky behavior -- Targeting risky behaviors using non-price interventions/legislation, information and education -- Using economic mechanisms to reduce risky behaviors : tax policy and other incentives.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9906-4
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    Emerging issues in financial development : lessons from Latin America (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821398289
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 332.098
    Keywords: Finance ; Financial institutions ; Monetary policy ; Finance ; Financial institutions ; Monetary policy ; Finance ; Financial institutions ; Monetary policy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9828-9
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    Ukraine Public Investment Management Performance Assessment 2012 (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Public Investment Review
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: Ukraine has extensive public infrastructure inherited from the Soviet times but much of it has fallen into disrepair over the past decades and needs major rehabilitation or replacement so that growth may continue. Creating fiscal space for investing more is one of the critical tasks that facing the country, but a constrained fiscal space together with the use of investments as a stimulus for growth call for more efficiency in public investment management practices. There are a number of fundamental issues that need to be addressed if Ukraine is to make progress in its reform ambitions for public investment management (PIM). The most significant are: (1) most projects avoid scrutiny due to loopholes in classification (lack of definition of a public investment project); (2) there is no effective economic appraisal and appraisal review procedures in place due to limited human resource (HR) capacity, and no common technical standards; (3) the PIM system does not seem to block new projects from entering the budget but allows ministries to delay ongoing ones and squeeze in new ones; and (4) lack of strategic guidance with which to prioritize complicates project selection. One of the fundamental building blocks of a sound PIM system is a clear, legal definition of what counts as a public investment project and what does not. It should be pointed out that this already high discrepancy is only a comparative measure of input values. Developing projects that are output and performance driven should yield even greater efficiencies. Between 2000 and 2008, Ukraine was an average growth performer in a fast growing region, with gross domestic product (GDP) growth averaging 7 percent. As the global financial crisis hit the Ukrainian economy it contracted by 15 percent in 2009, exposing its underlying macroeconomic and structural vulnerabilities. As a result of the insufficient structural transformation and impact of the economic crisis, Ukraine now faces substantial fiscal pressures that threaten economic stability and growth. The Government of Ukraine recognized the need for a modern public financial management (PFM) system and put considerable emphasis on several aspects of PFM reforms. Training for the development of capacity in the PIM system is tricky in Ukraine. It is becoming clear that due to the dynamic nature of the Ukrainian civil service, officials are rapidly moving from one area of the Administration to another
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    Assessing the Financial Sustainability of Jamaica's HIV Program (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Health Study
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: Jamaica has made many notable achievements in the fight against HIV/AIDS, which include a robust treatment program and improved HIV prevention programs that increasingly focus on the key drivers of the HIV epidemic and which are based on evidence. These attainments have resulted in a sustained decline in the estimated incidence of HIV and in a reduction in AIDS mortality. The national response to HIV/AIDS in Jamaica is currently financed by the Government as well as by several external sources, including the World Bank, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) and the United States government. It is expected, however, that external financing will cease or be significantly reduced in the next two years. As a result, a substantial increase in domestic financing for the national HIV/AIDS response will be needed. However, public debt levels are high, and the country is feeling the repercussions of the global financial crisis, thus the availability of domestic resources is and will be very tight. Any shortfall in financing whether domestic, external or both will have serious implications for the delivery of HIV services. The Government of Jamaica requested this study so as to inform its future HIV/AIDS policy response. This study is one input in a series of actions that the Government will undertake to formulate a future sustainability plan and investment framework for the National HIV Program. This study was led and financed by the World Bank and conducted in collaboration with the Government of Jamaica and United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The study aimed to assess the sustainability of Jamaica's National HIV Program from a fiscal perspective. Specifically, the purpose of the study was to: 1) review current spending on HIV/AIDS and the sources of financing; 2) estimate the fiscal burden of the national HIV/AIDS response and assess the outlook for external financing of the HIV program; 3) project how the epidemic will unfold as well as what the costs would be under different potential scenarios; and 4) provide recommendations to inform policy decisions
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    Medical Malpractice Systems Around the Globe : Examples from the US-Tort Liability System and the Sweden-No Fault System (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Health Study
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    Abstract: In this paper two main medical malpractice systems are discussed - tort liability system in the US and no-fault system adopted in OECD countries- most notably in Sweden. These systems were discussed from administrative issues, deterrence, financing,compensation, costs occur to parties involved in malpractice cases, quality of care and finally their impact on health care costs. Tort liability system is a "social insurance of a market society" where patients are compensated when the negligence is proved to be the cause of the injury, whereas no-fault system is a "social insurance of goodwill" where the patients are compensated without proof of providers' fault. Tort litigation system has been criticized for being inefficient, unfair, and costly to both patients, health care providers and to health care system. No-fault system is introduced as an alternative totort system and adopted by many developed OECD countries. Although the system is more efficient and less costly for providing compensation to patients, it limits the patient's right to appeal, and it appears that there is a trade-off between deterrence and the lower litigation costs. In order to overcome problems associated with the tort litigation system, several methods are suggested as an alternative current tort system in the US. These methods are discussed briefly at the end of the paper to provide information on different methods so that the countries who are in a process of planning to set a medical malpractice system could tailor some of suggested methods to their needs. There is no perfect medical malpractice system when the costs of litigation, deterrence, quality of care, financing, and fairness of compensation are considered simultaneously. Therefore, countries should adopt medical malpractice system by tailoring their functions to the conditions and the needs of the country
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    Armenia Economic Report, October 2013 : Stronger Structural Reforms Needed to Offset Macroeconomic Risks (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
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    Abstract: This economic report records the economic activities of Armenia for the year 2013. A steep decline in construction caused economic growth to weaken to 0.6 percent in the second quarter of 2013 (year-on-year) from 7.5 percent in the first quarter and 7.2 percent in 2012 as a whole. Developments of the current account were more favorable than expected earlier. The volume of metal exports rose substantially, more than offsetting lower international prices for copper and remittances remained high despite the slowdown of economic growth in Russia. For a third year in a row, fiscal policy is likely to be tighter because of lower than budgeted capital spending. This outcome reflects delays in the North-South corridor infrastructure project. With continued sluggish growth expected in Armenia's main trading partners, including Russia and the European Union (EU), we project growth of about 4-5 percent a year over the medium term. Armenia's authorities recognize the need to improve the business environment and competitiveness. The government's medium-term reform agenda, supported by a new Development Policy Operation from the World Bank, reflects these priorities. It includes critical business climate and public administration reforms, aimed at strengthening competitiveness and public sector efficiency. These are expected to contribute to job creation through reducing the costs of doing business for firms, expanding access to credit to Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and increasing opportunities for employment and job creation through increased trade and connectivity within and outside Armenian borders
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    World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update 2012, Volume 2 : Remaining Resilient (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (135 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Abstract: The World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update is a comprehensive, twice-yearly review of the region's economies prepared by the East Asia and Pacific region of the World Bank. In this edition, the report notes that the region is expected to contribute almost 40 percent of global growth in 2012, and a similar share in 2013.China’s economic slowdown affected the region’s economic performance. China’s growth is projected to reach 7.9 percent this year, 1.4 percentage points lower than last year’s 9.3 percent and the lowest growth rate since 1999. For 2014, we expect most countries in the region to benefit from a mild recovery in advanced countries as well as continued strong domestic demand. For economies in the region that face difficulties in budget execution, particularly of the capital budget, fiscal interventions could focus on increasing private domestic demand, such as targeted social assistance or investment tax credits
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    World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update 2011, Volume 2 : Navigating Turbulence, Sustaining Growth (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (105 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Abstract: The World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update is a comprehensive, twice-yearly review of the region's economies prepared by the East Asia and Pacific region of the World Bank. In 2011, an estimated 38 million people will move out of poverty, and the proportion of people living on less than US
    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0072-6
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    Growth Poles : The Next Phase (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: City Development Strategy
    Abstract: This report looks at the growth poles policy in Romania to determine ways to increase its effectiveness and efficiency for the next programming cycle (2014-2020). The growth poles policy in Romania has been initiated in 2008, as a means to support a balanced economic development of the country, while still targeting investments to maximize economic impact. A total of seven growth poles have been designated and are currently supported as such, via an integrated development plan designed for each. In an effort respond to all the above the Romanian Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration (MRDPA) has engaged with the World Bank in a broader advisory services partnership implemented between 2012-2013. The current review is a result of this joint work. The report is grouped into three main parts. The first part sets out the context of analysis, including a brief presentation of growth poles policy objectives as well as the European policy context, and conceptual debates in which it is framed. The second part includes a set of recommendations regarding the growth poles policy for the next programming cycle (2014-2020). The third part includes an analysis of each of the growth poles, presenting specific recommendations for each
    DOI: 10.1596/24488
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    Opening doors : gender equality and development in MENA (2013)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online edition s.l.
    Series Statement: MENA development report
    Series Statement: World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 305.420956
    Keywords: Sex discrimination against women / Africa, North ; Sex discrimination against women / Middle East ; Women / Legal status, laws, etc / Africa, North ; Women / Legal status, laws, etc / Middle East ; Women's rights / Africa, North ; Women's rights / Middle East
    Description / Table of Contents: AcknowledgementsForeword -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Gender equality in MENA : the facts and the puzzle -- Impressive achievements in human development -- Little discrimination between girls and boys within the household -- Of the lowest rates of excess female mortality in the world -- Rapid declines in maternal mortality -- More girls in school than in much of the world -- Virtually no gender gaps in enrolment, and reverse gender gaps in university, and math performance -- MENA's performance in human development is largely explained by economic development and wealth -- Some challenges remain -- The puzzle in MENA : why do women participate in such few numbers outside the home? -- Women in the workforce -- Women in business -- Women in politics -- What explains the mena puzzle? -- Religion is too simplistic an explanation -- Oil endowments alone cannot explain the paradox either -- Social norms and the legal framework limit women's agency ---
    Description / Table of Contents: Social and cultural norms constrain women's roles outside the home -- Evolving norms and the invisible hand of marriage -- Equality under the law and its enforcement is critical for women's agency -- Legal systems differ widely and derive from multiple sources -- Legal constraints to women's agency in MENA -- Economic incentives dampen participation in the workforce -- A social contract underpinned by a generous but costly welfare state -- Extensive public sector employment with generous compensation -- Generous subsidies encourage women to stay at home -- State regulation and intervention in the market -- Heavy investment in education, but not the kind that businesses want -- Unequal access to entrepreneurship opportunities -- The time for reform is now -- Aspirations are changing -- As education levels increase, female labor force participation will likely increase -- A demographic gift? -- The social contract is no longer sustainable ---
    Description / Table of Contents: Opening the door to women : policy directions -- A roadmap for reform -- Policies to address the region's challenges -- Closing the remaining gender gaps in human deelopment -- Expanding economic opportunities for women -- Closing gender gaps in voice and agency -- Supporting evidence-based policy making -- References -- Technical annex -- Appendix 1.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Rwanda Diagnostic Review of Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy : Volume 2. Comparison with Good Practices (2013)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Financial Accountability Study
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    Abstract: Although the Parliament of Rwanda has passed an impressive array of financial sector laws since 2008, the laws relevant to financial consumer protection are very limited and in some cases overlapping. Consumer protection in Rwandan banking, microfinance, and insurance sectors is fragmented because of insufficiently defined roles and responsibilities among institutions and unclear enforcement capacity. While there are some strong provisions in some areas such as electronic money transfer, electronic transmission, credit information, and market conduct regulation in the insurance industry, many other areas are lagging. Rwandan authorities recognize that a sound financial consumer protection framework is fundamental to improving usage and quality of financial services, access to them, and overall deepening of the financial sector. This World Bank diagnostic review was requested by the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) in November 2012. Modules on banking and microfinance sectors were developed based on publicly available information and data during the World Bank mission in Rwanda, and the review of the insurance sector was conducted through a desk review using the data obtained from BNR data requests and questionnaires, and the analysis is therefore constrained by it. Volume I of the review summarizes its key findings and recommendations, and volume II provides a detailed assessment against the World Bank's good practices on financial consumer protection
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    Machine-to-Machine Communications : Connecting Billions of Devices (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    Language: English
    Pages: 45 p. , 21 x 29.7cm
    Series Statement: OECD Digital Economy Papers no.192
    DOI: 10.1787/5k9gsh2gp043-en
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    Doing Better for Families : (Korean version) (2012)
    Seoul : OECD/Korea Policy Centre, Korea
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    ISBN: 9789264169982
    Language: Korean
    Pages: Online-Ressource (275 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Doing Better for Families
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Assurer le bien-être des familles
    Keywords: Employment ; Governance ; Social Issues/Migration/Health
    DOI: 10.1787/9789264169982-ko
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    Pensions at a Glance Asia/Pacific 2011 (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    ISBN: 9789264107007
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (108 p.) , ill.
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    Strategic Transport Infrastructure Needs to 2030 (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    ISBN: 9789264168626
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (248 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als OECD Strategic transport infrastructure needs to 2030
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    RB 10762
    Keywords: -2030 ; Verkehrsinfrastruktur ; Infrastrukturversorgung ; OECD-Staaten ; Finance and Investment ; Transport ; Economics ; OECD ; Mitgliedsstaaten ; Verkehrsinfrastruktur ; Bedarfsplanung
    Abstract: Transcontinental Infrastructure Needs to 2030/50 explores the long-term opportunities and challenges facing major gateway and transport hub infrastructures -- ports, airports and major rail corridors – in the coming decades. The report uses projections and scenarios to assess the broader economic outlook and future infrastructure requirements, and examines the options for financing these, not least against the backdrop of the economic recession and financial crisis which have significantly modified the risks and potential rewards associated with major infrastructure projects. Building on numerous in-depth case studies from Europe, North America and Asia, the report offers insights into the economic prospects for these key facilities and identifies policy options for improved gateway and corridor infrastructure in the future.
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    Society at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2011 (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    ISBN: 9789264106154
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (96 p.) , ill.
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    Strategic Environmental Assessment in Development Practice : A Review of Recent Experience (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    ISBN: 9789264166745
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (124 p.)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Strategic environmental assessment in development practice
    Keywords: Umweltverträglichkeit ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Entwicklungsländer ; Environment ; Development ; Entwicklungsländer ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Umweltverträglichkeit
    Abstract: The principles of sustainable development play an integral role in making development assistance work at the level of policies, plans and programmes. In response to the Paris Declaration call to “… develop and apply common approaches for ‘Strategic Environmental Assessment’ at sector and national levels” among donors and partners, the Guidance on Applying Strategic Environmental Assessment was endorsed in 2006 by members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee, representatives of developing countries receiving aid, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Bank and many other agencies. Since then, a growing number of countries at all levels of development have legislation or regulations prescribing the application of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)  and many more are introducing it as part of their policy tools. This is creating unique opportunities for better policy making and planning by incorporating environmental considerations into high-level decision-making and opening new mechanisms to build consensus on development priorities within governments themselves and between governments and societies. Many development co-operation agencies and their partners are already making good progress in applying SEA. This publication presents the nine most interesting case studies of SEA in progress, selected from a total 100. These nine cases highlight that SEA can:• Safeguard environmental assets for sustainable poverty reduction and development;• Build public engagement in decision making;• Prevent costly mistakes by alerting decision-makers to potentially unsustainable development options at an early stage in the decision-making process;• Speed up implementation of projects and programmes;• Facilitate co-operation around shared environmental resources and contribute to conflict prevention.
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    Global Security Risks and West Africa : Development Challenges (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    ISBN: 9789264171848
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (136 p.)
    Series Statement: West African Studies
    Keywords: Development
    Abstract: This publication explores current global security issues, their development in West Africa and their potential impact on regional stability. It takes a close look at issues such as terrorism and trafficking, climate change, and the links between “security and development”. Some of these issues are still the object of heated debate. This book draws attention to the risk of oversimplified analyses and biased perceptions of security risks. It also highlights the need for coordinated policies and dialogue between West Africa, North Africa and OECD countries.
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    Networks of Innovation : Towards New Models for Managing Schools and Systems (Hungarian version) (2012)
    Budapest : Hungarian Institute for Educational Research and Development
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    ISBN: 9789264174610
    Language: Hungarian
    Pages: Online-Ressource , ill.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Networks of Innovation; Towards New Models for Managing Schools and Systems
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Réseaux d'innovation ; Vers de nouveaux modèles de gestion des écoles et des systèmes
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Networks of Innovation: Towards New Models for Managing Schools and Systems
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Réseaux d'innovation : Vers de nouveaux modèles de gestion des écoles et des systèmes
    Keywords: Education ; Governance
    Abstract: A hazai és nemzetközi tapasztalatok alapján az intézményi, helyi és rendszerszintű változások elősegítéséhez célszerű az érintettek partnerségére törekedni, és a párhuzamos erőfeszítések révén nyert tudást, valamint a működő gyakorlatok cseréjét a hálózatos működés lehetőségeivel támogatni. A meglévő tapasztalatok ellenére a hálózatokban zajló munka, különösen új hálózatok építése és működésük vagy növekedésük segítése, áldozattal járó kihívás a többség számára. A horizontális együttműködéssel járó erőfeszítések olyan befektetést jelentenek, amelyek számos közvetett hatáson keresztül és gyakran csak hosszabb távon „térülnek meg”. A hálózatosodás szakmai és pénzügyi ösztönzése csökkentheti a többletvállalásoktól való tartózkodást, a szakmai elbizonytalanodás és a konfliktusoktól való félelem kockázatát. A pályázati lehetőségeken túl az eredményes együttműködés technikai és emberi dimenzióira is nagy hangsúlyt kell fektetni. Az e területre vonatkozó tudás gyarapításához kíván lendületet adni a kiadvány, melynek kérdésfelvetéseit, elméleti alapvetéseit és esettanulmányokra épülő gyakorlati következtetéseit reményeink szerint izgalmas viták és a hálózatosodás további erősödése követheti majd.
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    Dealing Effectively with the Challenges of Transfer Pricing (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    ISBN: 9789264169463
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (106 p.)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Dealing effectively with the challenges of transfer pricing
    Keywords: Verrechnungspreis ; OECD-Staaten ; Welt ; Taxation ; Industry and Services ; OECD ; Verrechnungspreis
    Abstract: This report addresses the practical administration of transfer pricing programmes by tax administrations. Technical analysis of how transfer prices should be computed in accordance with the arm’s length principle is outside the scope of this report. Instead the report focuses on the practical experiences of a number of FTA member countries and some non-member countries. The report discusses ways in which the management of transfer pricing programmes can be optimised, so that transfer pricing audits and enquiries are conducted efficiently and in a timely manner, for the benefit of MNEs and tax administrations alike. It is concerned with the practical steps tax administrations need to take to correctly identify transfer pricing cases that merit audit or enquiry and then to progress those cases to as early a conclusion as possible.
    DOI: 10.1787/9789264169463-en
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    Literacy, Numeracy and Problem Solving in Technology-Rich Environments : Framework for the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    ISBN: 9789264128859
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (60 p.)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Literacy, numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments
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    DW 1000
    Keywords: Qualifikation ; Erwachsene ; Analphabetismus ; Informationstechnik ; OECD-Staaten ; Education ; Erwachsener ; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit ; Rechenfähigkeit
    Abstract: A basic level of literacy and numeracy is essential for full participation in modern societies. While very few people in most of the advanced countries could be regarded as illiterate or innumerate, recent studies have shown that there are, in fact, significant numbers of people with poor skills, and that low levels of skills are associated with lower wages and greater chances of unemployment and disengagement from the labour market. At the same time, technological changes, particularly the increasing presence of information and communication technologies in all areas of life, have led to a growing demand for higher-level cognitive skills that involve understanding, interpreting, analysing and communicating complex information. In this context, policy makers need the most comprehensive and up-to-date information if they want to ensure that the supply of skills in the labour force matches labour-market demand. The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), an international assessment of adult skills managed by the OECD, will be central in providing that information. Implemented by 25 countries in Europe, the Americas and Asia, PIAAC is compiling one of the richest sources of data regarding the skills that adults use in their work, home and communities, and related information, including family background, education, employment, income, civic participation and health. Results from the data, which are being collected from August 2011 to March 2012, will be available at the end of 2013. This report maps the development of the Programme, from determining what should be measured, to defining the meaning of PIAAC’s three core domains, “literacy”, “numeracy” and “problem solving in technology-rich environments”, to designing assessment tasks and determining how those tasks will be interpreted. It summarises the draft frameworks, developed by dedicated experts, for each of the assessment domains, and includes examples of the items and stimuli used to measure proficiency in the three domains. In essence, it provides an overview and a look at the underpinnings of PIAAC.
    DOI: 10.1787/9789264128859-en
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    OECD Review of Telecommunication Policy and Regulation in Mexico (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    ISBN: 9789264060111
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (140 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Estudio de la OCDE sobre políticas y regulación de telecomunicaciones en México
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als OECD OECD review of telecommunication policy and regulation in Mexico
    Keywords: Telekommunikationspolitik ; Regulierung ; Mexiko ; Governance ; Science and Technology ; Mexico ; Mexiko ; Telekommunikationspolitik ; Regulierung
    Abstract: This publication reviews the telecommunication market in Mexico, examines the current policy and regulatory framework of the sector and puts forward proposals for reform in order to develop competition in the market.
    DOI: 10.1787/9789264060111-en
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    Mortality Risk Valuation in Environment, Health and Transport Policies (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    ISBN: 9789264130807
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (140 p.)
    Keywords: Environment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Transport
    Abstract: The book presents a major meta-analysis of 'value of a statistical life' (VSL) estimates derived from surveys where people around the world have been asked about their willingness to pay for small reduction in mortality risks. The analysis seeks to explain the differences in the estimates, for example across countries. Differences in incomes and the magintude of the risk reduction people have been asked to value were found to be the factors having the strongest impact on VSL, but a number of other policy-relevant factors are also important. Based on the meta-analysis, and a broad review of the literature, the book also presents clear advice on how VSL values best can be used in assessments of environmental, health and transport policies, such as in cost-benefit analyses. Using explicit VSL estimates to quantify the benefits to society of fatality risk reductions can play an important role in the development of more cost-effective public policies.
    DOI: 10.1787/9789264130807-en
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    Are Boys and Girls Ready for the Digital Age? (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    Language: English
    Pages: 4 p. , 21 x 29.7cm
    Series Statement: PISA in Focus no.12
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Garçons et filles sont-ils également prêts à affronter l'ère numérique ?
    Keywords: Education
    Abstract: Information and communication technologies revolutionise not only the speed at which information can be transmitted, but also how information is conveyed and received. Technological innovations have a profound effect on the types of skills that are demanded in today's labour markets and the types of jobs that have the greatest potential for growth. Most of these jobs now require some familiarity with, if not mastery of, navigating through digital material where readers determine the structure of what they read rather than follow the pre-established order of text as presented in a book…
    DOI: 10.1787/5k9gzj7398bw-en
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    Does Money Buy Strong Performance in PISA? (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    Language: English
    Pages: 4 p. , 21 x 29.7cm
    Series Statement: PISA in Focus no.13
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Argent rime-t-il avec bonne performance dans l'enquête PISA ?
    Keywords: Education
    Abstract: This issue will show that strong performers do not invest scarce resources in smaller classes, but in higher teachers' salaries. They are neither the countries that spend the most on education, nor are they the wealthiest countries; rather they are the countries that are committed to providing high-quality education to all students in the belief that all students can achieve at high levels.
    DOI: 10.1787/5k9fhmfzc4xx-en
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    Estudio de la OCDE sobre políticas y regulación de telecomunicaciones en México (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    ISBN: 9789264166790
    Language: Spanish
    Pages: Online-Ressource (140 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. OECD Review of Telecommunication Policy and Regulation in Mexico
    Keywords: Governance ; Science and Technology ; Mexico
    Abstract: El presente estudio ha sido realizado por la Dirección de Ciencia, Tecnología e Industria de la ocde (dsti) bajo los auspicios del Comité de Políticas de la Información, Informática y Comunicación (Comité iccp) en respuesta a una solicitud del gobierno de México, a instancias de la Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones (Cofetel), y a través de la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (sct), por ser ambas instituciones las encargadas de representar a México en el Comité iccp. La revisión de la ocde de la política y la regulación de las telecomunicaciones tomó como base las respuestas de las autoridades mexicanas a un cuestionario, así como los resultados de una extensa serie de entrevistas realizadas a los principales actores del sector de las telecomunicaciones durante una misión de investigación efectuada en México. El informe fue objeto de una revisión de pares en el Comité iccp el 27 de octubre de 2011, siendo la revisión encabezada por la doctora Mónica Ariño (Ofcom, Reino Unido) y el señor François Lions (arcep, Francia). Se terminó a principios de noviembre de 2011 y refleja los avances hasta ese momento.
    DOI: 10.1787/9789264166790-es
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    Food and the Tourism Experience : The OECD-Korea Workshop (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    ISBN: 9789264171923
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (173 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: OECD Studies on Tourism
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Food and the tourism experience
    Keywords: Tourismuswirtschaft ; Gastronomie ; Tourismuspolitik ; Tourismusökonomie ; Südkorea ; Spanien ; Österreich ; Japan ; Frankreich ; Italien ; Nordeuropa ; Industry and Services
    Abstract: Tourism is a major part of the contemporary experience economy, in which food plays an important role. Food is a key part of all cultures, a major element of global intangible heritage and an increasingly important attraction for tourists. The linkages between food and tourism also provide a platform for local economic development, which can be strengthened by the use of food experiences for branding and marketing destinations. One of the major challenges in the experience economy is dealing with the shift towards intangible culture and heritage. The focus of many tourists has changed from the classic 'must see' physical sights such as museums and monuments towards a ‘must-experience’ imperative to consume intangible expressions of culture, such as atmosphere, creativity and lifestyle. This provides new opportunities for tourism destinations as well as new challenges, particularly in the areas of experience development, marketing and branding. This publication provides an understanding of the role of food tourism in local economic development and its potential for country branding. It also presents several innovative case studies in the food tourism sector and the experience industry.
    DOI: 10.1787/9789264171923-en
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    Equity and Quality in Education : Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    ISBN: 9789264130852
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (168 p.)
    Keywords: Education
    Abstract: Across OECD countries, almost one in every five students does not reach a basic minimum level of skills. In addition, students from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds are twice as likely to be low performers. Lack of fairness and inclusion can lead to school failure and this means that one in every five young adults on average drop out before completing upper secondary education. Reducing school failure pays off for both society and individuals. The highest performing education systems across OECD countries combine quality with equity. This report presents policy recommendations for education systems to help all children succeed in their schooling.
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    Sick on the Job? : Myths and Realities about Mental Health and Work (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    ISBN: 9789264124523
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (206 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Mental Health and Work
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Mal-être au travail ? ; Mythes et réalités sur la santé mentale et l'emploi
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Mal-être au travail ? : Mythes et réalités sur la santé mentale et l'emploi
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sick on the job?
    DDC: 158.72
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    CU 3040
    Keywords: Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Arbeit ; Psychische Gesundheit
    Abstract: The costs of mental ill-health for the individuals concerned, employers and society at large are enormous. Mental illness is responsible for a very significant loss of potential labour supply, high rates of unemployment, and a high incidence of sickness absence and reduced productivity at work. In particular, mental illness causes too many young people to leave the labour market, or never really enter it, through early moves onto disability benefit. Today, between one-third and one-half of all new disability benefit claims are for reasons of mental ill-health, and among young adults that proportion goes up to over 70%. Indeed, mental ill-health is becoming a key issue for the well-functioning of OECD’s labour markets and social policies and requires a stronger focus on policies addressing mental health and work issues. Despite the very high costs to the individuals and the economy, there is only little awareness about the connection between mental health and work, and the drivers behind the labour market outcomes and the level of inactivity of people with mental ill-health. Understanding these drivers is critical for the development of more effective policies. This report aims to identify the knowledge gaps and begin to narrow them by reviewing evidence on the main challenges and barriers to better integrating people with mental illness in the world of work.
    DOI: 10.1787/9789264124523-en
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    How Has the Global Economic Crisis Affected People with Different Levels of Education ? (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    Language: English
    Pages: 4 p. , 21 x 29.7cm
    Series Statement: Education Indicators in Focus no.1
    Keywords: Education
    Abstract: With all the economic turmoil of the past several years, have you ever wished you could buy an insurance policy to protect against the effects of a global recession? Well, such an insurance policy already exists – and it’s called higher education. During the first two years of the global economic crisis, in country after country, people with a tertiary (higher) education were much less likely to be unemployed, much more likely to be participating in the labour force, and more likely to have higher earnings, compared to their less-educated counterparts. These and other findings are discussed in the first issue of the OECD’s new education brief series, Education Indicators in Focus.
    DOI: 10.1787/5k9fgpwlc6s0-en
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    How Are Countries Around the World Supporting Students in Higher Education? (2012)
    Paris : OECD Publishing
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    Language: English
    Pages: 4 p. , 21 x 29.7cm
    Series Statement: Education Indicators in Focus no.2
    Keywords: Education
    Abstract: Few would dispute that having a higher education is more important than ever to help people build positive economic futures and strengthen the knowledge economies of countries. Yet as the second issue of the OECD’s new brief series Education Indicators in Focus explains, OECD countries have adopted dramatically different strategies for increasing higher education access – both in terms of how higher education is financed, and in the level of financial support they provide to individuals seeking a degree.
    DOI: 10.1787/5k9fd0kd59f4-en
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    Economic mobility and the rise of the Latin American middle class (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780821396346
    Language: English
    Pages: xv, 182 pages
    Series Statement: World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies
    DDC: 305.5/5098
    Keywords: Wirtschaft ; Income ; Middle class ; Households Economic aspects ; Occupational mobility ; Social mobility ; Lateinamerika ; Latin America Economic conditions
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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    Early child development in China : breaking the cycle of poverty and improving future competitiveness (2012)
    Washington, D.C. : World Bank
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    ISBN: 9780821395646 (Sekundärausgabe) , 9780821395653 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource World Bank E-Library ISBN 9780821395646
    Edition: ISBN 9780821395653 (electronic)
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 305.2310951
    Note: Online-Ausg.:
    URL: http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-9564-6
    URL: Inhaltsbeschreibung der Sammlung und Zugangshinweise
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