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Out-of-Court Debt Restructuring 21 Dec 2011 | 09:00 am
This study provides a conceptual framework for the analysis of the questions of out-of-court debt restructuring from a policy-oriented perspective. The starting point of the analysis is given by the W...
Health Insurance Handbook 21 Dec 2011 | 09:00 am
Many countries that subscribe to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have committed to ensuring access to basic health services for their citizens. Health insurance has been considered and promote...
Combating Malnutrition in Ethiopia 21 Dec 2011 | 09:00 am
Despite recent progress, malnutrition remains a severe problem in Ethiopia, especially among young children. Many of them suffer lifelong consequences in terms of higher risk of mortality and future i...
A Primer on Policies for Jobs 21 Dec 2011 | 09:00 am
Recent events have required labor economists to rethink their approach toward the markets and this book aims to bring this rethinking to the forefront. The global economic crisis of 2008-2009, a rapid...
More and Better Jobs in South Asia 20 Dec 2011 | 09:00 am
South Asia has created nearly 800,000 jobs per month during the last decade. Robust economic growth in large parts of the region has created better jobs -- those that pay higher wages for wage workers...
Global Development Finance 2012 14 Dec 2011 | 09:00 am
Global Development Finance 2012: External Debt of Developing Countries is a continuation of the World Bank’s publications Global Development Finance, Volume II (1997 through 2009) and the earlier Worl...
Trusting Trade and the Private Sector for Food Security in Southeast Asia 9 Dec 2011 | 09:00 am
Trusting Trade and the Private Sector for Food Security in Southeast Asia challenges policy makers who oversee the rice sector in Southeast Asia and reexamines deep-rooted precepts about their respons...
Rents to Riches? 9 Dec 2011 | 09:00 am
This volume focuses on the political economy surrounding the detailed decisions that governments make at each step of the value chain for natural resource management. From the perspective of public in...
Greening the Wind 1 Dec 2011 | 09:00 am
Wind power is widely regarded as a key component of an environmentally sustainable, low-carbon energy future because it is renewable, requires almost no water, and generates near-zero emissions of gre...
The Little Data Book on Climate Change 2011 1 Dec 2011 | 09:00 am
The Little Data Book on Climate Change is based on World Development Indicators 2011, the World Bank’s premier data publication. It provides a broad overview of climate change data and includes a dive...