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By examining economic development in the Middle East in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, this textbook introduces undergraduate and...

During the 1980s and 1990s, financial sectors were the Achilles' heel of economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean...

How did the industrialized nations of North America and Europe come to be seen as the appropriate models for post-World...

Three billion people will be added to the world ' s population over the next 50 years and 2.8 billion...

The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) brings together the world's finest development thinkers to present their perspectives...

Markets should give incentives to engage in wider trade, forge the ability to use resources, and skills fully, and provide...

This book explains how changing technology and economizing behavior induce vast changes in productivity, resource allocation, labor utilization, and patterns...

"Fifth in population and geographical size and fourteenth in total income, Brazil is not only a regional, but also potentially...

The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain...

This book analyzes the institutional underpinnings of East AsiaOs dynamic growth by exploring the interplay between governance and flexibility in...

Since the late 1990s, an essential shift has taken place in the pattern of private sector financial flows to developing...

Events of the past twenty years, including the Cold War and the War on Terror, have meant that the environments...

"An excellent examination of the global remittances policy agenda, Remittances: Development Impact and Future Prospects is a timely and exciting...

Poverty in Africa is largely the outcome of slow growth. With the region hosting 10 percent of the world's population...

The World Bank has gained significant experience and has an important role to play in supporting innovation systems projects (successful...

Throughout much of history, a critical driving force behind global economic development has been the response of society to the...

The 2008 financial crisis has raised a number of questions about the best strategy for achieving sustained growth and poverty...

Guangdong, a province of over 93 million residents, is located on the southern coast of China, boarding with Hong Kong,...

Nigeria's political economy has straddled the ideological divide between socialism and capitalism. The country produces oil, and at some point...