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"A wonderful resource ..." -- CHOICE MAGAZINE "An exceptional book ..." -- GLOBAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS REVIEW The...

Impact evaluation has grown more popular as a method for identifying the causal links between interventions and outcomes. These kind...

Public Expenditure Review of Armenia is part of the World Bank Country Study series. These reports are published with...

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

The 1997 Bank reforms that introduced the matrix management concept aimed to adapt the organization to changing circumstances and address...

More than one third of world trade occurs within actual or prospective trading blocs. This report attempts to understand the...

"Malaria afflicts millions in low- and middle-income countries. For centuries, it has impaired economic growth, child development, learning, health, and...

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

"The Uganda Nutrition and Early Childhood Development Project was one of the World Bank's first projects to demonstrate the value-added...

This paper, based on quantitative surveys at the level of primary health care facilities, health care personnel, and households in...

The report provides data on progress and trends in reaching the Millennium Development Goals for health, nutrition and population. It...

'Global Development Finance'-the World Bank's annual report on the external financing of developing countries-provides monitoring and analysis of development......

Geographical differences in living standards are a pressing concern for policymakers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Economies...

This document assesses the quality of financial accountability and transparency in Nepal and makes recommendations for improvement. The financial accountability...

The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2008 is one of a series of pocket-sized books intended to provide...

This study provides a conceptual framework for the analysis of the questions of out-of-court debt restructuring from a policy-oriented perspective....

Too often, services fail poor people-in access, in quality, and in affordability. But the fact that there are striking examples...

Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific examines the relationship between gender equality and development and outlines an...

Globalization has increased competitive pressures on firms. Together with rapid technological change, it has altered the environment in which firms...

"Earthquakes, floods, drought, and other natural hazards cause tens of thousands of deaths, hundreds of thousands of injuries, and billions...