Authors:World Bank Group, Policy World Bank,
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: bank, country, study, world, jamaica, sustained, growth, road
Number of Pages: 209
Published: 2004-05-31
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 082135826X
ISBN-13: 9780821358269

The Road to Sustained Growth in Jamaica is part of the World Bank Country Study series. These reports are published with the approval of the subject government to communicate the results of the Bank’s work on the economic and related conditions of member countries to governments and to the development community. Jamaica’s economic history is a story of paradoxes and potential. It has an English-speaking and a reasonably well-educated labor force, is close to the world’s largest market, the United States, and has an abundance of natural beauty, which has spurred tourism. Many of its s

Authors:World Bank Group, Policy World Bank,
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: world, bank, country, study, chile, protection, risk, management, social, household
Number of Pages: 93
Published: 2004-11
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0821359533
ISBN-13: 9780821359532

Household Risk Management and Social Protection in Chile is part of the World Bank Country Study series. These reports are published with the approval of the subject government to communicate the results of the Bank’s work on the economic and related conditions of member countries to governments and to the development community. Household Risk Management and Social Protection in Chile takes a critical look at the country’s social protection "system" – broadly defined to include policy interventions, public institutions, and the regulation of private institutions that lower the we

Authors:World Bank Group, Policy World Bank,
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: world, bank, studies, strategy, integrated, poverty, alleviation, brazil, rural
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2003-03-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0821352067
ISBN-13: 9780821352069

Authors:World Bank Group, Policy World Bank,
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: world, bank, country, study, studies, review, republic, joining, development, policy, slovak
Number of Pages: 202
Published: 2003-07
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0821355104
ISBN-13: 9780821355107

The Slovak economy experienced in 2002 its best performance since it pulled out of the financial crisis of 1998. However, soon after recovery was under way and had begun to generate jobs, macroeconomic imbalance resurfaced, while more than 18 percent of the labor force remains unemployed. Accession to the EU provides a window of opportunity to tackle those remaining challenges. This study suggests an eleven-point agenda for immediate policy action and a longer-term overhaul of major spending programs in the areas of education, health, and social protection. The success of this strategy is p

Author: World Bank Group
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: indicators, development, world
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2005-04
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 082136071X
ISBN-13: 9780821360712

World Development Indicators, the World Bank’s respected statistical publication presents the most current and accurate information on global development on both a national level and aggregated globally. This information allows readers to monitor the progress made toward meeting the goals endorsed by the United Nations and its member countries, the World Bank, and a host of partner organizations in September 2001 in their Millennium Development Goals. The print edition of World Development Indicators 2005 allows you to consult over 80 tables and over 800 indicators for 152 economies and

Author: World Bank Group
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: planning, management, allocation, water, sectoral, inter
Number of Pages: 165
Published: 1999-03
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 082134465X
ISBN-13: 9780821344651

Author: World Bank Group
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: africa, forum, development, time, infrastructure, transformation
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2009-12-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0821380419
ISBN-13: 9780821380413

Sustainable infrastructure development is vital for Africa’s prosperity. And now is the time to begin the transformation. This volume is the culmination of an unprecedented effort to document, analyze, and interpret the full extent of the challenge in developing Sub-Saharan Africa’s infrastructure sectors. As a result, it represents the most comprehensive reference currently available on infrastructure in the region. The book covers the five main economic infrastructure sectors information and communication technology, irrigation, power, transport, and water and sanitation. Afr