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
Authors:Joselito S. Gallardo, Bikki K. Randhawa, Orlando J.
Publisher: World Bank
Keywords: bank, lanka, world, paper, sri, discussion, hatton, microfinance, program, case, commercial, national
Number of Pages: 39
Published: 1997-06
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0821340026
ISBN-13: 9780821340028
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
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: world, bank, country, study, studies, action, america, education, strategy, agenda, central
Number of Pages: 116
Published: 2005-06-23
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0821362585
ISBN-13: 9780821362587
The main objective of this regional report is to provide an in-depth diagnosis of where Central American countries stand along several education dimensions, underscoring the most urgent and serious challenges, and suggesting policy options to address them. This is the first attempt at providing a comprehensive quantification of educational outcomes in four comparable Central American countries: El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. The report identifies three urgent priorities for improving Central American education systems: improving learning, reaching universal primary completion
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: 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
Author: Fareed M. A. Hassan
Publisher: African Development Bank
Keywords: bank, evaluation, development, world, operations, study, lesotho, challenging, environment, jointworld, african
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2002-06
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0821351567
ISBN-13: 9780821351567
Lesotho is a small, poor, and mountainous country of approximately two million people. There are many development challenges confronting Lesotho with half of the country’s population living below the poverty line. Lesotho’s income inequality is also among the highest in the world. Other obstacles to sustainable development include low quality of education and poor health services, widespread HIV/AIDS, and weak institutions. This Country Assistance Evaluation, prepared in collaboration with the African Development Bank Group, details Lesotho’s political, economic, and social d
