World Bank: 627 books
Innovative Experiences in Access to Finance
Market-Friendly Roles for the Visible Hand?
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
Interest in access to finance and awareness of its importance have increased significantly since the early 2000s. Growing evidence suggests that lack of access to credit prevents many households and firms from financing high-return investment projects, which has an adverse effect on growth and poverty...
Shock Waves
Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015
Ending poverty and stabilizing climate change will be two unprecedented global achievements and two major steps toward sustainable development. But the two objectives cannot be considered in isolation: they need to be jointly tackled through an integrated strategy. This report brings together those two...
by Murrugarra Edmundo; Larrison Jennica; Sasin Marcin
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
This volume uses recent research from the World Bank to document and analyze the bidirectional relationship between poverty and migration in developing countries. The case studies chapters compiled in this book (from Tanzania Nepal Albania and Nicaragua) as well as the last policy-oriented chapter illustrate...
Deliberation and Development
Rethinking the Role of Voice and Collective Action in Unequal Societies
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2015
Deliberation is the process by which a group of people, each with equal voice, can - via a process of discussion and debate - reach an agreement. Deliberation and Development attempts to do two things. First, it rethinks the role of deliberation in development and shows that it has potential well beyond...
Opening the Black Box
The Contextual Drivers of Social Accountability
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Opening the Black Box: Contextual Drivers of Social Accountability fills an important knowledge gap by providing guidance on how to assess contextual drivers of social accountability effectiveness. This publication aims to more strategically support citizen engagement at the country level and for a specific...
Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
A Case for Adaptation Governance and Leadership in Building Climate Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
In the Arab countries, climate change is a risk to poverty reduction and economic growth, threatening to unravel many of the development gains that have been achieved. The Arab Region is already suffering adverse consequences from climate variability and change. This book provides information on climate...
Wage Inequality in Latin America
Understanding the Past to Prepare for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
What caused the decline in wage inequality of the 2000s in Latin America? Looking to the future, will the current economic slowdown be regressive? Wage Inequality in Latin America: Understanding the Past to Prepare for the Future addresses these two questions by reviewing relevant literature and providing...
Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 7)
Injury Prevention and Environmental Health
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
The substantial burden of death and disability that results from interpersonal violence, road traffic injuries, unintentional injuries, occupational health risks, air pollution, climate change, and inadequate water and sanitation falls disproportionally on low- and middle-income countries. Injury...
by Croitoru Lelia; Sarraf Maria
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
How much is a cleaner environment worth? For policy makers, that question goes largely unanswered. It's not that the environment is seen as unimportant. It's simply much easier to compare the costs and benefits of tangible projects such as airports and electrical grids, than it is to weigh...
Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 4)
Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Mental, neurological, and substance use disorders are common, highly disabling, and associated with significant premature mortality. The impact of these disorders on the social and economic well-being of individuals, families, and societies is large, growing, and underestimated. Despite this burden,...
Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 5)
Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Related Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related conditions cause more than 40 percent of all deaths globally, and their substantial burden is rising, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Their burden extends well beyond health effects to include significant economic and societal consequences....
Beyond the Gap
How Countries Can Afford the Infrastructure They Need while Protecting the Planet
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2019
Beyond the Gap: How Countries Can Afford the Infrastructure They Need while Protecting the Planet aims to shift the debate regarding investment needs away from a simple focus on spending more and toward a focus on spending better on the right objectives, using relevant metrics. It does so by offering...
The Safe Food Imperative
Accelerating Progress in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
Food safety hazards are increasingly being recognized as a major public health problem worldwide, yet among developing countries, there is limited understanding of the wider-ranging socio-economic costs of unsafe food and the benefits of remedial or preventative measures. This limited evidence base...
South Asia's Hotspots
The Impact of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Living Standards
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
South Asia is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Most previous studies have focused on the projected impacts of sea-level rise or extreme weather - droughts, floods, heatwaves and storm surges. This study adds to that knowledge by identifying the impacts of long-term changes in the climate...