World Bank Publications
The World Bank is an international financial institution which operates for the benefit of its 188 member countries. It aims to reduce poverty, support development and provide financial assistance to poorer countries through its reconstruction and development activities. The World Bank is also the world's largest funder of education, biodiversity projects, water supply and sanitation projects, and the fight against HIV/AIDs.
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(2018)
| 9781464813283 | World Bank Publications | pbk. | book | 148pp | Availability last checked: 25/11/2019
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Work is constantly reshaped by technological progress. New ways of productionare adopted, markets expand, and societies evolve. But some changes provoke moreattention than others, in part due to the vast uncertainty involved in makingpredictions about the future. The 2019 World Development Report will...
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(2019)
| 9781464814570 | World Bank Publications | pbk. | book | 290pp | Availability last checked: 22/1/2020
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Global value chains (GVCs) powered the surge of international trade after 1990and now account for almost half of all trade. This shift enabled anunprecedented economic convergence: poor countries grew rapidly and began tocatch up with richer countries. Since the 2008 global financial crisis, however,the...
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(2019)
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(2020)
| World Bank Publications | online database | Availability last checked: 3/12/2019
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(2013)
| 9780821398937 | World Bank Publications | pbk. | book | 298pp
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Over the past two decades, the rapid integration of many developing countriesinto global markets has contributed to a convergence of incomes acrosscountries, pulling large economies like China, India, and Indonesia into themiddle-income ranks. On the other hand, these same factors have contributed towidening...
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(2020)
| 9781464812460 | World Bank Publications | pbk. | book | 250pp | Availability last checked: 25/11/2019
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Coming in April 2020
This report focuses on the impact of environmental degradation on the poorest,and the sustainability of the economic development model. The global pattern ofdevelopment observed over the past 25 years, has yielded impressive returns, buthas come at a high cost of environmental degradation. Yet, we find...
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(2020)
| 9781464800993 | World Bank Publications | pbk. | book | 200pp | Availability last checked: 25/11/2019
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Coming in April 2020
Melting glaciers, loss of seasonal snow, and precipitation changes posesignificant risks to the stability of water resources in the South Asia region.Glaciers help to moderate river flows in the region's major rivers by providinga source of meltwater in hot, dry years and storing water during colder,...
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Golub, Alexander. Mensbrugghe, Dominique van der. Peszko, Grzegorz. Ward, John. Zenghelis, Dimitri. van, der Mensbrugghe Dominique.
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(2020)
| 9781464813405 | World Bank Publications | pbk. | book | 188pp | Availability last checked: 25/11/2019
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Coming in April 2020
This is the fi rst comprehensive stocktaking of what the global lowcarbontransition may mean for fossil fuel–dependent countries and how they canmanage. Fossil fuel–dependent countries are the most exposed to the impacts ofglobal low-carbon transition and, at the same time, are often unprepared...
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Adelman, Melissa. Lemos, Renata.
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(2020)
| 9781464814631 | World Bank Publications | pbk. | book | 100pp | Availability last checked: 25/11/2019
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Coming in March 2020
How can countries make sustainable gains in student learning at scale? This is apressing question for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) – and thedeveloping world more broadly – as countries seek to build human capital todrive sustainable growth. Significant progress in access has expanded coveragesuch...
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(2020)
| 9781464814525 | World Bank Publications | pbk. | book | 160pp | Availability last checked: 25/11/2019
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Coming in March 2020
Just like nearly every aspect of human experience, civil conflict, crime, andviolence have become increasingly global. There are more civil wars today thanat any time since the end of World War II, and these conflicts have beendisplacing more people ever further from their countries of origin.Transnational...
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(2020)
| 9781464812422 | World Bank Publications | pbk. | book | 250pp | Availability last checked: 25/11/2019
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Dam safety is central to public protection and economic security. Agingportfolios of large dams, increasing populations, and rapid urbanization requirethe development of legal and institutional frameworks for dam safety that cansecure water supplies for hydropower generation, improve food security throughirrigation,...
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(2020)
| 9781464812408 | World Bank Publications | pbk. | book | 200pp | Availability last checked: 25/11/2019
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Coming in March 2020
The objective of this report is to invigorate and deepen the discussion aboutstructural change in Africa and the appropriate trade and industrial policiesthat will allow countries in Africa to drive employment growth in highervalue-added activities. This is based around (i) analytical work that clearlyidentifies...
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(2020)
| 9781464813320 | World Bank Publications | pbk. | book | 368pp | Availability last checked: 25/11/2019
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Violent conflicts today are complex and increasingly protracted, involving morenonstate groups and regional and international actors. It is estimated that by2030—the horizon set by the international community for achieving theSustainable Development Goals—more than half of the world’s poor will...
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Benedikt, Clemens. Wilson, David. Zhao, Feng.
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(2020)
| 9781464815232 | World Bank Publications | pbk. | book | 314pp | Availability last checked: 25/11/2019
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Coming in March 2020
The tells the story of how, in 11 countries across Eastern Europe and CentralAsia. small groups of decision makers and experts came together to carry outinnovative. groundbreaking analyses for each country, details the steps taken by11 countries across Eastern Europe and Central Asia to strengthen their...
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Choi, Jieun. Dutz, Mark. Usman, Zainab.
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(2020)
| 9781464814440 | World Bank Publications | pbk. | book | 130pp | Availability last checked: 2/2/2020
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This companion report to the World Development Report (WDR) 2019: The ChangingNature of Work addresses the key themes of creating productive jobs andaddressing the needs of those left behind. It builds on and contextualizes someof WDR 2019’s main messages to key specificities of the sub-Saharan Africa(SSA)...
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