Books written by World Bank Group
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Risk and Opportunity: Managing Risk for Development
The World Development Report 2014 (WDR 2014), Risk and Opportunity: Managing Risk for Development, contends that the solution is not to reject change in order to avoid risk but to prepare for the opportunities and risks that change entails.
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Pension Reform and the Development of Pension Systems: An Evaluation of World Bank Assistance
This report analyzes the Bank's assistance to support pension reform to determine if the Bank's strategy was relevant and if it was followed. The evaluation assesses whether pension reform decisions...
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Global Economic Prospects, January 2018: Broad-Based Upturn, but for How Long?
“An Analysis of OPEC's Strategic Actions, U.S. Shale Growth and the 2014 Oil Price Crash.” IMF Working Paper 16/131, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC. Beylis, G., and B. Cunha. 2017. Energy Pricing Policies for Inclusive ...
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Global Economic Prospects, January 2021
Published semiannually, the report includes analysis of topical policy challenges faced by developing countries through in-depth research in the January edition, and shorter analytical pieces in the June edition.
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Global Economic Prospects, June 2019: Heightened Tensions, Subdued Investment
Downside risks to the outlook remain elevated, and policymakers continue to face major challenges to boost resilience and foster long-term growth. this issue includes essays on the benefits and risks of government borrowing, recent ...
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Global Economic Prospects, January 2017: Weak Investment in Uncertain Times
The report includes analysis of topical policy challenges faced by developing countries through in-depth research in the January edition and shorter analytical pieces in the June edition.
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Global Economic Prospects, January 2019: Darkening Skies
The outlook for the global economy has darkened.
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Integrating Human Rights Into Development: Donor Approaches, Experiences and Challenges
This second edition of Integrating Human Rights into Development: Donor Approaches, Experiences and Challenges consolidates the research and findings complied in 2006 with relevant developments that have occurred in the intervening six ...
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Food systems for an urbanizing world
Food Systems for an Urbanizing World is a joint report prepared by the World Bank and FAO.
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Benchmarking Public Procurement 2016: Assessing Public Procurement Systems in 77 Economies
... Amazonia Azul Defense Technologies - AMAZUL Tiago Gomes Castro, Barros, Sobral, Gomes Advogados Helena Spielar Castro, Barros, Sobral, Gomes Advogados Raphael Roque Castro, Barros, Sobral, Gomes Advogados Beatriz Ponzoni Castro, Barros ...
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Informality in South Asia: Increasing Productivity and Job Quality in the Informal Sector
Building on these advances, the approach adopted in this volume clarifies that there are different types of informality, with different drivers and consequences.
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World Development Report 2018: Learning to Realize Education's Promise
Every year, the World Bank's World Development Report takes on a topic of central importance to global development.
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Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016: Taking on Inequality
This edition documents trends in inequality and identifies recent country experiences that have been successful in reducing inequalities, provides key lessons from those experiences, and synthesizes the rigorous evidence on public policies ...
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Global Economic Prospects, June 2017: A Fragile Recovery
In addition to discussing global and regional economic developments and prospects, this edition of Global Economic Prospects includes two Special Focus essays of critical importance for emerging and developing economies: an analysis of ...
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Global Economic Prospects, January 2024
... Fiscal Policy Across the World.” MFM Discussion Paper 16, World Bank, Washington, DC. Caselli, F., and J. Reynaud. 2020. “Do Fiscal Rules Cause Better Fiscal Balances? A New Instrumental Variable Strategy.” European Journal of Political ...
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Purchasing Power Parities and the Size of World Economies: Results from the 2017 International Comparison Program
The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a worldwide statistical initiative led by the World Bank under the auspices of the United Nations Statistical Commission.