Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? 'World Development Indicators' is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical ref
'A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice' is an introduction to the theory and practice of measuring poverty and inequality, as well as a user's guide for analyzing
'Africa Development Indicators 2010 (ADI) Multiple-user CD-ROM' edition offers a comprehensive database with year-by-year time series of most indicators going back to 1970. The database contains over
Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? 'World Development Indicators', the World Bank's respected statistical publication presents the most current and accurate information on gl
How do governments establish successful long-term public-private partnerships (PPPs) in emerging PPP markets? How do they ensure that the public partner has the right information, on the right projec
Why have only 13 developing world economies achieved sustained, high growth since World War II?Why is engagement with the global economy necessary to achieve high growth?Why do many countries, blesse
This report provides an in-depth diagnosis of where Central American countries stand along several education dimensions, underscoring the most urgent and serious challenges, and suggesting policy opti
An at-a-glance guide to the world's most pressing problems and challenges. Presents colorful world maps and engaging graphics that provide a wealth of information for over 200 countries and territor
Ten years after the 1994 genocide—in which an estimated 10 percent of the country's population perished—Rwanda's devastated education system is now back on its feet. Classrooms have been repaired and
'The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform' shows the difference between the potential and actual net economic benefits from marine fisheries is about $50 billion per year,
The World Bank finances about US$720 million in training every year, through both its lending projects and its in-house World Bank Institute (WBI). The evaluation found that while most of the training
The Caribbean Region is second only to Africa in the impact of HIV and AIDS. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has responded to this challenge by promoting a multisectoral response to the epidemic. UN
This study is based on research on secondary textbook and school library provision in Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Togo, as well as existing recent co
Sub-Saharan Africa is a critical development priority—it has some of the world's poorest countries and during the past two decades the number of poor in the region has doubled, to 300 million—more tha
Increasingly the role of management and governance is recognized as important for providing and delivering effective services at all levels of education. In view of the growing demand for more and bet
Economic and social changes, fast evolution of technology, and the growing importance of Internet services and international communications--all these require secondary education providers to adapt wh
Once one of the world's largest staple food producers, Angola is now known as a major oil exporter—the second largest producer in sub-Saharan Africa. Angola is also the world's fourth largest producer
L'objectif immediat est d'ameliorer les connaissances de base pour la definition d'une politique dans le secteur de l'education. Plus generalement, le Rapport sur le Systeme Educatif cree une base pou
This pocket-sized reference on key development data for over 200 countries provides profiles of each country with 54 development indicators about people, environment, economy, technology and infrastru
Global Development Finance 2012:External Debt of Developing Countries isa continuation of the World Bank’s publicationsGlobal Development Finance, Volume II (1997through 2009) and the earlier World De
