This handy pocket guide is a quick reference for users interested in the gender statistics. The book presents gender-disaggregated data for more than 200 countries in an easy country-by-country refere
The Little Green Data Book is a pocket-sized ready reference on key environmental data for over 200 countries. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, o
One of a series of pocket-sized books that provide a quick reference to development data on different topics, 'The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2012' provides data for more than 20 k
This Little Data Book presents tables for over 213 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technology (ICT), including access, quality, affo
The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2012 is a pocket edition of the Global Financial Inclusion Index ('Global Findex') database providing country-level indicators on the use of formal bank acc
This study gives an overview of the intermediation of worker remittance flows from the United States to Guatemala. In contrast to other remittance corridors in the world, most transfers in this corrid
'The Caucasian Tiger' explains the factors underlying Armenia's stellar economic growth record, which has led to the country's emergence as a pre-eminent reformer among the former Soviet republics, an
This new addition to the 'Little Data Book' titles presents at-a-glance tables for over 140 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technolo
There is an emerging consensus in Papua New Guinea (PNG)—both at the governmental level and among civil society more generally—that human development outcomes are far less than provision of basic serv
En financant le Programme plurinational contre le SIDA (PPS), la Banque mondiale a permis un considerable elargissement de l'acces aux services de prevention, de soins et de traitement lies au VIH en
From the Korea Development Institute and the World Bank Institute comes this follow up report to 2000's Korea and the Knowledge-Based Economy: Making the Transition (2000). This report evaluates curre
This book explore the future of East Asia's middle-income countries. Without the advantages of low wages or high skills, and with limited natural resources, East Asian economies are following a new pa
This study focuses on the recent transformation of the urban fringe in East Asia, drawing on examples from China, Vietnam and the Philippines. It identifies the key dimensions of the land conversion p
'Celebrating Reform 2007' features successful reforms in the 10 areas covered in the 'Doing Business' reports. These cases studies span the globe—from Serbia to El Salvador, from Egypt to Nigeria—and
Data relating to environmental concerns and opportunities has been abstracted from World Development Indicators to provide a handy pocket reference. Agriculture, energy, emissions and pollution, and w
A pocket edition of the Bank's World Development Indicators intended as a quick reference for users of the mother volume and its online versions. Tables list data for 800 indicators in the areas of pe
'The Little Data Book on External Debt' provides a quick reference for users interested in external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, key debt ratios, and the currency composition of l
