The 2011 WDR on Conflict, Security and Development underlines the devastating impact of persistent conflict on a country or region's development prospects - noting that the 1.5 billion people living in conflict-affected areas are twice as likely to be in poverty. Its goal is to contribute concrete, practical suggestions on conflict and fragility.
In the crowded field of climate change reports, 'WDR 2010' uniquely: emphasizes development; takes an integrated look at adaptation and mitigation; highlights opportunities in the changing competitive landscape; and proposes policy ...
The World Development Report 2011 on conflict, security and development will look at conflict as a challenge to economic development.
The 2011 report reviews global patterns of progress and the impact of environmental degradation and social inequality on the world's poor, proposing a bold new approach to address the urgent, global problems of sustainability and equity.
Washington, D.C.: World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series 3024. Lederman, Daniel, and Laura Saenz. 2003. “Innovation and Development Around the World 1960–2000.” World Bank. Washington, D.C. Processed.
And why do some bad policies endure? World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law addresses these fundamental questions, which are at the heart of development. Policy making and policy implementation do not occur in a vacuum.
The database, the full text of the report, and the underlying country-level data for all figures—along with the questionnaire, the survey methodology, and other relevant materials—are available at www.worldbank.org/globalfindex.
In 2015, Kearney and Levine sought to evaluate the longterm impacts of the program in a retrospective evaluation carried out in the United States. Taking advantage of limitations in television broadcasting technology in the early years ...
The World Report on Disability suggests more than a billion people totally experience disability.
'World Development Report 2008' seeks to assess where, when, and how agriculture can be an effective instrument for economic development, especially development that favors the poor.
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