The content of this book: 1. Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Context 2. Lessons from World Bank Experience 3. A New Reconstructions Framework
This is the first in a new World Bank publication series devoted to the Middle East and North Africa region. In this and subsequent issues, the series aims to provide a venue for regularly monitoring major economic trends in the region and highlighting the central issues affecting regional development.
This book also evaluates the damaging effects that an unethical or irresponsible press can cause to a society. Several of the book's contributors describe the role of the media and the challenges they face in specific countries including Bangladesh, Egypt, the former Soviet Union, Thailand, and Zimbabwe. These fascinating case studies highlight the media's ability to act as a catalyst for chang…
The Center for Strategic and Policy Studies requested to AIG provide a report describing the Supplemental Contributory Plan (now called Retirement Income Plan) they presented at the Social Security Roundtable 2007 on April 2, 2007. The plan is designed to enhance Brunei’s current pension system for employees who began work after 1992 by mandating contributions targeted for lifetime monthly in…
This Annual Report, which covers the period from July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004, has been prepared by the Executive Directors of both the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA) in accordance with the respective bylaws of the two institutions. The Board emphasized the following areas during the fiscal year: Strategic Frame…
The proliferation of regional trade agreements is fundamentally altering the world trade landscape. The number of agreements in force surpasses 200 and has risen eight-fold in two decades. This book addresses two questions: 1) What are the characteristics of agreements that most promote-or hinder-development for member countries? 2) Does the proliferation of agreements pose risks to the …
This book contains annual report from The World Bank
This book brings together existing and new research from several social science disciplines to examine the costs of persistent gender disparities to well-being and countries' development prospects. It explores how formal and informal institutions shape gender roles and relations and how household decisions and behaviors reproduce those roles, the relationship between economic development and ge…
This book contains: 1. How is the Indonesian education system financed and managed 2. The "20 percent rule": Where did resources go? 3. How have outcomes changed? the unfinished agenda for equity and quality education 4. Improving the quality of spending on basic education 5. A framework for action: Policy options for improving the quality of spending