The world Development Report 2010: Today’s enormous development challenges are complicated by the reality of climate change - the two are inextricably and together demand immediate attention. (see full in books...)
Places do well when thet promote transformations along the dimensions of economic geography: higher densities as cities grow; shorter distances as workers and businesses migrate closer to density...
Inequalities in incomes, in helath, and in educational outcomes have long been a stark fact of life in many developing countries. When such inequalities in outcomes arise from unequal opportunities, there both intrinsic and instrumental grounds for concern...(see full in books...)
Throughout the world, most people spend most of their lives working. Even among the world’s poorest, only a relative few are idle; the great mass of the poor work hard for little pay.(see full in books...)
What can agriculture do for development?What are effective instruments in using agriculture for development?How can agriculture-for-development agendas best be implemented?
World Development Report 2003 examines the relationship among competing policy objectives -- reducing poverty, maintaning growth, improving social cohesion, and protecting the enviroment -- over 50-year horizon. The report notes that many good policies have been identified but not adopted or implemented...(see full in books...)
Inequalities in incomes, in helath, and in educational outcomes have long been a stark fact of life in many developing countries. When such inequalities in outcomes arise from unequal opportunities, there both intrinsic and instrumental grounds for concern...(see full in books...)
The world Development Report 2005: a better investment climate for everyone argues that in improving the investment climates of their societies should be a top priority for governments...(see full in books...)
This report is about building institutions that support markets which promote growth and reduce poverty. It analyzes the myraid of institutions- formal and informal, public and private- that people build and use to undertake activities that maximize returns and to manage risk in markets...(see full in book...)