Documents & Reports
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The costs of violence (English)
In today's world, it is well accepted that violence exacts a high cost on global development. In about 60 countries over the last ten years, violence has significantly and directly reduced economic growth...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 51428 Document Date: March 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Skaperdas,Stergios,Soares,Rodrigo Reis,Willman,Alys M.,Miller,Stephen C.
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The development impact of the illegality of drug trade (English)
This paper reviews the unintended consequences of the war on drugs, particularly for developing countries, and weighs them against the evidence regarding the efficacy of prohibition to curb drug use and...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS4543 Document Date: March 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Keefer,Philip E.,Loayza,Norman V.,Soares,Rodrigo Reis
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The role of parliaments in curbing corruption (English)
In most countries, Parliament has the constitutional mandate to both oversee government and to hold government to account; often, audit institutions, ombuds and anti-corruption agencies report to parliament...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 37263 Document Date: September 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dininio,Phyllis,Heilbrunn,John,Hopkinson, Nicholas,Johnston, Michael,Johnston, Niall [edited],Kaufmann,Daniel,Kiljunen, Kimmo,Kpundeh,Sahr John,Lederman,Daniel,Loayza,Norman V.,Macdonell,Roderick,Marshall, Denis,Matiangi,Okengo,Mawer, Sir Philip,Pelizzo, Riccardo [edited],Pesic,Milica,Pinto Duschinsky,Michael,Pope,Jeremy David,Smith, John,Soares,Rodrigo Reis,Stapenhurst, Rick [edited],Stasinopoulou,Katia,Strohal,Severin,Titsworth, Jack,Ulrich,Martin,Wehner,Joachim Hans-Georg,Williams, John
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Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2001-2002 (English)
The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics is a forum for discussion, and debate of important policy issues facing developing countries. This report for 2001-2002 focuses on two main themes...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 25492 Document Date: January 1, 2002 Author: Stern,Nicholas H.,Mccarthy,F. Desmond,Wolfensohn,James D.,O'Rourke, Kevin H.,Cohen,Daniel,Cooper,Richard N.,Venables, AnthonyJ.,Rostrup,Morten,Lanjouw,Jean O.,Case,Anne C.,Philipson,Tomas,Soares,Rodrigo Reis,Pleskovic,Boris