Documentos e Relatórios

Hacia un Gasto Público Social más Eficiente y Efectivo en América Central : Anexo (Espanhol)

Getting to Work : Unlocking Women’s Potential in Sri Lanka’s Labor Force (Vol. 2 of 2) (Inglês)

Sri Lanka has the 14th-largest gender gap in labor force participation (LFP) globally. LFP rates among Sri Lankan women age 15 years and older were 36 percent for 2015 and 2016, versus 75 percent for same-age...

How Shanghai Does It : Insights and Lessons from the Highest-Ranking Education System in the World (Chinês)

This report presents an in-depth examination of how students in Shanghai achieved the highest scores in the areas of reading, science, and mathematics on a respected global assessment of 15-year-olds’...

Options for Aged Care in China : Building an Efficient and Sustainable Aged Care System (Chinês)

China is aging at an unprecedented rate. Improvements in life expectancy and the consequences of the decades-old family planning policy have led to a rapid increase in the elderly population. According...

Options for Aged Care in China : Building an Efficient and Sustainable Aged Care System (Inglês)

China is aging at an unprecedented rate. Improvements in life expectancy and the consequences of the decades-old family planning policy have led to a rapid increase in the elderly population. According...

Democratic Republic of Congo urbanization review : productive and inclusive cities for an emerging Congo (Francês)

The Democratic Republic of Congo has the third largest urban population in Sub-Saharan Africa (estimated at 43 percent in 2016) after South Africa and Nigeria. It is expected to grow at a rate of 4.1 percent...

Toward Great Dhaka : a new urban development paradigm eastward (Inglês)

A unique strategic opportunity beckons Bangladesh. Dhaka, the economic powerhouse of the country, stands on the cusp of a dramatic transformation that could make it much more prosperous and livable. Today...

Reforming non-tariff measures : from evidence to policy advice (Inglês)

The empirical case for trade as an engine of growth has now been established on solid empirical grounds. There has been a protracted controversy in the literature on the econometrics of trade and growth...

Agriculture in Africa : telling myths from facts (Inglês)

This report presents the insights obtained, organized around the confirmation (fact) or rebuttal (myth) of 16 frequently held perceptions. It is found that women do not contribute 60 to 80 percent of the...

The jobs of tomorrow : technology, productivity, and prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean (Inglês)

Policy makers throughout Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will like to understand how best to leverage recent and ongoing global, business-relevant technologies to support productivity upgrading with...

The jobs of tomorrow : technology, productivity, and prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean (Espanhol)

Policy makers throughout Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will like to understand how best to leverage recent and ongoing global, business-relevant technologies to support productivity upgrading with...

Transforming Karachi into a livable and competitive megacity : a city diagnostic and transformation strategy (Inglês)

Karachi is the largest city in Pakistan, with a population of 16 million. It accounts for one-third of Sindh’s population and one-fifth of the country’s urban population. However, a highly complex political...

Central America urbanization review : making cities work for Central America (Espanhol)

Central America is undergoing an important transition. Urban populations are increasing at accelerated speeds, bringing pressing challenges for development, as well as opportunities to boost sustained...

The challenge of agricultural pollution : evidence from China, Vietnam, and the Philippines (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (Inglês)

This study, which focuses on three countries, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines, is intended to contribute to a more comprehensive and cross-cutting understanding of the nature and magnitude of the agricultural...

The challenge of agricultural pollution : evidence from China, Vietnam, and the Philippines (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report (Inglês)

This study, which focuses on three countries, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines, is intended to contribute to a more comprehensive and cross-cutting understanding of the nature and magnitude of the agricultural...

The Cost of Environmental Degradation : Case Studies from the Middle East and North Africa (Farsi)

Environmental degradation is costly, to individuals, to societies, and to the environment. This book, edited by Lelia Croitoru and Maria Sarraf, makes these costs clear by examining a number of studies...

Health and nutrition in urban Bangladesh : social determinants and health sector governance (Inglês)

Urbanization is occurring at a rapid pace in Bangladesh, accompanied by the proliferation of slum settlements, whose residents have special health needs given the adverse social, economic, and public environmental...

Democratic Republic of Congo urbanization review : productive and inclusive cities for an emerging Congo (Inglês)

The Democratic Republic of Congo has the third largest urban population in Sub-Saharan Africa (estimated at 43 percent in 2016) after South Africa and Nigeria. It is expected to grow at a rate of 4.1 percent...

Open and nimble : finding stable growth in small economies (Inglês)

Does economic size matter for economic development outcomes? If so are current policies adequately addressing the role of size in the development process? Using working age population as a proxy for country...

Morocco 2040 : Emerging by Investing in Intangible Capital (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (Árabe)

Morocco has made undeniable progress over the past fifteen years not only in the economic and social spheres, but also in the areas of personal freedoms and civil and political rights. These achievements...