The World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Snapshots (WBGES), now in its fourth year, tracks new business registration around the world; data from this survey can be used to study the factors that foster
Budgeting for Effectiveness in Rwanda: From Reconstruction to Reform is part of the World Bank Working Paper series. These papers are published to communicate the results of the Bank's ongoing resear
"This volume makes a convincing case that, in economic development as in other human pursuits, you get what you measure. It presents the first-ever direct estimates of changes in comprehensive nation
Evaluation SummaryWhat Can We Learn from Nutrition Impact Evaluations?High levels of child malnutrition in developing countries contribute to mortality and have long-term consequences for children’s c
This pocket-sized reference on key environmental data for over 200 countries includes key indicators on agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation. T
'The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2010' is one of a series of pocket-sized books intended to provide a quick reference to development data on different topics. It provides data for m
This IEG evaluation, requested by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors, represents the first independent evaluation of the PSIA experience. The evaluation finds that:‧ The PSIA approach has a
What is the human cost of the global economic crisis? This year's Global Monitoring Report, The MDGs after the Crisis, examines the impact of the worst recession since the Great Depression on poverty
Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? 'World Development Indicators' is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical ref
'Global Development Finance: External Debt of Developing Countries' (GDF)—the World Bank’s annual report on debt financing of developing countries—includes comprehensive data for 128 countries that re
This pocket-sized reference on key environmental data for over 200 countries includes key indicators on agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation. T
'The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2009' is one of a series of pocket-sized books intended to provide a quick reference to development data on different topics. 'The Little Data Book
The World Bank has developed a new annual series of World Bank Country Briefs. Tanzania—the first report in the series—is a concise introduction to the most important aspects of Tanzania's economic an
'A Development Emergency', the title of this year’s 'Global Monitoring Report', the sixth in an annual series, could not be more apt. The global economic crisis, the most severe since the Great Depres
Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? 'World Development Indicators' is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical ref
Rising densities of human settlements, migration and transport to reduce distances to market, and specialization and trade facilitated by fewer international divisions are central to economic developm
Climate change remains a global challenge requiring international collaborative action. Another area where countries have successfully committed to a long-term multilateral resolution is the liberaliz
'Infrastructure at the Crossroads' brings together lessons from the last two decades of World Bank engagement in infrastructure. It analyzes trends in the Bank's infrastructure lending, describes the
Africa Development Indicators 2012/13 is the most detailed collection of data on Africa. It contains macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators for 53 countries. A companion CD-ROM has additional
This book explores the issues and challenges involved in public sector reform in the Middle East and North Africa region by examining ten case studies of the most successful and/or interesting reforms
Urbanization is a defining phenomenon of this century and the developing world is where this demographic transformation is taking place. Over 90 percent of urban growth is now occurring in the develo
Now in its eigth edition, this pocket-sized reference on key development data for over 200 countries provides profiles of each country with 54 development indicators about people, environment, economy
This Users Guide targets researchers and policy practitioners working on social protection issues and/or private transfers. It is a companion how-to guide for ADePT Social Protection, a software that
The Little Data Book on Financial Development 2013 is a pocket edition of the Global Financial Development Database, published as part of the work on the Global Financial Development Report 2013: Reth
Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? World Development Indicators is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical refer
Global Development Finance 2012 on CD-ROM provides:- More than 200 time series indicators for 129 countries plus regional and income groups - Data retrieval in popular spreadsheet and database formats
