World bank publications jun 2016 (16 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2016 provides country tables on aspects of private sector development, accompanied by summary pages by region and by income group aggregates.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The report assesses the performance of the largest container ports in South Asia, identifies key drivers of port performance and examines how differences in performance are related to those drivers. The report also shows that improving the performance of South Asian container ports could have a dramatic effect on trade.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The central hypothesis examined in this report is whether inequality of opportunities (as opposed to inequality of outcomes) starting from early in life and culminating into opportunities in the labor market explains part of what many have labeled the Arab inequality puzzle.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This book sets out indicators to assess the fiscal stance in resource rich countries, then discusses fiscal policy in three related dimensions: short-run stabilization; the management of fiscal risks and vulnerabilities; and the promotion of long-run sustainability.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This report analyzes gender differentials in the Maldives. Women are disadvantaged in high-paying jobs, higher education, domestic violence, and asset ownership. Cultural norms are becoming more rigidly patriarchal, and public support for women s rights is declining, which does not bode well for future gender equality and inclusive development.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This book provide analysis and policy recommendations on expanding Tertiary education with quality, relevance and equity in Kenya.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This report presents an overview of university-industry (U-I) collaboration in Sri Lanka by analyzing responses to a survey of companies and universities on their U-I collaboration in 2007 and 2015.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - With over 100 right to information (RTI) laws also called freedom of information or access to information laws now in place globally, the groundwork has been laid to advance more transparent, accountable and inclusive governance as a pathway to poverty reduction and economic development.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This report provides analysis, policy options, and implementation strategies, towards improving the performance of the Malawian higher education system.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This volume provides a narrative description of the institutional and management decisions, infrastructure, systems and processes, impact, and lessons learned and policy implications for developing countries from Korea's multi-decade Digital Governance experience.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The book presents novel systems-level findings on workforce development (WfD) in nearly 30 emerging economies, based on data generated by the Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)-WfD benchmarking tool.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Regenerating Urban Land draws on the experience of eight case studies from around the world. The case studies outline various policy and financial instruments to attract private sector investment in urban regeneration of underutilized and unutilized areas and the requisite infrastructure improvements. In particular, each case study details the project cycle, from the scoping phase and determination of the initial amount of public sector investment, to implementation and subsequent leveraged private-sector funds. This manual analyzes rates of return on the investments and long-term financial sustainability. Regenerating Urban Land guides local governments to systematically identify the sequence of steps and tasks needed to develop a regeneration policy framework, with the participation of the private sector. The manual also formulates specific policies and instruments for expanding private sector participation; structuring effective administrative and legal frameworks; utilizing land readjustment/assembly methods; determining duration of contracts, adequate phasing, and timeline; and balancing the distribution of risk and sustainability measures.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Unprecedented changes in Bangladesh's rural economy have driven poverty reduction since 2000. This analysis of the dynamics of rural growth, especially the role of agriculture and its relationship to the non-farm economy, reveals priorities for accelerating and channeling that dynamism.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - From Oil to Cities: Nigeria's Next Transformation serves the critical and timely purpose of understanding the challenges and opportunities of urbanization in Nigeria.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Economic, technological, and political shifts as well as changing business strategies have driven firms to unbundle production processes and disperse them across countries. Thanks to these changes, developing countries can now increase their participation in global value chains (GVCs) and thus become more competitive in agriculture, manufacturing and services. This is a paradigm shift from the 20th century when countries had to build the entire supply chain domestically to become competitive internationally. For policymakers, the focus is on boosting domestic value added and improving access to resources and technology while advancing development goals.However, participating in global value chains does not automatically improve living standards and social conditions in a country. This requires not only improving the quality and quantity of production factors and redressing market failures, but also engineering equitable distributions of opportunities and outcomes - including employment, wages, work conditions, economic rights, gender equality, economic security, and protecting the environment. The internationalization of production processes helps with very few of these development challenges. Following this perspective, Making Global Value Chains Work for Development offers a strategic framework, analytical tools, and policy options to address this challenge. The book conceptualizes GVCs and makes it easier for policymakers and practitioners to discuss them and their implications for development. It shows why GVCs require fresh thinking; it serves as a repository of analytical tools; and it proposes a strategic framework to guide policymakers in identifying the key objectives of GVC participation and in selecting suitable economic strategies to achieve them.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This book studies the impact that the demographic transition will have on the Uruguayan economy, particularly on the level of expenditure in social protection, healthcare, and education systems. Using a medium and long term framework, it discusses the fiscal and economic challenges, both in social sectors and at macroeconomic level.…