Books by World Bank

Poverty in Guatemala provides a comprehensive assessment of the social and economic factors that impact the poor in Guatemala. It provides a strategy to reduce poverty in Guatemala which focuses on building economic opportunities and assets, reducing vulnerability, improving institutions and empowering communities.

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Divided into four sections, this book presents estimates of wealth for nearly 120 countries, using economic theory to decompose the wealth of a nation into its component pieces. Its tenet is that economic development can be conceived as a process of portfolio management, so that sustainability becomes an integral part of economic policy making.

Provides an account of the current understanding of social capital and covers both theoretical and empirical studies. Included in this volume is the 1987 article by James Coleman, 'Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital', which formed the basis for the development of social capital as an organizing concept in the social sciences.

Research into the causes of conflict and civil war finds that developing countries' economic dependence on natural resources and commodities is associated with the risk of conflict. This book presents reports and case studies that explore what the international community can do to reduce this risk.

Co-edited by the Vice President of the World Bank, this volume offers work from a generation of thinkers in development economics.

Over the 1980s and 1990s most Latin American countries witnessed a retrenchment of the public sector from infrastructure provision and an opening up of infrastruture activities to the private sector. This book analyses the consequences of these policy changes.

Brings together the assessments and experiences of leading academics and practitioners from the international investor, lender and insurance communities, and examines the transformations in the political risk insurance market in the 1990s.

Discusses the principles and practicalities of a partnership, covering a broad range of development topics. It draws on an extraordinary conference held in Nairobi in March 2000, organized jointly by the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa and the World Bank, to explore closer collaboration, especially at the grassroots level.