Books by World Bank

Uses maps, charts and analysis to illustrate, trends, challenges and measurement issues related to each of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals.

Examines India's experience with poverty reduction in a period of rapid economic growth. Marshalling evidence from multiple sources of survey data and drawing on new methods, it asks how India's structural transformation - from rural to urban, and from agriculture to non-farm sectors - is impacting poverty.

This Peru Country Program Evaluation for the World Bank Group, 2003-2009 is part of IEG's country program evaluation series. To date, IEG's in-depth country evaluations have comprised IEG-WB Country Assistance Evaluations (CAEs) and IEG-IFC Country Impact Reviews (CIRs). Both the CAEs and CIRs have involved comprehensive evaluations of the respective institutions' activities in a country.

What did the global food, fuel, and financial crises of 2008-11 mean to people living in the developing world? How did people cope with the crisis and how effective were they at averting major impacts? These are the questions addressed by this book, which emerged out of qualitative crisis monitoring initiatives carried out by IDS and the World Bank.

Offers a comprehensive assessment of early child development across Tonga using the Tongan Early Human Capability Index instrument.

Identifies the interventions and factors that have contributed to reducing maternal mortality ratio and improving maternal and reproductive health outcomes in SAR. In this study, the analytical framework assumes that improving MRH outcomes is influenced by a multitude of forces from within and outside the health system and considers factors at the household and community levels.

This guide identifies issues and challenges in broadband development, analyzing potential solutions to consider, and providing practical examples from countries that have addressed broadband-related matters.

Brings together the experiences of some of the leading practitioners of local and community-driven development (LCDD) projects.

Africa's infrastructure lags well behind the rest of the developing world. Inadequate infrastructure is holding back growth by two percentage points annually. Prudent policies can make resources go much further, and contribute significantly to narrowing the infrastructure gap.

An analytical document of the education sector in Malawi drawn up by a national team supported technically by the World Bank and the UNESCO-Pole de Dakar.

HIV/AIDS is an enormous economic, social and human challenge to sub-Saharan Africa. This collection of papers covers a range of issues involved, from epidemiology and national health systems, to economic policy and technology, assessing their interplay and implications for the future.

Reviews education and skills training options in the Eastern Caribbean and asks whether the education policies adequately prepare youth for the global economy. This book provides an analysis and relevant international practices to guide policymakers, educators and private sector leaders in fostering a creative, productive and well-paid workforce.

'Involuntary Resettlement' is a sourcebook offering guidance on how to handle the problem of moving people in the interests of development with sensitivity and in a manner which is efficient and effective.

Presents a retrospective of the decentralization reform process in Sierra Leone from 2003-07 and makes a contribution to the debates on the merits and risks of decentralization in general and its desirability and viability in post-conflict countries.

Offers policy-relevant knowledge on strategies to improve service delivery in rural areas especially to rural women. This study covers key economic services, such as agricultural advisory services and related social services, including rural water supply. It presents analytical work from four countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, India and Sri Lanka.

Coinciding with the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency's (MIGA) twentieth anniversary, this book examines key political risk issues including claims and arbitration, perspectives on pricing from the private, public and multilateral providers, as well as exploring various frontiers in sovereign wealth funds and Islamic finance.

Cotton is a rare economic success story in Sub-Saharan Africa. This book provides a comparative analysis of the outcomes of the reforms that have been implemented in Sub-Saharan cotton sectors and of the linkages between sector organization and performance. It highlights challenges facing cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa.