Books published by World Bank Publications

Provides an economic framework that will foster an understanding of the allocation of broadly defined health care resources and aid the design and analysis of policies that affect health care outcomes. This book also provides a modern treatment of health economics for developing as well as industrial countries.

This publication focuses on the gender dimensions of intrastate conflicts (civil wars), organised around eight key themes of gender and warfare, sexual violence, formal and informal peace processes, post-conflict legal frameworks, work issues, rehabilitation of social services and community-driven development.

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.

This text presents a framework that empasizes the economic and policy incentives needed to create firms and national economies. It also identifies and explains the key capabilities that firms must develop in-house in order to become more competitive.

This study reviews and documents the cost effective approach developed in Chile that has become the international best practice for improving basic access to telecommunication. Included in the report is information on the design and administration of the Fund and suggestions for improvements.

An analysis of the competitiveness of firms in the Middle East and North Africa. It is organized into four parts on the issues related to firm competitiveness from global rules for business, regional business environment, corporate governance, and small/medium-size enterprises and tourism.

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Developed as part of a five-year program of policy seminars on economic development, environmental management, economic globalization and environmental sustainability, this book is intended for decision makers, policy analysts, nongovernmental organization representatives, and those interested in environmentally sustainable development.

In developing and transition economies, 60% to 80% of all passenger and freight transport moves by road. Yet most of the 11 million kilometers of roads in these economies are badly maintained and poorly managed. This paper discusses one of the most effective ways to promote sound policies for managing and financing road networks - commercialization.

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.

Considers the relationship between gender and economic growth in Uganda in the specific context of promoting women's business and entrepreneurship. Building on the findings of the FIAS Uganda Administrative Barriers to Investment Report, 2003, this book identifies legal and administrative barriers to investment that have a gender dimension.

Evaluating impact is particularly critical in developing countries where resources are scarce and every dollar spent should aim to maximize its impact on poverty reduction. This handbook seeks to provide project managers and policy analysts with the tools needed for evaluating project impact.

In the wake of the financial crises of the late 1990s, there was a surge of interest in the assessment of financial sectors. This work presents a framework and guidance on approaches, methodologies, and techniques for assessing the stability and development needs of financial systems. It synthesizes global practices in financial sector assessment.

The world of religion has been unacknowledged and often unseen by many development practitioners. This work explores the diversity of collaboration between faith institutions and development agencies.

Assesses and promotes cost effective approaches to the financing and provision of infrastructure services to the poor in developing countries. This book brings together evidence on subsidy performance across a range of countries. It documents the prevalence of consumer subsidies, and provides a typology of the variants found in those countries.

This sourcebook aims to support efforts by countries to strengthen the role of the education sector in the prevention of HIV/AIDS. It was developed in response to numerous requests for a simple forum to help countries share their practical experiences of designing and implementing programs that are targeted at school-age children.

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This work aims to revitalize World Bank activities in rural areas by adjusting the strategic framework and formulating a programme of concrete and attainable actions. The strategy calls for raising the profile of rural development efforts and extending Bank endeavours to reach the rural poor.

Reviews the development effectiveness of World Bank assistance to India during the 1990s. It builds on evaluations of sector assistance programs, projects, and non-lending services to make these assessments.