banks, ministries of finance, major multilateral organizations, and many departments of the World Bank. …

discusses recent developments in global production, trade, inflation, and financial markets, and presents updates of the World …

This is the first Economic Report on Afghanistan by the World Bank in a quarter-century. It is intended to contribute …

Globalisation is already a powerful force for poverty reduction as societies and economies around the world are …, shifting power, and cultural uniformity. Globalization, Growth, and Poverty focuses on globalisation in terms of growing …

Societies and economies around the world are becoming more integrated. Integration is the result of reduced costs of …. Integration--or "globalization"--has generated anxieties about rising ineuality, shifting power, and cultural uniformity. This … globalization to provide opportunities for poor people and to reduce and mitigate the risks it generates. This report presents three …

detailed chapters exploring these and related issues, the Report contains selected data from the World Development Indicators …

economic borders and enter world markets to take advantage of scale and trade in specialized products. World Development Report … and high mortality persist among the world???s bottom billion, trapped without access to global markets, even as others …