Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 86
Cover Image
Cali, Colombia : Toward a City Development Strategy
World Bank - 2013
Although many of the problems that Cali is experiencing - social and human capital deterioration, a declining economy, and institutional crisis - are a reflection of Colombia's complicated socioeconomic situation, the city has been hit harder by the crisis than other large cities, as confirmed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012563638
Cover Image
Gender Dimensions of Community-Driven Development Operations : A Toolkit for Practitioners
World Bank - 2011
Community-development development (CDD) programs require monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to tell those implementing and funding the programs whether they are on track to deliver, or have delivered, desired outcomes such as improved services, economic activity, and empowerment. The objective of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247874
Cover Image
Happiness and the Human Development Index : Australia is Not a Paradox
Leigh, Andrew - 2006
In "Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia," Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an … apparent puzzle: they claim that Australia ranks highly in the Human Development Index (HDI), but relatively poorly in … happiness. However, when we compare their happiness data with the HDI, Australia appears happier, not sadder, than its HDI score …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466746
Cover Image
Happiness and the Human Development Index : The Paradox of Australia
Blanchflower, David G. - 2005
According to the well-being measure known as the U.N. Human Development Index, Australia now ranks 3rd in the world and … happiness, considers implications for policymakers, and explores where Australia lies in international subjective well …, where a common language should help subjective measures to be reliable, Australia performs poorly on a range of happiness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467263
Cover Image
Panama : structural change and growth prospects
1985 - 1. print.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000688706
Cover Image
Korea : policy-issues for long-term development ; the report of a mission sent to the Republic of Korea by the World Bank
Hasan, Parvez (contributor); Rao, D. C. (contributor) - 1979
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000041355
Cover Image
Global Monitoring Report 2009 : A Development Emergency
World Bank - 2009
A Development Emergency: the title of this year's Global Monitoring Report, the sixth in an annual series, could not be more apt. The global economic crisis, the most severe since the Great Depression, is rapidly turning into a human and development crisis. No region is immune. The poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393345
Cover Image
Africa Development Indicators 2010: Silent and Lethal : How Quiet Corruption Undermines Africa's Development Efforts
World Bank - 2010
Reliable quantitative data are essential for understanding economic, social and governance development because it provides evidence, and evidence are crucial to set policies, monitor progress and evaluate results. Africa Development Indicators 2010 (ADI) provides the most detailed collection of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393469
Cover Image
Development as leadership-led change : a report for the Global Leadership Initiative
Andrews, Matt - 2010
Development involves change, but many development initiatives produce unimpressive results. The authors ask why and consider how to close the gap between the intended change and what we actually see in the evidence. This paper presents the findings of a study, initiated by the multi-donor Global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393512
Cover Image
The Great Recession and developing countries : economic impact and growth prospects
Nabli, Mustapha K. (contributor) - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393572