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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...
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representativeness of the institutions a society develops. For key dimensions of gender equality, the report will show that although many … will look at how markets interact with formal and informal institutions to influence household decision-making by providing … incentives, shaping preferences, or imposing constraints. Markets and institutions can combine to provide strong incentives for …
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The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP...
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policies and institutions need to be put in place which cause decision makers to adopt less damaging forms of behavior. Where …
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Structural transformation is particularly important for middle income countries. In dealing with the appropriate policies to be associated with structural changes, this report analyzes the processes of industrialization, urbanization, and the sectoral deployment of labor. The challenges...
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This first report deals with some of the major development issues confronting the developing countries and explores the relationship of the major trends in the international economy to them. It is designed to help clarify some of the linkages between the international economy and domestic...
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