population of the developing world. Forests also are central to growth in many developing countries through trade and industrial … development. However, mismanagement of this resource has cost governments revenues that exceed World Bank lending to these …. Nearly 90 percent of terrestrial biodiversity is found in the world's forests, with a disproportionate share in the forests …

environmentally sensitive sectors such as energy, transport, water and sanitation, agriculture, and forestry. In these cases, there is … an obvious need for careful analysis of environmental, natural resource, and forestry impacts. In other cases, such as …

With the COVID-19 pandemic, the development context for the world is fundamentally challenged in many ways. The …

sizes around the world. Raballand and Aldaz-Carroll examine the case of pallets to illustrate the impact of multiplicity of … standards on trade costs. They select this case because pallets are used all around the world, pallet standards are not too … standards, the World Bank's strategy should be divided in two directions: to develop awareness of costs related to the …

countries but not necessarily with the rest of the world. Adopting a common standard in a region--that is, harmonization … a larger effort in the group to understand the implications for trade of agreements on standards"--World Bank web site …

performance of democracy is rather independent of the circumstances. However, democracy leads to more redistribution in favor of … health provision in more unequal societies. "--World Bank web site …