Beijing and Shanghai comprise the axes of China's two leading urban regions. Their economic fortunes will affect the overall growth of China. The economic composition of the two megacities differs significantly and the future sources of competitive advantage also lie in different areas although...

A Brookings Institution Press and the National Academy of Public Administration publication Even after years of receiving considerable foreign aid, Haiti remains an impoverished, tremendously fragile state. Over a span of ten years, the United States spent over 4 billion in aid to Haiti, yet the...

This strategy paper provides a comprehensive understanding of the issue of female genital mutilation/cutting-scope,challenges, opportunities, best practices, and how communities, development agencies, and national governments can work together to eliminate the practices on the ground. The World...

This study from the Independent Evaluation Group draws lessons for development and climate change mitigation from the World Bank Group's far-reaching portfolio of projects in energy, forestry, transport, coal power, and technology transfer. Reviewing what has worked, what hasn?t, and why, the...

This comprehensive study of the development of education in the West Indies between 1492 and 1854 examines the shifts which occurred within the nature of the education programs provided for the masses. Believing existing theories of educational change are too limiting, Bacchus has blended...

The world economy is currently in the throes of a global economic crisis reminiscent of the great depressions of the 1930s and the 1870s. As back then, the crisis has exposed the major structural imbalances in financial and credit markets in addition to global trade forcing many governments,...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Terms and Spelling -- Note on Currencies and Measurements -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- I: Introduction and Theory -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Institutions and Social Reform -- II: The Politics of Equitable Development...

The diaspora of developing countries can be a potent force for development, through remittances, but more importantly, through promotion of trade, investment, knowledge and technology transfers. The book aims to consolidate research and evidence on these issues with a view to formulating...

Using the example of China's Wutai Shan-recently designated both a UNESCO World Heritage site and a national park-Robert J. Shepherd analyzes Chinese applications of western notions of heritage management within a non-western framework. What does the concept of world heritage mean for a site...

Intro -- STABILIZING AND REBUILDINGIRAQ -- STABILIZING AND REBUILDING IRAQ -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- IRAQ: OIL AND GAS LEGISLATION,REVENUE SHARING, AND U.S. POLICY∗ -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- DRAFT HYDROCARBON LEGISLATION -- Draft Hydrocarbon Framework Law -- Regional Authority and Oil Field...