Abstract: Reports that data on textbook availability in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remain patchy and often difficult to compare across countries. Even when textbooks physically exist in a school, they may not prove available for students to use. A 2008 survey of 19 SSA countries found (1) all but...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Observations on social capital -- Notes on social capital and economic performance -- Social capital in the creation of human capital -- Defining social capital: an integrating view -- Formal and informal institutions -- Creating and harnessing social capital --...

The analysis of the distributional impact of policy reforms on the well-being or welfare of different stakeholder groups, particularly on th e poor and vulnerable, has an important role in the elaboration and implementation of poverty reduction strategies in developing countries. In recent years...

The fifth ABCDE-Europe was held in Paris, France, on May 15-16, 2003. The conference was co-organized by France's Agence française de développement (AfD), the Conseil d'Analyse Économique (CAE), and the World Bank. The theme of the conference was "Economic Integration and Social...

The faith and development nexus is both a promising new focus for secular development agencies and a historic reality: for centuries, world faiths and individuals inspired by their faith have played many roles in social change and social welfare. Secular development agencies have largely...

The theme of The World Development Report 2007 is youth - young people between the ages of 12 to 24. As this population group seeks identity and independence, they make decisions that affect not only their own well-being, but that of others, and they do this in a rapidly changing demographic and...