Fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS) have become an important focus of World Bank Group assistance in recent years as recognition of the linkages between fragility, conflict, violence, and poverty has grown. Addressing issues of recurring conflict and political violence and helping build...

Global growth is expected to be 2.8 percent in 2015, but is expected to pick up to 3.2 percent in 2016-17. Growth in developing countries and some high-income countries is set to disappoint again this year. The prospect of rising borrowing costs will compound the challenges many developing...

Impact evaluation has grown more popular as a method for identifying the causal links between interventions and outcomes. These kind of evaluations assess changes that can be attributed to a particular intervention. Both innovations in statistical methods and the demand for evaluations that can...

This Little Data Book presents at-a-glance tables for over 140 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technology (ICT), including access, quality, affordability, efficiency,sustainability, and applications.

Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1Strategic Context; Introduction; Political Developments; Figures; Figure 1.1 Annual Documented Civilian Deaths from Violence, 2003-12; The Macroeconomic Context; Figure 1.2 GDP Growth Rate, 1998-2012;...

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...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Key Messages -- Overview -- Analytical strategy -- The nature of the impact -- The preconditions of the fallout -- Looking ahead: A tale of two futures -- Notes -- References -- 1. Prelude -- Mashreq: A timeline retrospective --...

One of a series of pocket-sized books that provide a quick reference to development data on different topics, 'The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2013' provides data for more than 20 key indicators on the business environment and private sector development in a single page for...

This Little Data Book presents tables for over 213 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technology (ICT), including access, quality, affordability, efficiency,sustainability, and applications.