This pocket-sized reference on key development data for over 200 countries provides profiles of each country with 54 development indicators about people, environment, economy, technology and infrastructure, trade, and finance

Despite the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region's impressive economic growth, over 1 billion of its people still lack access to electricity and modern cooking solutions. To achieve universal access to modern energy by 2030, this book exhorts EAP countries to advance simultaneously on two paths:...

The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2011' is one of a series of pocket-sized books intended to provide a quick reference to development data on different topics. It provides data for more than 20 key indicators on business environment and private sector development in a single...

Africa Development Indicators 2011 is the most detailed collection of data on Africa. It contains macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators for 53 countries. A companion CD-ROM has additional data, with some 1,700 indicators covering 1961-2009.-Basic indicators-National and fiscal...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- 1 Islamic Finance and Shared Prosperity -- 2 The State of Development and Shared Prosperity in OIC Countries -- 3 The Islamic Banking Sector -- 4 Islamic Capital...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- A crisis that can be managed -- Working together with humanitarian actors -- At the onset-Taking a new look at prevention and preparedness -- During the...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part I: Overview -- Overview -- The expansion of GVCs could stall unless policy predictability is restored -- GVCs boost incomes, create better jobs, and reduce poverty -- The gains from GVCs...

Front Cover -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Overview -- Executive Summary -- Aggregate Financial Flows to Low- and Middle-Income Countries -- External Debt Stocks in 2018 -- External Debt Flows in 2018 -- Borrowing Activities of IDA-Only Countries -- Debt...

As in previous years, global growth disappointed in 2014, but a lackluster recovery is underway, with increasingly divergent prospects in major economies and developing countries. Looking ahead, growth is expected to rise slowly, supported by continued recovery in highincomecountries, low oil...