Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Studies by Subject Area -- Abstracts of Current Studies -- Poverty and Social Development -- Health and Population -- Education, Labor, and Employment -- Environment -- Infrastructure and Urban Development -- Agriculture and Rural Development --...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- DATA NOTES -- REGIONAL TABLES -- World -- East Asia and Pacific -- Europe and Central Asia -- Latin America and Caribbean -- Middle East and North Africa -- South Asia -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- INCOME GROUP TABLES -- Low income -- Middle income...

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- 1. Economic Development and Good Government -- 2. Accountability and Civil Society -- 3. Case Studies -- Case #1: Participatory Budgeting in Porto Alegre,Brazil -- Case #2: Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute -- Case #3:...

Intro -- Contents -- Data notes -- Regional tables -- World -- East Asia and the Pacific -- Europe and Central Asia -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Middle East and North Africa -- South Asia -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Income group tables -- Low income -- Middle income -- Lower middle income...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- World Bank Group Mission Statement -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- CHAPTER 2 How the World Bank Group Is Organized -- Governance of the World Bank Group -- Founding Documents -- Ownership by Member Countries -- Board of Governors --...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Overview -- 1 Building New Indicators of Business Regulation -- 2 Starting a Business -- 3 Hiring and Firing Workers -- 4 Enforcing Contracts -- 5 Getting Credit -- 6 Closing a Business -- 7 The Practice of Regulation -- References -- Data Notes...

Intro -- Contents -- Cover -- Title -- ABOUT THIS BOOK v -- INTRODUCTION 1 -- OPENING ADDRESS 9 -- KEYNOTE ADDRESSES Scale, Results, and Development 15 -- Trade and Poverty -- Trade, Growth, and Poverty-A Selective Survey 47 -- Doha and the World Poverty Targets 91 -- Africa's Future: Industrial...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Title -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- DATA NOTES -- REGIONAL TABLES -- WORLD -- EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC -- EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA -- LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- SOUTH ASIA -- SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- INCOME GROUP TABLES -- LOW INCOME...

Intro -- Contents -- Title -- Data notes..............................................................6 -- Regional tables -- World......................................................8 -- East Asia and the Pacific...........................9 -- Europe and Central...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Data Notes -- Regional Tables -- World -- East Asia and Pacific -- Europe and Central Asia -- Latin America and Caribbean -- Middle East and North Africa -- South Asia -- Sub- Saharan Africa -- Income Group Tables -- Low income -- Middle...