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In the Dark

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Fair Progress?

Economic Mobility across Generations around the World

Ambar Narayan Roy Van der Weide Alexandru Cojocaru Christoph Lakner Silvia Redaelli Daniel Gerszon Mahler Rakesh Gupta N. Ramasubbaiah Stefan Thewissen

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WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2019 The Changing Nature of Work Work is constantly reshaped by technological progress. New ways of production are adopted, markets expand, and societies evolve. But some changes provoke more attention than others, in part due to the vast uncertainty involved in making predictions about the future. The 2019 World Development Report studies how the nature of work is changing as a result of advances in technology today.

Technological progress disrupts existing systems. A new social contract is needed to smooth the transition and guard against rising inequality.

Significant investments in human capital throughout a person’s life cycle are vital to this effort. If workers are to stay competitive against machines they need to train or retool existing skills. A social protection system that includes a minimum basic level of protection for workers and citizens can complement new forms of employment. Improved private sector policies to encourage startup activity and competition can help countries compete in the digital age. Governments also need to ensure that firms pay their fair share of taxes, in part to fund this new social contract. The report presents an analysis of these issues based upon the available evidence.

WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT

October 2018. 152 pages. Stock no. C211328 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1328-3). US$39.95

Table of Contents nn Overview nn Chapter 1. The Changing Nature of Work nn Chapter 2. Building Human Capital nn Chapter 3. Lifelong Learning nn Chapter 4. Returns to Work nn Chapter 5. The Changing Nature of Firms nn Chapter 6. Adapting Social Protection and Labor Market Institutions nn Chapter 7. Ideas for a New Social Contract

WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2019 (HARDBACK) Report also available in hardback: October 2018. 152 pages. Stock no. C211342 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1342-9). US$60.00

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DOING BUSINESS 2019 Sixteenth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing Business 2019 measures aspects of regulation affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity: nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn

DOING BUSINESS

October 2018. 236 pages. Stock no. C211326 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1326-9). US$39.95

tarting a business S Dealing with construction permits Getting electricity Registering property Getting credit Protecting minority investors Paying taxes Trading across borders Enforcing contracts Resolving insolvency

These areas are included in the distance to frontier score and ease of doing business ranking. Doing Business also measures features of labor market regulation, which is not included in these two measures. This edition also presents the findings of the pilot indicator, “Contracting with the Government,” which aims at benchmarking the efficiency, quality, and transparency of public procurement systems worldwide.

The report updates all indicators as of May 1, 2018, ranks economies on their overall “ease of doing business”, and analyzes reforms to business regulation—identifying which economies are strengthening their business environment the most.

Doing Business illustrates how reforms in business regulations are being used to analyze economic outcomes for domestic entrepreneurs and for the wider economy. It is a flagship product produced in partnership by the World Bank Group that garners worldwide attention on regulatory barriers to entrepreneurship. Almost 140 economies have used the Doing Business indicators to shape reform agendas and monitor improvements on the ground.

WOMEN, BUSINESS AND THE LAW 2018 April 2018. 184 pages. Stock no. C211252 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1252-1). US$45.00

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GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS, JUNE 2018 The Turning of the Tide?

Global growth has eased but remains robust and is projected to reach 3.1 percent in 2018. It is expected to edge down in the next two years, to 2.9 percent by 2020, as global slack dissipates, trade and investment moderate, and financing conditions tighten. Growth in advanced economies is predicted to decelerate toward potential rates as monetary policy normalizes and the effects of U.S. fiscal stimulus wane. In emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs), growth in commodity importers will remain robust, while the rebound in commodity exporters is projected to mature during the next two years. Progress in per capita income growth will be uneven, however, remaining particularly subdued in Sub-Saharan Africa. Risks to the outlook remain tilted to the downside. The possibilities of escalating trade protectionism and disorderly financial market movements have increased substantially in recent months, and the risk of heightened geopolitical tensions continues to cloud the outlook. EMDE policy makers need to rebuild monetary and fiscal policy buffers and be prepared for rising global interest rates and possible episodes of financial market turbulence. In the longer run, EMDEs need to tackle ongoing structural challenges and boost potential growth, by promoting competitiveness, adaptability to technological change, and trade openness.

GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS

July 2018. 180 pages. Stock no. C211257 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1257-6). US$35.00 Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and prospects, with a special focus on emerging market and developing countries, on a semiannual basis (in January and June). The January edition includes in-depth analyses of topical policy challenges faced by these economies, while the June edition contains shorter analytical pieces.

GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS, JANUARY 2019 January 2019 edition coming soon!

January 2019 edition. 180 pages. Stock no. C211343 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1343-6). US$35.00

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POVERTY AND SHARED PROSPERITY 2018 The share of people living in extreme poverty, as assessed by the international poverty line (currently set at USD 1.90 a day), has become one of the most prominent indicators for assessing global economic development. It has been a central indicator for the Millennium Development Goals and is now an important indicator among the Sustainable Development Goals.

The World Bank's Poverty and Shared Prosperity series is the official source for the latest global estimates of poverty and shared prosperity. Each report also expands on a particular theme. As the world continues to make progress in eradicating poverty, efforts to monitor progress in reaching our goals will need to bring greater attention to ensuring that no one is left unaccounted for, that everyone counts—and the 2018 report explores the implications of this.

Chapters 1 and 2 provide updates on the status of global poverty and the state of shared prosperity in the world. Chapter 3 examines the usefulness of a measure of societal poverty, which takes both absolute and relative aspects of deprivation into account above a certain income level. This POVERTY AND SHARED PROSPERITY measure provides a higher estimate of global poverty, which allows for the October 2018. 184 pages. Stock no. C211330 notion that participating in society may require more resources in richer (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1330-6). US$39.95 countries. Chapter 4 puts forward a multidimensional index of global poverty that builds on the consumption-based measure by adding dimensions of well-being for which market prices largely do not exist, such as health and education. Chapter 5 addresses a key constraint in monitoring global poverty, namely, that the current state of data does not allow for the measurement of inequality within households. This chapter describes the first efforts to overcome this constraint, with the aim of improving our understanding of the individual-level characteristics of the poor through a focus on gender.

Table of Contents nn Chapter 1. Global Poverty Counts nn Chapter 2. Sharing in Prosperity nn Chapter 3. Societal Poverty nn Chapter 4. Multidimensional Poverty nn Chapter 5. Counting Poor People

THE ANALYSIS OF HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS (REISSUE EDITION WITH NEW PREFACE) A Microeconometric Approach to Development Policy

August 2018. 488 pages. Stock no. C211331 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1331-3). US$55.00

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A RESURGENT EAST ASIA Navigating a Changing World East Asia's success over the past half century has been built on a combination of policies that fostered outward-oriented labor-intensive growth while building basic human capital and providing sound economic governance. This model of “growth with equity” has delivered rapid and sustained growth that has lifted the region's developing countries into middle-income status while moving hundreds of millions out of poverty and into economic security.

But as the world and the countries themselves change, there are now growing concerns about the efficacy of this East Asian development model in supporting countries' transitions from middle- to high-income status.

Changes in technology and trade are occurring rapidly, but at an uncertain pace and with consequences for growth and jobs that are not always easy to anticipate. With greater prosperity also have come rising societal expectations for higher-quality services and greater voice and accountability.

There are concerns, therefore, that these changes could slow productivity growth and hinder economic inclusion in the region.

A Resurgent East Asia is about how the countries of the region can navigate the changes in the world and at home to sustain their progress on growth and inclusion into the next decade. Specifically, how can they revive productivity growth, ensure inclusive development, and improve governance to achieve even greater and more broadly shared prosperity?

WORLD BANK EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGIONAL REPORT

November 2018. 152 pages. Stock no. C211333 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1333-7). US$39.95

GROWING SMARTER

Learning and Equitable Development in East Asia and Pacific April 2018. 256 pages. Stock no. C211261 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1261-3). US$45.00

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CRITICAL CONNECTIONS Promoting Economic Growth and Resilience in Europe and Central Asia

By David Michael Gould and Rashmi Shankar

Critical Connections examines how trade, investment, migration, and other linkages among countries are drivers of economic growth in the Europe and Central Asia region. The study breaks new ground by using a multidimensional approach that recognizes how each connectivity channel for growth is likely to be affected by the strength of other channels. A multidimensional view makes it easier to see that diversity in country connections and balance in all channels of connectivity are critical for achieving the greatest impact on growth.

Europe and Central Asia provides a great laboratory for observing the role of multidimensional connectivity in action. Its 30 countries vary widely in the openness of their economies. The region's collective experience shows how the various elements of cross-border connectivity work together to accelerate progrowth knowledge transfers, which boost productivity through participation in today's global value chains. A country's economic partner might be just as important as the type of connection. Being well connected to highly connected countries can provide benefits beyond being well connected to comparatively isolated countries.

EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA STUDIES

Although greater connectivity can expose countries to external shocks, this book presents fact-based arguments for policies that seek to build deeper and more diverse connections within the Europe and Central Asia region and globally. The message is timely. Europe's once-confident march toward economic integration has slowed over the past decade, with voices in many countries questioning the wisdom of opening to the global economy. Critical Connections serves as a reminder to citizens and policy makers that greater regional and global connectivity has been a tremendous “convergence machine,” raising living standards of lower-income countries to those of wealthier middle- to high-income countries.

August 2018. 220 pages. Stock no. C211157 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1157-9). US$39.95

REAPING DIGITAL DIVIDENDS

Leveraging the Internet for Development in Europe and Central Asia April 2017. 258 pages. Stock no. C211025 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1025-1). US$39.95

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UNLEASHING THE POTENTIAL OF EDUCATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Over centuries, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been the birthplace of some of the world's greatest civilizations. Despite recent setbacks, the region once again can become an engine of intellectual, economic, and social progress for individuals as well as societies. To succeed, education must regain its role as the main driver of knowledge, skills, and innovation.

Unleashing the Potential of Education in the Middle East and North Africa highlights two missing factors that have held back the region's educational potential. First is the lack of a “push” at the outset of educational systems to build solid foundations for children's learning. Continued underinvestment in early schooling has resulted in weak and delayed acquisition of literacy, numeracy, and socioemotional skills from which it is difficult to catch up.

The second factor is the lack of a “pull” on education systems from the labor market and society to demand the skills that would enable children to succeed later in life. This missing pull factor creates a cycle in which labor markets, society, and educational systems focus on credentials rather than on skills.

November 2018. 200 pages. Stock no. C211234 Overcoming these obstacles of the missing push and pull is well within the (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1234-7). US$45.00 control of countries' policy makers, stakeholders, and individuals. The report lays out a road map to modernize education in MENA to meet the hopes and aspirations of the region's people and governments. To address these push and pull factors, countries will need to strengthen their focus on learning rather than on memorizing and develop all students' foundational skills for continued learning. Countries urgently need to develop skills required by labor markets. Societies need to shift to value skills over credentials. Making these changes will help to unleash the potential of education to lead to peace and shared prosperity in the twenty-first century.

JOBS OR PRIVILEGES

Unleashing the Employment Potential of the Middle East and North Africa November 2014. 210 pages. Stock no. C210405 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0405-2). US$35.00

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WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2018 (FRENCH EDITION) Learning to Realize Education’s Promise Every year, the World Bank's World Development Report (WDR) features a topic of central importance to global development. Education has long been critical to human welfare, but it is even more so in a time of rapid economic and social change.

The 2018 WDR explores four main themes: First, education's promise: education is a powerful instrument for eradicating poverty and promoting shared prosperity, but fulfilling its potential requires better policies.

Second, the need to shine a light on learning: despite gains in access to education, recent learning assessments reveal that many young people around the world are leaving school unequipped with the foundational skills they need for life. So as a first step to tackling this learning crisis, it is essential to assess student learning better.

WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT

June 2018. 236 pages.

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Third, how to make schools work for learners: research on areas such as brain science, pedagogical innovations, and school management has identified interventions that promote learning by ensuring that learners are prepared, teachers are both skilled and motivated, and other inputs support the teacher-learner relationship.

Fourth, how to make systems work for learning: achieving learning throughout an education system requires more than just scaling up effective interventions. Countries must also overcome technical and political barriers by deploying salient metrics for mobilizing actors and tracking progress, building coalitions for learning, and taking an adaptive approach to reform.

PATHWAYS FOR PEACE (FRENCH EDITION) Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Violent Conflict Violent conflicts today are complex and increasingly protracted, involving more nonstate groups and regional and international actors. It is estimated that by 2030—the horizon set by the international community for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals—more than half of the world’s poor will be living in countries affected by high levels of violence.

Information and communication technology, population movements, and climate change are also creating shared risks that must be managed at both national and international levels.

Pathways for Peace is a joint United Nations—World Bank Group study that originates from the conviction that the international community’s attention must urgently be refocused on prevention. A scaled-up system for preventive action would save between US$5 billion and US$70 billion per year, which could be reinvested in reducing poverty and improving the wellbeing of populations.

The study aims to improve the way in which domestic development processes interact with security, diplomacy, mediation, and other efforts to prevent conflicts from becoming violent.

It stresses the importance of grievances related to exclusion—from access to power, natural resources, security and justice, for example—that are at the root of many violent conflicts today. Based on a review of cases in which prevention has been successful, the study makes recommendations for countries facing merging risks of violent conflict as well as for the international community. Development policies and programs must be a core part of preventive efforts; when risks are high or building up, inclusive solutions through dialogue, adapted macroeconomic policies, institutional reform, and redistributive policies are required. Inclusion is key, and preventive action needs to adopt a more people-centered approach that includes mainstreaming citizen engagement. Enhancing the participation of women and youth in decision making is fundamental to sustaining peace, as well as long-term policies to address the aspirations of women and young people.

September 2018. 368 pages.

Stock no. C211332 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1332-0).

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MOVING FOR PROSPERITY Global Migration and Labor Markets Migration presents a stark policy dilemma. Research repeatedly confirms that migrants, their families back home, and the countries that welcome them experience large economic and social gains. Easing immigration restrictions is one of the most effective tools for ending poverty and sharing prosperity across the globe. Yet we see widespread opposition in destination countries, where migrants are depicted as the primary cause of many of their economic problems, from high unemployment to declining social services.

Moving for Prosperity: Global Migration and Labor Markets addresses this dilemma. In addition to providing comprehensive data and empirical analysis of migration patterns and their impact, the report argues for a series of policies that work with, rather than against, labor market forces. Policy makers should aim to ease short-run dislocations and adjustment costs so that the substantial long-term benefits are shared more evenly. Only then can we avoid draconian migration restrictions that will hurt everybody.

Moving for Prosperity aims to inform and stimulate policy debate, facilitate further research, and identify prominent knowledge gaps. It demonstrates why existing income gaps, demographic differences, and rapidly declining transportation costs mean that global mobility will continue to be a key feature of our lives for generations to come. Its audience includes anyone interested in one of the most controversial policy debates of our time.

POLICY RESEARCH REPORTS

June 2018. 308 pages.

Stock no. C211281 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1281-1).

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REVIVING GLOBAL PRODUCTIVITY Shifting Paradigms in Analysis and Policy

By Ana Paula Cusolito and William F. Maloney

The stagnation of productivity in the developing world, and indeed, across the globe, over the last two decades dictates a rethinking of productivity measurement, analysis, and policy. Reviving Global Productivity presents a “second wave” of thinking in three key areas of productivity analysis and its implications for productivity policies.

The volume calls into question the measurement and relevance of distortions as the primary barrier to productivity growth, urges a broader concept of firm performance that goes beyond efficiency to quality upgrading and demand expansion, and explores what it takes to generate an experimental and innovative society where entrepreneurs have the personal characteristics to identify new technologies and manage risk within an entrepreneurial ecosystem that facilitates their doing so. It also reviews arguments surrounding industrial policies.

The authors argue for an integrated approach to productivity analysis that incorporates both the need to reduce economic distortions and generate the human capital capable of identifying the opportunities offered to follower countries and upgrade firm capabilities. Finally, it offers guidance on prioritizing policies when there is uncertainty around diagnostics and limited government capability.

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October 2018. 184 pages.

Stock no. C211334 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1334-4).

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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT 2018 Data-Driven Development The Information and Communications for Development report takes an in-depth look at how information and communication technologies (ICT) are affecting economic growth in developing countries.

The 2018 report, the fourth in the series, examines the topic of data-driven development, or how better information makes for better policies. The objective is to assist developing-country firms and governments in unlocking the value of the data they hold for better service delivery and decision making and to empower individuals to take more control of their personal data.

The chapters explore different themes associated with the supply of data, the technology underlying it, and the demand for it. The concluding chapter considers government policies for data, including data protection and privacy.

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT

November 2018. 168 pages.

Stock no. C211325 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1325-2).

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THE ANALYSIS OF HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS (REISSUE EDITION WITH NEW PREFACE) A Microeconometric Approach to Development Policy

By Angus Deaton

Two decades after its original publication, The Analysis of Household Surveys is being reissued with a new preface by its author, Sir Angus Deaton, recipient of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. This classic work remains relevant to anyone with a serious interest in using household survey data to shed light on policy issues.

The book reviews the analysis of household survey data, including the construction of household surveys, the econometric tools that are the most useful for such analysis, and a range of problems in development policy for which the econometric analysis of household surveys is useful and informative. The author's approach remains close to the data, relying on transparent econometric and graphical techniques to present the data so that policy and academic debates are clearly informed.

Chapter 1 describes the features of survey design that need to be understood in order to undertake appropriate analysis. Chapter 2 discusses the general econometric and statistical issues that arise when using survey data for estimation August 2018. 488 pages. and inference. Chapter 3 covers the use of survey data to measure welfare, poverty, Stock no. C211331 and distribution. Chapter 4 discusses the use of household budget data to explore (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1331-3).

US$55.00 patterns of household demand. Chapter 5 is about price reform, its effects on equity and efficiency, and how to measure them. Chapter 6 addresses the role of household consumption and saving in economic development. The book includes an appendix providing code and programs using STATA, which can serve as a template for the users' own analysis.

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HIDDEN DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY Natural Resources and the Environment

By Carter Brandon and Harun Dogo

Hidden Dimensions of Poverty focuses on the impact of environmental degradation on the poorest, and the sustainability of the economic development model. The global pattern of development observed over the past 25 years has yielded impressive returns, but has come at a high cost of environmental degradation. Yet we find that the environmental costs of development are disproportionately borne by the extreme poor and that the changing quality of local natural capital plays a determining role in the process of poverty reduction. Importantly, regardless of the definition of sustainability used, the historical model of development does not appear to be sustainable in the poorest areas of the world.

Therefore, achieving the World Bank's poverty goals in a sustainable manner will require more aggressive policy changes than are commonly appreciated. No single set of policy recommendations can apply for all countries, as decoupling economic and poverty alleviation growth from environmental damages depends on the country context. Still, one truism does apply to all countries: the twin goals of poverty alleviation and shared prosperity simply cannot be achieved in an economy and environment that is unsustainable. Maintaining the sustainable use of natural capital and healthy ecosystems is a fundamental part of what countries need to achieve the twin goals.

ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

November 2018. 250 pages.

Stock no. C211246 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1246-0).

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CROSSROADS Climate Strategies of Fossil Fuel–Dependent Countries

By Grzegorz Peszko, Dominique van der Mensbrugghe, Alexander Golub, John Ward, Dimitri Zenghelis, Cor Marijs, Anne Schopp, John Rogers, and Amelia Midgley

Crossroads: Climate Strategies of Fossil Fuel–Dependent Countries is the first comprehensive stocktaking of what the global low-carbon transition may mean for fossil fuel–dependent countries (FFDCs) and how they can manage it. FFDCs are most exposed to the impacts of global low-carbon transition and, at the same time, often least prepared to manage it. They depend either on the exports of oil, gas, or coal or on the use of carbon-intensive infrastructure (e.g., refineries, petrochemicals, coal power plants), or both. These countries face at least two climate-related risks. The first-order risk arises from weather-related events induced by climate change. The second-order risk is financial, fiscal, and macro-structural. It arises from the potentially accelerated transition of the global economy away from carbon-intensive fuels. This report focuses on managing this transition risk and harnessing related opportunities.

Crossroads focuses on the countries as well as their national oil and gas companies and state-owned enterprises. Governments own much larger reserves of oil, gas, and coal than the major international companies. State-controlled entities can more directly transfer systemic risk to societies that depend on them. They represent influential vested interests and are often less agile in responding to rapid shifts in market conditions. Furthermore, the sovereigns, not international companies, are parties in international climate agreements.

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CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT

November 2018. 160 pages.

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BETTER CITIES, BETTER WORLD A Handbook for Local Governments

By Catherine Farvacque-Vitkovic and Mihaly Kopanyi

The planet is becoming increasingly urban. In many ways, the urbanization wave and the unprecedented urban growth of the last twenty years have created a state of urgency for action and impetus for change. While 54 percent of the world population or 3.9 billion people live in urban areas today, it has become clear that “business as usual” is no longer possible. In this new configuration, great hope and expectations are placed on local governments. While central governments are subject to instability and political changes, local governments are seen as more inclined to stay the course and, because they are closer to the people, the voice of the people is more clearly heard for a true democratic debate over the choice of neighborhood investments and the choice of city-wide policies and programs.

In a context of skewed financial resources and of incredibly complex urban challenges (which range from the provision of basic traditional municipal services to issues of December 2018. 240 pages. social inclusion, economic development/city branding, smart technologies, and green Stock no. C211336 investments), cities are searching for more effective and more innovative ways to deal (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1336-8). with new and old problems. Better Cities, Better World: A Handbook for Local Governments US$45.00 is at the heart of this debate. It outlines a grid for analysis, a framework for databased policy dialogue, and a common language which, for the first time, helps connect the dots between investments programming (urban audit/self-assessment) and financing (municipal finances self-assessment).

The volume offers a bit of everything for everyone. City leaders and policy makers will find the sections on “Objectives and Content” instructive and informative, as each issue is placed in its context. Municipal staff in charge of day-to-day management will find that the sections on “Tasks” and the detailed step-by-step “walk” through the process gives them the pragmatic know-how they need.

WHAT A WASTE Global Snapshot to 2050

By Kaza Silpa and Lisa Congyuan Yao

By 2050, the world is expected to generate 3.72 billion tons of waste annually, increasing drastically from today’s 2.16 billion tons. What a Waste looks at national and urban data on waste management worldwide to draw key trends globally. The publication provides a snapshot on how waste management varies across income levels and regions and highlights good practices globally. By understanding key challenges and solutions, cities can better plan for their local circumstances, and citizens and governments around the world can take action to address this urgent problem.

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

This publication builds on the previous World Bank publication entitled What a Waste: A Global Review of Solid Waste Management. The current edition of What a Waste expands on the type of data collected and includes nearly all countries and economies and 372 cities.

The data are updated to recent years, and the waste generation data are scaled to a single year to allow for cross-comparison across cities and countries. The projections for waste generation use the most comprehensive database to date to determine how waste generation dynamically changes economic development and population growth.

October 2018. 100 pages.

Stock no. C211329 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1329-0).

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THE URBAN RAIL DEVELOPMENT HANDBOOK Edited by Daniel Pulido, Georges Darido, Ramon Munoz-Raskin, and Joanna C. Moody

Cities across the globe are looking to develop affordable, environmentally friendly, and socially responsible transportation solutions that can meet the accessibility needs of expanding metropolitan populations and support future economic and urban development. When appropriately planned and implemented as part of a larger public transportation network, urban rail systems can provide rapid and vital access to city centers from surrounding districts. High-performing urban rail services can help enhance quality of life by giving citizens access to employment opportunities, essential services, urban amenities, and neighboring communities.

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mphasizing the need for early studies and project planning; e making projects more sustainable (economically, socially, and environmentally); improving socioeconomic returns and access to opportunities for users; maximizing the value of private participation, where appropriate; and building capacity within project-implementing and -managing institutions.

August 2018. 738 pages.

Stock no. C211272 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1272-9).

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The Handbook provides experiential advice to tackle the technical, institutional, and financial challenges faced by decision makers considering urban rail projects. It synthesizes international “good practices” and recommendations that are independent of commercial, financial, political, or other interests.

Rather than identify a single approach, the Handbook acknowledges the complexities and context necessary when approaching an urban rail development by helping to prepare decision makers to ask the right questions, consider the key issues, perform the necessary studies, apply adequate tools, and learn from international good practice all at the right time in the project development process.

WORKING WITH SMALLHOLDERS A Handbook for Firms Building Sustainable Supply Chains By the International Finance Corporation

Working with Smallholders seeks to enable the development of more sustainable, resilient and productive supply chains for agribusinesses and to illustrate the substantial development impact.

Smallholder farmers are both an opportunity and a challenge for food and agribusiness companies. The predominance of smallholders in many frontier and emerging markets makes them an integral part of agribusiness supply chains. Many firms source from smallholders or are actively seeking to source from them. Calls for fairer, more inclusive supply chains will hasten this trend. Yet the development and strengthening of smallholder supply chains remains a key challenge for many International Finance Corporation agribusiness clients. Working with Smallholders compiles innovative solutions and cutting-edge ideas for these challenges. The handbook incorporates a diverse collection of hands-on case studies from across the world regions covering a wide variety of agribusiness sectors. It strikes a good balance between serious technical content and an accessible presentation style. In the three years since the previous edition, there have been numerous changes in approaches and methodologies.

This second edition offers a larger compilation of lessons learned from project implementation and highlights leading trends and technologies relevant to the work with smallholders.

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FUTURE DRIVERS OF GROWTH IN RWANDA Innovation, Integration, Agglomeration, and Competition With a strong and widely acknowledged record of economic success—including a three-and-a-half-fold increase in per capita income since 1994—Rwanda is among the world’s fastest growing economies, surpassed on the continent only by Ethiopia.

Traumatic memories of the 1994 genocide are gradually beginning to fade, as associations begin to take a more positive form—of a nation on the rise, powered by human resilience, a sense of common purpose, and a purposeful government.

Past successes and a sense of frailty have fueled aspirations of a future of security, prosperity, and modernity. Sustaining high rates of economic growth is at the heart of these ambitions. Recent formulations of the nation's Vision 2050 set a target of achieving upper-middle-income status by 2035 and high-income status by 2050.

September 2018. 296 pages.

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Future Drivers of Growth in Rwanda—a joint undertaking by experts from Rwanda and the World Bank Group—seeks to evaluate the country's possibilities and options in this endeavor.

THE SKILLS BALANCING ACT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Investing in Skills for Productivity, Inclusion, and Adaptability

By Omar Arias, Indhira Santos, and David K. Evans

Sub-Saharan Africa has the youngest population of any region of the world, and that growing working-age population represents a major opportunity to reduce poverty and increase shared prosperity.

But the region's workforce is the least skilled in the world, constraining economic prospects. Despite economic growth, declining poverty, and investments in skills building, too many students in too many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are not acquiring the foundational skills they need to thrive and prosper in an increasingly competitive global economy.

This report examines the balancing act that individuals and countries face in making productive investments in both a wide range of skills—cognitive, socioemotional, and technical—and a wide range of groups—young children through working adults—so that Sub-Saharan Africa will thrive.

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FACING FORWARD Schooling for Learning in Africa

By Sajitha Bashir, Marlaine Lockheed, Elizabeth Ninan, and Jee-Peng Tan

Facing Forward lays out a range of policy and implementation actions that are needed for countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to meet the challenge of improving learning while expanding access to and completion of basic education for all. It underscores the importance of aligning the education system to focus relentlessly on learning outcomes and to of ensuring that all children have access to good schools, good learning materials, and good teachers.

The authors review the global literature and contribute their extensive new analyses of multiple data sets from more than three dozen countries in the region. They integrate findings about what affects children's learning, access to schooling, and progress through basic education.

The book examines four areas to help countries better align their systems to improve learning: completing the unfinished agenda of reaching universal basic education with quality, ensuring effective management and support of teachers, targeting spending priorities and budget processes on improving quality, and closing the institutional capacity gap. It concludes with an assessment of how future educational progress may be affected by projected fertility rates and economic growth.

The primary audience for this book are policy makers in Africa, practitioners, and partners concerned about building the knowledge capital of sub-Saharan Africa.

AFRICA DEVELOPMENT FORUM

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REALIZING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF SOCIAL SAFETY NETS IN AFRICA Edited by Kathleen Beegle, Aline Coudouel, and Emma Monsalve

Poverty remains a pervasive and complex phenomenon in Sub-Saharan Africa. Part of the agenda in recent years to tackle poverty in Africa has been the launching of social safety net programs. All countries in the region have now deployed safety net interventions as part of their core development programs. The number of programs has skyrocketed since the mid-2000s, though many programs remain limited in size. This shift in social policy reflects the progressive evolution in the understanding of the role that social safety nets can play in the fight against poverty and vulnerability, and more generally in the human capital and growth agenda. Evidence on their impacts on equity, resilience, and opportunity is growing and makes a foundational case for investments in safety nets as a major component of national development plans.

For this potential to be realized, safety net programs need to be significantly scaled up. Such scaling up will involve a series of technical considerations to identify the parameters, tools, and processes that can deliver maximum benefits to the poor and vulnerable. However, in addition to technical considerations, this report argues that a series of decisive shifts need to occur in three other critical spheres: political, institutional, and fiscal.

This report highlights the implications which political, institutional, and fiscal aspects have for the choice and design of programs. It argues that these considerations are critical to ensure the successful scaling up of social safety nets in Africa. Ignoring them could lead to technically sound, but practically impossible, choices and designs.

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DEEPENING HEALTH REFORM IN CHINA Building High-Quality and Value-Based Service Delivery By the World Bank and the World Health Organization

This report recommends that China maintain the goal and direction of its health care reform and continue the shift from its current hospital-centric model that rewards volume and sales to one that is centered on primary care and focused on improving the quality of basic health services and delivers high-quality, cost-effective health services. With 20 commissioned background studies, more than 30 case studies, and visits to 21 provinces in China, the report proposes practical, concrete steps toward a value-based integrated service model of health care financing and delivery, including: reating a new model of people-centered quality integrated health care that C strengthens primary care as the core of the health system. nn Continuously improving health care quality, establishing an effective coordination mechanism, and actively engaging all stakeholders and professional bodies to oversee improvements in quality and performance. nn Empowering patients with knowledge and understanding of health services. nn Reforming public hospitals, so that they focus on complicated cases and delegate October 2018. 450 pages. routine care to primary-care providers.

Stock no. C211263 nn Changing incentives for providers, so they are rewarded for good patient health (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1263-7). outcomes instead of the number of medical procedures used or drugs sold.

US$59.95 nn Boosting the status of the health workforce, especially primary-care providers. nn Allowing qualified private health providers to deliver cost-effective services and compete on a level playing field with the public sector. nn Prioritizing public investments according to the burden of disease, where people live, and the kind of care people need on a daily basis. nn

INNOVATIVE CHINA New Drivers of Growth By the Development Research Center of the State Council and the World Bank

After more than three decades of average annual growth close to 10 percent, China's economy is transitioning to a “new normal” of slower but more balanced and sustainable growth. Its old drivers of growth—a growing labor force, the migration from rural areas to cities, high levels of investments, and expanding exports—are waning or having less impact. China's policy makers are well aware that the country needs new drivers of growth.

December 2018. 536 pages.

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Innovative China proposes a reform agenda that emphasizes productivity and innovation to help policy makers promote China's future growth and achieve their vision of a modern and innovative China. The reform agenda is based on the three Ds: removing Distortions to strengthen market competition and enhance the efficient allocation of resources in the economy; accelerating Diffusion of advanced technologies and management practices in China's economy, taking advantage of the large remaining potential for catch-up growth; and fostering Discovery and nurturing China's competitive and innovative capacity as China approaches OECD incomes in the decades ahead and extends the global innovation and technology frontier.

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A GLASS HALF FULL The Promise of Regional Trade in South Asia

By Sanjay Kathuria

Trade has played a critical role in global poverty reduction. In harnessing the potential of trade, some of the most successful countries have developed strong trade relationships with their neighbors. However, many South Asian countries have trade regimes that often offset the positive impact of geography and proximity.

A Glass Half Full documents systematically the gaps between current and potential trade in South Asia and addresses important specific barriers that have held trade back. These barriers include tariffs and paratariffs, real and perceived nontariff barriers, connectivity costs, and the broader trust deficit. This policy-focused report unpacks these critical barriers to effective trade integration in South Asia through four in-depth studies that produce new, detailed, on-the-ground knowledge. Three of the studies are based on extensive stakeholder consultations. Two also rely on tailored surveys. The fourth study, on tariffs, benefits from new data on paratariffs.

The report also marshals new evidence showing how trading regimes in South Asia discriminate against one another. Given the South Asian context, incremental, yet concrete steps aimed at tapping the potential of deeper integration are appropriate.

The report has been drafted in this spirit. It offers precise, actionable policy recommendations that could help achieve measurable progress in key areas of trade and integration that would be to the advantage of all countries in the region.

SOUTH ASIA DEVELOPMENT FORUM

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REALIZING THE PROMISE Education for All in South Asia

By Tara Beteille, Michelle Riboud, Shin Nomura, Namrata Tognatta, and Yashodhan Ghorpade

South Asia is the fastest-growing region in the world today. For the region to maintain this eminence in the global economy, it will need to continue attracting capital and exporting goods and services. Each depends increasingly upon sophisticated human capital inputs—and while the region has made considerable gains in expanding access to educational opportunities at all levels, it still has some distance to go to meet its development objectives.

Realizing the Promise: Education for All in South Africa is a companion piece to the World Development Report 2018 and examines the record of South Asian countries in the areas of early childhood education, schooling, teaching, skills, and higher education.

It provides the most recent data and analyses on these topics as well as operational lessons.

SOUTH ASIA DEVELOPMENT FORUM

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EXPORTS TO JOBS Boosting the Gains from Trade in South Asia

By Erhan Artuc, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Raymond Robertson, and Daniel Samaan

Very few studies focus on the growth of labor market opportunities that follow from exports. Exports to Jobs is one of the first to examine systematically the localized effects of long-run export growth in South Asia. The basic premise is that adjustment costs matter. If adjustment costs matter, then we would expect to see significant and persistent differences in wages across industries and regions. We would also expect to see that exporting industries and regions tend to pay higher wages and that these differences would only slowly dissipate over time (if at all). We would additionally expect to see that increases in exports would increase the demand for workers, which could increase either wages or employment or both, depending on the ability and willingness of workers to switch industries and regions.

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September 2018. 200 pages.

Stock no. C211248 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1248-4).

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If workers face high adjustment costs, the increase in labor demand from exports would be associated with higher wage growth, but not necessarily higher employment growth, because workers would not move into expanding industries. As a result, firms would have to raise wages to attract the workers they need. Since expanding takes more time than contracting, we would expect to see the strongest positive wage effects over the longest time horizon, because exports take longer to affect labor markets than import competition.

The report evaluates these predictions using data from Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka. The results are consistent with the presence of very significant worker-level adjustment costs in South Asia and suggest that the gains from exports to date have still been modest.

IN THE DARK How Much Do Power Sector Distortions Cost South Asia?

By Fan Zhang SOUTH ASIA DEVELOPMENT FORUM

In the Dark

How Much Do Power Sector Distortions Cost South Asia?

Fan Zhang

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Thirty percent of households in South Asia are not connected to the power grid. Even households and firms that are connected often experience long hours of blackouts.

How much do power sector distortions cost South Asian economies?

In the Dark offers a comprehensive assessment of the economic cost of energy sector distortions in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. It uses microeconomic data from utilities, households, and firms to estimate key parameters for each country. It then uses these parameters to generate precise estimates of the cost of regulatory, institutional, and social and environmental distortions.

Urgent power sector reforms should be a top priority because they can rapidly and effectively promote economic growth. Smart reforms would reduce the need for massive investments in generation because existing capacity is currently poorly utilized. The report finds that price distortions are often not the most important source of economic cost. Institutional reforms would have a greater and more sustainable effect than energy-pricing liberalization alone. Removing price distortions and addressing environmental costs could, however, lead to a sharp increase in electricity prices. Therefore, improving efficiency and providing targeted social assistance to poor and vulnerable households should be prioritized. In the absence of privatization, incentive regulation is likely to be more effective than corporatization to improve efficiency.

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GLACIERS OF THE HIMALAYAS Assessing the Impact of Climate Change and Black Carbon

By Mani Muthukumara

Melting glaciers, loss of seasonal snow, and precipitation changes pose significant risks to the stability of water resources in the South Asia region. Glaciers help to moderate river flows in the region's major rivers by providing a source of meltwater in hot, dry years and storing water during colder, wetter years. The dependence on glaciers and snow makes these rivers particularly vulnerable to climate change. In addition to threats from global climate change, black carbon produced and circulated within the region is both increasing the absorption of solar radiation by the glaciers through decreasing the glacier surface's reflectance and raising air temperatures, which also increases melt. In these ways, black carbon is becoming a significant factor in the retreat of some Himalayan glaciers.

Glaciers of the Himalayas identifies the causes of potential changes to the glacier and snow dynamics in the Himalaya, Karakoram, and Hindu Kush mountain ranges, presents scenarios of possible glacier and snow changes under different climate September 2018. 200 pages. change and black carbon scenarios, and determines implications for water resources Stock no. C210099 within the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra basins. Since changes in regional climates (ISBN: 978-1-4648-0099-3). are largely linked to global-scale actions and processes, the response of glaciers US$45.00 and snow changes must be approached in the context of the need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions; however, there are local actions that may reduce or offset the impacts in the short term. The overall objective is to provide sound analytical underpinnings for policy making, investments, and other initiatives that could be further supported by Bank-financed operations.

WHAT IS CONSTRAINING INCLUSIVE GROWTH IN EGYPT, JORDAN, LEBANON, AND TUNISIA

By Shantayanan Devarajan, Auguste Tano Kouame, Hania Sahnoun, and Sahar S. Hussain

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region registered relatively rapid economic growth, extreme poverty rates declined, and inequality as measured by the GINI coefficient was lower than the average for middle-income countries and, in most cases, declining. Yet, starting in 2010, the region saw revolutions in four countries—Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen—and widespread protests in several others. This book attempts to shed light on these paradoxical and tumultuous events by focusing on four countries: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Tunisia.

Based on the Systematic Country Diagnostics (SCDs) for these countries, the volume shows first that lurking behind the achievements up to 2010 were serious economic and social problems. Growth, while high, was volatile. Although childhood diseases had been eliminated and everyone went to school, the quality of public education and health services was extremely low. And while inequality may have been low, the region had the highest unemployment rate in the world. The middle class in particular was suffering from the lack of formal-sector jobs. But the SCDs of the four countries reveal that these factors were only the proximate causes of the discontent and unrest in the Arab world. Underlying them was a failure of governance that manifested itself in different ways in the four countries.

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BUILDING AN EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE AGED CARE SYSTEM IN CHINA

By Elena Glinskaya and Zhanliang Feng

This volume aims to provide an understanding of the evolving aged care landscape in China; review international experiences in long-term care provision, financing, and quality assurance and assess their relevance to China; discuss implications of current developments and trends for the future of aged care in China; and propose policy options.

DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT

August 2018. 344 pages. Stock no. C211075 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1075-6). US$45.00.

BUILDING PUBLIC SERVICES IN POSTCONFLICT COUNTRIES A Comparative Analysis of Reform Trajectories in Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Timor-Leste

By Jurgen Rene Blum, Marcos Ferreiro-Rodriguez, and Vivek Srivastava

This study provides policy guidance on how to rebuild public services in postconflict settings. It conducts a comparative analysis of public service reform trajectories in five postconflict countries: Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Timor-Leste.

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July 2018. 470 pages. Stock no. C211082 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1082-4). US$49.95.

THE OCEAN ECONOMY IN MAURITIUS

Making It Happen, Making It Last Edited by Raffaello Cervigni, and Pasquale L. Scandizzo

This book assesses the overall potential of the Ocean Economy (OE) to contribute to Mauritius' development, identifies key sectoral and cross-cutting challenges to be overcome in order to seize that potential, and evaluates ways to ensure the OE's longer-term sustainability.

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JOBS FROM AGRICULTURE IN AFGHANISTAN

By Izabela Leao, Mansur Ahmed, and Anuja Kar

The agriculture sector can play an important role in poverty reduction and sustained growth in Afghanistan, primarily through productive and inclusive job creation. Using an “agricultural jobs lens” and multidimensional approach, this report explores the sector's direct and indirect roles in explaining the dynamics of rural employment.

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March 2018. 140 pages. Stock no. C211265 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1265-1). US$37.50.

MARITIME NETWORKS, PORT EFFICIENCY, AND HINTERLAND CONNECTIVITY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

By Jean-François Arvis, Vincent Vesin, Robin Carruthers, Cesar Ducruet, and Peter de Langen

This book is a practical exploration of the three interdependent dimensions of trade connectivity in the Mediterranean: maritime networks, port efficiency, and hinterland connectivity. Understanding how trade connectivity works is important to policy makers concerned with the economic benefits of large investments in infrastructure.

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July 2018. 150 pages. Stock no. C211274 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1274-3). US$37.50.

STRENGTHENING ARGENTINA'S INTEGRATION INTO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY Policy Proposals for Trade, Investment, and Competition

By Martha Martínez Licetti, Mariana Iootty, Tanja Goodwin, and José Signoret

Integration into global markets can improve the efficiency of the Argentinian economy, providing opportunities for private investment to flourish and for associated benefits to accrue to consumers. Particularly relevant to such an integration are trade, investment, and competition policies.

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN FOCUS

May 2018. 170 pages. Stock no. C211275 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1275-0). US$37.50.

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YOUTH EMPLOYMENT IN NEPAL

July 2018. 288 pages. Stock no. C211224 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1224-8). US$45.00.

Edited by Dhushyanth Ranju and Jasmine Rajbhandary

TOWARD GREAT DHAKA

A New Urban Development Paradigm Eastward

By Julia Bird, Yue Li, Zillur Hessian Rahman, Martin Rama, and Anthony J. Venables

By using state-of-the-art modeling techniques, this study simulates population, housing, economic activity, commuting times, transport, and trade across the 266 unions that constitute Great Dhaka, taking into account flood vulnerability, traffic congestion, and other location conditions.

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July 2018. 250 pages. Stock no. C211238 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1238-5). US$45.00.

This book aims to improve our understanding of the labor market conditions, behaviors, and outcomes of Nepalese youth. It examines these aspects in relation to Nepal's domestic labor market and labor migration to international destinations, presenting insights and implications for research and public policy.

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN FOCUS

June 2018. 178 pages. Stock no. C211276 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1276-7). US$37.50.

SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF LIBERIA'S TRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY AND POTENTIAL GROWTH Edited by Atsushi Iimi and Kulwinder Rao

This book analyzes Liberia's transport connectivity and identifies existing bottlenecks and possible growth potentials, using spatial techniques and data, including the first-ever georeferenced detailed road network data for Liberia.

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MOBILIZING FINANCE FOR LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM

Strengthening Work-Based Learning in Upper Secondary Technical Education in Poland's Swietokrzyskie Region

A City Infrastructure Financing Facility

By Alessandra Campanaro and Cuong Duc Dang

Vietnam has experienced impressive growth and rapid urbanization, resulting in a significant gap in local infrastructure investment finance and a need to shift toward a more market-driven financing model. This report explores the potential of setting up a city infrastructure financing facility that could contribute to such a transition.

By Margo Hoftijzer, Piotr Stronkowski, and Jakub Rozenbaum

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN FOCUS

The benefits of including work-based learning (WBL) as part of vocational education and training (VET) are widely recognized. Little is known about how school-based systems can best incorporate WBL. This report provides recommendations and international examples for expanding the use of WBL in VET.

June 2018. 172 pages. Stock no. C211287 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1287-3). US$37.50.

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SKILLS AND JOBS An Agenda for Youth

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By Rita K. Almeida and Truman G. Packard

This report focuses on the challenge of youth engagement in school and at work. It shows that youth prospects in the labor market are dimmed by policies favoring existing workers. Youth are often ill equipped to meet an increasingly challenging labor market. The report discusses new policies, targeted at youth, that Brazil could prioritize.

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June 2018. 196 pages. Stock no. C211293 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1293-4). US$37.50.

BEYOND CROP PER DROP

Assessing Agricultural Water Productivity and Efficiency in a Maturing Water Economy

FROM UNEVEN GROWTH TO INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT Romania's Path to Shared Prosperity

Romania's living standards are converging with those of the European Union, but the country still has the largest share of poor people in the EU, with widening disparities in economic opportunity. Romania must address its institutional challenges if it is to sustain growth and share prosperity among all its citizens.

SYSTEMATIC COUNTRY DIAGNOSTIC

June 2018. 100 pages. Stock no. C211317 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1317-7). US$37.50.

By Susanne M. Scheierling and David O. Tréguer

With growing global water scarcity and projections that indicate the need to increase both agricultural production and agricultural water use, this book advocates focusing efforts on improving agricultural water productivity and efficiency—to achieve more crop per drop.

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June 2018. 94 pages. Stock no. C211298 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1298-9). US$33.50.

ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM Experiences from East Asia

Edited by Sokbunthoeun So, Michael Woolcock, Leah April, Caroline Hughes, and Nicola Smithers

This book brings together public financial management and public sector reform experiences from eight countries in East Asia. It examines how reforms have been implemented in those countries and explores key lessons that can help reformers to further advance their endeavors.

A Manual on Integrity Due Diligence for Licensing in Extractive Sectors

By Cari L. Votava, Jeanne M. Hauch, and Francesco Clementucci

This report identifies good practices for targeting limited financial resources to conduct integrity due diligence checks for extractive sector licensing. Principles contained will help countries to meet Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) beneficial ownership disclosure requirements to improve integrity and transparency in regulatory licensing processes in extractive sectors.

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICE

June 2018. 130 pages. Stock no. C211271 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1271-2). US$37.50.

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN FOCUS

June 2018. 147 pages. Stock no. C211316 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1316-0). US$37.50.

JOBS AND GROWTH

Brazil's Productivity Agenda

By Mark A. Dutz

Also coming in Portuguese: Emprego e Crescimento: A Agenda da Produtividade. June 2018. 132 pages. Stock no. C211321 (ISBN: 978-14648-1321-4). US$37.50. English edition details below: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN FOCUS

June 2018. 131 pages. Stock no. C211320 (ISBN: 978-1-4648-1320-7). US$37.50.

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INDEX

INDEX

A Glass Half Full......................................................................17

Growing Smarter.......................................................................5

Alternative Paths to Public Financial Management and

Hidden Dimensions of Poverty...............................................11

Public Sector Reform........................................................21

Information and Communication for Development 2018...10

A Resurgent East Asia..............................................................5

Innovative China.......................................................................16

Better Cities, Better World.....................................................12

In the Dark................................................................................18

Beyond Crop per Drop............................................................21

Jobs and Growth......................................................................21

Spatial Analysis of Liberia's Transport Connectivity and

Potential Growth................................................................20

Strengthening Argentina's Integration into the Global

Economy.............................................................................20

The Analysis of Household Surveys (Reissue Edition with

New Preface)..................................................................4, 10

The Ocean Economy in Mauritius..........................................20 Building an Efficient and Sustainable Aged Care System in

Jobs from Agriculture in Afghanistan...................................20 The Skills Balancing Act in Sub-Saharan Africa.................14

China...................................................................................20

Jobs or Privileges......................................................................7 The Urban Rail Development Handbook..............................13

Building Public Services in Postconflict Countries.............20

License to Drill.........................................................................21 Toward Great Dhaka................................................................20

Critical Connections..................................................................6

Maritime Networks, Port Efficiency, and Hinterland Unleashing the Potential of Education in the Middle East and

Crossroads...............................................................................11

Connectivity in the Mediterranean...................................20 North Africa..........................................................................7

Deepening Health Reform in China......................................16

Mobilizing Finance for Local Infrastructure Development in What a Waste...........................................................................12

Doing Business 2019.................................................................2

Vietnam...............................................................................21 What Is Constraining Inclusive Growth in Egypt, Jordan,

Exports to Jobs........................................................................18

Moving for Prosperity................................................................9

Facing Forward........................................................................15

Pathways for Peace (French Edition)......................................8

From Uneven Growth to Inclusive Development.................21

Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2018.......................................4

Future Drivers of Growth in Rwanda.....................................14

Realizing the Full Potential of Social Safety Nets in Africa.15

Getting Out of School and Into the Workplace.....................21

Realizing the Promise.............................................................17

World Development Report 2018 (French edition)................8

Glaciers of the Himalayas......................................................19

Reaping Digital Dividends.........................................................6

World Development Report 2019.............................................1

Global Economic Prospects, January 2019............................3

Reviving Global Productivity.....................................................9

World Development Report 2019 (Hardback)........................1

Global Economic Prospects, June 2018.................................3

Skills and Jobs.........................................................................21

Youth Employment in Nepal...................................................20

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Lebanon, and Tunisia........................................................19

Women, Business and the Law 2018......................................2

Working with Smallholders....................................................13

World Bank eLibrary...............................................................22

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