World Bank Publications
DEVELOPMENT POLICY and PRACTITIONER HANDBOOKS A GUIDE TO THE WORLD BANK, Third Edition
Now in its third edition, this invaluable guide answers commonly-asked questions about the World Bank, such as: • • • • •
What is the World Bank Group and how is it organized? Which countries belong to the World Bank? How can I work or do business with the Bank? How is the Bank reforming itself? What areas of development are the Bank focused on? How can I learn more about them? • Where can I find information on publications, online resources, and mobile phone applications? June 2011 | 280 pages | 978-0-8213-8545-6 | Paperback $24.95
WORLD BANK AT A GLANCE apps.worldbank.org/wbataglance
At last - everything you ever wanted to know about the World Bank at your fingertips! World Bank at a Glance explains what the World Bank Group is, its organization, and its activities in developing countries. The app provides succinct explanations of a wide range of topics, from results and reforms, to project cycles, to contacts, business and job opportunities, and ways to interact with the Bank via Social Media.
NEW STRUCTURAL ECONOMICS A Framework for Rethinking Development and Policy By Justin Yifu Lin
Economic development is a process of continuous technological innovation and structural transformation. Development thinking is inherently tied to the quest for sustainable growth strategies.
ASCENT AFTER DECLINE Regrowing Global Economies after the Great Recession
Edited by Otaviano Canuto and Danny M. Leipziger
FRONTIERS IN DEVELOPMENT POLICY A Primer on Emerging Issues
By Raj Nallari, Shahid Yusuf, Breda Griffith, and Rwitwika Bhattacharya
New Structural Economics presents empirical evidence in support of this framework as well as concrete advice to development practitioners.
Without a resurrection of strong economic growth in major economies, the likelihood of rapid economic development in poor developing countries is dampened. The nature of that ascent is the subject of this volume. In Ascent after Decline, more than a dozen distinguished contributors scan the economic horizon, spell out the new fiscal reality, and highlight the policy choices on which economic regrowth will depend. If the Great Recession has taught one lesson, it is that when fundamental shifts occur, the outcomes will entail new elements that shape future directions and affect policy.
Frontiers in Development Policy, developed for courses at the World Bank and elsewhere, is a primer that examines interlinkages in various parts of the economy and the need for practical policy making to reach development goals in a globalized world of instabilities and complexities. The global crisis of 2008–09 opened new discussions about a plethora of economic and policy issues as well as basic concepts, frameworks, and forms of evaluation. What is development? What are the roles of political economy and institutions? How are private and public sectors balanced in the economy? How can economies best achieve structural transformation while ensuring human development and managing growing risks and crises in a rapidly changing world? This primer has been used by leading policy experts around the world and is intended for policy makers, practitioners—particularly government sector officials—and researchers from NGOs and think tanks interested in international development policy and marketing trends.
Jan 2012 | 325 pages | 978-0-8213-8955-3 | Paperback $39.95
Jan 2012 | 325 pages | 978-0-8213-8942-3 | Paperback $39.95
Jul 2010 | 364 pages | 978-0-8213-8785-6 | Paperback $30.00
Authored by Justin Y. Lin, Chief Economist of the World Bank, this book uses a neoclassical approach to study the determinants of economic structure and its transformation, and draws new insights for development policy. The market is the basic mechanism for effective resource allocation at each level of development. However, economic development as a dynamic process entails structural changes, including industrial upgrading and diversification, and corresponding improvements in hard and soft infrastructure. Such upgrading and improvements require coordination, and go hand in hand with large externalities to firms’ transaction costs and returns to capital investment. Thus, in addition to an effective market mechanism, the government should play an active role in facilitating structural changes.
The Great Recession of 2009–11 was not simply a severe business cycle slowdown or even a combined credit, housing, and asset market collapse. It left permanent scars, especially on the advanced economies. In its wake, policy makers must navigate uncharted economic territory where “business as usual” no longer applies and deep structural changes mark the global economic landscape.