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When growth is not enough
This book assembles a collection of empirical analyses that explore three complementary hypotheses that could help understand why the Dominican Republic continues, to this date, …
Urban land acquisition and involuntary resettlement
With rapid urbanization and an increasing number of publicly funded urban projects, there is a growing demand to address complex land acquisition and involuntary resettlement …
Toward Integrated Water Resources Management in Armenia
This study takes stock of the current water resources management in Armenia, including diagnosing the main sub-sectors (agriculture, urban, environment, and energy), reviewing the …
Data-driven decision making in fragile contexts
This volume explores methods and insights for data collection and use in fragile contexts, with a focus on Sudan.It poses several questions on the political economy of data, and …
How shanghai does it
The Shanghai basic education system has garnered significant attention since its extraordinary performance in the 2009 and 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment …
Making it happen
South Africa has achieved a lot on its path of socio-economic transformation since the end of Apartheid in 1994. While many challenges remain to foster inclusive growth to address …
The Labor Market for Health Workers in Africa
Although the quest for growth remains as elusive as it was more than a decade ago, there is now much greater consensus on the policies and institutional changes that are needed to …
Fostering skills in Cameroon
This report reaches conclusions and offers policy recommendations to answer these questions: What has been the trajectory of Cameroon's economic growth? Which sectors have …
Employment and Shared Growth
There is one asset that poor people have in abundance: labor. Thus, what distinguishes the poor from the non-poor in low income countries is, simply, their ability to sell labor at …
Economic Development and Islamic Finance
Over the last three decades, the concepts of Islamic finance and Islamic economics have captured the attention of researchers. The growing market for transactions compatible with …
Taking stock of programs to develop socio-emotional skills
This publication provides an overview of the impacts of socio-emotional skill development programmes in developed and developing countries, including findings from evaluations of …
Open and nimble
In the 1960s, economic development was thought to be shaped by unlimited supplies of labour. Unlimited labour supply implies that wages would remain stagnant even when economies …