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Environmental Action Programme for Central and Eastern Europe
Despite efforts by Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries to tackle environmental problems, there are still a number of serious environmental problems that require immediate …
World Bank, State and Society in Africa
Since the early 2000s, sub-Saharan Africa seems to have returned to economic growth, putting paid to a certain idea of Afro-pessimism. In reality, however, this upturn is only …
Working Together for a Change
The Economic Development Institute (EDI), in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Inter-American Foundation, launched the Partnerships for …
Global Financial Development Report 2014
Financial inclusion has become a major subject of interest among policymakers, researchers, and other financial sector stakeholders. Many countries, for example, have recently …
Improving Learning In Uganda
The Uganda school system has expanded over the years resulting from mass education reforms at the primary - since 1997, and the lower secondary level - since 2007. This has enabled …
Reinventing the World Bank
Largely ignored for decades, the World Bank increasingly finds itself at the center of an international political maelstrom. Attacked by the Right as the last bastion of socialism …
Poverty Alleviation in Jordan in the 1990s
The aim of this report is to draw lessons from Jordan's recent experience in policy design improvements of poverty alleviation proposals. It provides background of the …
Facets of Globalization
Since 1985, national economies have become increasingly integrated into a global network. At the same time, both population and production in developing countries are becoming …
Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy
The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a global statistical initiative to collect comparative price data to estimate Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) of the currencies of …
Marshaling Technology for Development
Recent technological advances, particularly in microelectronics and telecommunications, biotechnology, and advanced materials, pose critical challenges and opportunities for …