Active Labour Market Policies Around the World
The second edition of this acclaimed volume has been thoroughly revised and updated to provide an authoritative account of how active labour market policies (ALMPs) ... more

Freedom of Association in Practice: Lessons Learned
Achieving the goal of decent work for all women and men in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity is only possible if they can have a say in how this impacts on their work and living conditions as well ... more

East Asian Visions: Perspectives on Economic Development
Despite the diversity in income levels, languages, culture, resource endowments, and political systems, the countries of East Asia are more integrated now than they have ever been. Goods, money, ... more

East Asian Finance: The Road to Robust Markets
Well-functioning financial markets are critical for supporting East Asia's ambitious growth and development agenda. Over the coming years, East Asia's financial sector will need to be highly diversified to m ... more

An East Asian Renaissance: Ideas for Economic Growth
The World Bank has completed a major study of East Asian growth every four years, beginning with the seminal The East Asian Miracle in 1993. Three major developments since the early 1990s ... more

International Migration, Remittances, and the Brain Drain
"Inevitably, international migration is poised to be one of the biggest challenges to, and also opportunities for, world development in the twenty-first century. This volume greatly enhances our understanding of it ... more

International Financial Reporting Standards (Fourth Edition): A Practical Guide
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in a business situation can have a significant effect on the financial results and position of a division or an entire business enterprise. Int ... more

Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: Principles and Practice
The design of intergovernmental fiscal transfers has a strong bearing on efficiency and equity of public service provision and accountable local governance. This book provides a comprehensive on ... more

Intellectual Property and Development: Lessons from Recent Economic Research
International policies towards protecting intellectual property rights have seen profound changes over the past two decades. Rules on how to protect patents, copyright, trademarks and other form ... more

Information and Communications for Development 2006: Global Trends and Policies
"The report is essential reading for policy makers, government workers, and academics pursuing the goal of equitable, sustainable development across the world." ... more

How Universities Promote Economic Growth
With the competitiveness of firms in an open and integrated world environment increasingly reliant on technological capability, universities are being asked to take on a growing role in stimulat ... more

How Much is an Ecosystem Worth?: Assessing the Economic Value of Conservation
The international community has committed itself to achieve, by 2010, a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional, and national levels. Yet, despite ... more

Handbook for Evaluating Infrastructure Regulatory Systems
"The authors introduce a methodology that will help policy makers improve the legal and institutional framework of their regulatory regime and help regulators to improve the quality of their ... more

Globalization for Development: Trade, Finance, Aid, Migration, and Policy
Globalization and its relation to poverty reduction and development is not well understood. The book identifies the ways in which globalization can overcome poverty or make it worse. The book defines the big historica ... more

Global Monitoring Report 2007: Confronting the Challenges of Gender Equality and Fragile States
The 2007 Global Monitoring Report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) assesses the contributions of developing countries, developed countries, and international financial instituti ... more

Global Issues for Global Citizens: An Introduction to Key Development Challenges
Written by 27 World Bank experts, this book draws on the Bank's unique global capabilities and experience to promote an understanding of key global issues that cannot be solved by any one nation ... more

Global Integration and Technology Transfer
The importance of international technology diffusion (ITD) for economic development can hardly be overstated. Both the acquisition of technology and its diffusion foster productivity growth. Developing countries have ... more

Global Economic Prospects 2007: Managing the Next Wave of Globalization
Over the next 25 years developing countries will move to center stage in the global economy. Global Economic Prospects 2007 analyzes the opportunities - and stresses - this will create. While rich and poor countri ... more

Global Development Finance 2006 (Vol I. Analysis and Outlook): The Development Potential of Surging Capital Flows
International private capital flows to developing countries reached a record net level of $491 billion in 2005. This surge in private capital flows offers national and international policy maker ... more

Global Change and East Asian Policy Initiatives
Many East Asian economies have grown briskly in the past few years. However, future development will depend on the quality and timeliness of regional and national policy actions. The policy agen ... more