Doing Business 2013 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity: starting a business; dealing with construction permits; getting electricity; registering property; getting credit; protecting investors; paying ...more

• Published: 22 Oct 2012
• ISBN: 9780821396155
• £25.95

Recent world events have put jobs at the center of the policy debate. In advanced economies, there is concern about a jobless recovery, in developing countries, continued growth cannot shield workers who are vulnerable to shocks. Political upheavals in the Arab world have highlighted the discontent of educated youth whose employment opportunities fall short of their expectations. ...more

• Published: 01 Oct 2012
• ISBN: 9780821395752
• £25.95

Ghana is one of only several African countries to enact legislation and earmark financing for universal health insurance coverage for its entire population. Seven years into its implementation the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has made significant progress in transitioning to universal coverage, but faces significant fiscal and coverage challenges....more

• Published: 30 Aug 2012
• ISBN: 9780821395660
• £22.50

'A Development Emergency', the title of the 2009 Global Monitoring Report (the sixth in an annual series), could not be more apt. The global economic crisis, the most severe since the Great Depression, is rapidly turning into a human and development crisis. No region is immune. ...more

• Published: 25 Jun 2009
• ISBN: 9780821378595
• £22.95

Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? World Development Indicators is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical reference allows you to consult over 900 indicators for some 150 economies and 14 country groups in more than 80 tables....more

• Published: 04 Jun 2009
• ISBN: 9780821378298
• £58.95  £48.00

As China transitions to a market economy, municipal utilities are evolving into commercially viable companies under government oversight. Great challenges confront the reform process for China's water utilities, including rapid urbanization and emerging inequality, coupled with severe water scarcity and ...more

• Published: 28 Mar 2008
• ISBN: 9780821373316
• £11.50

Islamic finance is emerging as a rapidly growing part of the financial sector in the Islamic world and is not restricted to Islamic countries, but is spreading wherever there is a sizable Muslim community. According to some estimates, more than 250 financial institutions ...more

• Published: 26 Mar 2008
• ISBN: 9780821371411
• £36.95

Drawing upon recent analytical work prepared inside and outside the World Bank, this report identifies key lessons concerning the linkages between poverty and the environment. With a focus on the contribution of environmental ...more

• Published: 18 Jan 2008
• ISBN: 9780821372234
• £13.50

This paper spells out the vision of the World Bank on how to strengthen worldwide health systems and ensure better responses to key challenges such as combating the HIV/AIDS pandemic, repositioning nutrition ...more

• Published: 17 Jan 2008
• ISBN: 9780821371930
• £18.50