Bøger af World Bank Publications

Globally, 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions emanate from cities. At the same time, cities are being hit increasingly by climate change related shocks and stresses, ranging from more frequent extreme weather events to inflows of climate migrants

Presents the first global economic analysis undertaken to explore the emerging epidemics of HIV among men who have sex with men in low- and middle-income countries. Using a scenario-based approach, it systematically reviews the available data to investigate and characterize these epidemics and propose evidence-based and rights affirming responses.

How can the Middle East and North Africa region reduce spatial disparities in well-being without compromising growth? The solution lies in matching the policy package to a lagging area's specific characteristics. Drawing on the World Bank's 2009 World Development Report, Reshaping Economic Geography, the book proposes three policy packages.

Examines India's experience with poverty reduction in a period of rapid economic growth. Marshalling evidence from multiple sources of survey data and drawing on new methods, it asks how India's structural transformation - from rural to urban, and from agriculture to non-farm sectors - is impacting poverty.

Provides an overall framework with practical tools and information to help policymakers design and implement corporate governance reforms for state-owned enterprises. It concludes with guidance on managing the reform process, in particular how to prioritise and sequence reforms, build capacity, and engage with stakeholders.

This report finds that developing countries would receive a significant boost to their economies - to the benefit of all - if trade reforms, which it examines in detail, were progressively introduced.