World Development Report 2012

by World Bank

The World Development Report 2012 on gender, equality and development will focus on the evolution of gender equality across the world in the context of the development process. The report will consider gender equality as a core development goal in itself, and will argue that gender equality matters for the pace of development. read more

World Development Report 2011

by World Bank

The World Development Report 2011 on conflict, security and development will look at conflict as a challenge to economic development. It will analyze the nature, causes and development consequences of modern violence and highlight lessons learned from efforts to prevent or recover from violence. The ultimate goal of the WDR is to promote new ways of preventing or addressing violent conflict. read more

World Development Indicators 2011

by World Bank

World Development Indicators 2011 presents the most current and accurate development data on both a national level and aggregated globally. It allows you to monitor the progress made toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals endorsed by the United Nations and its member countries, the World Bank, and a host of partner organizations. read more

Atlas of Global Development (Third Edition)

by World Bank

Co-published with HarperCollins, the new edition has been completely revised and updated, presenting a comprehensive overview of the world and its people at the start of the 21st century. Every topic is presented through easy-to-read graphical presentations including colorful world maps, charts, tables, graphs, photographs and web addresses of additional data sources. read more

Preferential Trade Agreement Policies for Development

by Chauffour, Jean-Pierre; Maur, Jean-Christophe

This handbook on Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) policies for development offers an introduction into the world of modern preferential trade agreements. It goes beyond the traditional paradigm of trade creation versus trade diversion to address the economic and legal aspects of the regulatory policies that are contained in today‘s PTAs. The book maps the landscape of PTAs, summarizes the theoretical arguments, political economy, and development dimensions of PTAs, and presents the current practice in the main policy areas typically covered in PTAs. read more

A Guide to the World Bank

by World Bank

This new, updated third edition of A Guide to the World Bank provides readers with an accessible and comprehensive overview of the Bank Group’s history, organization, mission, and work. It highlights the numerous activities and organizational challenges faced by the institution, and explains how the Bank Group is reforming itself to meet the needs of a multipolar, post financial crisis world. read more

Global Monitoring Report

by World Bank; International Monetary Fund

With less than five years left to achieve the MDGs, this year's report looks at the prospects and challenges for reaching the goals. It also examines the great diversity of performance across indicators, countries, and categories of countriesto determine the necessary policies to fill the remaining gaps. read more

Influencing Change

by Rist, Ray C.; Boily, Marie-Helene; Martin, Frederic

This book reviews how evaluation can lead the change process in policy and institutional development, presents a variety of good practices and lessons learned in building up evaluation capacities and introduces new perspectives on evaluation capacity building. read more

Rising Global Interest in Farmland

by Deininger, Klaus; Byerlee, Derek

This book aims to provide key pieces of information needed for informed debate about large-scale land acquisition by drawing on the experience from past land expansions, discussing predictions for potential future demand, and providing empirical evidence of what is happening on the ground in the countries most affected by the recent increase in demand for land. read more