Earthquakes, droughts, floods, and storms are natural hazards, but unnatural disasters are the deaths and damages that result from human acts of omission and commission. Every disaster is unique, but each exposes actions-by individuals and governments at different levels-that, had they been different, would have resulted in fewer deaths and less ......
Climate change is the defining development challenge of our time. More than a global environmental issue, climate change and variability threaten to reverse recent progress in poverty reduction and economic growth. Both now and over the long run, climate change and variability threatens human and social development by restricting the fulfillment ......
A Multimedia Sourcebook on Adaptive and Proactive Strategies
This multimedia sourcebook on CD-ROM synthesizes an extensive body of knowledge and experience in managing urban slums accumulated over the last 30 years. The key lessons learned and their implications for future work serve as a useful tool for capacity building and knowledge sharing for policy makers, practitioners, planning institutions, ......
This book reviews existing risk mitigation instruments--guarantee and insurance products--primarily focusing on those offered by multilateral and bilateral official agencies, and presents with case transactions recent trends and developments that make these instruments conducive in securing financing for infrastructure projects in developing ......
Mejorar La Eficacia de la Asistencia En La Lucha Contra El Vih/Sida
Este trabajo evalua la eficacia de la asistencia que el Banco Mundial entrega a los paises en materia de VIH/SIDA, la cual consiste en dialogos para la formulacion de politicas, trabajos analiticos y financiamiento y cuyo objetivo explicito es la mitigacion del alcance o el impacto de la epidemia del SIDA. Constituye la primera revision exhaustiva ......
The greatest challenge of the 21st century is to provide every human being on the planet with a long, healthy, and fulfilling life, free of poverty and full of opportunities to participate in the life of their community. The Millennium Development Goals--signed by 189 countries in 2000--set clear targets for reducing poverty and other sources of ......
The proliferation of regional trade agreements is fundamentally altering the world trade landscape. The number of agreements in force surpasses 200 and has risen eight-fold in two decades. Today, as much as 40 percent of global trade takes place among countries that have some form of reciprocal regional trade agreement. Global Economic Prospects ......
Doing Business in 2005: Removing Obstacles to Growth is the second in a series of annual reports investigating the scope and manner of regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. New quantitative indicators on business regulations and their enforcement can be compared across 145 countries - from Albania to Zimbabwe - ......
