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From Oil to Cities: Nigeria's Next Transformation

Product Description: Nigeria s cities already home to 85 million people are expected to double that number in 30 years. Even in the best of times, this rate of growth would challenge the provision of sufficient land, finance, infrastructure, and other services...read more

By The World Bank (corporate author)

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9781464807923 | World Bank, June 3, 2016, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Nigeria s cities already home to 85 million people are expected to double that number in 30 years.

World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends

By International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and The World Bank (corporate author)

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9781464807282 | World Bank, February 16, 2016, cover price $60.00

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9781464806711 | World Bank, January 14, 2016, cover price $35.00

International Debt Statistics 2016

Product Description: International Debt Statistics (IDS) 2016 (formerly Global Development Finance) provides statistical tables showing the external debt of 125 developing countries that report public and publicly guaranteed external debt to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS)...read more

By International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and The World Bank (corporate author)

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9781464806810 | World Bank, December 14, 2015, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: International Debt Statistics (IDS) 2016 (formerly Global Development Finance) provides statistical tables showing the external debt of 125 developing countries that report public and publicly guaranteed external debt to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS).

The World Bank Group's Partnership With the Global Environment Facility: Main Report

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9781464802201 | World Bank, December 1, 2015, cover price $29.95

Global Economic Prospects June 2015: The Global Economy in Transition

Product Description: Global growth is expected to be 2.8 percent in 2015, but is expected to pick up to 3.2 percent in 2016-17. Growth in developing countries and some high-income countries is set to disappoint again this year. The prospect of rising borrowing costs will compound the challenges many developing countries are facing as they adapt to an era of low commodity prices...read more

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9781464804830 | World Bank, June 22, 2015, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Global growth is expected to be 2.

The World Bank GroupÂs Partnership With the Global Environment Facility

Product Description: A Healthy Child Is A Happy Child.Your child's health is the most precious thing in the world. As a parent, you can take steps to ensure his or her well-being during the vital growing years. And if your child is sick, you'll need advice you can trust to get your child through safely, comfortably, and quickly...read more

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9780345436429, titled "Parents Book for Raising a Healthy Child" | Ballantine Books, April 1, 1987, cover price $5.98 | also contains Parents Book for Raising a Healthy Child | About this edition: A Healthy Child Is A Happy Child.

Knowledge-based Country Programs: An Evaluation of the World Bank Group Experience

Product Description: The World Bank Group is currently engaged in reflection and debate on how to improve the delivery of development support. Part of this debate concerns strengthening the knowledge agenda. The findings of this evaluation are particularly relevant because they speak directly to questions that the institution is deliberating...read more

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9781464802232 | World Bank, September 30, 2016, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The World Bank Group is currently engaged in reflection and debate on how to improve the delivery of development support.

Purchasing Power Parities and the Real Size of World Economies: A Comprehensive Report of the 2011 International Comparison Program

Product Description: The publication presents the detailed results of the 2011 International Comparison Program (ICP). The ICP is a worldwide statistical initiative that aims to estimate Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) to be used as currency converters to compare the size and price levels of economies around the world...read more

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9781464803291 | World Bank, December 15, 2014, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: The publication presents the detailed results of the 2011 International Comparison Program (ICP).

The Impacts of Biofuels on the Economy, Environment, and Poverty: A Global Perspective

Product Description: Interest in biofuels began with oil shocks in the 1970âs, but the more rapid development and consumption of biofuel industry in recent years has been primarily driven by mandates, subsidies, climate change concerns, emissions targets and energy security...read more

By Govinda R. Timilsina (editor) and David Zilberman (editor)

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9781493905171 | Springer Verlag, May 21, 2014, cover price $129.00 | About this edition: Interest in biofuels began with oil shocks in the 1970âs, but the more rapid development and consumption of biofuel industry in recent years has been primarily driven by mandates, subsidies, climate change concerns, emissions targets and energy security.

China Province Rankings 2013: A Statistical View

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By The World Bank (corporate author)

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9781494996796 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 19, 2014, cover price $185.50 | About this edition: NA.

Pirate Trails: Tracking the Illicit Financial Flows from Pirate Activities Off the Horn of Africa

Product Description: It is estimated that US$339 million to US$413 million was claimed in ransoms between April 2005 and December 2012 as a result of acts of piracy off the Horn of Africa. The effects of twenty-first century piracy off the coast of Somalia are felt far and wide by individuals and institutions in the region and beyond...read more

By International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and The World Bank (corporate author)

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9780821399637 | World Bank, November 14, 2013, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: It is estimated that US$339 million to US$413 million was claimed in ransoms between April 2005 and December 2012 as a result of acts of piracy off the Horn of Africa.

Africa Development Indicators 2012/13

Product Description: Africa Development Indicators 2012/13 is the most detailed collection of data on Africa. It contains macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators for 53 countries. A companion CD-ROM has additional data, with some 1,700 indicators covering 1961â2010...read more

By Makhtar Diop (foreword by), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and The World Bank (corporate author)

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9780821396162 | 1 pap/cdr edition (World Bank, May 20, 2013), cover price $100.00 | About this edition: Africa Development Indicators 2012/13 is the most detailed collection of data on Africa.

Urbanization Beyond Municipal Boundaries: Nurturing Metropolitan Economies and Connecting Peri-urban Areas in India

Product Description: Urbanization beyond Municipal Boundaries informs policy priorities to manage Indiaâs urbanization. Incisiveanalysis of the patterns of Indiaâs urbanization using geo-referenced data from various rounds of thepopulation and economic census highlights rapid suburbanization of people and fi rms around the countryâslargest metropolitan areas...read more

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9780821398401 | World Bank, March 28, 2013, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Urbanization beyond Municipal Boundaries informs policy priorities to manage Indiaâs urbanization.

Planning, Connecting, and Financing Cities - Now: Priorities for City Leaders

Product Description: This report provides Mayors and other policymakers with a policy framework and diagnostic tools to anticipate and implement strategies that can avoid their cities from locking into irreversible physical and social structures. At the core of the policy framework are the three main dimensions of urban development...read more

By Zoubida Allaoua (foreword by), William Cobbett (foreword by), Marianne Fay (foreword by), Beatrice Maser Mallor (foreword by) and World Bank (corporate author)

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9780821398395 | World Bank, January 21, 2013, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: This report provides Mayors and other policymakers with a policy framework and diagnostic tools to anticipate and implement strategies that can avoid their cities from locking into irreversible physical and social structures.

World Investment and Political Risk 2012

Product Description: This report examines the overall trends in political risk perceptions, foreign investment intentions, and longer-term demand for political risk guarantees, especially in emerging economies, with a a spcial focuson the risk of non honoring of sovereign financial obligations.

By The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and The World Bank (corporate author)

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9780821395080 | World Bank, January 15, 2013, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: This report examines the overall trends in political risk perceptions, foreign investment intentions, and longer-term demand for political risk guarantees, especially in emerging economies, with a a spcial focuson the risk of non honoring of sovereign financial obligations.

Education in The Republic of South Sudan: Status and Challenges for a New System

Product Description: As part of the Country Status Report series, this book provides a comprehensive review of the status of education in post-conflict South Sudan. It is a result of collaborative work between MOE, key education stakeholders in South Sudan, and the World Bank...read more

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9780821388914 | World Bank, June 22, 2012, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: As part of the Country Status Report series, this book provides a comprehensive review of the status of education in post-conflict South Sudan.

The Little Data Book on External Debt 2012

Product Description: 'The Little Data Book on External Debt' provides a quick reference for users interested in external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, key debt ratios, and the currency composition of long-term debt for all countries reporting through the Debtor Reporting system...read more

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9780821389997 | World Bank, June 12, 2012, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: 'The Little Data Book on External Debt' provides a quick reference for users interested in external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, key debt ratios, and the currency composition of long-term debt for all countries reporting through the Debtor Reporting system.

The Little Green Data Book 2012

Product Description: The Little Green Data Book is a pocket-sized ready reference on key environmental data for over 200 countries. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation.

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9780821389935 | World Bank, May 18, 2012, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: The Little Green Data Book is a pocket-sized ready reference on key environmental data for over 200 countries.

More and Better Jobs in South Asia

Product Description: South Asia has created nearly 800,000 jobs per month during the last decade. Robust economic growth in large parts of the region has created better jobs -- those that pay higher wages for wage workers and reduce poverty for the self-employed, the largest segment of the regionâs employed...read more

By Gordon Betcherman, Pablo Gottret, Yue Man Lee, Pradeep Mitra and Reema Nayar

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9780821389126 | World Bank, December 20, 2011, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: South Asia has created nearly 800,000 jobs per month during the last decade.

World Investment and Political Risk 2011

By International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and The World Bank (corporate author)

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9780821388501 | World Bank, December 5, 2011, cover price $28.00

One Goal, Two Paths: Achieving Universal Access to Modern Energy in East Asia and Pacific

Product Description: This flagship report of the East Asia and the Pacific Region of the World Bank outlines an ambitious course of action to eradicate energy poverty in the Region by 2030. Despite its impressive economic growth, over 1 billion people in the EAP Region still lack the most basic access to electricity and modern cooking solutions...read more

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9780821388372 | World Bank, September 14, 2011, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: This flagship report of the East Asia and the Pacific Region of the World Bank outlines an ambitious course of action to eradicate energy poverty in the Region by 2030.

Innovation Policy: A Guide for Developing Countries

Product Description: Innovation in all its forms, particularly technological innovation, has become a crucial driver of growth, enhancing competitiveness and increasing social well-being in all economies of the world. In a broad and diversified sense, innovation comprises not only the creation of new technology, but even more important, it includes the diffusion and use of products, processes, and practices that are new in a given country context...read more

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9780821382691 | World Bank, May 25, 2010, cover price $35.00 | also contains Innovation Policy: A Guide for Developing Countries | About this edition: Innovation in all its forms, particularly technological innovation, has become a crucial driver of growth, enhancing competitiveness and increasing social well-being in all economies of the world.

World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change

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9780821379875 | World Bank, November 13, 2009, cover price $26.00 | also contains World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change

Les Defis De L'expansion De L'enseignement Secondaire Et De La Formation a Madagascar

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9780821375280 | World Bank, May 15, 2008, cover price $20.00

World Development Report 2003: Sustainable Development in a Dynamic Economy : Transforming Institutions, Growth, and Quality of Life

Product Description: Three billion people will be added to the world's population over the next 50 years and 2.8 billion people today already live on less than $2 a day--almost all in developing countries. Ensuring these people have access to productive work and a better quality of life is the core development challenge of the first half of this century...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780821351505 | Annual edition (World Bank, August 1, 2002), cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Three billion people will be added to the world's population over the next 50 years and 2.

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