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  • - Does Participation Work?
    av Ghazala Mansuri
    527

    The Policy Research Report Localizing Development: Does Participation Work? brings analytical rigor to a field that has been the subject of intense debate and advocacy, and billions of dollars in development aid. It briefly reviews the history of participatory development and argues that its two modalities, community-based development and local decentralization, should be treated under the broader unifying umbrella of local development. It suggests that a distinction between organic participation (endogenous efforts by civic activists to bring about change) and induced participation (large-scale efforts to engineer participation at the local level via projects) is key, and focuses on the challenges of inducing participation.The report provides a conceptual framework for thinking about participatory development and then uses this framework to conduct a comprehensive review of the literature. The framework develops the concept of OC civil society failureOCO and explains its interaction with government and market failures. It argues that participatory development, which is often viewed as a mechanism for bypassing market and government failures by OCOharnessingOCO civic capacity, ought to be seen instead as a mechanism that, if done right, could help to repair important civil society failures. It distills literature from anthropology, economics, sociology, and political science to outline the challenges for effective policy in this area, looking at issues such as the uncertainty of trajectories of change, the importance of context, the role of elite capture and control, the challenge of collective action, and the role of the state. The review of the evidence looks at a variety of issues: the impact of participatory projects on inclusion, civic capacity, and social cohesion; on key development outcomes, such as income, poverty, and inequality; on public service delivery; and on the quality of local public goods. It draws on the evidence to suggest several recommendations for policy, emphasizing the key role of learning-by-doing. It then reviews participatory projects funded by the World Bank and finds the majority lacking in several arenas OCo particularly in paying attention to context and in creating effective monitoring and evaluation systems that allow for learning.

  • - Charting a Global Recovery
    av World Bank
    1 011

    An annual report of the World Bank on the external financing of developing countries. It provides monitoring and analysis of development finance, identifying key trends and policy challenges in international financial flows that are likely to affect the growth prospects of developing countries.

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    531

    Brings together and evaluates the state of knowledge on the relationship between poverty, equity, and globalization.

  • - Lessons from Uganda, Senegal, and The Gambia
    av Aidan G. Mulkeen & Cathal Higgins
    261

    Intended to help policymakers, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, make appropriate use of multigrade teaching strategies, and to support these with the necessary policies in teacher training, curriculum, and school management.

  • - Stories from Teachers Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
    av Stella Manda
    257

    Offers an insight into the lives of 12 HIV-positive teachers in sub-Saharan Africa. This title documents their experiences of discovering their HIV positive status and how this has affected them in their families, their communities, and their professional lives.

  • - From Evidence to Action
     
    471

    Strategies to improve health services in LMICs synthesizes research evidence and knowledge of implementation processes, enabling and inhibiting factors, to assist policy makers, managers and others to address the practical yet complex application of strategies to improve health services in LMICs.

  • - How-To Manuals
     
    607

    A set of manuals that helps low- and middle-income countries design and implement performance-based health care provider payment systems.

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    331

    Examines the challenges facing Africa's youth in their transition from school to working life, and proposes a policy framework for meeting these challenges. This book covers topics that include the effect of education on employment and income, broadening employment opportunities, and enhancing youth capabilities.

  • - Trends, Impacts, and Policy Lessons
    av Clive Harris
    257

    The rapid growth of private participation in infrastructure (PPI) in developing countries during the 1990s was followed by a subsequent decline in investments and the re-negotiation and cancellation of some projects. This work explains the factors behind the growth and decline of PPI.

  • - Origins, Evolution and Policy Responses
    av Khaled Sherif
    441

    'State-Owned Banks in the Transition: Origins, Evolution, and Policy Responses' reviews the experience with state banking over the last decade in the transition economies of Europe and Central Asia. State ownership of banking systems has undermined economic reform efforts and has distorted emerging markets. This study compares various approaches to reform and calls attention to the significant costs associated with continued state ownership. It concludes with lessons from experience and recommendations for policymakers on approaches to reducing state ownership of banks in the region. The findings indicate that restructuring of state banks has proven time consuming and costly, and governments are better off moving swiftly to privatize or liquidate their remaining state banks rather than attempting to rehabilitate them. This report includes seven case studies of individual state banks that have been reformed or privatized over the past decade. The case studies highlight the challenges of implementing various reform measures and illustrate how such challenges have been addressed in difficult economic and political contexts.

  • - Coordinating Transport, Environment and Energy Policies in Developing Countries
    av Masami Kojima
    251

    'Urban Air Quality Management' examines the contribution of vehicles to urban air pollution which is a growing problem in many cities in developing countries. It evaluates the priorities for air quality management programs, and reviews national, municipal, and World Bank experience with pollution-reduction efforts. This book draws lessons from this assessment and offers recommendations for priorities in developing coordinated assistance strategies in the environment, urban transport, and energy sectors.

  • - Early Childhood Care and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
     
    391

    Early childhood intervention programs are one of the most effective ways to build human capital and break the cycle of poverty. Yet the amount spent on early childhood care and education varies considerably. Countries have to identify cost effective and adaptable interventions that meet the needs of their communities.

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    607

    This volume brings together findings and lessons about why and how people move in and out of poverty in conflict-affected contexts. It features cross-country findings on conflict and mobility, as well as in-depth case studies of six countires affected by signigicant violent conflict during the ten-year period covered by the research.

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    261

    Examines Haiti's conflict-poverty trap from the perspective of demographic and socioeconomic factors, the state's institutional capacity to provide public goods, and the strategies of political actors. This report's three main sections explore the nature of these components, and a closing section considers the linkages among them.

  • - Successful Development in Fragile States
    av James Manor
    527

    Investigating the attributes and effectiveness of donor-supported programmes and projects that worked well under difficult conditions in fragile states, this book presents a study of nine development initiatives in six less developed countries, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Timor Leste and Uganda.

  • - A Practical Guide to Cure and Prevention
    av Robert Kitgaard & Ronald MacLean-Abaroa
    347

    Drawing on their experience in battling corruption around the world, the authors of this text offer ways to defeat corruption on the local level. Using case studies, the publication aims to show how seemingly hopeless problems can become the catalysts of successful reform.

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    667

    A guide to the principles and practice of participatory budgeting, providing an analysis of the potentials of participatory budgeting in strengthening inclusive and accountable governance as well as risks associated with interest group capture of participatory processes.

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    667

    Providing analytical tools to address issues arising from globalization, localization, and regional integration, this book discusses tax harmonization issues associated with subnational value added tax administration. It examines the effect of fiscal decentralization on the overall size of the public sector.

  • - Toward Sustainable Pension Systems in the 21st Century
    av Joseph E. Stiglitz, Robert Holzmann & World Bank
    591

    Explores a wide variety of pension reform issues. Topics covered in this book include new approaches to multi-pillar pension reform, the relevance of index funds for pension investment in equities, and managing public pension reserves.

  • av Marguerite S. Robinson
    527

    This text examines in the Indonesian context the principles and practices of commercial microfinance on a large scale, Indonesia is home to the world's oldest and largest commercial microfinance institutions, as well as many others.

  • av Ahmad Ahsan
    467

    Analyses the impact of migration on development of the region and how international migration should be managed in East Asia in a way that supports development goals while simultaneously protecting the rights of migrants.

  • - A Technical Guide to Planning, Design, and Operation
    av Michael Pugh & Philip Rushbrook
    527

  • - Expanding Economic Opportunities in Africa
    av Mary Hallward-Driemeier
    467

    Brings together new household and enterprise data from 42 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to inform policy makers and practitioners on ways to expand women entrepreneurs' economic opportunities. A central question addressed in the book is what explains the gender sorting in the types of enterprises that women and men run.

  • - A Comparative Review of Selected Legal Aspects of State Practice and International Initiatives
    av Kishor Uprety & W. Paatii Ofosu-Amaah
    467

    Corruption is a world-wide phenomenon. No country, no matter how rich or powerful, is immune to the detrimental effects of corruption. In this timely and careful survey of national and international efforts, Combating Corruption provides a comparative view of selected legal practices and international initiatives undertaken to fight corruption.

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