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Development communication sourcebook: broadening the boundaries of communication
P. Mefalopulos / World Bank, 2008Media, no matter how technologically advanced, messages, no matter how skillfully packaged, and information, no matter how relevant, are not enough to bring about meaningful and sustainable development results. These results can only be achieved if the people involved (stakeholders) are part of the process leading to change.DocumentClimate resilient cities. A primer on reducing vulnerabilities to climate change impacts and strengthening disaster risk management in East Asian cities
World Bank, 2008This primer is a guide for local governments in East Asia to help them understand the concepts and consequences of climate change and how climate change consequences contribute to urban vulnerabilities.DocumentRound table on conceptual and operational issues of lender responsibility for sovereign debt
World Bank, 2008The round table on “Conceptual and Operational Issues of Lender Responsibility for Sovereign Debt” was hosted by the World Bank following the publication of a draft World Bank discussion paper entitled “Odious Debt: Some Considerations” in September 2007.DocumentDoing business: women in Africa
World Bank, 2008This document presents case studies of women entrepreneurs across Africa who have overcome legal and regulatory obstacles to create new business opportunities. The report is the first in a series of regional reports designed to showcase successful women entrepreneurs and explore how they overcame obstacles to business creation, growth and economic success.DocumentUnderstanding communication environments in Aceh
J. Sharpe, I. Wall / World Bank, 2007The earthquake and tsunami of December 2004 and the signing of the historic Memorandum of Understanding between GAM and the Government of Indonesia eight months later, ending decades of war, has brought unprecedented attention and aid to Aceh.DocumentMaking the most of scarcity: accountability for better water management results in the Middle East and North Africa
World Bank, 2008Part of a series of development reports, this paper highlights the key challenges facing the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA). In particular, it aims to show how water is integrated into the wider economic policies of the countries of the region and for that reason, it brings water issues to non-water specialists, addressing a multi-sectoral audience.DocumentOpportunities and challenges for expanding trade in health services in the English-speaking Caribbean
L. Brenzel, E. Le Franc / World Bank, 2007English-speaking Caribbean countries are appealing destinations for visitors seeking health services due to their proximity to North America and Europe, low labour costs and good transport infrastructure. This World Bank paper discusses the potential economic benefits from expansion of trade in health services and the challenges to achieving these benefits.DocumentAssessing the redistributive effect of fiscal policy
B. Essama-Nssah / World Bank, 2008How does a government’s fiscal policy, and, specifically, its tax policy, influence the distribution of economic welfare in a society? In the context of poverty and inequality, accounting for the distributional effects of public policy is essential when evaluating government intervention. One way of doing this is through expenditure and tax incidence analysis.DocumentGovernance matters V: aggregate and individual governance indicators for 1996-2006
D Kaufmann, K Aart, M Mastruzzi / World Bank, 2007This paper presents the latest update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project.They cover 212 countries and territories for 1996, 1998, 2000, and annually for 2002-2006.The indicators measure six dimensions of governance: