This paper examines the poverty impacts of global merchandise trade reform by looking at a wide range of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Overall, the authors find that trade reform tends to reduce poverty primarily through the inclusion of agricultural components. The majority of developing country sample experiences small poverty increases from non-agricultural reforms.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresjuin, 2009Afrique, Asie orientale, Océanie, Asie méridionale, Amérique latine et Caraïbes
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Fiscal Policies for Better Results
Rapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2008Inde, Chili, Chine, BrésilThe world faces unprecedented opportunities to reduce global poverty and improve human welfare. Strong global growth and better economic policies in recent years have substantially reduced poverty in many developing countries. However, with the recent financial turmoil in the United States and rising prices for food, oil, and other commodities, the world economy faces heightened risks and volatility. Policymakers around the world face the challenge of maintaining momentum in growth, as well as of improving the quality of growth.
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Comparative Analysis of Eight Countries and Implications for Governments, Zone Authorities and Businesses
Rapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2011Kenya, Jordanie, Bangladesh, Philippines, El Salvador, Égypte, Chine, Costa RicaThis global report examines the opportunity for special economic zones to promote women's economic empowerment and boost zone and enterprise competitiveness in developing countries. The research covers Bangladesh, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, El Salvador, Jordan, Kenya, and the Philippines. The study focuses on women's economic empowerment in the context of zones at three levels: (i) fair employment and working conditions for female employees; (ii) equal access to opportunities for professional advancement; and (iii) investment opportunities for female entrepreneurs.
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A Multi-Level Approach
Rapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresseptembre, 2010Malaisie, Thaïlande, Chine, Indonésie, Viet Nam, Cambodge, Fédération de Russie, Inde, Kazakhstan, Asie orientale, Océanie, Asie méridionale, Asia du sud-estThis report presents the results of extensive work of the smart green infrastructure task force commissioned by the World Bank under the Global Tiger Initiative (GTI). The report benefited from advice, ideas, and information about tigers and tiger-friendly infrastructure development from staff at the World Bank, and from several institutions that promote tiger and biodiversity conservation throughout the world.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresjuillet, 2016République-Unie de Tanzanie, Japon, Malaisie, Madagascar, Chine, Namibie, Indonésie, Australie, République populaire démocratique de Corée, Argentine, République de Corée, Sri Lanka, Brésil, Nouvelle-Zélande, Amérique centrale, Amérique septentrionale, Océanie
To meet carbon emissions targets, more than 30 countries have committed to boosting production of renewable resources from biological materials andconvert them into products such as food, animal feedand bioenergy. In a post-fossil-fuel world, an increasingproportion of chemicals, plastics, textiles, fuels and electricity will have to come from biomass, which takesup land. To maintain current consumption trends theworld will also need to produce 50–70 percent more foodby 2050, increasingly under drought conditions and onpoor soils.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresfévrier, 2012Afrique sub-saharienne, Amérique centrale, Amérique du Sud, Asie orientale, Caraïbes, Océanie, Asie méridionale
Today, 370 million people live in cities in earthquake prone areas and 310 million in cities with a high probability of tropical cyclones. By 2050 these numbers are likely to more than double, leading to a greater concentration of hazard risk in many of the world's cities. The authors discuss what sets hazard risk in urban areas apart, summarize estimates of valuation of hazard risk, and discuss implications for individual mitigation and public policy.
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Library Resourceaoût, 2014République de Corée, Chine, Inde
The authors compare changes in gender
roles and women's empowerment in China, India, and the
Republic of Korea. Around 1950, these newly formed states
were largely poor and agrarian, with common cultural factors
that placed similar severe constraints on women's
autonomy. They adopted very different paths of development,
which are well known to have profoundly affected development
outcomes. These choices have also had a tremendous impact on -
Library Resourcejuin, 2012Chine, Inde
The paper examines the ways in which recent economic growth has been uneven in China and India and what this has meant for inequality and poverty. Drawing on analyses based on existing household survey data and aggregate data from official sources, the authors show that growth has indeed been uneven-geographically, sectorally, and at the household level-and that this has meant uneven progress against poverty, less poverty reduction than might have been achieved had growth been more balanced, and an increase in income inequality.
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Library Resourcemai, 2012Brésil, Chine, Inde
Energy for heating, cooling, lighting,
mechanical power, and various chemical processes is a
fundamental requirement for both daily life and economic
development. The negative impact on the environment of
current energy systems is increasingly alarming, especially
the global warming consequences of burning fossil fuels. The
future requires change through the development and adoption
of new supply technologies, through a successful search for -
Library Resourcemai, 2012Afrique, Afrique du Sud, Brésil, Chine, Inde, Pologne
This book, Financing cities, emphasized
case studies on different topics to look at the interactions
of a range of variables and factors and to see how they fit
together. Rather than require each case to follow the same
format, the authors have structured their papers around the
issues that matter most from their perspective in addressing
the topic in hand. The first part of this book presents case
studies describing the framework established at the national
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