Published by World Bank Publications, United States, Washington, 1995
ISBN 10: 0821333119 ISBN 13: 9780821333112
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Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by World Bank Publications, United States, Washington, 2012
ISBN 10: 0821394991 ISBN 13: 9780821394991
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book argues that long dwell time in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) ports is not exclusively the responsibility of customs as usually believed. The private sector (terminal operator, customs broker, owner of container depots, and even importers) has not necessarily an interest in reducing time spent in ports. The solution to decrease dwell time in these ports relies mainly on the challenging task of breaking the private sector's collusion and equilibrium between public authorities, logistics operators, and some importers. This book was written in the context of increasing investment by the international community in projects that promote trade facilitation and improvement in logistics in the developing world, including in ports, mainly based on the assumption that in ports, customs (and other controlling agencies) have to be mainly blamed for abnormal delays. However, customs responsibility (especially for months-long delays) may not be as important as usually believed and therefore requires in-depth data collection and analysis which has been lacking so far. The authors disentangle cargo delays in ports with comprehensive data collection in six ports in SSA and firms' surveys in five countries. Based on this data collection, they find that cargo dwell time in ports in SSA (except Durban) are very long compared to large ports in Asia, Europe, and Latin America. In these ports, there is collusion between controlling agencies, port authorities, private terminal operators, logistics operators (freight forwarders) and large shippers at the expense of consumers. The market structure of the private sector explains the hysteresis of cargo dwell time. Finally, the structure of the SSA economies with few export-oriented producers (and the dominance of traditional import/export traders) reinforces the status quo since they are usually not organized to be competitive worldwide. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by World Bank Publications, United States, Washington, 2003
ISBN 10: 0821354590 ISBN 13: 9780821354599
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The world confronts major challenges in rural development as it enters the 21st century. Most of the world's poverty is in rural areas, and will remain so, yet there is a pro-urban bias in most countries' development strategies, and in their allocation of public investment funds. Rural people, and ethnic minorities, in particular, have little political clout to influence public policy to attract more public investment in rural areas. This document outlines a holistic and spatial approach that tackles some tough and long-ignored issues and also addresses old issues in new ways. The revised action-oriented strategy provides guidelines and focal points for enhancing the effectiveness of the World Bank's rural development efforts. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by World Bank Publications, United States, Washington, 2004
ISBN 10: 082135678X ISBN 13: 9780821356784
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Paperback. Condition: Good. In no small measure, the economic future of the Middle East and North Africa region will be determined by the fate of its labor markets. The problems to be overcome are enormous; their complexity is daunting, yet the costs of inaction and the benefits of dynamic labor markets underscore the imperative of acting quickly and decisively. This title argues that meeting this employment challenge will require the transformation of the region's societies and economic structures as well as a new development model based on a reinvigorated private sector, greater integration into the world economy, and better management of oil resources. These drivers of future growth and job creation will require, moreover, a foundation of better governance and a new social contract. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by World Bank Publications, United States, Washington, 2005
ISBN 10: 0821360671 ISBN 13: 9780821360675
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The majority of the world's poor depend directly or indirectly on agriculture. Despite the strong linkages between broad-based agricultural growth and poverty reduction, international support to agriculture sharply declined from the late 1980s. The need to raise agriculture's prominence in the development agenda have never been greater. This book seeks to articulate the World Bank's Rural Strategy on agriculture to the wider development community. It provides decision makers with the rationale for supporting agriculture by presenting the lessons learned on the policies, institutions, and priority investments that can sustain pro-poor agricultural growth. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by World Bank Publications, United States, Washington, 2011
ISBN 10: 0821384805 ISBN 13: 9780821384800
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This volume focuses on the political economy surrounding the detailed decisions that governments make at each step of the value chain for natural resource management. From the perspective of public interest or good governance, many resource-dependent developing countries pursue apparently short-sighted and sub-optimal policies in relation to the extraction and capture of resource rents, and to spending and savings from their resource endowments. This work contextualises these micro-level choices and outcomes. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by World Bank Publications, United States, Washington, 2010
ISBN 10: 0821384082 ISBN 13: 9780821384084
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 'The Cost of Being Landlocked' proposes a new analytical framework to interpret and model the constraints faced by logistics chains on international trade corridors. The plight of landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) has naturally received special attention for decades, leading to a specific set of development priorities based upon the concept of dependence on the transit state. Therefore, the standard approach used to tackle the cost of being landlocked has been predominantly aimed at developing regional transport infrastructure and ensuring freedom of transit through regional conventions. But without sufficient attention given to the performance of logistics service delivery to traders, the standard approach is unable to address key bottleneck concerns and the factors that contribute to the cost of being landlocked. Consequently, the impact of massive investment on trade corridors could not materialize to its full extent. Based on extensive data collection in several regions of the world, this book argues that although landlocked developing countries do face high logistics costs, these costs are not a result of poor road infrastructure, since transport prices largely depend on trucking market structure and implementation of transit processes. This book suggests that high logistics costs in LLDCs are a result of low logistics reliability and predictability, which stem from rent-seeking and governance issues. 'The Cost of Being Landlocked' will serve as a useful guide for policy makers, supervisory authorities, and development agencies. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by World Bank Publications, United States, Washington, 2003
ISBN 10: 0821353411 ISBN 13: 9780821353417
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. An important new annual publication from the World Bank, Doing Business in 2004 provides both qualitative and quantitative information on the business climate in over 130 countries. Doing Business constructs a new set of indicators on the regulatory environment for private sector development and provides a collection of informative case studies of real-life experiences. Doing Business in 2004 covers the fundamental aspects of a business life cycle, from starting a business to bankruptcy. Topics include access to credit, bankruptcy, entry regulations, contract enforcement, and labour regulations. Unique in its approach, Doing Business provides both the accurate data and in-depth analysis necessary to assess the environment for doing business, and offers answers to these critical questions: Which is the most expensive country for starting a new business? Which countries have the most rigid regulations on hiring and firing? Which countries have the most extensive business entry procedures? Why does heavy regulation lead to inefficiency and corruption? What countries are most efficient in the area of contract enforcement? How do clearly-defined property rights enhance prosperity? What are the most successful regulatory models? Why? Through its ambitious agenda, Doing Business will provide an understanding of business environments throughout the world, the factors that influence them, and how conducive they are to private sector development. Doing Business is a comprehensive resource for investors, economic advisers, business developers and policymakers. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by World Bank Publications, United States, Washington, 2002
ISBN 10: 0821350684 ISBN 13: 9780821350683
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Understanding and Measuring Social Capital details various methods of gauging social capital and provides illustrative case studies from Mali and India. It also offers a measuring instrument, the Social Capital Assessment Tool, that combines quantitative and qualitative approaches. This tool can be downloaded from a CDROM which is included with the book. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by World Bank Publications, Washington, DC, 1997
ISBN 10: 0821338404 ISBN 13: 9780821338407
Seller: 2Vbooks, Derwood, MD, U.S.A.
Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. No dust jacket. 307 p. Lsms Working Paper, . Audience: General/trade. previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. SC 360.
Published by World Bank, Washington, DC, 1994
Seller: Books of the World, Arlington, VA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Fine. World Bank, February 1994. Paperback. Fine. Slightly aged, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 83 pages. Report No. 11920-SL.
Published by World Bank, Washington, DC, 1994
Seller: Books of the World, Arlington, VA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Fine. World Bank, February 1994. Paperback. Fine. Slightly aged, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 104 pages. Report No. 12618-SL.
Published by World Bank, Washington, DC, 1993
Seller: Books of the World, Arlington, VA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Fine. World Bank, May 1993. Paperback. Fine. Slightly aged, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 143 pages. Report No. 11371-SL.
Published by World Bank Publications, United States, Washington, 2000
ISBN 10: 0821347209 ISBN 13: 9780821347201
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by World Bank Publications, United States, Washington, 2013
ISBN 10: 0821397664 ISBN 13: 9780821397664
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. With decentralisation and urbanisation, the debts of state and local governments and of quasi-public agencies have grown in importance. Rapid urbanisation in developing countries requires large-scale infrastructure financing to help absorb influxes of rural populations. Borrowing enables state and local governments to capture the benefits of major capital investments immediately and to finance infrastructure more equitably across multiple generations of service users. With debt comes the risk of insolvency. Subnational debt crises have reoccurred in both developed and developing countries. Restructuring debt and ensuring its sustainability confront moral hazard and fiscal incentives in a multilevel government system; individual subnational governments might free-ride common resources, and public officials at all levels might shift the cost of excessive borrowing to future generations. This book brings together the reform experiences of emerging economies and developed countries. Written by leading practitioners and experts in public finance in the context of multilevel government systems, the book examines the interaction of markets, regulators, subnational borrowers, creditors, national governments, taxpayers, ex-ante rules, and ex-post insolvency systems in the quest for subnational fiscal discipline. Such a quest is intertwined with a country's historical, political, and economic context. The formal legal framework interacts with political reality to influence the dynamics of and incentives for reform. Often, the resolution of a subnational debt crisis unfolds in the context of macroeconomic stabilisation and structural reforms. The book includes reforms that have not been covered by previous literature, such as those of China, Colombia, France, Hungary, Mexico, and South Africa. The book also presents a comprehensive review of how the United States developed its debt market for state and local governments, through a series of reforms that are path dependent, including the reforms and lessons learned following state defaults in the 1840s and the debates that shaped the enactment of Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code in 1937. Looking forward, pressures on subnational finance are likely to continue-from the fragility of global recovery, the potentially higher cost of capital, refinancing risks, and sovereign risks. This book is essential reading for anyone wanting to know the challenges and reform options in debt restructuring, insolvency frameworks, and public debt market development. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by World Bank Publications, United States, Washington, 2013
ISBN 10: 1464800375 ISBN 13: 9781464800375
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This volume will explore the potentially transformative role of effective laws and legal institutions in providing people with more opportunity that is both inclusive and equitable. Laws, legal frameworks and judicial institutions can create opportunity by providing the space to build human capital and assets, create jobs, and encourage individuals and organisations to make productive investments based on a greater sense of stability. They can also promote inclusion by advancing access to jobs and expanding the reach and quality of services including access to justice as well as promote equity by supporting equal opportunities, promoting open and accountable governance, and effective judicial and legal institutions. The objective is to shift focus to laws, legal frameworks and judicial institutions. To this end, submissions will explore the potentially transformative role of effective laws and legal institutions in providing people with more opportunity that is both inclusive and equitable. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by World Bank Publications, United States, Washington, 2009
ISBN 10: 0821379879 ISBN 13: 9780821379875
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Today's enormous development challenges are complicated by the reality of climate change-the two are inextricably linked and together demand immediate attention. Climate change threatens all countries, but particularly developing ones. Understanding what climate change means for development policy is the central aim of the World Development Report 2010. Estimates are that developing countries would bear some 75 to 80 percent of the costs of anticipated damages caused by the changing climate. Developing countries simply cannot afford to ignore climate change, nor can they focus on adaptation alone. So action to reduce vulnerability and lay the groundwork for a transition to low-carbon growth paths is imperative. The World Development Report 2010 explores how public policy can change to better help people cope with new or worsened risks, how land and water management must adapt to better protect a threatened natural environment while feeding an expanding and more prosperous population, and how energy systems will need to be transformed. The authors examine how to integrate development realities into climate policy-in international agreements, in instruments to generate carbon finance, and in steps to promote innovation and the diffusion of new technologies. The World Development Report 2010 is an urgent call for action, both for developing countries who are striving to ensure policies are adapted to the realities and dangers of a hotter planet, and for high-income countries who need to undertake ambitious mitigation while supporting developing countries efforts. The authors argue that a climate-smart world is within reach if we act now to tackle the substantial inertia in the climate, in infrastructure, and in behaviors and institutions; if we act together to reconcile needed growth with prudent and affordable development choices; and if we act differently by investing in the needed energy revolution and taking the steps required to adapt to a rapidly changing planet. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.
Published by World Bank Publications, United States, Washington, 2003
ISBN 10: 0821354108 ISBN 13: 9780821354100
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by World Bank, Washington, DC, 1989
ISBN 10: 0821303066 ISBN 13: 9780821303061
Seller: Yak and Yeti Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Wraps. Condition: Good. xvii, 109p, map. Cover and some pages water-stained in upper right corners, but text is fine.
Published by World Bank Publications, Washington, DC, 1995
ISBN 10: 0821332902 ISBN 13: 9780821332900
Seller: 2Vbooks, Derwood, MD, U.S.A.
Trade paperback. Condition: Fine. No dust jacket. 301 p. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. SC 312.
Published by World Bank, Washington, D.C., 1979
Seller: Baltimore's Best Books, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some writing on the cover.
Published by The World Bank, Washington D.C., 2005
ISBN 10: 0821361708 ISBN 13: 9780821361702
Seller: Priceless Books, Urbana, IL, U.S.A.
Pb. Condition: VG. 300pp. Light soiling on edges; owner name fep. Biblio. & index.
Published by The World Bank, Washington, DC, 1998
ISBN 10: 0821327321 ISBN 13: 9780821327326
Seller: BookEnds Bookstore & Curiosities, Ojai, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Softcover 2 staple bound, includes Foreword by His Highness The Aga Khan with b/w illustrations, 49 pages.
Published by World Bank Publications, Washington, DC, 2002
ISBN 10: 0821350676 ISBN 13: 9780821350676
Seller: 2Vbooks, Derwood, MD, U.S.A.
Trade paperback. Condition: Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 464 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. SC 309.
Published by The World Bank, Washington, D. C., 2008
ISBN 10: 0821374745 ISBN 13: 9780821374740
Seller: Priceless Books, Urbana, IL, U.S.A.
Pb. Condition: G+. 313pp. Corners & ends of spine rubbed & bumped; stain on fore-edge; some underlining in text. References & index. Reading copy only.
Published by Washington: World Bank, 2000
ISBN 10: 0821343866 ISBN 13: 9780821343869
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. 419 pp., tables, paperback, very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
Published by Washington: The World Bank, 1993
ISBN 10: 0821325256 ISBN 13: 9780821325254
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. 230 pp., quarto, Paperback, minor library marks, text clean & binding tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
Published by THE WORLD BANK Washington, D.C.
ISBN 10: 0821343491 ISBN 13: 9780821343494
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover edition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Published by The World Bank, Washington, D.C., 1999
ISBN 10: 0821345192 ISBN 13: 9780821345191
Seller: Presidential Book Shop or James Carroll, Alexandria, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: As New. First Edition. xii, 122 p. This book explores the economic aspects of trying to control tobacco use on a global scale. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Washington, DC, U.S.A.: World Bank, The, Office of the Publisher, 1999, 1999
ISBN 10: 0821344218 ISBN 13: 9780821344217
Seller: RWL GROUP (Booksellers), Desert Hot Springs, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good+ ex-library softcover in plastic cover. spine label and barcode only o/w clean and tight. ISBN: 0821344218.