 Doing Business 2009: Comparing Regulation in 181 Economies
Doing Business 2009 is the sixth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulations in 181 economies. Doing Business 2009 measures regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business: starting business, enforcing contracts, employing workers, getting credit, closing a business, registering property, protecting investors, dealing with construction permits, paying taxes, trading across borders. More Details
 Legislative Oversight and Budgeting: A World Perspective
This volume brings together research from many different perspectives and many different legislative settings worldwide. More Details  Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2008, Regional: Higher Education and Development
These papers concern issues such as: Higher Education and International Migration in Asia: Brain Circulation; Interfaces in Higher Education: Two Sector in Sync?; Financing Higher Education: Lessons from developed economies, options for developing economies; Well-springs of Modern Economic Growth: Higher Education, Innovation and Local Economic Development; Higher Education, Innovation, and Economic Development; Higher Education and the Labour Market in India. More Details  Integrating Environment into Agriculture and Forestry: Progress and Prospects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Integrating Environment into Agriculture and Forestry presents 10 recommendations for local and international stakeholders to proactively integrate environmental concerns into policies, programs, and investments in the agriculture and forestry sectors. Access the Full Text  For Protection and Promotion: The Design and Implementation of Effective Safety Nets
Drawing on a wealth of research, policy, and operational documents from both academia and the World Bank’s work in over 100 countries, For Protection and Promotion provides pragmatic and informed guidance on how to design and implement safety nets, including useful information on how to define eligibility and select beneficiaries, set and pay benefits, and monitor and evaluate programs and systems. More Details  Transport Prices and Costs in Africa: A Review of the International Corridors
Transport Prices and Costs in Africa analyzes the various reasons for poor transport performance seen widely throughout Africa and provides a compelling case for a number of national and regional reforms that are vital to the effort to address the underlying causes of high transport prices and costs and service unpredictability seen in Africa. More Details Check out the complete list of new acquisitions. | 
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