International Development
The Treasury Approach to State-Building and Institution-Strengthening Assistance: Experience in Iraq and Broader Implications
USIS
This 16-page report focuses on the role of the U.S. Treasury Department in providing finance-related state-building and institution-strengthening assistance.
International Development, Disarmament & PeacekeepingPosted: 2008-11-20
New Technologies in Support of Improved Forest Governance: Factors Influencing Success
Verifor
A 6-page paper examining how new technologies are being introduced as a means to strengthen forest governance systems
International Development, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-03-15
Aid and AIDS: A Delicate Cocktail
Vox
An article examining the focus of developmental assistance targeting health
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-07-09
Global Tuberculosos Control: Surveillance, Planning, Financing
WHO
This 227-page 2007 report assesses the effectiveness of national TB control programmes worldwide
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-03-23
Tracking Progress in Maternal, Newborn & Child Survival: The 2008 Report
WHO
This 111-page report measures the coverage of basic health services proven to reduce maternal and child mortality
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-04-18
Accelerating Work to Overcome the Global Impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases—A Roadmap for Implementation
WHO
To guide the effort against NTDs this 22-page document sets out a new strategy that sets targets for what can be achieved by the end of the decade
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-01-31
Aid to Fragile States: Do Donors Help or Hinder?
WIDER
This 37-page discussion paper examines the effectiveness of aid to fragile and poorly-performing states
International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-09-07
How to Build M&E Systems to Support Better Government
World Bank
This 172-page report highlights the experience of several countries which have succeeded in building a well-functioning government monitoring and evaluation system
Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-10-09
Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Next Decade
World Bank
A 5-page paper explaining that while sovereign wealth funds represent a new opportunity for developing countries, they also carry challenges for both home and host countries
International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-04-11
Public Sector Reform: What Works and Why
World Bank
This 120-page study evaluates public sector reform in developing countries
International Development, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2008-06-18
Protecting Progress: The Challenge Facing Low-Income Countries in the Global Recession
World Bank
This 26-page paper reports that while the global economy is showing tentative signs of recovery, 43 low-income developing countries are still suffering the consequences of the global recession, which highlights the need to increase support to the poorest countries dealing with economic volatility and crisis
International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2009-09-22
Governance Matters, 2007: Worldwide Governance Indicators 1996-2006
World Bank
This 94-page updated study measures progress in improving governance and fighting corruption
Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-07-17
Gender Equality and Development
World Bank
This 458-page report argues that gender equality is a core development objective in its own right. Further, that it is also smart economics
International Development, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-10-04
Close to Home: The Developmental Impact of Remittances in Latin America
World Bank
An 89-page report examining the developmental impact of remittances by migrant workers to Latin America
International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-11-06
Global Development Finance 2005: Mobilizing Finance and Managing Vulnerability
World Bank
This 171-page annual review reports on global economic performance in 2004, financial flows to developing countries, and the challenges to those flows
International Development, Economic PolicyPosted: 2005-04-11
World Development Indicators 2010
World Bank
The access page to the World Bank's Data Catalogue of over 2,000 development indicators
International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2010-05-17
Population Issues in the 21st Century: The Role of the World Bank
World Bank
An 83-page discussion paper drawing attention to the importance of reproductive health programmes in promoting poverty reduction, nutrition, health and education in poorer countries
International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-07-25
Global Economic Prospects 2009: Commodities at the Crossroads
World Bank
This 196-page report on prospects for the global economy says that, along with the deepening crisis, commodity prices have plummeted, ending an historic five year boom. But the report, says the worst should be over by 2010 when growth is projected to pick up in developing countries
Economic Policy, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-12-16
Rising Food and Fuel Prices: Addressing the Risks to Future Generations
World Bank
A 20-page study assessing the effect of rising food and fuel prices on malnutrition
Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-10-14
Africa Development Indicators 2007
World Bank
This 176-page report monitors the performance of Africa's economies
International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-11-21
Conditional Cash Transfers : Reducing Present and Future Poverty
World Bank
A 384-page report showing that there is good evidence that conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have improved the lives of poor people
Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-07-29
Global Economic Prospects 2008: Technology Diffusion in the Developing World
World Bank
This 224-page report examines technology diffusion in the developing world
International Development, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2008-01-14
Improving Development Outcomes: Annual Integrity Report
World Bank
An 80-page report on anti-corruption activities undertaken by the World Bank
Corruption, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-01-02
World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change
World Bank
This 365-page report states that developing countries can shift to lower-carbon paths while promoting development and reducing poverty, but this depends on financial and technical assistance from high-income countries. It also concludes that high-income countries need to act quickly to reduce their carbon footprints and boost development of alternative energy sources to help tackle climate change
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-09-22
Economic Benefit of Tubercolosis Control
World Bank
A 59-page working paper spelling out the economic benefits attainable by an investment in tubercolosis control
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-12-18
Weathering the Storm: Economic Policy Responses to the Financial Crisis
World Bank
A 23-page report evaluating policy stances for developing countries to adopt in dealing with the global economic downturn
International Development, Economic PolicyPosted: 2008-12-03
World Development Report 2009
World Bank
A report considering the geographic challenges to development (single page linking to each section of the report)
International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-11-11
International Trade and Climate Change
World Bank
A 26-page summary report explaining the linkages between trade liberalization, international development and addressing climate change
International Development, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-11-21
World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development
World Bank
This 386-page report focuses on the role of science and technology in agriculture-driven development
International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-11-14
World Development Report 2012 for iPad
World Bank
A limited time free offer of the World Development Report 2012 App for iPad
International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-12-16
Silent and Lethal: How Quiet Corruption Undermines Africa’s Development
World Bank
This 48-page essay sheds light on “quiet corruption” in Africa —when public servants fail to deliver services or inputs that have been paid for by the government
International Development, CorruptionPosted: 2010-03-26
World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation
World Bank
A 336-page report dealing with the challenges and opportunities posed by the record number of young people in developing countries
International Development, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2006-09-25
Global Monitoring Report 2012: Food Prices, Nutrition, and the Millennium Development Goals
World Bank
This 188-page report examines summarizes the impacts of food prices on several MDGs; reviews policy responses; and outlines future prospects
Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2012-04-24
Adaptation to Climate Change May Be Farmers' Best Bet
World Bank
An article describing the merits of adaptation to climate change to minimise agricultural losses
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-04-29
Global Development Finance 2004 - Harnessing Cyclical Gains for Development
World Bank
This 248-page report reviews recent trends and prospects for financial flows to developing countries
International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-05-17
Reengaging in Agricultural Water Management: Challenges and Options
World Bank
This 242-page report outlines options for sustainable agricultural water management and calls for a doubling of investment in irrigation
Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-03-28
International Migration, Remittances and the Brain Drain
World Bank
This 292-page report examines the economic effects of migration on developing countries
Immigration & Refugees, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-11-01
2006 World Development Report: Equity and Development
World Bank
A report analyzing the relationship between equity and development (single page linking to each chapter)
International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2005-09-27
Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2006: Getting Results
World Bank
A 120-page report on the effectiveness of development projects supported by the World Bank
International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-12-18
Implementing Projects, Achieving Results
World Bank
A 40-page progress report on reconstruction efforts in Aceh stresses the success of community-led projects
International Development, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2006-12-28
Aid Effectiveness: Opening the Black Box
World Bank
A 13-page paper examining the causality chain linking aid flows to development outcomes
International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-01-29
Improving Lives
World Bank
A 64-page report illustrating the potential of renewable energy to transform poor peoples' lives
International Development, EnergyPosted: 2007-01-29
Meeting the Challenge of Africa's Development: A World Bank Group Action Plan
World Bank
This 115-page document is an action plan for the Development Committee of the World Bank, detailing its Africa strategy and addressing the Gleneagles call for improved international aid coordination
International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2005-09-12
2004 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness
World Bank
This 134-page report examines the growth and poverty reduction experience of the client countries of the World Bank and the effectiveness of the bank's interventions
International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2005-06-15
Debunking Myths on Worldwide Governance and Corruption
World Bank
A 64-page Powerpoint presentation of a lecture explaining the importance of measuring corruption in the development agenda, and the economic costs associated with it
Corruption, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-05-03
Governance Matters IV: Governance Indicators for 1996-2004
World Bank
A 61-page report providing a set of worldwide governance indicators covering 209 countries.
Governance & Politics, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-05-19
Growth and Development in Emerging Markets and Other Developing Countries
World Bank
This 37-page report highlights links between global growth, rebalancing, and development in an increasingly multipolar world economy
International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-11-16
Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors
World Bank
This 552-page book summarizes the concepts and estimates of the burden of disease and the attribution of this burden to several key risk factors (single page linking to each chapter)
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-04-11
Priorities in Health
World Bank
A 212-page distillation of "Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries" (2nd edition), giving the essence of that report in a succinct and readable format
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-04-11
Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development
World Bank
A 272-page report urging that efforts to combat malnutrition in developing countries should be targeted toward pregnant women and children under two
Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-03-06
The Renewable Energy Toolkit
World Bank
This toolkit is an operational guide to the design of renewable energy projects in developing countries
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-03-01
Hazards of Nature, Risks to Development
World Bank
A 236-page evaluation of the World Bank's assistance for natural disasters
International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2006-05-08
Debt Relief for the Poorest: An Evaluation Update of the HIPC Initiative
World Bank
A 98-page report evaluating the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative
International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2006-05-15
Global Economic Prospects: The Economic Implications of Remittances and Migration
World Bank
This 182-page report deals with the size and importance of remittances by migrants from developing countries
Immigration & Refugees, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-11-21
An Agenda for Research on Urbanization in Developing Countries
World Bank
This 30-page policy research working paper assesses the state of research and examines priorities for future work in the area of urbanization and growth
International Development, Urban IssuesPosted: 2010-11-22
Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda
World Bank
A 425-page report illustrating the benefit to global welfare that would accrue from the abolition of tariffs, subsidies and domestic support programmes
Globalisation & International Trade, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-11-15
Economic Growth in the 1990s: Learning from a Decade of Reform
World Bank
A report analysing economic growth and development lessons that can be drawn from reforms undertaken during the 1990s (single page linking to all sections)
Economic Policy, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-04-26
Rolling Back Malaria: The World Bank Global Strategy & Booster Program
World Bank
A 122-page document describing the World Bank's strategy for increasing efforts to control malaria
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-04-26
Enhancing Accountability in Schools
World Bank
A 4-page brief exploring how some developing countries have tried to improve educational outcomes by introducing policies that emphasise choice, managerial autonomy and accountability
Education, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-06-19
Financing Africa Through the Crisis and Beyond
World Bank
This 308-page book takes stock of Africa's financial systems in light of recent changes in the global financial system. It addresses risk aversion of international investors, a shift in economic and financial powers towards emerging markets, the regulatory reform debate, and the increasing role of technology
International Development, RegionalPosted: 2011-09-22
Frontiers in Development Policy
World Bank
This 312-page book is a primer that examines interlinkages in various parts of the economy and the need for practical policy making to reach development goals in a globalized world of instabilities and complexities
International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-09-22
Informality: Exit and Exclusion
World Bank
A report on the growth in informal employment in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on its harmful effects on social welfare
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-05-29
World Development Indicators 2007
World Bank
The World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development (single page linking to individual sections)
International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2007-04-23
Global Development Finance Report 2006
World Bank
This 221-page report reviews and analyses flows in development finance during 2005
International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-06-05
The Little Green Data Book 2007
World Bank
This 240-page compendium of environmental data focuses on carbon dioxide emissions
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-05-14
Healthy Development: The World Bank Strategy for Health, Nutrition and Population Results
World Bank
A 193-page strategy to assist developing countries strengthen their health systems
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-05-07
Food Safety and Agricultural Health Requirements: Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Country Exports
World Bank
This 166-page report discusses the implications of rising health and food safety standards for exporting developing countries
International Development, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2005-02-08
The Development Potential of Regional Programs
World Bank
A 150-page examination of the development potential of regional programmes
International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-04-02
Trading on Time
World Bank and IFC
A 37-page study demonstrating how delays in exporting procedures harm the economies of developing countries
International Development, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2006-01-30
Global Monitoring Report 2005: From Consensus to Momentum
World Bank and IMF
Report on progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals on poverty, disease and illiteracy (single page linking to all sections of the report)
International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-04-20
Ecosystems, Livelihoods and Disasters: An Integrated Approach to Disaster Risk Management
World Conservation Union
This 40-page report proposes an approach integrating ecosystem management, development planning and risk reduction strategies to reduce disaster impacts
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-09-21
Making Peace Work
World Institute for Development Economics Research
A page providing links to the presentations made at this Helsinki conference
Disarmament & Peacekeeping, International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-07-07
The Future of Development Economics
World Institute for Development Economics Research
Single page providing links to the papers delivered at this Helsinki conference held to discuss the future of development economics
International Development, Economic PolicyPosted: 2005-07-08
New Sources of Development Finance: Funding the Millennium Development Goals
World Institute for Development Economics Research
This 36-page policy brief contains the key findings of a study conducted by UNU-WIDER to investigate the development of new sources of finance to assist social development and poverty eradication
International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2004-11-19
Managing the Challenges of WTO Participation
World Trade Organisation
A collection of 45 case studies from different countries illustrating how participation in the WTO was managed ( single page linking to each case study)
International Development, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2006-05-12
WTO African Regional Workshop on Cotton - Cotonou, Republic of Benin - 23-24 March 2004
World Trade Organisation
This document presents the summary conclusions of the workshop
International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-04-01
Income Volatility in Small and Developing Economies: Export Concentration Matters
World Trade Organisation
This 40-page discussion paper examines the effect of export concentration on small economies and concludes that volatility is reduced if they diversify their exports
International Development, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2004-02-27
How are the Neighbours? The Millennium Development Goals and Our Region 2006
World Vision
This 16-page Australian paper examines whether Australia's developing country neighbours are on track to achieve their MDGs and whether they are receiving sufficient support from the developed countries
International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-08-14
Does Aid Work?
World Vision
A 15-page Australian discussion paper examining the effectiveness of overseas aid in reducing poverty
International Development, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2006-08-14
A Seat at the Table: Including the Poor in Decisions for Development and Environment
WRI
This 28-page report closely examines access rights to environmental decision making in four countries: Cameroon, Paraguay, Philippines, and Sri Lanka
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-05-18
World Resources 2008: Roots of Resilience
WRI et al.
This 277-page document argues that properly-designed enterprises can create economic, social and environmental resilience to cushion the impact of climate change and help provide social stability
International Development, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-08-15
Commodity Terms of Trade: The History of Booms and Busts
WTO
An article demonstrating how commodity prices affect the macroeconomic performance of commodity-exporting countries
Globalisation & International Trade, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-07-13
Natural Resources and Development Strategy after the Crisis
WTO
An article considering the role of primary commodities in development
International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-04-12
Aid, Institutions and Governance: What Have We Learned?
"Development Policy Review"
A 22-page UK article summarizing fresh thinking on the place of governance systems and the role of aid in development
International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-01-10
Developmental States in the New Millennium: Concepts and Challenges for a New Aid Agenda
"Development Policy Review"
A 22-page article reviewing the literature relating to key aspects affecting the developmental state
International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-09-18
The Looming Arab Employment Crisis
"International Economy"
A 4-page US paper examining the employment implications of population growth in the Arab world
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-08-28
Food Security in an Era of Economic Volatility
"Population and Development Review"
A 32-page US article considering the state of food insecurity, the nature of price variability, and the appropriate strategies for international agricultural development
Poverty & Hunger, International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-01-06
Chronic Diseases (series)
"The Lancet"
A series of four articles highlighting the prevalence of chronic diseases globally, and in poorer countries especially (one page linking to all four articles)
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-10-12
Maternal and Child Undernutrition
"The Lancet"
The 12-page executive summary of a series of papers dealing with maternal and child undernutrition in developing countries
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-02-05