Contrary to popular perception, Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries are significantly threatened by climate change, with serious risks already in evidence. The vulnerability and adaptive capacity of...
Вопреки широко распространенной точке зрения, страны Европы и Центральной Азии (ЕЦА) подвержены значительной угрозе в связи с изменением климата; при этом некоторые серьезные факторы риска уже стали реальностью...
In conflict-affected countries, insecurity can worsen the incidence of poverty, undercut the delivery of basic services, and leave segments of the population chronically vulnerable. Because security provision...
In the first four months of calendar year 1999, the World Bank Institute Knowledge and Products (WBIKP) Division offered three renditions of its core course on economics and business journalism. Participants...
This ADF Dispatches brief includes the following headings: Stiglitz Calls for More Caution and Supervision in Financial Sector, Tale of Two Cities: Two Mayors and the Impact of Local Communities and ADF...
This ADF Dispatches brief includes the following headings: Asia’s Crisis Opens Opportunities for Much-Needed Reforms, Environmental Worries Mount Amid Economic Turmoil, Interview with Peter H. Sullivan...
This ADF Dispatches brief includes the following headings: Don't reverse Globalization, Experts Say, Just Watch the Risks. Regional Ties Called Priority for Asia, Habito Sees Asian Crisis as 'Problem of...
This ADF Dispatches brief includes the following headings: Ramos Calls for Continuity of Reforms' as Fix to Crisis and Asia’s Crisis Poses Special Risks for the Region's Poorest. They are for the proceedings...
This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: learning and development by Thomas, Vinod; Economic Development Institute (EDI) in retrospect 1955 to 1995 by Oxenham, John; from privatization...