This book examines the 35-year career of Vinod Thomas. He spent those 35 years within the World Bank Group in different positions and in different regions. This book is organized in four parts. First...
Included in this issue: International Comparison Program (ICP) at 40: reflecting back and looking forward. New methodology for linking regional PPPs. Business uses of purchasing power parties (PPPs): challenges...
Included in this issue: International Comparison Program (ICP) at 40: reflecting back and looking forward. New methodology for linking regional PPPs. Business uses of purchasing power parties (PPPs): challenges...
This paper discusses the enormous economic benefits of investing in women's education. The author suggests that, over time, increases in girls' education have the potential to transform societies.
Development is the most pressing challenge facing the human race. Despite the enormous opportunities created by the advances in technology, more than 1 billion people, one-fifth of the world's population...
The design and diffusion of improved cooking stoves. What do we know about the political economy of economic policy reform? Using auctions to allocate and price long-term credit. Wage controls during the...
Recent research has convinced the author that once all the benefits are recognized, investment in the education of girls may be the highest return of investment available in the developing world. The author...
This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: farewell to Moeen Qureshi; look who's minding the baby by Jaycox, Victoria; the eyes have it by Elz, Dieter; how should the west help...
This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: the house that Jane built by Roessner, Jill; the campfire of the vanities by Rashish, Peter S.; a matter of degrees by Nimmen, Armand...