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Social Sustainability in Development
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Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century Paperback The overlapping crises of COVID-19, climate change, and rising levels of conflict are exacerbating global inequalities. This report offers a definition and framework for social sustainability as well as examples and guidance on how...
Productivity Revisited
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Shifting Paradigms in Analysis and Policy Paperback Productivity Revisited argues for an integrated approach to productivity analysis that incorporates both the need to reduce economic distortions  and generate the human capital capable of identifying the opportunities offered to follower...
Global Investment Competitiveness Report 2017/2018
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Foreign Investor Perspectives and Policy Implications Paperback The Global Investment Competitiveness report presents new insights and evidence on drivers of foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries, and FDI?s role in development.
Opening the Black Box
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The Contextual Drivers of Social Accountability Paperback Opening the Black Box fills an important knowledge gap by providing guidance on how to assess contextual drivers of social accountability effectiveness. This publication aims to more strategically support citizen engagement at the...
This title shows what makes Brazil so unequal, how inequalities weaken Brazil's economic development and what are the best policy options to reduce this ineq...
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Building State Capacity in Challenging Contexts Paperback Building and operating successful public institutions is a perennial and long-term challenge for governments. Drawing on research carried out on nine public agencies in Lao PDR, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, and Timor Leste, this volume...
Inclusion Matters
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The Foundation for Shared Prosperity Paperback This report puts boundaries around the concept of social inclusion and offers an easy-to-use definition and a framework to assist practitioners in framing the right questions that can help advance the agenda of inclusion in different contexts.
Societal Dynamics and Fragility
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Engaging Societies in Responding to Fragile Situations Paperback Drawing on case studies from Yemen, Liberia, Haiti, Central African Republic and Aceh, the report offers insights to address fragility by building social cohesion. This report advocates for adapting development interventions to...
Living through Crises
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How the Food, Fuel, and Financial Shocks Affect the Poor Paperback This book brings together qualitative studies conducted during 2008-11 in communities in sixteen countries, with eight case studies that illustrate how people in specific localities were impacted by global shocks and what...
Local and Community Driven Development
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Moving to Scale in Theory and Practice Paperback This volume brings together the experiences of leading practitioners of local and community-driven development (LCDD) projects.
Social Dimensions of Climate Change
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Equity and Vulnerability in a Warming World Paperback While major strides have been made in the scientific understanding of climate change, much less understood is how these dynamics in the physical enviornment interact with socioeconomic systems. This book brings together the latest...
Delivering Services in Multicultural Societies
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Paperback The book looks at ways in which policy makers have adapted service delivery to take into account the growing recognition of the importance of considering cultural and ethnic diversity when designing and implementing development programs.
Building Equality and Opportunity through Social Guarantees
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New Approaches to Public Policy and the Realization of Rights Paperback Social guarantees are defined as sets of policy mechanisms that determine citizens? entitlements related to basic services and ensure their fulfillment on the part of the state. This book examines the validity of a...
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