Migration and Remittances During the Global Financial Crisis and Beyond

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Publications
• During the 2008 financial crisis, the possible changes in remittance-sending behavior and potential avenues to alleviate a probable decline in remitta... Lees meer

Nonfinancial Defined Contribution Pension Schemes in a Changing Pension World

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Publications
• Nonfinancial Defined Contribution (NDC) schemes are now in their teens. The new pension concept was born in the early 1990s, implemented from the mid-... Lees meer

Debt Relief and Beyond

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Publications
• The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative is the first comprehensive multilateral debt relief framework for low-income countries. After 12... Lees meer

Private Voluntary Health Insurance

Alexander S Preker, Pablo Gottret, Birgit Hansl

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Publications
• Health insurance can offer protection against catastrophic medical expenses and improve access to health care. There are, however, imperfections in th... Lees meer

Rents to Riches?

Lorena VI Uela, Lorena Vinuela

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• This volume focuses on the political economy surrounding the detailed decisions that governments make at each step of the value chain for natural reso... Lees meer

Post-Crisis Growth in Developing Countries

World Bank Group, Commission on Growth and Development

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• The 2008 financial crisis has raised a number of questions about the best strategy for achieving sustained growth and poverty reduction in developing ... Lees meer

New Structural Economics

Justin Yifu Lin

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Publications
• Economic development is a process of continuous technological innovation and structural transformation. Development thinking is inherently tied to the... Lees meer

Vulnerable Places, Vulnerable People

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Publications
• While some argue that trade liberalization has raised incomes and led to environmental protection in developing countries, others claim that it genera... Lees meer