This guide reviews the organisation's history, objectives and operations, and looks at the five institutions that make up the World Bank Group: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development ...

Policy dialogue on governance.

Annotation Argentina has reformed its public finance system and reversed years of economic decline and deficit spending. This study recommends policy options to speed the already impressive progress.

Presents case studies resulting from participation in the World Bank by developing countries such as Chad, Brazil, and Nigeria

The report estimated that ...

This evaluation assesses the effectiveness of the World Bank Group in helping its member countries improve their investment climates, within the context of the World Bank Group's overall mission of poverty reduction and sustainable ...

This second edition is a follow-up to the first volume released for the 2014 Annual Meetings.

Autobiography of Hermann Buhl, whose solo, unaided climb of Nanga Parbat is thought to be a greater achievement than Hillary and Tenzing's climb on Everest.

CD-ROM contains: Research and background information for the report.

Overview of macroeconomic disaster in the making