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A current overview of data as well as regional data and income group analysis in six chapters: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. The CD-ROM editions contain 43 years of time series data for countries and country groups, covering 1960 to 2003, and offers mapping, charting and data export formats001

This CD-ROM contains more than 200 historical time series from 1970 to 2002, and country group estimates for 2003.

A level playing field, with clear rules of the game, is by now recognized as the best recipe to bring about strong and sustainable economic growth. This report looks at the policies and institutions required to unlock private-led growth in the Middle East and North Africa.

The World Development Report, published by the World Bank annually since 1978, contains a wealth of information on the economic and social state of the world. This omnibus CD-ROM edition includes the text of all 26 editions.

This volume is based on the 13th Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, held in May 2001. The conference focused on the current thinking in development policy and the implications for the global economy, with emphasis on globalization and health.

In November 1997 the World Bank and Singapore's Institute of Policy Studies sponsored a conference, 'Financing Health Care and Old Age Security, ' to assess and identify potential solutions to these concerns. It addressed a topic of concern to nearly every country, developing and industrial, that is, how to deal with the implications of financing medical care and income security for rapidly aging populations. The issues identified and the solutions proposed can provide insight and guidance for policymakers, researchers, and others interested in addressing these challenges now. Of special interest are the contributors' analyses of Singapore's unique, integrated approach to managing social risk, which is based on mandatory individual savings accounts

Explores a wide variety of pension reform issues. Topics covered in this book include new approaches to multi-pillar pension reform, the relevance of index funds for pension investment in equities, and managing public pension reserves.

The World Bank's Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) is one of the world's best known series of conferences for the presentation and discussion of new knowledge about development. This volume collects together papers from the 1999 ABCDE in Europe given by some of the most prominent thinkers on development issues.

Macroeconomic disruptions support the argument that growing financial integration has increased the urgency of providing accurate measures of long-run equilibrium exchange rates. This resource presents analysis and practical techniques for measurement.