WELCOME TO THE WORLD BANK E-LIBRARY
The World Bank e-library is an online, fully cross-searchable portal of over 5,000 World Bank documents. The collection consists of over 2,000 World Bank publications and over 3,200 Policy Research Working Papers, plus each new book and paper as they are published. As an e-Library subscriber you gain unlimited access to a wealth of knowledge and expertise on development issues throughout the years and across a wide range of subjects.
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FEATURED TITLES
The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2010
by World Bank
This Little Data Book presents at-a-glance tables for over 140 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technology (ICT), including access, quality, affordability, efficiency,sustainability, and applications.
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The Little Data Book on External Debt 2010
by World Bank
The Little Data Book on External Debt' provides a quick reference for users interested in external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, key debt ratios, and the currency composition of long-term debt for all countries reporting through the Debtor Reporting system.
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Global Monitoring Report 2010: The MDGs after the Crisis
by World Bank
What is the human cost of the global economic crisis? This year’s Global Monitoring Report, The MDGs after the Crisis, examines the impact of the worst recession since the Great Depression on poverty and human development outcomes in developing countries.
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Equity and Growth in a Globalizing World
by World Bank
This book is a compilation of a series of “state of the art” papers on topics related to equity and growth. As inputs to its final report (The Growth Report)\, the Commission on Growth and Development took stock of the current state of knowledge and understanding of various sectors/issues that have an impact on economic growth, including equity, education, health, leadership and others.
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Characterizing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Middle East and North Africa: Time for Strategic Action
by Laith Abu-Raddad , Francisca Ayodeji Akala , Iris Semini , Gabrielle Riedner , David Wilson , Oussama Tawil
Despite global progress in understanding the epidemiology of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), knowledge about the epidemic in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains limited and subject to much controversy.
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