BOLETIN NO. 4, NOVEDADES EDITORIALES DE BANCO MUNDIAL (Abril 2007)

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CONTENIDO LIBROS IMPRESOS

The role of communication in large infrastructure: the Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project in post-conflict Sierra Leone

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Japan, moving toward a more advanced knowledge economy: Assessment and Lessons

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Japan, moving toward a more advanced knowledge economy: Advanced knowledge-Creating Companies

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World development report 2007: development and the next generation 2 Infrastructure at the crossroads: lessons from 20 years of World Bank experience

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Targeting of transfers in developing countries: review of lessons and experience

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Hazards of nature, risks to development: an IEG evaluation of World Bank assistance for natural

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Little data book on Africa 2006 4 Overcoming drought: adaptation strategies for Andhra Pradesh, India 5 Agua, electricidad y pobreza: ¿quién se beneficia de los subsidios a los servicios públicos?

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Doing business in 2007: how to reform: comparing regulation in 175 economies

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Mining royalties: a global study of their impact on investors, government, and civil society

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Global issues for global citizens: an introduction to key development challenges

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International financial reporting standards: a practical guide 8 East Asian finance: the road to robust markets 8 Cooperative financial institutions: issues in governance, regulation, and supervision

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IEG review of World Bank assistance for financial sector reform 10 A la vanguardia del desarrollo: reflexiones desde el Banco Mundial 10 Small states: making the most of development assistance: a synthesis of World Bank evaluation findings

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Strengthening the World Bank’s role in global programs and partnerships 11 A Reader in international corporate finance 12 Reforming the investment climate: lessons for practitioners 12 The effectiveness of promotion agencies at attracting foreign direct investment

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Development of capital markets and institutional investors in Russia: recent achievements and policy challenges ahead

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Subnational capital markets in developing countries: from theory to practice 14 Local governance in industrial countries 15 Evaluating social funds: a cross-country analysis of community investments 15 Postindustrial East Asian cities: innovation for growth 16 Meeting the challenges of secondary education in Latin America and East Asia: improving efficiency and resource mobilization.

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AIDS in South Asia: understanding and responding to a heterogeneous epidemic

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LIBROS ELECTRÓNICOS Reforming Agricultural Trade for Developing Countries: Quantifying the Impact of Multilateral Trade Reform (2 Vol.)

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Pensions Panorama: Retirement-Income Systems in 53 countries 19 Developing Annuities Markets: The Experience of Chile 19 Infrastructure in Latin America & the Caribbean: Recent 20 Achieving Development Policy Objectives 20 Ending Poverty in South Asia: Ideas That Work 21

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HC1065.Z9 C35 The role of communication in large infrastructure: the Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project in post-conflict Sierra Leone Washington, D.C.: Banco Mundial, c2006. 42 p Materia: Infraestructura; Comunicación en el desarrollo rural; Energía hidráulica; Centrales hidroeléctricas ISBN 0821366823 9780821366820

The Role of Communication in Large Infrastructure is part of the World Bank Working Paper series. These papers are published to communicate the results of the Bank's ongoing research and to stimulate public discussion. Infrastructure development in the past was often implemented without adequately taking into consideration the possible negative environmental and social impacts. Drawing from the experience of the Bumbuna Hydropower project in Sierra Leone, this paper proposes to complement safeguard policies by establishing, at the beginning of the project identification phase, two-way communica-tion mechanisms and a continuous consultation process, allowing the government and the donors to interact with key stakeholders. The book pro poses an integrated approach here communication is seen as a powerful analytical tool, and as an instrument to sup-port the decision making process by enabling it to be more trans-parent, consensual, and responsive to the beneficiaries' need, thus avoiding future problems and criticisms, which might delay and even bring the project to a halt at a later stage.

HC462.95 J355 V.1 Shibata, Tsutomu, 1947-, ed Japan, moving toward a more advanced knowledge economy: Assessment and Lessons Washington, D. C.: World Bank, c2006, 2 v. Serie: WBI development studies Materia: Japón ISBN 0821366726 (v. 1)

Japan's rapid economic recovery after World War 11, assisted by imported technology, was indeed remarkable. In the mid-1960s, it was the second largest World Bank borrower, while only two decades later it was the second largest contributor. Already in the mid-1960s, Japan's GOP was beginning to catch up with some of the European economies. In mid-2006, the Japanese economy appears to be emerging from a lengthy stag-nation. Japan has been a source of global best practices in both manufacturing processes and management; and although many of its characteristic large-firm management approaches may seem ill suited to the evolving global economy, others have been adapted and continue to be on the cutting edge. On a macro level, Japan has become the world's second largest economy and has a very high level of social equity.

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HC462.95 J355 V.2 Shibata, Tsutomu, 1947-, ed Japan, moving toward a more advanced knowledge economy: Advanced knowledge-Creating Companies Washington, D. C.: World Bank, c2006, 2 v. Serie: WBI development studies Materia: Japón ISBN 0821366742 (v. 2) Japan's rapid economic recovery after World War 11, assisted by imported tech-nology, was indeed remarkable. In the mid-1960s, it was the second largest World Bank borrower, while only two decades later it was the second largest contributor. Already in the mid-1960s, Japan's GOP was beginning to catch up with some of the European economies. In mid-2006, the Japanese economy appears to be emerging from a lengthy stag-nation. Japan has been a source of global best practices in both manufacturing processes and management; and although many of its characteristic large-firm management approaches may seem ill suited to the evolving global economy, oth-ers have been adapted and continue to be on the cutting edge. On a macro level, Japan has become the world's second largest economy and has a very high level of social equity.

HC59.7 W67 2007 World development report 2007: development and the next generationWashington, D. C.: World Bank, c2006. 318 p. World development report; ISSN:0163-5085; 2007. Materia: Países en desarrollo; Desarrollo económico. ISBN 0-8213-6541-X (rústica) (Disponible en CD-ROM) The theme of The World Development Report 2007 is youth - young people between the ages of 12 to 24. As this population group seeks identity and independence, they make decisions that affect not only their own well-being, but that of others, and they do this in a rapidly changing demographic and socio-economic environment. Supporting young people's transition to adulthood poses important opportunities and risky challenges for development policy. Are education systems preparing young people to cope with the demands of changing economies? What kind of support do they get as they enter the labor market? Can they move freely to where the jobs are? What can be done to help them avoid serious consequences of risky behavior, such as death from HIV-AIDS and drug abuse? Can their creative energy be directed productively to support development thinking?. The report will focus on crucial capabilities and transitions in a young person's life: learning for life and work, staying healthy, working, forming families, and exercising citizenship. For each, there are opportunities and risks; for all, policies and institutions matter.

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HC59.72C3 I54 Infrastructure at the crossroads: lessons from 20 years of World Bank experience Washington, D.C.: Banco Mundial, c2006. 141 p Materia: Infraestructura; Desarrollo económico ISBN 0821366866 9780821366868 Infrastructure at the Crossroads brings together lessons from the last two decades of World Bank engagement in infrastructure. It analyzes trends in the Bank's infrastructure lending, describes the evolution of the external environment and the Bank's own strategic priorities, and presents lessons about project design and appraisal, poverty focus, private sector participation, environmental and social sustainability, the issue of corruption, and stakeholder communications.

HC59.72P63 C63 Coady, David Targeting of transfers in developing countries: review of lessons and experience Washington, D.C.: Banco Mundial, c2004. 109 p Materia: Ayuda económica interna; Pobreza; Países en desarrollo Recurso electrónico http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy053/2004048585.htmlISBN 0821357697 Drawing on a database of more than one hundred anti-poverty interventions in 47 countries, Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries provides a general review of experiences with methods used to target interventions in transition and developing countries. Written for policymakers and program managers in developing countries, in donor agencies, and in NGOs who have responsibility for designing interventions that reach the poor, it conveys what targeting options are available, what results can be expected as well as information that will assist in choosing among them and in their implementation. Key messages are: While targeting?works? - The median program transfers 25 percent more to the poor than would a universal allocation - targeting performance around the world is highly variable. Means testing, geographic targeting, and self-selection based on a work requirement are the most robustly progressive methods. Proxy means testing, community-based selection of individuals and demographic targeting to children show good results on average, but with considerable variation. Demographic targeting to the elderly, community bidding, and self-selection based on consumption show limited potential for good targeting. There is no single preferred method for all types of programs or all country contexts. Successful targeting depends critically on how a method is implemented

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HC79.D45 W67 Banco Mundial. Independent Evaluation Group. Hazards of nature, risks to development: an IEG evaluation of World Bank assistance for natural Washington, D. C.: World Bank, 2006, 181 p. Materia-A. Corpor. : Banco Mundial Materia: Desastres naturales, Desastres naturales Recurso electrónico: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0703/2006367554.htmlISBN 0821366505 This report recommends several adjustments to the way the Bank currently handles natural disasters. First, it suggests revisions to policy to better guide staff and enhances flexibility of Bank responses to natural disasters. Second, it encourages increased Bank capacity to respond to disasters and to ensure that it can be mobilized quickly. Finally. It recommends that the Bank prepare a strategy or action plan for natural disaster assistance that includes an assessment of each country's level of disaster risk, and differentiation of approach on the basis of that assessment.

HC800 L57 Little data book on Africa 2006 Washington, D. C.: World Bank, 2006 124 p. Materia: África ISBN 0821367048 9780821367049 A pocket-sized reference on key development data for over 50 countries in Africa, this book provides profiles of each country with 54 development indicators about people, environment, economy, technology, infrastructure, trade and finance. A must have for anyone interested in today's development challenges in sub-Saharan Africa.

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HD2075.A5 O84 Overcoming drought: adaptation strategies for Andhra Pradesh, India Washington, D.C.: Banco Mundial, c2006. 136 p. Materia: Agricultura; Sequías; Andhra Pradesh (India) Recurso electrónico http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0703/2006046556.htmlISBN 0821366645 9780821366646 Overcoming Drought applies recent advances in modeling climate-related risks and adjusts state-of-the-art catastrophic risk modeling techniques to drought. The result is an innovative long-term assessment of how to reduce the impacts of drought under several economic, drought management, and climate change scenarios. This assessment helps in identifying and recommending adaptation strategies at local and state levels. The analysis focuses on the most drought-prone districts of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India and measures the impacts of drought-related losses in these districts on statewide indicators of economic performance. Although long-term macroeconomic effects of drought appear modest, the human and social costs remain devastating for the millions of people in the poorest rain-fed areas of Andhra Pradesh. An effective response to drought must account for a large variation in impacts from village to village. Overcoming Drought highlights the need and directions for intensifying efforts to deliver better-packaged knowledge-based assistance to the affected communities, so as to enable a sustainable drought adaptation process.

HD2768.D444 W3718 Kristin Komives ... [et al.] Agua, electricidad y pobreza: ¿quién se beneficia de los subsidios a los servicios públicos? Bogotá, Colombia: Banco Mundial: Mayol, c2006, 297 p. Materia: Servicios públicos ISBN 958-97860-1-4 El texto pone en evidencia la preponderancia de los subsidios a los usuarios de servicios públicos, ofrece una tipología de las muchas variantes que existen en el mundo en desarrollo y presenta varios indicadores útiles para evaluar el grado al cual esos subsidios benefician a los pobres, con un enfoque en tres conceptos clave: incidencia de beneficiario, incidencia de beneficio y valor material. Los autores recurren a una métrica común para extraer comparaciones con programas localizados en la pobreza en otros sectores.

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HD3611 D65 2007 Doing business in 2007: how to reform: comparing regulation in 175 economies Washington, D. C.: Banco Mundial, c2006, 186 p. Materia: Regulación del comercio, Derecho mercantil, Regulación del comercio, Administración industrial, Empresas comerciales, Legislación delegada ISBN 0-8213-6488-X (Disponible en formato Digital) Doing Business 2007: How to Reform is the fourth in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 175 economies-from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe-and over time. Regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business are measured: starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and closing a business. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where and why. The methodology has limitations. Other areas important to business-such as a country's proximity to large markets, quality of infrastructure services (other than services related to trading across borders), the security of property from theft and looting, the transparency of government procurement, macroeconomic conditions or the underlying strength of institutions-are not studied directly by Doing Business. To make the data comparable across countries, the indicators refer to a specific type of business-generally a limited liability company operating in the largest business city.

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HD9506.A2 M55 Otto, James, colab. Mining royalties: a global study of their impact on investors, government, and civil society Washington, D.C.: Banco Mundial, c2006. 296 p Materia: Industrias mineras; Minas y riquezas minerales; Arrendamientos mineros Recurso electrónico http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0703/2006041849.htmlISBN 0821365029 9780821365021 Written by eight leading experts from some of the world's most prominent mining universities and the World Bank, Mining Royalties is a comprehensive and indispensable reference on this form of mineral sector taxation. The book discusses the history of royalties and the types currently in use, covering key practical issues such as tax administration, revenue distribution, and reporting. Analyzing royalty policy from the perspective of a diverse group of stakeholders including government policy makers, local communities and other members of civil society, mining companies, and tax administrators, Mining Royalties identifies the strengths and weaknesses of various royalty approaches. The economic impact of these approaches on production decisions and mine economics is evaluated, as is the effect of royalty taxes on the investment climate, civil society, and markets. A section on governance addresses issues related to the management of mining revenue by recipient governments, including the importance of transparency.

HF1359 G5642 Vinay Bhargava, editor Global issues for global citizens: an introduction to key development challenges Washington, D. C.: World Bank, c2006, 456 p. Materia: Relaciones económicas internacionales, Salud mundial, Desarrollo sustentable, Organización internacional ISBN 0821367315 Global issues for Global Citizens: An Introduction to Key Development Challenges provides a comprehensive overview of the global issues that affect us all. The authors-27 World Bank specialists in the four thematic areas of the economy, human development, the environment, and governance-analyze 17 key issues, the underlying forces that affect the issues, controversial aspects and differing points of view, recent actions taken or planned by the international community, and the consequences of inadequately addressing these global problems.

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HF5626 G74 2006 Greuning, Hennie van International financial reporting standards: a practical guide Washington, D.C.: Banco Mundial; c2006, 300 p. Materia: Contabilidad, Estados financieros ISBN 0-8213-6768-4 Each chapter briefly summarizes and explains a new or revised IFRS, the issue or issues the standard addresses, the key underlying concepts, the appropriate accounting treatment, and the associated requirements for presentation and disclosure. The text also covers financial analysis and interpretation issues to better demonstrate the potential effect of the accounting standards on business decisions. Simple examples in most chapters help further clarify the material. It is our hope that this approach, in addition to providing a handy reference for practitioners, will help relieve some of the tension experienced by nonspecialists when faced with business decisions influenced by the new roles. The book should also assist national regulators in comparing IFRS to country-specific practices; thereby encouraging even wider local adoption of these already broadly accepted international standards.

HG187.E37 G46 Ghosh, Swati R. East Asian finance: the road to robust markets Washington, DC: World Bank, c2006, 217 p. + 1 disco compacto (4 3/4 plg.) Materia: Finanzas, Instituciones financieras Recurso electrónico http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0617/2006023145.htmlISBN 0821367439 The report highlights the importance of strengthening risk management in financial institutions across the financial segments. Globally the tra-ditional separation among banking, 'insurance, and securities markets is breaking down as a result of Technological innovations, deregulation, and liberalization. Financial intermediaries now offer products that resemble those traditionally offered by other intermediaries. The securitization of traditional forms of credit and new ways of repackaging and trading risks is weakening the distinction between equity, debt, and loans. And new products are also giving rise to new linkages across financial intermediaries and markets. These developments pose challenges for risk monitoring, regulation, and supervision.

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HG2039.D44 C84 Cuevas, Carlos E. Cooperative financial institutions: issues in governance, regulation, and supervision Washington, D.C.: Banco Mundial, c2006. 59 p Materia: Bancos y operaciones bancarias cooperativas; Industria de servicios financieros ISBN 082136684X 978082136684 Cooperative financial institutions (CFls) are among the poorly understood entities in financial markets. They include diverse member-owned financial intermediaries referred to as credit unions, savings and credit cooperatives, cooperative banks, and other terms that differ across regions of the world. Their institutional structure and governance, legal and regulatory status, and scale and services portfolio also vary widely across regions and especially between industrialized countries and developing economies. A most basic common denominator is that they col-lect deposits and do business often solely with members. Existing literature already supports the notion that CFls serve many poor people. This paper addresses topics on which an agreement is neces-sary to arrive at consensus guidelines or "principles" of regula-tion and supervision of cooperative financial institutions (CFls) in developing countries. Three main topics covered are: (i) the fundamental structure of the sector in terms of its internal (micro) and inter-CFI (macro) organization, with a focus on the agency conflicts inherent in the mutual structure, the extent to which they contribute to failure risk, and whether and' how these conflicts are controlled by existing governance mecha-nisms; (ii) the existing legal frameworks in an international con-text, their origins, and the implications for the functioning of CFls; and (iii) the regulatory frameworks under which CFls oper-ate and the different propositions by stakeholders about what should be an appropriate regulatory framework and an effective supervision mechanism.

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HG3550 W67 World Bank. Independent Evaluation Group. IEG review of World Bank assistance for financial sector reform Washington, D. C.: World Bank, 2006, 139 p. Materia: Bancos y operaciones bancarias, Administración ISBN 0821363050

This Independent Evaluation Group (lEG) review of World Bank assistance for financial sector reforms finds that the objectives of Bank assistance generally followed good practices in terms of reducing government ownership of financial intermediaries; improving prudential regulation to be consistent with international norms; and strengthening banking supervision to adhere more closely to international principles. This review also finds, however, that consistency within a country has been weak at times-e.g. advocating the privatization of banks while simultaneously supporting the expansion of government ownership of banks-and should be improved. The coherence of the Bank's approach to financial sector reforms across countries has also been weak at times-e.g. advocating rapid privatization in one transition country while recommending a slow, gradual approach to privatization in another transition country. Other areas where there has been wide variation in Bank support, and what seems an ad hoc approach to prioritization for Bank support, include payments systems, deposit insurance schemes, and capital market development.

HG3881.5W57 A7718 Gill, Indermit Singh, 1961-, ed. A la vanguardia del desarrollo: reflexiones desde el Banco Mundial Bogotá, Colombia: Banco Mundial: Mayol, c2006, 390 p. Materia-A. Corpor. Banco Mundial Materia: Desarrollo económico, Finanzas internacionales ISBN 958-97746-8-7

Cada uno de los tres volúmenes del proyecto sirve un propósito diferente. El primer volumen del proyecto, Crecimiento económico en los años noventa: aprendiendo de una década de reformas proporciona un análisis completo de la experiencia de desarrollo de la década. El segundo volumen, Desafíos del desarrollo en los años noventa. Destacados diseñado res de política hablan de su experiencia, ofrece una mirada interna a las preocupaciones prácticas enfrentadas por éstos. Este tercer volumen, A la vanguardia del de-sarrollo. Reflexiones desde el Banco Mundial, consideran las implicaciones operativas de la dé-cada para el Banco Mundial como institución. Desde un punto de vista operativo, este libro cumple una función de guía interna para los actuales y futuros Directores de País del Banco Mundial, en tanto que provee a la audiencia externa una breve mirada a la cara humana de las operaciones del Banco Mundial.

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HG3881.5W57 S53 World Bank Independent Evaluation Group Small states: making the most of development assistance: a synthesis of World Bank evaluation findings Washington, D. C.: World Bank, 2006, 39 p. Materia-A. Corpor. Banco Mundial -- Evaluación Materia: Ayuda económica, Desarrollo económico, Proyectos de ISBN 0821368516 At the request of the Committee on Develop-ment Effectiveness Subcommittee, this synthe-sis note highlights findings and lessons from Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) evalua-tions of the Bank's activities in small states. This note drew from Country Assistance Evaluations, IEG's review of the completion reports for Country Assistance Strategies (CAS), Implemen-tation Completion Report (ICR) Reviews, and Project Performance Assessment Reports (PPARs).

HG3881.5W57 S77 Strengthening the World Bank’s role in global programs and partnerships Washington, D.C.: Banco Mundial, 2006. 59 p Materia: Desarrollo económico; Asistencia económica; Ayuda técnica; Globalización ISBN 0821364103 9780821364109 This volume is based on verbal presentations at a conference held by OED to discuss the Bank's current and future role in global partnership programs. The starting point for the discussions was a very comprehensive review by OED of the effectiveness of 26 programs, including the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, and programs in health, environment, infrastructure, and trade, together representing 90 percent of the Bank's total spending on global partnership programs. Participants at the conference shared crosscutting lessons about program design, implementation, and evaluation, and about how the Bank can best assist in building commitment and assur-ing financing for high priority global public goods that benefit the poor. Our main goal in publishing these proceedings is to help shape the future direc-tion of global programs to best serve the common good and, in particular, the interests of the poor in the developing world.

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HG4026 R43 V.2 Stijn Claessens and Luc Laeven A Reader in international corporate finance Washington, DC: World Bank, c2006, 2 v. Nota General Artículos previamente publicados en publicaciones seriadas Materia: Sociedades anónimas, Finanzas internacionales ISBN 082136698X (v. 1) 0821367005 (v. 2) The book covers a range of topics covering the following six areas: law and finance, corporate governance, banking, capital markets, capital structure and financing constraints, and political economy of finance. All papers have appeared in top academic journals and have been widely cited in other work. The purpose of the book is to make available to researchers and students, in an easy way and at an affordable price, a collection of articles offering a review of the present thinking on topics in international corporate finance.

HG4521 K55 Kikeri, Sunita Reforming the investment climate: lessons for practitioners Washington, D.C.: Corporación de Finanzas Internacionales: Banco Mundial, 2006. 111 p. Materia: Inversiones; Política económica; Política social Recurso electrónico: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0703/2006299071.htmlISBN 0821368370 Most people agree that a good investment climate is essential for growth and poverty reduction. Less clear is how to achieve it. Drawing from more than 25 case studies, this book shows that reform often requires paying as much attention to dealing with the politics and institutional dimensions as to designing policy substance. While there is no single recipe or "manual" for reform, the authors highlight three broad lessons. The first is to recognize and seize opportunities for reform. Crisis and new governments are important catalysts, but so is the competition generated by trade integration and new benchmarking information. The second is to invest early in the politics of reform. Public education can help gain wide acceptance for reform, while pilot programs can be valuable for demonstrating the benefits and feasibility of change. And the third is to treat implementation and monitoring as an integral part of the reform process and not merely as an afterthought. In the absence of public sector reform, reformers can draw on private sector change management techniques to revitalize institutions and put in place mechanisms to monitor and sustain reform. The book provides an emerging checklist for reformers and identifies areas for future work.

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HG4538 M67 Morisset, Jacques The effectiveness of promotion agencies at attracting foreign direct investment Washington, DC: World Bank, c2004. 108 p Materia: Inversiones extranjeras; Promoción industrial ISBN 0821356062 The Effectiveness of Promotion Agencies at Attracting Foreign Direct Investment is the first empirical study of the effectiveness of these agencies in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). This study finds that promotion is unambiguously associated with greater FDI flows. The effectiveness of promotion, however, depends on: The quality of the investment climate, market size the level of development of the country the IPA?s budget and type of activities it carries out communication with the highest level of policymakers and support from the private sector. An important resource, The Effectiveness of Promotion Agencies at Attracting Foreign Direct Investment provides many lessons about how to carry out effective investment promotion.

HG5580.2A3 D48 Noël, Michel, 1954-, colab. Development of capital markets and institutional investors in Russia: recent achievements and policy challenges ahead Washington, D.C.: Banco Mundial, 2006.132 p. Materia Mercado de capitales; Financias; Rusia (Federación) Recurso electrónico http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006020560.htmlISBN 9780821367940 (papel alcalino) 0821367943 (papel alcalino) This study reviews the recent developments in capital markets and institutional investors in Russia, and examines the policy challenges ahead for the development of the sector. The analysis covers key impediments for further development and policy challenges for securities markets, in particular legal and regulatory framework, market infrastructure, government bonds, sub-sovereign bonds, corporate bonds, and equities. The analysis also covers key impediments for further development and policy challenges for mutual funds, pension funds, and insurance companies.

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HJ8899 S83 Mila Freire and John Petersen, editors Subnational capital markets in developing countries: from theory to practice Washington, D. C.: World Bank; New York, New York: Oxford University, c2004, 651 p. Materia: Deuda publica, Mercado de capitales, Gobiernos subnacionales Recurso electrónico http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy043/2003061373.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0615/2003061373-d.htmlISBN 0821354647 Within the framework of increasing decentralization. The need for local gov-ernments to access financial markets is growing. As urbanization expands. Local authorities need to provide more services with fewer resources from the central government. Subnational borrowing-leveraging reliable cash flows-and prudent fiscal management can be alternatives to fund such investments. Especially when the useful life of the service is long and an adequate legal framework is in place to ensure fiscal and financial stability. This book, prepared by staff members of the World bank and selected guest contributors, consists of two parts. The first part comprises a framework to study subnational governments as borrowers and the array of credit markets in which they may operate. The second part consists of case studies that document the recent experience of 18 countries in developing markets for subnational borrowers and offer lessons about fostering responsible credit market access within a framework of fiscal am I financial discipline.

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HJ9105 L63 Shah, Anwar, ed. Local governance in industrial countries Washington, D.C.: Banco Mundial, c2006. 368 p Materia: Finanzas locales; Gobierno local; Finanzas públicas; Administración pública Recurso electrónico http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0703/2005057766.htmlISBN 082136328X 9780821363287 The book provides a comparative perspective on international practices in local governance and draws lessons from these experiences to guide future reform. Case studies include the following countries: Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, the Nordic countries, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland, Uganda, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This important new series represents a response to several independent evaluations in recent years that have argued that development practitioners and policy makers dealing with public sector reforms in developing countries and, indeed, anyone with a concern for effective public governance could benefit from a synthesis of newer perspectives on public sector reforms.

HN49.C6 R39 Rawlings, Laura, 1964- Evaluating social funds: a cross-country analysis of community investments Washington, D. C.: World Bank, c2004, 208 p. Serie: World Bank regional and sectoral studies Materia: Desarrollo de la comunidad, Ayuda económica ISBN 0821350625 The research reported on here utilizes innovative evaluation techniques to fill gaps in global knowledge about the performance of these funds, with the aim of strengthening the empirical basis for discussions and policies concerning them. This is the first cross-country study of social funds to measure impacts and targeting using household surveys-in many cases, national Living Standards Measurement Study surveys. The methodology allows for sector specific findings in education, health, and water and sanitation. The study answers outstanding questions concerning the degree to which line min-istries have honored their commitments to provide for staffing and other recurrent expenditures associated with social infrastructure, and it offers insights into the ability of community groups to identify, execute, and main-tain local investments. Finally, it compares the cost-efficiency of social funds with that of other investment mechanisms.

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HT384.E18 Y87 Yusuf, Shahid, 1949 Postindustrial East Asian cities: innovation for growth Palo Alto, California: Stanford Economics and Finance; Washington, D.C.: Banco Mundial, c2006. 352 p Materia: Ciudades y pueblos; Industrias de servicios; Extremo Oriente; Innovaciones tecnológicas Recurso electrónico http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0703/2006050469.htmlISBN 0821356224 0804756724 (empastado) 9780821356227 Drawing on a wide range of literature and on interviews of firms, this book explores these issues with a focus on six East Asian cities: Bangkok, Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo. It suggests how policies and institutions can induce and furnish an urban environment that supports innovative activities. A valuable resource for researchers, urban planners, urban geographers, and policy makers interested in East Asia, Post-Industrial East Asian Cities presents the latest findings on creative industries in East Asia and their effect on urban economic growth.

LA542 M44 Emanuela di Gropello, editor Meeting the challenges of secondary education in Latin America and East Asia: improving efficiency and resource mobilization. Washington, DC: World Bank, c2006, 310 p. Serie: Directions in development Materia: Educación secundaria, Cambio educacional Recurso electrónico http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0702/2006045726.htmlISBN 0821366459 While policy makers in many World Bank client countries have shown an increasing interest in expanding and strengthening their secondary education systems, many challenges remain. As many developing coun-tries have boosted primary school enrollment rates to nearly universal coverage, the number of children seeking secondary education has soared. Yet secondary education must fill dual roles: providing skills, knowledge, and technical training for youth planning to enter the labor force, while at the same time preparing others for continuing their stud-ies in higher education. Unfortunately, secondary education often fulfills neither role A shortage of schools, as well as demand-side constraints such as the inability to pay for education, have slowed the expansion of secondary education coverage, and the quality of secondary schooling often is poor.

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RA643.86A762 A53 Stephen Moses [et al.] AIDS in South Asia: understanding and responding to a heterogeneous epidemic Washington, DC: World Bank, c2006, 113 p. Serie: Health, nutrition, and population series Materia: SIDA (Enfermedad) ISBN 0821367579 South Asia is facing a severe HIV epidemic in magnitude and scope, with an estimated 5.5 million to 6 million people infected. At least 60 percent of HIV-positive people in Asia live in India alone. The epi-demic is not homogenous and requires well informed, prioritized, and effective responses. This report attempts to provide the basis for rigorous, evidence-informed HIV policy and programming and to increase understanding of the diversity of the epidemic between and within the countries of the South Asia Region. A diverse range of structural factors amplify HIV vulnerability and risk in the region, including widespread pov6rty and socioeconomic inequality, illiteracy, low social status of women, trafficking of women into commercial sex, and a large sex work industry. The region's bor-ders are porous, permitting widespread rural-urban, interstate, and international migration. High rates of sexually transmitted infections and limited condom use prevail, and social stigma is an important impediment to delivering effective programs.

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Reforming Agricultural Trade for Developing Countries: Quantifying the Impact of Multilateral Trade Reform (2 Vol.) McCalla, Alex, F., Nash, John. This is one volume of a two-volume set titled Reforming Agricultural Trade for Developing Countries. The first volume is subtitled Key Issues for a Pro-Development Outcome of the Doha Round, because the chapters are for the most part focused on specific concerns that are being encountered in the agricultural negotiations, and on strategies for dealing with them to arrive at a final agreement that will significantly spur growth and reduce poverty in developing countries. The companion volume is subtitled Quantifying the Impact of Multilateral Trade Reform. It comprises chapters that take different approaches to modeling trade reform and quantifying the resulting benefits and costs to various players in the negotiations. The overview chapter of that volume explains the differences in results that come out of these different approaches, and compares them to some other recent estimates of the gains from global trade reform. With few exceptions, the papers in these two volumes were first presented at a workshop, “The Developing Countries, Agricultural Trade, and the WTO,” sponsored by the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium, the World Bank, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, held in Whistler, British Columbia, in June 2002.Most of the papers have been revised and updated for this book. At the time of the workshop the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations was in its early days and a negotiating framework had not been proposed, so each paper invented its own scenario for evaluation.

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Pensions Panorama: Retirement-Income Systems in 53 countries by Edward Whitehouse The accurate presentation of a country's pension system and the comparison of pension systems across countries are crucial parts of policy analysis and reform. This is equally valid for high-income countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development as it is for low- and middle-income countries. Pensions Panorama provides a compendium of facts and analysis that should inform policy making and public debate about retirement-income systems around the world. Reforming pensions is a central policy issue for all countries; it is challenging and controversial because it involves long-term planning by governments that face numerous short-term pressures. In Pensions Panorama, Edward Whitehouse combines painstaking, rigorous analysis with a clear, easy-to-understand presentation of empirical results. While the author does not advocate any particular kind of pension system or type of pension reform, the analysis presented can inform debates on retirement-income systems. A core concern is social sustainability, which involves the future adequacy of pension benefits, the impact of pension reforms on income distribution among older peoples, and the means to combat old-age poverty. Pensions Panorama is a useful resource for policy makers, government oficials, and others involved in pension reform.

Developing Annuities Markets: The Experience of Chile by Roberto Rocha , Craig Thorburn Developing Annuities Markets: The Experience of Chile is part of a multicountry World Bank project analyzing the market for retirement products. Among countries that have reformed their pension systems since the early 1990s, the Chilean case has emerged as the most relevant for drawing policy lessons on the role of the private sector in the provision of retirement income for two reasons: the depth, sophistication, and efficiency of the country's retirement products market, and the fact that this market was successfully developed from scratch by a middle-income country. The book examines in detail Chile's efforts to build a sound regulatory framework for the payout phase, concluding that a market for annuities and other retirement instruments can be built from a low base, while also identifying the reform agenda that policy makers need to implement to maximize benefits for their retiring populations.

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Infrastructure in Latin America & the Caribbean: Recent Developments and Key Challenges WASHINGTON, August 31, 2005 — Infrastructure has improved in most of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) over the last decade, but a sharp fall in investment in the sector is hindering economic growth, poverty reduction, and the region's ability to compete with China and other dynamic Asian economies, says a new World Bank report. According to Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Developments and Key Challenges, by World Bank economists Marianne Fay and Mary Morrison, the region is currently spending less than 2 percent of GDP on infrastructure, down from 3.7 percent of GDP in 1980-1985. But spending would need to reach 4 to 6 percent a year for infrastructure to catch up or keep up with countries that once trailed it, such as Korea and China.

Land Law Reform Achieving Development Policy Objectives Land Law Reform examines the wide-spread efforts to reform land law in developing countries and countries in transition, drawing in particular upon the experience of the World Bank and the Rural Development Institute. The book considers the role of land law reform in the development process and analyzes how the World Bank has sought to support these legal changes in client countries. It reviews the experience with reform of laws affecting land access and rights in achieving gender equity, identifies opportunities for reinforcing environmentally sustainable development through land law reform, and examines from both growth and poverty alleviation perspectives the effectiveness of reforms to formalize property rights and liberalize land markets. The concluding chapter recommends some basic priorities for land law reforms.

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Ending Poverty in South Asia: Ideas That Work Edited by Deepa Narayan , Elena Glinskaya Development cannot be imposed from the outside. It has to happen from within. This groundbreaking book from South Asia shows how homegrown experiments can be scaled up to transform the lives of millions of poor women and men in the developing world. Here are stories of development ideas that work - and of the visionary individuals who were determined to see them succeed. These achievements have taken place against all odds, in countries struggling with widespread corruption, weak governance, minimal infrastructure, deep-rooted social divisions, and poorly functioning judicial systems. South Asian economies are booming, yet millions are still excluded from participation in this growth. This book offers valuable lessons in how to make markets and services work to benefit poor people directly, enhancing their dignity and freedom of choice. Written by program insiders, these case studies show how governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector can initiate change, learning, expanding and adapting as they go. Ending Poverty in South Asia is an essential tool for policy makers, social scientists, and development practitioners - indeed for all who are interested in tackling poverty and growth issues from the bottom up.

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