For two decades, Africa's strong economic growth has paved the way for poverty reduction. Nevertheless, high chronic poverty levels persist, and the gap between income groups in terms of human capital and access to basic services is growing. Also, poor households are vulnerable to frequent...

This paper has four objectives: 1. To offer an analysis of public administration reform experiences in a set of countries chosen to illustrate the range and depth of recent administrative change. 2. To pick out from this analysis those variables that seem particularly relevant to the current...

Like many of its Southeast Asian neighbors, Vietnam faces the twin challenges of sustaining economic growth and protecting the environment. On the one hand, the impressive poverty reduction and growth performance attained over the past 25 years is now challenged by slower global and domestic...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Three Pathways for a City Diagnostic -- Karachi's Declining Economic Performance but Strong Poverty Reduction -- Karachi's Low Livability and Level of Basic Services -- Karachi's High Vulnerability to...

In emerging East Asia, agricultural output has expanded dramatically over recent decades, primarily as a result of successful efforts to stimulate yield growth. This achievement has increased the availability of food and raw materials in the region, drastically diminished hunger, and more...

While adoption of new technologies is understood to enhance long-term growth and average per-capita incomes, its impact on lower-skilled workers is more complex and merits clarification. Concerns abound that advanced technologies developed in high-income countries would inexorably lead to job...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary of Terms -- Overview -- Introduction -- Current Landscape and Challenges of Aged Care in China -- Implications for the Future of Aged Care in China -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 1 Population Aging and...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview: Toward Great Dhaka -- The promise and pitfalls of urbanization -- A South Asian hub -- The cost of inaction -- A more prosperous Bangladesh -- Chapter 1 Dhaka: Dynamic but Messy --...

Alors meme que les pays d'Afrique subsaharienne poursuivent leurs efforts pour ameliorer les acquis scolaires de leurs enfants en reformant leur systeme educatif, l'accessibilite financiere et la disponibilite des manuels continuent de poser de veritables defis. Mais, malgre l'importance du...

Pour les 89 millions de jeunes non scolarises et descolarises (NSD), soit pres de la moitie de tous les jeunes d'Afrique subsaharienne, les perspectives economiques et sociales sont consternantes. Dans les dix prochaines annees ou cette cohorte composera l'essentiel de la population active, 40...