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Making Development Sustainable
This collection of papers summarizes the World Bank's views of the conceptual, methodological, and technical issues that remain to be resolved after the UNCED meeting, more commonly known as the Rio Earth Summit, in 1992. These papers, written by staff me
Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
The fifth ABCD-LAC focuses on decentralisation and the need to bring governments closer to the people in a rapidly changing global economic environment.
Brazil, Managing Water Quality
Annotation This study focuses on water resources management, water supply and sanitation, and environmental management in Brazil.
Investing in Climate Adaptation Under Trade and Financing Constraints
Financially constrained governments, particularly in emerging and developing economies, tend to face a fiscal trade-off between adapting to climate change impacts and pursuing broader development goals. This trade-off is especially relevant in the agriculture sector, where investing in adaptation is critical to ensure food security amidst climate change. International trade can help alleviate this challenge and reduce adaptation investment needs by offsetting agricultural production shortages. However, in the presence of trade fragmentation, the adaptive role of trade diminishes, exacerbating food insecurity and increasing investment needs for adaptation. In this paper, we present a model to...
World Development Report 2010
In the crowded field of climate change reports, 'WDR 2010' uniquely: emphasizes development; takes an integrated look at adaptation and mitigation; highlights opportunities in the changing competitive landscape; and proposes policy solutions grounded in analytic work and in the context of the political economy of reform.
From Inside Brazil
Brazil faces important issues as to whether and how socio-economic and political reforms will be pursued with urgency and staying power. This book presents a strong agenda and action plan to achieve for Brazil both economic growth and improved welfare for its citizens.
Greening Industry
Accompanying CD-ROM contains background and reference material for the text, including the text itself, as well as a slightly modified version of the World Bank's New ideas for pollution regulation (NIPR) web site, current as of 9/29/99. CD-ROM also includes Netscape, Adobe Acrobat, and Real Media audio/video player.
