World development report 2014 ebook por world bank. World development indicators 2014 english abstract. Measuring financial inclusion around the world asli demirguckunt, leora klapper, dorothe singer, and peter van oudheusden the authors are in the finance and private sector development team of the development research group at the world bank. As the world development report 2014 argues, risk and opportunity go hand in hand in most decisions and actions taken by countries, enterprises, and families as they seek to improve their fate. World bank launches 2014 world development report borgen.
Workforce development saber country report 2014 dimensions status 1. Managing risk for development, contends that the solution is not to reject change in order to avoid risk but to prepare for the opportunities and risks that change entails. Investing in early childhood development world bank group. According to a recent report by the world bank, that scenario is not so farfetched. World development report 2014 risk and opportunity. Ibrd international bank for reconstruction and development ic investment climate icr implementation completion report ida international development association idg international development goal ieg independent evaluation group ifc international finance corporation ipf investment project financing lic lowincome country. World development indicators 2014 english the world bank.
Data of world development indicators database, world bank, washington, dc. Wdr reports world bank group international development. Economist and cottl, mesfin girma economist and cottl, ruth hill sr. The world bank group works in every major area of development. Global financial development report 2014 the world bank.
Over the last decade, there has been a change in the focus of development policy away from mere quantitative changes in the rate of output. The 2018 report, learning to realize educations promise, is the first ever devoted entirely to education. Volume i main report results and performance of the. The world bank s website on the millennium development goals describes the eight goals and what the bank is doing to meet them. A message from the upcoming world development report 2014. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates. The last 25 years have witnessed unprecedented changes around the world many of them for the better. Lee world development report 2014 risk and opportunity managing risk for development por world bank disponible en rakuten kobo. The impact of financial inclusion on economic development and poverty varies by the type of financial service in question, such as access to basic payments and. World development indicators wdi is the primary world bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources. Financial inclusion is a new report from the world bank group.
This note outlines the motivation and contents of the global financial development 2014 report gfdr, as well as the basic timetable and contributors. Focuses on why financial inclusion matters for development. The 2014 world development report examines how improving risk management can lead to larger gains in. The wdr 2014 dataset includes 75 indicators relevant to the management of risk in the context of development. Handbook, itus internet reports and world telecommunication development report, and oecds communications outlook. The world bank and the united nations office for disaster risk reduction cordially invite you to a presentation of. Human development report 2014 published on aug 11, 2014 in a world with continuing economic volatility, this report identifies policy measures. World development report 2014 published on oct 7, 20 the last 25 years have witnessed unprecedented changes around the world many of them for the better.
The world development indicators is a compilation of relevant, highquality, and internationally comparable statistics about global development and the fight against poverty. This annual report, which covers the period from july 1, 2014, to june 30, 2015, has. Every year, the world bank s world development report takes on a topic of central importance to global development. Crises, and protect poor amidst disasters and shocks, says world bank. Go to resource three countries accounted for the majority of battlerelated deaths in 2014. The berg report is the name most commonly used for the world bank published report accelerated development in subsaharan africa.
Global financial development report 2014 by world bank group. This flagship world bank annual report covers the period from july 1, 20, to june 30, 2014. Wdr 2014 calls for individuals and institutions to move from being crisis fighters to. As the world changes, a host of opportunities arise constantly. The report will be the second in the gfdr eries, following the s inaugural 20 gfdr that focused on rethinking. The primary world bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officiallyrecognized international sources. Most refugees are from the middle east and north africa and subsaharan africa data. Hamid ashraf and frederick cawood, mineral development for growth. The world has suffered a multitude of crises in recent years. The millennium development goals report 2014 asdf united nations new york, 2014. The report summarizes trends in operational and analytical investments in early childhood, including lending and trustfunded operations at the country. Archives from july, 2010 to october, 2012 also include data from the world development indicators. The database contains more than 1,300 time series indicators for 214.
Improving world bank group development results through excellence in evaluation. World bank development report 2014 bahamas financial. The depth and breadth of the world bank groups sectoral knowledge, along with its range of financial and technical assistance instruments, helps countries address. These indicators are included in the data annex in the report wdr 2014. Room viii, floor 3, door a, building a, palais des nations map.
Piacc and the world bank s steps surveys are now being used by many countries to assess, for the first time, the skills possessed by the entire working age. Odi are delighted to host the world bank for the uk launch of the 2014 world development report 2014. World development indicators 2014 provides a compilation of relevant, highquality, and internationally comparable statistics about global development and the fight against poverty. The report was written in response to a 1979 request from the african governors of the world bank for a paper analyzing the development problems facing african countries. On the one hand, facing risk is a difficult challenge. In 1990 undp published the first human development report hdr. The world development report 2014 wdr 2014, risk and opportunity. The path of economic development is paved with risks and opportunities. About this report the independent evaluation group assesses the programs and activities of the world bank for two purposes. Deeply ingrained social problems cannot be resolved purely with an infusion of debt. The page discusses the bank s unique position in monitoring and reporting on progress, and accommodates the public conversation happening around the mdgs. Learn how the world bank group is helping countries with covid19 coronavirus. Financial inclusion, defined as the proportion of individuals and firms that use financial services, has become a subject of considerable interest among policy makers, researchers, and other stakeholders.
World bank address to a ministerial conference on responses to pandemic threat, 2008. This report uses data from rpws most recent release to analyze the global, regional, and country. Strategic framework bulgarias institutional framework for setting workforce development wfd strategic. Based on a worldwide survey of global freight forwarders and express carriers, the logistics performance index is a benchmarking tool developed by the world bank that measures performance along the logistics supply chain within a country. According to the world development report 2014, titled risk and. The bank is one of those highminded organizations washington is full of them that release hundreds.
All queries on rights and licenses should be addressed to world bank publications, the world bank group, 1818 h street nw, washington, dc 20433, usa. Archives prior to february, 2010 also include data in. World development report 2014 risk and opportunity managing risk for development wednesday, 20 november, 20 10. The united nations world water development report 2014. We provide a wide array of financial products and technical assistance, and we help countries share and apply innovative knowledge and solutions to the challenges they face. Within its regional agenda, the world bank has identified, three priorities, namely regional infrastructure, institutional cooperation for economic integration, and coordinated interventions to. Since then, it has produced human development indices and indicators. Financial and economic turmoil have disrupted the world economy. Pdf launch of the world bank development report 2016. Saber workforce development bulgaria country report 2014. The role of information and communication technologies in. Agricultural irrigated land % of total agricultural land agricultural land % of land area.
The current release of the tanzania human development report thdr 2014 is the. If not done properly, it can have the opposite effect, making poor borrowers increasingly dependent on debt, and even contributing to financial instability. These archives contain excel spreadsheets and range in size from 680mb compressed, and include databases from the period prior to 2012 when the report was named global development finance. Rasmus heltberg lead evaluation officer, global programs. The database contains 1,600 time series indicators for 217 economies and more than 40 country groups, with data for many indicators going back more than 50 years. The world bank group and the norwegian institute of international affairs nupi, together with the norwegian ministry of foreign affairs and norad, invite you to a presentation of the world bank development report 2016. Indeed, risk taking is intrinsic to the process of development. The logistics performance index and its indicators what is the logistics performance index. I thank enis baris, dan biller, charles blitzer, milan brahmbhatt, siddharth. Financial and economic turmoil have disrupted the world economy through loss of income, jobs, and social stability. An action plan note the division on investment and enterprise of unctad is a global centre of excellence, dealing with issues related to investment and enterprise development in the united nations system. The annual report is prepared by the executive directors of the international bank for reconstruction and development ibrd and the international development association idacollectively known as the world bank in accordance with the bylaws of the two institutions. Odi are delighted to host the world bank for the uk launch of the world development report 2014.
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