Youth employment issues are a major concern for many countries because they have negative effects on the welfare of young people, and may also adversely affect economic performance and social stability....

Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific examines the relationship between gender equality and development and outlines an agenda for public action to promote more effective and inclusive development in East Asian and Pacific countries....

International Debt Statistics (IDS) 2013 is a continuation of the World Bank’s publications Global Development Finance, Volume II (1997 through 2009) and the earlier World Debt Tables (1973 through 1996)....

\"The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2010\" is one of a series of pocket-sized books intended to provide a quick reference to development data on different topics....

This book aims at understanding the performance of primary health care providers and the variables driving this performance using the World Development Report (WDR) 2004 accountability framework. It is primarily based on quantitative surveys at the level of primary health care facilities, health care personnel, and households in their vicinity....

Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? World Development Indicators is the World Bank\'s premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical reference allows you to consult over 800 indicators for more than 150 economies and 14 country groups in more than 90 tables....

Reliable quantitative data are essential for understanding economic, social and governance development because it provides evidence, and evidence are crucial to set policies, monitor progress and evaluate results. Africa Development Indicators 2010 (ADI) provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available....

Sustainable growth in SSA is contingent on the capacity of States to diversify their economies and thus train human capital that will help carry out and support this transformation....

Innovation--in all its forms--and particularly technological innovation in recent years has become a crucial driver for spurring growth, enhancing competitiveness, and increasing social well being in all economies of the world....

The World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update 2010, Volume I, is the World Bank\'s comprehensive, twice-yearly review of the region\'s economies. In this edition, the Bank finds that, largely thanks to China, the region\'s output, exports, and employment have mostly returned to the levels they were at before the crisis....

This pocket-sized reference on key development data for over 200 countries provides profiles of each country with 54 development indicators about people, environment, economy, technology and infrastructure, trade, and finance....

The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2012 is a pocket edition of the Global Financial Inclusion Index ( Global Findex ) database providing country-level indicators on the use of formal bank accounts, payments behavior, savings patterns, credit patterns, and insurance decisions....

Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? \'World Development Indicators\' is the World Bank\'s premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical reference allows you to consult over 800 indicators for more than 150 economies and 14 country groups in more than 90 tables....

Book DescriptionGlobal Development Finance 2005 (Single User CD-ROM), provides you with more than 200 historical time series from 1970 to 2003, and country group estimates for 2004. Data is available for 136 countries that report under the World Bank Debtor Reporting System, as well as summary data for regions and income groups....

World Development Indicators, the World Bank\'s respected statistical publication presents the most current and accurate information on global development on both a national level and aggregated globally....