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Worldbank Discussion Forum for Topics in Economic Development
E-discussions on a variety of current and topical private sector development issues moderated by experts.
rru.worldbank.org
Category: Science > Social Sciences > Economics > Development Economics
WorldBank. Leading Research on Globalization
Provides access to recent presentations and some research on the subject. Some highlighted issues are: "Making globalization work for all" or "Globalization, Growth and Poverty".
www1.worldbank.org
Category: Society > Politics > Globalization
World Bank's tri-lingual sustainable development program in social, economic, and environmental domains which includes lessons, activities, and resources for teachers and research.
www.worldbank.org
Category: Reference > Education > K through 12 > Technology > Activities and Lessons
WBI is part of the World Bank Group. Site includes reports from both their Distance Learning and their Evaluation Units.
www.worldbank.org
Category: Reference > Education > Instructional Technology > Organizations
Key Concepts of Early Child Development
All children progress through an identifiable sequence of physical, cognitive, and emotional growth and change. Children respond best when caregivers use specific techniques designed to encourage and stimulate progress.
www.worldbank.org
Confronting AIDS: Public Priorities in a Global Epidemic
A World Bank report published in November 1997 which concludes that with approximately 90 percent of all HIV infections occurring in developing countries, more intensive government prevention efforts, especially among people who have many sex partners or inject drugs, could save millions of lives and reduce the severe economic and social costs of the epidemic.
www.worldbank.org
Category: Health > Conditions and Diseases > Immune Disorders > Immune Deficiency > AIDS > Organizations
Global Partnership to Eliminate River Blindness
Features disease information, contacts, programs, and history of the disease.
www.worldbank.org
Category: Health > Conditions and Diseases > Infectious Diseases > Parasitic > Onchocerciasis
Michael Harrington, The Other America
An extract from Harrington's 1962 book examining poverty in the United States.
www.worldbank.org
Category: Society > History > By Region > North America > United States > People > Harrington, Michael
Consortium of five autonomous agencies provides loans, advice, and an array of customized resources for developing countries and countries in transition.www.worldbank.int
Category: Society > Government > Multilateral > Development Banks > World Bank Group
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
Arbitration and conciliation services for governments and private, foreign investors in dispute.
www.worldbank.org
Category: Society > Government > Multilateral > Development Banks > World Bank Group
International Development Association (IDA)
Supports anti-poverty programs in the poorest developing countries with long-term, no interest loans.
www.worldbank.org
Category: Society > Government > Multilateral > Development Banks > World Bank Group
Governance and Anti-Corruption Resource Center
Empirical research, advice, and diagnostic tools on transparency, the unofficial economy, and judiciary reform.
www.worldbank.org
Category: Society > Government > Multilateral > Development Banks > World Bank Group
Infrastructure and Energy in Europe and Central Asia
Description of the World Bank activities in transport, power, renewable energy, oil and gas, coal, urban development, and water supply in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
www.worldbank.org
Category: Society > Government > Multilateral > Development Banks > World Bank Group
also known as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Policies, products, economic data, jobs.
www.worldbank.org
Category: Society > Government > Finance > Central Banks > Supranational
1993 World Bank policy paper: magnitude of the problem; economic costs; what can be done; policy recommendations.
www.worldbank.org
Category: Society > Issues > Health > Tobacco > Advocacy > Anti-Tobacco > Tobacco Control Resources
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