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quinta-feira, 13 de fevereiro de 2020

Livros do Banco Mundial: importantes obras sobre economia mundial

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The World Bank Group Publications team is pleased to announce its latest book releases. Scroll through to learn more and find out how to access these newest titles, and check out our Publications and eProducts Spring 2020 Catalog.
Titles are available for purchase at the Online Bookstore (Bank staff) or Amazon.
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Rethinking Power Sector Reform in the Developing World
By Vivien Foster and Anshul Rana
This book aims to revisit and refresh thinking on power sector reform in the developing world. Drawing on a wealth of historical evidence, and informed by emerging technological trends, the study offers practitioners a new frame of reference that is shaped by context, driven by outcomes and informed by alternatives.
ISBN: 978-1-4648-1442-6.
December 2019. 356 pages.
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Innovative China
New Drivers of Growth
By the Development Research Center of the State Council and the World Bank Group
This report proposes a reform agenda that emphasizes productivity and innovation to help policymakers promote China's future growth and achieve their vision of a modern and innovative China.
ISBN: 978-1-4648-1335-1.
January 2020. 184 pages.
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International Debt Statistics 2020
By The World Bank
International Debt Statistics (IDS) is an annual publication of the World Bank featuring external debt statistics and analysis for the 122 low- and middle-income countries that report to the World Bank Debt Reporting System (DRS).
ISBN: 978-1-4648-1461-7.
October 2019. 196 pages.
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Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019
By The World Bank
Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019 examines how regulation affects local farmers. The study provides data on eight quantitative indicators in 101 countries. The study presents the main data trends and highlights which countries are reforming their agribusiness regulations.
ISBN: 978-1-4648-1387-0.
December 2019. 140 pages.
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Opportunities for Environmentally Healthy, Inclusive, and Resilient Growth in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula
Ed. by Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, Jack Ruitenbeek, Santiago Enriquez, and Katharina Siegmann
Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula faces growing risks from environmental hazards. Oil spills, hurricanes, coral bleaching, extreme flooding, and erosion have all been experienced over the past decade. This report explores selected topics that aim to inform decision-making in the region.
ISBN: 978-1-4648-1357-3.
December 2019. 140 pages.
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Learning Environments and Learning Achievement in the Russian Federation
How School Infrastructure and Climate Affect Student Success
By Tigran Shmis, Maria Ustinova, and Dmitry Chugunov
Using rich data collected from the OECD School User Survey (LEEP) and the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), this book analyzes how the physical characteristics and psychological climates of Russian Federation schools, in conjunction with the teaching methods used, may affect the progress and success of students.
ISBN: 978-1-4648-1499-0.
December 2019. 46 pages.
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Moving Forward
Connectivity and Logistics to Sustain Bangladesh’s Success
By Matías Herrera Dappe, Charles Kunaka, Mathilde Lebrand, and Nora Weisskopf
This book provides a granular diagnostic of Bangladesh’s logistics system, its demand and associated costs, and the actions needed to improve its performance. It provides insights on chokepoints and makes a case for a comprehensive yet strategic approach to addressing them.
ISBN: 978-1-4648-1507-2.
October 2019. 156 pages.
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Transition to Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) Payments for Health
Lessons from Case Studies
Ed. by Caryn Bredenkamp, Sarah Bales, and Kristiina Kahur
By looking at nine different health systems--U.S. Medicare, Australia, Thailand, Kyrgyz Republic, Germany, Estonia, Croatia, China (Beijing), and the Russian Federation--this book provides guidance on how health systems can transition to using case-based payments, especially diagnostic-related groups (DRGs), to pay for hospital care.
ISBN: 978-1-4648-1521-8.
December 2019. 66 pages.
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Scaling Up Nutrition in the Arab Republic of Egypt
Investing in a Healthy Future
Ed. by Christopher H. Herbst, Amr Elshalakani, Jakub Kakietek, Alia Hafiz, and Oliver Petrovic
This book aims to inform the development of a feasible nutrition policy and strategy and to guide nutrition investments over the coming years in Egypt. It looks at Egypt's nutrition situation, interventions currently in place, and opportunities to scale up, along with the fiscal requirements of doing so.
ISBN: 978-1-4648-1467-9.
November 2019. 186 pages.
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sexta-feira, 19 de abril de 2019

A inflacao tem caido em todo o mundo - World Bank

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March 2019. 486 pages.
English Version. Paperback.
ISBN: 978-1-4648-1375-7.
Price: $55
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View PDFhttp://t.newsletterext.worldbank.org/r/?id=h342fc9d,1e3d924,1e3ed34
Now Available!

This is the first comprehensive study in the context of EMDEs (Emerging and Developing Economies) that covers, in one consistent framework, the evolution and global and domestic drivers of inflation, the role of expectations, exchange rate pass-through and policy implications. In addition, the report analyzes inflation and monetary policy related challenges in LICs (Low Income Countries). The report documents three major findings:

In First, EMDE disinflation over the past four decades was to a significant degree a result of favorable external developments, pointing to the risk of rising EMDE inflation if global inflation were to increase. In particular, the decline in EMDE inflation has been supported by broad-based global disinflation amid rapid international trade and financial integration and the disruption caused by the global financial crisis.
Evolution of inflation
New ways of looking at poverty
Source: Haver Analytics, ILOSTAT, IMF International Financial Statistics and World Economic Outlook databases, OECDstat, UNdata, World Bank.
A.Median headline and core year-on-year inflation for 41 economies, including 16 EMDEs (see details in Database Annex).
B.Median year-on-year consumer price inflation for 29 advanced economies and 123 EMDE (including 28 LICs).
C.Solid line shows median year-on-year headline inflation and dotted lines refer to interquartile range, based on 28 LICs.
Second, inflation expectations continue to be less well-anchored in EMDEs than in advanced economies, although a move to inflation targeting and better fiscal frameworks has helped strengthen monetary policy credibility. Lower monetary policy credibility and exchange rate flexibility have also been associated with higher pass-through of exchange rate shocks into domestic inflation in the event of global shocks, which have accounted for half of EMDE exchange rate variation.

Third, in part because of poorly anchored inflation expectations, the transmission of global commodity price shocks to domestic LIC inflation (combined with unintended consequences of other government policies) can have material implications for poverty: the global food price spikes in 2010-11 tipped roughly 8 million people into poverty.

segunda-feira, 23 de dezembro de 2013

OMC-WTO: publications

WTO Annual Report 2013

“The History and Future of the World Trade Organization”

“World Trade Report 2013 - Factors shaping the future of world trade

The New York Review of Books - Selection of Articles from 2013 issues


THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
As we come to the end of The New York Reviews fiftieth year, we take a look back at 2013 through some of the pieces published in our pages – one article or post for each week of the year. Many thanks for your continued interest and support, and best wishes for the holidays and 2014.

JANUARY
Oliver Sacks: Speak, Memory


FEBRUARY
Ronald Dworkin (1931–2013)
Michael Lewis: The Way They Live Now

MARCH
Alma Guillermoprieto: The Last Caudillo
Darryl Pinckney: On James Baldwin

APRIL
Marcia Angell: What is a Good Life?
Hugh Eakin: The Unfinished Race
John Gray: The Real Karl Marx

MAY
Andrew O'HaganMaggie
James GleickTime Regained!
Gabriel Winslow-YostA Mind Among Pigs
Anna Somers CocksThe Coming Death of Venice?

JUNE
Jonathan GalassiThe Dreams of Italo Calvino
Alfred Brendel: A Pianist’s A–V

JULY
John Paul Stevens: The Right to Vote
Martin ScorseseThe Language of Cinema
Charles Simic: 

AUGUST
Kirill Gerstein:
Tchaikovsky’s Wrong Note
Ian Buruma:



SEPTEMBER
Christopher Benfey:
What Seamus Heaney Taught Me
Cass Sunstein:
It Captures Your Mind
Tim Flannery:
They’re Taking Over!
Amartya Sen:



OCTOBER
Zadie Smith:
Alan Rusbridger:
The Snowden Leaks



DECEMBER