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|  | This year's report summarizes the short- and long-term impact of food prices on several MDGs, explores future trends, and review policy responses, from domestic policies such as social safety nets, nutritional programs and agricultural policies, to regional trade policies to support by the international community. |  |
|  | 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. | | |
|  | 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. | | |
|  | Monitoring and Evaluation Systems are a critical component of evidence-based policymaking. This book aims to help governments and civil society organizations design, implement and use M and E information drawing from best practice experiences. | | |
|  | This pocket edition of the Global Financial Inclusion Index (??Global Findex?) database provides country-level indicators on the use of formal bank accounts, payments behavior, savings patterns, credit patterns, and insurance decisions. | | |
|  | The urban poor living in slums are at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. This study analyzes key issues affecting their vulnerability, with evidence from a number of cities in the developing world. | | |
|  | This book brings together qualitative studies conducted during 2008-11 in communities in sixteen countries, with eight case studies that illustrate how people in specific localities were impacted by global shocks and what coping mechanisms they used. | | |
|  | The public debt crisis has shaken the confidence not just in the Euro, but in the European model. The end of complacency in Europe is a good thing, but in fact the European growth model has many strong points and enviable accomplishments, which need to be preserved, albeit adapted, while looking to rejuvenate growth. | | |
|  | While reforms have expanded social protection to the most vulnerable groups in Latin America and the Caribbean, the coverage of contributory social insurance has stagnated, creating a fragmented system. This book proposes a strategy to expand the benefits of the social protection system to all citizens while avoiding perverse incentives. | | |
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