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16339: Financial Crises, Social Impact, and Risk Management: Lessons and Challenges

Sara Guerschanik Calvo

16338: Literature Review: Family Formation and Fertility as Risk-Coping Mechanisms

Julio Caceres-Delpiano

16336: Living on the Edge: Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico

Alejandro de la Fuente, Eduardo Ortiz-Juárez and Carlos Rodriguez Castelan

16335: Market Risk Transfer

Phillippe R.D. Anderson

16333: A Review of the Ex Post and Ex Ante Impacts of Risk

Ana Maria Oviedo and Harry Moroz

16332: Risk and the Extent of Insurance

Garance Genicot and Ethan Ligon

16331: Managing Risk for Development: International Risk Sharing

Joshua Aizenman and ?nci Ötker-Robe

16329: Is There a Community-Level Adaptation Deficit?

Maximillian Ashwill and Rasmus Heltberg

16328: Leveraging New Technology for Data-Driven Risk Mitigation and Management: Selected Examples and Summaries

Tariq Khokhar

16325: Labor Contracts and Risk Sharing

Federico H. Gutierrez

16319: Benchmarking Financial Systems: Introducing the Financial Possibility Frontier

Erik Feyen and Thorsten Beck

16310: Financing for Development Post-2015

World Bank Group

16302: Mexico Reform Agenda for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth (Agenda de reformas en México para un crecimiento incluyente y sustentable)

World Bank

16301: Indonesia: Urban Poverty and Program Review

World Bank

16300: BEEPS At-A-Glance 2011: Russia

World Bank

16299: Extracting Lessons on Gender in the Oil and Gas Sector: A Survey and Analysis of the Gendered Impacts of Onshore Oil and Gas Production in Three Developing Countries

Jen Scott, Rose Dakin, Katherine Heller and Adriana Eftimie

16298: Innovative Approaches for Multi-Stakeholder Engagement in the Extractive Industries

Christopher Gilbert Sheldon, Alonso Zarzar Casis, Georg Caspary, Verena Seiler and Fernando Ruiz Mier

16296: Measuring Financial Capability: A New Instrument and Results from Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Elaine Kempson, Valeria Perotti and Kinnon Scott

16295: Measuring Financial Capability: Questionnaires and Implementation Guidance for Low-, and Middle-Income Countries

Elaine Kempson, Valeria Perotti and Kinnon Scott

16294: A Toolkit for the Evaluation of Financial Capability Programs in Low-, and Middle-Income Countries

Joanne Yoong, Kata Mihaly, Sebastian Bauhoff, Lila Rabinovich and Angela Hung

16293: Financial Capability in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Measurement and Evaluation

Florentina Mulaj, Robert Holzmann and Valeria Perotti

16291: Determinants of Agricultural Extension Services: The Case of Haiti

Diego Arias, Juan José Leguía and Abdoulaye Sy

16290: Bouncing Back: Forests, Trees, and Resilient Households

Peter Dewees

16289: Integrating Communities into REDD+ in Indonesia

Emile Jurgens, Werner Kornexl, Chloe Oliver, Tini Gumartini and Tim Brown

16288: Education and Health Services in Kenya: Data for Results and Accountability

Gayle H. Martin and Obert Pimhidzai

16281: Guidelines for Mainstreaming Road Safety in Regional Trade Road Corridors (Comment intégrer la sécurité routière dans les projets de corridors régionaux)

Jeanne Breen, Richard Martin Humphreys and Sevara Melibaeva

16280: Colombia: Early Childhood Development

World Bank

16279: Kyrgyz Republic: Early Childhood Development

World Bank

16278: Tajikistan: Early Childhood Development

World Bank

16277: Republic of Korea: Workforce Development

World Bank

16276: Disseminating and Using Student Assessment Information in Russia

Yulia Tyumeneva

16273: Urban Agriculture: Findings from Four City Case Studies

World Bank

16270: Economics of Tobacco Toolkit, Tool 2. Data for Economic Analysis

Christina Czart and Frank Chaloupka

16269: Economics of Tobacco Toolkit, Tool 3: Economic Analysis of Tobacco Demand

Nick Wilkins, Ayda Yurekli and Teh-wei Hu

16268: Economics of Tobacco Toolkit, Tool 4: Design and Administer Tobacco Taxes

Ayda Yurekli

16267: Economics of Tobacco Toolkit, Tool 7: Understand, Measure, and Combat Tobacco Smuggling

David Merriman

16266: Economics of Tobacco Toolkit, Tool 5: Understand and Evaluate the Impact of Tobacco Control Policies on Employment

Ping Zhang

16265: Economics of Tobacco Toolkit, Tool 6: Equity Issues, Tobacco, and the Poor

Richard M. Peck

16264: Energizing Economic Growth in Ghana: Making the Power and Petroleum Sectors Rise to the Challenge

World Bank

16263: Togo Energy Sector Policy Review: Review of the Electricity Sub-Sector (République Togolaise - Revue des politiques du secteur de l’énergie: Revue du sous-secteur de l’électricité)

World Bank

16262: Kenya National Safety Net Program for Results: Integrated Fiduciary Assessment

World Bank

16261: Jamaica: Parliamentary Oversight of Public Finances--An Institutional Review

World Bank

16260: PFM Design under Capacity Constraints: Planning Public Financial Management Reforms in Pacific Island Countries

World Bank and International Monetary Fund

16259: Improving Gender and Development Outcomes through Agency: Policy Lessons from Three Peruvian Experiences (Promoviendo la capacidad de decidir y actuar: una ruta hacia políticas más efectivas)

Elizaveta Perova and Renos Vakis

16258: Taking Stock, July 2013

World Bank

16257: Investing in Women’s Employment: Good for Business, Good for Development

International Finance Corporation

16255: Europe 2020 Romania: Evidence-based Policies for Productivity, Employment, and Skills Enhancement

World Bank

16254: Poverty Prospects in Europe: Assessing Progress towards the Europe 2020 Poverty and Social Exclusion Targets in New European Union Member States

World Bank

16253: FYR Macedonia Gender Diagnostic: Gaps in Endowments, Access to Economic Opportunities and Agency

World Bank

16252: Economic and Statistical Analysis of Tourism in Uganda

World Bank Group

16251: Making Sense of Financial Capability Surveys around the World

World Bank

16249: Benchmarking Governance as a Tool for Promoting Change

World Bank

16243: Connecting to Work: How Information and Communication Technologies Could Help Expand Employment Opportunities

Siddhartha Raja, Saori Imaizumi, Tim Kelly, Junko Narimatsu and Cecilia Paradi-Guilford

16237: Debt Management Performance Assessment: Togo

World Bank

16236: Debt Management Performance Assessment: Mongolia

World Bank

16235: Debt Management Performance Assessment: Sao Tome and Principe

World Bank

16234: Debt Management Performance Assessment: Solomon Islands

World Bank

16233: Debt Management Performance Assessment: The Gambia

World Bank

16232: Debt Management Performance Assessment: Guinea-Bissau

World Bank

16231: Debt Management Performance Assessment: Maldives

World Bank

16230: Debt Management Performance Assessment: Albania

World Bank

16229: Debt Management Performance Assessment: Burkina Faso

World Bank

16228: Debt Management Performance Assessment: Mozambique

World Bank

16227: Debt Management Performance Assessment: Papua New Guinea

World Bank

16226: Debt Management Performance Assessment: Sierra Leone

World Bank

16224: Debt Management Performance Assessment: Republic of Moldova

World Bank

16183: Ex Ante Economic Analysis in AKIS Projects: Methods and Guidelines for Good Practice

Gesa Horstkotte-Wesseler, Mywish Maredia, Derek Byerlee and Gary Alex

16182: Outlook for Remittance Flows 2012-14: Remittance Flows to Developing Countries Exceed $350 Billion in 2011

Sanket Mohapatra, Dilip Ratha and Ani Silwal

16181: Private Investment in Large Transport Projects Increases during the First Semester of 2011, Concentrated in India and the Road Sector

Alexander Nicholas

16180: Private Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa in the First Half of 2011 Increased Compared to Recent Years

Alexander Nicholas

16179: Private Investment in IDA Countries in the First Half of 2011 was Concentrated in a Few, Large Projects

Alexander Nicholas

16178: The Fiscal Management of Natural Resource Revenues in a Developing Country Setting (or How to Design a Fiscal Rule If You Are Not Norway)

Sebastian Eckardt, Ilyas Sarsenov and Mark Roland Thomas

16177: Output-based Aid in Bangladesh: Solar Home Systems for Rural Households

Geeta Kumar and Zubair Sadeque

16176: Remittance Flows in 2011: An Update

Ani Silwal and Dilip Ratha

16175: Independent Verification in Results-Based Financing

Esther Loening and Luis Tineo

16174: Using Output-based Aid in Urban Projects

Wajiha Ahmed and Iain Menzies

16173: Promoting Youth Opportunities and Participation in Morocco

Gloria La Cava, Tara Vishwanath, Matteo Morgandi, Umar Serajuddin, Maros Ivanic and Irene Jillson

16172: iMENA - Learning from the Innovation Policy Experience in Eastern Europe, Korea and Turkey

Rimal Kacem

16171: Privatization: Lessons from Jordan

William P. Mako

16170: Arab Donors' Early Response to the Arab Spring

Mustapha Rouis

16169: Joint Social and Economic Assessment: Republic of Yemen

Wilfried Engelke

16168: Urban Panning, Land Use Regulation, and Relocation

Takashi Onishi and Mikio Ishiwatari

16167: The Plight of Yemeni Private Enterprises since the 2011 Crisis: A Rapid Assessment

Andrew Stone, Lina Badawy and Nabila Assaf

16166: The Education Sector

Rajib Shaw, Yukiko Takeuchi, Margaret Arnold and Masaru Arakida

16165: The Financial and Fiscal Impacts

Motohiro Sato and Laura Boudreau

16164: Supporting and Empowering Municipal Functions and Staff

Toshiaki Keicho and International Recovery Platform

16163: Strategies for Managing Low-probability, High-impact Events

Kenzo Hiroki

16162: Protecting Significant and Sensitive Facilities

Masato Toyama, Junko Sagara and Mikio Ishiwatari

16161: Multifunctional Structures

Junko Sagara

16160: Structural Measures against Tsunamis

Junko Sagara and Mikio Ishiwatari

16159: Tsunami and Earthquake Warning Systems

Mikio Ishiwatari

16158: Mobilizing and Coordinating Expert Teams, Nongovernmental Organizations, Nonprofit Organizations, and Vounteers

Yukie Osa, Junko Sagara and Mikio Ishiwatari

16157: Inclusion and Resilience: The Way Forward for Social Safety Nets in MENA

Victoria Levin, Joana Silva and Matteo Morgandi

16156: Green Belts and Coastal Risk Management

Rajib Shaw, Yusuke Noguchi and Mikio Ishiwatari

16155: Emergency Communication

Rajib Shaw, Brett Peary, Ai Ideta and Yukiko Takeuchi

16154: Egyptian Private Enterprises in the Aftermath of the Revolution: An Investment Climate Update

Andrew Stone, Lina Badawy and Hooman Dabidian

16153: Logistics Chain Management for Emergency Supplies

Makoto Okumura

16152: Evacuation

Masaru Arakida and Mikio Ishiwatari

16151: Economic Impacts

Masafumi Fujita, Nobuaki Hamaguchi, Junko Sagara and Bianca Adam

16150: Disaster Management Plans

Makoto Ikeda