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10140: Taxation and Decentralization

Richard Bird

10139: Spurring Development through a Seasonal Migration Program

John Gibson and David McKenzie

10138: Land Management

Mir Altaf

10137: Housing Reconstruction in Urban and Rural Areas

Zoe Trohanis and Geoffrey Read

10136: Reestablishment of Transport Systems After an Earthquake and Establishment of Lifeline Systems

John Carter Scales

10135: Addressing Key Environmental Hazards After an Earthquake

Bernard Baratz

10134: Health

Inaam Haq, Shiyong Wang and John C. Langenbrunner

10133: Education

Kin Bing Wu

10132: Managing Post-Disaster Needs Assessments (PDNA)

Brett Jones

10131: Safety of Small, Rural Dams and Barrier Lake Management

Alessandro Palmieri

10130: Overall Reconstruction: Design, Implementation, and Management

Geoffrey Read

10129: General Considerations for Infrastructure Planning

Geoffrey Read

10128: Establishing a Tracking System to Monitor Reconstruction Expenditures

A. Zaki Fahmi and Jock McKeon

10127: Catastrophe Insurance Policy for China

Jun Wang

10126: Providing Social Protection and Livelihood Support During Post-Earthquake Recovery

Xiaoqing Yu and Tara Vishwanath

10125: Disaster Preparedness for Cultural Heritage

Christianna Johnnides

10124: Disaster Risk Reduction

Zoe Trohanis, Arish Dastur, Ting Xu and Dean Cira

10123: Forest Restoration Following Earthquake Damage

Anthony Whitten and David Lamb

10122: Planning for Urban and Township Settlements after the Earthquake

Edward Leman

10121: Reestablishment of rural services and revitalization of rural economy

Andrew Goodland

10120: Protecting Schools and Hospitals from Natural Hazards

Matteo Ferrucci

10119: Monitoring and Evaluation in Disaster Risk Management

Kristina Katich

10118: Improving the Resilience of Livelihoods to Natural Disasters

Sandeep Poundrik

10117: Talent Abroad Promoting Growth and Institutional Development at Home: Skilled Diaspora as Part of the Country

Yevgeny Kuznetsov

10116: Currency Wars Yesterday and Today

Milan Brahmbhatt, Otaviano Canuto and Swati Ghosh

10115: Toward an Objective-Driven System of Smart Labor Migration Management

Yann Pouget and Robert Holzmann

10114: An Initial Estimation of the Economic Effects of the Creation of the EurAsEC Customs Union on Its Members

Lucio Vinhas de Souza

10113: How Do Women Weather Economic Shocks? What We Know

Shwetlena Sabarwal, Nistha Sinha and Mayra Buvinic

10112: Labor Mobility for the Poor: Is it Really Possible?

Manjula Luthria

10111: Cutting Costs, Boosting Quality and Collecting Data Real-Time: Lessons from a Cell Phone-Based Beneficiary Survey to Strengthen Guatemala’s Conditional Cash Transfer Program

Christian Schuster, Carlos Perez Brito and Christian Schuster

10110: A Lesson in Trust Yields Big Rewards in Panama Procurement: $20 Million Saved in One Contract in 2009 Alone

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10109: Human Rights and Development Practice

Milan Brahmbhatt and Otaviano Canuto

10108: Delivering Aid Differently: Lessons from the Field

Wolfgang Fengler and Homi Kharas

10107: How Public Spending Can Help You Grow: An Empirical Analysis for Developing Countries

Blanca Moreno-Dodson and Nihal Bayraktar

10106: Securing Property Rights and Increasing Real Estate Productivity in FYR Macedonia

Victoria Stanley, Denis Boskovski and Samantha De Martino

10105: The South Asian Development Paradox: Can Social Outcomes Keep Pace with Growth?

Ejaz Ghani

10104: Disaster Risk Financing: Case Studies

Sandeep Poundrik

10103: It Is Time to Factor Natural Disasters into Macroeconomic Scenarios

Vinod Thomas

10102: The Poverty Impacts of Climate Change

Mariano Rabassa, Emmanuel Skoufias, Milan Brahmbhatt and Sergio Olivieri

10101: Unemployment Registration and Benefits in ECA Countries

Arvo Kuddo

10100: Education Reform in the Kyrgyz Republic - Lessons from PISA

Dingyong Hou

10099: Bank Flows and Basel III—Determinants and Regional Differences in Emerging Markets

Swati Ghosh, Naotaka Sugawara and Juan Zalduendo

10098: Sophistication in Service Exports and Economic Growth

Saurabh Mishra, Susanna Lundstrom and Rahul Anand

10097: Strengthening Public Financial Management in Postconflict Countries

Verena Fritz, Edward Hedger and Ana Paula Fialho Lopes

10096: The Impact of Business and Financial Literacy Training for Young Entrepreneurs in Bosnia-Herzogovina

Miriam Bruhn, Bilal Zia and Miriam Bruhn

10095: The SDR and Its Potential as an International Reserve Asset

Jeff Chelsky

10094: Rebalancing, Growth, and Development in a Multipolar Global Economy

Zia Qureshi

10093: Capital, Gender, and Microenterprise Growth in Ghana

Marcel Fafchamps, David McKenzie, Simon Quinn and Christopher Woodruff

10092: Together Towards Transparency: Lessons from the Implementation of the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) Pilot in Guatemala

Christian Schuster, Anabela Abreu and Christian Schuster

10091: Making Women's Voices Count in Natural Disaster Programs in East Asia and the Pacific

Zoe Elena Trohanis, Zuzana Svetlosakova and Helene Carlsson-Rex

10090: Employment Recovery in Europe and Central Asia

Isil Oral, Johannes Koettl and Indhira Santos

10089: How Complementary Are Prudential Regulation and Monetary Policy?

Otaviano Canuto

10088: Freedom, Entitlement, and the Path to Development

Jean-Pierre Chauffour

10087: Russian Federation Customs Development Project: Measurable Progress

Kimberly Johns, Jens Kromann Kristensen and Gerard McLinden

10086: Gender-Informing Aid for Trade: Entry Points and Initial Lessons Learned from the World Bank

Elisa Gamberoni and José Guilherme Reis

10085: Tsunami Risk Management in the Context of the Pacific Islands

Dale Dominey-Howes and James Goff

10084: Social Implications of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean

Dorte Verner

10083: Transition to a Low-Emissions Economy in Poland

Erika Jorgensen and Leszek K?sek

10082: Fostering Inclusive Rural Innovation: The Case of INCAGRO in Peru

Ana Francisca Ramirez, Erwin De Nys and Maria Elizabeth Dasso

10081: The Impact of Commitment Savings Accounts: The Case of Malawi

Xavier Gine

10080: Shadow Sovereign Ratings

Sanket Mohapatra, Otaviano Canuto and Dilip Ratha

10079: A New Data Tool to BOOST Public Spending Efficiency

Igor Kheyfets, Massimo Mastruzzi, Dino Merotto and Lars Sondergaard

10078: Non-Communicable Diseases in Jamaica: Moving from Prescription to Prevention

Shiyan Chao, Carmen Carpio and Willy de Geyndt

10077: Trade Finance during the 2008–9 Trade Collapse: Key Takeaways

Jean-Pierre Chauffour and Mariem Malouche

10076: Asia and South America: A Quasi-Common Economy Approach

Manu Sharma and Otaviano Canuto

10075: The WTO and the Doha Round: Walking on Two Legs

Bernard Hoekman

10074: Better Access to Water Raises Welfare, But Not Women’s Off-Farm Work

Dominique van de Walle and Gayatri Koolwal

10073: The Drought and Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa: Impacts and Proposed Policy Responses for Kenya

Gabriel Demombynes and Jane Kiringai

10072: Who Creates Jobs?

William Kerr, Ejaz Ghani and Stephen O'Connell

10071: Food, Financial Crises, and Complex Derivatives: A Tale of High Stakes Innovation and Diversification

Vera Songwe

10070: Creating More Livable Cities: The Case of the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area

Eric Palladini

10069: Public-Private Partnership Enhances Water Utility's Performance in Armenia

Zaruhi Tokhmakhian and Ahmed Eiweida

10068: Taking Stock of Trade Protectionism Since 2008

Mohini Datt, Bernard Hoekman and Mariem Malouche

10067: Impacts of Financial, Food and Fuel Crisis on the Urban Poor

Judy L. Baker

10066: Building on Tradition as the Way to Women’s Empowerment in Cambodia

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10065: Building Capacity to Make Transport Work for Women and Men in Vietnam: Gender and Transport Challenges

World Bank

10064: After the Tsunami: Women and Land Reforms in Aceh

World Bank

10063: Pathways to Development: Empowering local women to build a more equitable future in Vietnam

World Bank

10062: Engendering Mines in Development: A Promising Approach from Papua New Guinea

World Bank

10061: Enhancing the Capability of Central Finance Agencies

Richard Allen and Francesco Grigoli

10060: Long Term Impacts of One Off Grants to Microenterprises

Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff

10059: Fiscal Consolidation and Recovery in Armenia

Souleymane Coulibaly

10058: Measuring Learning: How Effective Student Assessment Systems Can Help Achieve Learning for All

Marguerite Clarke

10057: Learning from the Best: Improving Learning Through Effective Teacher Policies

Emiliana Vegas, Alejandro Ganimian and Analia Jaimovich

10056: Education Finance: It's How, Not Simply How Much, That Counts

Emiliana Vegas and Chelsea Coffin

10055: Ascent After Decline: Challenges of Growth

Danny Leipziger and Otaviano Canuto

10054: Capital Account Liberalization: Does Advanced Economy Experience Provide Lessons for China?

Jeff Chelsky

10053: Do Informal Firms Want to Formalize and Does It Help Them If They Do?

Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff

10052: Innovative Training in Cocoa Agroforestry: The Farmer Field Schools of Nicaragua

Mary Lisbeth Gonzalez

10051: Realizing the Potential of Islamic Finance

Mahmoud Mohieldin

10050: Looking Beyond the Euro Area Sovereign Debt Crisis

Mansoor Dailami

10049: Social Safety Nets in Europe and Central Asia: Preparing for Crisis, Adapting to Demographic Change, and Promoting Employability

Penny Williams, Jennica Larrison, Victoria Strokova and Kathy Lindert

10048: Diamond Production and Processing: What Armenia can Learn from an Intra-Regional Exchange on the Diamond Trade

Karén Grigorian

10047: Tajikistan - Economic and Distributional Impact of Climate Change

Anna Reva, Rasmus Heltberg and Salman Zaidi

10046: European Bank Deleveraging: Implications for Emerging Market Countries

Erik Feyen, Katie Kibuuka and Inci Ötker-Robe

10045: The ECA’s Diaspora Populations Can Aid Growth and Development

Timothy Heleniak and R. Sudharshan Canagarajah

10044: Collaborative Border Management: A New Approach to an Old Problem

Gerard McLinden

10043: The Promise and Peril of Post-MFA Apparel Production

Gladys Lopez-Acevedo and Raymond Robertson

10042: Natural Capital and the Resource Curse

Matheus Cavallari and Otaviano Canuto

10041: Reducing Distortions in International Commodity Markets

Bernard Hoekman and Will Martin