The book assesses the current state of Russia's regional and local fiscal relations, and self-government, and analyzes the related reforms undertaken over the past decade

Doing business 2009 "is the sixth in a series of annual reports, which examine the provisions that increase business activity and those that limit it. "Doing Business" presents quantitative indicators for business rules and property rights protection, which can be compared to the 181 economies from Afghanistan in Zimbabwe and over time

The annual world Bank report on the work of the world Bank group, aimed at overcoming poverty in all regions, particularly in Africa. The report highlights the world Bank's work on improving the system of public administration, institutions and the rule of law that people have equal opportunities. Regional perspectives are explored through breakdown of lending and the Bank's activities in developing countries, stressing the importance of the projects in the countries-borrowers in each of the regions Bank

Throughout East Asia the growth process and its sources are changing in a number of important respects, especially for middle and high-income economies

The volume also exemplifies an increasingly collaborative way of working within the World Bank Group, in this case between the World Bank Institute and the Bank's Africa Regional Vice Presidency

Women are a powerful force for sustainable economic growth. A growing body of microeconomic empirical evidence and emerging macroeconomic analysis shows that gender inequality limits economic growth in developing economies

Rural-urban migration is playing an increasingly important role in shaping the economic and demographic landscape of Chinese cities. Over the past two decades, China has transformed itself from a relatively immobile society to one in which more than 10 percent of the population are migrants. China's mobility rate is still low compared with that of advanced industrial economies, the sheer size of the migrant flows and their dramatic economic and social consequences have already profoundly affected economic growth and urban development. Looking ahead, decision makers at all levels will need to craft policies that address issues of migration and rural-urban migrants issues that are hotly debated among scholars, Chinese policy makers, and others. This report presents recent findings that describe migration patterns and changes since the 1980s.

This book is both a significant countribution to the literature on utility reform, assisting those who seek to understand the effects of these reforms, and an invaluanle guide for those designing infrastucture ferorms, in ECA and elsewhere

This publication presents the findings of the Paris and Prague seminars organized by the World Bank and European Commission to support the efforts of ten Central European countries to integrate smoothly into the European Union

Costs and Benefits of Economic Integration in Asia is an essential reference on the controversy and consensus on economic integration, and how it will influence individual Asian countries, the region as a whole, and the world, for decades to come