Sub-Saharan Africa is a critical development priority-it has some of the world's poorest countries and during the past two decades the number of poor in the Region has doubled, to 300 million-more than 40 percent of the Region's population. Africa remains behind on most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and is unlikely to reach them by 2015. With some of the world's poorest countries, Africa is a development priority for the donor community. A major drag on Africa's development is the underperformance of the critical agriculture sector, which has been neglected both by donors and governments over the past two decades

This book provides the Global Monitoring Report 2008. Noting the importance of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), the reduction of extreme poverty, hunger, poverty, maternal health, child mortality, education, high prices for food and energy

This document examines the process by which FIAS advised the investment climate of the World Bank Group to advise the Government of Latvia from 1998 to 2004 on ways to improve the business environment, achieve higher economic growth rates

This volume presents a collection of poverty and social impact analyses that assess the impact of a range of policy and institutional reforms

Despite unprecedented growth in recent years, India has the largest number of poor people in the world. Moving Out of Poverty: The Promise of Empowerment and Democracy in India presents the experiences of poor people who have made it out of poverty. The study provides new insights on the processes and mechanisms that result in some poor people escaping poverty, while others remain stuck, and still others fall into poverty.

This book is about the essence of photography, about the editor and photographer"s minds at work seeking the most elusive of all journalistic ends, a fine picture that tells those who see it something about their world. It is an expert"s guide to the art and craft of making great news photos

The book gives you all the guidance you need to become tomorrow"s expert team leader. You"ll learn how to manage by vision and principles, rather than policies and procedures and this book takes all the guesswork out of becoming the sort of inspired leader who can help lead your organization into the next century

The book begins by outlining the history of the blues before examining its origins in African music through country stomps, ragtime songs, ballads, and field hollers, and then considers the phenomenon of the blues as an African-American art and its function as an individual expression

This book examines changes in the ways cities are managed, built and lived in that could tip the balance toward a healthier and more peaceful urban future. Authors investigate water and sanitation, urban farming, local energy production, "green" transportation options, disaster preparedness, local economic stability, and much more

The book examines role of women in society : how women communicate in business, gender role development, managing work and family, networking and mentoring, trends in self-employment, women working abroad and presented collection of contributed chapters by experts to explore and issues to debate