World development report.
Record details
- ISSN: 0163-5085
- Physical Description: v. 27 cm.
- Publisher: [New York] Oxford University Press.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Published for the World Bank. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 2019: The changing nature of work. Forward. Overview. Changes in the nature of work ; What can governments do? ; Organization of this study 1. The changing nature of work. Technology generates jobs ; How work is changing ; A simple model of changing work 2. The changing nature of firms. Superstar firms ; Competitive markets ; Tax avoidance 3. Building human capital. Why governments should get involved ; Why measurement helps ; The human capital project 4. Lifelong learning. Learning in early childhood ; Tertiary education ; Adult learning outside the workplace 5. Returns to work. Informality ; Working women ; Working in agriculture 6. Strengthening social protection. Social assistance ; Social insurance ; Labor regulation 7. Ideas for social inclusion. A global "New Deal" ; Creating a new social contract ; Financing social inclusion. 2020: Trading for development. Forward -- Part I: Overview -- Part II: Global value chains: What are they? -- Part III: What are the effects of GVCs? -- Part IV: What domestic policies facilitate fruitful participation? -- Part V: How can international cooperation help? 2021: Data for better lives. Overview -- Part I: Advancing development objectives through data. CH. 1. Harnessing the value of data for the poor -- Spotlight 1: Helping communities to gain the ability to collect and analyze their own data -- Spotlight 2: The importance of good data in helping low- and middle-income countries to manage debt during and after the COVID-pandemic – CH. 2. Data as a force for public good -- Spotlight 1: Deploying data to curtail violence against women and girls -- Spotlight 2: The role of international organizations in improving public intent data – CH. 3. Data as a resource for the private sector -- Spotlight 1: The huge potential of open data for business applications – CH. 4. Creative reuses of data for greater value -- Spotlight 1: Gathering, sharing, and using better data on weather, water, and climate from low- and middle-income countries -- Spotlight 2: Making roads safer by repurposing private intent traffic data -- Part II: Aligning data governance with the social contract. CH. 5. Data infrastructure policy: Ensuring equitable access for poor people and poor countries -- Spotlight 1: How the COVID-pandemic has recalibrated expectations of reasonable data consumption and highlighted the digital divide -- Spotlight 2: Data's carbon footprint – CH. 6. Data policies, laws, and regulations: creating a trust environment -- Spotlight 1: The evolving social contract on data: Balancing data sharing and data protection to facilitate contact tracing to control COVID-19 -- Spotlight 2: The debate over ownership of personal data – CH. 7. Creating value in the data economy: The role of competition, trade, and tax policy -- Spotlight 1: Understanding the interface between data protection and competition policy -- Spotlight 2: The role of regional and international cooperation in addressing data governance challenges – CH. 8. Institutions for data governance: Building trust through collective action -- Spotlight 1: The need for a new global consensus on data: A call to action -- Spotlight 2: Promoting citizen science in the Amazon basin -- Part III: Moving toward an integrated national data system. CH. 9. Creating an integrated national data system. 2022: Overview -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Emerging risks to the recovery -- Chapter 2: Resolving bank asset distress -- Chapter 3: Restructuring firm and household debt -- Chapter 4: Lending during the recovery and beyond -- Chapter 5: Managing sovereign debt -- Chapter 6: Policy priorities for the recovery. |
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