Aims to improve readers' understanding of the puzzle of Malawi's development performance and identify ways for the country to achieve robust growth and stay on a stable growth path that helps the poor.

Health and Nutrition Outcomes and Determinants in Urban Bangladesh

Examines existing evidence on the nature, magnitude, drivers, and impacts of agricultural pollution in emerging East Asia with a focus on China, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

Despues de casi un cuarto de siglo de implementar reformas de cobertura universal, ha llegado el momenta para hacer un balance de las logros en la region. Este volumen analiza el progreso en la reducci6n de las desigualdades en los resultados de salud, la utilizaci6n de los servicios y la protecci6n financiera.

The Democratic Republic of Congo Urbanization Review develops a diagnostic of the current situation of urbanization in DRC, and identifies the key bottlenecks holding back the potential benefits of urbanization.

El Estudio de la Urbanizacion en Centroamerica: Oportunidades de una Centroarnerica Urbana ofrece una mejor comprenslon de las implicaciones de la urbanizacion en la region, y las acciones que las gobiernos centrales y locales pueden tomar para obtener las beneficios previstos de esta transforrnaclon.

Summarizes new research on the impact of digital technology adoption on lower-skilled workers. Country studies on Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexico find inclusive growth due to the increased productivity and the resulting output effects on lower-skilled jobs.

By using state-of-the-art modelling techniques, this study simulates population, housing, economic activity, commuting times, transport and trade across the 266 unions that constitute Great Dhaka, taking into account flood vulnerability, traffic congestion and other location conditions.