It argues that improving risk management is crucial to reduce the negative impacts of shocks and hazards, but also to enable people to pursue new opportunities for growth. This was the problem addressed by the world development report on making services work for people, published by the world bank in 2004. Even though global development finance gdf is no longer listed in the wdi. World bank world development report 2004 making services. As i indicated last year, the world trade report seeks to deepen public understanding of current trade policy issues and to contribute to more informed consideration of the options facing governments. The focus is on those services that have the most direct. A look at the worlds freshwater resources solid, vapour and liquid, water is diverse by its very nature. World development report 2004 wiley online library. World development indicators 2004 world bank 2004 four years have passed since the millennium development goals sharpened the focus on measuring the results of developmentnot the number of projects undertaken or the dollars spent, but the improvements in peoples lives. The 2004 report builds on that analysis, by carefully examiningand rejecting claims that cultural differences necessarily lead to social, economic and political. First, much donor financing, including all world bank investment.
The impact of 2004 world development report overseas. The world development report wdr 2004 warns that broad improvements in human welfare will not occur unless poor people receive wider access to affordable, better quality services in health, education, water, sanitation, and electricity. Human development report 2004 human development reports. It seeks to explore ways of improving standards of living, and the human condition generally, by examining potential solutions to problems such as. The world investment report 2004 looks at the shift towards services and examines the challenges and opportunities that arise for development. On friday 28th february and saturday 1st march, experts including kevin watkins, tim harford and shanta.
Human development is first and foremost about allowing people to lead the kind of life. Making services work for poor people overview english abstract. World development report 2018 realizing the promise of. The world development report provides a practical framework for making the services that contribute to human development work for poor people. These issues are still very much at the centre of the development agenda. World development indicators 2004 english the world bank. World development indicators wdi is the primary world bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources. World development indicators 2004 english abstract four years have passed since the millennium development goals sharpened the focus on measuring the results of developmentnot the number of projects undertaken or the dollars spent, but the improvements in peoples lives. Cultural liberty in todays diverse world united nations development programme on. This report has been prepared with the help of many people and organizations. Review of the 2004 world development report making services work for poor people. The world banks world development report, published annually since 1978, is an invaluable guide to the economic, social, and environmental state of the world today.
The supposed benefits of privatizing social services are elusive, with inconclusive evidence on efficiency and quality. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Downloads united nations educational, scientific and. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The world development report wdr 2004 builds an analytical, and practical framework for using resources, whether internal or external, more effectively by. A guide to world resources 20022004 summarizes the preliminary findings and key messages of the report which will be released in july 2003. Individuals using the internet % of population international telecommunication union, world telecommunicationict development report and database. This part provides a brief look at the current state of freshwater, in all the worlds regions.
Wdr reports world bank group international development. In addition to detailed chapters exploring these and related issues, the report contains selected data from the world banks new program of investment climate surveys, the banks doing business project, and world development indicators 2004an appendix of economic and social data for over 200 countries. Each wdr provides indepth analysis of a specific aspect of economic development. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.
And the forthcoming social development strategy, that is organized around themes of social inclusion, cohesion and. Each report provides indepth analysis and policy recommendations on a specific and important aspect of developmentfrom agriculture, the role of the state, transition. When it was being written in the late 1990s the key ideascontrolling positions in the bank were held by joe stiglitz and ravi kanbur respectively, chief economist and director of the world development report 20002001, not noted champions of neoliberal economics. A copublication of the world bank and oxford university press. It recognised that politics and accountability are vital to improving services, and that aid donors ignore them at their peril. World development indicators 2004 english abstract. The world development report 2004 is aimed at making services work for. Human development report 2004 cultural liberty in todays diverse world accommodating peoples growing demands for their inclusion in society, for respect of their ethnicity, religion, and language, takes more than democracy and equitable growth.
Review of the 2004 world development report making. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and. This type of accountability was referred to in a world development report in 2004, which was discussing how to make public services more accountable and responsive to the needs of the poorest in the developing world, as the long route to accountability. The world resources series is produced by a unique collaboration of the united nations development programme, the united nations environment programme, the world bank, and the world resources institute.
Fears that robots will take away jobs from people have dominated the discussion over the future of work, but the world development report 2019 finds that on balance this appears to be unfounded. Individuals using the internet % of population data. In recent years the human development report has argued strongly that this is as much a question of politics as economicsfrom protecting human rights to deepening democracy. Two of the millennium development goals agreed by all the worlds countries as a blueprint for. The world development report wdr 2004 builds an analytical, and practical framework for using resources, whether internal or external, more effectively by making services work for poor people. In our diverse world more than twothirds of countries have minority groups that make up more than 10% of their population, and nearly a billion people belong to groups subject to some form of exclusion.
With this framework, citizens, governments, and donors can take action and accelerate progress toward the common objective of poverty reduction, as specified in the millennium development goals. Making services work for poor people world bank on. Revenues, state formation, and the quality of governance in developing countries. The world development report wdr 2004 warns that broad improvements in human welfare will not occur unless poor people receive wider. In the 1983 wdr, the middle income group was split into lower middle and upper middle groups, and in 1989 a high income country definition was introduced. In the past 15 years, the reports of 2004 making services work for poor people, 2007 development and the next generation, 2012 gender equality and development. World development report 2004 open knowledge repository. World development is a multidisciplinary monthly journal of development studies.
In short, citizens provide mandates to policymakers to design services to respond to. The changing nature of work studies how the nature of work is changing as a result of advances in technology today. The world development report wdr is an annual report published since 1978 by the international bank for reconstruction and development ibrd or world bank. The world development report 2005 argues that improving the investment climates of their societies should be a top priority for governments. World bank world development report 2004 making services work for poor people from eup 1501 at university of south africa. Four years have passed since the millennium development goals sharpened the focus on measuring the results of developmentnot the number of projects undertaken or the dollars spent, but the improvements in peoples lives. Past reports have considered such topics as agriculture, youth, equity, public services delivery, the role of the state, transition. School enrollment, primary and secondary gross, gender parity index gpi terrestrial and marine protected areas % of total territorial area total greenhouse gas emissions kt of co2 equivalent urban population.
A better investment climate for everyone world bank. For the earths inhabitants, this diversity also means great disparities in wellbeing and development. In the knowledgebased economy, services are critical to the competitiveness of firms in all sectors. World resources 20022004 world resources institute. The world development report 2019 studies how the nature of work is changing as a result of advances in technology today. The 2014 world development report examines how improving risk management can lead to larger gains in development and poverty reduction. Fears that robots will take away jobs from people have dominated the discussion over the future of work, but the world development report 2019 finds that on balance this appears to be. Making services work for poor people open knowledge repository. Making services work for poor people overview english. World development report 2018 realizing the promise of education for development concept note january 2017. The asian development bank annual report 2004 outlines adbs efforts to become a more effective, transparent public institution by improving the management of its resources and the impact of its operations to make it a more effective, dynamic development partner.