Promoting Social Cohesion Through Education:

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• Promoting Social Cohesion Through Education
• In a world where students will have to co-exist
  with people different from themselves,
  sensitivity and openness to diversity/ethnic,
  religious, linguistic, and ability-related is a
  core part of any good education. Social Cohesion
  through Education provides case studies and tools
  to help educators, policymakers, and the
  development community improve the ways in which
  education systems can promote tolerance and
  respect for diversity through improved management
  of existing inputs such as curriculum and
  textbook reform.
• The book address different issues in different
  countries and regions, but the fundamental
  message is the same the explicit and implicit
  messages about inter-group relations that
  children receive in school shape the form and
  sensitivities of young minds with respect to
  other human beings. If education is to contribute
  to economic and social development, it is
  critical that we understand those messages and
  the means of their transmission.

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• Annual World Bank Conference on Development
  Economics 2006
• The Annual World Bank Conference on Development
  Economics (ABCDE) brings together the worlds
  leading scholars and development practitioners
  for a lively debate on state-of-the-art thinking
  in development policy and the implications for
  the global economy. The 17th conference was held
  in Dakar, Senegal, on January 27, 2005. The theme
  of the conference was growth and integration,
  which was divided into five topics growth and
  integration, financial reforms, economic
  development, trade and development, and
  investment climate.

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• The Power of Survey Design
• A practical how-to guide on all the steps
  involved with survey implementation, this volume
  covers survey management, questionnaire design,
  sampling, respondents psychology and survey
  participation, and data management. A
  comprehensive and practical reference for those
  who both use and produce survey data.

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• Reducing Poverty through Growth and Social Policy
  Reform in Russia
• Following the 1998 financial crisis, four out of
  every ten people slipped into poverty, not able
  to meet basic needs. Luckily, post-crisis
  economic rebound was impressive and broad-based ?
  albeit uneven ? across sectors and regions. This
  title explores the nature of poverty, both
  nationally and regionally, to identify the groups
  with a high poverty risk. It then examines
  growth-poverty linkages through the labor market,
  as well as the contribution of growth and
  inequality to the recent poverty reduction. It
  also considers the expected impact of WTO
  accession on overall growth and poverty. Finally,
  it focuses on the scope for improving social
  policy in ways that will have a direct impact on
  the poor.

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• From Crisis to Stability in the Armenian Power
  Sector
• The last fifteen years have seen Armenia emerge
  from Soviet rule and a severe economic and energy
  crisis, both complicated by its newfound
  political surroundings. The last ten years have
  seen significant reform and progress in the power
  sector which, when compared to the progress made
  by its neighbors, is all the more remarkable. The
  benefits of reform have not been easily won,
  however, and Armenias success is a tribute to
  its ability to learn from mistakes and persevere.
  A combination of improper planning and bad
  fortune forced the Government of Armenia to go
  through three separate tenders for its
  privatization assets. A combination of good
  planning and good fortune ultimately allowed for
  what has turned out to be one of the regions
  most successful infrastructure privatizations so
  far.

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• Perspectives on Fiscal Federalism
• This book addresses a variety of issues relating
  to intergovernmental finance and the provision
  and financing of local services including
  budgeting and financial management, the
  institutional framework for the conduct of
  intergovernmental relations, appropriate methods
  of service delivery in metropolitan
  agglomerations and remote rural areas, local
  government enterprises, user charges, property
  taxes, income and value-added taxes, natural
  resource taxes, and local business taxes.
  Throughout, the authors draw on experience both
  in Canada and in other decentralized countries
  and consider to varying extents the special
  problems facing Russia and other large
  transitional economies.

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• Pension Reform and the Development of Pension
  Systems
• Over the past two decades, the Bank has supported
  a wide variety of reforms through lending
  operations and analytical and advisory activities
  in 68 countries, and helped build institutional
  capacity to strengthen pension administration.
  The World Bank's basic approach was to recommend
  the establishment of a multi-pillar pension
  system, provided sound macroeconomic conditions
  and an adequate financial sector were in place.
  This evaluation presents the first comprehensive
  assessment of these activities. It sums up what
  has been learned and offers recommendations to
  strengthen future reform efforts.

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