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|  | Among the challenges in the MENA region is translating the investments made in education and health into a productive and expanded role for women in the economy and society. Only removing the complex set of constraints to decision-making, choice, mobility and opportunity will realize women's aspirations and harness their full potential. |  |
|  | The New Microfinance Handbook provides a detailed overview of client financial service needs, the various providers and financial products and services that meet those needs, and the supporting functions that allow the financial market system to provide better, more appropriate financial services to the poor sustainably. | | |
|  | Written by leading practitioners and experts in public finance in the context of multilevel government systems, this book examines the interactive roles of markets, regulators, subnational borrowers, creditors, national governments, and others in the quest for reducing moral hazard and strengthening subnational fiscal discipline. | | |
|  | This report provides Mayors and other policymakers with a policy framework and diagnostic tools to anticipate and implement strategies that can avoid their cities from locking into irreversible physical and social structures. | | |
|  | 'Transforming Cities with Transit' explores the complex process of transit and land-use integration and provides policy recommendations and implementation strategies for effective integration in rapidly growing cities in developing countries. | | |
|  | The book details the MoSSaiC (Management of Slope Stability in Communities) methodology, which aims to create behavioral change in vulnerable communities in developing countries. Focusing on maximizing within-country capacity to deliver landslide mitigation measures on the ground, it provides an end-to-end blueprint for the mitigation process. | | |
|  | The World Bank's annual report on the external debt of developing countries includes comprehensive data for 128 developing countries, as well as summary data for regions and income groups. | | |
|  | The 2013 World Development Report on jobs will help explain and analyze the connection between jobs and important dimensions of economic and social development. It will provide analytical tools to identify the obstacles to sustained job creation and examine differences in the nature of jobs. | | |
|  | This report provides a platform for supporting Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia in their historic transformation. Both research and historical experience show that trade and foreign direct investment are key engines for job creation and inclusive growth. | | |
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