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Migration in Africa is primarily driven by the search for economic opportunity, safety, and secur...

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This seventh volume of the World Bank Legal Review focuses on the role of law and justice systems...

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This book is the first stocktaking of what the decarbonization of the world economy means for fos...

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Bangladeshi women are increasingly economically empowered, yet their choices remain limited. Gend...

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In 2011 the World Bank--with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation--launched the Glo...

Dans ce livre, Béatrice Didier analyse la façon dont Chateaubriand, dans les Mémoires d'Outre-tom...

International Law Situated is the first study in the series of International Law Monographs by th...

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After years of high growth and poverty reduction, Ghana is now facing important economic and soci...

Universal access to financial services is within reach, thanks to new technologies, transformativ...

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