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Many of the World Bank's publications are avaliable free of charge through this website. Use the World Bank's Advanced Search engine to find publications by topic, date, title and more. Below are a few recent highlights.

World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development
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World Development Report 2008 calls for greater investment in agriculture in developing countries.The report warns that the sector must be placed at the center of the development agenda if the goals of halving extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 are to be realized. Full Story

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Disability in Kazakhstan: an evaluation of official data - (February 2008)
In order to answer the questions of (a) what is the true pattern of disability in Kazakhstan; (b) whether the incidence of disability is decreasing; and (c) what is the life expectancy of Kazakhstan's disabled, this paper attempts first to create an historical picture of disability in Kazakhstan by analyzing government population statistics and studying the evolution of disability determination procedure in the former Soviet Union and independent Kazakhstan. The authors note that barriers for applying disability benefits have increased and incentives to report disabilities have decreased markedly in the past 15 years, so that it is virtually certain that there is substantial hidden disability.
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Kazakhstan - Report on the observance of standards and codes (ROSC) - (May 2007)
This report on the report on the observance of standards and codes (ROSC) in Kazakhstan provides an assessment of accounting, financial reporting, and auditing requirements and practices within the enterprise and financial sectors in Kazakhstan.
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The impact of Kazakhstan accession to the World Trade Organization: a quantitative assessment - (March 2007)
In this paper the authors use a computable general equilibrium model of the Kazakhstan economy to assess the impact of accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), which encompasses (1) improved market access; (2) Kazakhstan tariff reduction; (3) reduction of barriers against entry by multinational service providers; and (4) reform of local content and value-added tax policies confronting multinational firms in the oil sector.
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Fertility regulation in Kazakhstan : the role of providers and the public financial cost - (Nov. 2006)
This study examines fertility regulation in Kazakhstan, with dual emphases on providers' attitudes toward abortion and the public financial costs of abortion provision. Three-stage stratified sampling was used to select 126 providers from 52 health facilities from four oblasts and two major cities (Almaty and Astana) at different administrative levels to assess providers' attitudes and perceptions; and to analyze the public costs of providing abortion and family planning services.
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Pension reform and the development of pension systems : an evaluation of World Bank assistance - Kazakhstan country study - (Jan. 2007)
In January 1998 Kazakhstan began with the implementation of a new mandatory financial account defined-contribution pension scheme. This document is an evaluation of the World Bank's support in pension reform to Kazakhstan during the period following the break-up of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) in 1991.
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