Book Repository

This Repository is a searchable database of all books produced by alumni in their personal capacity, after they retired from the World Bank Group. The Repository is designed to enhance our members’ awareness of books published by fellow retirees and provide easy access to them. It includes live links and information on books by retirees on any topic, in any genre, and any language. The Repository is limited to books that (1) are published after retirement from the WBG; (2) are not part of a consultancy or work assignment at another MDB or IFI; and (3) are publicly available as a free download, or at cost.

To add books to the Repository send an email to 1818Society@wbgalumni.org with information about the book and the web link where it can be found.

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Ethics for Evaluation: Beyond “doing no harm” to “tackling bad” and “doing good” (Comparative Policy Evaluation)

van den Berg, Rob D., Penny Hawkins, and Nicoletta Stame (eds), 2021

In Ethics for Evaluation the diverse perspectives on ethical...

Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development

van den Berg, Rob D., with Juha I. Uittoo, and Jyotsna Puri (eds), 2017

This book is open access under a Creative Commons license. ...

Evidence for Hope: The Emerging Sustainability Revolution

van den Berg, Rob D., 2024

This book explores what is evidence, and notes that too much...

Handbook of New Institutional Economics, 2nd Edition

Shirley, Mary M., with Claude Ménard (eds), 2025

This Open Access Handbook of New Institutional Economics (NI...

Trade and Employment in Developing Countries, Volume 2: Factor Supply and Substitution (National Bureau of Economic Research Monograph)

Krueger, Anne O., 2008

Factor Supply and Substitution, the second in a three-volume...

Food Security in Iran: Edareh-ye Arzaq, 1910-1935

Floor, Willem, 2021

Until recent times, Iran regularly had to cope with local or...