The Country Opinion Survey in Mongolia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Mongolia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
The World Bank Group is interested in gauging your views as someone involved in development in Mongolia. This survey will give us greater insight into how the Bank’s work is perceived by its clients, partners...
This policy brief depicts the 2009 significant increase in women's participation in politics due to, among others, affirmative action for candidacy and political party participation in 2008. Women's representation...
This note analyzes various issues related to women workers in Malaysia’s formal private sector. Using the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys data, the proportion of women among all workers in Malaysia is...
Indonesian secondary students perform worse academically than their peers in other countries, especially boys. In the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests, Indonesia ranked among...
Over the seven years from 2004 through 2011, Cambodian economic growth was tremendous, ranking amid the best in the world. Moreover, household consumption increased by nearly 40 percent. And this growth...
Over the seven years from 2004 through 2011, Cambodian economic growth was tremendous, ranking amid the best in the world. Moreover, household consumption increased by nearly 40 percent. And this growth...
Taking advantage of recent Enterprise Surveys data, this note aims to provide a first set of observations on the performance and regulatory constraints of Malaysia’s exporting firms. The findings provide...
This brief summarizes the welfare impacts of rural electrification: evidence from Vietnam for the period 2000-2004. Access to electricity is a key to any development initiative and there is a growing body...
This policy brief underline progress and outstanding issues on Violence Against Women (VAW), including the ratification of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)...
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Vietnam on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains...
Ce rapport examine les principaux problèmes qui se posent au Vietnam pour concevoir et mettre en œuvre les réformes de sa politique commerciale, durant la phase de transition vers l’économie de marché...
The Country Opinion Survey in Vietnam assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Vietnam perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback...
This study looks at the system of education and training in Vietnam (E&T) and poses the question: What changes in educational policies will ensure that students who pass through the system today will acquire...
Oed rates the relevance of World Bank assistance as substantial, with consistent focus on structural reforms needed to make the transition to a market economy, infrastructure development to remove bottlenecks...
This report examines the main problems Vietnam faces in the design, and implementation of its trade policy reforms, during its transition to a market economy, and, recommends how best to continue opening...
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Vanuatu on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains...
Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders in Vanuatu The World Bank Group completed the Trade and Gender Study in the Vanuatu to identify the specific challenges that men and...
The current report was developed under the aegis of the Understanding Children's Work (UCW) project, a research co-operation initiative of the International Labor Organization, United Nations Children's...
Overcoming the twin challenges of child labor and youth unemployment will be critical to progress towards the millennium development goals (MDG), as both can lead to social vulnerability and societal marginalization...