Documents et rapports
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Drivers of Public Debt in East Asia and Pacific Economies (anglais)
Public debt in developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP) economies has increased markedly since the recession in 2020 induced by COVID-19 pandemic. This brief uses standard debt dynamic accounting decomposition...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 178622 Date du document: 16 décembre 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Islamaj,Ergys,Samano Penaloza,Agustin
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Three Interventions to Reduce Irregular Migration and Promote Alternatives : An Experiment in The Gambia (anglais)
Irregular migration from Africa to Europe attracts substantial policy attention. Although international migration can enable people from developing countries to dramatically increase their incomes, the...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 175680 Date du document: 5 septembre 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bah,Tijan L,Batista,Catia,Gubert,Flore,Mckenzie,David J.
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How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World? : How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World? (anglais)
This paper investigates the impacts of the economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the employment of different types of workers in developing countries. Employment outcomes are taken from a set...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 161310 Date du document: 1 juillet 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kugler,Lisbet,Maurice,Viollaz,Mariana,Mariana,Duque,Daniel,Gaddis,Isis,Newhouse,David Locke,Palacios-Lopez,Amparo,Weber,Michael
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Blended Concessional Finance : Scaling Up Private Investment in Lower-Income Countries (anglais)
Blending funds from private investors with concessional funds from donors and philanthropic sourceshas a strong potential to scale up investment in lower-income countries and thereby acceleratedevelopment...
Numéro du rapport: 133880 Date du document: 5 novembre 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Sierra-Escalante,Kruskaia,Karlin,Arthur S.,Lauridsen,Morten Lykke
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Drought and retribution : evidence from a large-scale rainfall-indexed insurance program in Mexico (anglais)
Although weather shocks are a major source of income fluctuation, most of the world's poor lack insurance coverage against them. Absence of formal insurance contributes to poverty traps, as investment...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 125501 Date du document: 1 février 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Fuchs,Alan,Wolff,Hendrik
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First Funding for Ghana – Volta River Hydroelectric Project, 1962 (anglais)
Ghana signed IBRD Articles of Agreement on September 20, 1957 and became the 64th member of the Bank. The Bank approved the first finding for Ghana on February 8, 1962 for Volta River Hydroelectric Project...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 104696 Date du document: 1 janvier 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of policy-based guarantee : supporting the development agenda and strengthening access to capital markets (anglais)
The ongoing global economic turmoil is seriously impeding client countries’ access to capital markets, with relatively little regard for the fundamentals of the countries involved. Growing risk aversion...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 76214 Date du document: 1 janvier 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Najdov,Evgenij
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Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of policy-based guarantee : supporting the development agenda and strengthening access to capital markets (russe)
The ongoing global economic turmoil is seriously impeding client countries’ access to capital markets, with relatively little regard for the fundamentals of the countries involved. Growing risk aversion...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 76214 Date du document: 1 janvier 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Najdov,Evgenij
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Productivity and climate benefits of improved land management technologies (anglais)
Ensuring food security under changing climate conditions is one of the major challenges of our era. Agriculture must not only become increasingly productive, but must also adapt to climate change while...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 68002 Date du document: 1 mars 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Larson,Gunnar,Braimoh,Ademola
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Opening doors : gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa (anglais)
Many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are undergoing a profound transformation. From Morocco to Yemen, popular movements have called for reforms to make government more inclusive...
Numéro du rapport: 67741 Date du document: 1 mars 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Vishwanath,Tara
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Mobile phone and employment (anglais)
Mainly three functions of the mobile phone are utilized in developing countries: (i) voice, (ii) SMS, and (iii) mobile application. Through combining these functions, mobile phones have been used to collect...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 79788 Date du document: 1 décembre 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Imaizumi,Saori
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For fifth consecutive year India drove private activity in infrastructure in South Asia to a new peak in 2010 (anglais)
In 2010, 102 infrastructure projects with private participation reached financial or contractual closing in 4 low- and middle-income countries in South Asia, involving investment commitments of US$47 billion...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 66331 Date du document: 1 août 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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How complementary are prudential regulation and monetary policy? (anglais)
Could either monetary policy or financial prudential regulation be relied on individually to mitigate asset price cycles or their effects? If both ways are effective, monetary policy and prudential regulation...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 62592 Date du document: 1 juin 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Canuto,Otaviano
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Consumer protection regulation in low-access environments : opportunities to promote responsible finance (arabe)
This focus note describes current practices and assesses options for design and implementation of basic consumer protection rules, focusing on low-access environments. It includes the following: 1) a package...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 56626 Date du document: 1 février 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Newbury,Laura Brix,Mckee,Katharine
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Consumer protection regulation in low-access environments : opportunities to promote responsible finance : Reglementation de la protection des consommateurs dans les environnements a faible acces : opportunites de promotion de la finance responsible (français)
This focus note describes current practices and assesses options for design and implementation of basic consumer protection rules, focusing on low-access environments. It includes the following: 1) a package...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 56626 Date du document: 1 février 2010 Auteur: Newbury,Laura Brix,Mckee,Katharine
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Consumer protection regulation in low-access environments : opportunities to promote responsible finance : Reglamentacion para la proteccion del consumidor en entornos de bajo nivel de acceso : oportunidades para fomentar el financiamiento responsible (espagnol)
This focus note describes current practices and assesses options for design and implementation of basic consumer protection rules, focusing on low-access environments. It includes the following: 1) a package...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 56626 Date du document: 1 février 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Newbury,Laura Brix,Mckee,Katharine
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Consumer protection regulation in low-access environments : opportunities to promote responsible finance (russe)
This focus note describes current practices and assesses options for design and implementation of basic consumer protection rules, focusing on low-access environments. It includes the following: 1) a package...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 56626 Date du document: 1 février 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Newbury,Laura Brix,Mckee,Katharine
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Consumer protection regulation in low-access environments : opportunities to promote responsible finance (anglais)
This focus note describes current practices and assesses options for design and implementation of basic consumer protection rules, focusing on low-access environments. It includes the following: 1) a package...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 56626 Date du document: 1 février 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Newbury,Laura Brix,Mckee,Katharine
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Climate change and economic growth (anglais)
Grim descriptions of the long-term consequences of climate change have given the impression that the climate impacts from greenhouse gases threaten long-term economic growth. However, the impact of climate...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 57759 Date du document: 1 janvier 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mendelsohn,Robert
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Health system innovations in Central America: lessons and impact of new approaches : Innovaciones en el sistema de salud de America Central: lecciones e impactos de nuevos enfoques (espagnol)
Health Systems Innovations in Central America reports on how these experiences fared -- a hospital in Panama, a nutrition program in Honduras, primary care extension in Guatemala, a subset of hospitals...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 33004 Date du document: 1 mai 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: La Forgia, Gerard M. [editor]