Documents et rapports
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Who escaped poverty and who was left behind? A non-parametric approach to explore welfare dynamics using cross-sections (anglais)
This paper proposes a non-parametric adaptation of a recently developed parametric technique to produce point estimates of intra-generational economic mobility in the absence of panel data sets that follow...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 125571 Date du document: 1 octobre 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lucchetti,Leonardo Ramiro
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The status of Yemeni women : from aspiration to opportunity (anglais)
Yemen is on a path of transformation, one that can open opportunities for more inclusive societies and economies, or for greater risk and regression. This transition period will be especially vital for...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 90150 Date du document: 1 avril 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Krishnan,Nandini
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The heterogeneous effects of HIV testing (anglais)
An extensive multi-disciplinary literature examines the effects of learning one's HIV status on subsequent risky sexual behaviors. However, many of these studies rely on non-experimental designs; use self-reported...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6823 Date du document: 1 mars 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Baird,Sarah Jane,Gong,Erick Joseph,Mcintosh,Craig,Ozler,Berk
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Resource-backed investment finance in least developed countries (anglais)
The global financial crisis and shrinking aid flows have led to decreased availability of long-term debt finance for Least Developed Countries (LDCs), particularly for infrastructure. On the other hand...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 81104 Date du document: 1 septembre 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Canuto,Otaviano,Halland,Havard
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Commodity markets review (April 2012) (anglais)
Non-energy commodity prices rose by 0.6 percent in March a third straight monthly increase led by gains in several food prices, but there were also declines in most metals prices and a few agriculture...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 67988 Date du document: 10 avril 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Development, climate change and human rights from the margins to the mainstream? (anglais)
Since 2005, a growing number of vulnerable communities and nations have used the human rights lexicon to argue their case for an urgent and ambitious response to climate change. The purpose of this Social...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 69139 Date du document: 17 mars 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cameron,Edward Joseph
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How to note : a framework for the assessment of fiscal decentralization system (anglais)
Fiscal decentralization provides the link between incentives for better performance of the local government and the elected support from the citizens and is, therefore, essential for an effective system...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 54684 Date du document: 1 février 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Yilmaz,Serdar,Aslam,Ghazia,Gurkan,Asli
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The cotton sector of Uganda : The cotton sector of Uganda (anglais)
This country study is a background paper prepared for the comparative analysis of organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study carried out by the World Bank, with the objective...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 51712 Date du document: 1 mars 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Baffes,John
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Latin America and the Caribbean region energy sector - retrospective review and challenges (anglais)
During the 90s, most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean Region (LCR) supported by the World Bank, implemented a market-oriented reform in the energy sector to promote competition, economic regulation...
Type de document: Rapport de l'ESMAP Numéro du rapport: 52121 Date du document: 1 janvier 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Byer,Trevor A.,Crousillat,Enrique O.,Dussan,Manuel I.
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Brain Drain and the global mobility of high-skilled talent (anglais)
This note outlines the challenges of retaining and attracting high-skilled professionals, briefly assesses both the “brain gain” and the “brain drain” in the health sector, and examines some of the existing...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 46267 Date du document: 1 novembre 2008 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Leipziger,Danny M.
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Brazil - Innovative approaches to extending family health services : Brasil - Abordagens inovadoras para a ampliação dos serviços de saúde da família (portugais)
The recently completed Family Health Extension Project (FHEP) has provided support to Brazil's Family Health Program (Programa de Saude da Familia, or PSF) and allowed dramatic improvements in the coverage...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 44693 Date du document: 1 septembre 2008 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: La Forgia,Gerard Martin
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Assessing our work on impact evaluation (anglais)
Over the last several years, the World Bank has increasingly engaged in impact evaluations as means of building evidence for results. During this process, the Bank has also produced an extensive variety...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 46266 Date du document: 1 août 2008 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Fiszbein,Ariel,Goldstein,Markus P.,Skoufias,Emmanuel
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Brazil - Innovative approaches to extending family health services (anglais)
The recently completed Family Health Extension Project (FHEP) has provided support to Brazil's Family Health Program (Programa de Saude da Familia, or PSF) and allowed dramatic improvements in the coverage...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 44693 Date du document: 1 mars 2008 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: La Forgia,Gerard Martin
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Rwanda - Développement de l’agriculture et du marché rural (français)
Le crédit de 5 millions de dollars de dollars était un prêt pour l’apprentissage et l’innovation (PAI) -mis en œuvre 1999–2003 - dont l’objectif était de contribuer à la relance de l’économie agricole...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 35845 Date du document: 1 avril 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mohan, P. C. [editor]
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Rwanda - Agricultural and Rural Market Development (anglais)
This Credit of US$5 million was a Learning and Innovation Loan ( LIL ) -- implemented 1999-2003 -- whose objective was to contribute to revitalizing the country's agricultural and rural economy by identifying...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 35845 Date du document: 1 avril 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mohan, P. C. [editor]
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Détermination des priorités des investissements agricoles au Cameroun par le biais de la participation (français)
Comptant pour environ le tiers des 9 milliards de dollars du PIB en 1996 (soit au deuxième rang après le pétrole) et occupant presque les trois quarts de la population active totale du pays, l’agriculture...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 57146 Date du document: 1 septembre 1999 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bindlish, Vishva L.,Clementine Ananga, Messina
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Prioritization through participation : agricultural investments in Cameroon (anglais)
Accounting for around a third of the 1996 Goss Domestic Product (GDP) of US$ 9 billion (second only to oil), and almost three-fourths of all employment, agriculture is a dominant sector of the Cameroonian...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 57146 Date du document: 1 novembre 1998 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bindlish, Vishva L.,Clementine Ananga, Messina
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What explains changing spreads on emerging market debt : fundamentals or market sentiment? (anglais)
This paper analyzes data on nearly one thousand developing country bonds issued during 1991-96, a period that spans the recent episode of heavy reliance on bonded debt. Both the issue decisions of debtors...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 18929 Date du document: 30 avril 1998 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Eichengreen,Barry J.,Mody,Ashoka
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Privatization and restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe (anglais)
One of the most important policy questions in the transition economies is what governments can do to speed the restructuring of firms and thus hasten the transition to a mature market economy. The authors...
Type de document: Point de vue Numéro du rapport: 16986 Date du document: 31 juillet 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Anderson,Robert E.,Djankov,Simeon,Pohl,Gerhard,Claessons, Stijn
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Training extension agents in Nepal : Capacitacion de agentes de extension agricola en Nepal (anglais)
This Precis entitled, Training extension agents in Nepal, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Performance audit report, Nepal : Agricultural manpower development project...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 28691 Date du document: 1 juillet 1996 Auteur: Weaving,Rachel V.