Does decentralizing the allocation of public resources reduce rent-seeking and improve equity? This paper studies a governance reform in Pakistan’s vast Indus Basin irrigation system. Using canal discharge...
While education stocks (measured as the number of years of schooling attained per person over age 15) have risen significantly in all regions, they have risen the fastest in the Middle East and North Africa...
In the aftermath of the recent global financial crisis, advanced economies have continued to experience sluggish growth. Is this slow post crisis growth the result of a policy response that was overly...
The world is facing the most severe global economic crisis since the great depression of the 1930s. For the first time since World War two, World Bank projections for annual economic growth show that world...
This note discusses natural disaster preparation and how microfinance institutions (MFIs) and their staffs can respond. It is part of a series that summarizes a distance learning series with South American...
This publication reviews the experiences of the World Bank and its clients in employing public communication programs during the processes of privatization and private sector participation. Drawing from...
Findings Info briefs reports on good practice in ongoing operational, economic and sector work carried out by the World Bank and its member governments in the Africa Region. This issue looks at the Senegal...
De par les multiples possibilités de croissance économique qu’elles offrent, les zones littorales constituent un pôle d’attraction important. Alors que le peuplement et les activités économiques dans ces...
The numerous economic opportunities offered within the coastal zone attract increasing populations to these areas. As these populations and their economic activities grow, there is a corresponding compelling...
Russia's power system is enormous consisting of more than 200 gigawatts of generation capacity, most of it interconnected by 2.5 million kilometers of high-voltage transmission lines spanning an area only...
Ce précis intitulé « Réforme de l’agriculture : la Banque mondiale mise sur le marché » vient compléter la publication du Département de l’évaluation des opérations (OED) de la Banque mondiale qui porte...
This Precis entitled, Reforming agriculture : the World Bank goes to market, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED) publication of the same title dated May 31, 1997. The study...
This Precis entitled, Reforming agriculture : the World Bank goes to market, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED) publication of the same title dated May 31, 1997. The study...
On January 6, 1986, the International Development Association (IDA) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and thirty nine. It was resolved that the terms and conditions upon which St...
On May 31, 1983, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and thirty-nine. It was resolved that: (a) Bolivia is hereby authorized to subscribe...
On June 30, 1960, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and thirty-nine. It was resolved that: (1) the Republic of China...
This press release announces a mission to Colombia to survey their economy on June 30, 1949.