This paper uses household surveys from 89 countries to look at gender differences in poverty in the developing world. In the absence of individual-level poverty data, the paper looks at what can we learn...
This Knowledge and Learning Note discusses regional collaboration on education in the Arab world. Regional collaboration on Education is arguably more challenging, comparatively speaking, in the Arab World...
The world's aging population is expected to shape the future of economies across the globe. Without behavioral adaptation by current and future generations, this demographic transformation is likely to...
Many of the major economies in the multilateral, rules-based trading system find themselves in a situation in which their applied tariff rates are quite close to the tariff binding levels that form their...
The trend toward new tourism niches in Latin America and the Caribbean (hereafter, LAC) has brought benefits, but also costs to the region's indigenous peoples. As the World Bank social and environmental...
Ce rapport d’avancement sur le secteur de l’éducation en République centrafricaine (RCA) a pour but de donner une idée exacte de la situation actuelle de l’enseignement dans ce pays et d’offrir ainsi aux...
The Economic Policy and Public Finance Management Credit (EPPFMC) was part of the Country Assistance Strategies (CAS) base case lending scenario of budget support operations. The thematic coverage of the...
Le paludisme tue plus d’un million de personnes et 300 à 500 millions de cas sont recensés chaque année. La majorité des 3 000 décès par jour et des 10 nouveaux cas diagnostiqués chaque seconde se produit...
Malaria kills over one million people and causes 300-500 million episodes of illness each year. The majority of the 3,000 deaths each day and ten new cases every second occur in Africa. The disease not...
The Bolivia-Brazil natural gas pipeline, which will transport natural gas more than 3,000 kilometers, will cost US 2.1 billion dollars to construct. Despite the substantial benefits for both Bolivia and...
Ce précis, intitulé « La gestion budgétaire dans le cadre des prêts à l’ajustement », vient compléter l’étude d’évaluation des opérations du Département de l’évaluation des opérations (OED) de la Banque...
This Precis entitled, Fiscal management in adjustment lending, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Operations evaluation study : Fiscal management in adjustment lending...
This Precis entitled, Fiscal management in adjustment lending, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Operations evaluation study : Fiscal management in adjustment lending...
On September 27,1987, the International Development Association (IDA) board of governors adopted resolution number one hundred and forty four. it was resolved that,(a) the terms and conditions of the membership...
On September 27, 1984, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and forty-four. It was resolved that the Board of Governors of the Corporation...
On September 27, 1960, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one forty four. It was resolved that the by accepting membership in the...
This press release announces the Bank has received a loan application from India.