This paper evaluates the impact of market-oriented structural reforms, in particular labor market policies, social assistance programs, and trade liberalization on long run unemployment, wage inequality...
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is among the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change. The region is projected to experience increasing temperatures, water stress, and instances of extreme...
Publicly financed construction is a key driver for economic growth and poverty reduction worldwide. At the same time, it is a sector unusually prone to corruption, not least due to large opportunities...
L’objectif principal des recherches menées dans quatre pays africains (le Burkina Faso, la Guinée, le Mali et la Mauritanie) était de déterminer et clarifier les facteurs qui contribuent au succès de la...
The key objective of this research effort in four African countries, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, and Mauritania, was to understand and explain the practices that are favorable to success for girls, and...
Although reform of Ukraine's electricity sector is far from complete, the experience so far shows that ingrained attitudes are harder to change than written rules of the game. Moreover, the reemergence...
Since March 1974 The World Bank has funded five dairy development projects in India. These projects have supported Operation Flood, an Indian initiative to support a farmer-controlled cooperative dairy...
Since March 1974 The World Bank has funded five dairy development projects in India. These projects have supported Operation Flood, an Indian initiative to support a farmer-controlled cooperative dairy...
Depuis mars 1974, la Banque mondiale a financé cinq projets de développement de la production laitière en Inde. Ces projets ont soutenu Operation Flood (opération Abondance), une initiative indienne visant...
The present study is focused on technical improvements in energy efficiency, and aims to identify specific policy measures, strategies and programs at the plant level that would promote energy conservation...
On April 24, 1992, the International Development Association (IDA) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and sixty eight. It was resolved that the terms and conditions of the membership...
On September 25, 1990, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred sixty-eight. It was resolved that, by accepting membership in the Corporation...
On September 18, 1962, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one sixty eight. It was resolved that the by accepting membership in the...
The Technical Report on the Electrification Program Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil will provide a loan to cover a part of the foreign exchange cost for the electrification program. This project is divided...
This press release announces the sale of Bank bonds to Halsey, Stuart and Co., and the First National Bank of Chicago on January 25, 1950.