Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines have protected people from serious illnesses and deaths in the waves of infections due to Delta and Omicron, thereby proving important in shifting to managed endemicity...
Structural transformation can spur economic growth and development if it increases overall productivity growth. A labor market environment that enables workers and enterprises to transition smoothly across...
The latest impact evaluation note looks at whether mobile money benefits households in poor and remote areas of Northern Uganda and finds large increases in non-farm self-employment and food security.
Created in Peru in 2008, Works for Taxes is an innovative approach to accelerating infrastructureinvestment. It allows private firms to “pay” their income taxes in advance through the execution ofpublic...
This paper examines the earnings premiums associated with different types of employment in 73 countries.Workers are divided into four categories: non-professional own account workers, employers and own-account...
The Press Release of September 24, 1990 on the first environmental annual report announced that the Bank had approved eleven loans, totaling 403.9 million dollars, to support environmental projects in...
Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is defined as a framework of policies, institutional arrangements, technologies, data, and people that enables the sharing and effective usage of geographic information...
Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is defined as a framework of policies, institutional arrangements, technologies, data, and people that enables the sharing and effective usage of geographic information...
Discrimination and stigma are constant companions in the life of the rainbow people. Apart from the demand for decriminalization, the main issues that confront the community are discrimination and violence...
Young Palestinians face serious employment challenges upon graduation. In 2009, unemployment among youth 15-24 years old was 28 percent for men and 36 percent for women in West Bank and 57 percent for...
In 2010, 231 infrastructure projects with private participation reached financial or contractual closing in 41 low and middle-income countries. Infrastructure projects implemented in 1990?2009 had additional...
In order for agricultural development to fulfill its potential role as a source of growth and reducer of poverty, it must be constantly renewed through knowledge and innovation. Getting resources into...
Services can now be stored and traded digitally, and they are not subject to many of the trade barriers that physical exports have to overcome. Services are no longer exclusively an input for trade in...
Uganda's national water utility has become known for its successful turnaround under public management. Less well known is that this success owes much to the introduction of private-sector-like practices...
Even the most mature microfinance institutions (MFIs) need to pay attention to their balance sheet to manage financial risks. All financial institutions take risks to make money. Risk management helps...
Even the most mature microfinance institutions (MFIs) need to pay attention to their balance sheet to manage financial risks. All financial institutions take risks to make money. Risk management helps...
Even the most mature microfinance institutions (MFIs) need to pay attention to their balance sheet to manage financial risks. All financial institutions take risks to make money. Risk management helps...
Even the most mature microfinance institutions (MFIs) need to pay attention to their balance sheet to manage financial risks. All financial institutions take risks to make money. Risk management helps...
Even the most mature microfinance institutions (MFIs) need to pay attention to their balance sheet to manage financial risks. All financial institutions take risks to make money. Risk management helps...
This paper argues that global imbalances in current account positions are a natural consequence of globalization of financial markets and of demographic trends, particularly in Europe and in East Asia...