Documents et rapports
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Shaping Better Jobs Policies Through Measurement : Findings from a Pilot Program to Estimate Indirect Jobs (anglais)
Quantifying the jobs impacts of development interventions is a challenge, largely because much of the impact is indirect. Yet, given the tremendous jobs challenges in developing countries, these impacts...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 185917 Date du document: 21 novembre 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Osborne,Theresa Kay,Jose Manuel Romero
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future for Smart Homes (anglais)
The floor area of the buildings we occupy is expected to double by 2060, with most of this growth occurring in residential construction. And population growth and urbanization in emerging markets will...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 147673 Date du document: 1 février 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Saberi,Ommid,Menes,Rebecca Ann
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Vulnerability to poverty in rural Malawi (anglais)
Considerations of risk and vulnerability are key to understanding the dynamics of poverty in rural Malawi. This study measures vulnerability to consumption shortfalls and analyzes its sources using a two-period...
Numéro du rapport: 125512 Date du document: 1 juillet 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mccarthy,Nancy,Brubaker,Josh,De La Fuente,Alejandro
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Creating Community at the World Bank Group (anglais)
The first issue of International Bank Notes was published on April 25, 1947, shortly after the World Bank opened for business. While it was a newsletter designed specifically for staff, it also reveals...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 104714 Date du document: 1 janvier 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Tourism in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) : a strategy to promote recovery, economic diversification and job creation (anglais)
Often described as the cradle of civilization, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region boasts rich cultural assets, and is the historical origin of major religions including Christianity, Judaism...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 75215 Date du document: 1 janvier 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bell,Simon Cairns,Hughes Malinska,Jana,Mcconaghy,Peter,Al Rowais,Sara
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Government support to public private partnerships : 2011 highlights (anglais)
In FY 12, the Public Private Partnership (PPI) database expanded its coverage to create a flag to identify PPP projects and to expand its coverage to include government support to PPPs. To accomplish this...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 73211 Date du document: 1 septembre 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Militaru,Andreea Ramona,Van Eerd,Robbert,Jett,Alexander Nicholas
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Collaborative border management : a new approach to an old problem (anglais)
Border clearance processes are among the most problematic links in the global supply chain and frequently undermine national competitiveness by increasing the cost of exports and reducing reliability of...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 67869 Date du document: 1 avril 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mclinden,Gerard
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Designing disclosure regimes for responsible financial inclusion (anglais)
In East Africa, a micro-borrower who goes to pay off his loan early is surprised by a hefty prepayment penalty that was not mentioned in his loan agreement. A small business owner in Southeast Asia becomes...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 68071 Date du document: 1 mars 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chien,Jennifer
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Designing disclosure regimes for responsible financial inclusion : Concevoir des régimes de transparence en vue d’une inclusion financière responsable (français)
In East Africa, a micro-borrower who goes to pay off his loan early is surprised by a hefty prepayment penalty that was not mentioned in his loan agreement. A small business owner in Southeast Asia becomes...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 68071 Date du document: 1 mars 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chien,Jennifer
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Special interests versus the public interest in policy determination (anglais)
This paper focuses on recent theoretical developments in political economy and what role they might play in explaining and reforming individual country and global distortions in food and agricultural markets...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 55952 Date du document: 1 mai 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Rausser, Gordon C.,Roland,Gerard
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Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors resolution ; no. 78 : membership of the Republic of Montenegro (anglais)
On January 12, 2007, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors adopted resolution number seventy-eight. It was resolved that: before becoming a party to the convention, the Republic...
Type de document: Rapport aux Administrateurs Numéro du rapport: 82451 Date du document: 12 janvier 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Institutionalizing monitoring and evaluation systems: five experiences from Latin America : Institucionalizar los sistemas de seguimiento y evaluacion: cinco experiencias de America Latina (espagnol)
Many governments in the Latin America and Caribbean region (LAC) have gained an increased understanding of the value of M&E to help both governments and donors alike better understand what public investments...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34642 Date du document: 1 septembre 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Burdescu,Ruxandra,Mackay,Keith,Rojas, Fernando,Saavedra,Jaime,Del Villar Baston,Azul
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Institutionalizing monitoring and evaluation systems: five experiences from Latin America (anglais)
Many governments in the Latin America and Caribbean region (LAC) have gained an increased understanding of the value of M&E to help both governments and donors alike better understand what public investments...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34642 Date du document: 1 septembre 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Burdescu,Ruxandra,Mackay,Keith,Rojas, Fernando,Saavedra,Jaime,de Villar, Azul
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Portable solar photovoltaic lanterns: performance and certification specification, and type approval (anglais)
This project aimed to establish a performance test specification to ensure that when a PV-powered solar lantern (PVSL) successfully completed the tests, it would be expected to have an extended period...
Type de document: Rapport de l'ESMAP Numéro du rapport: 34905 Date du document: 1 août 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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South Africa : a smallholder's innovative approach to producing and exporting fruit (anglais)
Exporting deciduous fruit from the Western Cape Province of South Africa to markets in Europe, North America and Asia contributes significantly to the province's Gross Domestic Product. The main export...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 32157 Date du document: 1 mars 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Billet, Aubrey,Burgess, Roberta,Hart, Tim
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Afrique du Sud : Approche innovatrice d’un petit exploitant à la production et à l’exportation de fruits (français)
L’exportation de fruits d’arbres à feuilles caduques de la province du Cap Ouest, en Afrique du Sud, vers les marchés d’Europe, d’Amérique du Nord et d’Asie contribue de manière significative au produit...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 32157 Date du document: 1 mars 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Billet, Aubrey,Burgess, Roberta,Hart, Tim
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Poverty reduction strategy papers: do they matter for children and young people made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS? (anglais)
It is widely agreed that HIV/AIDS should be prominent in the Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSPs) of African countries in light of the challenge the pandemic poses to poverty reduction efforts. A desk...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 31008 Date du document: 1 décembre 2004 Auteur: Bonnel,Rene,Temin, Miriam,Tempest, Faith
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Cost, financing and school effectiveness of education in Malawi : A future of limited choices and endless opportunities (anglais)
This study is part of a series of education country status reports (CSRs) being prepared by World Bank staff in collaboration with national teams from various Sub-Saharan countries. The immediate objective...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 32802 Date du document: 1 août 2004 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bashir,Sajitha,Galloway,Rae,Higgins,Cathal A.,Majgaard,Kirsten,Mambo,Michael N.,Nellemann, Søren,Tencalla,Yves J.,Van Uythem,Bart
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Roads economic decision (RED) model : software user guide and case studies,Roads economic decision (RED) model : software user guide and case studies (anglais)
This manual presents the Roads Economic Decision Model (RED) developed to improve the decision-making process for the development and maintenance of low-volume rural roads. The model performs an economic...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 34929 Date du document: 1 juillet 2004 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Archando Callao, Rodrigo
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Modele de decision economique pour les routes a faible trafic : Guide d'utilisation du logiciel et etudes de cas (français)
Ce manuel présente le Roads Economic Decision Model ou RED (modèle de décision économique relative aux routes) qui a été mis au point pour améliorer le processus de prise de décisions relatif à la construction...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 34929 Date du document: 1 juillet 2004 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Archando Callao, Rodrigo