The world’s stocks of natural resources its natural capital and the rich ecosystem it provides support business and economies to the tune of forty-four trillion in economic value each year. Yet the enormous...
Public financing of child care can allow for more equitable access to these services in places where public provision and capacity are low. However, the mechanisms of subsidy delivery will affect who benefits...
This focus note is organized in three sections. The first section describes the extent to which poor households typically live and work in the informal economy and explores the implications of this for...
Through steady structural reforms and good macroeconomic management, Tunisia has been successful in sustaining growth. The country enjoyed a 4.8 percentage average annual growth in Gross Domestic Product...
On October 12, 2012, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors adopted resolution number ninety-two. It was resolved that the Council of Governors of the Agency should consider...
It is natural to think, and economic theory predicts, that integration in an economic zone like Europe fosters growth and development, particularly when integration refers to trade opening among countries...
The Joint Social and Economic Assessment (JSEA) has been prepared in response to a request from the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MoPIC) in Yemen, and was undertaken jointly by the...
The study focuses on the organizational, technical, and management issues associated with the restructuring, and commercialization of Road Agencies in seven countries: Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana...
The study focuses on the organizational, technical, and management issues associated with the restructuring, and commercialization of Road Agencies in seven countries: Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana...
The global database developed as an integral part of the World Bank's research project on Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, which is publicly available, provides around 30,000 estimates of nominal...
The United Kingdom (UK) -Nigeria remittance corridor has an equal dominance of formal and informal remittance intermediaries. Although several formal financial institutions for transferring money exist...
By 2003 to 2004 the accumulated burdens of slow growth and debt overhang weighed heavily on Brazil's state governments. The State of Ceará was no exception. Discretionary expenditures were frequently cut...
By 2003 to 2004 the accumulated burdens of slow growth and debt overhang weighed heavily on Brazil's state governments. The State of Ceará was no exception. Discretionary expenditures were frequently cut...
The paper reported that to increase the effectiveness of healthcare as well as to alleviate poverty in the poorest parts of the world, the symposium participants recommended urgent attention to three principles:...
Honduras is the third poorest country in Latin America with a per capita GNI of US$920 in 2002. Nearly two-thirds of the population is poor and nearly half is extremely poor. During the last decade, inequality...
South Africa has a rich history of community-based development which provides a strong foundation for community-driven development (CDD). With the advent of the democratic era in 1994, Government has pursued...
The objective of the present study is to contribute to strengthening the work of the World Bank on health, nutrition and population (HNP) in Africa by distilling experience and lessons learned from behavior...
Around the world-not just in Latin America -central bankers are looking uneasily at the growing share of foreign currency-denominated deposits in their banking systems. They have a sense that these deposits...
About 50 countries have prepared interim and full Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs). In this context, this paper examines Millennium Development Goal (MDG)7: Ensuring Environmental Sustainability...
Between November 1997 and March 1998, heavy rains (the El Nino rains) dumped over 1.5 m on parts of Kenya. Many parts of the country were isolated for months and when the floods receded it was clear that...