Documents et rapports
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Impacts of COVID-19 on the Private Sector in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (anglais)
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is having a significant negative impact on the private sector in developing economies, and businesses and individuals in fragile and conflict-affected situations are...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 154596 Date du document: 1 novembre 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Vulnerability to drought and food price shocks evidence from Ethiopia (anglais)
Although the measurement and determinants of poverty have been widely studied, vulnerability, or the threat of future poverty, has been more difficult to investigate due to data paucity. This paper combines...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 125639 Date du document: 1 décembre 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hill,Ruth Vargas,Porter,Catherine
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Electronic G2P payments : evidence from four lower-income countries (anglais)
This focus note presents the evidence gained from a comprehensive study of the experiences in developing and implementing e-payment schemes linked to financial inclusion in four lower-income countries...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 88170 Date du document: 1 avril 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Zimmerman,Jamie Melissa,Bohling, Kristy ,Parker, Sarah Rotman
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Kuwait - Fostering sustainable investment through modern commercial law systems (anglais)
The Government of Kuwait (GOK) is now moving decisively to reform its insolvency and creditor/debtor regime (ICR). Stakeholders recognize that Kuwait's ICR system had fallen behind that required for a...
Numéro du rapport: 76883 Date du document: 1 avril 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cojocaru,Mirela-Iulia,Johnson,Gordon Wallace,Mako,William Peter,Mokal,Riz
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Rural transport : improving its contribution to growth and poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)
Poverty reduction is a long-standing development objective of many developing countries and their aid donors, including the World Bank. To achieve this goal, these countries and organizations have sought...
Numéro du rapport: 78676 Date du document: 1 novembre 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Banjo,George A.,Gordon,Henry F.,Riverson,John D.
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Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors resolution ; no. 93 : resolution of appreciation (anglais)
On October 12, 2012, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors adopted resolution number ninety-three. It was resolved that the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary...
Type de document: Rapport aux Administrateurs Numéro du rapport: 82466 Date du document: 12 octobre 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Competitiveness and connectivity : integrating lagging regions in global markets (anglais)
In recent decades, as integration of global trade and investment has accelerated, many countries both developing and developed have experienced widening disparities of output and income across regions...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 73272 Date du document: 1 octobre 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Farole,Thomas
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Infrastructure for improved rural livelihoods : Infraestructura para mejorar las condiciones de vida en zonas rurales (espagnol)
This article highlights some of the findings from recent analytical work that has been carried out in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, notably a number of promising practices that are being...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 37786 Date du document: 1 septembre 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Brushett,Stephen Jeremy,John-Abraham,Indu
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Infrastructure for improved rural livelihoods (anglais)
This article highlights some of the findings from recent analytical work that has been carried out in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, notably a number of promising practices that are being...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 37786 Date du document: 1 septembre 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Brushett,Stephen Jeremy,John-Abraham,Indu
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Conservation of medicinal plants in Central America and the Caribbean (anglais)
The issues of medical plant conservation have been the focus of many formal and informal discussions at national and international forums, seminars, workshops, conferences and congresses in the last 10...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 36866 Date du document: 1 juin 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lagos-Witte, Sonia
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Tendances et perspectives des partenariats entre les secteurs publics et non-étatique pour améliorer les services de santé en Afrique (français)
Ce rapport démontre que le secteur privé sert aux riches et le secteur public sert aux pauvres. Il met en évidence que les segments les plus pauvres de la population utilisent intensivement le secteur...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 33646 Date du document: 1 mars 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Marek,Tonia,O'Farrell,Catherine C.,Yamamoto,Chiaki,Zable,Ilyse
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Mexico - technical assistance for long-term program of renewable energy development (anglais)
The four studies in this technical paper series deal with complementary themes and propose solutions to the same problems that all of them perceive in the Mexican electricity sector - yet each paper looks...
Type de document: Rapport de l'ESMAP Numéro du rapport: 36002 Date du document: 1 février 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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The rise of Ghana's pineapple industry: from successful takeoff to sustainable expansion (anglais)
In the last 10 years, Ghana has made considerable progress in the development of its horticulture export industry. Today, the country has the potential to become a world leader in horticulture production...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 34997 Date du document: 1 novembre 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Danielou,Morgane Gwenn Mari,Ravry,Christophe
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Trends and opportunities in public-private partnerships to improve health service delivery in Africa (anglais)
This report argues that the private sector is for the rich and the public sector is for the poor. It demonstrates that the poorer segments of the population do use the private sector extensively, and the...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 33646 Date du document: 1 août 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Marek,Tonia,O'Farrell,Catherine C.,Yamamoto,Chiaki,Zable,Ilyse
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Legislation on freedom of information: trends and standards (anglais)
Coined at the dawn of the scientific age, Bacon's aphorism has taken on new meaning today, when government agencies have at their disposal massive amounts of information about nearly every aspect of modern...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 30207 Date du document: 1 octobre 2004 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mendel,Toby Daniel
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Status and evolution of environmental priorities in the poverty reduction strategies: an assessment of fifty poverty reduction strategy papers (anglais)
More than 50 countries are in various stages of reparation and implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategies. This report examines the extent to which countries have integrated environmental considerations...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 37009 Date du document: 1 novembre 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bojo,Jan P.,Reddy,Rama Chandra
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Mauritania : urban infrastructure and pilot decentralization project (anglais)
The project, implemented between 1996 and 2001 with World Bank funding of US$24 million had two components: (i) a program of poverty-oriented, labor-intensive works subprojects in participating cities...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 27398 Date du document: 1 octobre 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan
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Mauritanie : Infrastructure urbaine et Projet pilote de décentralisation (français)
Le projet, mis en œuvre de 1996 à 2001 grâce à un financement de 24 millions de dollars de la Banque mondiale comporte deux volets : i) un programme de sous-projets de travaux à haute intensité de main-d’œuvre...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 27398 Date du document: 1 octobre 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan
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Expectations in a dynamic investment model : survey evidence from Kenya and Zimbabwe (anglais)
The theoretical literature on investment stresses the role of expectations, but in empirical work data on expectations are rarely available. This paper draws on survey data for manufacturing firms in Kenya...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 56897 Date du document: 1 juillet 1998 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bigsten,Arne L,Collier,Paul,Dercon,Stefan,Fafchamps,Marcel,Gauthier,Bernard P.,Gunning,Jan Willem,Issaksson, Anders,Oduro,Abena F. D.,Oostendorp,Remco H.,Pattillo, Cathy,Soderbom,Mans Martin,Teal,Francis John,Zeufack,Albert G.
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Guinée : Le projet d’équité et d’amélioration scolaire (français)
Mettre l’accent sur l’enseignement primaire, en particulier dans les zones rurales, s’est avéré être un instrument efficace dans la lutte contre la pauvreté. Le Programme éducation pour tous du gouvernement...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 57073 Date du document: 1 mars 1998 Mode de publication: Disclosed