Fishery stocks are declining all over the world, threatening not only the livelihoods of fisheries households and communities, but also food and nutrition security of a broader society. However, many countries...
The March 2024 update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) involves several changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. In particular, some welfare aggregates have been revised...
Vulnerability to poverty refers to the likelihood that a household or an individual may fall below the poverty line in the event of a shock. Understanding vulnerability helps design policies to protect...
The rise in unemployment during an economic crisis poses a significant concern to policy makers. Moreover, layoffs could slow down the economic recovery, since re-hiring and training workers may be costly...
Rising prices for basic food products are back in the headlines and when food prices go up poor consumers in Africa, who spend the majority of their income on simple foodstuffs, suffer. Rising food prices...
L’aide basée sur les résultats (OBA) est utilisée depuis le début des années 2000 pour fournir une infrastructure et des services sociaux de base aux plus pauvres, souvent par le biais de partenariats...
Output-Based Aid (OBA) has been used since the early 2000s to deliver basic infrastructure and social services to the poor, typically through public-private partnerships. Given the limited experience with...
Output-Based Aid (OBA) has been used since the early 2000s to deliver basic infrastructure and social services to the poor, typically through public-private partnerships. Given the limited experience with...
Output-Based Aid (OBA) has been used since the early 2000s to deliver basic infrastructure and social services to the poor, typically through public-private partnerships. Given the limited experience with...
This review of new PPI projects sheds some light on the recent activity and on the short-term impact of the financial crisis. This note incorporates two improvements over the previous updates on the impact...
Investment commitments to new infrastructure projects with private participation (PPI projects) reaching closure in developing countries grew by 15 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with the...
Interest in environmental health has increased in recent years, largely because the most vulnerable groups remain disproportionately exposed to and affected by health risks from environmental hazards...
The impact of technical assistance on exports and export diversification should be the key measurable outcome of the projects financed by these activities. This note reviews the results of a recent study...
This report is about integrated land policy reform in context of rapid urbanization in China. Over the past thirty years, China has undergone a profound economic and social transformation as it moves towards...
Government and donor projects that deliver microfinance-that is, credit and other financial services for poor and low-income people-usually involve microfinance institutions (MFIs) with professional staff...
Government and donor projects that deliver microfinance-that is, credit and other financial services for poor and low-income people-usually involve microfinance institutions (MFIs) with professional staff...
Government and donor projects that deliver microfinance-that is, credit and other financial services for poor and low-income people-usually involve microfinance institutions (MFIs) with professional staff...
Les projets de microfinance soutenus par l’État ou les bailleurs de fonds - qui offrent des produits de crédit et autres services financiers aux pauvres et aux personnes à faible revenu - s’appuient généralement...
Government and donor projects that deliver microfinance-that is, credit and other financial services for poor and low-income people-usually involve microfinance institutions (MFIs) with professional staff...
This note summarizes the methodology, challenges and lessons learned in the planning, management and organization of the Contracting Training Program (CTP) in Lesotho. The Contractor Training Program (CTP)...