Documents et rapports
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The small entrepreneur in fragile and conflict-affected situations (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report (anglais)
This report is part of a broader effort by the World Bank Group to understand the motives and challenges of small entrepreneurs in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS). The report's key finding...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 89856 Date du document: 31 décembre 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Rysova,Annoula,Speakman,John F.
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The small entrepreneur in fragile and conflict-affected situations (Vol. 2 of 2) : Appendix G (anglais)
This report is part of a broader effort by the World Bank Group to understand the motives and challenges of small entrepreneurs in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS). The report's key finding...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 89856 Date du document: 1 août 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Rysova,Annoula,Speakman,John F.
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Light manufacturing in Vietnam : creating jobs and prosperity in a middle-income economy (anglais)
Economic reforms have altered Vietnam from one of the world's lowest income countries to a lower-middle-income country. However, since 2008, Vietnam has faced major challenges in restoring macroeconomic...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 84040 Date du document: 24 janvier 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Binh,Le Duy,Dinh,Hinh Truong,Hang, Pham Thi Thu,Mishra,Deepak K.,Pham,Duc Minh
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Tapping the markets : opportunities for domestic investments in water and sanitation for the poor (anglais)
Developing country governments and the international development community are looking for ways to accelerate access to improved water and sanitation services beyond the Millennium Development Goal (MDG)...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 83836 Date du document: 1 janvier 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Jamieson,Jane,Sy,Jemima T.,Warner,Robert W.
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How firms cope with crime and violence (anglais)
The costs of crime and violence to the private sector amount to significant losses in terms of gross domestic product (GDP). The private sector's response to crime and violence varies by country, size...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 83898 Date du document: 1 janvier 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ariano,Maria,Goldberg,Michael J.,Kim,Kwang Wook
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Revitalizing industrial growth in Pakistan : trade, infrastructure, and environmental performance (anglais)
Pakistan’s population is growing and becoming more urbanized. By 2020, Karachi and Lahore will each have a population of well over 10 million people and several other cities will have a population of at...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 89701 Date du document: 1 janvier 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Sanchez-Triana,Ernesto,Biller,S. A. Dan,Nabi,Ijaz
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Fostering entrepreneurship in Azerbaijan (anglais)
A dynamic and vibrant private sector is crucial to economic growth, with firms making new investments, creating jobs, improving productivity, and promoting growth. Entrepreneurial activity is pivotal to...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 81048 Date du document: 4 septembre 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kuriakose,Smita
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Fostering entrepreneurship in Armenia (anglais)
A dynamic and vibrant private sector is crucial to economic growth, with firms making new investments, creating jobs, improving productivity, and promoting growth. Entrepreneurial activity is pivotal to...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 80751 Date du document: 21 août 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kuriakose,Smita
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Light manufacturing in Zambia : job creation and prosperity in a resource-based economy (anglais)
This book on light manufacturing in Zambia is part of broader World Bank work on light manufacturing in Africa. The focus on light manufacturing, with its emphasis on labor-intensive economic activities...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 78686 Date du document: 13 juin 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Dinh,Hinh Truong
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Fostering entrepreneurship in Georgia (anglais)
Job creation and productivity growth are at the forefront of today's global development agenda. The 2013 world development report on jobs identified entrepreneurship as an important tool in addressing...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 80673 Date du document: 1 janvier 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kuriakose,Smita
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Clusters of competitiveness (anglais)
Competitiveness is a broad subject with applications at the level of the firm, industry, region, nation, and global economy. Each one of these aspects has a rich literature drawn on by academics and policy...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 79892 Date du document: 1 janvier 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Griffith,Breda,Nallari,Yugandhar Raj
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Light manufacturing in Tanzania : a reform agenda for job creation and prosperity (anglais)
The chapters in part one provides the overall context of light manufacturing in Tanzania. Chapter one presents the rationale for the study, the potential of the sector in creating jobs and prosperity for...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 80893 Date du document: 1 janvier 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Dinh,Hinh Truong,Monga,Celestin,Morisset,Jacques,Kweka,Josaphat Paul,Yagci,Fahrettin,Yoshino,Yutaka
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Nepal's investment climate : leveraging the private sector for job creation and growth (anglais)
The objective of the Nepal Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) is to evaluate the investment climate in Nepal in all its dimensions and promote policies to strengthen the private sector. The investment...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 67525 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Afram,Gabi George,Pero, Angelica Salvi Del
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Untying the land knot : making equitable, efficient, and sustainable use of industrial and commercial land (anglais)
A decade ago in Mozambique, a stakeholder workshop where the need to improve access to industrial and commercial land as a means to encourage investment was a topic of discussion, a government official...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 69073 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Shen,Xiaofang,Sun,Xiaolun
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Fostering technology absorption in Southern African enterprises (anglais)
This book seeks to understand how firms in southern Africa absorb technology and how policy makers can hurry the process along. It identifies channels of technology transfer and absorption through trade...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 64667 Date du document: 16 septembre 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Goldberg,Itzhak,Kaplan, David,Kuriakose,Smita,Tuomi,Krista Lauren,Zhang,Chunlin
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Industrial clusters and micro and small enterprises in Africa : from survival to growth (anglais)
The private sector is the engine of economic growth, stimulating entrepreneurship and innovation and promoting competition and productivity. While many countries in Africa have developed private sector-driven...
Type de document: DSP, Privatisations et politiques industrielles Numéro du rapport: 58850 Date du document: 30 décembre 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Yoshino,Yutaka
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Economic opportunities for women in the East Asia and Pacific region (anglais)
East Asia and the Pacific is a region of dynamic growth. Women have contributed significantly to this growth and have benefited from it through active participation in the labor market. However, women...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 54437 Date du document: 3 mai 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ellis,Amanda Natalie,Kirkwood,Daniel John,Malhotra,Dhruv
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Knowledge, productivity, and innovation in Nigeria : creating a new economy (anglais)
Harnessing knowledge for development is not a new concept. Knowledge has always been central to development and can mean the difference between poverty and wealth. The knowledge economy is not just about...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 53645 Date du document: 9 mars 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Radwan,Ismail,Pellegrini,Giulia
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Egyptian women workers and entrepreneurs : maximizing opportunities in the economic sphere (anglais)
Women are a powerful force for sustainable economic growth. A growing body of microeconomic empirical evidence and emerging macroeconomic analysis shows that gender inequality limits economic growth in...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 53096 Date du document: 17 février 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Nasr,Sahar Ahmed
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Competitiveness and growth in Brazilian cities : local policies and actions for innovation (anglais)
Given the Brazilian federal government's high priority on economic growth, competitiveness is at the top of the economic agenda. While economic policies at the national level are important to this agenda...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 52104 Date du document: 19 novembre 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Zhang,Ming