This economy profile for Doing Business 2016 presents the 11 Doing Business indicators for Eritrea. To allow for useful comparison, the profile also provides data for other selected economies (comparator economies) for each indicator.
... See More + Doing Business 2016 is the 13th edition in a series of annual reports measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business; for 2015 Eritrea ranks 189. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 189 economies from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe and over time. Doing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 11 areas in the life cycle of a business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency and labor market regulation. The data in this report are current as of June 1, 2015 (except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period from January to December 2014).
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This Country Data Report summarizes the data from the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project for Eritrea. The WGI report six aggregate governance indicators for over 200 countries and territories over the period 1996-2014, covering: i) voice and accountability, ii) political stability and absence of violence, terrorism, iii) government effectiveness, iv) regulatory quality, v) rule of law, and vi) control of corruption.
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It is often argued that engaging in indoor residual spraying in areas with high coverage of mosquito bed nets may discourage net ownership and use.
... See More + This is just a case of a public program having perverse incentives. This paper analyzes new data from a randomized control trial conducted in Eritrea, which surprisingly shows the opposite: indoor residual spraying encouraged net acquisition and use. The evidence points to the role of imperfect information. The introduction of indoor residual spraying may have made the problem of malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments.
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Policy Research Working Paper WPS7268 MAY 15, 2015
Country Portfolio Evaluations (CPEs) are one of the main evaluation streams of work of the GEF Independent Evaluation Office1. By capturing aggregate portfolio results and performance of the GEF at the country level they provide useful information for both the GEF Council and the beneficiary countries.
... See More + The overall purpose of CPEs is to provide the GEF Council and the concerned national governments with an assessment of the results and performance of GEF-supported activities at the country level, and of how these activities fit into national strategies and priorities as well as within the global environmental mandate of the GEF. The Eritrea CPE was conducted between February and September 2013 by an evaluation team comprised of staff from the GEF Independent Evaluation Office and a national team of consultants, led by Economic and Social Consultancy (ECOSOC). A peer review panel provided feedback to the team on quality aspects related to evaluation products. The aim of the Eritrea CPE is to provide the GEF Council and the Government of Eritrea (GOE) with an assessment of results and performance of the GEF supported activities at country level, and how these activities fit with national strategies and priorities as well as within the mandate of the GEF.
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This economy profile for Doing Business 2015 presents the 11 Doing Business indicators for Eritrea. To allow for useful comparison, the profile also provides data for other selected economies (comparator economies) for each indicator.
... See More + Doing Business 2015 is the 12th edition in a series of annual reports measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business; for 2015 Eritrea ranks 189. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 189 economies from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe and over time. Doing Business measures regulations affecting 11 areas of the life of a business known as indicators. Ten of these areas are included in this year's ranking on the ease of doing business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency. Doing Business also measures labor market regulation, which is not included in this year's ranking. The data in this report are current as of June 1, 2014 (except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period from January to December 2013).
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This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for Eritrea. In a series of annual reports, Doing Business assesses regulations affecting domestic firms in 189 economies and ranks the economies in 10 areas of business regulation, such as starting a business, resolving insolvency and trading across borders.
... See More + This year's report data cover regulations measured from June 2012 through May 2013. The report is the 11th edition of the Doing Business series.
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This brief summarizes the do public health interventions crowd out private health investments? Malaria control policies in Eritrea for June-July 2009.
... See More + The author analyze new data from a randomized control trial conducted in Eritrea which surprisingly shows the opposite: Indoor Residual Spray (IRS) encouraged net acquisition and use. Our evidence points to the role of imperfect information. The introduction of IRS may have made the problem of malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments. The study finds that public provision of IRS does not crowd out private investment of malaria control in Eritrea. Public provision of spray does not reduce ownership or use of bednets, if anything, the spray led to an increase in preventative behaviors.
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This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Evaluating indoor residual spray for reducing malaria infection prevalence in Eritrea : results from a community randomized trial, conducted between June-July 2009, in Eritrea.
... See More + The study observed that the relationship between indoor residual spray (IRS) and malaria parasite infection in Gash Barka Zone, Eritrea, an area with near universal coverage of insecticide treated bednets (ITN) and already low malaria parasite prevalence. There was no difference in parasite infection in treatment and control village. The prevalence of malaria parasite infection was twice as high for younger individuals in both treatment and control villages. There was no significant difference in malaria infection of individuals living with or without an insecticide treated net. Individuals who did not receive the treatment may have benefited from treatment in other households. Funding for the study derives from World Bank grant as par of second HAMSET.
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This report gives 14 indicators that describe a country's macro fiscal environment to identify constraints or opportunities for health systems financing.
... See More + A country with a 10 percent unemployment rate that has fallen from 15 percent may be in better shape than one with an 8 percent unemployment rate that has risen from 4 percent. It is also important to benchmark to group averages of countries in the same World Bank (WB) region and income group- high income country (HIC), upper middle income country (MIC), lower MIC, or low income country (LIC).
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Ratings for the Ports Rehabilitation Project for Eritrea were as follows: overall outcome was moderately satisfactory, the risk to development outcome was high, and both the Bank and the Borrower performance were moderately satisfactory.
... See More + Some lessons learned included: (1) restructuring a project in a timely manner to respond to changed circumstances is likely to increase the chances of achieving intended project results; (2) difficult operating business and/or political environment in a country does not preclude having a successful project; (3) pooling resources for a project from multiple donors reduces the transaction costs for the recipient through streamlined procurement processing and implementation arrangements, but also increases the coordination and administration costs for the Bank project team; and (4) risk assessment and risk management/mitigation measures for projects in fragile states should not underestimate the political risks and include pull-out options or alternative arrangements.
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Implementation Completion and Results Report ICR2277 DEC 27, 2012
This tenth edition of Doing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations.
... See More + It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting eleven areas in the life cycle of a business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency and employing workers. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 185 economies, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, over time. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where and why. This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for Eritrea. To allow useful comparison, it also provides data for other selected economies (comparator economies) for each indicator. The data in this report are current as of June 1, 2012 (except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period January - December 2011).
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Ratings for the Education Sector Investment Project for Eritrea were as follows: outcomes were moderately unsatisfactory, the risk to development outcome was significant, the Bank performance was moderately unsatisfactory, and the Borrower performance was also moderately unsatisfactory.
... See More + Some lessons learned included: when there are severe limitations in the baseline data informing project design, this should be clearly laid out in the Project Appraisal Document (PAD) (even when this means questioning official data). In these situations, teams should exercise additional care when preparing the results framework, choosing indicators that do not directly depend on problematic data. During both design and restructuring, due to problems with the official population data, the team did not understand how far Eritrea had actually come with regard to providing access to elementary education. Development of a sector-wide approach for post conflict countries with weak capacity is not appropriate unless there is strong donor coordination and governments view donor coordination as essential to the development of the sector. Although the Ministry of Education (MOE) and donors discussed and drafted a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for donor coordination, the government and donors did not pursue the idea of stronger coordination. Project teams and Bank management should be cautious when making decisions on accepting donor trust funds that more than double the size of projects, particularly when the majority is for civil works. The Bank agreed to accept the European Commission (EC) grant despite poor civil works implementation progress, limited capacity and country issues with Bank procurement procedures. Civil works components need to be carefully developed and evaluated to avoid implementation delays. Plans and designs should be done as part of project preparation. Sufficient time to review and comment on designs is crucial, as is the need to complete works at least one year prior to project closing to be able to measure impact. High construction costs should not automatically be assumed to have room for reduction as it could jeopardize school functionality or safeguards compliance.
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Implementation Completion and Results Report ICR2025 FEB 28, 2012
Doing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations.
... See More + It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 10 areas in the life cycle of a business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. In a series of annual reports Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 183 economies, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, over time. This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for Eritrea. To allow useful comparison, it also provides data for other selected economies (comparator economies) for each indicator. The data in this report are current as of June 1, 2011 (except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period January- December 2010). The data not only highlight the extent of obstacles to doing business; they also help identify the source of those obstacles, supporting policy makers in designing regulatory reform.
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Despite significant progress in malaria control on a global scale, Sub-Saharan Africa still bears the brunt of the disease, with over 90 percent of clinical cases occurring in this region.
... See More + The country has made considerable progress in reducing malaria prevalence through a combination of case management, larval habitat management (LHM), wide-scale distribution of free insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), and indoor residual spraying (IRS) in high-prevalence areas. And yet, elimination appears ever an elusive goal, and malaria remains the leading cause of death in children under five. Given these facts, it is vital to enhance existing malaria control programs in order to move towards effective elimination. Given that the prevalence of malaria parasitaemia was twice as high among younger individuals, despite overall low infection rates in the general population, children and young adults are good targets for further interventions to reduce parasite infection as Eritrea moves towards malaria elimination.
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