Documents & Reports
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Coordinating and Monitoring the Bank’s Governance Agenda (English)
This note examines how two functions - coordinating the governance and anticorruption (GAC) agenda and monitoring progress in implementation - should be best performed under the new global practice structure...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 143489 Document Date: October 13, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beschel Jr,Robert Paine
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Improving Public Sector Performance : Through Innovation and Inter-Agency Coordination (Vol. 1 of 2) (English)
This report is an inaugural issue in a new series that aims to offer a fresh look at how developing countries are overcoming persistent problems in public sector management. Significant improvements in...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 131020 Document Date: October 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beschel Jr,Robert Paine,Cameron,Blair James,Kunicova,Jana,Myers,C. Bernard
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The jobs agenda for the Gulf cooperation council countries (English)
The economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) grew several folds over the past decades, making impressive improvements in key development indicators, supported by massive investments in extractive...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 125505 Document Date: January 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Alaref,Jumana Jamal Subhi,Koettl-Brodmann,Johannes,Onder,Harun,Rahman,Aminur,Speakman,John F.,Beschel Jr,Robert Paine,Malik,Izzah Akram,Vodopyanov,Anya,Quota,Manal Bakur N
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Public financial management reform in the Middle East and North Africa : an overview of regional experience (English)
One of the most important functions that governments perform is mobilizing financial resources and deploying them to achieve their objectives. According to the most recent World Bank data, governments...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 68493 Document Date: April 30, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beschel Jr,Robert Paine,Ahern,Mark Eugene
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Non-monetary awards for public sector programs and institutions : survey of selected international experience (English)
This guide presents a range of non-monetary award programs to recognize performance improvements in government programs, initiatives, and agencies. Nine award programs are drawn from Canada, Ireland, Abu...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 56750 Document Date: April 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beschel Jr,Robert Paine,Watkins,Joanna Alexandra
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Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Governance News and Notes (English)
This issue of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Governance News and Notes includes the following headings: a note from the publisher; on governance and growth by Robert P. Beschel; Mustapha K. Nabli...
Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 44445 Document Date: June 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beschel Jr,Robert Paine,Khouri,Rami George,Harb,Wassim Antoun,Seblani, Arkan El
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Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Governance News and Notes (Arabic)
This issue of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Governance News and Notes includes the following headings: a note from the publisher; on governance and growth by Robert P. Beschel; Mustapha K. Nabli...
Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 44445 Document Date: June 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beschel Jr,Robert Paine,Khouri,Rami George,Harb,Wassim Antoun,Seblani, Arkan El
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Civil service reform in India : perspectives from the World Bank's work in three states (English)
It is not inappropriate to say that India currently stands at the threshold of a unique historical opportunity with regard to governance and public management (GPM) reform. The initial burst of economic...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 71488 Document Date: September 1, 2003 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beschel Jr,Robert Paine