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  • Governance and Institutional Issues in COVID-19 Vaccination (English)

    Success in the roll out of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program requires that large numbers of people get the vaccine, quickly, equitably, and effectively. Importantly, this involves both the...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 159953 Document Date: May 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gurazada,Srinivas,Anderson,James,Wickramasinghe,Jiwanka B.,Narula,Rajat,Koteiche,Rima Abdul-Amir,Bernstein,David S.,Recanatini,Francesca,Hammer,Craig,La Cascia,Joseph Huntington,Warzecha,Iwona,Umah Tete,Patrick Piker,Balduino De Oliveira,Fernanda,Farooq,Khuram,Davenport,Stephen R.,Yilmaz,Serdar,Goje,Saidu Dani,Siess,Katherine Elizabeth Wolff

  • Building for Peace : Reconstruction for Security, Equity, and Sustainable Peace in MENA (Vol. 1 of 3) (English)

    Tragic levels of death, destruction, displacement, and disorder from ongoing conflicts in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen require a new approach focused on building – not rebuilding – to support transitions...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 150418 Document Date: July 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Recanatini,Francesca,Hamilton,Ellen,Elattar,Mahi Amr Abdelkhalek Tawfik,De Cosmo,Sergio,Saba,Joseph P.,Heger,Katrin Miriam Johanna

  • Anticorruption Initiatives : Reaffirming Commitment to a Development Priority (English)

    Corruption continues to have a disproportionate impact on the poor and most vulnerable, increasing the cost of, and reducing access to, health, education, justice, electricity and other basic services...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 149539 Document Date: December 20, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Anderson,James,Bernstein,David S.,Brun,Jean Pierre,Habershon,Alexandra M.,Recanatini,Francesca,Van Der Does De Willebois,Emile Johannes Marie,Zimmermann,Stephen S.

  • Indicators of citizen-centric public service delivery (English)

    This report and the instruments it proposes aim at assisting public administrators in ensuring that their service delivery mechanisms respond to the needs and expectations of citizens. This document summarizes...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 126399 Document Date: May 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Pfeil,Helene,Agarwal,Sanjay,Bernstein,David S.,Recanatini,Francesca,Knack,Stephen,Ladegaard,Peter Farup

  • Public sector governance indicators for EU regions (English)

    The report summarizes the work of the Bank team in collaboration with DG REGIO (Directorate-General Regional and Urban Policy) to identify and curate an initial set of Public Sector Governance (PSG) indicators...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 126398 Document Date: May 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bernstein,David S.,Recanatini,Francesca,Georgieva-Andonovska,Elena Georgieva

  • Leveraging surveys to strengthen local accountability and improve service delivery (English)

    Recent work has highlighted the importance of understanding and actively engaging within the local context of governance and service delivery challenges to actually improve services to the poor. A number...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 106250 Document Date: January 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Alaref,Jumana Jamal Subhi,Brixi,Hana,Johns,Kimberly D.,Recanatini,Francesca,O'Meally,Simon Carl

  • Informal economy and the World Bank (English)

    Many countries have expressed an interest in the size, performance and motivation of the informal sector, especially where the informal sector provides the livelihood and employment for a critical segment...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6888 Document Date: May 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beegle,Kathleen G.,Benjamin,Nancy Claire,Recanatini,Francesca,Santini,Massimiliano

  • Public office, private interests : accountability through income and asset disclosure (Thai)

    The fight against corruption is a developmental imperative. While international efforts have achieved some significant results, they also illustrate the extent of the challenges that remain. A key lesson...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 67627 Document Date: March 16, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Barnes, Daniel W.,Berger,Tammar,Burdescu,Ruxandra,Gilman,Stuart,Habershon,Alexandra M.,Recanatini,Francesca,Reid,Gary J.,Trapnell, Stephanie E.

  • Public office, private interests : accountability through income and asset disclosure (English)

    The fight against corruption is a developmental imperative. While international efforts have achieved some significant results, they also illustrate the extent of the challenges that remain. A key lesson...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 67627 Document Date: March 16, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Barnes, Daniel W.,Berger,Tammar,Burdescu,Ruxandra,Gilman,Stuart,Habershon,Alexandra M.,Recanatini,Francesca,Reid,Gary J.,Trapnell, Stephanie E.