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  • Assessing the Effectiveness of Data Sites in Nepal (English)

    This report assesses the accessibility, openness, usability and technical functionality of 22 publicly available data portals that features data related to Nepal. This is a purposive and non-probability...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 151435 Document Date: March 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kumar,Ravi,Rudow,Caleb Zachary,Swanson,Eric Valdeman,Pittman,Amelia

  • 2009 information and communications for development : extending reach and increasing impact (English)

    The information and communication technology (ICT) is transforming interactions between people, governments, and firms worldwide. In developing countries, farmers receive updated crop prices and public...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 48791 Document Date: May 22, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Khalil,Mohsen A.,Dongier,Philippe,D'Costa,Valerie,Qiang,Zhenwei,Smith,Peter L.,Sudan,Randeep,Swanson,Eric Valdeman,Wellenius,Bjorn

  • The ICP Bulletin Vol. 6 (No. 1) (English)

    Included in this issue: interview with the Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). New demands for consumer price indices (CPI) and purchasing power parity...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 49098 Document Date: March 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Barcena,Alicia,Von Braun,Joachim Leopold,Biru,Yonas,Jorgenson,Dale W.,Vu,Khuong Minh,Belkindas,Misha V.,Sun,Changqing,Swanson,Eric Valdeman, Thomas, Charles,Marquez, Jaime, Fahle, Sean,Oyewole,Philemon O., Varjonene, Seppo

  • The little data book 2007 (English)

    The Little Data Book (LDB) 2007 is a pocket edition of World Development Indicators (WDI) 2007. It is intended as a quick reference for users of the WDI 2007 book and CD-ROM and WDI online, electronic...

    Document Type: World Development Indicators Report No.: 54150 Document Date: May 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Swanson,Eric Valdeman

  • World development indicators 2007 (English)

    This year the preliminary results of the international comparison program are being released, providing new comparisons of price levels for more than 140 countries. The program, the largest single data...

    Document Type: World Development Indicators Report No.: 54166 Document Date: April 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Swanson,Eric Valdeman

  • World development indicators 2006 (English)

    The developing world has made remarkable progress. The number of people living in extreme poverty on less than $1 a day has fallen by about 400 million in the last 25 years. Many more children, particularly...

    Document Type: World Development Indicators Report No.: 54165 Document Date: April 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Swanson,Eric Valdeman

  • 2006 information and communications for development : global trends and policies (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report (English)

    The book offers a realistic assessment of experiences, trends, and outlook on the Information, Communications Technology (ICT) sector, with a focus on actual results and justified expectations. It attempts...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 35924 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Adamali,Aref,Coffey,John Oliver,Halewood,Naomi J.,Lanvin,Bruno Dominique,Minges,Michael,Safdar,Zaid,Swanson,Eric Valdeman,Wellenius,Bjorn,Qiang,Zhenwei,Clarke,George R.

  • 2006 information and communications for development : global trends and policies (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (English)

    The book offers a realistic assessment of experiences, trends, and outlook on the Information, Communications Technology (ICT) sector, with a focus on actual results and justified expectations. It attempts...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 35924 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Adamali,Aref,Coffey,John Oliver,Halewood,Naomi J.,Lanvin,Bruno Dominique,Minges,Michael,Safdar,Zaid,Swanson,Eric Valdeman,Wellenius,Bjorn,Qiang,Zhenwei,Clarke,George R.

  • A sourcebook for Poverty Reduction Strategies (Vol. 1 of 2) : Core techniques and cross-cutting issues (English)

    This sourcebook was written to assist low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 29800 Document Date: January 1, 2002 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Achikbache,Bahjat,Alkire,Sabina,Ames,Brian,Aoki,Aya,Baharoglu,Deniz,Bamberger,J. Michael,Bebbington,Anthony J.,Belkindas,Misha V.,Blackden,C. Mark,Bojö, Jan,Bosch,Christophe E.,Brown, Ward,Bruns,Barbara,Bucknall,Julia,Christiaensen,Luc,Claeson,Mariam,Cord,Louise J.,Coudouel,Aline,Devarajan,Shantayanan,Dinc,Mustafa,Domelen, Julie Van,Dongier,Philippe,Donnelly-Roark,Paula,Drabble,Michael,Eele,Graham,Esmail,Talib B. K.,Ezemenari,Kenechukwu Maria,Fort,Lucia,Fozzard,Adrian,Gannon,Colin A.,Girishankar,Navin,Griffin,Charles C.,Grosh,Margaret Ellen,Gwilliam,Kenneth M.,Hamilton,Kirk E.,Hammergren,Linn A.,Hentschel,Jesko S.,Hoekman,Bernard M.,Holmes,Malcolm R. G.,Hommann,Kirsten,Izquierdo, Alejandro,Johnston,Timothy A.,Kenny,Charles J.,Kessides,C. Fallert,Kishor,Nalin M.,Klugman, Jeni [editor],Knack,Stephen,Kraus,Christiane,Lamech,Ranjit J.,Levy,Brian David,Litvack,Jennie I.,Liu,Zhi,Malmberg Calvo,Christina,Manning,Nicholas Paul,Manoukian,Violeta,Marope,Mmantsetsa,Mclachlan,Mildred,Messick,Richard E.,Michalopoulos,Constantine,Mingat,Alain Jean Louis,Moock,Peter Russell,Mozammel,Masud,Murphy,Patrick D.,Navas Sabater,Juan Francisco,O'Sullivan,Kyran,Ostrom,Elinor,Paci,Pierella,Patrinos,Harry Anthony,Pillai,Poonam,Polski,Margaret M.,Prennushi,Giovanna,Rinne,Jeffrey James,Ryan Rizvi,Andrea C.,Rubio Soto,Gloria Martha,Sadoff,Claudia Winkelman,Schiff,Maurice,Scott, Christopher,Shah,Parmesh,Sherburne-Benz,Lynne D.,Soucat,Agnes L. B.,Subbarao,Kalanidhi,Sutch,M. Helen,Swanson,Eric Valdeman,Tan,Jee-Peng,Tarr,David,Thomas,Christopher J.,Tikare,Seema,Travers,Sumter Lee,Wagstaff, Adam,Wakeman,Wendy E.,Winter,Carolyn,Withers, Kate,Wodon,Quentin T.,Yang,Hongyu,Yazbeck,Abdo S.,Yitzaki, Shlomo,Youssef,Deborah,Zatlokal,Barbara

  • A sourcebook for Poverty Reduction Strategies (Vol. 2 of 2) : Macroeconomic and sectoral approaches (English)

    This sourcebook was written to assist low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 29800 Document Date: January 1, 2002 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Achikbache,Bahjat,Alkire,Sabina,Ames,Brian,Aoki,Aya,Baharoglu,Deniz,Bamberger,J. Michael,Bebbington,Anthony J.,Belkindas,Misha V.,Blackden,C. Mark,Bojö, Jan,Bosch,Christophe E.,Brown, Ward,Bruns,Barbara,Bucknall,Julia,Christiaensen,Luc,Claeson,Mariam,Cord,Louise J.,Coudouel,Aline,Devarajan,Shantayanan,Dinc,Mustafa,Domelen, Julie Van,Dongier,Philippe,Donnelly-Roark,Paula,Drabble,Michael,Eele,Graham,Esmail,Talib B. K.,Ezemenari,Kenechukwu Maria,Fort,Lucia,Fozzard,Adrian,Gannon,Colin A.,Girishankar,Navin,Griffin,Charles C.,Grosh,Margaret Ellen,Gwilliam,Kenneth M.,Hamilton,Kirk E.,Hammergren,Linn A.,Hentschel,Jesko S.,Hoekman,Bernard M.,Holmes,Malcolm R. G.,Hommann,Kirsten,Izquierdo, Alejandro,Johnston,Timothy A.,Kenny,Charles J.,Kessides,C. Fallert,Kishor,Nalin M.,Klugman, Jeni [editor],Knack,Stephen,Kraus,Christiane,Lamech,Ranjit J.,Levy,Brian David,Litvack,Jennie I.,Liu,Zhi,Malmberg Calvo,Christina,Manning,Nicholas Paul,Manoukian,Violeta,Marope,Mmantsetsa,Mclachlan,Mildred,Messick,Richard E.,Michalopoulos,Constantine,Mingat,Alain Jean Louis,Moock,Peter Russell,Mozammel,Masud,Murphy,Patrick D.,Navas Sabater,Juan Francisco,O'Sullivan,Kyran,Ostrom,Elinor,Paci,Pierella,Patrinos,Harry Anthony,Pillai,Poonam,Polski,Margaret M.,Prennushi,Giovanna,Rinne,Jeffrey James,Ryan Rizvi,Andrea C.,Rubio Soto,Gloria Martha,Sadoff,Claudia Winkelman,Schiff,Maurice,Scott, Christopher,Shah,Parmesh,Sherburne-Benz,Lynne D.,Soucat,Agnes L. B.,Subbarao,Kalanidhi,Sutch,M. Helen,Swanson,Eric Valdeman,Tan,Jee-Peng,Tarr,David,Thomas,Christopher J.,Tikare,Seema,Travers,Sumter Lee,Wagstaff, Adam,Wakeman,Wendy E.,Winter,Carolyn,Withers, Kate,Wodon,Quentin T.,Yang,Hongyu,Yazbeck,Abdo S.,Yitzaki, Shlomo,Youssef,Deborah,Zatlokal,Barbara

  • Bank's World (English)

    This Bank's World newsletter includes some of the following headings: it's a small world: meeting again 30 years later, by Jill Roessner; Meet Kofi, Maria and Sunita: stories from the World Bank, by Jill...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 57348 Document Date: December 1, 1995 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bregman, Jaap,Chang,Luis V.,Demas,Barbara,Ebbe, Trinka,Levenson,Caroline S.,Maly,Daniel,ROESSNER, J. JILL,Simmons,Lesley Anne,Solo, Tova Maria,Swanson,Eric Valdeman,Weber-Fahr,Monika M.

  • Bank's World (English)

    This Bank's World newsletter includes some of the following headings: negotiation: the high tech, low budget approach, by Mark Kosmo; are you stressed? You're not alone; lessons from New Zealand: what...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 57347 Document Date: November 1, 1995 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bale,Malcolm D.,Yusuf,Paru Desai,Floyd,Thomas Jerry,KOSMO, MARK N.,Marke, Blanshard,Patorni,Linda,Swanson,Eric Valdeman

  • Bank's World (English)

    This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: travels with the first lady; innovation and cooperation, by Michael J. Eddy; adopting a school, by Morallina Fanwar-George; October...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 57346 Document Date: October 1, 1995 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Aflalo,Brigitte,Eddy,Michael Joseph,George,Morallina Fanwar,Grinbam, Fiona,Nagy,Lorraine Lynch,Swanson,Eric Valdeman

  • Bank's World (English)

    This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: learning and development by Thomas, Vinod; Economic Development Institute (EDI) in retrospect 1955 to 1995 by Oxenham, John; from privatization...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 57345 Document Date: September 1, 1995 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Carrington,Timothy T.,Millan,Patricio,Oxenham,John,Patorni,Francois-Marie,Petkoski, Djordjija,Reines,Sheila,Rowlands, Penelope,Schloss,Miguel,Swanson,Eric Valdeman,Thomas,Vinod

  • Bank's World (English)

    This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: together, we can change the World, by Jill Roessner; a fishy tale, by Jan Post; communicating about the Bank in Cote d'Ivoire, by Robert...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 57343 Document Date: July 1, 1995 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Calderisi,Robert,Huttlinger, Jim,Peterson, Jake A.,Post,Jan Cornelis,ROESSNER, J. JILL,Simmons,Lesley Anne,Solo, Tova Maria,Swanson,Eric Valdeman

  • Bank's World (English)

    This Bank's World newsletter includes some of the following headings: glass ceilings-bad for business, by Sheila Reines; who's reading the policy research bulletin? By Heather Imboden; and who's reading...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 57342 Document Date: June 1, 1995 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Aflalo,Brigitte,Desai, Pant,Frank, Richard,Imboden, Heather,Okonjo-Iweala,Ngozi N.,Preston,Lewis T.,Reines,Sheila,Rice, Gerry,Sandstrom,Sven,Stern,Ernest,Swanson,Eric Valdeman

  • Bank's World (English)

    This Bank's World newsletter includes some of the following headings: James D. Wolfensohn is new President; meet Anette Pedersen; human capital and poverty alleviation; from K Street to Kenai, by Bob Satin;...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 57341 Document Date: May 1, 1995 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fremy, Cecilia,Holste,Susanne,Macdonald,Lawrence,Pedersen,Anette S.,Satin, Bob,Stern,Ernest,Swanson,Eric Valdeman,Vedavalli, Rangaswami,Wolfensohn,James D.