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  • Addressing the consequences of Iraq's difficult legacy (English)

    Iraq has been a nexus of conflict and fragility since the early 1980's, and has experienced multiple types of conflict: insurgency, international war, sectarian strife, persistent terrorism, regional fragmentation...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 93860 Document Date: January 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • Expanding protection to the poor and vulnerable (English)

    A significant share of Iraq's population consumes at levels close to the poverty line and remains vulnerable to falling into poverty. In other words, a small increase or decrease in incomes and consumption...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 93861 Document Date: January 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • Addressing the consequences of Iraq's difficult legacy (Arabic)

    Iraq has been a nexus of conflict and fragility since the early 1980's, and has experienced multiple types of conflict: insurgency, international war, sectarian strife, persistent terrorism, regional fragmentation...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 93860 Document Date: January 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • Strengthening the growth-employment-welfare nexus (English)

    Between 2007 and 2012, Iraq's GDP grew at a cumulative rate of over 40 percent, and averaged an annual rate of 7 percent between 2008 and 2012. Yet, per capita consumption, the basis for measuring poverty...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 93859 Document Date: January 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • Strengthening the growth-employment-welfare nexus (Arabic)

    Between 2007 and 2012, Iraq's GDP grew at a cumulative rate of over 40 percent, and averaged an annual rate of 7 percent between 2008 and 2012. Yet, per capita consumption, the basis for measuring poverty...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 93859 Document Date: January 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • Expanding protection to the poor and vulnerable (Arabic)

    A significant share of Iraq's population consumes at levels close to the poverty line and remains vulnerable to falling into poverty. In other words, a small increase or decrease in incomes and consumption...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 93861 Document Date: January 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • SABER teacher policies country report : Cote d'Ivoire 2012 (English)

    Achieving the right teacher policies to ensure that every classroom has a motivated, supported, and competent teacher remains a challenge, because evidence on the impacts of many teacher policies remains...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 94346 Document Date: August 4, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Breeding,Mary E.,Rogers,F. Halsey,Trembley,Andrew Paul

  • SABER student assessment country report : Nepal 2012 (English)

    In 2012, Nepal joined the Russia Education Aid for Development (READ) trust fund program, the goal of which is to help countries improve their capacity to design, carry out, analyze, and use assessments...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 80066 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shiozaki,Yoshimitsu,Tanaka,Yasuo,Hokugo,Akihiko,Urbano M De Bettencourt,Teresa Sofia

  • Sudan economic brief : recent economic developments - second semester 2012 (Arabic)

    Sudan's economy is at a historic crossroads. For the last decade, oil exports have fuelled strong economic growth: by 2010 the economy was more than twice the size it had been in 1999. But following South...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 75493 Document Date: January 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Alamir,Mosllem Ahmed,Geiger,Michael Tobias,Lee,Taehyun,Nishiuchi,Toru

  • Sudan economic brief : recent economic developments - second semester 2012 (English)

    Sudan's economy is at a historic crossroads. For the last decade, oil exports have fuelled strong economic growth: by 2010 the economy was more than twice the size it had been in 1999. But following South...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 75493 Document Date: January 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Alamir,Mosllem Ahmed,Geiger,Michael Tobias,Lee,Taehyun,Nishiuchi,Toru

  • O Projeto Produtor de Água na bacia hidrográfica PCJ em São Paulo, Brasil (Portuguese)

    This working paper points out that the state of São Paulo is planning to make the Payment for Environmental Services (PSA) an important part of its combination of policies to solve environmental problems...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 87901 Document Date: October 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Padovezi, Aurélio,Viani, Ricardo A. Gorne,Kubota, Umberto,Taffarello, Denise,Faria, Marco,Bracale, Henrique,Ferrari, Vinicius,de Carvalho, Flávio H.

  • O Projeto Mina d'Água em São Paulo, Brasil (Portuguese)

    This paper points out that Payment for Environmental Services (PSA) was conceived as a new management tool, additional to the existing command and control, in order to facilitate the restoration and special...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 87902 Document Date: October 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cogueto, Caroline Vigo,Kamiyama, Aracy,Taffarello, Denise,Vecchia, Ana Carolina Dalla,von Glehn, Helena Carrascosa

  • The Florestas para a Vida Project in Espírito Santo, Brazil (English)

    The Florestas para a Vida project, which is financed by a grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and is being implemented by the World Bank, was designed to address threats to biodiversity and...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 87674 Document Date: October 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Boni, Rafael,Costa, Raphael Jorge S.,Novelli, Fabiano Z.,Sossai, Marcos F.,de Souza, Sandro Rodrigo A.