Documents & Reports
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Cost-Effectiveness of Jobs Projects in Conflict and Forced Displacement Contexts - Database (English)
The need for jobs support in economies affected by forced displacement and conflict is high, with forced displacement at its highest level since the Second World War and poverty expected to be increasingly...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 178433 Document Date: December 9, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Barberis, Virginia,Brouwer, Laura,Von Der Goltz,Jan,Hobden, Timothy,Saidi,Mira,Schuettler,Kirsten,Seyfert, Karin
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Cost-Effectiveness of Jobs Projects in Conflict and Forced Displacement Contexts (English)
The need for jobs support in economies affected by forced displacement and conflict is high, with forced displacement at its highest level since the Second World War and poverty expected to be increasingly...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 178433 Document Date: December 9, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Barberis, Virginia,Brouwer, Laura,Von Der Goltz,Jan,Hobden, Timothy,Saidi,Mira,Schuettler,Kirsten,Seyfert, Karin
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Cost-Effectiveness of Jobs Projects in Conflict and Forced Displacement Contexts - Annexes (English)
The need for jobs support in economies affected by forced displacement and conflict is high, with forced displacement at its highest level since the Second World War and poverty expected to be increasingly...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 178433 Document Date: June 24, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Barberis, Virginia,Brouwer, Laura,Von Der Goltz,Jan,Hobden, Timothy,Saidi,Mira,Schuettler,Kirsten,Seyfert, Karin
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Blended Concessional Finance : The Rise of Returnable Capital Contributions (English)
In new and challenging markets, blended concessional finance - the combining of concessional funds with other types of finance, on commercial terms - is increasingly used to mobilize capital and accelerate...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 143358 Document Date: September 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Karlin,Arthur S.,Sierra-Escalante,Kruskaia
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Ageing and family solidarity in Europe : patterns and driving factors of intergenerational support (English)
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, intergenerational relations remain a key aspect of the future development and sustainability of the European social model. In the present paper, patterns of...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 125661 Document Date: May 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Albertini,Marco
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World Bank President Eugene Black Attends Washington Baseball Games with Staff (English)
With summer and baseball season in full swing, the Archives highlights an annual tradition that took place under Eugene Black, the third President of the World Bank Group. In 1949, when Black became President...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 104708 Document Date: January 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Capital expenditures : making public investment work for competitiveness and inclusive growth in Moldova (English)
Moldova faces the challenge of meeting considerable public investment needs while preserving fiscal sustainability. With a rapidly aging population, high emigration, structural imbalances, and vulnerability...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 89228 Document Date: June 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Coulibaly,Karen Stephanie,Diagne,Mame Fatou Irene Aminata
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International conference on use of ICT and ODL in teacher education : Bihar, India (English)
With Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) transitioning towards the Right To Education (RTE), teacher education institutions and systems need to be fully geared up to meet the demands of pre-service and in-service...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 89982 Document Date: June 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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The plight of Yemeni private enterprises since the 2011 crisis : a rapid assessment (English)
Yemen's political and security crises have exacted a terrible toll on its people in terms of human losses, poverty, malnutrition, and economic decline. Emerging from conflict and violence and moving towards...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 73008 Document Date: September 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Stone,Andrew H. W.,Badawy,Lina Tarek Mohamed,Assaf,Nabila
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Private investment in Sub-Saharan Africa in the first half of 2011 increased compared to recent years (English)
In the first semester of 2011, three new projects reached financial closure in Sub-Saharan Africa, representing investment commitments of US$697 million. Investment in the first semester of 2011 increased...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 73207 Document Date: February 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kingston,Nicholas Alexander
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Taking stock of trade protectionism since 2008 (English)
The onset of the financial crisis in September 2008 and the subsequent 'Great Trade Collapse' (Baldwin 2009), many countries actively used trade policy instruments as part of their response to the global...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 65939 Document Date: December 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Datt,Mohini,Hoekman,Bernard M.,Malouche,Mariem
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Emerging lessons of public funders in branchless banking (English)
The potential of branchless banking services to fundamentally transform the way low-income people manage their money has generated tremendous enthusiasm in the financial inclusion world. This paper highlights...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 63626 Document Date: July 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Martinez,Meritxell,Mckay,Claudia Vonderohe
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Welfare- and trade-based indicators of national distortions to agricultural incentives (English)
Despite reforms over the past quarter-century, world agricultural markets remain highly distorted by government policies. Traditional indicators of those price distortions such as the nominal rate of assistance...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 56139 Document Date: March 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lloyd,Peter J.,Croser,Johanna Louise,Anderson,Kym
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A comparative analysis of school-based management in Central America (English)
This paper provides a comparative analysis of school-based management reforms in four Central American countries (EDUCO in El Salvador, PRONADE in Guatemala, PROHECO in Honduras, and Centros Autonomos...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 35036 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Di Gropello,Emanuela
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Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors resolution; no. 72 : MIGA 2005 review for FY00-04 (English)
On July 5, 2005, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors adopted resolution number seventy two. It is resolved that the Council expresses its satisfaction with the analysis...
Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 82445 Document Date: July 5, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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A comparative analysis of school-based management in Central America : Analisis comparativo de la gestion centrada en la escuela en America Central (Spanish)
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua introduced education decentralization reforms, including school-based management (SBM) in some schools. As applied in Central America, (SBM) is a decentralization...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 34205 Document Date: June 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Di Gropello,Emanuela
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A comparative analysis of school-based management in Central America (English)
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua introduced education decentralization reforms, including school-based management (SBM) in some schools. As applied in Central America, (SBM) is a decentralization...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 34205 Document Date: June 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Di Gropello,Emanuela
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Bolivia country program phase II, rural energy and energy efficiency : report on operational activities (English)
The ESMAP Bolivia country program phase II (ESMAP II) consisted of two main components : rural energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE). The activities under these components were designated to help the...
Document Type: ESMAP Paper Report No.: 33005 Document Date: May 1, 2005 Author: Baumgardt,Frank,Birhuett, E.,Covarrubias,Alvaro J.,Ruiz, A.
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Building on traditional medicinal plant knowledge and home-based health care efforts in rural Malawi (English)
Malawi remains one of the world's least developed countries, with more than 65 percent of its population of over 11 million below the poverty line. As in most countries in the region, biomedical health...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 31262 Document Date: October 1, 2004 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Building on traditional medicinal plant knowledge and home-based health care efforts in rural Malawi : Utilisation des connaissances traditionnelles sur les plantes medicinales et traitement a domicile en milieu rural au Malawi (French)
Malawi remains one of the world's least developed countries, with more than 65 percent of its population of over 11 million below the poverty line. As in most countries in the region, biomedical health...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 31262 Document Date: October 1, 2004 Disclosure Status: Disclosed