Documents & Reports
-
Who is Most Vulnerable to the Transition Away from Coal? Ruda Śląska Residents’ Preferences Towards Jobs and Land Repurposing (English)
After Germany, Poland is the EU’s second largest coal producer and consumer.1 96 percent of EU-27 hard coal production, or 54.4 million tons, is extracted in Poland (EURACOAL, 2020). In 2020, over 40 percent...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 182278 Document Date: May 23, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Honorati,Maddalena,Ferre,Celine,Gajderowicz,Tomasz Janusz
-
Bridging the Trust Gap : Blockchain’s Potential to Restore Trust in Artificial Intelligence in Support of New Business Models (English)
Rapid increases in computing power and data generation have turned artificial intelligence, blockchain, and the Internet of Things into potent technologies that are rapidly gaining use in many areas of...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 146328 Document Date: October 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Niforos, Marina
-
Should I stay or should I go? : internal migration and household welfare in Ghana (English)
This papers investigates to what extent internal migration contributes to improving households' welfare in Ghana. Using the most recent and nationally representative household survey (Ghana Living Standards...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 125665 Document Date: July 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Molini,Vasco,Pavelesku,Dan,Ranzani,Marco
-
Creating a new World Bank : the strategic forum (English)
The World Bank was fifty years old when James D. Wolfensohn became president in June of 1995. World War II and the reconstruction of Europe, which led to the creation of the World Bank, had ended long...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 104710 Document Date: January 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
-
Private sector development in Iraq : an investment climate reform agenda (English)
Despite decades of war and instability, Iraq's abundant natural resources, strategic geographic location and cultural history endow it with tremendous potential for growth and diverse economic development...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 73758 Document Date: October 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dabidian,Hooman,Stone,Andrew H. W.
-
Capital account liberalization : does advanced economy experience provide lessons for China? (English)
The initial post World War II pursuit of capital account liberalization (CAL) by advanced economies was Europe-centric, with roots in a broader political rather than economic agenda of greater European...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 66926 Document Date: February 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chelsky,Jeffrey Allen
-
Incorporating consumer research into consumer protection policy making (English)
This focus note describes Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP's) experience to date gathering qualitative and quantitative information directly from low-income consumers to inform financial...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 68067 Document Date: November 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Collins,Daryl,Jentzsch,Nicola,Mazer,Rafael Keenan
-
Incorporating consumer research into consumer protection policy making : Incorporar la investigacion del consumo a la formulacion de politicas de proteccion al consumidor (Spanish)
This focus note describes Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP's) experience to date gathering qualitative and quantitative information directly from low-income consumers to inform financial...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 68067 Document Date: November 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Collins,Daryl,Jentzsch,Nicola,Mazer,Rafael Keenan
-
Incorporating consumer research into consumer protection policy making (Arabic)
This focus note describes Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP's) experience to date gathering qualitative and quantitative information directly from low-income consumers to inform financial...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 68067 Document Date: November 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Collins,Daryl,Jentzsch,Nicola,Mazer,Rafael Keenan
-
Incorporating consumer research into consumer protection policy making : Utiliser les enquetes consommateurs pour orienter I'elaboration des politiques de protection des consommateurs (French)
This focus note describes Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP's) experience to date gathering qualitative and quantitative information directly from low-income consumers to inform financial...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 68067 Document Date: November 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Collins,Daryl,Jentzsch,Nicola,Mazer,Rafael Keenan
-
Annual estimates of distortions to agricultural incentives in high-income countries (English)
This working paper summarizes the annual estimates, for each of the world's main high-income countries, of key distortion indicators defined in Anderson et al. (2008), and provides some summary statistics...
Report No.: 56130 Document Date: September 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Anderson,Kym,Croser,Johanna Louise,Jara Torres,Esteban Andres,Nelgen,Signe,Valenzuela,Ernesto
-
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors resolution; no. 74 : reclassification of the Czech Republic (English)
On June 20, 2006, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors adopted resolution number seventy four. It is resolves that schedule A to the convention is hereby amended by reclassifying...
Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 82447 Document Date: June 20, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
-
From crisis to stability in the Armenian power sector: lessons learned from Armenia's energy reform experience (English)
In the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse, Armenia, like other former Soviet republics, began to struggle with the implications of its newfound independence. In the electricity sector, this meant learning...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 35408 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Balabanyan,Ani,Hankinson,Denzel J.,Sargsyan,Gevorg
-
Participation, social accountability and transparency mechanisms in development policy loans in Latin America, 2000-2003 : Participacion, responsabilidad social y mecanismos de transparencia en el financiamiento de políticas de desarrollo en America Latina, 2000-2003 (Spanish)
A document review of development policy lending projects in the Latin America and Caribbean Region, approved in fiscal years (FY) 2000-03 at the World Bank, reveals increasing civil society involvement...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 34209 Document Date: June 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Arevalo, Blanche,Reuben,William
-
Participation, social accountability and transparency mechanisms in development policy loans in Latin America, 2000-2003 (English)
A document review of development policy lending projects in the Latin America and Caribbean Region, approved in fiscal years (FY) 2000-03 at the World Bank, reveals increasing civil society involvement...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 34209 Document Date: June 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Arevalo, Blanche,Reuben,William
-
Landfill gas capture opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa (English)
This study entitled, Landfill gas capture opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa, analyzes urban waste in both quantitative and qualitative terms in selected Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries to find out...
Document Type: ESMAP Paper Report No.: 33713 Document Date: June 1, 2005 Author: Ouedraogo,Fatimata
-
Building multi-stakeholder partnerships to promote farmer experimentation and innovation in Ghana : Creation de partenariats multi-parties prenantes pour promouvoir l'experimentation et l'innovation chez les agriculteurs au Ghana (French)
In the mid-1990s, various organizations concerned with agricultural development in northern Ghana sought ways to promote joint research, extension, advocacy and learning with farmers as equal partners...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 31263 Document Date: November 15, 2004 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
-
Building multi-stakeholder partnerships to promote farmer experimentation and innovation in Ghana (English)
In the mid-1990s, various organizations concerned with agricultural development in northern Ghana sought ways to promote joint research, extension, advocacy and learning with farmers as equal partners...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 31263 Document Date: November 1, 2004 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
-
An analysis of the trade regime in Bolivia in 2001: A trade policy benchmark for low income countries (English)
This note evaluates Bolivia's trade regime in 2001, using the methodology developed in Hinkle et al. (2003) in "How Far Did Africa's First Generation Trade Reforms Go? An Intermediate Methodology for Comparative...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 30345 Document Date: August 1, 2004 Author: Castellani,Francesca,Herrou-Aragon,Alberto A.,Hinkle,Lawrence E.
-
Guide de mise en concession ferroviaire - application aux reseaux africains (French)
The report contains the guidelines for railways concessions, which present the methodology for regrouping a set of instruments, aimed at setting the operational structure for concessions within the railways...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 27327 Document Date: April 30, 2003 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Juhel,Marc H.