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  • Study on Demand for Skilled Labor in Unregistered MSMEs of India (English)

    This report seeks to highlight the economic importance of unregistered Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in India and ascertain their role in the job market. It attempts to summarize the sector’s...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 114202 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sinha,Shabnam,Pental,Kartik

  • Shedding light : understanding energy efficiency and electricity reliability (English)

    Overloaded electrical systems are a major source of unreliable power in developing countries. Using a randomized saturation design, the authors estimate the impact of energy efficient lightbulbs on household...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 125594 Document Date: November 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Carranza,Eliana,Meeks,Robyn

  • The records of the global environment facility (English)

    On December 12th, 2015, delegates from 196 countries signed a historic global climate change agreement in Paris, France. The Global Environment Facility, or GEF, along with the Green Climate Fund (GCF)...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 121397 Document Date: January 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • Infrastructure policy unit : 2012 PPI data update : transport sector (English)

    In 2012, 83 new transport projects reached financial or contractual closure in 12 developing countries, according to the Private Participation in Infrastructure Database: Brazil (7), Chile (1), China (3)...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 115125 Document Date: September 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Garcia-Puente, M. Paloma Alonso

  • A microcredit crisis averted : the case of Bangladesh (English)

    The paper is arranged in six sections: an update describing how modern microfinance operates in Bangladesh; explanations of why growth was so aggressive from 2002 to 2007; the story of how Microfinance...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 80538 Document Date: July 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chen,Gregory C.,Rutherford,Stuart Edward

  • Iraq's tourism potential (English)

    While it will require further political stability and security, tourism in Iraq stands to be a major growth sector. The Iraqi tourism sector is currently underdeveloped and in a state of neglect, due to...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 80241 Document Date: March 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dabidian,Hooman,Al-Ani,Mohammed Wafaa,Francke,Christopher Hassaan,Redwan,Ahmed

  • Iraq's tourism potential (English)

    While it will require further political stability and security, tourism in Iraq stands to be a major growth sector. The Iraqi tourism sector is currently underdeveloped and in a state of neglect, due to...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 78070 Document Date: March 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dabidian,Hooman,Al-Ani,Mohammed Wafaa,Francke,Christopher Hassaan,Redwan,Ahmed

  • The new financial landscape : what it means for emerging market economies (English)

    As the year 2012 unfolds, its main legacy will be its game changing impact on global financial markets. Waning global growth along with central banks' bold monetary easing policies in advanced economies...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 72313 Document Date: September 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Canuto,Otaviano,Kilroy, Catiana Garcia,Silva,Anderson Caputo

  • Political economy of agricultural trade interventions in Africa (English)

    This paper uses new data on agricultural policy interventions to examine the political economy of agricultural trade policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Historically, African governments have discriminated...

    Document Type: Report No.: 55960 Document Date: May 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bates,Robert H.,Block,Steven

  • A methodology for rapid assessment of rural transport services (English)

    Rural transport services are often inadequate. Passenger and goods transport needs improving to stimulate rural economies and reduce poverty. Understanding existing rural transport systems and constraining...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 43040 Document Date: October 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Starkey, Paul

  • Understanding the drivers of sustainable rural growth and poverty reduction in Honduras (English)

    With a population of seven million, Honduras is the second most populous country in Central America. It is also the second poorest country in the region with an annual per capita income of less than US$...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 37045 Document Date: February 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Alwang,Jeffrey Roger,Jansen,Hans G. P.,Pichon,Francisco J.,Siegel,Paul Bennett

  • Education : building on indigenous knowledge (English)

    Indigenous knowledge (IK) can act as a powerful tool in a learning environment to teach students. Conventional curricula, and achievement tests in many countries, however, do not support students' learning...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 34648 Document Date: December 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Srikantaiah,Deepa

  • Poverty in Mozambique: unraveling changes and determinants (English)

    This paper analyzes progress in poverty reduction in Mozambique between 1996/7 and 2002/3 using two cross-sectional national household surveys. The analysis shows that strong growth in household income...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 34248 Document Date: August 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bardasi,Elena,Fox,M. Louise,Van Den Broeck,Katleen