Documents & Reports
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EITI as an Instrument of Fiscal Transparency and Accountability in Contexts of Fragility and Violence : A Comparative Case Study of Afghanistan and Iraq (Part One) (English)
Fiscal transparency is a vital requirement for effective fiscal policymaking. Budgets, including their underlying fiscal forecasts, must provide a clear statement of the government’s budgetary objectives...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 140972 Document Date: August 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cuvillier,Emmanuel F.,Kannan,Sridar Padmanabhan
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Tobacco Taxation Incidence : Evidence from the Russian Federation (English)
Despite the well-known positive effect tobacco taxes on health outcomes, policy makers avoid relying on such taxes because of their possible regressive impact. Using an extended cost-benefit analysis to...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 131554 Document Date: October 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fuchs Tarlovsky,Alan,Matytsin,Mikhail,Obukhova,Olga
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Innovative training in cocoa agroforestry : the farmer field schools of Nicaragua (English)
The World Bank, with the financial support of the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF), is implementing the Alternative Indigenous and Afro-Descendants and Agroforestry Project (COCOA-RAAN) in the indigenous...
Report No.: 68266 Document Date: March 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gonzalez Gomez,Mary Lisbeth
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Legal frameworks for tertiary education in Sub-Saharan Africa : the quest for institutional responsiveness (English)
Prospects for future economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa will depend in significant measure on the continent's capacity to cultivate the higher order skills and expertise needed to acquire knowledge...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 51837 Document Date: October 19, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Pena,Christine Lao,Materu,Peter Nicolas,Saint,William
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Madagascar - a developmental approach to community-based school management : Madagascar - Approche de gestion des ecoles communautaires axee sur le developpement (French)
Over the past seven years, the Government of Madagascar has focused on involving communities in controlling their own primary schools. With the support of the World Bank, the Ministry of Education has...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 22872 Document Date: February 1, 2002 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Viens,Daniel
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Madagascar - a developmental approach to community-based school management (English)
Over the past seven years, the Government of Madagascar has focused on involving communities in controlling their own primary schools. With the support of the World Bank, the Ministry of Education has...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 22872 Document Date: January 31, 2001 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Viens,Daniel
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Development effectiveness, 1998 : Opportunities in a volatile environment : Eficacia en terminos de desarrollo, 1998 : oportunidades en un ambiente inestable (Spanish)
The results of World Bank operations have continued to improve steadily. More than three-quarters of development projects supported by the Bank have achieved satisfactory outcomes, including 7 percent...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 22969 Document Date: December 31, 1999 Author: Buckley,Robert M.
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Development effectiveness, 1998 : Opportunities in a volatile environment (English)
The results of World Bank operations have continued to improve steadily. More than three-quarters of development projects supported by the Bank have achieved satisfactory outcomes, including 7 percent...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 22969 Document Date: December 31, 1999 Author: Buckley,Robert M.
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Development effectiveness, 1998 : Opportunities in a volatile environment : Efficacite du developpement en 1998 : perspectives dans un environnement instable (French)
The results of World Bank operations have continued to improve steadily. More than three-quarters of development projects supported by the Bank have achieved satisfactory outcomes, including 7 percent...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 22969 Document Date: December 31, 1999 Author: Buckley,Robert M.
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A scorecard for energy reform in developing countries (English)
Only a handful of developing countries have fully reformed their energy sectors - oil, gas, and power. A World Bank survey of 115 developing countries shows that on average in mid-1998 just 39 percent...
Document Type: Viewpoint Report No.: 19157 Document Date: April 30, 1999 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bacon,Robert W.
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International Development Association (IDA) Board of Governors resolution ; no. 175 : Financial Statements, Accountants’ Report and Administrative Budget (English)
On January 11, 1993, the International Development Association (IDA) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and seventy five. It was resolved that, the Board of Governors of the Association...
Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 108430 Document Date: September 23, 1993 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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International Finance Corporation (IFC) Board of Governors resolution ; no. 175 : membership of the Republic of Albania (English)
On October 15, 1991, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred seventy-five. It was resolved that, by accepting membership in the Corporation...
Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 84859 Document Date: October 15, 1991 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors resolution ; no. 175 : membership of Dahomey (English)
On September 21, 1962, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and seventy-five. It was resolved that the by accepting membership...
Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 83659 Document Date: September 21, 1962 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Norman M. Tucker, Director of Marketing of the Bank, Is Visiting El Salvador on March 6, 1950 (English)
This press release announces Norman M. Tucker, Director of Marketing of the Bank is visiting El Salvador to assist with marketing of bonds on March 6, 1950.
Document Type: Announcement Report No.: 146844 Document Date: March 6, 1950 Disclosure Status: Disclosed