Documents & Reports
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Spatial Distributions of Job Accessibility, Housing Rents, and Poverty in Nairobi, Kenya (English)
Whether individuals and job opportunities are well connected is a key determinant or productive urban labor markets. The overall level of job accessibility in a city depends on the locations of jobs and...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 132529 Document Date: November 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nakamura,Shohei,Avner,Paolo
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Governance of multi-sectoral interventions to promote healthy living in Latin America and the Caribbean (English)
The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has been experiencing a rapid demographic and epidemiological transition which has important health and economic consequences. Not only is the population aging...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 75189 Document Date: January 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bonilla-Chacin,Maria Eugenia
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Restoring balance : Bangladesh's rural energy realities (English)
Bangladesh is one of the world's poorest countries. Nearly 80 percent of the nation's 140 million people reside in rural areas; of these, 20 percent live in extreme poverty. Geographically, many low-lying...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 53877 Document Date: March 29, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Khan,Mohammad Asaduzzaman,Barnes,Douglas French,Khandker,Shahidur R.
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Promoting good governance with social funds and decentralization (English)
Bad governance undermines development. Two important types of World Bank support for local governance are social funds and broadly based support for governments committed to decentralizing responsibility...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 22083 Document Date: April 30, 2001 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Parker,Andrew
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Promoting good governance with social funds and decentralization : Promouvoir la bonne gouvernance par les fonds sociaux et la décentralisation (French)
Bad governance undermines development. Two important types of World Bank support for local governance are social funds and broadly based support for governments committed to decentralizing responsibility...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 22083 Document Date: April 1, 2001 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Parker,Andrew
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Grassroots pastoral organizations in Mauritania (English)
The OED study found that the Second LivestockProject for Mauritania succeeded in establishing pastoral cooperative associations (PCAs), but was inconsistent over time in its approach to the organizations--moving...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 22975 Document Date: April 30, 1999 Author: English,John C.
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Grassroots pastoral organizations in Mauritania : Organizaciones populares de pastoreo comunitario de Mauritania (Spanish)
The OED study found that the Second LivestockProject for Mauritania succeeded in establishing pastoral cooperative associations (PCAs), but was inconsistent over time in its approach to the organizations--moving...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 22975 Document Date: April 30, 1999 Author: English,John C.
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Grassroots pastoral organizations in Mauritania : Les organisations pastorales communautaires en Mauritanie (French)
The OED study found that the Second LivestockProject for Mauritania succeeded in establishing pastoral cooperative associations (PCAs), but was inconsistent over time in its approach to the organizations--moving...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 22975 Document Date: April 30, 1999 Author: English,John C.
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The 1996-97 gas price review in Argentina (English)
Argentina's natural gas industry was privatized at the end of 1992. Prior to divestiture, the state-owned monopoly Gas del Estado was divided into two transport and eight distribution companies, all of...
Document Type: Viewpoint Report No.: 26831 Document Date: April 1, 1999 Author: Andres Gomez-Labo, and Vivien Foster
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International Development Association (IDA) Board of Governors resolution ; no. 181 : membership of the Azerbaijan Republic (English)
On March 23, 1995 International Development Association (IDA) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and eighty one. It was resolved that the terms and conditions upon which the Azerbaijan...
Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 108436 Document Date: March 23, 1995 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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International Finance Corporation (IFC) Board of Governors resolution ; no. 181 : membership of the Russian Federation (English)
On July 22, 1992, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred eighty-one. It was resolved that, by accepting membership in the Corporation, the...
Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 84868 Document Date: July 22, 1992 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors resolution ; no. 181 : election of an additional Executive Director (English)
On June 20, 1963, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and eighty one. It was resolved that, resolution no. 161 of the...
Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 83665 Document Date: June 20, 1963 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Announcement that the Bank Has Granted a Loan to India for 18.5 million US Dollars on April 18, 1950 (English)
This press release announces the Bank has granted a loan for 18.5 million US Dollars to India on April 18, 1950
Document Type: Announcement Report No.: 146856 Document Date: April 18, 1950 Disclosure Status: Disclosed