Documents & Reports
-
From Food Security to Nutrition Security in the East Asia and Pacific Region (English)
The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region has been less exposed to the food price shock arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine than other world regions. East Asia and Pacific economies have not imported...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 178870 Document Date: January 3, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ambrosio Albala,Mateo,Dawe,David Charles,Islamaj,Ergys,Mas Aparisi,Alban Pablo,Mattoo,Aaditya,Maw,Aka Kyaw Min,Shrivastava,Animesh
-
Missing Information : Why Don’t More Firms Seek Out Business Advice? (English)
Seeking out business advice, for example through classroom training or consulting, can be a profitable investment. Previous research has found that obtaining business advice through classroom training...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 176888 Document Date: September 30, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bruhn,Miriam,Piza,Caio
-
Opportunities for Youth and Women’s Participation in Ghana’s Labour-intensive Public Works Program (English)
Ghana’s public works program, Labour-Intensive Public Works (LIPW), was initiated in 2010 with the goal of providing short-term employment opportunities to the poorest and building community assets. Public...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 163275 Document Date: August 17, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dadzie,Christabel Ewuradjoa,Ofei-Aboagye,Esther
-
Using Blockchain to Enable Cleaner, Modern Energy Systems in Emerging Markets (English)
Emerging markets must attract significant international financing to meet their goals for mitigating carbon pollution and increasing access to clean, affordable, reliable, and resilient energy. The authors*...
Report No.: 133881 Document Date: November 26, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Miller,Douglas,Mockel,Peter
-
Prices and welfare (English)
What is the welfare effect of a price change? This simple question is one of the most relevant and controversial questions in microeconomic theory and its different answers can lead to severe heterogeneity...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 125502 Document Date: February 16, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Araar,Abdelkrim,Verme,Paolo
-
Bretton Woods Monetary Conference, July 1-22, 1944 (English)
In July 1944, representatives from 44 nations met at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire for the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference. The United States government selected...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 104697 Document Date: January 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
-
Transforming primary education in Sri Lanka : from a 'subject' of education to a 'stage' of education (English)
Sri Lanka is a lower-middle income country with a per capita income of approximately US$ 2,400, and a population of around 20 million people. Sri Lanka's high rate of literacy is due to its sustained growth...
Report No.: 80316 Document Date: July 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Aturupane,Harsha,Little,Angela Winifred,Shojo,Mari
-
Cities as drivers of growth along the silk road (Russian)
Major events have reshaped the internal population flows of Eurasia, including the breakup of the Soviet Union, the development of market economies, and the rising influence of regional powers. Looking...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 76215 Document Date: January 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Coulibaly,Souleymane
-
Cities as drivers of growth along the silk road (English)
Major events have reshaped the internal population flows of Eurasia, including the breakup of the Soviet Union, the development of market economies, and the rising influence of regional powers. Looking...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 76215 Document Date: January 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Coulibaly,Souleymane
-
Lessons from scaling up : recycling Cassava waste - a triple win for development : a case study from Nigeria (English)
The new 'lessons from practice: assessing scalability' report aims to provide specific tools and guidance to World Bank Task Team Leaders (TTLs) and other agricultural development specialists which can...
Report No.: 69571 Document Date: June 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Antikainen,Kaisa,Larson,Gunnar,Mackedon,John
-
Stagnation or revival? Palestinian economic prospects (English)
The Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to experience a severe fiscal crisis, which threatens to become protracted given recent and projected declines in donor assistance. The PA is making a concerted...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 67742 Document Date: March 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Karasapan,Omer M.,Fields,Roby Charles
-
Private activity in infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa remained stable in 2010 (English)
In 2010, 13 infrastructure projects with private participation reached financial or contractual closure in 11 low- and middle-income countries, involving investment commitments of US$1.5 billion. Infrastructure...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 66332 Document Date: August 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
-
Social implications of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean (English)
Climate change is the defining development challenge of our time. More than a global environmental issue, climate change is also a threat to poverty reduction and economic growth and may unravel many of...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 63400 Document Date: July 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Verner,Dorte
-
Distortions to agricultural incentives in Western Europe (Vol. 6 of 16) : National spreadsheet for agricultural distortions in Germany (English)
Agriculture in Western Europe enjoys a degree of diversity that reflects a wide variety of soils and climatic conditions ranging from the arid Mediterranean regions to the Arctic Circle. Superimposed on...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 56143 Document Date: September 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Josling,Timothy E.
-
Growth and vulnerabilities in microfinance (English)
This focus note begins by briefly telling the story of recent growth in the four countries leading into the credit delinquency crises. The second section describes the key contextual factors that affected...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 56627 Document Date: February 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chen,Gregory C.,Rasmussen,Stephen F.,Reille,Xavier
-
Growth and vulnerabilities in microfinance (Russian)
This focus note begins by briefly telling the story of recent growth in the four countries leading into the credit delinquency crises. The second section describes the key contextual factors that affected...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 56627 Document Date: February 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chen,Gregory C.,Rasmussen,Stephen F.,Reille,Xavier
-
Growth and vulnerabilities in microfinance : Crecimiento y vulnerabilidades en microfinanzas (Spanish)
This focus note begins by briefly telling the story of recent growth in the four countries leading into the credit delinquency crises. The second section describes the key contextual factors that affected...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 56627 Document Date: February 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chen,Gregory C.,Rasmussen,Stephen F.,Reille,Xavier
-
Growth and vulnerabilities in microfinance : Croissance et vulnerabilities en microfinance (French)
This focus note begins by briefly telling the story of recent growth in the four countries leading into the credit delinquency crises. The second section describes the key contextual factors that affected...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 56627 Document Date: February 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chen,Gregory C.,Rasmussen,Stephen F.,Reille,Xavier
-
Growth and vulnerabilities in microfinance (Arabic)
This focus note begins by briefly telling the story of recent growth in the four countries leading into the credit delinquency crises. The second section describes the key contextual factors that affected...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 56627 Document Date: February 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chen,Gregory C.,Rasmussen,Stephen F.,Reille,Xavier
-
Public finance and economic development : reflections based on the experience in China (English)
Low tax revenue and slow economic growth are two central concerns in developing countries. However, policies that raise tax revenue also harm economic growth. With tax revenue coming mainly from large...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 57760 Document Date: January 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gordon,Roger H.