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  • Private Credit in Emerging Markets (English)

    Summary of Note 98 : Private Credit in Emerging Markets. Private credit broadly refers to nonbank lending to firms. Since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-2009, private credit has grown considerably...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 156057 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Narayanaswamy,Meera,Miryugin,Fedor

  • How is the slowdown affecting households in Latin America and the Caribbean? (English)

    This paper shows evidence that suggests the economic slowdown in Latin America and the Caribbean has already translated into slowing social gains, including decelerating poverty reduction, stagnating growth...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 125645 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Calvo-Gonzalez,Oscar,Castaneda Aguilar,Raul Andres,Farfan Bertran,Maria Gabriela,Sousa,Liliana Do Couto

  • Corridor transport observatory guidelines (English)

    The Northern Corridor, connecting East Africa to the World through the port of Mombasa, is one of the oldest corridor authorities in Africa, as it was established in 1985. Throughout its years of existence...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 85475 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hartmann,Olivier

  • Addressing climate change in fragile states : an example from Yemen (English)

    It is predicted that the effects of climate change, especially extreme floods and droughts, will significantly affect the world's fragile and least developed countries. Yemen, with its struggling economy...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 83718 Document Date: November 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rogers,David,Sieghart,Lia Carol

  • Implementing an advanced cash transfer program in the Palestinian territories (English)

    The Palestinian Authority (PA)- administered Cash Transfer Program (CTP) is considered one of the most advanced cash assistance programs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Using its sophisticated...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 80247 Document Date: May 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hillis,Samira Ahmed,Pereira Guimaraes Leite,Phillippe George,Mcdonald,Laura S.,Frost,Lillian Clara

  • Designing an advanced cash transfer program in the Palestinian territories (English)

    The Palestinian Authority (PA) administered Cash Transfer Program (CTP) is considered one of the most advanced cash assistance programs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Using its sophisticated...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 77667 Document Date: May 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hillis, Samira, Leite, Phillippe, McDonald, Laur

  • Avoiding middle-income growth traps (English)

    Since the 1950s, rapid growth has allowed a significant number of countries to reach middle-income status; yet, very few have made the additional leap needed to become high-income economies. Rather, many...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 73792 Document Date: November 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Agenor,Pierre-Richard,Canuto,Otaviano,Jelenic,Michael Christopher

  • Bottom's up: to the role of Panchayati Raj Institutions in health and health services (English)

    India is currently witness to two trends that have the potential to significantly improve the health of its people. The first is the growing recognition that the system of public delivery of health services...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 36964 Document Date: June 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Aiyar,Yamini Mrinalika,Hammer,Jeffrey S.,Samji,Salimah Haiderali

  • Engendering justice: a gender assessment's impact on project design (English)

    Gender equality is an important indicator of a country's progress toward sustainable development and is one of the Millennium Development Goals. Yet World Bank teams often find gender equality a difficult...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 33182 Document Date: May 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bhansali,Lisa

  • Counting on the environment: forest incomes and the rural poor (English)

    Environmental income is defined as rent (or value added) captured through consumption, barter, or sale of natural capital within the first link in a market chain, starting from the point at which the natural...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 30026 Document Date: June 1, 2004 Disclosure Status: Author: Angelsen,Arild,Kobugabe Berg, Gertrude,Sjaastad, Espen,Vedeld, Paul

  • Guinea : Health and Nutrition : Guinee : Sante et nutrition (French)

    This project was implemented over the period 1994-2002 with a World Bank credit of $24.6 million. The objective was to improve the health status of the population of Middle and Lower Guinea (the prefectures...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 31060 Document Date: March 1, 2004 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mohan, P.C. (editor)