Documents & Reports
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A measured approach to ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity : concepts, data, and the twin goals (English)
Although poverty reduction has been a mainstay of its work for decades, the World Bank has for the first time, committed to a specific poverty reduction target to guide its work. Similarly, the goal to...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 91350 Document Date: October 8, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chen,Shaohua,Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Kraay,Aart C.,Lanjouw,Peter F.,Meyer,Christian Johannes,Negre Rossignoli,Mario,Prydz,Espen Beer,Vakis,Renos,Wethli,Ruth Kyla Dolny
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Localizing development : does participation work? (English)
This new research report analyzes community development and decentralization projects, shows that such projects often fail to be sensitive to complex contexts, including social, political, historical and...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 73762 Document Date: November 15, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mansuri,Ghazala,Rao,Vijayendra
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Finance for all? : policies and pitfalls in expanding access (Russian)
This book, finance for all, presents first efforts at developing indicators illustrating that financial access is quite limited around the world and identifies barriers that may be preventing small firms...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 41792 Document Date: May 17, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beck,Thorsten,Demirguc-Kunt,Asli,Honohan,Patrick Thomas
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Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty (Russian)
Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are programs that transfer cash, generally to poor households, on the condition that those households make pre specified investments in the human capital of their children...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 47603 Document Date: January 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fiszbein, Ariel, Schady, Norbert, Ferreira, Fran
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Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty - overview : Transferencias monetarias condicionadas : reduciendo la pobreza actual y futura - panorama general (Spanish)
Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are programs that transfer cash, generally to poor households, on the condition that those households make pre specified investments in the human capital of their children...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 61390 Document Date: September 15, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ferreira,Francisco H. G.,Fiszbein,Ariel,Grosh,Margaret Ellen,Keleher,Niall,Olinto,Pedro,Schady,Norbert Rudiger,Skoufias,Emmanuel
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Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty : Transferencias monetarias condicionadas : reduccion de la pobreza actual y future (Spanish)
Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are programs that transfer cash, generally to poor households, on the condition that those households make pre specified investments in the human capital of their children...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 47603 Document Date: September 15, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fiszbein, Ariel, Schady, Norbert, Ferreira, Fran
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Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty - overview (English)
Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are programs that transfer cash, generally to poor households, on the condition that those households make pre specified investments in the human capital of their children...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 61390 Document Date: February 9, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ferreira,Francisco H. G.,Fiszbein,Ariel,Grosh,Margaret Ellen,Keleher,Niall,Olinto,Pedro,Schady,Norbert Rudiger,Skoufias,Emmanuel
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Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty (English)
Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are programs that transfer cash, generally to poor households, on the condition that those households make pre specified investments in the human capital of their children...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 47603 Document Date: February 9, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fiszbein, Ariel, Schady, Norbert, Ferreira, Fran
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Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty - overview (Chinese)
Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are programs that transfer cash, generally to poor households, on the condition that those households make pre specified investments in the human capital of their children...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 61390 Document Date: January 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ferreira,Francisco H. G.,Fiszbein,Ariel,Grosh,Margaret Ellen,Keleher,Niall,Olinto,Pedro,Schady,Norbert Rudiger,Skoufias,Emmanuel
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Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty - overview (Arabic)
Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are programs that transfer cash, generally to poor households, on the condition that those households make pre specified investments in the human capital of their children...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 61390 Document Date: January 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ferreira,Francisco H. G.,Fiszbein,Ariel,Grosh,Margaret Ellen,Keleher,Niall,Olinto,Pedro,Schady,Norbert Rudiger,Skoufias,Emmanuel
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Finance for all? : policies and pitfalls in expanding access : Finanzas para todos? : políticas y trampas en la expansion del acceso (Spanish)
This book, finance for all, presents first efforts at developing indicators illustrating that financial access is quite limited around the world and identifies barriers that may be preventing small firms...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 41792 Document Date: January 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beck,Thorsten,Demirguc-Kunt,Asli,Honohan,Patrick Thomas
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Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty - overview : Transferts monetaires conditionnels : reduire la pauvrete actuelle et future - vue d'ensemble (French)
Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are programs that transfer cash, generally to poor households, on the condition that those households make pre specified investments in the human capital of their children...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 61390 Document Date: January 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ferreira,Francisco H. G.,Fiszbein,Ariel,Grosh,Margaret Ellen,Keleher,Niall,Olinto,Pedro,Schady,Norbert Rudiger,Skoufias,Emmanuel
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Finance for all? : policies and pitfalls in expanding access (English)
This book, finance for all, presents first efforts at developing indicators illustrating that financial access is quite limited around the world and identifies barriers that may be preventing small firms...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 41792 Document Date: November 9, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beck,Thorsten,Demirguc-Kunt,Asli,Honohan,Patrick Thomas
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Land policies for growth and poverty reduction (Vol. 1 of 2) (Chinese)
Land policies are of fundamental importance to sustainable growth, good governance, and the well-being of, and the economic opportunities open to, both rural and urban dwellers - particularly the poor...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 26384 Document Date: March 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Deininger,Klaus W.
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At loggerheads? Agricultural expansion, poverty reduction, and environment in the tropical forests (Vol. 2 of 2) (Spanish)
There are many causes, consequences, and connections of deforestation and forest poverty in the tropical world. This report specifically addresses the potential dilemma of trade-offs between poverty reduction...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 36789 Document Date: January 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Buys,Piet,Chomitz,Kenneth M.,De Luca,Giacomo Davide,Thomas,Timothy S.,Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila
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At loggerheads? Agricultural expansion, poverty reduction, and environment in the tropical forests (Vol. 2 of 2) (French)
There are many causes, consequences, and connections of deforestation and forest poverty in the tropical world. This report specifically addresses the potential dilemma of trade-offs between poverty reduction...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 36789 Document Date: January 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Buys,Piet,Chomitz,Kenneth M.,De Luca,Giacomo Davide,Thomas,Timothy S.,Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila
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At loggerheads? Agricultural expansion, poverty reduction, and environment in the tropical forests (Vol. 1 of 2) (English)
There are many causes, consequences, and connections of deforestation and forest poverty in the tropical world. This report specifically addresses the potential dilemma of trade-offs between poverty reduction...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 36789 Document Date: October 23, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Buys,Piet,Chomitz,Kenneth M.,De Luca,Giacomo Davide,Thomas,Timothy S.,Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila
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At loggerheads? Agricultural expansion, poverty reduction, and environment in the tropical forests (Vol. 1 of 2) : Realidades antagonicas? Expansion agricola, reduccion de la pobreza y medio ambiente en los bosques tropicales (Spanish)
There are many causes, consequences, and connections of deforestation and forest poverty in the tropical world. This report specifically addresses the potential dilemma of trade-offs between poverty reduction...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 36789 Document Date: October 23, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Buys,Piet,Chomitz,Kenneth M.,De Luca,Giacomo Davide,Thomas,Timothy S.,Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila
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At loggerheads? Agricultural expansion, poverty reduction, and environment in the tropical forests (Vol. 1 of 2) (Indonesian-Malay)
There are many causes, consequences, and connections of deforestation and forest poverty in the tropical world. This report specifically addresses the potential dilemma of trade-offs between poverty reduction...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 36789 Document Date: October 23, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Buys,Piet,Chomitz,Kenneth M.,De Luca,Giacomo Davide,Thomas,Timothy S.,Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila
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Land policies for growth and poverty reduction (Vol. 1 of 2) (Russian)
Land policies are of fundamental importance to sustainable growth, good governance, and the well-being of, and the economic opportunities open to, both rural and urban dwellers - particularly the poor...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 26384 Document Date: January 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Deininger,Klaus W.