Documents & Reports
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Synthesis of review of corporate governance of state-owned enterprises in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Mauritania (English)
This synthesis paper is based on a review of three countries in West Africa-Burkina Faso, Mali, and Mauritania where state owned enterprises (SOEs) continue to play an important role and Governments have...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 71262 Document Date: July 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bouri,Mazen,Nankobogo,Francois,Frederick,Richard
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The cotton sector of Cote d'Ivoire (English)
This report is the final product of a country case study prepared in the framework of the comparative analysis of organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study published...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 62867 Document Date: June 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gergely,Nicolas
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The cotton sector of Cote d'Ivoire : La filiere coton de Cote D' Ivoire (French)
This report is the final product of a country case study prepared in the framework of the comparative analysis of organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study published...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 62867 Document Date: June 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gergely,Nicolas
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The economics of roller ginning technology and implications for African cotton sector : Les principes economiques de la technologie d'egrenage a rouleaux et ses implications pour les secteurs Africains du coton (French)
This report is the final product of a follow-up study undertaken after the completion of the comparative analysis of organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study published...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 62868 Document Date: June 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Estur,Gerald,Gergely,Nicolas
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The economics of roller ginning technology and implications for African cotton sector (English)
This report is the final product of a follow-up study undertaken after the completion of the comparative analysis of organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study published...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 62868 Document Date: June 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Estur,Gerald,Gergely,Nicolas
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Angola - Local government discretion and accountability (English)
Angola has recently embarked on the decentralization process and counts with political will and commitment at the center. Various political decisions have been made to strengthen local administrative and...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 51408 Document Date: October 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Felicio,Mariana T.,Yilmaz,Serdar
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The cotton sector of Tanzania (English)
This country study is a background paper prepared for the comparative analysis of organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study carried out by the World Bank, with the objective...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 51716 Document Date: March 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Poulton,Colin,Maro, Wilbald
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The cotton sector of Benin (English)
This country study is a background paper prepared for the comparative analysis of organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study carried out by the World Bank, with the objective...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 51714 Document Date: March 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gergely,Nicolas
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The cotton sector of Zambia : The cotton sector of Zambia (English)
This country study is a background paper prepared for the comparative analysis of organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study carried out by the World Bank, with the objective...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 51713 Document Date: March 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Tschirley,David Lawrence, Kabwe, Stephen
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The cotton sector of Uganda : The cotton sector of Uganda (English)
This country study is a background paper prepared for the comparative analysis of organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study carried out by the World Bank, with the objective...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 51712 Document Date: March 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Baffes,John
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The cotton sector of Cameroon (English)
This country study is a background paper prepared for the comparative analysis of organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study carried out by the World Bank, with the objective...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 51715 Document Date: March 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gergely,Nicolas
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The cotton sector of Zimbabwe (English)
This country study is a background paper prepared for the comparative analysis of organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study carried out by the World Bank, with the objective...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 51711 Document Date: February 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Poulton,Colin, Hanyani-Mlambo, Benjamine
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Tax compliance costs for small business in South Africa, web-survey of tax practitioners : provincial data analysis (English)
At the request of the National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS), the Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS, a multi-donor facility of the World Bank Group) provided assistance...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 51708 Document Date: December 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Coolidge,Jacqueline,Ilic,Domagoj,Kisunko,Gregory
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Umbrella restructuring of a multicountry program (horizontal APL) : restructuring the multicountry HIV/AIDS program (MAP) in Africa (English)
This volume documents the experience of a sector-level umbrella restructuring of a multicountry program (horizontal adaptable program loan (APL)). Eight HIV/AIDS projects were restructured having a total...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 51709 Document Date: October 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mohammad,Nadeem,Mugwagwa,Norbert O.
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Quality and marketing of cotton lint in Africa (English)
This paper presents an analysis of the objective outcome of cotton sector liberalization in Sub-Saharan Africa in terms of quality, marketing, and pricing. It gives an overview of the world cotton market...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 51710 Document Date: October 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Estur,Gerald
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Madagascar - De jure labor regulations and actual investment climate constraints (French)
Although labor market regulations are not among the most pressing issues for a low-income country such as Madagascar, they may still have distorting effects. This paper uses a number of indicators that...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 51707 Document Date: August 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Le Borgne Pierre,Gaelle
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Madagascar - De jure labor regulations and actual investment climate constraints (English)
Although labor market regulations are not among the most pressing issues for a low-income country such as Madagascar, they may still have distorting effects. This paper uses a number of indicators that...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 51707 Document Date: August 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Le Borgne Pierre,Gaelle
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Travaux publics a haute intensite de main d'oeuvre (HIMO) pour la protection sociale a Madagascar : problemes et options de politique (French)
This paper assesses the effectiveness of labor-based interventions in addressing the needs of poor and vulnerable households using data from 15 projects implemented between 2006 and 32,008 by several agencies...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 51706 Document Date: August 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Andrianjaka, Nirina Haja,Milazzo,Annamaria
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Taking stock of community initiatives in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa : experience, issues, and challenges : Taking stock of community initiatives in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa : experience, issues, and challenges (English)
This paper clarifies the concepts of community initiatives since organizations involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS use different definitions of 'community.' It presents several HIV initiatives taken...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 51705 Document Date: June 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Delion,Jean J.,Dulvy,Elizabeth Ninan
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Profile of Zambia's smallholders : where and who are the potential beneficiaries of agricultural commercialization? (English)
Understanding the heterogeneity of Zambia's rural households and their different potential as agricultural producers is critical to designing strategies for commercially viable smallholders. The objective...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 51702 Document Date: June 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Siegel,Paul Bennett