Documents & Reports
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100 Student Voices on AI and Education (English)
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is disrupting the landscape of higher education (HE), presenting both opportunities and challenges. This paper discusses the results of focus group...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 194458 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cristobal Cobo,Alberto Munoz Najar Luque,Bertrand Momo
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The Importance of Facilitating Imports for International Trade Flows : Evidence from the Auto Industry (English)
Imports are becoming more important than ever in world trade in the face of rapid globalization and the spread of global supply chains. One way to boost imports is through efficient regulations and practices...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 165358 Document Date: September 28, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ereshchenko,Viktoriya,Eknath,Varun,Zabalbeitia Mugica,Ines
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Indonesia COVID-19 Observatory : High-Frequency Monitoring of Households : Summary of Results from Survey Round One (English)
This brief has been produced under the World Bank’s Indonesia Covid-19 Observatory, a partnership among multiple Global Practices at the Bank that aims to generate near-real-time insights on the impact...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 154139 Document Date: June 26, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Purnamasari,Ririn Salwa,Ali,Rabia
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Determinants of Nutrition in Nagaland, India : Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Services (English)
Utilization of key maternal and child health and nutrition services remains weak in Nagaland, suggesting an adverse impact on health and nutrition outcomes. The state needs to make concerted efforts for...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 139881 Document Date: July 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Does large farm establishment create benefits for neighboring smallholders? Evidence from Ethiopia (English)
Quantifying the direction and magnitude of spillovers for small holders is an essential part of the policy dialogue surrounding large-scale agricultural investment. We use intertemporal variation in smallholders’...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 122901 Document Date: January 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ali,Daniel Ayalew,Deininger,Klaus W.,Harris,Anthony M.
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One-stop shops in Vietnam : changing the face of public administration for citizens and businesses through a single door to multiple services (English)
This case study analyzes the development of one-stop shops in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, from inception of the first one in Ho Chi Minh City in 1995 through the full roll out of this model of integrated...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 117081 Document Date: June 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Blunt,Melvyn,Davidsen,Soren,Agarwal,Sanjay,Pfeil,Helene,Schott,Berenike Laura
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Connecting green technology entrepreneurs : implications for public program design (English)
In light of growing concern related to climate change, local entrepreneurs are critically needed to develop businesses supporting climate mitigation and adaptation efforts in developing countries. In contrast...
Report No.: 107749 Document Date: August 29, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: White,Justine,Lin,Rosa,Lee,Heejin,Ehst,Michael,Zheng,Xue
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Productivity as the key to economic growth and development (English)
One of the most important lessons in economics is that productivity is key to economic growth. Productivity is defined in economic theory as the ratio of output over input. Productivity is mainly driven...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 108092 Document Date: August 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kim,Young Eun,Loayza,Norman V.,Meza Cuadra Balcazar,Claudia Maria
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Connecting green technology entrepreneurs : implications for public program design (English)
This brief explains about What is the role that connections can play in helping green technology entrepreneurs innovate and scale up in developing countries, so as to inform the design of new public sector...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 115290 Document Date: January 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: White,Justine
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Toward Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Central Asia (English)
In Central Asia, water and energy systems are interdependent. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan each benefit from the water resources of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 101743 Document Date: January 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fields,Daryl,Akuffo-Akoto,Abena
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Albania - Tertiary education : university governance under the higher education law 2007 - guidelines for strategic planning (English)
Tertiary education in Albania is at a critical juncture. The system has evolved since 1946 when the first higher education institute for teacher training was established. Albania now has 13 public tertiary...
Report No.: 68988 Document Date: January 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Breaking gender barriers : vocational training vouchers and Kenyan youth (English)
Youth account for approximately 60 percent of the unemployed population in Sub-Saharan Africa. Seventy two percent of adolescents in the region live below the $2/day poverty line. Vocational education...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 75561 Document Date: September 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hicks, Joan Hamory,Kremer,Michael Robert,Mbiti,Isaac Mulangu,Miguel,Edward A.
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Drought in the Horn of Africa (English)
The Drought in the Horn of Africa includes the following headings: latest situation; country by country situation in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda; and Africa region's support to the horn...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 66716 Document Date: August 18, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Gender equality and education (English)
This policy brief highlights the significant progress made on the millennium development goals (MDG) for gender equality and education. Focus is now on systematic measures to increase access to improved...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 73031 Document Date: June 13, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Gender equality and education : Kesetaraan gender dan pendidikan (Bahasa (Indonesian))
This policy brief highlights the significant progress made on the millennium development goals (MDG) for gender equality and education. Focus is now on systematic measures to increase access to improved...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 73031 Document Date: June 13, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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MENA local service delivery initiative : promoting social accountability and demand for good governance (English)
Good governance is an underlying condition for the formulation of effective and efficient public policies, programs, and services. It implies a social contract and adherence to rules and laws that enable...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 69347 Document Date: April 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beddies,Sabine W.,Felicio,Mariana T.,Dedu,Gabriel,Fall,Fatou,Vagneron,Caroline
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Ethnic disparities in China : geography, rurality, and socioeconomic welfare (English)
China has 55 official minority groups. Together, they constitute over 8 percent of the population, according to the 2000 census. The term 'minority' is not synonymous with the term 'indigenous': in China...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 64763 Document Date: January 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hannum,Emily
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Beyond the sum of its parts : combining financial instruments for impact and efficiency (English)
The Global Environment Facility (GEF), carbon finance, and the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) constitute the bulk of dedicated funding for low-carbon development. To achieve the largest possible impact, practitioners...
Document Type: Policy Note Report No.: 55329 Document Date: June 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hosier,Richard H.,Kulichenko,Nataliya,Maheshwari,Aditi,Toba,Natsuko,Wang,Xiaodong
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Teacher certification (English)
This policy brief examines several issues surrounding teacher certification, one of the screening mechanisms often used to determine a certain standard of teacher knowledge and proficiency. The focus is...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 70549 Document Date: December 30, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Remittance trends 2007 : Tendencias de las remesas en 2007 (Spanish)
This note describes broad regional and country specific trends in remittance flows worldwide, and highlights some structural changes that will affect remittance flows in the future. The main messages are:...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 43089 Document Date: November 29, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ratha,Dilip Kumar,Mohapatra,Sanket,Vijayalakshmi,K. M.,Xu,Zhimei