Documents & Reports
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The small entrepreneur in fragile and conflict-affected situations (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report (English)
This report is part of a broader effort by the World Bank Group to understand the motives and challenges of small entrepreneurs in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS). The report's key finding...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 89856 Document Date: December 31, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rysova,Annoula,Speakman,John F.
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The small entrepreneur in fragile and conflict-affected situations (Vol. 2 of 2) : Appendix G (English)
This report is part of a broader effort by the World Bank Group to understand the motives and challenges of small entrepreneurs in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS). The report's key finding...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 89856 Document Date: August 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rysova,Annoula,Speakman,John F.
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Light manufacturing in Vietnam : creating jobs and prosperity in a middle-income economy (English)
Economic reforms have altered Vietnam from one of the world's lowest income countries to a lower-middle-income country. However, since 2008, Vietnam has faced major challenges in restoring macroeconomic...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 84040 Document Date: January 24, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Binh,Le Duy,Dinh,Hinh Truong,Hang, Pham Thi Thu,Mishra,Deepak K.,Pham,Duc Minh
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Tapping the markets : opportunities for domestic investments in water and sanitation for the poor (English)
Developing country governments and the international development community are looking for ways to accelerate access to improved water and sanitation services beyond the Millennium Development Goal (MDG)...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 83836 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Jamieson,Jane,Sy,Jemima T.,Warner,Robert W.
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Revitalizing industrial growth in Pakistan : trade, infrastructure, and environmental performance (English)
Pakistan’s population is growing and becoming more urbanized. By 2020, Karachi and Lahore will each have a population of well over 10 million people and several other cities will have a population of at...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 89701 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sanchez-Triana,Ernesto,Biller,S. A. Dan,Nabi,Ijaz
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How firms cope with crime and violence (English)
The costs of crime and violence to the private sector amount to significant losses in terms of gross domestic product (GDP). The private sector's response to crime and violence varies by country, size...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 83898 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ariano,Maria,Goldberg,Michael J.,Kim,Kwang Wook
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Fostering entrepreneurship in Azerbaijan (English)
A dynamic and vibrant private sector is crucial to economic growth, with firms making new investments, creating jobs, improving productivity, and promoting growth. Entrepreneurial activity is pivotal to...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 81048 Document Date: September 4, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kuriakose,Smita
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Fostering entrepreneurship in Armenia (English)
A dynamic and vibrant private sector is crucial to economic growth, with firms making new investments, creating jobs, improving productivity, and promoting growth. Entrepreneurial activity is pivotal to...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 80751 Document Date: August 21, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kuriakose,Smita
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Light manufacturing in Zambia : job creation and prosperity in a resource-based economy (English)
This book on light manufacturing in Zambia is part of broader World Bank work on light manufacturing in Africa. The focus on light manufacturing, with its emphasis on labor-intensive economic activities...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 78686 Document Date: June 13, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dinh,Hinh Truong
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Light manufacturing in Tanzania : a reform agenda for job creation and prosperity (English)
The chapters in part one provides the overall context of light manufacturing in Tanzania. Chapter one presents the rationale for the study, the potential of the sector in creating jobs and prosperity for...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 80893 Document Date: January 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dinh,Hinh Truong,Monga,Celestin,Morisset,Jacques,Kweka,Josaphat Paul,Yagci,Fahrettin,Yoshino,Yutaka
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Clusters of competitiveness (English)
Competitiveness is a broad subject with applications at the level of the firm, industry, region, nation, and global economy. Each one of these aspects has a rich literature drawn on by academics and policy...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 79892 Document Date: January 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Griffith,Breda,Nallari,Yugandhar Raj
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Fostering entrepreneurship in Georgia (English)
Job creation and productivity growth are at the forefront of today's global development agenda. The 2013 world development report on jobs identified entrepreneurship as an important tool in addressing...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 80673 Document Date: January 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kuriakose,Smita
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Nepal's investment climate : leveraging the private sector for job creation and growth (English)
The objective of the Nepal Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) is to evaluate the investment climate in Nepal in all its dimensions and promote policies to strengthen the private sector. The investment...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 67525 Document Date: January 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Afram,Gabi George,Pero, Angelica Salvi Del
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Untying the land knot : making equitable, efficient, and sustainable use of industrial and commercial land (English)
A decade ago in Mozambique, a stakeholder workshop where the need to improve access to industrial and commercial land as a means to encourage investment was a topic of discussion, a government official...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 69073 Document Date: January 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shen,Xiaofang,Sun,Xiaolun
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Fostering technology absorption in Southern African enterprises (English)
This book seeks to understand how firms in southern Africa absorb technology and how policy makers can hurry the process along. It identifies channels of technology transfer and absorption through trade...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 64667 Document Date: September 16, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Goldberg,Itzhak,Kaplan, David,Kuriakose,Smita,Tuomi,Krista Lauren,Zhang,Chunlin
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Industrial clusters and micro and small enterprises in Africa : from survival to growth (English)
The private sector is the engine of economic growth, stimulating entrepreneurship and innovation and promoting competition and productivity. While many countries in Africa have developed private sector-driven...
Document Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial Policy Report No.: 58850 Document Date: December 30, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Yoshino,Yutaka
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Economic opportunities for women in the East Asia and Pacific region (English)
East Asia and the Pacific is a region of dynamic growth. Women have contributed significantly to this growth and have benefited from it through active participation in the labor market. However, women...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 54437 Document Date: May 3, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ellis,Amanda Natalie,Kirkwood,Daniel John,Malhotra,Dhruv
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Knowledge, productivity, and innovation in Nigeria : creating a new economy (English)
Harnessing knowledge for development is not a new concept. Knowledge has always been central to development and can mean the difference between poverty and wealth. The knowledge economy is not just about...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 53645 Document Date: March 9, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Radwan,Ismail,Pellegrini,Giulia
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Egyptian women workers and entrepreneurs : maximizing opportunities in the economic sphere (English)
Women are a powerful force for sustainable economic growth. A growing body of microeconomic empirical evidence and emerging macroeconomic analysis shows that gender inequality limits economic growth in...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 53096 Document Date: February 17, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nasr,Sahar Ahmed
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Competitiveness and growth in Brazilian cities : local policies and actions for innovation (English)
Given the Brazilian federal government's high priority on economic growth, competitiveness is at the top of the economic agenda. While economic policies at the national level are important to this agenda...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 52104 Document Date: November 19, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Zhang,Ming