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  • World Bank Group Sanctions Board Law Digest 2023 (English)

    This edition of the Law Digest for the World Bank Group's Sanctions Board presents structured summaries of the Sanctions Board's precedent as set out through more than 100 decisions issued since 2007...

    Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 181640 Document Date: April 19, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sanctions Board Secretariat

  • Ethiopia - Economic Summary (English)

    Ethiopia, the second-most populous nation in Sub-Saharan Africa, is one of the fastest-growing economies in the region and aims to achieve lower middle-income status by 2025. For the country to continue...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 184079 Document Date: January 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • Challenging Entrenched Marital Power in South Africa : Case Study (English)

    When Agnes Sithole’s marriage began to fall apart in 2019, she was scared. She had spent nearly 50 years raising her four children, supporting her husband’s business, and running her own. Now, her husband...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 184078 Document Date: October 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Arekapudi,Nisha Nicole,Mazoni Silva Martins,Natalia

  • Nigeria - Economic Summary (English)

    While Nigeria has made some progress in socio-economic terms in recent years, human capital development remains weak due to under-investment, and important challenges in terms of oil dependency, governance...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 184083 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • Rwanda - Economic Summary (English)

    Over the last decade, Rwanda has been able to make important economic and structural reforms and sustain its economic growth rates. The government has put in place a strong legal and policy framework for...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 184084 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • Sri Lanka - Economic Summary (English)

    Despite important development successes, Sri Lanka still faces challenges as it works toward greater competitiveness, inclusion, and resilience. One of these key challenges is achieving gender equality...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 184085 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • India - Economic Summary (English)

    India, the world’s third-largest economy, still faces the important development challenge of closing the gap in women’s economic inclusion. While the country has taken important steps toward gender equality...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 184081 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • Kenya - Economic Summary (English)

    Over the last several decades, Kenya has made significant political and economic reforms that have contributed to sustained economic growth, social development, and political stability. Gender equality...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 184082 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • World Bank Group Sanctions Board Law Digest 2019 (English)

    This edition of the Law Digest for the World Bank Group's Sanctions Board presents structured summaries of the Sanctions Board's precedent as set out through more than 100 decisions issued since 2007...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 192686 Document Date: December 31, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank Group Sanctions Board

  • A Global View of Business Insolvency Systems : 商業破產製度的全球觀點 (Chinese)

    The purpose of this book is to provide a coherent overview of the insolvency systems found around the world. Its intended audience includes academics, judges, lawyers, and policymakers. Its focus is on...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 68423 Document Date: March 4, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Westbrook, Jay Lawrence,Booth,Charles D.,Paulus, G. Christoph,Rajak,Harry H.

  • Conflict and Cooperation on South Asia's International Rivers : A Legal Perspective (Chinese)

    The book analyzes five major bilateral treaty regimes on the South Asian subcontinent: between India and Bangladesh for the Ganges River; between India and Nepal for the Kosi, Gandaki, and Mahakali rivers;...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 25580 Document Date: January 29, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rudolf V. Van Puymbroeck [editor],Salman,Salman M. A.,Uprety,Kishor

  • The World Bank legal review, volume 5 : fostering development through opportunity, inclusion, and equity (English)

    This is the fifth edition of The World Bank Legal Review, which highlights the breadth of reach of the rule of law and, most critically, its centrality to development. This volume is made up of 32 chapters...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 82558 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Abdelhady, Hdeel,Alterman,Rachelle,Balakrishnan,Pulapre,Bo,Giovanni,Boraine,Andre,Boudry,Charles E.,Burke-Shyne, Naomi,Chern,Cyril,Cisse, Hassane [editor],Correa, Fabiano de Andrade,Dokeniya,Anupama,Eliasson, Jan,Fariello,Frank Anthony,Fernandes,Edesio,Fraser, Sean,Gadio, Kalidou,Garrido,Jose M.,Gehring, Markus W.,Glasser,Matthew D.,Hoffman,Beth Anne,Iyi, John-Mark,Joseph, Nicholas,Kibugi, Robert,Klugman,Jeni,Leroy,Anne-Marie,Loris, William T.,Mcinerney-Lankford,Siobhan,Menon, N. R. Madhava [editor],Milovanovitch, Mihaylo,Morton,Matthew H.,Mulumba, Moses,Nmehielle, Vincent O. [editor],Panchu, Sriram,Patterson,David H.,Pearson De Gonzalez,Annette E.,Prettitore,Paul Scott,Rastogi, Avni,Roestoff, Melanie,Saito, Yolanda,Segger, Marie-Claire Cordonier [editor],Slattery, Elisa,Sulser,Patricia Odette,Varela,David F.,Viano,Emilio Cesare

  • The World Bank legal review, volume 4 : legal innovation and empowerment for development (English)

    This is the fourth edition of The World Bank Legal Review, which gathers this input from around the world and compiles it into a useful resource for all development practitioners and scholars. The subtitle...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 74465 Document Date: December 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cisse, Hassane [editor],Muller, Sam [editor],Thomas, Chantal [editor],Wang, Chenguang [editor]

  • World Bank Group Sanctions Board Law Digest 2011 (English)

    The 2011 Law Digest summarizes for informational purposes the evolving case law of the Sanctions Board from its inception in 2007 through October 31, 2011. The Law Digest, as prepared by the Sanctions...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 192687 Document Date: December 31, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank Group Sanctions Board