Documents & Reports
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Fiscal and Distributional Implications of VAT Reforms in Zimbabwe (English)
Improving domestic revenue mobilization extremely important for Zimbabwe to create the fiscal space to absorb quasi-fiscal expenditures and support macroeconomic stability. In November 2023, Zimbabwe announced...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 197519 Document Date: February 25, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dhiraj Sharma,Tawanda Chingozha,Maya Scott Goldman,Indira Iyer,Victor Steenbergen
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The Fiscal Costs of Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy Distortions in Zimbabwe (English)
This paper uses a multi-methodological approach to measure the fiscal costs of monetary and exchange rate policy distortions in Zimbabwe. It identifies three channels through which these policy distortions...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 197520 Document Date: February 25, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Victor Steenbergen,Pindiriri, Carren,Psillos, Jimmy,Marko Kwaramba
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Health insurance handbook : how to make it work (English)
Many countries that subscribe to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have committed to ensuring access to basic health services for their citizens. Health insurance has been considered and promoted...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 66234 Document Date: January 18, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wang, Hong ,Switlick,Kimberly,Ortiz, Christine ,Zurita, Beatriz ,Lips,Catherine Connor
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National oil companies and value creation (Vol. 1 of 3) (English)
Approximately two billion dollars a day of petroleum are traded worldwide, which makes petroleum the largest single item in the balance of payments and exchanges between nations. Petroleum represents the...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 63437 Document Date: July 13, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Arfaa,Noora,Tordo,Silvana,Tracy,Brandon S.
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Youth employment and skills development in the Gambia (English)
Despite substantial improvements in access to basic education and steady economic growth, The Gambia still faces considerable challenges in respect to reducing poverty. As the result of its narrow economic...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 63845 Document Date: July 8, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lahire,Nathalie,Johanson,Richard K.,Wilcox, Ryoko Tomita
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Health, nutrition, and population in Madagascar 2000-09 (English)
With an income per capita US$400 in 2008, Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world. Poverty is widespread but with significant urban-rural differences (52 percent versus 74 percent). Health...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 63255 Document Date: July 5, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kruse,Ioana L.,Sharp,Maryanne
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Private health sector assessment in Mali : the post-Bamako initiative reality (English)
This country assessment of the private health sector in Mali is part of a series of studies designed to deepen understanding of ways to enhance the health policy framework, business environment, and investment...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 63254 Document Date: June 24, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lamiaux, Mathieu,Rouzaud, Francois,Woods,Wendy
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A decade of aid to the health sector in Somalia 2000-2009 (English)
This study reviews: (1) how levels of donor financing of the health sector in Somalia varied over the decade 2000-09, (2) which health interventions were prioritized by donors, and (3) how evenly health...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 61898 Document Date: June 2, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Capobianco,Emanuele,Naidu, Veni
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Private health sector assessment in Ghana (English)
Most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa confront serious health challenges; however, Ghana has done beer than many of its neighbors. Ghana's life expectancy at birth is 60 years (versus 53 for all of Sub-Saharan...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 61312 Document Date: April 26, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Makinen,William Martin,Sealy, Stephanie,Bitran Dicowsky,Ricardo A.,Adjei,Samuel,Munoz,Rodrigo
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The human resources for health crisis in Zambia : an outcome of health worker entry exit, and performance within the national labor health market (English)
This report compiles recent evidence on the Zambian health labor market and provides some baseline information on human resources for health (HRH) to help the government address its HRH challenges. Rather...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 61897 Document Date: April 26, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Herbst,Christopher H.,Vledder,Monique,Campbell,Karen Maureen,Sjöblom, Mirja ,Soucat,Agnes L. B.
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National oil companies and value creation (Vol. 3 of 3) (English)
Approximately two billion dollars a day of petroleum are traded worldwide, which makes petroleum the largest single item in the balance of payments and exchanges between nations. Petroleum represents the...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 63437 Document Date: March 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Arfaa,Noora,Tordo,Silvana,Tracy,Brandon S.
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National oil companies and value creation (Vol. 2 of 3) (English)
Approximately two billion dollars a day of petroleum are traded worldwide, which makes petroleum the largest single item in the balance of payments and exchanges between nations. Petroleum represents the...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 63437 Document Date: March 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Arfaa,Noora,Tordo,Silvana,Tracy,Brandon S.
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Private health sector assessment in Mali : the post-Bamako initiative reality : Etude sur le secteur prive de la sante au Mali (French)
This country assessment of the private health sector in Mali is part of a series of studies designed to deepen understanding of ways to enhance the health policy framework, business environment, and investment...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 63254 Document Date: January 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lamiaux, Mathieu,Rouzaud, Francois,Woods,Wendy
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Reducing geographical imbalances of health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa : a labor market perspective on what works, what does not, and why (English)
This report discusses and analyzes labor market dynamics and outcomes (including unemployment, worker shortages, and urban-rural imbalances of categories of health workers) from a labor economics perspective...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 58843 Document Date: December 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Herbst,Christopher H.,Jahanshahi,Atefeh Negda,Lemiere,Christophe,Smith,Ellen
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Uganda's remittance corridors from United Kingdom, United States, and South Africa : challenges to linking remittances to the use of formal services (English)
The purpose of this study is to gather a broad spectrum of remittance data related to Uganda and the three remittance corridors and compile such information in a comprehensive report with a view to sharing...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 58012 Document Date: November 11, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Endo,Isaku,Namaaji, Jane,Kulathunga,Anoma
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Nonprofit organizations and the combatting of terrorism financing : a proportionate response (English)
One of the ways that terrorist organizations raise and transfer funds is by using the fundraising power, and the aura of charitable activity, of nonprofit organizations (NPOs). This article argues that...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 57879 Document Date: November 10, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Van Der Does De Willebois,Emile Johannes Marie
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Mainstreaming building energy efficiency codes in developing countries : global experiences and lessons from early adopters (English)
This report summarizes the findings of an extensive literature survey of the experiences of implementing BEECs in developed countries. It also includes case studies of four developing countries- China...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 57877 Document Date: October 12, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Liu, Feng,Meyer,Anke S.,Hogan,John F.
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Budgeting for effectiveness in Rwanda : from reconstruction to reform (English)
The overall objective of this comprehensive report is to consider Rwanda's budget support in the context of its overall public expenditure and resources to: (a) provide an overview of Rwanda's experience...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 57880 Document Date: October 10, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sayinzoga,Kampeta,Soucat,Agnes L. B.,Kjellgren,Annika,Musafiri, Prosper
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A financing facility for low-carbon development (English)
The reality of climate change associated with anthropogenic emissions is now widely acknowledged by the scientific community. Its potential devastating future harms are equally well perceived and as stated...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 57874 Document Date: September 21, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gouvello, Christophede,Zelenko,Ivan,Ambrosi,Philippe
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Lesotho Highlands Water Project : communication practices for governance and sustainability improvement (English)
The past decade has witnessed major shift thinking about water, including how water infrastructure development strategies can help advance sustainable development and the global fight against poverty...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 55840 Document Date: July 30, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Haas, Lawrence J.M.,Mazzei,Leonardo,O'Leary,Donal T.