Documents & Reports
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The performance of a consumption augmented asset index in ranking Households and Identifying the Poor (English)
Asset ownership indices are widely used as inexpensive proxies for consumption. This paper shows that these indices can be augmented using dichotomous indicators for consumption, which are equally easy...
Report No.: WPS8362 Document Date: March 8, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ngo,Diana,Christiaensen,Luc
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Analysis of the mismatch between Tanzania household budget survey and national panel survey data in poverty and inequality levels and trends (English)
This study carries out a thorough investigation of the potential sources of mismatch in poverty and inequality levels and trends between the Tanzania National Panel Survey and Household Budget Survey...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8361 Document Date: March 7, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Belghith,Nadia Belhaj Hassine,Adelaida Lopera,Maria,Etang Ndip,Alvin,Karamba,Wendy
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The reallocation of district-level spending and natural disasters : evidence from Indonesia (English)
This paper combines district-level government spending data from Indonesia and natural disaster damage indices to analyze the extent to which districts are forced to reallocate their expenditures across...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8359 Document Date: March 6, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Skoufias,Emmanuel,Strobl,Eric,Tveit,Thomas Breivik
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Turkey - Inclusive Access to Finance Project : environmental assessment : Çevresel ve sosyal yönetim çerçevesi (Turkish)
The development objective of the Inclusive Access to Finance Project for Turkey is to improve access to longer-term finance for: (i) women-inclusive enterprises, and (ii) enterprises in less developed...
Document Type: Environmental Assessment Report No.: SFG4108 Document Date: March 6, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Turkey
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Romania - Ploiesti-Brasov Motorway Preparation Project : Final Terms of Reference for the Resettlement Policy Framework (English)
The development objective of the Ploiesti-Brasov Motorway Preparation Project for Romania is to strengthen the capabilities of Romania’s national road sector to sustainably implement and finance major...
Report No.: 124029 Document Date: March 5, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Partnering with indigenous peoples to improve engagement in World Bank projects (English)
The World Bank is committed to ensuring the development process fully respects the dignity, economies, and cultures of indigenous peoples. The indigenous peoples’ policy is a key part of the World Bank’s...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 123963 Document Date: March 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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China - Shaanxi Small Towns Infrastructure Project : environmental assessment : 环境管理计划 (Chinese)
The development objective of the Shaanxi Small Towns Infrastructure Project for China is to improve the infrastructure services in selected small and medium towns in Shaanxi Province. Negative impacts...
Document Type: Environmental Assessment Report No.: SFG4130 Document Date: March 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wu,Xiao
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Risk and vulnerability in the Pacific (English)
Vulnerability significantly compounds hardship in the Pacific. More than twenty percent of people in most Pacific Island Countries (PIC) live in hardship, meaning they are unable to meet their basic food...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 123790 Document Date: March 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sharma,Manohar
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Research digest newsletter Vol. 12 (No. 2) (English)
This issue focuses on India and features the following articles: A Long History of World Bank Research Focusing on India; Looking Back on Two Decades of Poverty and Well-Being in India; For India's Rural...
Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 123703 Document Date: February 28, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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The World Bank monthly operational summary (English)
The World Bank Monthly Operational Summary (MOS) reports on the status of projects in the World Bank’s pipeline from the time the operation is identified to the signing of the Loan, Credit, or Grant Agreement...
Document Type: Monthly Operational Summary Report No.: 124161 Document Date: February 28, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Audit Report (English)
Document Type: Auditing Document Report No.: AUD0011634 Document Date: February 18, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Musera,Angelina Darini
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Fiji - Fiscal Sustainability and Climate Resilience Development Policy Operation (English)
Report No.: 123891 Document Date: February 15, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Pakistan - Housing Finance Project (English)
Document Type: Project Information and Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet Report No.: 123955 Document Date: February 15, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Panama - Support for the National Indigenous Peoples Development Plan Project (English)
The development objective of Support for the National Indigenous Peoples Development Plan Project for Panama is to strengthen: (a) the capacity of Indigenous Authorities and the Borrower to jointly plan...
Document Type: Project Appraisal Document Report No.: PAD2503 Document Date: February 15, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Brazil - Itaoca and Candeias Landfill Gas Projects (English)
Ratings for the Itaoca and Candeias Landfill Gas Projects for Brazil were as follows: outcomes were moderately satisfactory, Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and project entity performance...
Document Type: Implementation Completion and Results Report Report No.: 123774 Document Date: February 12, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Cote d’Ivoire - Support the Competitiveness of the Great Abidjan Project : environmental and social summary of safeguards instruments : executive summary (English)
The development objective of the Support the Competitiveness of the Great Abidjan Project for Cote d'Ivoire is to support the improvement of urban management, port accessibility, and mobility efficiency...
Document Type: Board Report Report No.: 124027 Document Date: February 8, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Sierra Leone - Freetown Emergency Recovery Project (English)
The development objective of Freetown Emergency Recovery Project for Sierra Leone is to rehabilitate selected critical infrastructure and to strengthen government capacity for managing disaster risk. This...
Document Type: Project Appraisal Document Report No.: PAD2690 Document Date: February 8, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Official Documents- Financing Agreement for Grant D255-TD (Closing Package) (English)
Document Type: Financing Agreement Document Date: February 5, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Pardinas Ocana,Claudia M.
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India - Maharashtra Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture Project (English)
The development objective of Maharashtra Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture Project for India is to enhance climate‐resilience and profitability of smallholder farming systems in selected districts...
Document Type: Project Appraisal Document Report No.: PAD2483 Document Date: February 3, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Arab aid on the rise 2011-2016 (English)
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 123735 Document Date: February 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed