Documents & Reports
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Rural-Urban Migration in Developing Countries : Lessons from the Literature (English)
This paper reviews the recent literature on rural-urban migration in developing countries, focusing on three key questions: What motivates or forces people to migrate? What costs do migrants face? What...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9662 Document Date: May 13, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Selod,Harris,Shilpi,Forhad J.
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Internal Migration in Ethiopia : Evidence from a Quantitative and Qualitative Research Study (English)
This Note takes a closer look at the scale and nature of internal migration in Ethiopia. While a Population Census offers the best source of data to study internal migration, the most recent Census was...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 153417 Document Date: September 29, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Nicaragua - Rural And Urban Access Improvement Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 5 of 8) : Valoración ambiental y social del proyecto de mantenimiento periódico de la carretera San Lorenzo - Muhán, tramo Pk. 183+000 – Pk. 213+000 con una longitud de 30.00 Km. (Spanish)
Document Type: Environmental Assessment Report No.: SFG2810 Document Date: December 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Leguizamo Baquero,Ana Carolina
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Village Water Supply: Economics and Policy in the Developing World, 1976 (English)
The result of this study was the research paper, Village Water Supply Economics and Policy in the Developing World, written by Robert J. Sounders and Jeremy J. Warford of the Bank’s Energy, Water and Telecommunications...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 104682 Document Date: January 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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China - Hajia Railway Project : resettlement plan (Vol. 2 of 5) : Resettlement action plan for newly-built Harbin-Jiamusi railway (Chinese)
The development objective of the Hajia Railway Project for China is to reduce the transport time for passenger services and provide additional capacity for passenger and freight services between Harbin...
Report No.: RP1053 Document Date: December 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Telecommunications externality on migration : evidence from Chinese Villages (English)
This paper uses a unique natural experiment in Chinese villages to investigate whether access to telecommunications-- in particular, landline phones -- increases the likelihood of outmigration. By using...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6644 Document Date: October 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lu, Yi,Xie, Huihua,Xu, Lixin Colin
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Livestock indicators for effective investments in developing countries : Indicateurs de l'elevage pour des investissements efficaces dans les pays en voie de développement (French)
The global strategy to improve agricultural and rural statistics, endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission in February 2010, notes that 'many countries, especially in the developing world...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 86414 Document Date: January 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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The Tanzania national sample census of agriculture 2007-2008 : a livestock perspective : Le recensement national agricole de 2007-2008, par echantillon : perspectives pour l'elevage en Tanzanie (French)
The preliminary report of the 2007-2008 national sample census of agriculture of Tanzania has been released in March 2011. The data was collected from a sample of about 53,000 rural households involved...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 86409 Document Date: January 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Setshwaelo, Louise,Pica-Ciamarra, Ugo
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The identification of constraints and opportunities in the livestock sector : methods and data issues : L'identification des contraintes et des opportunités dans le secteur de l'elevage : questions sur les données et les methods (French)
The Livestock Data Innovation in Africa Project (LDIP) aims to support livestock-related data collection and analysis in three pilot sub-Saharan African countries - Uganda, Tanzania, and Niger with the...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 86418 Document Date: January 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Baker, Derek,Gelan, Ayele,Pica-Ciamarra, Ugo
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Core livestock data and indicators : results of a stakeholder survey : Données et indicateurs clés de l'elevage : résultats d'une enquête sur les acteurs (French)
The global strategy to improve agriculture and rural statistic represents a major effort towards assisting developing countries to improve their agricultural statistical systems. It is structured around...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 86438 Document Date: January 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Baker, Derek,Morgan,Nancy Ruth
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Livestock in Zanzibar : what census data says? : Elevage a Zanzibar : qu'indiquent les donnEes du recensement? (French)
In 2007-2008 the Government of Tanzania carried out the National Sample Census of Agriculture. Reports from the census include a technical report, sub-sector reports, such as for crop, livestock and large...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 86437 Document Date: January 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gharib Juma, Kassim
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Myanmar - National Community Driven Development Project : environmental assessment : Environmental and social screening and assessment framework (Burmese)
The development objective of the National Community Driven Development Project is to enable poor rural communities to benefit from improved access to and use of basic infrastructure and services through...
Document Type: Environmental Assessment Report No.: E4032 Document Date: October 18, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Project Information Document (Appraisal Stage) - Mongolia Livestock and Agricultural Marketing Project - P125964 (English)
Document Type: Project Information Document Report No.: PIDA640 Document Date: October 8, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Annor-Frempong,Charles,Charles
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China - Henan Yellow River Ecological Animal Husbandry Project : procurement plan (Chinese)
Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: 71901 Document Date: August 17, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Core indicator meeting in Niger : a discussion on priority livestock indicators : Les indicateurs prioritaires dans le secteur de l'elevage : le cas du Niger (French)
Niger is one of the piloted countries being targeted under the gates-funded Livestock Data Innovation in Africa Project (LDIAP). This project supports the identification of priority livestock indicators...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 86599 Document Date: August 9, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Morgan,Nancy Ruth,Bocoum,Ibrahima Gouro
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China - Liaoning Medium Cities Infrastructure Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 19 of 20) : Environmental impact assessment for Liaoyang (Chinese)
The overall development objective of the Liaoning Medium Cities Urban Infrastructure Project (LMC) for China is to contribute to the economic revitalization of medium-sized cities in Liaoning through the...
Document Type: Environmental Assessment Report No.: E1323 Document Date: August 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Liaoning Academy of Environmental Sciences
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China - Liaoning Medium Cities Infrastructure Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 20 of 20) : Environment management plan for Liaoyang (Chinese)
The overall development objective of the Liaoning Medium Cities Urban Infrastructure Project (LMC) for China is to contribute to the economic revitalization of medium-sized cities in Liaoning through the...
Document Type: Environmental Assessment Report No.: E1323 Document Date: August 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Liaoning Academy of Environmental Sciences
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China - Guiyang-Guangzhou Railway Project : resettlement plan (Vol. 3 of 3) : Supplementary report for resettlement action plan (Chinese)
The objective of the Guiyang-Guangzhou Railway Project for China is to provide a resettlement rehabilitation plan for people affected by the project, to ensure their losses are compensated, and to improve...
Document Type: Resettlement Plan Report No.: RP735 Document Date: May 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (Appraisal Stage) - China: Gansu Qingyang Urban Infrastructure Improvement Project - P123133 (English)
Document Type: Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet Document Date: December 12, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ji You
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China - Liaoning Medium Cities Infrastructure Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 15 of 20) : Environmental management plan for cities of Fushun and Liaoyang (Chinese)
The overall development objective of the Liaoning Medium Cities Urban Infrastructure Project (LMC) for China is to contribute to the economic revitalization of medium-sized cities in Liaoning through the...
Document Type: Environmental Assessment Report No.: E1323 Document Date: September 2, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Liaoning Academy of Environmental Sciences