Documentos e Relatórios
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Drivers of Public Debt in East Asia and Pacific Economies (Inglês)
Public debt in developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP) economies has increased markedly since the recession in 2020 induced by COVID-19 pandemic. This brief uses standard debt dynamic accounting decomposition...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 178622 Data do documento: 16 de dezembro de 2022 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Islamaj,Ergys,Samano Penaloza,Agustin
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Three Interventions to Reduce Irregular Migration and Promote Alternatives : An Experiment in The Gambia (Inglês)
Irregular migration from Africa to Europe attracts substantial policy attention. Although international migration can enable people from developing countries to dramatically increase their incomes, the...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 175680 Data do documento: 5 de setembro de 2022 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Bah,Tijan L,Batista,Catia,Gubert,Flore,Mckenzie,David J.
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How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World? : How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World? (Inglês)
This paper investigates the impacts of the economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the employment of different types of workers in developing countries. Employment outcomes are taken from a set...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 161310 Data do documento: 1 de julho de 2021 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Kugler,Lisbet,Maurice,Viollaz,Mariana,Mariana,Duque,Daniel,Gaddis,Isis,Newhouse,David Locke,Palacios-Lopez,Amparo,Weber,Michael
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Blended Concessional Finance : Scaling Up Private Investment in Lower-Income Countries (Inglês)
Blending funds from private investors with concessional funds from donors and philanthropic sourceshas a strong potential to scale up investment in lower-income countries and thereby acceleratedevelopment...
No. do relatório: 133880 Data do documento: 5 de novembro de 2018 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Sierra-Escalante,Kruskaia,Karlin,Arthur S.,Lauridsen,Morten Lykke
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Drought and retribution : evidence from a large-scale rainfall-indexed insurance program in Mexico (Inglês)
Although weather shocks are a major source of income fluctuation, most of the world's poor lack insurance coverage against them. Absence of formal insurance contributes to poverty traps, as investment...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 125501 Data do documento: 1 de fevereiro de 2016 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Fuchs,Alan,Wolff,Hendrik
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First Funding for Ghana – Volta River Hydroelectric Project, 1962 (Inglês)
Ghana signed IBRD Articles of Agreement on September 20, 1957 and became the 64th member of the Bank. The Bank approved the first finding for Ghana on February 8, 1962 for Volta River Hydroelectric Project...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho No. do relatório: 104696 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2016 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed
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Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of policy-based guarantee : supporting the development agenda and strengthening access to capital markets (Inglês)
The ongoing global economic turmoil is seriously impeding client countries’ access to capital markets, with relatively little regard for the fundamentals of the countries involved. Growing risk aversion...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 76214 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Najdov,Evgenij
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Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of policy-based guarantee : supporting the development agenda and strengthening access to capital markets (Russo)
The ongoing global economic turmoil is seriously impeding client countries’ access to capital markets, with relatively little regard for the fundamentals of the countries involved. Growing risk aversion...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 76214 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Najdov,Evgenij
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Productivity and climate benefits of improved land management technologies (Inglês)
Ensuring food security under changing climate conditions is one of the major challenges of our era. Agriculture must not only become increasingly productive, but must also adapt to climate change while...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 68002 Data do documento: 1 de março de 2012 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Larson,Gunnar,Braimoh,Ademola
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Opening doors : gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa (Inglês)
Many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are undergoing a profound transformation. From Morocco to Yemen, popular movements have called for reforms to make government more inclusive...
No. do relatório: 67741 Data do documento: 1 de março de 2012 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Vishwanath,Tara
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Mobile phone and employment (Inglês)
Mainly three functions of the mobile phone are utilized in developing countries: (i) voice, (ii) SMS, and (iii) mobile application. Through combining these functions, mobile phones have been used to collect...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 79788 Data do documento: 1 de dezembro de 2011 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Imaizumi,Saori
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For fifth consecutive year India drove private activity in infrastructure in South Asia to a new peak in 2010 (Inglês)
In 2010, 102 infrastructure projects with private participation reached financial or contractual closing in 4 low- and middle-income countries in South Asia, involving investment commitments of US$47 billion...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 66331 Data do documento: 1 de agosto de 2011 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed
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How complementary are prudential regulation and monetary policy? (Inglês)
Could either monetary policy or financial prudential regulation be relied on individually to mitigate asset price cycles or their effects? If both ways are effective, monetary policy and prudential regulation...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 62592 Data do documento: 1 de junho de 2011 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Canuto,Otaviano
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Consumer protection regulation in low-access environments : opportunities to promote responsible finance (Árabe)
This focus note describes current practices and assesses options for design and implementation of basic consumer protection rules, focusing on low-access environments. It includes the following: 1) a package...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 56626 Data do documento: 1 de fevereiro de 2010 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Newbury,Laura Brix,Mckee,Katharine
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Consumer protection regulation in low-access environments : opportunities to promote responsible finance : Reglementation de la protection des consommateurs dans les environnements a faible acces : opportunites de promotion de la finance responsible (Francês)
This focus note describes current practices and assesses options for design and implementation of basic consumer protection rules, focusing on low-access environments. It includes the following: 1) a package...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 56626 Data do documento: 1 de fevereiro de 2010 Autor: Newbury,Laura Brix,Mckee,Katharine
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Consumer protection regulation in low-access environments : opportunities to promote responsible finance : Reglamentacion para la proteccion del consumidor en entornos de bajo nivel de acceso : oportunidades para fomentar el financiamiento responsible (Espanhol)
This focus note describes current practices and assesses options for design and implementation of basic consumer protection rules, focusing on low-access environments. It includes the following: 1) a package...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 56626 Data do documento: 1 de fevereiro de 2010 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Newbury,Laura Brix,Mckee,Katharine
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Consumer protection regulation in low-access environments : opportunities to promote responsible finance (Russo)
This focus note describes current practices and assesses options for design and implementation of basic consumer protection rules, focusing on low-access environments. It includes the following: 1) a package...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 56626 Data do documento: 1 de fevereiro de 2010 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Newbury,Laura Brix,Mckee,Katharine
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Consumer protection regulation in low-access environments : opportunities to promote responsible finance (Inglês)
This focus note describes current practices and assesses options for design and implementation of basic consumer protection rules, focusing on low-access environments. It includes the following: 1) a package...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 56626 Data do documento: 1 de fevereiro de 2010 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Newbury,Laura Brix,Mckee,Katharine
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Climate change and economic growth (Inglês)
Grim descriptions of the long-term consequences of climate change have given the impression that the climate impacts from greenhouse gases threaten long-term economic growth. However, the impact of climate...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 57759 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2009 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Mendelsohn,Robert
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Health system innovations in Central America: lessons and impact of new approaches : Innovaciones en el sistema de salud de America Central: lecciones e impactos de nuevos enfoques (Espanhol)
Health Systems Innovations in Central America reports on how these experiences fared -- a hospital in Panama, a nutrition program in Honduras, primary care extension in Guatemala, a subset of hospitals...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Publicação No. do relatório: 33004 Data do documento: 1 de maio de 2005 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: La Forgia, Gerard M. [editor]