Documentos e Relatórios
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Lessons for Electric Utilities from COVID-19 Responses in Emerging Markets (Inglês)
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the resulting economic shutdown have severely depressed electricity demand across the globe, with acute consequences for the revenues and financial health of utilities...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 154594 Data do documento: 1 de setembro de 2020 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Apfalter,Stefan,Hommes,Martin,Torres Pereira Mendes,Joaquim Miguel,Toba,Natsuko
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Gender Dimensions of Education Access and Achievement in Sri Lanka (Inglês)
Sri Lanka is a lower-middle income country with an impressive record of achievementsin economic and human development. Despite 26 years of conflict, Sri Lanka, an island countrywith a population of 20.6...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 130655 Data do documento: 1 de agosto de 2018 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Aturupane,Harsha,Shojo,Mari,Ebenezer,Roshini Mary
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CPI bias and its implications for poverty reduction in Africa (Inglês)
International poverty estimates for countries in Africa commonly rely on national consumer price indexes (CPI) to adjust trends in nominal consumption over time for changes in the cost of living. However...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 125634 Data do documento: 1 de dezembro de 2016 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Dabalen,Andrew L.,Gaddis,Isis,Nguyen,Nga Thi Viet
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Making recourse work for base-of-the-pyramid financial consumers : Les recours : comment en faire beneficier les consommateurs de produits financiers au bas de la pyramide (Francês)
This case demonstrates some of the challenges base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) consumers face with the products and providers they use, and how access to effective non-judicial recourse options can help bridge...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 88167 Data do documento: 1 de dezembro de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Chapman,Megan Swann,Mazer,Rafael Keenan
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Making recourse work for base-of-the-pyramid financial consumers : Sistemas de recurso eficaces para los consumidores de servicios financieros de la base de la piramide (Espanhol)
This case demonstrates some of the challenges base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) consumers face with the products and providers they use, and how access to effective non-judicial recourse options can help bridge...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 88167 Data do documento: 1 de dezembro de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Chapman,Megan Swann,Mazer,Rafael Keenan
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Making recourse work for base-of-the-pyramid financial consumers : Les recours : comment en faire bénéficier les consommateurs de produits financiers au bas de la pyramide (Inglês)
This case demonstrates some of the challenges base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) consumers face with the products and providers they use, and how access to effective non-judicial recourse options can help bridge...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 88167 Data do documento: 1 de dezembro de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Chapman,Megan Swann,Mazer,Rafael Keenan
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Another price of the job creation puzzle : developing the MSME sector in Egypt (Inglês)
The Egyptian revolution resulted in key challenges but also opportunities. It has highlighted the need for more jobs, a level playing field, good governance (transparency and accountability), as well as...
No. do relatório: 76532 Data do documento: 1 de abril de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Ahmed,Laila Ashraf Abdelkader,Nasr,Sahar Ahmed
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Another piece of the job creation puzzle : developing the MSME sector in Egypt (Inglês)
The Egyptian revolution resulted in key challenges but also opportunities. It has highlighted the need for more jobs, a level playing field, good governance (transparency and accountability), as well as...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 80244 Data do documento: 1 de abril de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Nasr,Sahar Ahmed,Abd, Yara El
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South-South cooperation : how Mongolia learned from Chile on managing a mineral-rich economy (Inglês)
Mongolia's mineral-rich economy was hit extremely hard by the global downturn during 2008-9, when copper prices plunged, external demand fell, and growth collapsed. The shock exposed serious underlying...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 72946 Data do documento: 1 de setembro de 2012 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Van Den Brink,Rogier J. E.,Sayed,Arshad M.,Barnett, Steve,Aninat,Eduardo U.,Parrado,Eric C.,Hasnain,Zahid,Shaukat Khan,Tehmina
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Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors resolution ; no. 90 : membership of South Sudan (Inglês)
On December 5, 2011, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors adopted resolution number ninety. It was resolved that South Sudan shall be admitted to membership and shall...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Relatório da Diretoria Executiva No. do relatório: 82463 Data do documento: 5 de dezembro de 2011 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed
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Guidelines on vehicle overload control in Eastern and Southern Africa : Directives sur le controle de la surcharge des vehicules en Afrique orientale et australe (Francês)
Heavy goods vehicle overloading is a serious problem across much of Sub-Saharan Africa. Such overloading not only significantly accelerates the rate of deterioration of road pavements but, when coupled...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 66935 Data do documento: 1 de março de 2010 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Pinard, Michael lan
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Guidelines on vehicle overload control in Eastern and Southern Africa (Inglês)
Heavy goods vehicle overloading is a serious problem across much of Sub-Saharan Africa. Such overloading not only significantly accelerates the rate of deterioration of road pavements but, when coupled...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 66935 Data do documento: 1 de março de 2010 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Pinard, Michael lan
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Agricultural distortion patterns since the 1950s : what needs explaining? (Inglês)
This paper summarizes a new database that sheds light on the impact of trade-related policy developments over the past half century on distortions to agricultural incentives and thus also to consumer prices...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 55950 Data do documento: 1 de maio de 2009 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Anderson,Kym,Croser,Johanna Louise,Sandri,Damiano,Valenzuela,Ernesto
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Energy policies and multitopic household surveys : guidelines for questionnaire design in living standards measurement studies (Inglês)
Analysis using data on household energy use from Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) surveys can help policymakers to identify which households are affected by energy poverty and then design policies...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Estudo sobre energia No. do relatório: 38061 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2007 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: O'Sullivan,Kyran,Barnes,Douglas French
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Institutional reform of agricultural research and extension in Latin America and the Caribbean (Inglês)
After a period of strong support in the 1960s and 1970s, public funding for research and extension activities in LAC began to wane in the 1980s and 1990s. The strained economic context for many countries...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 37047 Data do documento: 1 de maio de 2006 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Roseboom,Johannes,Mcmahon,Matthew A.,Ekanayake,Indira Janaki,John-Abraham,Indu
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Institutional reform of agricultural research and extension in Latin America and the Caribbean : Reforma institucional de la investigacion y extension agricola en America Latina y el Caribe (Espanhol)
After a period of strong support in the 1960s and 1970s, public funding for research and extension activities in LAC began to wane in the 1980s and 1990s. The strained economic context for many countries...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 37047 Data do documento: 1 de maio de 2006 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Roseboom,Johannes,Mcmahon,Matthew A.,Ekanayake,Indira Janaki,John-Abraham,Indu
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Indigenous knowledge (IK) notes survey (Inglês)
The present edition of IK Notes asks the reader to provide feedback, and assess the contribution the publication has made to their related work. The intention is to learn about perceptions of IK Notes...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 36060 Data do documento: 1 de março de 2006 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Rueger,Claudia
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Indigenous knowledge (IK) notes survey : Enquete sur les connaissances autochtones (Francês)
The present edition of IK Notes asks the reader to provide feedback, and assess the contribution the publication has made to their related work. The intention is to learn about perceptions of IK Notes...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 36060 Data do documento: 1 de março de 2006 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Rueger,Claudia
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Stimulating the picohydropower market for low-income households in Ecuador (Inglês)
The main aim of this World Bank-ESMAP project has been to pave the way for picohydro to become accessible to low-income households in Ecuador, with the view to replicating the process in the Andean region...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento do Programa de Assistência à Gestão do Setor de Energia (ESMAP) No. do relatório: 35993 Data do documento: 1 de dezembro de 2005 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: FUENTES, MANUEL A.,Green, John,Rai,Kavita,Taylor, Simon
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Kenya - export prospects and problems (Inglês)
This report examines reasons why Kenya and other African trade did not provide the engine of growth that it did elsewhere. During the last quarter century many Sub-Saharan African countries non-oil exports...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 34993 Data do documento: 1 de outubro de 2005 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Ng,Francis K. T.,Yeats,Alexander James