Documentos e Relatórios
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Natural disaster damage indices based on remotely sensed data : an application to Indonesia (Inglês)
Combining nightlight data as a proxy for economic activity with remote sensing data typically used for natural hazard modeling, this paper constructs novel damage indices at the district level for Indonesia...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 125567 Data do documento: 1 de setembro de 2017 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Strobl,Eric,Skouas, Emmanuel,Tveit,Thomas Breivik
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Arab development symposium second : invigorating SMEs in the Arab World (Inglês)
In March 2010, the Arab fund for economic and social development and the World Bank (Middle East and North Africa region) agreed to hold joint high-level development seminars around issues pertaining to...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 90146 Data do documento: 1 de março de 2014 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Limam, Imed,Rouis,Mustapha
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Changing for the better : the path to upper-middle-income status in Uzbekistan (Inglês)
As a low-middle-income country with a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of US$1,715 and a population of 30 million (nearly half of all of the Central Asian population), Uzbekistan has seen stable...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 78250 Data do documento: 1 de junho de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Carneiro,Francisco Galrao,Trushin,Eskender
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Commodity markets review (December 2011) (Inglês)
Non-energy commodity prices fell by 3.3 percent in November a fourth straight monthly decrease on continued concerns about global demand, and in part due to dollar appreciation (up 1.3 percent against...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 66772 Data do documento: 9 de dezembro de 2011 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed
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Climate policy processes, local institutions, and adaptation actions : mechanisms of translation and influence (Inglês)
This paper focuses on the experience of the national level adaptation planning efforts and the lessons that can be derived for more effective adaptation from an examination of local governance of development...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 51414 Data do documento: 1 de junho de 2009 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Agrawal,Arun,Perrin,Nicolas,Chhatre,Ashwini,Wahlen,Catherine Benson,Kononen,Minna Maria
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Mainstreaming environment and climate change in the implementation of poverty reduction strategies (Inglês)
Poverty reduction strategies (PRSs) provide a central framework for macroeconomic, structural, and social policies in developing countries. Because of the numerous and complex links between environment...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 50082 Data do documento: 1 de junho de 2009 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Griebenow, Gonzalo, Kishore, Sunanda
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Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (Inglês)
Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) is a process that contributes to security and stability by disarming combatants, removing them from military structures, and socially and economically...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 51415 Data do documento: 1 de fevereiro de 2009 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Nezam,Taies,Marc,Alexandre
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Tax compliance costs for small business in South Africa, web-survey of tax practitioners : provincial data analysis (Inglês)
At the request of the National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS), the Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS, a multi-donor facility of the World Bank Group) provided assistance...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 51708 Data do documento: 1 de dezembro de 2008 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Coolidge,Jacqueline,Ilic,Domagoj,Kisunko,Gregory
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Global food price crisis : trade policy origins (Inglês)
The current spike in global food prices has deep roots in decades of trade distorting policies that have encouraged inefficient agricultural production in rich countries and discouraged efficient production...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 44898 Data do documento: 1 de junho de 2008 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe
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Brazil : the role of the tobacco control program in curbing smoking : Brasil : o papel do programa nacional de controle do tabagismo em seu esforco para controlar o tabagismo (Português)
Available evidence indicates that there was a significant decline in smoking in Brazil between 1989 and 2006. About two decades ago, the government launched a tobacco control program, with a marked acceleration...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 44689 Data do documento: 1 de março de 2008 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Iglesias,Roberto Magno,Jha,Prabhat K.,Pinto,Marcia,Cilia De Mira Godinho,Maria Joana,Costa e Silva, Vera Luiza da
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Brazil : the role of the tobacco control program in curbing smoking (Inglês)
Available evidence indicates that there was a significant decline in smoking in Brazil between 1989 and 2006. About two decades ago, the government launched a tobacco control program, with a marked acceleration...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 44689 Data do documento: 1 de março de 2008 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Iglesias,Roberto Magno,Jha,Prabhat K.,Pinto,Marcia,Cilia De Mira Godinho,Maria Joana,Costa e Silva, Vera Luiza da
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Communication-Based assessment for Bank operations (Inglês)
The World Bank and other development organizations work closely with governments to improve the living conditions of people in developing countries, expanding their development visions and helping them...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Publicação No. do relatório: 40561 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2007 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Chaman-Ruiz, Karla,Mitchell, Paul
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Senegal - Urban development and decentralization program : Senegal - Programme urbain de developpement et de decentralisation (PUDD) (Francês)
The Senegal - Urban Development and Decentralization Program provided a credit of $75 million and was implemented over the years 1998-2004. It had 4 development objectives: (i) improve the financial and...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 35531 Data do documento: 1 de dezembro de 2005 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Farvacque-Vitkovic,Catherine D.
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Senegal - Urban development and decentralization program (Inglês)
The Senegal - Urban Development and Decentralization Program provided a credit of $75 million and was implemented over the years 1998-2004. It had 4 development objectives: (i) improve the financial and...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 35531 Data do documento: 1 de dezembro de 2005 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Farvacque-Vitkovic,Catherine D.
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Ethnic networks and access to credit : evidence from the manufacturing sector in Kenya (Inglês)
It is often anecdotally observed that networks can facilitate exchange, but there are few empirical studies that explore the significance of such networks. In this paper the authors analyze the impact...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 56883 Data do documento: 1 de dezembro de 2001 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Biggs,Tyler S.,Raturi,Mayank,Srivastava,Pradeep
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Gender issues in Ethiopia : implementing the national policy on women : Questions liees aux inegalites de sexes en Ethiopie : mise en oeuvre de la politique nationale de promotion feminine (Francês)
The National Policy on Women (Women's Policy) formulated in 1993, aimed to create appropriate structures within government offices and institutions to establish equitable and gender-sensitive public policies...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 57143 Data do documento: 1 de julho de 1999 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed
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Gender issues in Ethiopia : implementing the national policy on women (Inglês)
The National Policy on Women (Women's Policy) formulated in 1993, aimed to create appropriate structures within government offices and institutions to establish equitable and gender-sensitive public policies...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 57143 Data do documento: 1 de setembro de 1998 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed
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Power project finance : experience in developing countries (Inglês)
This study analyzes the 1994-96 private power market to assess trends in market competition, financing structures and sources, and risk allocation. This analysis will provide insights to help governments...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 18901 Data do documento: 31 de janeiro de 1998 Autor: Babbar,Suman,Schuster,John
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Telecommunications is dead, long live networking : the effect of the information revolution on the telecom industry (Inglês)
The author looks at how the drivers of the information revolution are transforming the structure of the telecommunications industry. The end of natural monopoly, the breakdown of the old pricing mechanisms...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Ponto de vista No. do relatório: 17126 Data do documento: 31 de julho de 1997 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Bond,James P.
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From foodline to lifeline : rural roads in Morocco (Inglês)
This Precis entitled, From foodline to lifeline : rural roads in Morocco, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Impact evaluation report, Morocco : Socioeconomic impact of...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 28687 Data do documento: 1 de junho de 1996 Autor: Gentile,Angela M.