Documentos e Relatórios

Rural-Urban Migration in Developing Countries : Lessons from the Literature (Inglês)

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...

Internal Migration in Ethiopia : Evidence from a Quantitative and Qualitative Research Study (Inglês)

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...

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. (Espanhol)

Village Water Supply: Economics and Policy in the Developing World, 1976 (Inglês)

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...

China - Hajia Railway Project : resettlement plan (Vol. 2 of 5) : Resettlement action plan for newly-built Harbin-Jiamusi railway (Chinês)

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...

Telecommunications externality on migration : evidence from Chinese Villages (Inglês)

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...

Livestock indicators for effective investments in developing countries : Indicateurs de l'elevage pour des investissements efficaces dans les pays en voie de développement (Francês)

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...

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 (Francês)

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...

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 (Francês)

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...

Core livestock data and indicators : results of a stakeholder survey : Données et indicateurs clés de l'elevage : résultats d'une enquête sur les acteurs (Francês)

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...

Livestock in Zanzibar : what census data says? : Elevage a Zanzibar : qu'indiquent les donnEes du recensement? (Francês)

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...

Myanmar - National Community Driven Development Project : environmental assessment : Environmental and social screening and assessment framework (Birmanês)

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...

Project Information Document (Appraisal Stage) - Mongolia Livestock and Agricultural Marketing Project - P125964 (Inglês)

China - Henan Yellow River Ecological Animal Husbandry Project : procurement plan (Chinês)

Core indicator meeting in Niger : a discussion on priority livestock indicators : Les indicateurs prioritaires dans le secteur de l'elevage : le cas du Niger (Francês)

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...

China - Liaoning Medium Cities Infrastructure Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 19 of 20) : Environmental impact assessment for Liaoyang (Chinês)

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...

China - Liaoning Medium Cities Infrastructure Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 20 of 20) : Environment management plan for Liaoyang (Chinês)

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...

China - Guiyang-Guangzhou Railway Project : resettlement plan (Vol. 3 of 3) : Supplementary report for resettlement action plan (Chinês)

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...

Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (Appraisal Stage) - China: Gansu Qingyang Urban Infrastructure Improvement Project - P123133 (Inglês)

China - Liaoning Medium Cities Infrastructure Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 15 of 20) : Environmental management plan for cities of Fushun and Liaoyang (Chinês)

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...