India manages its food security by
procuring, storing and distributing grain, mainly wheat and
rice. One of the largest producers of rice is the state of
Odisha. But...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic
update for February 1, 2018 contains economic highlights,
including: statistics Indonesia (BPS) stated that Indonesia
Inflation...
Gender inequalities in access to
economic opportunity, earnings, and productivity persist
across the East Asia and Pacific region, as emphasized in
Toward Gender Equality...
Type: BriefReport#: 123959Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Schmillen,Achim Daniel ;
Weimann Sandig,Nina
The size of government defined as the
share of the public expenditure in GDP measures the
magnitude of resources that are under the control of the
public sector and...
Type: BriefReport#: 151985Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Dessus,Sebastien C. ;
Herderschee,Johannes ;
Kwaramba,Marko ;
Munditi,Nyasha Perseverance
Electricity is the largest component of
household energy expenditures in Serbia. The power sector in
Serbia faced increasing financial difficulty in 2014. High
technical...
Type: BriefReport#: 123444Date: February 1, 2018Author:
ESMAP
This brief draws from the Tanzania WASH
Poverty Diagnostic (TWPD) report (World Bank, forthcoming),
an initiative of the World Bank Water Global Practice (GP),
which...
Type: BriefReport#: 123627Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Joseph,George ;
Haque,Sabrina Sharmin ;
Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi
Between 2008 and 2010, the authors
worked with a leading global consulting company to attempt
to improve management in Indian textile firms. They
conducted a randomized...
Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) are
the highest national authorities responsible for overseeing
and holding governments to account for their use of public
resources....
Type: BriefReport#: 123744Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Pruefer,Marc-Anton Wilhelm ;
Boyce,Daniel J.
Growth in global trade has been slow
since 2012. While global trade downturns are not
unprecedented, the observed change in the relationship of
trade to GDP poses the...
Type: BriefReport#: 123899Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Georgieva,Dorina Peteva ;
Loayza,Norman V. ;
Mendez Ramos,Fabian
As emphasized in Toward Gender Equality
in East Asia and the Pacific: A Companion Report to the
World Development Report (World Bank 2012), gender
inequality in access...
Improving government productivity is one
of themain challenges of economic development.
Althoughconsensus exists around the core policies needed
fordeveloping countries...
Type: BriefReport#: 123691Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Hasnain,Zahid ;
Rogger,Daniel Oliver
The results in education for all
children (REACH) trust fund at the World Bank has funded a
pilot of the classroom assessment scoring system (CLASS) in
Guangdong, China...
Type: BriefReport#: 124435Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Lehe,Jonathan David ;
Al-Samarrai,Samer ;
Lee,Jessica Veronique ;
Mackintosh,Fiona J. ;
Andrew,Coflan ;
Ragatz,Andrew B. ;
Hasan,Amer ;
Pan,Yilin
The Financial Services Authority (OJK)
of Indonesia has introduced regulation number concerning the
Implementation of the corporate governance guideline for
public companies....
Type: BriefReport#: 192088Date: January 31, 2018Author:
World Bank
This story highlights financial
inclusion and financial consumer protection are
complementary: a strong consumer protection regime is key to
achieving financial inclusion...
Despite Bangladesh’s success in reducing
poverty, still many people live below and around the poverty
line. The Government of Bangladesh currently implements
several...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic
update for January 30, 2018 contains economic highlights
including: (i) the government plans to introduce a new
electricity price...
A new study in Nigeria shows that
chronic depression is associated with a lower labor force
participation and reduced investments in children’s
schooling.A new study...
An experiment study in Nigeria showed
that psychological tools, like priming, can have powerful
impacts on survey respondents. In this context, the author
decided to...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic
update for January 16, 2018 contains economic highlights,
including that Indonesia’s motorbike sales in December fell
by 5 percent...
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