In this note, a relatively small
investment in research and evidence can yield lasting
impacts onyoung women’s employment and can inform
large-scale policies and programs...
Type: BriefReport#: 115739Date: May 1, 2017Author:
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Coleman,Rachel Dawn
Corporate governance is defined as the
structures and processes by which companies are directed and
controlled. IFC helps firms across different sectors improve
their...
Type: BriefReport#: 178263Date: May 1, 2017Author:
World Bank
Reports on Observance of Standards and
Codes Accounting and Auditing (ROSC A&A) is a part of
the joint World Bank-International Monetary Fund (IMF)
initiative on assisting...
The Energy Sector Management Assistance
Program (ESMAP), through its Energy Subsidy Reform Facility,
provided just-in-time support to the Government of Haiti as
it struggled...
Type: BriefReport#: 120090Date: May 1, 2017Author:
ESMAP
The World Bank Group’s offering on Good
Regulatory Practices is to help developing countries respond
to these new challenges, the World Bank Group (WBG) offers a
Good...
Type: BriefReport#: 117750Date: May 1, 2017Author:
Mahmood,Syed A. ;
Ladegaard,Peter Farup ;
Saltane,Valentina
This Migration and Development Brief
provides an update on worldwide remittance flows and the
global migration crisis. It focuses on two Sustainable
Development Goal...
In 2007 Jordan lacked the financial
resources and experience to embark on a renovation and
expansion of its international airport, a colossal
public-private undertaking....
Type: BriefReport#: 115708Date: April 20, 2017Author:
Shi,Lin ;
Rehermann,Thomas
For agriculture to be sustainable, land
and water must be used efficiently to reduce negative impact
on the environment and ensure resilience to climate change.
The...
Across the globe, women make up a large
part of agricultural labor. But women own fewer assets, and
have less access to inputs and services than men. To further
complicate...
Population growth, changing appetites
and rising food demand are fueling growth in the food and
agriculture sector. The sector is a lifeline where
sixty-five percent...
The global infrastructure connectivity
alliance (GICA) strives to promote cooperation, knowledge
exchange, and meaningful progress in the field of global
inter-connectivity....
Hydrological and meteorological
(hydromet) hazards are responsible for 90 percent of total
disaster losses worldwide. Between 1970 and 2012, that meant
economic losses...
Set up in 2014, the South Asia gender
innovation lab (GIL) develops and uses robust diagnostic
tools to better understand the gender impact of development
activities,...
The principal purpose of the survey was
to inform the mid-term review (MTR) of the Community
Governance and Grievance Management (CG and GM) Project. The
MTR will enable...
The term ‘community Results-Based
Financing’ (cRBF) has been used to qualify a range of
schemes whereby community actors such as community
organizations, community health...
Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced
remarkable gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the last
decade. However, it lacks the highly skilled human capital
needed to take...
Customer centricity is, at its core,
about understanding and meeting the needs of customers. From
a business perspective, this means that generating greater
value for...
Agricultural value chains play an
important role in providing financial services that help to
reduce risk, improve crop yields, manage liquidity, and
transact with markets....
Type: BriefReport#: 119216Date: April 1, 2017Author:
Mattern,Max William ;
Ramirez,Rossana Margarita
Implementation of the ten-year strategy,
that is, the programme décennal de développement du secteur
de l’education (PDDE), formulated by the Government of Niger
at...
Type: BriefReport#: 119482Date: April 1, 2017Author:
Atakhodjayeva,Raihona ;
Rockmore,Christophe
At the start of the project in 2012,
Armenia faced many adverse conditions. The country’s
tax-to-GDP (16.3 percent) and tax productivity were
persistently below regional...
Type: BriefReport#: 129240Date: April 1, 2017Author:
Eckardt,Sebastian
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