In the early 1950s, representatives of
Toyota Company visited the plants of their rival Ford and
were surprised to find that staff there worked significantly
faster...
Type: BriefReport#: 192921Date: December 31, 2016Author:
World Bank
During calendar year 2016
IFC’s corporate governance program has continued
to deliver on its mandate to improve the governance
practices of firms in key emerging...
Type: BriefReport#: 178248Date: December 31, 2016Author:
World Bank
The report presents training title;
type; and objectives for general corporate governance; board
and related-functions; control environment; family business
governance;...
Type: BriefReport#: 179477Date: December 31, 2016Author:
Zupcevic Buzadzic,Merima ;
Tryputen, Sergii P. ;
Nejkov,Kiril
Governance of fisheries and aquaculture
has been weak around the world, and this has resulted in an
excess of capacity in the fishing industry, overfishing‚ and
a vast...
The government flagship program on rural
development has made a sustainable impact on the lives of
residents in a village in central Afghanistan. The National
Solidarity...
Type: BriefReport#: 178971Date: December 27, 2016Author:
World Bank
Infrastructural improvements in a Kabul
city neighborhood have resulted not only in a clean
environment but also a strong sense of civic pride. The
neighborhood’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 179357Date: December 21, 2016Author:
World Bank
The transition to cloud computing
broadly means shifting programs and data from personal or
office hardware to shared hardware that many individuals and
organizations...
India is the fastest growing major
economy in the world. But as a share of its gross domestic
product (GDP), its logistics costs for moving freight are as
high as 14...
The development of sustainable
index-insurance markets requires enabling legal and
regulatory environments. In addition to this regional
regulatory change, the global...
Type: BriefReport#: 113735Date: December 17, 2016Author:
Assah,Fatou C. ;
Sberro-Kessler, Rachel
Slovenia’s performance in science,
reading, and math remains above the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average.
Slovenia has fewer than...
Croatian student’s performance declined
substantially in science, though it improved in reading.
There is a wide gap between the top and bottom income groups
in science...
According to the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in Kazakhstan
the national coders were found to be lenient in marking.
Since human coded...
Scores in mathematics and reading remain
consistent when compared with the 2012 results, but a
decline is observed in science performance of about 21
points from 2012...
Moldova placed second among the five low
middle income countries that participated in Program for
International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015. Moldova’s
performance...
PISA is the OECD’s benchmarking tool to
assess achievement and application of key knowledge and
skills of 15 year-olds. Launched in 2000, PISA is conducted
every three...
Vietnam ranks among the top 10 countries
participating in program for international student
assessment (PISA) this year. Vietnam’s performance continues
to be significantly...
PISA is the OECD’s benchmarking tool to
assess achievement and application of key knowledge and
skills of 15 year-olds. PISA tests proficiency in
mathematics, reading,...
Korea’s scores in Science, Reading and
Mathematics have declined significantly since the last
round. The performance of students in each subject continues
to exceed...
PISA is the OECD's benchmarking
tool to assess achievement and application of key knowledge
and skills of 15 year-olds. Launched in 2000, PISA is
conducted every three...
Russia’s performance in Program for
International Student Assessment (PISA) has improved since
2006, particularly in reading but also in mathematics.
Russia also increased...
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