Romania’s performance has improved since
2006 in science, reading, and math, with a slight decline in
2012. Students with 2+ years of preschool score the
equivalent...
Georgia’s performance improved
noticeably in science, reading, and math between 2009 and
2015 with the highest gain in science. There is a wide gap
between the top and...
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...
This activity snapshot brief summarizes
the Government of Cameroon, the World Bank and the IFC have
conducted a feasibility study that seeks to improve the
knowledge...
Albania has seen consistent and
substantial improvements in science, reading, and math.
Although the student level data were collected, they cannot
be used to analyze...
Villagers with no previous means of
livelihood are being given an opportunity to earn a living
through loans from local village associations, allowing them
to invest...
Type: BriefReport#: 179350Date: December 7, 2016Author:
World Bank
In Mozambique, agriculture accounts for
approximately 32 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and
involves over 81 percent of the population. Yet, only a
fraction...
Burkina Faso’s economy is heavily
reliant on agricultural production, with close to 80 percent
of the active population employed in the sector. Cotton is
the country’s...
The Moving Up the Ladder blog series
aims to discuss the trends and drivers of living standards
changes in Nepal in the last two decades and identify key
challenges...
Type: BriefReport#: 179130Date: December 5, 2016Author:
World Bank
This brief focuses on one of the most
important infrastructure projects in Ecuador’s
history, the Quito Subway Project. It is expected to create
more than 5,000...
Type: BriefReport#: 179538Date: December 5, 2016Author:
World Bank
This brief highlights findings from
CGAP’s annual cross-border funder survey. The 2016 survey
reports funding commitments from the largest international
funders of financial...
Type: BriefReport#: 119213Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Soursourian,Matthew Jacob Klein ;
Dashi,Edlira ;
Dokle, Eda
This graduation approach focuses on
helping the poorest and most vulnerable households develop
sustainable livelihoods, increase incomes, and move out of
extreme poverty....
Type: BriefReport#: 119209Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Hashemi,Syed Mesbahuddin ;
Montesquiou,Aude de ;
Mckee,Katharine
In 2015, the World Bank and
International Finance Corporation (IFC) conducted a
border-crossing time-release study (TRS) at three points on
the Belarus border. The joint...
The study was nested within a larger
randomized controlled trial with funding from the World
Bank’s South Asia Food and Nutrition Security Initiative
(SAFANSI), measuring...
This knowledge notes based on Egypt’s
Youth who are not in Education, Employment or Training
(NEET) are studied in this note, presenting the first
in-depth analysis...
Type: BriefReport#: 111174Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Dietrich,Paula Tabea Milena ;
Elshawarby,Amr Mohamed Alsayed Abdelraouf ;
Lechtenfeld,Tobias Andreas
In Pakistan, researchers sought to
measure the impact of providing families with information
about their child’s test scores and about the test scores in
the other schools...
Type: BriefReport#: 110997Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Burke,Laura Erin ;
Marcus,Aliza
The international market for green bonds
and securities that raise capital for specific climate or
environmental sustainability purposes has experienced
tremendous growth...
Type: BriefReport#: 110881Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Rosembuj,Flavia ;
Bottio,Sebastiano
This brief contains information about
the Country Mali. PG activities in Mali started in 2010
based on a funding from AECF (Africa Enterprise Challenge
Fund) and ILO(Microinsurance...
This knowledge brief presents the costs
of scaling up key effective nutrition interventions in Kenya
and compares different scale-up scenarios to determine which
one...
Type: BriefReport#: 113242Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Eberwein, Julia Dayton ;
Kakietek,Jakub Jan ;
De Beni,Davide ;
Moloney, Grainne ;
Pereira,Audrey Leslie ;
Akuoku,Jonathan Kweku ;
Volege, Marjorie ;
Matu, Sicily ;
Shekar,Meera
Indonesia’s biodiversity and cultural
diversity are among what make it unique among the nations of
the world. Out of more than one thousand government
identified ethnic...
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