This report seeks to understand the
factors behind the new normal to discern the evolution of
world oil prices in the future, and their implications for
the economies...
Type: BriefReport#: 107179Date: July 1, 2016Author:
Mottaghi,Lili
The Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) was
launched in 2008 as a global alliance of governments,
international organizations, civil society, the conservation
and scientific...
In response to convincing evidence on
the benefits of supporting young children's cognitive
and emotional development, investment in early childhood
programming is increasing....
Type: BriefReport#: 169587Date: June 30, 2016Author:
World Bank
This story highlights the India’s plan
to ramp up solar power generation to 100 GW by 2022 is among
the largest in the world. It will help bring sustainable,
clean,...
Carbon pricing spurs diversification,
innovation and investment. Putting a price on carbon
pollution is seen as one of the most powerful and efficient
strategies governments...
Decisions during youth have great
long-term impacts on human development, which is key to
poverty alleviation and economic development. During
adolescence, two of the...
Type: BriefReport#: 106485Date: June 27, 2016Author:
Hasan,Rifat Afifa ;
Moucheraud,Corrina
Skills development offers a range of
benefits to out-of-school adolescent girls and alleviates a
key obstacle to youth employment in developing countries.
But do increased...
Type: BriefReport#: 106483Date: June 27, 2016Author:
Chakravarty,Shubha ;
Haddock,Sarah Elizabeth ;
Botea,Ioana Alexandra
Early Childhood Development (ECD) is a
holistic concept that refers to the physical, cognitive,
socio-emotional, and linguistic development of young
children until the...
Type: BriefReport#: 106487Date: June 27, 2016Author:
Naudeau,Sophie ;
Hasan,Rifat Afifa
Teenage pregnancies have potential
negative consequences on the next generation. Children born
to adolescent mothers are particularly at risk in terms of
health, nutrition,...
Decisions during youth have great
long-term impacts on human development, which is key to
poverty alleviation and economic development. During
adolescence, two of the...
Crowdfunding is a technology-enabled
approach to raising funding online from multiple individuals
to finance a projector business venture. An entrepreneur
launches a...
Type: BriefReport#: 107745Date: June 27, 2016Author:
Zheng,Xue ;
Raymond,Samuel ;
Ehst,Michael ;
Caldwell,Lauren Anne ;
Vesco,Nicola ;
Lee,Heejin
The Kenya Climate Innovation Center
(KCIC), launched inNairobi in September 2012, was the first
Climate InnovationCenter (CIC) to be established by the
World Bank Group’s...
Adolescence is a time of transitions
that foster both challenges and opportunities. Indeed,
choices made during adolescence not only have immediate
consequences but...
Promoting relevant technical and life
skills is one option to empower adolescent girls by
increasing their capacity to generate income and therefore
by enhancing their...
Type: BriefReport#: 106482Date: June 24, 2016Author:
Khan,Ayesha ;
Mupuwaliywa,Mupuwaliywa
This brief is a statement on the report
titled Land Administration and Management in Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia, which was completed and publicly released in
February 2015....
Type: BriefReport#: 178715Date: June 24, 2016Author:
World Bank
The World Bank-financed Higher Education
Quality Enhancement Program (HEQEP), implemented by the
University Grants Commission and the Ministry of Education
and the World...
Type: BriefReport#: 179402Date: June 24, 2016Author:
World Bank
International evidence indicates that
keeping girls in school positively impacts their life
trajectory and benefits the well-being of the next
generation. Malawi has...
Type: BriefReport#: 106480Date: June 24, 2016Author:
Mcconnell,Christin ;
Mupuwaliywa,Mupuwaliywa
Gender gaps in education have closed in
almost all countries, especially at the primary level. In
fact, these gaps have reversed in many countries in
secondary education,...
Type: BriefReport#: 106481Date: June 24, 2016Author:
Özler,Berk
Adolescence is a time of transitions
that foster both challenges and opportunities. Indeed,
choices made during adolescence not only have immediate
consequences but...
30,000 people are enjoying quicker
access to schools, markets, and health care through a
recently paved road connecting their villages to the center
of Kandahar city....
Type: BriefReport#: 179133Date: June 22, 2016Author:
World Bank
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