Children are transforming their lives
through music at the Afghanistan National Institute of
Music, where half the students come from impoverished
backgrounds. The institute,...
Type: BriefReport#: 179131Date: June 14, 2016Author:
World Bank
Experts from the World Bank’s
Innovation Lab visited Argentina to demonstrate the
potential of drones in forest management. This activity was
implemented in the...
Type: BriefReport#: 179584Date: June 14, 2016Author:
World Bank
This story highlights the African law
students are changing the way we access data by leading
efforts to disseminate Africa’s mining legal frameworks
through the African...
Extractive companies generate revenue
through payment of taxes and royalties to government, but
sometimes the results of these contributions are not seen or
felt by...
Type: BriefReport#: 185353Date: June 6, 2016Author:
World Bank
Over the last decade, the Government of
the Philippines has embarked on an ambitious education
reform program to ensure that all Filipinos have the
opportunity to obtain...
The overall purpose was to identify how
reconstruction of infrastructure and provision ofessential
services could be more effective,especially in countries,
such as...
Type: BriefReport#: 108683Date: June 1, 2016Author:
Tayler,Yolanda
Globally, around 1.1 billion people live
without access to electricity. Ensuring universal access to
affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy by 2030
is one...
Over the last decade, research from many
different countries has demonstrated the important role
played by teachers in improving students' learning and
increasing their...
Vietnam has achieved impressive results
in increasing sanitation coverage. In 1990, only 31 percent
of rural households had access to improved sanitation. By
2015, this...
Type: BriefReport#: 108375Date: June 1, 2016Author:
Nguyen,Nga Kim ;
Nguyen,Hang Diem ;
Gerwel-Jensen, Lene ;
Nguyen,Minh Thi Hien ;
Nam, Doung Chi
In October 2014, the Water and
Sanitation Program (WSP) initiated a study to document its
engagement in the rural sanitation sector in India between
2002 and 2013. The...
The purpose of this policy note is to
assess the current status of school-based management in
elementary and high schools in the Philippines. The findings
reported in...
Providing schools with direct funding to
meet their operational needs is the cornerstone of the
government's efforts to strengthen school-based
management in the Philippines....
The World Bank Group’s Systems Approach
for Better Education Results (SABER) initiative produces
data on education system policies and institutions, analyzes
and evaluates...
In 2008, when GPOBA was preparing the
solar PV systems project for the rural poor in Ghana, the
country had a relatively high electricity grid access rate
for Sub-Saharan...
As interest grows in results-based
financing (RBF), the need for reliable verification systems
intensifies. Independent verification is a key component of
OBA, which...
This brief talks about achieving
sustainable financing for urban transport in developing
countries. The state of urban travel in many developing
countries is grim....
Type: BriefReport#: 106752Date: June 1, 2016Author:
Ardila Gomez,Arturo ;
Ortegon Sanchez,Adriana Del Pilar
Nepal has emerged from two decades of
significant social, political and economic disruption. In
2016, the electricity sector was in a state of crisis,
losing money and...
This activity snapshop brief summarizes
facilitating dialogue on index insurance between the public
and private sector is to discuss best practices and share
their knowledge...
Many developing countries have devolved
the responsibility for education services to local
governments in an effort to improve educational quality and
make public spending...
Over the last decade, research from many
different countries has demonstrated the important role
played by teachers in increasing students’ learning and
improving their...
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