The rehabilitation of irrigation systems
in Kandahar Province has led to an increase in agricultural
productivity and a significant rise in farmers’
incomes....
Type: BriefReport#: 179048Date: May 3, 2016Author:
World Bank
Tanzania has registered impressive
progress in its education sector over the past decade or so.
Completion rates in primary increased from 55 percent in
2000 to 80 percent...
Global interest around humanitarian and
social protection issues is remarkable. These feature
prominently in some of today’s most complex development
challenges, whether...
Type: BriefReport#: 105769Date: May 1, 2016Author:
Gentilini,Ugo
The public-private infrastructure
advisory facility (PPIAF) supported a prefeasibility study
to explore potential private sector participation options
for the supply...
According to World Bank estimates from
household surveys, the share of people in Africa living on
less than $1.90 a day fell from 56 percent in 1990 to 43
percent in...
Type: BriefReport#: 105630Date: May 1, 2016Author:
Beegle,Kathleen G. ;
Christiaensen,Luc ;
Dabalen,Andrew L. ;
Gaddis,Isis
New business opportunities are being
created for micro entrepreneurs by digital financial
services (DFS) and agent banking in Sub-Saharan Africa. The
agents who deliver...
Type: BriefReport#: 128215Date: May 1, 2016Author:
Harten,Sven ;
Rusu,Anca Bogdana
Tanzania has made some phenomenal gains
in recent years. For example, the infant mortality rate has
fallen by an average 3.2 percent per year, the fastest rate
of decline...
Poverty reduction is not just a matter
of improving incomes. Other dimensions that people value,
and that cannot be measured by looking at income, include
the ability...
Type: BriefReport#: 105631Date: May 1, 2016Author:
Beegle,Kathleen G. ;
Christiaensen,Luc ;
Dabalen,Andrew L. ;
Gaddis,Isis
Georgia is upgrading its principal
highway, running for more than 350 kilometers between the
Black Sea on its western border and Azerbaijan in the east,
at a cost of...
Type: BriefReport#: 107702Date: May 1, 2016Author:
Monsalve,Carolina
Fragile and conflict-affected states
(FCS) face specific socioeconomic and political challenges
that hinder their ability to improve infrastructure anddrive
economic...
The Government of Niger (GoN) awarded
Cotecna Inspection Services S.A. of Switzerland (COINS) a
concession to develop import verification and trade
facilitation services....
In 2007, the World Bank committed to
provide financing to support the modernization of the water
sector in Honduras and promote decentralization of water
services, through...
Of the 10 most unequal countries in the
world today, 7 are in Africa. Excluding these countries
(five of which have populations of less than 5 million and
most of which...
Type: BriefReport#: 105632Date: May 1, 2016Author:
Beegle,Kathleen G. ;
Christiaense, Luc ;
Dabalen,Andrew L. ;
Gaddis,Isis
The Port of Callao is the third largest
port in South America, the largest port on the west coast of
South America, and the largest port in Peru. Peru’s Port of
Callao...
In Benin, rural water systems had
historically been operated by local communities, with
varying degrees of success. In 2006, the Government of Benin
(GoB) began to transfer...
The World Bank Group in partnership with
the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, established the
Health in Africa (HIA) Initiative in 2008. Its mission is to
catalyze...
Type: BriefReport#: 108032Date: May 1, 2016Author:
Seddoh,Anthony Theophilus ;
Islam,Syed Estem Dadul ;
Olayo,Bernard O. ;
Rogo,Khama Odera
In 2006, the Government of Jordan
awarded a 25 year build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract to
Samra wastewater treatment plant company (WWTP). It is the
first BOT and...
In this note, we summarize three energy
sector models used in Lebanon, Kosovo and the Comoros, three
countries that had significant energy-sector challenges and
limited...
The choices developing countries make
today in building and expanding transport networks will
irreversibly shape development for the next century. That is
why urgent...
Type: BriefReport#: 107704Date: May 1, 2016Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Mook Bangalore
This series of policy briefs focuses on
four key areas for action (or pillars): pillar one. Keeping
girls in school; pillar two. Equipping out-of-school girls
with...
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