In developing countries, structural
transformation started much later, mostly in the 1900s. The
structural transformation of the agricultural sector has
been characterized...
Type: BriefReport#: 104231Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Divanbeigi,Raian ;
Paustian,Nina ;
Loayza,Norman V.
Guinean’s national power utility,
Electricité de Guinée (EDG), is responsible for
providingpower generation, transmission, and distribution
services across the country....
Since 2006, the IFC China Energy
Efficiency Program (CHUEE) has been partnering with banks to
help increase their loan portfolios for energy efficiency
(EE) and renewable...
Type: BriefReport#: 105115Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Zhang,Dianjun
Measures of early childbirth are high in
Nepal. The share of women ages 18-22 who had a child before
18 is 17.4 percent and it has decreased only slightly over
time....
Type: BriefReport#: 106410Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Male,Chata ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
This brief has provided a basic profile
of child marriage in Senegal. Measures of child marriage are
very high. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as
children...
Type: BriefReport#: 106419Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Male,Chata ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
The European Commission (EC) and the
World Bank, in cooperation with individual European Union
(EU) member states, have developed a set of high-resolution
poverty maps....
Civil wars and violence have
significantly damaged human, social and physical capital in
the war-torn countries of Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen. The
results on educational...
Type: BriefReport#: 105731Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Mottaghi,Lili
Measures of early childbirth are high in
the Republic of Congo. The share of women ages 18-22 who had
a child before 18 is 31.8 percent, and it has decreased only
slightly...
Type: BriefReport#: 105915Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Male,Chata ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
The number of Small-to-Medium
enterprises (SMEs) in Kuwait is high, particularly in retail
and non-financial services, but their overall contribution
to the economy...
Type: BriefReport#: 103713Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Karasapan,Omer M. ;
Volk,Mark
After six years of recession, Croatia
started a gradual recovery growing by 1.6 percent in 2015 on
the back of external demand and private consumption. The
labor market...
The European Commission (EC) and the
World Bank, in cooperation with individual European Union
(EU) member states, have developed a set of high-resolution
poverty maps....
The European Commission (EC) and the
World Bank, in cooperation with individual European Union
(EU) member states, have developed a set of high-resolution
poverty maps....
This brief has provided a basic profile
of child marriage in Chad. Measures of child marriage are
very high. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as
children is...
Type: BriefReport#: 105912Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Malé, Chata ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
This brief has provided a basic profile
of child marriage in Egypt. Measures of child marriage are
very high. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as
children is...
Type: BriefReport#: 105920Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Malé,Chata ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
This brief has provided a basic profile
of early childbirth in Guinea. Measures of early childbirth
are high. The share of women ages 18-22 who had their first
child...
Type: BriefReport#: 105927Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Male,Chata ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
Measures of child marriage are very high
in Mali. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as
children is 59.9 percent and it has increased over time. The
share of...
Type: BriefReport#: 106403Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Male,Chata ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
This brief has provided a basic profile
of early childbirth in Niger. Measures of early childbirth
are high. The share of women ages 18-22 who had their first
child...
Type: BriefReport#: 106412Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Malé,Chata ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
The Open data principle is becoming an
increasingly important part of the data revolution, which is
recognized worldwide as a key engine for achieving the
post-2015...
Type: BriefReport#: 107708Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Petrov,Oleg V. ;
Gurin,Joel Lawrence ;
Manley,Laura So Hee
In 2012, the Russian Federation
announced one of the world’s more ambitious broadband
Internet development goals: providing 80 percent of Russian
households with ultrafast...
Type: BriefReport#: 103839Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Gelvanovska,Natalija ;
Rossotto,Carlo Maria ;
Gunzburger,Michael Lee
Measures of child marriage are high in
Mauritania. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as
children is 35.2 percent, but it has declined over time. The
share of...
Type: BriefReport#: 106405Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Male,Chata ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
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