Development of power transmission
networks requires long lead times and substantial capital.
Optimization of investment is especially critical in
fast-growing economies...
Type: BriefReport#: 106750Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Saraswat,Kavita ;
Gupta,Amol
From the creation of the United Nations
millennium development goals of 2000 to the 2015 sustainable
development goals there has been a notable shift in focus on
the...
Using survey data on informal firms in
Myanmar, a number of issues related to
firm-size,productivity, business environment, gender
disparity and registration costs and...
Type: BriefReport#: 119221Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Amin,Mohammad
Early Lessons from the East Asia and
Pacific Clean Stove Initiative Initial lessons from the East
Asia and Pacific (EAP) Clean Stove Initiative (CSI) confirm
the need...
Type: BriefReport#: 105270Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Zhang,Yabei ;
Adams,Norma
The rapid diffusion of increasingly
sophisticated mobile devices, particularly in the developing
world, has created many new opportunities for online
interactions between...
This policy note focuses on potential
actions that can be taken in three sectors where
climate-related impacts on poverty are especially important,
agriculture and ecosystems,...
Climate change will increase the
frequency and severity of certain shocks, including crop
failures and spikes in food prices, natural disasters such
as storms and floods,...
This paper provides a brief overview of
the postal network reform in Azerbaijan and transformation
of Azerpost, Azerbaijan’s state postal operator, into an
efficient...
Type: BriefReport#: 104793Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Prygozhyna,Angela ;
Boon,Johannes P.
This brief explains about What is the
role that connections can play in helping green technology
entrepreneurs innovate and scale up in developing countries,
so as to...
Type: BriefReport#: 115290Date: January 1, 2016Author:
White,Justine
In January 2015, Malawi experienced some
of the most devastating flooding in its history. In the
aftermath, the Government of Malawi conducted a
post-disaster needs...
Type: BriefReport#: 103261Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Rahman,Shaela
The ongoing conflict in Eastern Ukraine
has resulted in instability and insecurity, heavily
impacting the Ukrainian people with devastating social and
economic consequences....
Type: BriefReport#: 103268Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Rahman,Shaela
Located in the Pacific Ring of Fire and
at the center of the Pacific cyclone belt, Vanuatu is
exposed to one of the world’s highest levels of natural
disaster risk....
Type: BriefReport#: 103269Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Rahman,Shaela
This policy note (and the report it is
based on) brings together these two objectives, ending
poverty and stabilizing climate change, and explores how
they can more...
This note explores the role of legal
institutions in influencing women’s employment in private
firms in developing countries. Both a holistic and specific
approach to...
Type: BriefReport#: 111250Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Amin,Mohammad ;
Islam,Asif Mohammed
The sustainability and poverty-reducing
impacts of agriculture water development and water
management projects are predicated upon inclusive
institutions for infrastructure...
Type: BriefReport#: 103538Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Van Koppen,Barbara C.M. ;
Kuriakose,Anne T.
In the wake of the peace accord, the
province experienced demands for a fast recovery of the
economy and restored freedom of movement. This resulted in
widespread illegal...
The earthquake risk in Nicaragua is more
significant than the hurricane risk. Annual average loss
(AAL) from earthquakes is United States (U.S.) 89 million
dollars (0.75...
The State Government of Bahia had been
facing a number of challenges in delivering public health
services, including rapidly growing demand for imaging
tests, low bed...
Turkey’s economy expanded rapidly in the
2000s, and per capita income is now close to World Bank’s
high income threshold of U$12,736. While part of this
economic growth...
This brief is part of a series of
outputs under the analytical work “Forever Young? Social
Policies for a Changing Population in Southern Africa”. This
Outputs include:...
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