• Lima Urban Transport : On the Way to Transformation
    The implementation of metro line 2, now under way, will provide a modern, 35-kilometer mass transit axis linking major population and job centers in Lima - the capital...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166417 Date: October 8, 2015
  • Vulnerable Twenty Ministers Call for More Action and Investment in Climate Resiliency and Low-Emissions Development
    Finance Ministers of the Vulnerable Twenty (V20) representing close to seven hundred million people from twenty countries around the globe, hold their inaugural meeting...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166572 Date: October 8, 2015
  • World Bank Appoints New Global Lead for Road Safety
    The World Bank’s Transport and ICT Global Practice recently appointed Soames Job as its new Global Road Safety Lead and head of the Global Road Safety Facility, a multi-donor...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166844 Date: October 5, 2015
  • Thirsty Lima Uses Robust Planning to Address Its Future Water Needs
    When residents tell tourists that it never rains in Lima, they are a mere .3 inches from the truth. Climate change threatens the future of water in Lima, where 1.5 million...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166775 Date: October 5, 2015
  • Corporate Governance : Europe and Central Asia
    IFC works with firms to improve operations, enhance strategy, and attract and retain investment by promoting the adoption of good corporate governance practices and...
    Type: Brief Report#: 178264 Date: October 1, 2015 Author: World Bank
  • Rwanda : Kigali Bulk Water Project
    The rapidly growing population of Kigali, Rwanda, is straining the city’s infrastructure services. Maintaining people’s access to water is a top priority as the city’s...
    Type: Brief Report#: 132054 Date: October 1, 2015
  • Kenya - Agricultural risk assessment
    Despite highly variable growth rates, agriculture remains a crucial backbone of Kenya’s economy. The sector directly accounts for more than one quarter of the gross...
    Type: Brief Report#: 100299 Date: October 1, 2015 Author: D'Alessandro,Stephen Paul ; Caballero-Ceruti,Jorge ; Simpkin,Simon Piers ; Lichte,John Allen
  • Zambia : Scaling Solar
    The Republic of Zambia has experienced strong economic growth of an average of 6.5 percent over thelast decade, along with a population increase of 30 percent to 17...
    Type: Brief Report#: 132061 Date: October 1, 2015
  • Africa’s demographic transition : dividend or disaster
    Declines in child mortality, followed by declines in fertility, produce a youth bulge generation and a period when a country has a large number of working age people...
    Type: Brief Report#: 103549 Date: October 1, 2015 Author: Canning,David J. ; Jobanputra,Sangeeta Raja ; Yazbeck,Abdo S.
  • Mozambique - Agricultural sector risk assessment
    This note examines agricultural risk in Mozambique and its impacts on crop production between 1992 and 2015. It summarizes the findings of an agricultural risk and solutions...
    Type: Brief Report#: 100123 Date: October 1, 2015 Author: Suit,Kilara Constance ; Choudhary,Vikas
  • MIGA : helping keep sustainable investments on track
    This Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) brief describes dispute resolution services to all of its clients. MIGA has provided political risk insurance supporting...
    Type: Brief Report#: 118303 Date: October 1, 2015
  • Who are the microfinance clients : a case study on customer segmentation and product development
    Two thirds of adults in Sub-Saharan Africa don’t have access to formal financial services, which means the large majority do not have access to secure and productive...
    Type: Brief Report#: 128213 Date: October 1, 2015 Author: Harten,Sven ; Buri,Sinja
  • Turkey regular economic note
    A surprising surge in investment supported growth in the second quarter of 2015. The hoped-for external adjustment fueled by a weaker lira and significantly lower oil...
    Type: Brief Report#: 100235 Date: October 1, 2015 Author: Bartsch,Ulrich ; Yilmaz,Ayberk
  • Managing agricultural risk for growth and food security in Malawi
    Risks are ever-present for Malawi’s nearly 3 million farming households. National food security is largely dependent on the performance of rain-fed agriculture, which...
    Type: Brief Report#: 100124 Date: October 1, 2015 Author: Giertz, Åsa ; Caballero-Ceruti,Jorge ; Dileva, Margareta ; Galperin,Diana ; Johnson,Traci Jeanette
  • Action and advocacy for sustainable transport : recent and ongoing World Bank efforts
    During its 2014–15 fiscal year, the World Bank’s transport strategy focused on sustainability as part of a broader effort to eradicate poverty, raise shared prosperity,...
    Type: Brief Report#: 107700 Date: October 1, 2015 Author: Guislain,Pierre ; Irigoyen,Jose Luis
  • Niger - Agricultural sector risk assessment
    Niger, owing to its climatic, institutional, livelihood, economic, and environmental context, is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world. Poverty is pervasive...
    Type: Brief Report#: 100122 Date: October 1, 2015 Author: Toure,El Hadj Adama ; Choudhary,Vikas ; Ba, Amadou ; Christienson, Garry ; Josserand,Henri P.
  • MENA economies hit by conflicts, civil wars, and lower oil prices
    Against the backdrop of a slowing global economy and lower commodity prices, economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is stagnating. The World Bank...
    Type: Brief Report#: 100393 Date: October 1, 2015 Author: Mottaghi,Lili
  • A new measure of rural access to transport : using GIS data to inform decisions and attainment of the SDGs
    In rural areas of the developing world, where the majority of the poor live, good transport connectivity through road infrastructure and transport services is an essential...
    Type: Brief Report#: 102767 Date: October 1, 2015 Author: Iimi,Atsushi ; Diehl,Adam Stone
  • Lima urban transport : on the way to transformation
    The implementation of metro line 2, now under way, will provide a modern, 35 kilometer mass transit axis linking major population and job centers in Lima, the capital...
    Type: Brief Report#: 102769 Date: October 1, 2015 Author: Darido,Georges Bianco ; Pulido,Daniel ; Targa Rodriguez,Felipe ; Alvim,Bernardo Guatimosim ; Peralta-Quirós, Tatiana
  • Female entrepreneurs who succeed in male-dominated sectors in Ethiopia
    In developing countries, female entrepreneurs have low returns. Yet, the few women who cross over into traditionally male-dominated sectors double their profits. So...
    Type: Brief Report#: 100247 Date: October 1, 2015
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