The world faces two urgent challenges:
eradicating poverty through economic development and
tackling climate change. Sustainable transport is crucial to
both. In August...
Type: BriefReport#: 166426Date: September 10, 2015
In late 2014, the World Bank Group,
together with the EU and the UN, undertook a joint needs
assessment for recovery and peacebuilding in eastern
Ukraine. The three...
Type: BriefReport#: 180188Date: September 8, 2015Author:
World Bank
A growing number of vehicles, endless
traffic jams, an outdated traffic management system
— all this makes urban transport an ever-bigger
challenge for Russian...
Type: BriefReport#: 180437Date: September 4, 2015Author:
World Bank
Transport was not part of the millennium
development goals (MDGs) for 2000-15, which were adopted at
the United Nations in September 2000. The omission was
widely viewed...
Type: BriefReport#: 99685Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Ensink, Bernhard ;
Minovi,Shokraneh ;
Gorham,Roger ;
Vandycke,Nancy L.
The world faces two urgent challenges:
eradicating poverty through economic development, and
tackling climate change. Sustainable transport is crucial to
both. In August...
Type: BriefReport#: 99496Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Vandycke,Nancy L.
After an economic crisis in Argentina in
2001 plunged millions of people there into poverty and
worsened health outcomes, especially for women and children,
the government...
Type: BriefReport#: 100060Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Celhay,Pablo A. ;
Gertler,Paul J. ;
Giovagnoli,Paula ;
Vermeersch,Christel M. J.
Nigeria operates a decentralized system
of government consisting of three tiers of government - a
federal government, 36 state governments, and 774 local
governments....
Type: BriefReport#: 99728Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Joseph-Raji,Gloria Aitalohi
This note looks at a series of
interventions undertaken by the Government of Kenya, with
support from the World Bank and other development partners,
to improve access...
Type: BriefReport#: 101094Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Advani,Rajesh K.
The highlights on Conflict to peace
describes the importance of Post-conflict cash benefitsare
necessary to restore social balances after longperiods of
civil unrest...
Type: BriefReport#: 105963Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Schwarz,Anita M. ;
Ovadiya,Mirey
The challenges faced by women-owned
enterprises in the developing world are substantial. Only
one-third of the world’s SMEs in the formal sector are
currently run by...
Type: BriefReport#: 110559Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Strobbe,Francesco ;
Alibhai,Aly Salman
Jordanian citizens are no exception - a
household survey conducted in Jordan in 2011 found that
roughly 20 percent of families had a member experience a
legal problem...
Type: BriefReport#: 99730Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Prettitore,Paul Scott
Robust personal identification (ID)
systems are critical to the success of many development
programs. Regardless of the methods used, official ID for
all - together...
Type: BriefReport#: 102826Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Dahan,Mariana ;
Gelb,Alan Harold
The youth enterprise with innovation
(YouWiN) in Nigeria program is a business plan competition
for young entrepreneurs in Nigeria. It has the stated
objective of encouraging...
Type: BriefReport#: 99291Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Mckenzie,David J.
Uganda has made important progress
toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals, including
halving its poverty rate to around 20 percent from more than
50 percent...
Type: BriefReport#: 101159Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Marcus,Aliza
Most organizations are engaged in an
ongoing quest for more transparency and accountability in an
effort to comply with the more stringent regulations that
were put...
Type: BriefReport#: 106039Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Verhezen,Peter
The term shadow banking came into
widespread usage with the onset of the global financial
crisis to refer to a broad array of entities and activities
operating outside...
Type: BriefReport#: 103208Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Lyman,Timothy ;
Shrader,Leesa Wilson ;
Tomilova,Olga
Governments in developing countries
often support school management committees as a way to get
parents and community members involved in education to
improve the quality...
Type: BriefReport#: 99887Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Asim,Salman
Over 2 million people are estimated to
live in informal settlements in Kenya’s urban areas. Unlike
in poor rural areas, people in urban poor communities often
have access...
This story highlights the after years of
struggle, Kenya’s national utility has found a way to bring
electricity to the country’s poorest neighborhoods. Using a
community-based...
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