This story highlights in July 2015, the
World Bank hosted a weeklong knowledge exchange program
between leaders of Chile’s successful startup community and
Lebanon’s...
This story highlights the motorbikes
have become essential in ensuring access to remote artisanal
and small-scale mining sites of Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC)....
The Sultanate of Oman is trying to
diversify its economy beyond oil and as part of that
initiative, is working to overhaul its fisheries sector. But
the ocean’s health...
Every year, about 13 million hectares of
forest land are cut down and converted to other uses. By
some counts, only a quarter of the world’s original
old-growth forests...
This issue of Indonesia MTI Economic
Note contains economic highlights, including: In Q2 2015,
GDP grew at 4.7 percent yoy, the same rate as in the first
quarter and...
This story highlights the World Bank is
helping Da Nang, Vietnam, translate its city environmental
plan into action through a series of targeted investments in
energy...
According to the World Bank (2013),
migrant remittances to developing countries in 2013 totaled
United States (U.S.) 414 billion, dollars quadruple the
approximately...
Type: BriefReport#: 98685Date: August 1, 2015Author:
Hanusch,Marek ;
Vaaler,Paul Martin
Dozens of countries have implemented
cash transfer programs. In at least 20 studies, researchers
have measured how people who receive the transfers spend
their money....
Type: BriefReport#: 98627Date: August 1, 2015Author:
Evans,David ;
Popova,Anna
The country policy and institutional
assessment (CPIA) assesses the quality of a country’s
present policy and institutional framework. The CPIA ratings
are used as part...
Type: BriefReport#: 98686Date: August 1, 2015Author:
Ishihara,Yoichiro
More than any other sector of the
economy, agriculture relies directly on the natural resource
base - that is the land and water resources that are
essential elements...
In 1998, Hurricane Mitch swept across
Central America causing unprece¬dented damage in its wake.
In Nicaragua, over 3,000 people lost their lives and
hundreds of thousands...
A growing number of countries are
reforming how schools are managed and are working to involve
parents and com¬munities more directly into the school
management process....
Type: BriefReport#: 99471Date: August 1, 2015Author:
Marcus,Aliza
Growth strengthened in the first quarter
of 2015 boosted by rising domestic demand, as both
consumption and investments surged. Although the second
quarter brought a...
This brief talks about the performance
of Faculdade Mauricio de Nassau (FMN) in Brazil financed by
IFC. FMN is a leading for-profit provider of undergraduate,
graduate,...
This HNP knowledge brief focuses on the
key findings of the World Bank case study entitled
‘verification of performance in Results-Based Financing
(RBF): the case of...
Type: BriefReport#: 108605Date: August 1, 2015Author:
Perazzo,Alfredo C. ;
Carpio,Carmen ;
Sotomayor Noel,Renzo Efren
Since the end of the Taliban period,
Afghanistan made remarkable progress, particularly in the
health sector. Between 1990 and 2013, infant mortality
declined from 121.3...
This story highlights the Transport
connects people to opportunity, including education, health
care, jobs, and trade, but adequate transport is frequently
unavailable...
This story highlights a study of some
recent World Bank projects shows that factoring in energy
efficiency considerations can help accelerate global efforts
to deliver...
Iran and the Permanent Members of the UN
Security Council and Germany (P5 1) reached a deal on July
14, 2015 that limits Iranian nuclear activity in return for
lifting...
Type: BriefReport#: 98389Date: July 23, 2015Author:
Devarajan,Shantayanan ;
Mottaghi,Lili
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