• How should donors respond to resource windfalls in poor countries
    Natural resources are being discovered in more countries, both rich and poor. Many of the new and aspiring resource exporters are low-income countries that are still...
    Type: Brief Report#: 95263 Date: March 1, 2015 Author: Dobronogov,Anton ; Gelb,Alan Harold ; Saldanha, Fernando Brant
  • Bulgaria - Gender at a glance
    This brief focuses on gender in Bulgaria. The World Bank Group is committed to including a gender lens in its activities and addressing gender-specific challenges to...
    Type: Brief Report#: 100402 Date: March 1, 2015
  • Making identification systems work for the bottom 40 percent
    Over 150 countries maintain mandatory civil registration systems. The number and variety of registration and identification systems has increased with the rise of the...
    Type: Brief Report#: 94704 Date: March 1, 2015 Author: Brewer,Megan Frances ; Menzies,Nicholas ; Schott,Jared Matthew
  • Disaster Risk Financing in Panama : protecting people, economy and international markets
    In 2005, Panama became the first country to develop a National Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. This was a result of Panama's financial system and economic assets...
    Type: Brief Report#: 94762 Date: March 1, 2015
  • SABER in Action: Early Childhood Development - Nurturing healthy children to reach their full potential
    A country’s long-term development potential depends on how well it nurtures the healthy growth and development of its youngest children. The crosscutting issue affects...
    Type: Brief Report#: 95544 Date: March 1, 2015
  • Armenia - Gender at a glance
    This brief focuses on gender in Armenia. The World Bank Group is committed to including a gender lens in its activities and addressing gender-specific challenges to...
    Type: Brief Report#: 100400 Date: March 1, 2015
  • Making it easier for women in Malawi to formalize their firms and access financial services
    The global rate of informal firms is high, especially for those that are women-owned and in the poorest countries, despite 149 economies implementing 368 reforms to...
    Type: Brief Report#: 95656 Date: March 1, 2015 Author: Campos,Francisco Moraes Leitao ; Goldstein,Markus P. ; Mckenzie,David J.
  • Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Nigeria
    Nigeria is the most populous country in sub-Saharan Africa. It also has a very young population. The majority of the population is below the age of 25 years, with 22...
    Type: Brief Report#: 95029 Date: March 1, 2015 Author: Cortez,Rafael A. ; Marinda, Edmore ; Odutolu,Ayodeji Oluwole ; Saadat,Seemeen
  • Public transport service optimization and system integration
    Public transport has the most customer appeal and is most efficient when it is planned and operated as a seamless, integrated system. This is particularly important...
    Type: Brief Report#: 95322 Date: March 1, 2015 Author: Fang,Ke ; Zimmerman,Samuel L.
  • Georgia - Gender at a glance
    This brief focuses on gender in Georgia. The World Bank Group is committed to including a gender lens in its activities and addressing gender-specific challenges to...
    Type: Brief Report#: 100410 Date: March 1, 2015
  • Early insights from financial diaries of smallholder households
    Renato and Hecinta are raising six young children in a rural area of Mozambique’s northern Nampula Province. On just half a hectare, they grow rice, maize, beans, cashew,...
    Type: Brief Report#: 96284 Date: March 1, 2015 Author: Anderson,Jamie Barbara ; Ahmed,Wajiha
  • Hungary - Gender at a glance
    This brief focuses on gender in Hungary. The World Bank Group is committed to including a gender lens in its activities and addressing gender-specific challenges to...
    Type: Brief Report#: 100413 Date: March 1, 2015
  • Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Burkina Faso
    Today’s adolescents and youth face substantial physical, social, legal, and economic barriers to meeting their SRH potential. Key factors underlying these issues are...
    Type: Brief Report#: 95102 Date: March 1, 2015 Author: Bowser,Diana Marie ; Cortez,Rafael A. ; Quinlan-Davidson,Meaghen Bridget Anne ; Gemello,Valeria ; Etolue, Jini ; Daide, Haidara Ousmane
  • Responsible boards : action plan for a sustainable future
    As external pressures - including resource scarcity, globalization, and access to information - continue to increase, the way corporations respond to sustainability...
    Type: Brief Report#: 95382 Date: February 26, 2015 Author: Arguden,Yilmaz R.
  • Georgian Youth Takes on Climate Change with Film
    This brief focuses on Zura Tegerashvili, a law student at Tbilisi State University who made a short one-minute film called “It’s Easy if You Try”,...
    Type: Brief Report#: 180273 Date: February 26, 2015 Author: World Bank
  • Keeping Warm: Urban Heating Options for the Kyrgyz Republic
    The World Bank conducted a Heating Assessment for the Urban Building Sector in the Kyrgyz Republic. The objective of the Assessment was to identify viable heating options...
    Type: Brief Report#: 180604 Date: February 25, 2015 Author: World Bank
  • New World Bank Green Bond is a Story of Market Growth and Innovation
    Green bonds have created a new way for investors to achieve the return they need while also supporting climate-friendly development projects. Many long-term investors...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166520 Date: February 25, 2015
  • Can Low-Cost Carriers Help Developing Countries Take Off
    While the low-cost carrier (LCC) model has been successful in Europe and the United States, uptake has been slower in some developing countries. A new book explores...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166924 Date: February 24, 2015
  • Addressing Climate Change Threats to Zimbabwe’s Water Resources
    Water is a core development issue in Zimbabwe, a mostly semi-arid country with limited water resources. It is also an emotional topic. Zimbabwe faces a wide range of...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166450 Date: February 20, 2015
  • Clean Air and Healthy Lungs : How to Better Tackle Air Pollution
    Air quality is best addressed through projects purposely designed to take on air pollution rather than as an add-on component in other types of projects. Building better...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166620 Date: February 19, 2015
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