• Afghanistan : DABS Kandahar
    Afghanistan’s national power utility, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), is responsible for providing power generation, transmission, and distribution services across...
    Type: Brief Report#: 96864 Date: February 1, 2015
  • SABER teachers
    When client countries ask World Bank Task Team Leaders (TTLs), in charge of Bank-client relations how top-performing countries tackle different issues related to teacher...
    Type: Brief Report#: 94448 Date: February 1, 2015
  • The role of skills training for youth employment in Nepal : an impact evaluation of the employment fund
    Founded in 2008, the Employment Fund Project (EF) is currently one of the largest youth training initiatives in the country, reaching more than 15,000 youth annually....
    Type: Brief Report#: 94157 Date: February 1, 2015
  • Guide to legislative drafting in Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)
    The development of a regulatory framework which meets international standards is a major concern in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as it is key not...
    Type: Brief Report#: 94212 Date: February 1, 2015 Author: Almaroof,Salam Falah ; Cuvillier,Emmanuel F. ; Diab,Razi A.
  • India : Vadodara Solar
    The state of Gujarat has been at the forefront of the solar energy revolution in India, successfully bringing on line over 800 Mega Watts (MW) of ground based solar...
    Type: Brief Report#: 96898 Date: February 1, 2015
  • Haiti - Can non-public schools fill the gap for poor children
    Worldwide, some 57 million primary school age children don't have the chance to go to school. Many factors hold these children back: poverty, poor health and overcrowded...
    Type: Brief Report#: 94784 Date: February 1, 2015 Author: Adelman,Melissa Ann ; Holland,Peter Anthony ; Marcus,Aliza
  • Understanding costs and sustainability of sharia-compliant microfinance products
    While Islamic finance is a growing industry with more than 1,000 Islamic finance institutions and combined assets in excess of $1.3 trillion (Reuters 2013), the development...
    Type: Brief Report#: 95213 Date: February 1, 2015 Author: Alvarez,Kaylene ; El-Zoghbi,Mayada
  • MENA quarterly economic brief : plunging oil prices
    In the three months since most observers, including the World Bank, issued their last forecasts, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region has changed substantially....
    Type: Brief Report#: 94037 Date: February 1, 2015 Author: Mottaghi,Lili
  • Sierre Leone - Child feces disposal
    Safe disposal of children’s feces is as essential as the safe disposal of adults’ feces. This brief provides an overview of the available data on child feces disposal...
    Type: Brief Report#: 96441 Date: February 1, 2015
  • Burkina Faso - Child feces disposal
    Safe disposal of children’s feces is as essential as the safe disposal of adults’ feces. This brief provides an overview of the available data on child feces disposal...
    Type: Brief Report#: 96422 Date: February 1, 2015
  • Improving student learning through informed decisions : the role of education management information systems
    Assessing the state of education in a country demands information about the inputs, resources, governance, operations, and outcomes of its education system. An education...
    Type: Brief Report#: 95555 Date: February 1, 2015 Author: Abdul-Hamid,Husein ; Mintz,Sarah Maurice ; Saraogi,Namrata
  • Haiti - Child feces disposal
    Safe disposal of children’s feces is as essential as the safe disposal of adults’ feces. This brief provides an overview of the available data on child feces disposal...
    Type: Brief Report#: 96427 Date: February 1, 2015
  • Nepal - Child feces disposal
    Safe disposal of children’s feces is as essential as the safe disposal of adults’ feces. This brief provides an overview of the available data on child feces disposal...
    Type: Brief Report#: 96435 Date: February 1, 2015
  • Senegal - Child feces disposal
    Safe disposal of children’s feces is as essential as the safe disposal of adults’ feces. This brief provides an overview of the available data on child feces disposal...
    Type: Brief Report#: 96440 Date: February 1, 2015
  • Digital financial inclusion : implications for customers, regulators, supervisors, and standard-setting bodies
    Digital financial inclusion can be a game changer for unserved and under-served low-income households as well as micro- and small enterprises. The regulatory, supervisory,...
    Type: Brief Report#: 95210 Date: February 1, 2015 Author: Lauer, Kate ; Lyman,Timothy
  • The broad reach of green design : incorporating environmental sustainability in aviation facilities
    A World Bank series of projects to improve aviation operations in four Pacific island countries is demonstrating that the concept of ‘green design’ goes beyond energy...
    Type: Brief Report#: 96246 Date: February 1, 2015 Author: De Serio,Christopher J. ; Ridgley, Craig ; Cusack,Darin
  • Philippines - Child feces disposal
    Safe disposal of children’s feces is as essential as the safe disposal of adults’ feces. This brief provides an overview of the available data on child feces disposal...
    Type: Brief Report#: 96439 Date: February 1, 2015
  • Afghanistan - Child feces disposal
    Safe disposal of children’s feces is as essential as the safe disposal of adults’ feces. This brief provides an overview of the available data on child feces disposal...
    Type: Brief Report#: 96421 Date: February 1, 2015
  • Company in distress : Directors needn't be - mitigating risks at the Board
    Investors see value in nominating members to the boards of companies they have invested in. Through board members, they can help improve the company's operations, define...
    Type: Brief Report#: 95381 Date: January 29, 2015 Author: Miller,Kalina Boyanova ; Rechden,Claudio N.
  • IBRD lending rates and spreads applicable : January 1, 2015
    IBRD offers various financial products to meet the financing and risk management needs of development programs. Semi-annually, IBRD provides an update of the lending...
    Type: Brief Report#: 94197 Date: January 27, 2015
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