Making evidence-based decisions
regarding coastal environments, infrastructure, and natural
resources and their interaction with people requires
accurate data. Because...
This brief contains information about
the Country Haiti. Haiti is one of the most disaster-prone
countries in the world with earthquakes, hurricanes and
flash floods....
In Central Asia, water and energy
systems are interdependent. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan each benefit from
the water resources...
Type: BriefReport#: 101743Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Fields,Daryl ;
Akuffo-Akoto,Abena
The Central Asian Power System (CAPS)
was created under the auspices of the Soviet Union in the
1970s and was constituted from the power networks of
present-day Uzbekistan,...
Type: BriefReport#: 101742Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Khosla,Sunil Kumar ;
Akuffo-Akoto,Abena
More than 80 percent of Papua New
Guinea's population lives in rural areas. Most of these
people depend on subsistence activities such as smallholder
farming and fishing...
Type: BriefReport#: 93495Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Beschorner,Natasha
The Arbitration Council is a body
established to resolve collective labor disputes. At present
over 90% of these disputes are from the garment industry,
and over 1,900...
Type: BriefReport#: 92187Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Lor, Sok ;
Hwang, Hans S ;
Plummer, Janelle [editor]
This country case study is part of a
larger impact evaluation effort that reviews investment
climate (IC) reform programs implemented by the World Bank
Group (WBG) in...
Type: BriefReport#: 96187Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Economisti Associati
This issue of the MENA Quarterly
Economic Brief focuses on the implications of low oil prices
for eight developing countries, or the MENA-8 (oil
importers: Egypt, Tunisia,...
The private sector can be a strategic
partner in building and maintaining transmission networks,
depending on how well its participation is structured to
achieve the...
Type: BriefReport#: 100989Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Sanchez,Pedro E. ;
Oguah,Samuel Kwesi Ewuah
This issue contributes to the literature
on gender differences in sub-Saharan African agriculture
primarily by using new and innovative micro data. The first
six studies...
Vietnam is one of the most hazard-prone
areas in the Asia Pacific Region, with floods and storms
often isolating communities and disrupting trade flows. The
government,...
Type: BriefReport#: 97323Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Huy, Tran Quoc
Significant investments are needed in
the water and sanitation sector. Inadequate water supply and
sanitation undermines Indonesia’s status as a middle-income
country,...
This country case study is part of a
larger impact evaluation effort that reviews investment
climate (IC) reform programs implemented by the World Bank
Group (WBG) in...
Type: BriefReport#: 96189Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Economisti Associati
Malnutrition among both women and
children remains a major health issue in rural Pakistan.
They also lack voice in relation to important health and
nutritional decisions...
This country case study is part of a
larger impact evaluation effort that reviews investment
climate (IC) reform programs implemented by the World Bank
Group (WBG) in...
Type: BriefReport#: 96191Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Economisti Associati
This country case study is part of a
larger impact evaluation effort that reviews investment
climate (IC) reform programs implemented by the World Bank
Group (WBG) in...
Type: BriefReport#: 96194Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Economisti Associati
Whether they attempt to build jeepney
stops, expand transit access, or improve bus routes, transit
projects across much of the developing world are often
hampered by...
Type: BriefReport#: 96228Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Krambeck,Holly
This policy brief presents cost
estimates for implementing key nutrition interventions in
the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and compares the
cost-effectiveness...
Type: BriefReport#: 95706Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Akuoku,Jonathan Kweku ;
Eberwein, Julia Dayton ;
Karamba,R. Wendy ;
Laviolette,Luc ;
Mattern,Max William ;
Shekar,Meera
Smart grids are an essential element in
improving efficiency that is relevant to utilities in all
countries - from advanced utilities with robust grids to
those whose...
In today’s global economy, merely
attending school does not ensure an educated, well-rounded
student. Students must learn core subjects such as
languages, mathematics,...
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