• Uganda - 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#: 96443 Date: December 1, 2014
  • Ethiopia - 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#: 96426 Date: December 1, 2014
  • Armenia - BEEPS at a glance 2013
    The EBRD-World Bank Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) is a joint initiative of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and...
    Type: Brief Report#: 95701 Date: December 1, 2014 Author: Kisunko,Gregory ; Ponomariov,Branco Leonidov
  • Incorporating energy from renewable resources into power system planning
    Incorporating energy from renewable resources into power system planning is an important issue. As countries generate more energy from renewable sources, that energy...
    Type: Brief Report#: 94651 Date: December 1, 2014 Author: Jordan Antoine,Rhonda Lenai ; Madrigal, Marcellino
  • Niger - 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#: 96436 Date: December 1, 2014
  • Nigeria - 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#: 96437 Date: December 1, 2014
  • High-speed railways in China : a look at traffic
    While new transport needs are emerging and existing transport needs are growing, the network of China Railway is one of the most densely used in the world. Between 2000...
    Type: Brief Report#: 93227 Date: December 1, 2014 Author: Bullock,Richard G. ; Jin,Ying ; Ollivier,Gerald Paul ; Zhou,Nanyan
  • MENA shares global knowledge on procurement under public private partnerships
    This MENA K&L Quick Note highlights the key lessons learned from the workshop entitled: “Procurement Under Public private Partnerships (PPP): A Learning Event for the...
    Type: Brief Report#: 93705 Date: December 1, 2014 Author: Lipson,Rachel Tamar ; Ali,Nazaneen Ismail ; Al-Kazzaz,
  • Low-skilled Labor Migration : Benefits Outweigh Costs in Host Economies
    While low-skilled labor migration is not without cost, the list of benefits in host economies is long: low-skilled migrants enable natives to specialize in more highly...
    Type: Brief Report#: 193095 Date: December 1, 2014 Author: Dadush,Uri B. ; Yi,Soonhwa
  • Adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights in El Salvador
    Despite international support for adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and rights (SRHR) (for example, the 1994 International Conference on Population...
    Type: Brief Report#: 93100 Date: December 1, 2014 Author: Cortez,Rafael A.
  • Rapid assessment, identification, and characterization of water pollution and source degradation in Zimbabwe
    The Zimbabwe Water Forum provides a platform for Government and Development Partners to share international best practices in the water sector between Zimbabwe and other...
    Type: Brief Report#: 103630 Date: November 30, 2014 Author: Webster,Michael
  • Climate Finance is Flowing, But it Isn’t Enough - Yet
    Climate change is expensive, and dealing with it will only grow costlier the longer countries, cities, and industries delay reducing greenhouse gas emissions. About...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166481 Date: November 30, 2014
  • A New Online Home for the PPP in Infrastructure Resource Center
    Government officials, lawyers, and public-private partnership (PPP) practitioners have long turned to the PPP in infrastructure resource center (PPPIRC) to find sample...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166384 Date: November 26, 2014
  • 2013 Global PPI Update Released
    The World Bank Group’s recently released 2013 global private participation in infrastructure (PPI) update reported several eye-catching developments in PPI, in emerging...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166378 Date: November 26, 2014
  • Partnering to Support Uganda’s Roads PPP Program
    The national road transport network is the most dominant mode of transport in Uganda. Over 90 percent of passenger and freight traffic travels through the network. It...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166745 Date: November 26, 2014
  • How Thailand’s Solar Power Visionary Built an Industry with a Boost from IFC
    Thailand’s solar power market was at a standstill in 2008, with solar energy accounting for less than two megawatts (MW) of installed capacity. Technology costs were...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166571 Date: November 25, 2014
  • Myanmar : Farmers’ profits lost due to volatile rice prices
    Myanmar’s rice price fluctuations are much more pronounced than those in neighboring rice- exporting countries, such as Vietnam, Thailand, or Cambodia. Most of...
    Type: Brief Report#: 177810 Date: November 24, 2014 Author: World Bank
  • Innovative Small-Scale Mining Initiative Kicks Off in Tanzania
    This story highlights a new initiative aims to improve the working conditions of small-scale miners and improve relations between them and large-scale mining companies....
    Type: Brief Report#: 166611 Date: November 24, 2014
  • Portraits of Labor Market Exclusion in Europe
    Diverse demographic profiles among the out-of-work population across Europe mean different challenges to labor market inclusion that require specifically targeted social...
    Type: Brief Report#: 180469 Date: November 24, 2014 Author: World Bank
  • Out-of-Work in Romania – Portraits of Exclusion
    Among the out-of-work population in Romania, diverse profiles often face very different barriers to entering and participating in the labor market. High levels of unemployment,...
    Type: Brief Report#: 180438 Date: November 24, 2014 Author: World Bank
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