• Achieving MDGS 4 and 5 : China's progress on maternal and child health
    China has made great progress in improving maternal and child health (MCH). It reduced maternal deaths from 1,500 per 100,000 live births and over 200 infant deaths...
    Type: Brief Report#: 92273 Date: August 1, 2014 Author: Cortez,Rafael A. ; Saadat,Seemeen ; Sarker,Intissar ; Zhang, Shuo
  • Obtaining finance in Latin America and the Caribbean
    An Enterprise Survey is a firm-level survey of a representative sample of an economy’s private sector. The surveys cover a broad range of business environment topics...
    Type: Brief Report#: 92282 Date: August 1, 2014
  • Innovating in the manufacturing sector in Latin America and the Caribbean
    An Enterprise Survey is a firm-level survey of a representative sample of an economy’s private sector. The surveys cover a broad range of business environment topics...
    Type: Brief Report#: 92285 Date: August 1, 2014
  • FRIM : a new tool for financial risk monitoring and MENA
    Recent episodes of global financial stress have underscored the importance of individual banks to the stability of their own or even the global financial system. Against...
    Type: Brief Report#: 90158 Date: August 1, 2014
  • Strategies that Harness the Context to Generate Social Accountability
    This is the second note in a six-part series discussing whether the social accountability field is already primed with the knowledge and capabilities to design, implement,...
    Type: Brief Report#: 154663 Date: August 1, 2014 Author: Guerzovich,Florencia ; Poli,Maria
  • Implementing enterprise surveys in Latin America and the Caribbean
    An Enterprise Survey is a firm-level survey of a representative sample of an economy?s private sector. The surveys cover a broad range of business environment topics...
    Type: Brief Report#: 92287 Date: August 1, 2014
  • World Bank and Environment in Indonesia
    This brief gives a brief overview of the natural resource challenges in Indonesia, which have persisted and become more complicated after decentralization. Key issues...
    Type: Brief Report#: 178723 Date: August 1, 2014 Author: World Bank
  • Measuring firm performance in Latin America and the Caribbean
    An Enterprise Survey is a firm-level survey of a representative sample of an economy’s private sector. The surveys cover a broad range of business environment topics...
    Type: Brief Report#: 92279 Date: August 1, 2014
  • Private capital for railway development
    China is considering ways to attract additional capital to finance investment in railways. Worldwide, private capital has been attracted to the railway sector through...
    Type: Brief Report#: 90117 Date: August 1, 2014 Author: Lawrence,Martha B. ; Ollivier,Gerald Paul
  • Adaptive Learning
    This is the fifth note in a six-part series discussing whether the social accountability field is already primed with the knowledge and capabilities to design, implement,...
    Type: Brief Report#: 154666 Date: August 1, 2014 Author: Guerzovich,Maria Florencia ; Poli,Maria
  • Achieving MDGS 4 & 5 : Egypt's Progress on Maternal and Child Health
    Egypt is a lower-middle-income country with a GNI per capita (PPP) of US$ 5,654 in 2012. Since the Arab Spring, Egypt’s economic growth has slowed to 0.6 percent in...
    Type: Brief Report#: 92549 Date: August 1, 2014
  • Achieving MDGS 4 and 5 : Bolivia's progress on maternal and child health
    Bolivia is a lower-middle income country, but one of the poorest in South America, with a per capita GNI of US$ 5,750 in 2013 and an average GNI growth rate of 4.4 percent...
    Type: Brief Report#: 92272 Date: August 1, 2014 Author: Cortez,Rafael A. ; Lavadenz,Fernando ; Medici,Andre C. ; Saadat,Seemeen
  • Making toilets more affordable for the poor through microfinance : lessons learned from introducing microfinance loans for sanitation in rural Cambodia
    From 2000 to 2012, access to sanitation in Cambodia's rural areas increased by only 1 percent per year (JMP, 2014). By 2012, 75 percent of rural Cambodians lacked access...
    Type: Brief Report#: 92034 Date: August 1, 2014 Author: Kov,Phyrum ; Newman, Adam ; Smets,Susanna
  • Achieving MDGS 4 & 5 : Malawi's Progress on Maternal and Child Health
    Malawi has made great progress in improving maternal and child health (MCH). Under-five mortality declined from 244 to 71 deaths per 1,000 live births between 1990 and...
    Type: Brief Report#: 92548 Date: August 1, 2014
  • Mapping enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean
    An Enterprise Survey is a firm-level survey of a representative sample of an economy’s private sector. The surveys cover a broad range of business environment topics...
    Type: Brief Report#: 92278 Date: August 1, 2014
  • Dealing with government in Latin America and the Caribbean
    An Enterprise Survey is a firm-level survey of a representative sample of an economy’s private sector. The surveys cover a broad range of business environment topics...
    Type: Brief Report#: 92283 Date: August 1, 2014
  • Responsive and Multi-Pronged Strategies
    This is the third note in a six-part series discussing whether the social accountability field is already primed with the knowledge and capabilities to design, implement,...
    Type: Brief Report#: 154664 Date: August 1, 2014 Author: Guerzovich,Maria Florencia ; Poli,Maria
  • Manila Water Company, Inc.
    This brief talks about the performance of Manila Water Company, Inc. (Manila Water) in Philippines financed by IFC. Manila Water operates a 25-year concession for the...
    Type: Brief Report#: 120082 Date: August 1, 2014
  • Picking Partners and Allies that Bolster your Social Accountability Efforts
    This is the fourth note in a six-part series discussing whether the social accountability field is already primed with the knowledge and capabilities to design, implement,...
    Type: Brief Report#: 154665 Date: August 1, 2014 Author: Guerzovich,Maria Florencia ; Poli,Maria
  • Achieving MDGS 4 and 5 : Nepal progress on maternal and child health
    Nepal has achieved its targets for MDGs 4 and 5a. Maternal mortality declined from 790 to an estimated 190 deaths per 100,000 live births between 1990 and 2013 an impressive...
    Type: Brief Report#: 92274 Date: August 1, 2014 Author: Chowdhury,Sadia Afroze ; Cortez,Rafael A. ; Saadat,Seemeen ; Sarker,Intissar ; Voetberg,Albertus
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