The Education Resilience Approaches
(ERA) Program offers a RES-Research training module
(Resilience in Education Settings Research) that builds on
the capacity of local...
Mozambique's economy grew by 7
percent in 2013 led by transport and communications,
financial services, and extractive industries. Foreign
direct investment (FDI) inflows...
Sri Lanka is highly vulnerable to
natural hazards and has embarked on a comprehensive disaster
risk management program to reduce the adverse impacts of
climate change...
This focus note is organized in three
sections. The first section describes the extent to which
poor households typically live and work in the informal
economy and explores...
Type: BriefReport#: 88169Date: April 1, 2014Author:
Cull,Robert J. ;
Ehrbeck,Tilman D. ;
Holle,Nina-Alexandra
In the aftermath of the recent global
financial crisis, advanced economies have continued to
experience sluggish growth. Is this slow post crisis growth
the result of...
In the push for tax reform, there was a
twofold guiding principle: 1) to lower the cost of
compliance for taxpayers, reduce the cash flow burden by
allowing quarterly...
Type: BriefReport#: 93956Date: April 1, 2014Author:
Mukunya,David Mulooki ;
Murangwa,Hadija
The Indian state of Maharashtra has more
than doubled its electricity transmission capacity over the
past decade, and currently meets a daily state demand of
over 15,700...
Type: BriefReport#: 106030Date: April 1, 2014Author:
ESMAP
In 2004, the Government of Morocco (GoM)
made major amendments to its family code, known as the
Moudawana, which covers personal status issues such as
marriage, divorce,...
Type: BriefReport#: 90148Date: April 1, 2014Author:
Prettitore,Paul Scott
The epidemic of road injury in the Latin
American and Caribbean (LAC) countries is rising at an
alarming rate (40percent increase in 2010 compared to 1990)
and is now...
The Kingdom of Swaziland is one of the
smallest African countries. While the Swazi economy was one
of the fastest growing in the world in the 1980s, growth has
slowed...
The key messages in this brief are as
follows: 1) Africa has experienced strong economic growth
despite recent global downturns. There has been a resurgence
of traditional...
Burundi is at a critical stage in its
development. The key messages included in this brief are as
follows. After 13 years of conflict, Burundi has made
progress in consolidating...
This economic premise examines the
intersection of four important development themes:
urbanization, agglomeration, gender, and informality.
Although urbanization has...
Type: BriefReport#: 87096Date: April 1, 2014Author:
Ghani,Ejaz ;
Kanbur,Ravi ;
O'Connell Stephen D.
This focus note presents the evidence
gained from a comprehensive study of the experiences in
developing and implementing e-payment schemes linked to
financial inclusion...
Type: BriefReport#: 88170Date: April 1, 2014Author:
Zimmerman, Jamie M ;
Bohling, Kristy ;
Parker, Sarah Rotman
Fragile and conflict-affected situations
might appear incapable of attracting significant flows of
foreign investment due to their often negative international
images...
Type: BriefReport#: 91190Date: April 1, 2014Author:
Griffin,Carlos Roberto ;
Whyte,Robert
Yemen is on a path of transformation,
one that can open opportunities for more inclusive societies
and economies, or for greater risk and regression. This
transition...
Type: BriefReport#: 90150Date: April 1, 2014Author:
Krishnan, Nandini
Decreasing public investment and
improving investment climates in other states across India
have deterred private sector investment in Rajasthan.
Rajasthan remains a...
Type: BriefReport#: 90700Date: March 27, 2014Author:
Purkayastha,Dhruba
This brief summarizes the key highlights
from the Russian Economic Report 31 (FY14), how the economy
fared in the past year and the economic outlook going
forward. Although...
Type: BriefReport#: 180316Date: March 26, 2014Author:
World Bank
For many years, electricity supply in
Solomon Islands has been limited in its coverage, subject to
frequent interruptions in service, and expensive. The
Solomon Islands...
The Colombia trade logistics program
began in 2008 with the goal of reducing the time and cost
involved in exporting and importing goods by streamlining
trade procedures....
Type: BriefReport#: 90699Date: March 14, 2014Author:
Ristic,Lazar
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