Credit registries and bureausessential
elements of the financial infrastructure enhance
access to financial services. By sharing credit information,
they help reduce...
People living around the
Kosovo’s oldest power station will no longer be
exposed to the clouds of fine ash particles. A 50-year-old
practice of uncontrolled open...
Type: BriefReport#: 180376Date: March 14, 2014Author:
World Bank
The transport sector plays an essential
role in the global economy by facilitating access to jobs,
healthcare, agriculture, education, tourism, and other vital
goods...
A new global partnership for development
encompassing both knowledge and finance is critical to end
extreme poverty within a generation. Credibility and
accountability...
Type: BriefReport#: 180655Date: March 13, 2014Author:
World Bank
The World Bank Group (WBG) organized a
series of consultations (November 2013- February 2014) to
seek views on its proposed Country Program Strategy (CPS)
for Georgia...
Type: BriefReport#: 180270Date: March 11, 2014Author:
World Bank
This story highlights a
multi-million-dollar debt-management trust fund, the Second
Debt Management Facility (DMF), is on track to launch April
3, 2014. The new program...
IFC is working to develop solutions to
close the micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME1)
financing gap, collaborating with 32 financial institutions
(FIs) across...
Type: BriefReport#: 94867Date: March 6, 2014Author:
Hommes,Martin ;
Sorokina,Aksinya
IFC is working to develop solutions to
close the micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME)
financing gap, collaborating with 129 financial institutions
(FIs) across...
Type: BriefReport#: 86280Date: March 6, 2014Author:
Hommes, Martin ;
Sorokina, Aksinya
This brief focuses on the high-level
policy forum “Growth Challenges for
Georgia”, which was jointly organized by the
World Bank and the Government of...
Type: BriefReport#: 180275Date: March 6, 2014Author:
World Bank
This brief focuses on the report
entitled “Greening India's growth : costs,
valuations and trade-offs”. Although the past
decade of rapid economic growth...
Type: BriefReport#: 179036Date: March 6, 2014Author:
World Bank
Civil society in Tajikistan has grown
leaps and bounds over the past decade. Registered non-profit
or non-governmental organizations grew tenfold from 1997,
rising from...
Type: BriefReport#: 180587Date: March 4, 2014Author:
World Bank
The key messages in this brief are as
follows: 1) The direct link between Applied Sciences,
Engineering and Technology (ASET) and economic growth is
widely accepted....
The combination of an increasing trade
imbalance, concerns about deindustrialization after several
years of booming commodity prices, and rising imports of
intermediate...
Type: BriefReport#: 85983Date: March 1, 2014Author:
Rahardja,Sjamsu ;
Varela,Gonzalo J.
Recognizing the importance of policy
debate and knowledge sharing in the field of development,
the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development and the
World Bank (Middle...
Type: BriefReport#: 90145Date: March 1, 2014Author:
Limam, Imed ;
Rouis,Mustapha
The key messages of this brief are as
follows: 1) The Malawi Growth Development Strategy II
recognizes the crucial role of higher education as a key
driver of competitiveness...
Real growth in global trade has
decelerated significantly since its sharp recovery in 2010.
Year-on-year growth in global real trade1 decelerated from
13.3 percent at...
Type: BriefReport#: 86232Date: March 1, 2014Author:
Ferrantino,Michael Joseph ;
Taglioni,Daria
This issue focuses on ways to minimize
impact on vulnerable populations living in the Rio de
Janeiro's mountainous region, particularly in regards
to extreme flooding...
The road sector represents a significant
asset to any country, both in terms of the physical cost to
build it, and the social and economic benefits that it
facilitates....
Type: BriefReport#: 87825Date: March 1, 2014Author:
Abe,Katsuya ;
Greenwood,Ian Douglas ;
Henning,Theuns Frederick Phillip ;
Porter, Tony
As in many developing countries, data
collection has proved to be a considerable challenge in
Papua New Guinea (PNG). The country has contended with what
are said to...
Type: BriefReport#: 86185Date: March 1, 2014Author:
Akmeemana,Sakuntala ;
Bailey,Laura E. ;
Diwa, Reno ;
Menzies,Nicholas
The key messages in this brief are as
follows: 1) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM)-related research output and impact are related to a
regions...
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