Agriculture remains a socioeconomically
and politically important sector in Pakistan, even as its
share in the overall economy continues to fall. Sluggish
growth in...
Type: BriefReport#: 79570Date: June 19, 2013Author:
Ahmed, S. Amer ;
Gautam,Madhur
Recognizing the importance of
integrating women into agriculture, female farmers are
working to overcome traditional family roles and
misperceptions about the role of...
Type: BriefReport#: 180470Date: June 19, 2013Author:
World Bank
Six countries in South East Europe are
coming out of a double dip recession and are expected to
grow by 1.7 percent collectively. The latest Regular
Economic Report,...
Type: BriefReport#: 180573Date: June 18, 2013Author:
World Bank
This brief discusses several different
initiatives to reduce gas flaring in Uzbekistan. The
implementation of one multi-stage project aims to save 17
million cubic meters...
Type: BriefReport#: 180236Date: June 18, 2013Author:
World Bank
This brief summarizes the EU11 Regional
Economic Report, which looks at economic trends in the
region. It predicts that countries in the European Union 11
(EU11) region...
Type: BriefReport#: 180028Date: June 13, 2013Author:
World Bank
Russian cities are facing several key
economic and social changes that have a direct impact on the
country's urban transportation systems. Several Russian
cities have...
Type: BriefReport#: 180313Date: June 13, 2013Author:
World Bank
Based on consultations at all levels of
society, and with development partners, the World Bank
Group's Country Partnership Strategy for Belarus for
2014-2017 commits...
Type: BriefReport#: 179719Date: June 6, 2013Author:
World Bank
Pakistan's trade performance is
disappointing. Despite being in a very dynamic region, the
country's position in world trade has barely changed
over the past three decades....
Type: BriefReport#: 79559Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Reis, Jose G. ;
Taglioni, Daria ;
Kunaka, Charles ;
Pitigala, Nihal
Pakistan is prone to geological and
hydro meteorological hazard events-earthquakes, floods,
droughts, cyclones. Combined with rapid population growth,
urbanization,...
Type: BriefReport#: 79579Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Forni,Marc S. ;
Khan,Haris
The Avian and Human Influenza Facility
(AHIF) is a multi-donor trust fund administered by the World
Bank and supported by the European Commission and nine other
donors....
The recently released United Nations
International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) social
protection strategic framework and the World Bank social
protection and...
Type: BriefReport#: 78652Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Rawlings, Laura ;
Murthy, Sheila ;
Winder, Natalia
Initially, Telkom Kenya Limited (TKL)
enjoyed a monopoly on landline operations in Kenya, but its
business suffered as Kenyans eagerly swapped fixed-line
phones for...
IFC is working with Russia’s industrial
sector to increase investments in resource efficiency
technologies that reduce both costs and pollution. So far,
IFC has worked...
Type: BriefReport#: 112840Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Bukova,Nezhdana
Securitization can be an advantageous
financial tool for companies seeking to manage their balance
sheet more actively or to broaden their funding options
beyond the...
Type: BriefReport#: 192493Date: June 1, 2013Author:
World Bank
As a low-middle-income country with a
gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of US$1,715 and a
population of 30 million (nearly half of all of the Central
Asian population),...
Type: BriefReport#: 78250Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Carneiro,Francisco Galrao ;
Trushin,Eskender
Throughout the 2000-2010 decade,
Bangladesh experienced steady and strong gross domestic
product (GDP) growth of nearly 6 percent per year on
average. During this period,...
Type: BriefReport#: 78518Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Ahmed,Faizuddin ;
Gimenez Duarte,Lea R. ;
Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell ;
Sharif,Iffath Anwar
Caribbean countries are highly
vulnerable to natural disasters and exposed to commodity
price fluctuations because of the openness of their economy.
At the same time,...
Type: BriefReport#: 78604Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Arias, Diego ;
Giannozzi, Sara
Sustained growth in emerging markets and
developing economies requires long-term, reliable capital to
finance productive investment, including in basic
infrastructure....
Type: BriefReport#: 78974Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Chelsky, Jeff ;
Morel, Claire ;
Kabir, Mabruk
This brief explains about the inclusive
business company profile Alquería S.A. Alquería S.A. is
Colombia’s third-largest dairy company engaged in the
production and...
South-South knowledge exchanges are
increasingly recognized as one of the most effective
learning and development tools. While it is important to
facilitate such exchange...
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