This Education Note presents the
findings from the first four Education Resilience Approaches
(ERA) pilots from the countries of Rwanda, South Sudan,
Honduras, and the...
Type: BriefReport#: 77672Date: May 1, 2013Author:
Reyes,Joel E.
The increased frequency and intensity of
disaster events is well documented and understood by most
stakeholders across the world. Governments, international
institutions,...
Several developing countries face the
challenge of attaining sufficient population level impact to
meet health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
This situation...
Type: BriefReport#: 74056Date: May 1, 2013Author:
Chansa,Collins ;
Das,Ashis Kumar ;
Qamruddin,Jumana N.
In the mid-2000s, poverty measurement in
Colombia was at a standstill. A dated poverty measurement
methodology was clashing with improvements in the national
household...
Type: BriefReport#: 77730Date: May 1, 2013Author:
Azevedo,Joao Pedro Wagner De
The third video conference of a
knowledge exchange series around public consultations was
organized on May 21, 2013, by the World Bank Institute and
the World Bank Middle...
This brief takes a detailed look at
Sudan's 2013 budget, with three key aims: (i) to
provide a reality check of the macro assumptions underlying
the budget; (ii) to...
Type: BriefReport#: 79069Date: May 1, 2013Author:
Geiger, Michael ;
Alamir, Mosllem ;
Nishiuchi, Toru
After the breakdown of the Juba peace
process in 2008, the conflict spread to the Central African
Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and
Southern...
Senegal's Casamance region is the
site of Africa's longest running conflict, one that has
caused serious political disruptions and posed severe
development challenges,...
The Palestinian Authority (PA)
administered Cash Transfer Program (CTP) is considered one
of the most advanced cash assistance programs in the Middle
East and North...
Since 1999 Public-Private Infrastructure
Advisory Facility (PPIAF) has supported various regional
activities in South Asia that have supported the
disseminating of best...
Three decades of rapid growth and
structural change have transformed China into an
upper-middle-income country and global economic powerhouse.
China's transformations...
Type: BriefReport#: 77910Date: May 1, 2013Author:
Schellekens, Philip
Limited integration has stifled the
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's
significant potential for economic growth and job creation.
Home to 5.5 percentage of...
Type: BriefReport#: 78073Date: May 1, 2013Author:
Rouis,Mustapha
Today most households in Lao PDR still
rely on fuel wood-mainly firewood and charcoal as their main
source of cooking energy, highlighting the vital role that
improved...
The process of political change and
transition across much of the Middle East and North Africa
(MENA) continued into 2013, with a great degree of
heterogeneity across...
Type: BriefReport#: 78069Date: May 1, 2013Author:
Byam, Gerard A.
The Palestinian Authority (PA)-
administered Cash Transfer Program (CTP) is considered one
of the most advanced cash assistance programs in the Middle
East and North...
Type: BriefReport#: 80247Date: May 1, 2013Author:
Hillis, Samira ;
Leite, Phillippe ;
McDonald, Laura ;
Frost, Lillian
This story provides a summary of the
full report, including an update on Mongolia’s
real sector development and its prospects, fiscal sector
development and outlook,...
Type: BriefReport#: 177805Date: April 30, 2013Author:
World Bank
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: BriefReport#: 103621Date: April 30, 2013Author:
Murungweni,Zeb N.
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: BriefReport#: 103622Date: April 30, 2013Author:
Clarissa
Over the last decade, the interest and
activity in social protection has experienced a paradigm
shift, with at-scale safety net programs expanding at a rate
of two countries...
Officially recorded remittance flows to
developing countries reached an estimated $401 billion in
2012, growing by 5.3 percent compared with 2011. Remittance
flows are...
Type: BriefReport#: 77967Date: April 19, 2013Author:
Aga, Gemechu Ayana; Eigen-Zucchi, Christian;
Plaza, Sonia; Silwal, Ani Rudra
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