• Challenges in health financing for Lao PDR
    Despite progress, Lao PDR continues to have some of the world's worst maternal and child health outcomes, both globally as well as in the East Asia and Pacific region....
    Type: Brief Report#: 177621 Date: April 18, 2013 Author: World Bank
  • Kosovo's Energy Crisis and the World Bank's Proposed Support
    In 2011, the World Bank Group provided a total of $8.2 billion in financing for energy development projects worldwide. It assists countries in expanding energy capacity,...
    Type: Brief Report#: 180811 Date: April 16, 2013 Author: World Bank
  • East Asia and Pacific economic update, April 2013 – a fine balance
    This story highlights the fact that the East Asia and Pacific region continues to be an engine of global growth, contributing around 40 percent of global growth in 2012....
    Type: Brief Report#: 177657 Date: April 15, 2013 Author: World Bank
  • Philippines : Rural Roads Lead to Safer, Faster Travel in Mindanao
    Rough road conditions made transport of farm produce to markets difficult and dangerous. Steep sections of roads were paved under the Second Mindanao Rural Development...
    Type: Brief Report#: 177895 Date: April 12, 2013 Author: World Bank
  • Moldova Economic Update – April 2013
    This brief provides a summary of the Moldova Economic Update as of April 2013. Weak external demand and marked decline in agricultural production in 2012 have led to...
    Type: Brief Report#: 180411 Date: April 10, 2013 Author: World Bank
  • Laos : A Feeding Program is Bringing More Children to School
    Poor school attendance due to poverty is a development challenge in Laos. Only seven out of ten children complete primary school. The National School Meals Program (NSMP)...
    Type: Brief Report#: 177714 Date: April 5, 2013 Author: World Bank
  • Enhancing Public Services in Times of Austerity: Public Expenditures Review for Belarus
    This brief summarizes highlights from the report titled “Belarus - Public expenditure review : enhancing public services in times of austerity”, which...
    Type: Brief Report#: 180539 Date: April 5, 2013 Author: World Bank
  • A winning framework for public-private partnerships : lessons from 60-plus IFC projects
    Despite global financial uncertainty and increased public mistrust of business, partnerships between the public and private sectors have continued to grow- driven by...
    Type: Brief Report#: 80896 Date: April 4, 2013 Author: Carter,Laurence W. ; Florizone,Richard Emile Joseph
  • Ukraine economic update (April 2, 2013)
    Ukraine is in a recession because of weak external demand and delays in policy adjustment. Growth in 2013 is projected to remain weak and will continue to be vulnerable...
    Type: Brief Report#: 76353 Date: April 2, 2013
  • Ukraine Economic Update – April 2013
    This brief provides highlights of the April 2013 Economic Update for Ukraine. Ukraine is in a recession because of weak external demand and delays in policy adjustment....
    Type: Brief Report#: 180600 Date: April 2, 2013 Author: World Bank
  • Yemen - Stimulating business and employment
    Yemen is at a crossroads. Two years after popular unrest led to the ousting of the former president, there is now a coalition government, and the beginnings of a national...
    Type: Brief Report#: 76812 Date: April 1, 2013
  • Ghana - Nutrition at a glance
    Annually, Ghana loses over US dollar177 million in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Scaling up core micronutrient interventions would...
    Type: Brief Report#: 77166 Date: April 1, 2013
  • Supporting access to finance for micro, small and medium enterprises with partial credit guarantees : the Moroccan experience
    Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) represent an important pillar of the Moroccan economy. Estimates indicate they account for more than 90 percent of all enterprises...
    Type: Brief Report#: 80245 Date: April 1, 2013 Author: Aziz, Teymour Abdel
  • Tunisia - Firm perceptions in post-revolutionary
    Through steady structural reforms and good macroeconomic management, Tunisia has been successful in sustaining growth. The country enjoyed a 4.8 percentage average annual...
    Type: Brief Report#: 78071 Date: April 1, 2013 Author: Issa, Djibrilla Adamou
  • Egypt - Nutrition at a glance
    Annually, Egypt loses over US dollar 814 million in Gross Domestic Product (GDP)to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Scaling up core micronutrient nutrition interventions...
    Type: Brief Report#: 77221 Date: April 1, 2013
  • Liberia : Amended Management Contract for LEC
    In post-conflict Liberia, IFC structured an amended management contract for the Liberian Electricity Corporation (LEC). The amended contract will extend access to electricity...
    Type: Brief Report#: 96912 Date: April 1, 2013
  • Pre-salt oil discoveries and the long-term development of Brazil
    Newly discovered oil reserves off the coast of Brazil present a unique opportunity for the country to boost an already successful trajectory of growth and development....
    Type: Brief Report#: 84173 Date: April 1, 2013 Author: Fajnzylber,Pablo ; Lederman,Daniel ; Oliver,Julia Burr
  • Executive summary for the Aynak copper mine
    The current project involves a two-phase development of the Aynak copper mine including a processing plant with a capacity of 30 ktpd of ore in phase one and 60 ktpd...
    Type: Brief Report#: 79738 Date: April 1, 2013
  • Maldives - Nutrition at a glance
    Scaling up core micronutrient interventions would cost about dollar 720,000 per year. Maldives performs better than many of its neighbors in the region. However, many...
    Type: Brief Report#: 77223 Date: April 1, 2013
  • Can trade reduce poverty in Africa
    While most economists accept that, in the long run, open economies fare better in aggregate than closed ones, many fears that trade could harm the poor. African countries,...
    Type: Brief Report#: 76975 Date: April 1, 2013 Author: Goff, Maelan Le; Singh, Rajun Jan
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