This note is intended to inform the
World Bank's evolving strategy for engagement in Darfur
with respect to key conflict and gender issues. The purpose
of this review...
Indonesia has made significant progress
in increasing access to education over the last decade.
Despite these impressive trends, many children do not
continue their...
Type: BriefReport#: 80979Date: April 1, 2013Author:
Pettersson, Gunilla
State and local debt and the debt of
quasi-public agencies have grown in importance as a result
of fiscal decentralization, rapid urbanization, and the
increasing role...
Type: BriefReport#: 76379Date: April 1, 2013Author:
Canuto, Otaviano; Liu, Lili
This focus note provides a framework
that regulators, policy makers, financial service providers,
donors, and investors can use to identify the most
productive next...
Type: BriefReport#: 78234Date: April 1, 2013Author:
Faz, Xavier; Moser, Ted
Financial education is important, yet
there is a considerable knowledge gap in how best to deliver
it. The literature on careful evaluations of financial
literacy is...
Type: BriefReport#: 78242Date: April 1, 2013Author:
Berg,Gunhild ;
Zia,Bilal Husnain
Many of Bhutan's cultural heritage
sites, such as dzongs (fortresses), monasteries, and stupas
(relic mounds), are today in active use virtually as they
have for centuries,...
The expansion of real side activity in
the global economy continued through February (latest data),
albeit at a different pace across regions. Global industrial
production...
Program evaluation is a core part of The
International Finance Corporation's (IFC's)
commitment to rigorous results measurement. By revealing the
factors for success...
As in many developing countries, the
government of Egypt faces the challenging task of
reconciling budget deficits with a burgeoning need for
investment to improve and...
The Egyptian revolution resulted in key
challenges but also opportunities. It has highlighted the
need for more jobs, a level playing field, good governance
(transparency...
Type: BriefReport#: 80244Date: April 1, 2013Author:
Nasr, Sahar ;
Abd, Yara El
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: BriefReport#: 77085Date: April 1, 2013Author:
Aziz, Teymour Abdel
The aims of this brief are: 1) to assess
whether the International Finance Corporation's
(IFC's) global efforts to reform and introduce more
efficiency into business...
Women make up a disproportionately large
share of unbanked adults worldwide, according to new data
from the Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex)
database. The...
This story profiles the ten 2012-2013
STEPS Young Entrepreneur Market Place Competition winners,
nine of which are women. Each of the young entrepreneurs
received seed...
Type: BriefReport#: 177773Date: March 14, 2013Author:
World Bank
This brief describes the widespread
reforms in public administration supported by the World Bank
in the Russian Federation, administered through a trust
fund—DFID—aimed...
Type: BriefReport#: 180348Date: March 14, 2013Author:
World Bank
The breakup of the Soviet Union, along
with the emergence of regional powers such as the European
Union, China and India, and the return of the market as
society’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 180347Date: March 11, 2013Author:
World Bank
India is in the throes of a historic
urban transformation as legions of young people move into
towns and cities in search of jobs and economic opportunity.
Already-stretched...
Type: BriefReport#: 179044Date: March 11, 2013Author:
World Bank
Good jobs are the best form of inclusive
growth as growing numbers of young people move off the land
into towns and cities in search of jobs and opportunity.
Most have...
Type: BriefReport#: 179129Date: March 11, 2013Author:
World Bank
This brief focuses on the Enhancing
Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Access to Financing
Project, which has benefited 110 SMEs. It is estimated that
the project has...
Type: BriefReport#: 180068Date: March 8, 2013Author:
World Bank
This brief gives examples of some of the
achievements of the first 20 years of the World
Bank’s presence in Belarus. Over that period, the
World Bank has helped...
Type: BriefReport#: 180638Date: March 5, 2013Author:
World Bank
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