This brief describes the many
improvements in water and sanitation in Belarus funded with
help from the World Bank since 2008 under the Water Supply
and Sanitation Project....
Type: BriefReport#: 180277Date: February 4, 2013Author:
World Bank
This Result Profile focuses on Japan and
World Bank cooperation in Pakistan. The Bank and Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) jointly supported
the Pakistan...
This note shows how the rich
administrative data collected by many governments can be
used to evaluate a policy reform, and provides an example
where impact evaluation...
Type: BriefReport#: 76389Date: February 1, 2013Author:
Bruhn,Miriam ;
Mckenzie,David J.
The Rural Water and Sanitation
Information System (SIASAR) is an innovative platform
de-signed to monitor the development and performance of
rural Water Supply and Sanitation...
Brazil’s first public-private
partnership (PPP) in health dramatically improved emergency
hospital services for one million people in the capital of
the state of Bahia,...
Drawing on the findings of recent
research, this note examines the extent to which changes to
policy restrictions on foreign direct investment (FDI) in
the Indonesian...
Type: BriefReport#: 75321Date: February 1, 2013Author:
Duggan,Victor Fitzpatrick ;
Rahardja,Sjamsu ;
Varela,Gonzalo J.
Who shapes tax policy reform in
developing countries? A wider range of political actors are
beginning to exercise influence. A brief history in this
report will explain...
Type: BriefReport#: 125051Date: February 1, 2013Author:
Moore,Mick
The Port of Dar Es Salaam, the second
largest in East Africa after Mombasa, is one of the least
efficient on the planet, hindering trade and economic
expansion not just...
Type: BriefReport#: 76220Date: February 1, 2013Author:
Morisset, Jacques ;
Moret, Charles ;
Regolo, Julie
The World Bank and the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation co-hosted a meeting on February 20, 2013 in
Washington, D.C. of nutrition, policy, and advocacy experts
from...
Cambodia has had numerous scholarship
programs funded by the government and outside donors. A
government program supported by the World Bank's
Cambodia Education Sector...
Type: BriefReport#: 75761Date: February 1, 2013Author:
Filmer,Deon P. ;
Schady,Norbert Rudiger
The economy of the Palestinian
territories, hampered by years of conflict, occupation, and
insecurity remains dependent on foreign aid with the public
sector remaining...
Type: BriefReport#: 75659Date: February 1, 2013Author:
Abukumail,Ali H.
A World Bank team worked closely with
the Ministry of Education (MoE) on the Oman education sector
study which was launched in October 2012. The Minister of
Education...
Type: BriefReport#: 75657Date: February 1, 2013Author:
Wang, Lianqin
Employment outcomes continued to improve
in the second quarter of 2012 in a sample of 12
middle-income countries, despite weakening economic growth.
This report shows...
Type: BriefReport#: 76062Date: February 1, 2013Author:
Arias-Vazquez, Javier ;
Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys ;
Newhouse, David
Community driven development (CDD) is an
approach that emphasizes community control over planning
decisions and investment resources. A rigorous evaluation
process helps...
Type: BriefReport#: 77234Date: February 1, 2013Author:
Oshima,Kaori
Budget expenditures have been on the
rise in South Sudan since the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
(CPA), reaching levels that are quite in excess of those of
its East...
Type: BriefReport#: 77429Date: February 1, 2013Author:
Adiebo, Kimo; Bandiera, Luca; Zacchia, Paolo
The One Window Service Office
initiative, a citizen service center approach to developing
more accountable administrative services, is at the
forefront of decentralization...
Regulatory risk is a key concern for
most private sector investors in developing countries. While
products such as insurance are available to mitigate
political risk,...
Indonesia, like many middle income
countries, has difficulty providing universal access to
education and adequate access to healthcare, particularly in
poor and rural...
Lebanon is a typical example of a
country where the banking sector is stable with high levels
of liquidity, and where the government has put in place
various incentive...
Type: BriefReport#: 75658Date: February 1, 2013Author:
Akeel, Randa
Despite rapid economic growth, gender
disparities in women's economic participation have
remained deep and persistent in India. What explains these
gender disparities?...
Type: BriefReport#: 75524Date: February 1, 2013Author:
Ghani,Ejaz ;
Kerr,William Robert ;
O'Connell,Stephen Daniel
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