More than 10 million people have been
affected by the recent flooding in West Africa. Rainfall has
eased across much of the region and clean-up and
reconstruction efforts...
Type: BriefReport#: 74463Date: December 10, 2012Author:
Wielinga,Doekle Geert
This brief focuses on the Georgia
Tourism Strategy 2015-2025, which was developed by the
Government of Georgia over the course of one year with
support from the World...
Type: BriefReport#: 180124Date: December 7, 2012Author:
World Bank
A children’s health center
set up 17 years ago, Chance is the result of the combined
work of the Bila Tserkva City Council and Ayurveda, a
society for disabled...
Type: BriefReport#: 180312Date: December 3, 2012Author:
World Bank
The recent financial crisis brought to
light the importance of transparent and effective corporate
financial reporting to a countrys economic recovery and
subsequent...
Type: BriefReport#: 76213Date: December 1, 2012Author:
James Francis,Owen ;
Sekiguchi,Juri
Formal child care services can expand
women's economic opportunities and promote equity
through early childhood development. However, academics and
policy makers often...
Type: BriefReport#: 74363Date: December 1, 2012Author:
Posadas,Josefina
Economic activity continues to
strengthen among developing countries but remains weak among
high-income countries. Recent data suggests that the
cyclical pickup in economic...
The United Nations decade of action for
road safety 2011-2020 sets an ambitious goal to stabilize
and then reduce by half the predicted level of traffic
fatalities in...
Type: BriefReport#: 75188Date: December 1, 2012Author:
Raffo, Veronica ;
Bliss, Tony
This note is based on report entitled
Looking Ahead after a Year in Transition that was issued by
the Chief Economists office of the Middle East and North
Africa region...
Cash transfers provide recipients with
sufficient resources to enable them to maintain a minimum
level of consumption. These resources can be provided as
child grants,...
In many developing countries, landslide
risk is increasing as unauthorized housing is built on
already landslide prone hill-slopes surrounding urban areas.
This risk...
The introduction of the water efficiency
program saw the company achieve savings of €250,000 on its
water costs in 2011. The implementation of company’s most
recent...
Oftentimes youth programs fall short of
reaching adolescent girls by failing to take a
gender-sensitive approach to project design and
implementation. Experience has...
Volatility in employment and income and
the entrenched vulnerability of certain groups that
constrains their access to jobs are central to the social
protection agenda....
From a safety nets perspective, public
work programs (PWP) are targeted programs that provide
temporary employment at low wages, mainly to unskilled
workers. These workers...
Governments have made substantial
investments in basic service delivery, but inequalities in
access continue to plague many developing countries,
resulting in a lack...
The Kosi River rises in the Tibetan
plateau of China and flows across Nepal into Bihar, joining
the Ganges near Kursela, India. On 18th August 2008, the
Kosi breached...
The Central African Republic is one of
the poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Bangui, the
capital of the Central African Republic, there is no
sewerage network,...
Insurance is an important component of
risk management, and ensuring that poor households have
access to insurance services is a high priority in Africa.
Insurance mitigates...
Social protection spending as a share of
each national economy tends to increase as the
country's per capita income rises and as the coverage
and scope of its social...
Active labor market programs (ALMPs) aim
to keep workers employed, bring them into employment,
increase their productivity and earnings, and improve the
functioning...
Type: BriefReport#: 76212Date: December 1, 2012Author:
Brown, Alessio J.G. ;
Koettl, Johannes
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