This Understanding Children's Work (UCW) newsletter includes some of the following headlines: school quality and child labor; local labor markets and child labor; worst forms of child labor in Senegal;...
This newsletter highlights from the Kosovo Poverty Assessment Report (KPA): poverty has remained widespread and persistent since 2000 in Kosovo. Larger households and households whose heads are females...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 43917Date: June 1, 2007Author:
Bush,Neil Richard ;
Ahmeti,Shpend ;
Intini,Vito
The World Bank civil society engagement eNewsletter includes the following headings: selection of the President of the World Bank; International Development Association replenishment meeting, June 28-30,...
Some of the headings included in this issue of the daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: European gross domestic product (GDP) up 2.4 percent in first quarter,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60682Date: June 1, 2007Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
DeKleine, Annette
This newsletter includes some of the following headlines: water is the best of all things; International Development Association (IDA) in Senegal: 98 percent of the population has access to safe water...
In this issue of Development in Partnership: World Bank's East Asian Renaissance Report offers insight into Thailand's biggest challenges. Time to refocus on core mission -- World Bank's Vice President...
This issue focuses on ways countries can maximize the opportunities and minimize the risks facing young people by leveraging their human capital. A common theme running through the special report is that...
Barriers to banking, by Asli Demirguc_Kunt. Finance and opportunity, by Ross Levine and Asli Demirguc_Kunt. Risk taking by banks in transition countries by Paul Wachtel and Rainer Haselmann. Foreign bank...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 41830Date: June 1, 2007Author:
Banerji,Arup ;
Betcherman,Gordon ;
Billmeier, Andreas ;
Chawla,Mukesh ;
Cull,Robert J. ;
Dabla_Norris, Era ;
Demirguc-Kunt,Asli ;
Ding,Shannon Shuang ;
Floerkemeier, Holger ;
Fungacova, Zuzana ;
Goriaev, Alexei ;
Gozzi,Juan Carlos ;
Gurvich, Yevsei ;
Hagmayr, Bettina ;
Haiss, Peter ;
Haselmann, Rainer ;
Ju,Jiandong ;
Karas, Alexei ;
Keefer,Philip E. ;
Levine,Ross Eric ;
Moore,David Paul ;
Pyle, William ;
Sanfey, Peter ;
Schmukler,Sergio L. ;
Schoors, Koen ;
Soledad, Maria ;
Steves, Franklin ;
Teksoz, Utku ;
De La Torre,Augusto ;
Vamvakidis,Athanasios ;
Wachtel,Paul ;
Wei,Shang-Jin ;
Zelenyuk, Valentin
Some of the headings included in this issue are development with Impact: measuring the effectiveness of programs; five questions for William Easterly; results measurement for advisory services; the case...
Youth development projects aim to improve the lives and livelihoods of young people around the world. Interventions for youth are often multi-sectoral in nature, ranging from job- and life-skills development...
In this issue: Stakeholders create flare reduction committee in Nigeria; Gabon and ConocoPhillips to join GGFR; GGFR kicks off carbon TA for petroecuador; Canada creates association of flare and vent regulators;...
In this issue: International Finance Corporation (IFC) launches the municipal scorecard 2007 report: the report aims at promoting municipal reforms that help reduce the regulatory burden and improve the...
In this issue: Opinion -- balancing power. Recognition comes home to Papas. Bringing maize back to the future. Volte-Face for the Volta. New partnership to improve nutrition. Baring the goodness of berries....
Some of the headings included in this issue of the daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: major equity markets push-through to new highs; U.S. gross domestic product...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60681Date: May 31, 2007Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
DeKleine, Annette
Some of the headings included in this issue of the daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: Japan's production falls for a second month in April; U.S. mortgage applications...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60680Date: May 30, 2007Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
DeKleine, Annette
Some of the headings included in this issue of the daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: private capital flows reach new record in 2006; Japan's jobless rate...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60679Date: May 29, 2007Author:
DeKleine, Annette ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Riordan,Elliot Joseph ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Streifel,Shane S.
Some of the headings included in this issue of the daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: U.S. existing home sales decline for second month in April; and among...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60678Date: May 25, 2007Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
DeKleine, Annette
Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: U.S. new home sales skyrocket...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60677Date: May 24, 2007Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
DeKleine, Annette
Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: U.S. mortgage apps increase...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60676Date: May 23, 2007Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
DeKleine, Annette
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