Global economic growth estimates for
2012 indicate a continuing fragile recovery. The ongoing
sovereign debt crisis and recession in the euro zone,
curtailed bank lending...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80511Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Healy,Conor ;
Villar,Daniel
The International Finance Corporation
(IFC) introduced the Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP) in
2005 is to 'support the extension of trade finance to
underserved clients...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80674Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Bridaa, Bouthina ;
Cudilla,Emelda ;
Dittbrenner,Susan L. ;
Ennis,Derek Lawrence ;
Glen,Jack D. ;
Hong,Houqi ;
Kam-Cheong,Marylou ;
Kopyta,Maria ;
Malca,Victor David ;
Ntungwanayo,Nestor ;
Padrino Barrios,Maria Gabriela ;
Pomerleano,Michael ;
Scarpino,Ida ;
Senechal,Thierry ;
De Silva,Asita R. ;
Smith, Donald ;
Vaz,Melvin P. ;
Wambia,Joseph Makwata ;
Yenice,Izlem
The development of wind-and
solar-generating capacity is growing rapidly around the
world as policy makers pursue various energy policy
objectives. This paper will describe...
Type: PublicationReport#: 75731Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Madrigal,Marcelino ;
Porter,Kevin L.
Many countries around the world are
moving toward universal health coverage, while navigating
through periods of economic crisis. The impact of the
economic downturn...
Type: PublicationReport#: 81593Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Hou,Xiaohui ;
Lunes, Roberto F ;
Smith,Owen K. ;
Velenyi,Edit V. ;
Yazbeck,Abdo S.
Agricultural production is inextricably
tied to climate, making agriculture one of the most
climate-sensitive of all economic sectors. In countries such
as Uzbekistan,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 81589Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Boehlert, Brent B. ;
Droogers,Peter ;
Neumann, James E. ;
Srivastava,Jitendra P. ;
Sutton,William R.
A number of countries have recently
discovered and are developing oil and gas reserves. Policy
makers in such countries are anxious to obtain the greatest
benefits for...
Type: PublicationReport#: 78994Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Anouti,Yahya ;
Manzano, Osmel E. ;
Tordo,Silvana ;
Warner,Michael
Peruvian public policy is currently
focused on economic growth with social inclusion. The
Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS)-created
in October 2011-leads...
Type: PublicationReport#: 79713Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Perova,Elizaveta ;
Vakis,Renos
Tajikistan's electricity system is
in a state of crisis. Approximately 70 percent of the Tajik
people suffer from extensive shortages of electricity during
the winter....
Type: PublicationReport#: 79616Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Besant-Jones,John E. ;
Fields,Daryl ;
Kochnakyan,Artur ;
Mukhamedova,Takhmina ;
Stuggins,Gary
This report is organized in five
chapters: chapter one, a framework for Social Safety Nets
(SSN) reform in the Middle East and North Africa, describes
and illustrates...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80515Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Levin,Victoria ;
Morgandi,Matteo ;
Silva,Joana C. G.
Proper public procurement practices
directly reflect good governance. Transparent and effective
procurement practices minimize expenditure and create
opportunity. Procurement...
Type: PublicationReport#: 83962Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Pascua, Laura
The theme of Global Monitoring Report
(GMR) 2013 is rural-urban disparities in development and
ways urbanization can better help achieve the Millennium
Development Goals...
Type: PublicationReport#: 77461Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Verbeek,Jos
The millennium declaration ratified in
2000 by the 189 member states of the United Nations,
committed rich and developing countries to work in
partnership to achieve...
Type: PublicationReport#: 76548Date: January 1, 2013
Competitiveness is a broad subject with
applications at the level of the firm, industry, region,
nation, and global economy. Each one of these aspects has a
rich literature...
Type: PublicationReport#: 79892Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Griffith,Breda ;
Nallari,Yugandhar Raj
The Congo Basin represents 70 percent of
the African continent's forest cover and constitutes a
large portion of Africa's biodiversity. The objective
of the two-year...
The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)
and the World Bank have agreed to carry out a Climate Change
Assessment (CCA) within the framework of the Bank's
Country Partnership...
Type: PublicationReport#: 78281Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Cervigni, Raffaello [editor] ;
Dvorak, Irina [editor] ;
Kaenzig, Robin ;
Rogers, John Allen [editor]
It starts with a demand-side analysis in
chapter two, examining historical trends in demand for
skills, revealing the types of skills in demand, and
projecting future...
Type: PublicationReport#: 82053Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Chen, Shuang ;
Liang,Xiaoyan
This book brings together new household
and enterprise data from 41 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
to inform policy makers and practitioners about ways to
expand women...
Type: PublicationReport#: 78299Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Hallward-Driemeier,Mary C.
The purpose of this report is to provide
updated poverty estimates for Bhutan using newly available
data from the Bhutan Living Standards Survey (BLSS) 2012.
Baseline...
Type: PublicationReport#: 91666Date: January 1, 2013
Four years after the onset of the global
financial crisis, the world economy continues to struggle.
Developing economies are still the main driver of global
growth,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 88343Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Burns,Andrew ;
Janse Van Rensburg,Theo Nortje
Project failures are not confined to the
development world. In 2004 Hartman and Ashrafi found that
the project failure rate is above 60 percent for
construction, engineering,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 79260Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Hamilton,Billy C. ;
Kusek,Jody Zall ;
Prestidge, Marelize Gorgens
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