An Africa development indicator is a
product of the Africa Region of the World Bank. For over a
decade, Sub-Saharan Africa has been experiencing relatively
rapid economic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80512Date: January 1, 2013
Residential property is both a source of
wealth and, insofar as property owners live in or on their
property, an important determining factor in their cost of
living....
Type: PublicationReport#: 85739Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Balk, Bert ;
Diewert,Walter Erwin ;
Fenwick, David ;
Prud'homme, Marc ;
de Haan, Jan
Agricultural production is inextricably
tied to climate, making agriculture one of the most
climate-sensitive of all economic sectors. In countries such
as the Former...
Type: PublicationReport#: 81590Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Boehlert, Brent B. ;
Neumann, James E. ;
Srivastava,Jitendra P. ;
Strzepek, Kenneth M. ;
Sutton,William R.
The chapters in part one provides the
overall context of light manufacturing in Tanzania. Chapter
one presents the rationale for the study, the potential of
the sector...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80893Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Dinh, Hinh T. ;
Monga, Celestin ;
Morisset, Jacques ;
Kweka, Josaphat ;
Yagci, Fahrettin ;
Yoshino, Yutaka
This paper is organized in following
headings: water nationalization and service quality;mass
media and public policy: global evidence from agricultural
policies; liability...
Type: PublicationReport#: 113047Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Borraz,Fernando ;
González Pampillón, Nicolás ;
Olarreaga,Marcelo ;
Olper,Alessandro ;
Swinnen,Johan F. M. ;
Carpena,Fenella ;
Cole,Shawn Allen ;
Shapiro,Jeremy ;
Zia,Bilal Husnain ;
Cull,Robert J. ;
Demirgüc¸Asli ;
Yifu Lin,Justin ;
Demirguc-Kunt,Asli ;
Song,Fenghua ;
Thakor,Anjan ;
De La Torre Anglada,Jordi ;
Feyen,Erik H.B. ;
Ize,Alain ;
Xu,L. Colin
This report is about how to improve
health system outcomes in countries in the ECA region. Its
draws on a wealth of new evidence to explore the challenges
facing health...
Type: PublicationReport#: 78185Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Nguyen,Son Nam ;
Smith,Owen K.
Trade reform in Latin America in the
1980s and 1990s was in significant part a reform of
policy-making institutions. The institutions that existed
when the reforms began...
Type: PublicationReport#: 79618Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Baracat,Elias Antonio ;
Finger,Joseph Michael ;
Nogues,Julio ;
Leon Thorne,Raul Matias
In the spring of 2012, the Royal
Monetary Authority of Bhutan and the World Bank commissioned
a diagnostic assessment of financial practices and
strategies among urban...
Job creation and productivity growth are
at the forefront of today's global development agenda.
The 2013 world development report on jobs identified
entrepreneurship...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80673Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Kuriakose,Smita
Changes in climate and their impact on
agricultural systems and rural economies are already evident
throughout Europe and Central Asia (ECA). Adaptation
measures now...
Type: PublicationReport#: 81592Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Droogers,Peter ;
Neumann, James E. ;
Srivastava,Jitendra P. ;
Strzepek, Kenneth M. ;
Sutton,William R.
It is estimated that United States
(U.S.) 339 million dollars to U.S. 413 million dollars was
claimed in ransoms between April 2005 and December 2012 for
pirate acts...
Type: PublicationReport#: 81232Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Casal,Julian ;
Clement,Viviane Wei Chen ;
Esen,Ferhat ;
Fernando,Francisca Maryanne U. ;
Gorrissen, Clément ;
Kisaka, George Lenny ;
Lamair, David ;
Levine,Tamara Ashley ;
Roos,Philippe R. ;
Stephenson,Kevin Mark ;
Yikona,Stuart
This study surveys active labor market
programs (ALMPs) in selected countries of the Middle East
and North Africa (MENA) region, identifies key challenges to
their effective...
Type: PublicationReport#: 79262Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Angel-Urdinola, Diego F ;
Kuddo,Arvo ;
Semlali,Amina
As the world recently turned its
attention to the struggle of expanding health insurance
coverage for 40 million people in the United States, it is
important not to...
Type: PublicationReport#: 77909Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Chernichovsky,Dov ;
Lindner, Marianne E. ;
Preker,Alexander S. ;
Schellekens, Onno P.
The increasing resilience to climate
change in the agricultural sector report presents
local-level priorities, informed by stakeholder input, to
build agricultural resilience...
Type: PublicationReport#: 76367Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Ashwill,Maximillian Shen ;
Lee,David Robinson ;
Verner,Dorte ;
Wilby,Robert Leonard
Events like the Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency (MIGA), Georgetown symposium demonstrate
that there is much to be learned through the sharing of
experiences...
Type: PublicationReport#: 75735Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Quintrell,Edith ;
Verheyen,Gero
This guide provides practica l guidance
on program classification, that is, on how to define
programs and their constituent elements under a program
budgeting system....
Type: PublicationReport#: 95938Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Robinson,Marc Laurence
For the World Bank, Bangladesh is a key
player in contributing to the global goals of reducing
poverty and boosting shared prosperity by 2030. The pages of
this publication...
Type: PublicationReport#: 93849Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Zutt,Johannes C.M.
This report 'Turning the right
corner - ensuring development through a low carbon transport
sector' emphasizes that developing countries need to
transition to a low...
Type: PublicationReport#: 78086Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Block,Rachel Ilana ;
Kopp,Andreas Dietrich ;
Limi, Atsushi
State and local debt and debt of
quasi-public agencies have grown in importance. Three
structural trends have contributed to the rising share of
subnational finance,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 75732Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Canuto,Otaviano ;
Liu,Lili
This report seeks to understand
investors' perceptions of political risk as they affect
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), as well as the role of the
political risk insurance...
Type: PublicationReport#: 83388Date: January 1, 2013
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