This paper is organized as follows. In
chapter two, Samson Bilangna and Marcellin Djeuwo from the
Cameroon customs administration present the history and the
outcomes...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73516Date: October 31, 2012Author:
Cantens,Thomas ;
Ireland, Robert ;
Raballand,Gael J. R. F.
The little data book on financial
development 2013 is a pocket edition of the global financial
development database published as part of the work on the
global financial...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73517Date: October 25, 2012Author:
Cihak,Martin
Establishing robust, equitable, and
effective social protection is essential to reducing poverty
and boosting prosperity at all levels of development. The
demographic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73513Date: October 25, 2012Author:
Hinz,Richard Paul ;
Holzmann,Robert ;
Takayama,Noriyuki ;
Tuesta, David
Doing Business 2013 marks the 10th
edition of the Doing Business series. Over the past decade,
these reports have recorded nearly 2,000 regulatory reforms
implemented...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73512Date: October 22, 2012
After a robust recovery following the
global crisis, Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) has
entered into a phase of lower growth dynamics: economic
activity in the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73289Date: October 11, 2012Author:
Torre, Augusto de la
This book looks at the effect of legal
and economic rights on women's economic opportunities.
It focuses on entrepreneurship because women in Africa are
active entrepreneurs,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73071Date: October 4, 2012Author:
Hallward-Driemeier,Mary C. ;
Hasan,Tazeen
The overall goal of this book is to
change the way urban policy makers think about urban water
management, planning, and project design in Africa. African
cities are...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73073Date: October 4, 2012Author:
Jacobsen,Michael Peter Steen ;
Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy ;
Webster, Michael
This evaluation assesses the impact of
International Finance Corporation's (IFC's)
Business License Simplification Project in the municipality
of Lima, Peru. It reviews...
Type: PublicationReport#: 74469Date: October 1, 2012Author:
Warner, Andrew M.
This edition of the Middle East and
North Africa (MENA) economic developments and prospects
reports focuses on the economic developments and short-term
outlook for four...
Type: PublicationReport#: 74376Date: October 1, 2012Author:
Freund,Caroline ;
Ianchovichina,Elena
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
region is one of the most water-stressed parts of the world.
In just over 25 years, between 1975 and 2001. Looking to the
future,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73070Date: September 26, 2012
This 'improving the targeting of
social programs for Ghana' study provides a diagnostic
of the benefit incidence and targeting performance of a
large number of social...
Type: PublicationReport#: 76484Date: September 22, 2012Author:
Wodon, Quentin
The goal of this inaugural global
financial development report is to contribute to the
evolving debate on the role of the state in the financial
sector, highlighted...
Type: PublicationReport#: 72803Date: September 17, 2012
The private health sector was officially
recognized in the Republic of Congo over 20 years ago June
6, 1988, establishing the conditions for the independent
practice...
Type: PublicationReport#: 72464Date: September 11, 2012Author:
Deville, Leo ;
Folsom, Amanda ;
Makinen,William Marty
This book is organized as follows: this
first chapter examines the pattern of structural
transformation in Middle East and North Africa, or MENA and
summarizes the role...
Type: PublicationReport#: 72463Date: September 8, 2012Author:
Diop, Ndiame ;
Marotta, Daniela ;
Melo, Jaime de
Despite sustained economic growth at the
end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century, Latin
America and the Caribbean still faces high inequality and
weak...
Type: PublicationReport#: 72461Date: September 7, 2012Author:
Nopo Aguilar,Hugo Rolando
This 2012 edition of the World
Bank's information and communications for development
report analyzes the growth and evolution of mobile
telephony, and the rise of data-based...
Type: PublicationReport#: 72236Date: August 15, 2012Author:
Friederici,Nicolas ;
Kelly,Timothy John Charles ;
Minges,Michael ;
Yamamichi,Masatake
The report is divided into five
chapters. This chapter provides background on demographic
and epidemiological trends, the configuration of
Ghana's health system, and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 71894Date: August 10, 2012Author:
Schieber, George ;
Cashin, Cheryl ;
Saleh, Karima ;
Lavado, Rouselle
This book sheds light on the
characteristics of formal and informal manufacturing firms
in Africa by comparing these firms with firms in other
regions. Drawing on two...
Type: PublicationReport#: 71732Date: August 7, 2012Author:
Dinh, Hinh T ;
Clarke, George R.G.
The objectives of this study covered;
(i) to promote a broader understanding of the offense of
illicit enrichment, its application, benefits, and the
challenges it poses...
This issue of the World Bank research
observer contains the following articles: the odds of
achieving the MDGs; the challenges of bankruptcy reform;
school feeding programs...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80525Date: August 1, 2012Author:
Alderman,Harold H. ;
Bundy,Donald A. P. ;
Cirmizi,Elena ;
Go,Delfin Sia ;
Klapper,Leora ;
Pagiola,Stefano P. ;
Quijada,Jose Alejandro ;
Uttamchandani,Mahesh ;
Whittington,Dale ;
Wright,Brian D.
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