This evaluation is the first of a series
that seeks lessons from the World Bank Group's
experience on how to carve out a sustainable growth path.
The World Bank Group...
Type: PublicationReport#: 48897Date: May 28, 2009Author:
Chomitz,Kenneth M.
The information and communication
technology (ICT) is transforming interactions between
people, governments, and firms worldwide. In developing
countries, farmers receive...
Type: PublicationReport#: 48791Date: May 22, 2009Author:
Khalil, Mohsen A. ;
Dongier, Philippe ;
D'Costa, Valerie ;
Zhen-Wei Qiang, Christine ;
Smith, Peter L ;
Sudan, Randeep ;
Swanson, Eric ;
Wellenius, Bjorn
In recent times, South Asia has
attracted global attention for demonstrating rapid growth.
What is not so well known is that this is the least
integrated region in the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 51614Date: May 20, 2009Author:
Ahmed,Sadiq ;
Ghani,Ejaz
The name Tanzania is a portmanteau of
Tanganyika, the mainland, and Zanzibar, the nearby
archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The two united to become
the United Republic...
This book is specifically designed for
bank supervisors, some of whom may be looking for ways to
devise a program of anti-money laundering/combating the
financing of...
This book constitutes one of the main
outputs of the School Fee Abolition Initiative (SFAI). The
initiative, launched in 2005 by the United Nations
Children's Fund (UNICEF)...
Cameroon faces a challenging policy
agenda over the next few years. The Government has been
implementing its comprehensive poverty reduction strategy
since April 2003....
Type: PublicationReport#: 50937Date: April 29, 2009Author:
Charlier, Florence ;
N'Cho-Oguie, Charles
The global financial crisis, the most
severe since the great depression, is rapidly turning into a
human and development crisis. The financial crisis
originated in the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 48457Date: April 27, 2009Author:
Qureshi, Zia
China has made remarkable gains in
industrialization and development. Over the past three
decades, it has maintained gross domestic product (GDP)
growth of about 9 percent...
Type: PublicationReport#: 48333Date: April 22, 2009Author:
Zhang, Chunlin; Zeng, Douglas Zhihua; Mako, Will
This manual on improving transparency,
integrity, and accountability in water supply and sanitation
is the result of a partnership between the World Bank
Institute (WBI)...
Type: PublicationReport#: 47968Date: April 22, 2009Author:
Gonzalez de Asis, Maria; O'Leary,
Donal; Ljung, Per; Butterworth, John;
This evaluation reviews the World Bank
Group's (WBG's) experience with guarantee
instruments during 1990-2007. Although these instruments
have been an established product...
Type: PublicationReport#: 48454Date: April 21, 2009Author:
De Silva, Asita ; Tarazona, Ethel ; Tenev, Stoyan
Argentina's youth, 6.7 million
between the ages of 15 and 24, are an important, but to a
certain extent untapped, resource for development. Over 2
million (31 percent)...
Type: PublicationReport#: 48460Date: April 21, 2009
Women's contributions to poverty
reduction, economic growth, and private sector development
are increasingly recognized globally. A growing amount of
research demonstrates...
The spectacular economic rise of China
and India over the past two decades has accelerated their
trade with Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East and
North Africa...
Type: PublicationReport#: 48456Date: April 15, 2009Author:
Pigato,Miria A.
Non-Conviction Based (NCB) asset
forfeiture is a powerful tool for recovering the proceeds of
corruption, particularly in cases where the proceeds have
been transferred...
Type: PublicationReport#: 48092Date: April 13, 2009Author:
Grant, Wingate ;
Gray,Larissa Alanna ;
Greenberg,Theodore Stewart ;
Samuel, Linda M.
The publication of this fifth edition
coincides with the convergence in accounting standards that
has been a feature of the international landscape since the
global...
Type: PublicationReport#: 48334Date: April 3, 2009Author:
Greuning, Hennie van;
The study begins with an overview of the
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
(TRIPS) agreement and its flexibilities, delineating the
legal requirements...
Type: PublicationReport#: 44815Date: April 1, 2009Author:
Nkrumah, Yvonne K. ;
Osewe,Patrick Lumumba ;
Sackey, Emmanuel K.
This update of the projections in the
World Bank's Global Economic Prospects report (GEP) of
December 2008, reflects the rapid deterioration in financial
and economic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 48796Date: March 30, 2009
The handbook on poverty and inequality
provides tools to measure, describe, monitor, evaluate, and
analyze poverty. It provides background materials for
designing poverty...
Type: PublicationReport#: 48338Date: March 27, 2009Author:
Haughton,Jonathan ;
Khandker,Shahidur R.
A longstanding debate on health systems
organization relates to benefits of integrating health
programs that emphasize specific interventions into
mainstream health...
Type: PublicationReport#: 47980Date: March 26, 2009Author:
Atun, Rifat; de Jongh, Thyra; Secci,
Federica V.; Ohiri, Kelechi; Adeyi, Olusoji;
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