This report is about how women
entrepreneurs can contribute more to the quality and
direction of economic and social development in the Middle
East and North Africa...
Type: PublicationReport#: 44824Date: June 20, 2008Author:
Chamlou,Nadereh
The policy notes for Ecuador are part of
a series of books that the Bank prepares periodically
summarizing its accumulated knowledge on the economic and
social issues...
This book assembles methodologies and
techniques to evaluate the poverty impact of macroeconomic
policies. It takes as a departure point a companion volume,
the impact...
Type: PublicationReport#: 45623Date: June 19, 2008Author:
Bourguignon,Alain Jean-Francois ;
Bussolo,Maurizio ;
Pereira Da Silva,Luiz A.
This sourcebook is intended to be a
ready reference for practitioners (including World Bank
stakeholders, clients in borrowing countries, and World Bank
project leaders)...
Type: PublicationReport#: 44834Date: June 17, 2008
This report complements Repositioning
Nutrition as Central to Development by looking at
environmental health issues that affect child health
broadly, while also exploring...
Type: PublicationReport#: 45086Date: June 16, 2008Author:
Acharya, Anjali; Paunio, Mikko K.;
There is little doubt that economic
growth contributes significantly to poverty reduction;
however, countries clearly differ in the degree to which
income growth translates...
This Sourcebook illustrates how the
emerging paradigm in development communication, focused on
participation and two-way communication, constitutes a
necessary element...
Type: PublicationReport#: 44636Date: June 16, 2008Author:
Mefalopulos, Paolo
The objective of this report is to
analyze the important roles of labor markets, employment,
productivity, and labor income in facilitating shared growth
and promoting...
Type: PublicationReport#: 44646Date: June 16, 2008Author:
Paci, Pierella ;
Sasin, Marcin
The objective of this report is to
provide some policy guidelines for the fight against
poverty. In particular, it hopes to be able to identify the
growing sectors,...
This book is a contribution to efforts
to improve governance systems around the world, particularly
in developing countries. It offers a range of innovative
approaches...
Type: PublicationReport#: 44982Date: June 13, 2008Author:
Odugbemi, Sina ;
Jacobson, Thomas editors
This second volume of the National
Assessment of Educational Achievement series describes
addresses the design of two types of data collection
instruments: student achievement...
Type: PublicationReport#: 45411Date: June 13, 2008Author:
Anderson, Prue ;
Greaney, Vincent [editor] ;
Kellaghan, Thomas [editor] ;
Morgan, George
This study strives to sketch an initial
map of the extent and nature of institutional and program
differentiation within African systems of tertiary
education. In doing...
This book provides guidance to countries
that want to reform or establish mandatory health insurance
(MHI) by specifically addressing governance. It elucidates
the role...
Type: PublicationReport#: 45407Date: June 12, 2008Author:
Savedoff, William D.; Gottret, Pablo;
This toolkit provides practical advice
to anyone involved in, or who is interested in becoming
involved in, performance-based contracting of health
services with non...
Type: PublicationReport#: 44821Date: June 12, 2008Author:
Loevinsohn, Benjamin;
The effectiveness and efficiency of a
country's public sector is vital to the success of
development activities, including those the World Bank
supports. Sound financial...
Type: PublicationReport#: 46805Date: June 12, 2008
The World Bank support for public sector
reform has grown notably in recent years. To address the
questions of what is working and why in this area, the
Independent...
Type: PublicationReport#: 44818Date: June 12, 2008
Doing Business (DB), the annual World
Bank- International Finance Corporation (IFC) benchmarking
exercise launched in 2004, is one of the Bank Group's
flagship knowledge...
Type: PublicationReport#: 44995Date: June 11, 2008
This book takes a look at the past to
gain insights for the future. Nearly 30 years ago, when the
world urban population was only about half of the 3 billion
that it...
Type: PublicationReport#: 44645Date: June 10, 2008Author:
Annez,Patricia Clarke ;
Huet,Gwenaelle Aurelie Anne ;
Peterson,George E.
The report suggests that improving and
sustaining export performance and thereby gross domestic
product (GDP) growth will require sustained improvement in
foreign direct...
Type: PublicationReport#: 44174Date: June 10, 2008Author:
Kathuria,Sanjay
The World Bank Group's clean energy
for development investment framework action plan has
outlined some of the key activities it intends to undertake
in the area of mitigating...
Type: PublicationReport#: 44382Date: June 10, 2008Author:
Avato, Patrick; Coony, Jonathan;
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