Africa Development Indicators 2006 is
the latest annual report from the World Bank on social and
economic conditions across the continent. It was revamped
this year...
Type: PublicationReport#: 37451Date: January 1, 2006
This book develops a comparative
institutional framework for responsive, responsible, and
accountable governance in developing countries. It provides
a synthesis of...
Local government refers to specific
institutions or entities created by national constitutions
(Brazil, Denmark, France, India, Italy, Japan, Sweden), by
state constitutions...
Type: PublicationReport#: 36809Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Shah, Anwar
This paper addresses topics on which an
agreement is necessary to arrive at consensus guidelines or
principles of regulation and supervision of cooperative
financial...
Type: PublicationReport#: 36810Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Cuevas,Carlos E. ;
Fischer,Klaus P.
Since 2003, the Civic Engagement,
Empowerment, and Respect for Diversity (CEERD) program of
the World Bank Institute has included a program on Education
and Respect...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35406Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Roberts-Schweitzer, Eluned [editor] ;
Greaney, Vincent ;
Duer, Kreszentia
In the wake of the Soviet Union's
collapse, Armenia, like other former Soviet republics, began
to struggle with the implications of its newfound
independence. In the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35408Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Balabanyan,Ani ;
Hankinson,Denzel J. ;
Sargsyan,Gevorg
This book represents an effort to
present an easily accessible framework to readers,
especially those for whom empowerment remains a puzzling
development concern, conceptually...
This Toolkit aims to help developing
country governments, interested in using private firms to
help expand access to safe water and sanitation services at
reasonable...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35029Date: January 1, 2006
The overall goal of this report is to
give strategic focus to implementation of the agricultural
water management (AWM) components of the corporate
strategies. Its specific...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35520Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Bambarelli, Gretel ;
Darghouth,M. Salah ;
Minasyan,Gayane ;
Ward,Christopher S.
This evaluation of the Bank's
assistance on trade-related issues focuses on the period
between fiscal years 1987 and 2004. The majority of
developing countries have...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35921Date: January 1, 2006
This book examines issues at the
forefront of the debate on land law reform, pays particular
attention to how reform options affect the poor and
disadvantaged, and recommends...
Type: PublicationReport#: 37448Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Bledsoe, David ;
Bruce,John W. ;
Giovarelli,Renee A. ;
Delaney,Mitchell Robert ;
Rolfes, Jr., Leonard
This issue includes the following:
making conditional cash transfer programs more efficient:
designing for maximum effect of the conditionality, by Alain
de Janvry,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34816Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Bell, CIive ;
Cubbin, John ;
Devarajan,Shantayanan ;
Duclos,Jean-Yves ;
Gersbach,Hans ;
Monchuk,Louise Victoria ;
De Janvry,Alain F. ;
Kirkpatrick,Colin ;
Orazem, Peter F. ;
Parker, David ;
Sadoulet,Elisabeth Marie L. ;
Sahn,David E. ;
Sanchez Trujillo,Carlos Mario ;
Stern,Jon ;
Younger,Stephen D.
The purpose of this study is to update
the review of World Bank experience in Irrigation (IEG 1994)
and to broaden the scope of evaluation to include all water
lending...
Type: PublicationReport#: 46858Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Keith, George T.
Knowledge of the economic effects of
migration, especially its impact on economic development, is
rather limited. In order to expand knowledge on migration,
and identify...
Type: PublicationReport#: 33988Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Schiff, Maurice [editor] ;
Ozden, Caglar [editor] ;
Mora, Jorge ;
Taylor, J. Edward ;
Adams, Richar H. jr., ;
Yang, Dean ;
Martinez, Claudia A. ;
McKenzie, David J. ;
Docquier, Frederic ;
Marfouk, Abdeslam ;
Chellaraj, Gnanaraj ;
Maskus, Keith E. ;
Mattoo, Aaditya
The Consultative Group to Assist the
Poor (CGAP), a multi-donor consortium dedicated to advancing
microfinance, is a global resource center for microfinance
standards,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35031Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Helms, Brigit [editor]
As illustrated in Africa's Silk
Road: China and India's New Economic Frontier, the new
South-South economic relations present real opportunities-as
well as challenges-to...
Type: PublicationReport#: 37895Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Broadman,Harry G.
Following the 1998 financial crisis,
four out of every ten people slipped into poverty, not able
to meet basic needs. Luckily, post-crisis economic rebound
was impressive...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35519Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Asaoka,Hiromi ;
Barnes, Bob ;
Drebentsov,Vladimir ;
Langenbrunner,John C. ;
Sajaia,Zurab ;
Shabalina,Olga ;
Shaban,Radwan Ali ;
Stevens, James ;
Tarr,David ;
Tesliuc,Emil Daniel ;
Yemtsov,Ruslan G.
This evaluation assesses the
effectiveness of the World Bank Group in helping its member
countries improve their investment climates, within the
context of the World...
Type: PublicationReport#: 36613Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Hallberg, Kristin
This study analyzes the
interrelationship between local benefits and global
environment benefits in the Global Environment Facility
(GEF) strategies and projects in...
Type: PublicationReport#: 39191Date: January 1, 2006
In the early 1990s, Finland went through
watershed developments due to a severe economic recession,
during which unemployment rates rose from around 2 percent
to over...
Type: PublicationReport#: 39378Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Dahlman,Carl J. ;
Routti,Jorma Tapio ;
Yla-Anttila,Pekka Antero
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