A budget is a vital document that lays
out a government’s economic priorities in terms of policies
and programs. The World Bank team’s preliminary scrutiny of
practices...
The Syrian refugee crisis has galvanized
attention to one of the world’s foremost challenges: forced
displacement. The total number of refugees and internally
displaced...
Type: PublicationReport#: 117479Date: June 1, 2017
Global activity is firming broadly as
expected. Manufacturing and trade are picking up, confidence
is improving, and international financing conditions remain
benign....
Type: PublicationReport#: 119218Date: June 1, 2017
Data deficiencies contribute to state
fragility and exacerbate fragile states’ already limited
capacity to provide basic services, public security and rule
of law. The...
Type: PublicationReport#: 115407Date: May 31, 2017Author:
Hamilton,Alexander James ;
Hammer,Craig
By most accounts, rural Malawi lacked
dynamism in the past 15 years. Growth was mostly volatile,
in large part due to unstable macroeconomic fundamentals
evidenced by...
Type: PublicationReport#: 116657Date: May 31, 2017Author:
Dabalen,Andrew L. ;
De La Fuente,Alejandro ;
Goyal,Aparajita ;
Karamba,R. Wendy ;
Nguyen,Nga Thi Viet ;
Tanaka,Tomomi
South Asia has a huge need to create
more and better jobs for a growing population – especially
in the manufacturing industries where it is underperforming
as compared...
Type: PublicationReport#: 115406Date: May 30, 2017Author:
Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C. ;
Medvedev,Denis ;
Palmade,Vincent
The Dominican Republic has enjoyed one
of the strongest growth rates in Latin America and the
Caribbean (LAC) over the past 20 years. It also experiences
high growth...
Type: PublicationReport#: 115257Date: May 23, 2017Author:
Carneiro,Francisco Galrao ;
Sirtaine,Sophie
Central America has come a long way both
in terms of economic and political stability. Increasingly
the region is focusing on implementing
productivity-enhancing reforms...
This book highlights the role played by
public finance in the delivery of security and criminal
justice services. It seeks to strengthen policy and
operational dialogue...
Type: PublicationReport#: 115405Date: May 11, 2017Author:
Harborne,Bernard ;
Dorotinsky,William Leslie ;
Bisca,Paul Maximilian
Sub-Saharan Africa's natural
resource-rich countries have poor human development.
Children in these countries are more likely to die before
their first birthday, more...
Type: PublicationReport#: 114770Date: May 2, 2017Author:
de la Brière,Bénédicte ;
Filmer,Deon P. ;
Ringold,Dena ;
Rohner,Dominic Patrick ;
Samuda,Karelle Ann Yakini ;
Denisova,Anastasiya
Without urgent action to address low
levels of competitiveness, Africa’s economies will not
create enough jobs for the young people entering the job
market. If current...
The southwest monsoon brought heavy
rains and strong winds to Sri Lanka. The May 2017 floods
affected towns, villages, and agricultural areas located in
the borders...
The purpose of this technical note on
collaborative mapping is to serve as a reference and
guidance in applying collaborative mapping approach to
support the land governance...
The report estimates the costs, impacts
and financing scenarios to achieve the World Health Assembly
global nutrition targets for stunting, anemia in women,
exclusive...
Type: PublicationReport#: 114429Date: April 20, 2017Author:
Shekar,Meera ;
Kakietek,Jakub Jan ;
Dayton,Julia M. ;
Walter,Dylan
From East to West, the economies of
Europe and Central Asia (ECA) are not taking full advantage
of the internet to foster economic growth and job creation.
The residents...
Type: PublicationReport#: 114437Date: April 18, 2017Author:
Kelly,Timothy John Charles ;
Liaplina,Aleksandra ;
Tan,Shawn Weiming ;
Winkler,Hernan Jorge
The maps, charts, and analyses in this
Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2017 are intended to
present data trends and comparisons in an accessible and
visually...
Type: PublicationReport#: 114769Date: April 17, 2017Author:
Serajuddin,Umar ;
Fantom,Neil James ;
Fu,Haishan ;
Purdie,Elizabeth ;
Pirlea,Ana Florina ;
Khokhar,Tariq Afzal ;
Tariku,Jomo ;
Whitby,Andrew Michael
The book From Compliance to Learning: A
System for Harnessing the Power of Data in the State of
Maryland builds on a 2015 World Bank report that assessed
Education Management...
Type: PublicationReport#: 114178Date: April 11, 2017Author:
Abdul-Hamid,Husein ;
Mintz,Sarah Maurice ;
Saraogi,Namrata
Gender equality is a core development
objective in its own right and also smart development policy
and business practice. No society can develop sustainably
without...
Type: PublicationReport#: 114430Date: April 10, 2017Author:
Posadas,Josefina ;
Paci,Pierella ;
Sajaia,Zurab ;
Lokshin,Michael M.
Index insurance is commonly perceived to
be complicated and difficult to evaluate. This is one reason
index insurance products have not yet achieved high
penetration...
This report provides an overview of the
World Bank’s portfolio in the area of Education Management
Information Systems (EMISs) over 17 years from 1998 to 2014.
It seeks...
Type: PublicationReport#: 114096Date: April 6, 2017Author:
Abdul-Hamid,Husein ;
Saraogi,Namrata ;
Mintz,Sarah Maurice
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