Growth in developing EAP eased over the
first half of the year. This mostly reflected a gradual
slowdown in China, in line with earlier predictions,
stemming from policy...
Type: PublicationReport#: 100599Date: October 1, 2015Author:
Spatatora, Nikola ;
Sienaert,Alexis R. ;
Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina ;
Hirano,Yumeka ;
Sun,Yan - EAPCE ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T. ;
Ahsan,Ahmad ;
Baffes,John ;
Fitriani, Fitria ;
Gupta,Poonam - MNCA3 ;
Jett,Alexander Nicholas ;
Kerblat,Yann ;
Kojima,Masami ;
Kryspin-Watson,Jolanta ;
Kurlat,Sergio Andres ;
Ruiz Nunez,Fernanda ;
Stanton-Geddes,Zuzana ;
Taglioni,Daria ;
Stern,Richard ;
James,Sebastian S. ;
Jaffee,Steven M.
The clear development gains achieved in
recent decades should not deflect attention from the scale
and type of challenges that remain. The strategies largely
responsible...
Type: PublicationReport#: 103170Date: October 1, 2015Author:
Gonzalez De Asis,Maria ;
Woolcock,Michael
Against the backdrop of a weakening
global economy and volatility in international financial
markets, countries of the Europe and Central Asia region
(ECA) are transitioning...
Type: PublicationReport#: 100609Date: October 1, 2015Author:
Timmer,Hans ;
Bussolo,Maurizio ;
Gogova,Dobrina ;
Gould,David Michael ;
Luongo,Patrizia ;
Nguyen,Tu Chi ;
Panterov,Georgi Lyudmilov ;
Ushakova,Ekaterina ;
Burns,Andrew ;
Izvorski,Ivailo V. ;
Pigato,Miria A. ;
Sanchez,Carolina
This report presents an analysis of
market conditions and market concentration in Haiti. Based
on available import data (Ministry of Economy and Finance
2014) and available...
Type: PublicationReport#: 103950Date: October 1, 2015Author:
Pop,Georgiana
This study develops and tests new
approaches to the planning of infrastructure to maximize
benefits and minimize negative externalities, particularly
in rural areas....
Type: PublicationReport#: 99897Date: September 30, 2015Author:
Ali,Rubaba ;
Barra,Alvaro Federico ;
Berg,Claudia N. ;
Damania,Richard ;
Nash,John D. ;
Russ,Jason Daniel
This diagnostic trade integration study
(DTIS) analyzes the internal and external constraints to
further integration with the world economy, keeping in view
the end...
Type: PublicationReport#: 100058Date: September 30, 2015Author:
Kathuria,Sanjay ;
Malouche,Mariem
The World Bank Group A to Z provides
latest and most essential information about the mission,
policies, procedures, products, and services of the World
Bank Group. The...
Type: PublicationReport#: 99896Date: September 30, 2015Author:
Mcgroarty,Stephen ;
Rossel,Carlos E. ;
Mcfadden,Jewel Monique
With the countdown on to the Paris
climate change conference, there is clear evidence of
growing momentum to put a price on carbon. The growth of
carbon pricing around...
The health sector is shaped by its
professionals. The processes by which they are selected for
training, trained, and then deployed are therefore critical
for the functioning...
Long-term finance plays an important
role in economic development. Extending the maturity
structure of finance is often considered to be at the core
of sustainable financial...
Type: PublicationReport#: 99100Date: September 14, 2015
Legal gender differences are widespread:
155 of the 173 economies covered have at least one law
impeding women’s economic opportunities. The total number of
legal gender...
Type: PublicationReport#: 99454Date: September 9, 2015Author:
Iqbal,Sarah
At the time of writing this report, the
country remains riven by fighting between rival militias
supporting either the HoR or GNC. Two competing governments
openly vie...
Type: PublicationReport#: 99458Date: September 9, 2015Author:
Calice,Pietro ;
Benattia, Tahar ;
Carriere, Adrian ;
Davin, Eric
This document provides the government of
Nigeria with a structured and coherent quantitative snapshot
of the state of national urban water sector. The focus is on
water...
Type: PublicationReport#: 99457Date: September 8, 2015Author:
Macheve,Berta Adelaide Da Silva ;
Danilenko,Alexander V. ;
Abdullah,Roohi ;
Bove,Abel Paul Basile ;
Moffitt,Larry Joe
The biennial meeting of the World Bank
Group’s International Corruption Hunters Alliance (IHCA) is
a critical part of our anti-corruption activities. Every two
years,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 99893Date: September 4, 2015Author:
Zimmermann,Stephen S.
The sustainable development goals (SDGs)
take a holistic approach to development, encompassing the
economic, social, and environmental dimensions. The July
2015 financing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 99313Date: September 2, 2015Author:
Mohieldin,Mahmoud ;
Petkoski, Djordjija
The government of Belarus (GoB) plans to
increase district heating (DH) tariffs to cost-recovery
levels and gradually phase out subsidies, replacing them
with social...
Type: PublicationReport#: 99456Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Zhang,Fan ;
Hankinson,Denzel J.
This book is based on systematic data
collection among 26 universal health coverage (UHC) programs
across 24 countries in the UHC studies. The main objective
of this...
Type: PublicationReport#: 99455Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Cotlear,Daniel ;
Nagpal,Somil ;
Smith,Owen K. ;
Tandon,Ajay ;
Cortez,Rafael A.
The data in this book are for 2003,
2008, and 2013. Data are shown for economies with population
greater than 30,000 or for smaller economies if they are
members of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 99453Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Tressel,Thierry ;
Verrier,Jeanne Emma ;
Zhou,Nan
Africa has experienced economic growth
of more than 5 percent per annum during the past decade, but
to sustain this growth, investment in infrastructure is
fundamental....
Type: PublicationReport#: 96040Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Cervigni,Raffaello ;
Liden,Mats Johan Rikard ;
Neumann,James L. ;
Strzepek, Kenneth M.
Improved labor market outcomes have been
the main driver of reductions in poverty and inequality.
Continued progress in employment and labor earnings will
depend on...
Type: PublicationReport#: 99182Date: August 26, 2015Author:
Silva,Joana C. G. ;
Almeida,Rita Kullberg ;
Strokova,Victoria
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