Since the 2011 uprising that toppled the
former regime, Libya has been mired in deep political
strife. An economy in which agriculture once flourished was
converted...
Type: PublicationReport#: 97478Date: June 3, 2015Author:
Elgazzar,Hebatalla ;
Lahga, Abdel Rahmen ;
Quota,Manal Bakur N ;
Rother,Friederike Uta ;
Hargreaves, Laurence
Human capital refers to a broad range of
knowledge, skills, and capabilities that are needed for life
and work and that are typically build through quality
education....
Type: PublicationReport#: 97256Date: June 2, 2015Author:
Joshi ;
Arun R. [editor] ;
Gaddis,Isis [editor]
The Africa Competitiveness Report 2015
comes out at a promising time for the continent: for 15
years growth rates have averaged over 5 percent, and rapid
population...
Type: PublicationReport#: 96997Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Bah, El-hadj M. ;
Conde, Carlos ;
Di Battista, Attilio ;
Hanouz, Margareta Drzeniek ;
Galvan, Caroline ;
Heinrigs, Philipp ;
Hoffman,Barak Daniel ;
Mckenna,Jonathan Miles ;
Moyo, Jennifer Mbabazi ;
O'Sullivan, Anthony ;
Saez,Juan Sebastian ;
Speakman,John F. ;
Verdier-Chouchane, Audrey
In 2010, the Municipality of Cuenca,
through its environmental management commission (EMC), and
the World Bank, through the environment and natural
resources department,...
Global growth is expected to be 2.8
percent in 2015, but is expected to pick up to 3.2 percent
in 2016-17. Growth in developing countries and some
high-income countries...
Portraits of Labor Market Exclusion
presents "profiles" or "portraits" of
individuals who have limited labor-market attachment. It is
widely accepted that those with...
Type: PublicationReport#: 97883Date: May 30, 2015Author:
Sundaram,Ramya ;
Hoerning,Ulrich ;
De Andrade Falcao,Natasha ;
Millan,Natalia ;
Tokman,Carla ;
Zini,Michele Davide
Bangladesh is committed to achieving
universal health coverage (UHC) by 2032; to this end, the
government of Bangladesh is exploring policy options to
increase fiscal...
In Zimbabwe trade has been a driver of
economic growth, rising incomes, and progressive empowerment
of Zimbabweans through rising standards of living and the
promise...
Type: PublicationReport#: 96622Date: May 22, 2015Author:
Newfarmer,Richard S. ;
Pierola Castro,Martha D.
The world economy is not what it used to
be twenty years ago. For most of the 20th century, the world
economy was characterized by developed (North) countries
acting...
Type: PublicationReport#: 96467Date: May 13, 2015Author:
De La Torre,Augusto ;
Didier Brandao,Tatiana ;
Ize,Alain ;
Lederman,Daniel ;
Schmukler,Sergio L.
The world economy is not what it used to
be twenty years ago. For most of the 20th century, the world
economy was characterized by developed (North) countries
acting...
Type: PublicationReport#: 96467Date: May 13, 2015Author:
De La Torre,Augusto ;
Didier Brandao,Tatiana ;
Ize,Alain ;
Lederman,Daniel ;
Schmukler,Sergio L.
Stabilizing climate change entails
reducing net emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) to zero. This
report outlines three principles to guide countries in their
efforts...
Type: PublicationReport#: 96410Date: May 11, 2015Author:
Fay,Marianne ;
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Vogt-Schilb,Adrien Camille ;
Rozenberg,Julie ;
Narloch,Ulf Gerrit ;
Kerr,Thomas Michael
The process of demographic transition
through which Argentina is passing is a window of both
opportunities and challenges in economic and social terms.
Argentina is...
Type: PublicationReport#: 96046Date: April 23, 2015Author:
Gragnolati,Michele ;
Rofman,Rafael P. ;
Apella,Ignacio Raul ;
Troiano,Sara
The Kurdistan Region of the Republic of
Iraq (KRI) is a constitutionally recognized semiautonomous
region in northern Iraq with a population of 5.1 million
(2012 estimate)....
Opening the black box: contextual
drivers of social accountability effectiveness focuses on
social accountability (SA), a form of citizen engagement
defined in World...
Type: PublicationReport#: 95809Date: April 11, 2015Author:
Aslam,Ghazia ;
Grandvoinnet,Helene Marie ;
Raha,Shomikho
The Little Data Book on Financial
Inclusion 2015 is a pocket edition of World Development
Indicators 2015. It is intended as a quick reference for
users of the World...
Type: PublicationReport#: 95786Date: April 11, 2015
While other emerging regions were
thriving, MENA's aggregate export performance over the
past two decades has been consistently weak. Using detailed
firm-level export...
Type: PublicationReport#: 95681Date: April 7, 2015Author:
Freund,Caroline ;
Jaud,Melise
The Little Data Book on Financial
Inclusion 2015 is a pocket edition of the Global Financial
Inclusion Database published in 2015 in "The Global
Findex Database 2014:...
Type: PublicationReport#: 95679Date: April 7, 2015
Under what conditions can new
technologies enhance the well-being of poor communities? The
study designs an alternative evaluation framework (AEF) that
applies Amartya...
Type: PublicationReport#: 95490Date: April 2, 2015Author:
Gigler,Bjorn-Soren
Twelfth in a series of annual reports
comparing business regulation in 189 economies, Doing
Business 2015 measures regulations affecting 10 areas of
everyday business...
Type: PublicationReport#: 95676Date: April 2, 2015
This report examines the role of
incentives, trust, and engagement as critical determinants
of service delivery performance in MENA countries. Focusing
on education...
Type: PublicationReport#: 95769Date: April 1, 2015Author:
Brixi,Hana ;
Lust,Ellen Marie ;
Woolcock,Michael
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