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
In an effort to bridge the evidence gap,
the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) prepared a systematic
review that gathers and analyzes the available impact
evaluation...
This is the third edition of the 1993
publication entitled, Disease Control Priorities in
Developing Countries (DCP1). This reference book was an
attempt to systematically...
Type: PublicationReport#: 95359Date: March 23, 2015Author:
Debas, Haile T. [editor] ;
Donkor, Peter [editor] ;
Gawande, Atul [editor] ;
Jamison, Dean T. [editor] ;
Kruk, Margaret E. [editor] ;
Mock, Charles N. [editor]
Urban and peri-urban land markets in
rapidly expanding West African cities operate within and
across different coexisting tenure regimes and involve
complex procedures...
This is the sixth edition of The World
Bank Legal Review. Many developing countries have the
capacity to develop broad development policy directions and
formulate development...
Type: PublicationReport#: 94742Date: March 3, 2015Author:
Cisse, Hassane [editor] ;
Doherty, Teresa [editor] ;
Ninio, Alberto [editor] ;
Wouters, Jan [editor]
The economic and social prospects are
daunting for the 89 million out-of-school youth who comprise
nearly half of all youth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Within the
next decade,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 94741Date: February 27, 2015Author:
Gresham,James ;
Inoue,Keiko ;
Taylor, Yesim Sayin ;
Di Gropello,Emanuela
Urbanization is transforming the
developing world. However, understanding the pace, scale,
and form of urbanization has been limited by a lack of
consistent data. East...
Type: PublicationReport#: 93877Date: February 4, 2015
The World Bank Research Observer is
intended for anyone who has a professional interest in
development. Observer articles are written to be accessible
to nonspecialist...
Type: PublicationReport#: 113058Date: February 1, 2015Author:
Jimenez,Emmanuel Y. ;
Li,Yue ;
Rama,Martin G. ;
Duranton,Gilles ;
Javorcik,Beata ;
Wietzke,Frank-Borge ;
Betcherman,Gordon
This fourth volume of the National
Assessment of Educational Achievement series is comprised of
two parts and provides step-by-step details on how to
analyze data collected...
Type: PublicationReport#: 94732Date: February 1, 2015Author:
Cartwright,Fernando ;
Greaney, Vincent [editor] ;
Kellaghan, Thomas [editor] ;
Shiel, Gerry
This report provides a systematic review
of the evidence on HIV vulnerability and response in all
fifty-three countries of the WHO European Region, stretching
from Iceland...
The need for safety nets in Sub-Saharan
Africa is vast. In addition to being the world?s poorest
region, Sub-Saharan Africa is also one of the most unequal.
In this...
Type: PublicationReport#: 94117Date: January 26, 2015Author:
Mills, Bradford [editor] ;
del Ninno, Carlo [editor]
The Service Trade Competitiveness
Diagnostic (STDC) Toolkit is part of a larger agenda of
trade competitiveness work developed by the World
Bank's International Trade...
Type: PublicationReport#: 93714Date: January 14, 2015Author:
Hollweg,Claire Honore ;
Van Der Marel,Erik Leendert ;
Saez,Juan Sebastian ;
Taglioni,Daria ;
Zavacka,Veronika
Global growth again disappointed in 2014
but a lackluster recovery is underway, with increasingly
divergent prospects in major economies. Looking ahead,
growth is expected...
Type: PublicationReport#: 93690Date: January 13, 2015Author:
World Bank
Cities in developing countries are
experiencing unprecedented growth. But this is often
accompanied by the negative impacts of car-dependent
urbanization such as congestion,...
Global growth again disappointed in 2014
but a lackluster recovery is underway, with increasingly
divergent prospects in major economies. Looking ahead,
growth is expected...
Type: PublicationReport#: 93690Date: January 13, 2015Author:
World Bank
Global growth again disappointed in 2014
but a lackluster recovery is underway, with increasingly
divergent prospects in major economies. Looking ahead,
growth is expected...
Type: PublicationReport#: 93690Date: January 13, 2015Author:
World Bank
Early childhood is the most important
stage of human development. In the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA), there is little research and inadequate
investment in this...
Type: PublicationReport#: 93713Date: January 7, 2015Author:
El-Kogali,Safaa El Tayeb ;
Krafft,Caroline Gould
This report provides a systematic review
and empirical evidence related to the experiences of
middle-income countries and economies participating in the
Program for...
Type: PublicationReport#: 101547Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Lockheed,Marlaine E. ;
Prokic-Breuer, Tijana ;
Shadrova, Anna
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