As the largest global development
institution focused on the private sector, IFC believes that
investing in women’s entrepreneurship is not only essential
for economic...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 150777Date: December 31, 2017
This study analyzed the impact of a
community-based preschool program on child development and
schooling outcomes in high-poverty areas of rural
Mozambique. Preschools...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8290Date: December 22, 2017Author:
Martinez,Sebastian ;
Naudeau,Sophie ;
Pereira,Vitor Azevedo
Malawi can be understood as a microcosm
of institutional reform approaches in developing countries
more broadly. A common feature of such approaches, whether
implemented...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8289Date: December 22, 2017Author:
Woolcock,Michael ;
Bridges,Katherine Marguerite
This paper introduces key findings from
a new cross-country survey on state-owned financial
institutions in Europe and Central Asia. It covers 41 such
institutions operating...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8288Date: December 20, 2017Author:
Skamnelos,Ilias ;
Ferrari,Aurora ;
Mare,Davide Salvatore
This Annual Report is intended to
highlight and summarize the results of the KCP from July
2016through June 2017. This includes the formal closure of
Knowledge for Change...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 122137Date: December 20, 2017
This study argues that public
infrastructure is an important though previously neglected
driving mechanism of the structural transformation process.
To assess its significance...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8285Date: December 19, 2017Author:
Perez Sebastian,Fidel ;
Steinbuks,Jevgenijs
This paper provides evidence on how bank
performance and strategies vary with the degree of bank
internationalization, using data for 113 countries over
2000-15. The...
Report#: WPS8286Date: December 19, 2017Author:
Demirguc-Kunt,Asli ;
Bertay,Ata Can ;
Huizinga,Harry P.
evaluation that aims to measure the
causal impact of a large-scale rural water supply and
services program (PROSASR) in Nicaragua. The overall
objective of the evaluation...
Report#: WPS8283Date: December 19, 2017Author:
Gruber,Joshua Sean ;
Borja-Vega,Christian ;
Spevack,Alexander Matthew
The objective of the analytical work
reported here is to improve the analysis of power system
resilience by developing and piloting an approach to
incorporate climate-change...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS23320Date: December 19, 2017Author:
Mukhi,Neha ;
Hobbs, Benjamin ;
Chattopadhyay,Debabrata ;
Spyrou, Evangelia
This report represents a series of
studies on the status of the implementation of the
International Public Sector Accounting Standards in the
Latin America region. The...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122106Date: December 18, 2017Author:
Gourfinkel,Dmitri
The annual electricity investments
needed in the Middle East and North Africa region to keep up
with demand have been estimated at about 3 percent of the
region's projected...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8280Date: December 18, 2017Author:
Hamid,Mohamad M. ;
Camos Daurella,Daniel ;
Estache,Antonio
Business enterprises and
non-agricultural startups in rural economies play crucial
roles in ending the vicious cycle of poverty. The
propagation of business enterprises...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8278Date: December 18, 2017Author:
Sanoh,Aly ;
Annan,Francis
This paper explores the relationship
between the regional business environment, lagging regions,
and firm performance in four European countries: Italy,
Poland, Romania,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8281Date: December 18, 2017Author:
Hallak,Issam ;
Farole,Thomas ;
Harasztosi,Peter ;
Tan,Shawn Weiming
Niger is among those African countries
most affected by poverty and food insecurity. More than half
of the population is at risk of food insecurity,
particularly due...
Since 2013, a new legislation was being
drafted by the Senate of Brazil, in response to the
perception that the Agencies often lack financial,
administrative and decision...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122076Date: December 15, 2017
Global cocoa production faces mounting
environmental and economic challenges. Despite long-term
global demand, cocoa producers are confronting the triple
challenge of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122086Date: December 15, 2017Author:
Thomson, Ashley ;
Streck,Charlotte ;
Kroeger, Alan ;
Koenig, Simon
The Dominican Republic is highly exposed
to adverse natural events putting the country at risk of
losing hard-won economic, social, and environmental gains
due to the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8275Date: December 14, 2017Author:
Miranda Montero,Juan Jose ;
Ishizawa Escudero,Oscar Anil ;
Strobl,Eric
This paper quantifies the wide-ranging
costs of potential increases in worldwide barriers to trade
in two scenarios. First, a coordinated global withdrawal of
tariff...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8277Date: December 14, 2017Author:
Lakatos,Csilla ;
Kutlina-Dimitrova,Zornitsa
This performance and learning review
(PLR) summarizes progress in the implementation of the World
Bank Group (WBG) country partnership strategy (CPS) for the
Dominican...
Type: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentReport#: 121859Date: December 13, 2017
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