Carbon finance (CF) has been one of the
Bank Group’s first and longest engagements for
mitigating climate change. Carbon finance as a subcomponent
of climate...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 117566Date: June 26, 2017
The World Bank Group conducted
face-to-face interviews with top managers and business
owners of 368 enterprises in Lao PDR from January 2016
through June 2016. The Enterprise...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 119223Date: June 26, 2017
Results and Performance of the World
Bank Group (RAP) is the annual review of what IEG
evaluations reveal about the effectiveness of the World Bank
Group (WBG), which...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 117720Date: June 23, 2017
During April to June 2017 quarter, the
transitional demobilization and reintegration program (TDRP)
made progress in supporting implementation for the next
phase of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 120267Date: June 13, 2017
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
emphasize service delivery, which requires an innovative
approach to evidence-based policy-making. However, service
providers...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS11483Date: June 9, 2017
This country snapshot was produced as
part of an Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA) work
developed by the Urban, Social, Rural and Resilient Global
Practice (GPSURR)....
Women entrepreneurs play a critical role
in economic development by boosting growth and creating
jobs, particularly in the bottom 40 percent. However, women
face numerous...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 116058Date: June 8, 2017
IEG’s strategic directions
for FY18–20 have been defined to maximize
alignment with the key strategic priorities of the World
Bank Group and the main development...
Type: ReportReport#: 116404Date: June 2, 2017Author:
Independent Evaluation Group
This summary report presents the
findings of the Ethiopia WASH Poverty Diagnostic (EWPD)
study led by the World Bank`s Water and Poverty Global
Practices. Though Ethiopia...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 117212Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Jones,Oliver Mark ;
De Waal,Dominick Revell ;
Feleke,Wendwosen ;
Debrework,Eyob Defere ;
Loughnan,Libbet ;
Tebekew,Tewodros ;
Yemane,Yemarshet
Forests have been receiving increased
attention over the past few years, particularly through
international climate change negotiations and efforts to
develop a mechanism...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 120454Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Sander,Klas ;
Wolf,Gregor V. ;
Gotz,Gunnar Fabian ;
Gretzinger,Steven Paul
This Forest Policy Note, prepared by the
World Bank, offers an outside view of the Turkish Forestry
Sector, provides some strategic guidance to help define
sector goals,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 120413Date: June 1, 2017
The installation mission took place from
1st of June to 6th of June 2017. The International Experts
Dr. Jorge Lezaca from Suntrace GmbH and Florian Schmidt from
windtest...
Nigeria is home to approximately one
hundred and eighty four million people, the largest
population of all West African countries. Over sixty percent
of the population...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122092Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Anderson,Jamie Barbara ;
Marita,Collins ;
Musiime,David ;
Thiam,Mamadou
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