This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank. He
discusses on the two important goals, to end extreme poverty
by 2030 and...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101908Date: December 4, 2013Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
The authors propose the first evaluation
using micro-level data of the gains from the consistency of
activities with a local comparative advantage. Using
firm-level...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 112475Date: December 3, 2013Author:
Poncet,Sandra ;
Waldemar, Felipe Starosta de
The purpose of this evaluation is to
obtain evidence-based findings, develop broadly applicable
lessons, and propose recommendations that could enhance the
WBGs...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 88414Date: December 2, 2013
Survey data from 120 developing
countries are used to examine the relation between
establishment size and age in the formal sector. Existing
research suggests that manufacturing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6718Date: December 1, 2013Author:
Ayyagari,Meghana ;
Demirguc-Kunt,Asli ;
Maksimovic,Vojislav
Founded in 2001, Vinte is a homebuilder
specializingin affordable, sustainable housing for low- and
middle income families in Mexico. As a vertically integrated
company,...
Institutional sustainability (IS) is
critical to translating infrastructure investments into
actual service delivery. This paper examines IS for urban
water utilities,...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 83338Date: December 1, 2013Author:
Kayaga,Sam Mbaziira ;
Kingdom,William D. ;
Mugabi,Josses
This report has been prepared by the
World Bank for the Government of Romania as an output of the
World Bank advisory services program on climate change and
low-carbon...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 95596Date: December 1, 2013
The water sector in Senegal is one of
the most developed in Sub-Saharan Africa. Access to water in
urban areas is almost universal, but sanitation lags behind.
The government's...
During the current reporting period
(January to December 2013) for the Bangladesh Climate Change
Resilience Fund (BCCRF), several milestones were reached in
program...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 93959Date: December 1, 2013Author:
Nasiruddin, Mohammad
The sixth annual country portfolio
evaluation report (ACPER) 2013 contains a synthesis of
evaluative evidence from country portfolio evaluations and
country portfolio...
These remarks were delivered by the
World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, and Japanese and Korean
Journalists at the Media Roundtable in Washington, D.C., on
November...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101904Date: November 22, 2013Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
This report presents the World Bank
Group's experience in climate and disaster resilient
development and contends that it is essential to eliminate
extreme poverty and...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 82648Date: November 18, 2013Author:
Urbano M De Bettencourt,Teresa Sofia ;
Ebinger,Jane Olga ;
Fay,Marianne ;
Ghesquiere,Francis ;
Gitay,Habiba ;
Krausing,Jarl ;
Kull,Daniel Werner ;
Mccall,Kevin ;
Reid,Robert Curle Jesse ;
Simpson,Alanna Leigh
This report presents the World Bank
Group's experience in climate and disaster resilient
development and contends that it is essential to eliminate
extreme poverty and...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 82648Date: November 18, 2013Author:
Urbano M De Bettencourt,Teresa Sofia ;
Ebinger,Jane Olga ;
Fay,Marianne ;
Ghesquiere,Francis ;
Gitay,Habiba ;
Krausing,Jarl ;
Kull,Daniel Werner ;
Mccall,Kevin ;
Reid,Robert Curle Jesse ;
Simpson,Alanna Leigh
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