This descriptive study investigates
internal and external labor migration by Nepalese youth.
External labor migration is separated into the flow to
India, which is unregulated,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 124999Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Bossavie,Laurent Loic Yves ;
Denisova,Anastasiya
This case study presents an overview of
a partnership between the World Bank and the Plantar Group
in Brazil to deliver greenhouse gas (GHG) emission
reductions across...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127655Date: January 1, 2018Author:
De Gouvello,Christophe ;
Diewald,Christoph ;
Avelar Marques,Fabio Nogueira de
In many emerging democracies women are
less likely to vote than men and, when they do vote, are
likely to follow the wishes of male household and clan
heads. We assess...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 126639Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Gine,Xavier ;
Mansuri,Ghazala
ESMAP (Energy Sector Management
Assistance Program) is a technical assistance program
administered by the World Bank and supported by 11 bilateral
donors. In January...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 123351Date: January 1, 2018
Market-based sustainable finance
initiatives led by members of the Sustainable Banking
Network (SBN) have made significant progress in directing
the financial sector...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124224Date: January 1, 2018
Commercial enterprises that are owned
and controlled by governments continue to constitute a
significant portion of business activity in many parts of
the world. This...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 124237Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Wong,Simon C.Y.
Worldwide, forests are under mounting
pressure largely due to changing land uses and variations in
weather patterns induced by global warming. Increasingly,
scientists...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 129674Date: January 1, 2018
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
have played a leadership role in the green bond space,
helping to transform the market from niche to mainstream.
One of the key...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 132539Date: January 1, 2018
The Pilot Auction Facility (PAF) is an
auction-based pay-for-performance mechanism that was
originally developed by the World Bank to attract investment
to projects...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 143609Date: January 1, 2018
The Country Opinion Survey in Bahrain
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Bahrain perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: ReportReport#: 143125Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Felzer,Sharon
Doing business 2018 is the fifteenth in
a series of annual reports investigating the regulations
that enhance business activity and those that constrain it.
Doing business...
A joint government of Honduras and World
Bank team conducted a study in Honduras between January and
June 2017, using the Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
Disclosure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125663Date: January 1, 2018
The case for supporting the growth of
green Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs) is particularly
strong in South Africa, as the imminent threat of climate
change poses...
Partnership for growth: linking large
firms and agro-processing small and medium enterprises
(SMEs) presents lessons learned from various models utilized
by public and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125940Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Pant,Anupa Aryal ;
Lapres,Blair Edward ;
Olafsen,Ellen ;
Ronchi,Loraine ;
Cook,Peter A.
Papua New Guinea’s Extractive Industries
(PNGEITI) have the potential to transform the lives of
millions of citizens. Despite their enormous contribution to
the national...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126025Date: January 1, 2018
Doing business in the European Union
2018: Croatia, the Czech Republic, Portugal, and Slovakia
focuses on business regulations and their enforcement in
five doing business...
Denmark consists of the Jutland
peninsula and more than 400 islands, which represents more
than 7300 km of coastline. The Western coast of Jutland
faces the North Sea...
The West African coast consists of a
narrow low-lying coastal strip, maintained by sediments
fromrivers and transported along the coast by waves and
currents, a process...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126753Date: January 1, 2018
The key objectives of the Liberia
Country Forest Note are to (a) identify opportunities and
shape a more programmatic approach to the World Bank's
engagement (that is,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126565Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Hooda,Neeta ;
Kishor,Nalin M. ;
Shetty,Anushree Arun ;
Verheijen,Lesya
TRACE 2.0 incorporates almost 100
recommendations for energy interventions. Following requests
from municipal officials for more detailed technical and
financial assessment,...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 122888Date: January 1, 2018
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