Large-scale simulation-based studies
rely on at least three properties of pseudorandom number
sequences: they behave in many ways like truly random
numbers; they can...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6278Date: November 1, 2012Author:
Ozier,Owen
This turn down the heat why a 4°C warmer
world must be avoided provides a snapshot of recent
scientific literature and new analyses of likely impacts and
risks that...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63219Date: November 1, 2012Author:
Adams,Sophie ;
Coumou,Dim ;
Frieler,Katja ;
Hare,William Leslie ;
Martin,Maria Fernanda ;
Otto, M.Ilona ;
Perrette,Mahé ;
Robinson,Alexander ;
Rocha,Marcia ;
Schaeffer,Michiel ;
Schewe,Jacob ;
Serdeczny,Olivia ;
Wang,Xiaoxi ;
Warszawski,Lila ;
World Bank
This paper explores fundamental issues
affecting technology commercialization of publicly funded
research and development (R&D) in the Russian
Federation. Despite substantial...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6263Date: November 1, 2012Author:
Correa,Paulo Guilherme ;
Gutierrez Rodriguez,Juan Julio
This report provides a snapshot of
recent scientific literature and new analyses of likely
impacts and risks that would be associated with a 4° Celsius
warming within...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 74455Date: November 1, 2012
"The Impact of Microcredit on the
Poor in Bangladesh: Revisiting the Evidence," by David
Roodman and Jonathan Morduch (2011) is the most recent of a
sequence of papers...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6273Date: November 1, 2012Author:
Khandker,Shahidur R. ;
Pitt,Mark M.
This turn down the heat why a 4°C warmer
world must be avoided provides a snapshot of recent
scientific literature and new analyses of likely impacts and
risks that...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63219Date: November 1, 2012Author:
Adams,Sophie ;
Coumou,Dim ;
Frieler,Katja ;
Hare,William Leslie ;
Martin,Maria Fernanda ;
Otto, M.Ilona ;
Perrette,Mahé ;
Robinson,Alexander ;
Rocha,Marcia ;
Schaeffer,Michiel ;
Schewe,Jacob ;
Serdeczny,Olivia ;
Wang,Xiaoxi ;
Warszawski,Lila ;
World Bank
The Kyrgyz Republic has made some
progress in improving its poverty and social indicators but
the gains have been fragile and significant disparities
remain within the...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 78172Date: October 31, 2012Author:
Mitra,Shabana ;
Tiwari,Sailesh
Vietnam is one of the most vulnerable
countries to the impacts of climate change. Climate change
is expected to intensify existing risks to natural
resources, agriculture,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 113397Date: October 30, 2012
One of the most striking features of
economic growth is the process of structural change whereby
the share of agriculture in GDP decreases as countries
develop. The...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 94103Date: October 28, 2012Author:
Eberhardt,Markus Benjamin ;
Teal,Francis John
This Results Profile talks about
beneficiary verification and feedback, empowers access to
health services in Karnataka. Effective project feedback
mechanisms and mobile...
The best path out of poverty is a job.
The new office will also be staffed by representatives from
our private sector arm, the International Finance
Corporation, or...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101842Date: October 15, 2012Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
Japan started out as our client in the
1950s and 1960s, borrowing a total of $863 million for 31
projects, including signature projects such as the ‘Bullet
Train,’ the...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101836Date: October 11, 2012Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
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