The year 2016 marked a move from agenda
setting to implementation for the international community,
with attention focused on delivering commitments in the
Sustainable...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 117964Date: January 1, 2016
In December 2015, the World Bank Group
(WBG) launched a new Gender Strategy1 outlining the support
that the WBG would provide to clients during FY16-FY23 to
achieve...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123024Date: January 1, 2016
This guidance note provides review and
recommendations for how the protective services of mangroves
and coral reefs can be measured and valued in a manner
consistent...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 103340Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Beck, M.W. and G-M Lange (Editors) ;
Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of
Ecosystem Services Partnership (WAVES)
It is a little known fact that the World
Bank financed a nuclear power plant. On September 16, 1959,
the Bank made a loan equivalent to 40 million dollars for
the construction...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104666Date: January 1, 2016
The purpose of this assessment is to
identify the specific needs of the Commercial Courts and
identify future programing for the MDTF-JSS1 Work Plan
2016-2018. The assessment...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 108246Date: January 1, 2016
This is a story of experience - an
unparalleled body of knowledge built up in the toughest
markets, under the most challenging conditions, and applied
to address the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 109806Date: January 1, 2016
In 2005, the Millennium Ecosystem
Assessment (MA)-a global effort involving some 1,360
scientists and experts worldwide to gauge the earth's
well-being-assessed the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 109976Date: January 1, 2016
Purpose is the reason for which
something exists or is done, made, used, etc. With inanimate
objects, identifying its purpose is simple, but what about
the purpose for...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126859Date: January 1, 2016
Step by Step offers a series of
practical lessons and support materials designed to be
implemented in the classroom by the teacher. These lessons
are based on a carefully...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126572Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Mejía,José Fernando ;
Rodríguez,Gloria Inés ;
Guerra,Nancy G. ;
Bustamante,Alejandra ;
Chaparro,María Paula ;
Castellanos,Melisa
India is currently one of the fastest
growing major economies in the world. Sustaining a high
growth rate is believed to be critical for India to
alleviate poverty in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 113212Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Sarkar,Ashok ;
Mukhi,Neha ;
Padmanaban, Padu S. ;
Kumar, Amit ;
Kumar, Kulbhushan ;
Bansal, Manoj ;
Das, Shyamasis ;
Ganta, Shuboday ;
Verma,Anurag
This guidance note talks about Rooftop
solar in Maldives. The Maldives Ministry of Environment and
Energy, with support from the World Bank and from the
Scaling Up Renewable...
Type: BriefReport#: 103935Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Kohli,Sandeep ;
Braud,Arnaud
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
came into force at the beginning of 2016. They build on the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and articulate a new
global...
Type: PublicationReport#: 106587Date: January 1, 2016
It is often forgotten today that in the
aftermath of the Second World War the Bank undertook a
considerable lending program in what are now very prosperous
countries...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104665Date: January 1, 2016
Ghana signed IBRD Articles of Agreement
on September 20, 1957 and became the 64th member of the
Bank. The Bank approved the first finding for Ghana on
February 8, 1962...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104696Date: January 1, 2016
In 2012, the World Bank signed five
agreements with MRDPA for advisory services, out of which
one relates to the growth poles policy and to its
improvement for the programming...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 102636Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Racoviceanu,Sorina Constanta ;
Cristea,Marius ;
China,Andreea-Mirela ;
Sandu,Dumitru D. ;
Croitoru,Adina Eliza ;
Moldovan,Sandu Ciprian ;
Man,Titus-Cristian ;
Rusu,Raularian ;
Iamandi Cioinaru,Elena Catalina ;
Ciobanu, Silviu ;
Ciucanu,Ioana Raluca ;
Ionescu-Heroiu,Marcel ;
Burduja,Sebastian Ioan ;
Vințan, Adina ;
Cosma,Florin ;
Herbel,Ioana ;
Rus,Ionut
Upon completing the techniques of
training module trainers will be able to: describe the
predesigned curriculum and training guides from all the four
learning themes...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126897Date: January 1, 2016
Step by Step offers a series of
practical lessons and support materials designed to be
implemented in the classroom by the teacher. These lessons
are based on a carefully...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126575Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Mejía,José Fernando ;
Rodríguez,Gloria Inés ;
Guerra,Nancy G. ;
Bustamante,Alejandra ;
Chaparro,María Paula ;
Castellanos,Melisa
Doing Business sheds light on how easy
or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run
a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant
regulations....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 103373Date: January 1, 2016
Reconstruction was the World
Bank’s main mission until 1948. On May 9, 1947,
an agreement was signed granting a reconstruction loan to
France in the amount of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104690Date: January 1, 2016
Throughout our history, IFC has adapted
to meet the needs of developing countries. Initially, IFC
joined leading multinational companies to promote private
investment...
Type: World Bank Annual ReportReport#: 126705Date: January 1, 2016
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