This document has the purpose of identifying and describing actions that could aid in facilitating the financing of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) through instruments channeled via the capital markets...
This paper derives the skill content of 30 countries, ranging from low-income to high-income ones, from the occupational structure of their economies. Five different skills are defined.. Cross-country...
The 2013 World Development Report on jobs helps to explain and analyze the connection between jobs and important dimensions of economic and social development. It provides analytical tools to identify...
The 2013 World Development Report on jobs helps to explain and analyze the connection between jobs and important dimensions of economic and social development. It provides analytical tools to identify...
The 2013 World Development Report on jobs helps to explain and analyze the connection between jobs and important dimensions of economic and social development. It provides analytical tools to identify...
The 2013 World Development Report on jobs helps to explain and analyze the connection between jobs and important dimensions of economic and social development. It provides analytical tools to identify...
This paper evaluates the equity and financial protection implications of the expansion of the Green Card (Yesil Kart) non-contributory health insurance program in Turkey during the growth years from 2003...
Life chances explore the state of equality of opportunities in Turkey. It builds on the concepts and ideas presented in the World Development Report 2006: equity and development. The authors assess how...
Many developing countries assign local governments increasing responsibilities in fighting poverty. This requires local social policy to go beyond the execution of centrally designed and funded education...
This sourcebook was written to assist low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse...
This sourcebook was written to assist low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse...
This paper provides an introduction to the concept of, and tools used in City Poverty Assessments. There is no standard content to such assessments; rather, they need to be adapted to the specific needs...
International knowledge flows and economic performance - a review of the evidence; by Giorgio Barba Navaretti and David G. Tarr. Do trade patterns and technology flows affect productivity growth? By Wolfgang...
Poverty maps provide information on the spatial distribution of living standards. They are an important tool for policymakers, who rely on them to allocate transfers and inform policy design. Poverty maps...
The author examines the role of different data collection methods--including the types of data they produce--in the analysis of social phenomena in developing countries. He points out that one confusing...
This paper is concerned with the derivation of a welfare indicator for households from consumption data. It examines, illustrating with reference the data for Ecuador, several of the steps involved in...
When the outbreak of the debt crisis in 1982 halted private international capital flows to most developing countries, it was not easy for Ecuador to cope with the changed international circumstances. Investments...
Participation of beneficiaries and other stakeholders in the preparation and implementation of investment projects is often portrayed as improving project performance and sustainability. But what are the...
Participation of beneficiaries and other stakeholders in the preparation and implementation of investment projects is often portrayed as improving project performance and sustainability. But what are the...