Business enterprises and non-agricultural startups in rural economies play crucial roles in ending the vicious cycle of poverty. The propagation of business enterprises is, however, subject to a high degree...
Climate change and climate-induced migration (Foresight, 2011) are major global concerns. This is true for the MENA region as well. Yet empirical data on how perceptions of climate change and weather shocks...
The 2008 financial crisis has emphasized the importance of macro financial linkages. In the financial sector, attention is now focusing on macro prudential regulations that are geared toward the stability...
This report is the final product of a follow-up study undertaken after the completion of the comparative analysis of organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study published...
This report is the final product of a follow-up study undertaken after the completion of the comparative analysis of organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study published...
Local governments need to be endowed with administrative autonomy to be able to respond to local needs effectively. The purpose of this note is to clarify components of a well-designed administrative decentralization...
This note describes a framework for linking fiscal policy and growth issues in low-income countries. The framework has been developed in the context of a recently, completed Public Expenditure Management...
Mexico, like other Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) governments, is committed to improving the performance of the public sector. An important first step is to gather objective information that...
This report concerns recent pension reforms in Europe. Over the last decade, pension reform has been a major issue on the political agenda across Europe. All European countries are profoundly affected...
This project was designed and implemented (January 2003-November 2004) in response to Malawi's severe food crisis in 2002, caused by the drought and floods in 2001 and 2002, which resulted in a significant...
This project was designed and implemented (January 2003-November 2004) in response to Malawi's severe food crisis in 2002, caused by the drought and floods in 2001 and 2002, which resulted in a significant...
This note focuses on the core findings, and recommendations of the 1998 status report on poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), prepared for the Special Program for Assistance for Africa (SPA), a thematic...
This note focuses on the core findings, and recommendations of the 1998 status report on poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), prepared for the Special Program for Assistance for Africa (SPA), a thematic...
The design of a regulatory agency's decision making structure encompasses issues relating to the number of decision makers, the basis for selecting them, the role played by stakeholders, and the regulatory...
This Precis entitled, Generating income for Afghan refugees in Pakistan, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Impact evaluation report, Pakistan : Income generating project...
This Precis entitled, Generating income for Afghan refugees in Pakistan, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Impact evaluation report, Pakistan : Income generating project...
On September 9, 1982, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred twenty-nine. The Governors of the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank...
On September 9, 1982, the International Development Association (IDA) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and twenty nine. It was resolved that the Governors of the International Monetary...
On September 1, 1959, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and twenty-nine. It was resolved that the Bank shall call 2 percent...
This press release announces the Bank adding a supplement to the Third Annual Report of the Bank on February 16, 1949.