At the beginning of the 20th century less than 15 percent of people across the globe lived in cities. This figure has risen to 50 percent (4.4 billion people) today and will exceed 66 percent (7.7 billion)...
On October 12, 2018, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and six. It was resolved that : (i) the Boards of Governors of the International...
This paper uses the 2011 Cambodia socio-economic survey to analyze the relationship between participation in the garment industry and household welfare. The analysis relies on propensity score matching...
Agricultural value chains play an important role in providing financial services that help to reduce risk, improve crop yields, manage liquidity, and transact with markets. But for many of the world’s...
This paper presents a set of policies which aim to improve accessibility and mobility in urban areas of Africa. This policy paper aims to support policy- and decision-makers while preparing decisions on...
This paper presents a set of policies which aim to improve accessibility and mobility in urban areas of Africa. This policy paper aims to support policy- and decision-makers while preparing decisions on...
Like many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Kuwait faces considerable environmental challenges due to air pollution, increasingly scarce water resources and deteriorating arable...
Drawing on the findings of recent research, this note examines the extent to which changes to policy restrictions on foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Indonesian service sector affected the performance...
This paper addresses the potential effects of world agricultural trade liberalization on poverty and regional income distribution in Brazil, using an inter-regional applied general equilibrium (AGE) and...
This study provides an overview of how World Bank-financed policy-based loans (both structural adjustment loans and Development Policy Lending's) (DPLs) have supported social accountability approaches...
In this paper the authors estimate the effect of a rise in petroleum prices on living standards in Madagascar combining information on expenditure patterns from the Enquete Aupres des Menages 2005 with...
This paper provides an assessment of the funded pension system and the quality of the regulatory framework for both accumulation and payout phase. It suggests that the lack of portfolio diversification...
This report argues that the private sector is for the rich and the public sector is for the poor. It demonstrates that the poorer segments of the population do use the private sector extensively, and the...
Substantial improvement in the delivery of health services will be necessary to achieve the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). A review of developing country experience with contracting...
Everyday decisions require information. For example, entrepreneurs decide whether to invest in new machinery; workers decide whether to accept a job; and families decide where to go on vacation. In the...
Everyday decisions require information. For example, entrepreneurs decide whether to invest in new machinery; workers decide whether to accept a job; and families decide where to go on vacation. In the...
Everyday decisions require information. For example, entrepreneurs decide whether to invest in new machinery; workers decide whether to accept a job; and families decide where to go on vacation. In the...
This report argues that the private sector is for the rich and the public sector is for the poor. It demonstrates that the poorer segments of the population do use the private sector extensively, and the...
The Global HIV/AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Support Team (GAMET) was formed in July 2002 as a unit of the Bank's Global HIV/AIDS Program in the HDN Vice Presidency. Its aim is to work with countries...
The Global HIV/AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Support Team (GAMET) was formed in July 2002 as a unit of the Bank's Global HIV/AIDS Program in the HDN Vice Presidency. Its aim is to work with countries...