On January 5, 2022, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and thirteen. It was resolved that the Republic of Latvia is hereby classified...
The proportion of Ugandan households living in poverty reduced by more than half between 1993 and 2013. Using household survey data, this paper analyzes nonmonetary dimensions of poverty in Uganda for...
Over the course of a six-year period from 2006-2011, the Government of Iraq (GOI), with support from the World Bank, undertook an ambitious effort to reform its public procurement system and legal framework...
Newly discovered oil reserves off the coast of Brazil present a unique opportunity for the country to boost an already successful trajectory of growth and development. This note examines potential choices...
This note examines the relationships between climate-related vulnerabilities, adaptation practices, institutions, and external interventions to show the role and importance of local institutions in climate...
This paper presents a conceptual framework to better analyze the factors that improve local governance. Central to the framework are the following arguments: 1) decentralization reforms grant local governments...
Understanding the heterogeneity of Zambia's rural households and their different potential as agricultural producers is critical to designing strategies for commercially viable smallholders. The objective...
Since 2004, Colombia's ministry of agriculture and rural development has implemented a strategy of competitive funding or public call for proposals for the allocation of public funds for Research, Technological...
Since 2004, Colombia's ministry of agriculture and rural development has implemented a strategy of competitive funding or public call for proposals for the allocation of public funds for Research, Technological...
The principal tool for describing the relationship between the growth of emissions and changes in various related factors is "decomposition analysis." This report provides comparative data on a number...
Experts from the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, who participated in this strategic study for the Southern Cone Gas Pipeline Networks, combined their efforts...
Many small- and medium-sized emerging exporters in developing countries have inadequate access to short-term working capital to finance their export transactions. This is mainly due to a market failure...
The main objectives of this study, Health care spending in the new EU member states: controlling costs and improving quality, are to take stock of recent trends in health expenditure aggregates in the...
The specific objectives of this project (Credit of US$42.3 million over the period 1995-2003) were to: (a) improve health conditions through better water supply, excreta disposal, waste management and...
The specific objectives of this project (Credit of US$42.3 million over the period 1995-2003) were to: (a) improve health conditions through better water supply, excreta disposal, waste management and...
Environmental degradation of coastal areas was identified as a key issue in Ghana's Environmental Action Plan. The central objective of the World Bank-assisted Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)...
Environmental degradation of coastal areas was identified as a key issue in Ghana's Environmental Action Plan. The central objective of the World Bank-assisted Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)...
Like the model adopted by many Asian countries, the Colombian approach to private participation in infrastructure aims to attract project financing for new facilities, leaving most existing assets in state...
This Precis entitled, Structural adjustment in India, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Performance audit report, India : Structural adjustment loan/credit, Report No...
Advanced infrastructure, as addressed in this article, refers to a spectrum of transportation and communications systems and services enhanced by using information technology and delivered by innovative...