This paper proposes a non-parametric adaptation of a recently developed parametric technique to produce point estimates of intra-generational economic mobility in the absence of panel data sets that follow...
Yemen is on a path of transformation, one that can open opportunities for more inclusive societies and economies, or for greater risk and regression. This transition period will be especially vital for...
An extensive multi-disciplinary literature examines the effects of learning one's HIV status on subsequent risky sexual behaviors. However, many of these studies rely on non-experimental designs; use self-reported...
The global financial crisis and shrinking aid flows have led to decreased availability of long-term debt finance for Least Developed Countries (LDCs), particularly for infrastructure. On the other hand...
Non-energy commodity prices rose by 0.6 percent in March a third straight monthly increase led by gains in several food prices, but there were also declines in most metals prices and a few agriculture...
Since 2005, a growing number of vulnerable communities and nations have used the human rights lexicon to argue their case for an urgent and ambitious response to climate change. The purpose of this Social...
Fiscal decentralization provides the link between incentives for better performance of the local government and the elected support from the citizens and is, therefore, essential for an effective system...
This country study is a background paper prepared for the comparative analysis of organization and performance of cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study carried out by the World Bank, with the objective...
During the 90s, most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean Region (LCR) supported by the World Bank, implemented a market-oriented reform in the energy sector to promote competition, economic regulation...
This note outlines the challenges of retaining and attracting high-skilled professionals, briefly assesses both the “brain gain” and the “brain drain” in the health sector, and examines some of the existing...
The recently completed Family Health Extension Project (FHEP) has provided support to Brazil's Family Health Program (Programa de Saude da Familia, or PSF) and allowed dramatic improvements in the coverage...
Over the last several years, the World Bank has increasingly engaged in impact evaluations as means of building evidence for results. During this process, the Bank has also produced an extensive variety...
The recently completed Family Health Extension Project (FHEP) has provided support to Brazil's Family Health Program (Programa de Saude da Familia, or PSF) and allowed dramatic improvements in the coverage...
This Credit of US$5 million was a Learning and Innovation Loan ( LIL ) -- implemented 1999-2003 -- whose objective was to contribute to revitalizing the country's agricultural and rural economy by identifying...
This Credit of US$5 million was a Learning and Innovation Loan ( LIL ) -- implemented 1999-2003 -- whose objective was to contribute to revitalizing the country's agricultural and rural economy by identifying...
Accounting for around a third of the 1996 Goss Domestic Product (GDP) of US$ 9 billion (second only to oil), and almost three-fourths of all employment, agriculture is a dominant sector of the Cameroonian...
Accounting for around a third of the 1996 Goss Domestic Product (GDP) of US$ 9 billion (second only to oil), and almost three-fourths of all employment, agriculture is a dominant sector of the Cameroonian...
This paper analyzes data on nearly one thousand developing country bonds issued during 1991-96, a period that spans the recent episode of heavy reliance on bonded debt. Both the issue decisions of debtors...
One of the most important policy questions in the transition economies is what governments can do to speed the restructuring of firms and thus hasten the transition to a mature market economy. The authors...
This Precis entitled, Training extension agents in Nepal, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Performance audit report, Nepal : Agricultural manpower development project...