Financial education programs are increasingly offered by governments, nonprofits, and financial institutions. However, voluntary participation rates in such programs are often very low, posing a severe...
Understanding state-business relationships and how they have shaped the institutional architecture of countries in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) is crucial for the identification of systemic...
This note examines the recent spatial development of India. Services, and to a lesser extent manufacturing, are increasingly concentrating in high-density clusters. This stands in contrast with the United...
Non-energy commodity prices fell by 0.4 percent in April, led by declines in most metals, on concerns about the global economy. Agriculture prices were flat overall, with strong increases in fats and oils...
Adaptation to human-induced climate change is currently receiving a lot of attention in international development circles. But throughout human existence, natural resource-dependent people have exploited...
Political decentralization is the primary mechanism through which citizen preferences are represented in the decision making, and is therefore essential to an effective system of decentralization. The...
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...
Researchers are giving more attention to aid predictability. In part, this is because of increases in the number of aid agencies and aid dollars and the growing complexity of the aid community. A growing...
The Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI) H5N2 virus was detected in the Dominican Republic (DR) late last year, causing a serious disruption in sub-regional trade, poultry production, and food security...
This report maps and assesses the status and practice of higher education quality assurance (QA) in Sub-Saharan Africa. It centers on quality assurance in degree-granting tertiary institutions, but also...
The project was estimated to cost a total of $814.6 million - the IDA Credit was for the equivalent of $188 million - and it was implemented by the government over the period 1994-2001. The co-financiers...
The project was estimated to cost a total of $814.6 million - the IDA Credit was for the equivalent of $188 million - and it was implemented by the government over the period 1994-2001. The co-financiers...
Over the past decade growing demand for infrastructure has driven the private provision of roads, power, telecommunications, water and sanitation, and other public services in developing countries. Governments...
Over the past five years, the 'second liberalization' of Africa has liberalized the local media in turn. The explosion of media outlets and the diversity of their outreach provide excellent opportunities...
The electricity supply industry in England and Wales was under public ownership from 1948 to 1990. For most of this period, the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) operated all generation and transmission...
This Precis entitled, Irrigation investment in Pakistan, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Impact evaluation report, Pakistan : On-Farm water systems rehabilitation; the...
This Precis entitled, Irrigation investment in Pakistan, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Impact evaluation report, Pakistan : On-Farm water systems rehabilitation; the...
On November 17, 1981, the International Development Association (IDA) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and twenty four. It was resolved that the terms and conditions of the membership...
On October 2, 1981, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred twenty-four. The Board of Governors of the Corporation consider the Financial Statements...
On October 9, 1958, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and twenty-four. It was resolved that the Board of Governors of...