Violent conflict and instability affect men and women in heterogeneous ways, including differentiated impacts on economic, social, physical, and mental well-being. This study assesses the impact of the...
In a region beset with major challenges, some remarkable progress has been achieved in the development and modernization of public procurement systems. Important procurement reform milestones were recently...
This note specifies that one of the challenges faced by developing countries and more advanced countries is gender inequality in the labor market. Despite the existence of laws prohibiting discrimination...
The purpose of this note is to provide policy insights to decision makers, academics, and researchers on the trends in investment in Southeast Europe (SEE). A comprehensive assessment of what determines...
Higher education in Madagascar was in crisis in the early 1990s. Campuses were taken over by squatters and vandals. Little if any teaching was taking place because senior members of universities could...
Higher education in Madagascar was in crisis in the early 1990s. Campuses were taken over by squatters and vandals. Little if any teaching was taking place because senior members of universities could...
Should a conceding authority auction off or negotiate a contract for an exclusive private infrastructure deal? Advocates of negotiation often argue that a formal competition may take too much time, that...
The World Bank has founded 25 transportation projects in Thailand since 1950. An OED Performance audit report, by Antti Talvitie, of five of these projects, approved between 1983 and 1990, found that they...
The World Bank has founded 25 transportation projects in Thailand since 1950. An OED Performance audit report, by Antti Talvitie, of five of these projects, approved between 1983 and 1990, found that they...
The World Bank has founded 25 transportation projects in Thailand since 1950. An OED Performance audit report, by Antti Talvitie, of five of these projects, approved between 1983 and 1990, found that they...
On April 24, 1992, the International Development Association (IDA) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and fifty nine. It was resolved that the terms and conditions of the membership...
On September 29, 1988, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and fifty-nine. It was resolved that the Board of Governors of the Corporation...
On August 6, 1962, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and fifty-nine. It was resolved that Tanganyika shall subscribe...
This press release announces the Bank is sending a mission to the Philippines, Thailand, India and Pakistan leaving on December 5, 1949.