In parts of Asia, South Caucasus, and the Balkans, son preference is strong enough to trigger significant levels of sex selection, result in the excess mortality of girls, and skew child sex ratios in...
In recent years, several middle-income Latin American countries have seen a steep increase in the number of cases litigating access to curative services and inputs. A renewed judicial approach to the enforcement...
Recent evidence suggests that increasing overall service coverage and promoting access to telecommunications services have a high economic benefit. Overall, it is estimated that a ten percent increase...
The note focuses on the leading role of local level institutions (LLIs) in Burkina Faso, in rural decentralization, and poverty eradication, to enhance equitable prosperity. It is based on the study undertaken...
The note focuses on the leading role of local level institutions (LLIs) in Burkina Faso, in rural decentralization, and poverty eradication, to enhance equitable prosperity. It is based on the study undertaken...
The municipal development projects in Brazil and the Philippines examined in the OED impact evaluation study achieved what they set out to do. They promoted municipal government reforms and improved fiscal...
The municipal development projects in Brazil and the Philippines examined in the OED impact evaluation study achieved what they set out to do. They promoted municipal government reforms and improved fiscal...
The municipal development projects in Brazil and the Philippines examined in the OED impact evaluation study achieved what they set out to do. They promoted municipal government reforms and improved fiscal...
Bolivia is one of a growing number of developing countries turning to the private sector to improve urban water and sanitation services. The country's first major contract in the sector, a twenty-five-year...
On June 20, 1994, the International Development Association (IDA) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and seventy eight. It was resolved that the terms and conditions of the membership...
On April 9, 1992, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred seventy-eight. It was resolved that, by accepting membership in the Corporation, Sao...
On April 26, 1963, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and seventy-eight. It was resolved that the by accepting membership...