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Mitigating drought impacts in drylands : quantifying the potential for strengthening crop- and livestock-based livelihoods (Английский)
Today, frequent and severe shocks, especially droughts, limit the livelihood opportunities available to millions of households and undermine efforts to eradicate poverty in the drylands. These shocks regularly...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 125014 Дата подготовки документа: 1 апреля 2018 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: De Haan,Cornelis,Koo,Jawoo,Morris,Michael-000013367,Place,Frank M.,Syroka,Joanna,Xie,Hua
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Logistics competencies, skills, and training : a global overview (Английский)
Logistics has been a major growth sector in the world economy in terms of levels of activity and expenditure for many decades. In addition to being an important sector in its own right, logistics strongly...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 118559 Дата подготовки документа: 10 августа 2017 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: McKinnon, Alan,Flothmann, Christoph,Hoberg, Kai,Wiederer,Christina Katharina,Arvis,Jean Francois
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Ghana national health insurance scheme : improving financial sustainability based on expenditure review (Английский)
Since the establishment of Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2003, the government of Ghana has made substantial progress toward its goal of universal health care. This study’s goal is to...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 117828 Дата подготовки документа: 31 июля 2017 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Wang,Huihui,Otoo,Nathaniel,Dsane-Selby,Lydia
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International practices to promote budget literacy : key findings and lessons learned (Английский)
A budget is a vital document that lays out a government’s economic priorities in terms of policies and programs. The World Bank team’s preliminary scrutiny of practices aimed at promoting budget literacy...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 115788 Дата подготовки документа: 5 июня 2017 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Masud,Harika,Pfeil,Helene,Agarwal,Sanjay,Gonzalez Briseno,Alfredo
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Prospects for livestock-based livelihoods in Africa’s drylands (Английский)
Prospects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa’s Drylands examines the challenges and opportunities facing the livestock sector and the people who depend on livestock in the dryland regions of Sub-Saharan...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 109810 Дата подготовки документа: 28 октября 2016 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: De Haan,Cornelis
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Increasing professionalism in public finance management : a case study of the United Kingdom (Английский)
In countries such as the United Kingdom, the need to manage finances in a professional manner has been hampered by the severe fi scal constraints of the 2008 fi nancial crisis. These pressures are likely...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 109811 Дата подготовки документа: 27 октября 2016 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Squire,Sarah Jane,Beazley,John Ivor
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Universal health coverage for inclusive and sustainable development : lessons from Japan : 包括的かつ持続可能な開発のための普遍的な健康保険: 日本からの教訓 (Японский)
In 2011, Japan celebrated the 50th anniversary of its own achievement of universal health coverage (UHC). On this occasion, the government of Japan and the World Bank conceived the idea of undertaking...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 91163 Дата подготовки документа: 5 сентября 2016 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Ikegami,Naoki
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Improved agricultural water management for Africa’s drylands (Английский)
The book is structured as follows. Chapter two assesses the potential role of agricultural water management in increasing resilience to shocks in the drylands of SSA. Chapter three reviews the current...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 108022 Дата подготовки документа: 23 августа 2016 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Ward, Christopher,Torquebiau,Raphael,Xie, Hua
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Integrated landscape approaches for Africa’s drylands (Английский)
This book presents emerging findings on the importance of moving beyond single-sector interventions to embrace integrated landscape management that takes into account the health of the ecosystems that...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 108023 Дата подготовки документа: 23 августа 2016 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Gray, Erin,Henninger,Norbert Eugen,Reij, Chris,Winterbottom, Robert,Agostini,Paola
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Public asset management companies : a toolkit (Английский)
This toolkit is designed for policy makers and stakeholders who are considering the establishment of a publicly funded asset management company (AMC). An AMC is a statutory body or corporation, fully or...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 105984 Дата подготовки документа: 24 мая 2016 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Cerruti Hailey,Caroline Marie Cecile,Neyens,Ruth
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The extractive industries sector : essentials for economists, public finance professionals, and policy makers : El sector de las industrias extractivas : aspectos esenciales para economistas , profesionales de las finanzas públicas , y responsables de políticas (Испанский)
The extractive industries (EI) sector occupies an outsize space in the economies of many developing countries. Economists, public finance professionals, and policy makers working in such countries are...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 98960 Дата подготовки документа: 15 марта 2016 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Halland,Havard,Lokanc,Martin,Nair,Arvind,Kannan,Sridar Padmanabhan
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Findings from the 2014 labor force survey in Sierra Leone (Английский)
In Sierra Leone, where more than half of the population is poor and dependent on earnings from labor income, jobs are critical for poverty reduction and inclusive growth. The country’s demographic profile...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 104269 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2016 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Margolis,David,Rosas Raffo,Nina,Turay, Abubakarr,Turay, Samuel
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The extractive industries sector : essentials for economists, public finance professionals, and policy makers : Le secteur des industries extractives : essentials pour économistes, professionnels de la finance publique et les décideurs politiques (Французский)
The extractive industries (EI) sector occupies an outsize space in the economies of many developing countries. Economists, public finance professionals, and policy makers working in such countries are...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 98960 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2016 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Halland,Havard,Lokanc,Martin,Nair,Arvind,Kannan,Sridar Padmanabhan
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Fiscal management in resource-rich countries : essentials for economists, public finance professionals, and policy makers (Английский)
The extractive industries (EI) sector occupies an outsize space in the economies of many developing countries. Economists, public finance professionals, and policy makers working in these countries are...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 106575 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2016 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Ossowski,Rolando Juan,Halland,Håvard
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Health financing policy : the macroeconomic, fiscal, and public finance context (Английский)
Universal health coverage (UHC) requires adequate financial resources to pay for necessary health services. These resources must be able to be both pooled (to provide financial protection) and redistributed...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 103569 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2016 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Cashin,Cheryl
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Somaliland’s private sector at a crossroads : political economy and policy choices for prosperity and job creation (Английский)
The Somaliland economy is driven by the private sector. Unlike most other economies in the world, the government footprint is limited, amounting to under 10 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP)...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 103238 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2016 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Mousley,Peter J.,Ndiaye,Jade Elena Garza,Wimpey,Joshua Seth,Amin,Mohammad,Votava,Cari,Nicoli,Marco,Eigen-Zucchi,Christian
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Expanding tertiary education for well-paid jobs : competitiveness and shared prosperity in Kenya (Английский)
In order to realize the ideals of the 2010 Constitution and the government of Kenya’s 2030 Vision, which aims to transform the country into a newly industrializing, middle income, globally competitive...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 105613 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2016 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Blom,Andreas,Raza,Reehana Rifat,Kiamba,Crispus Makau,Bayusuf,Himdat Iqbal,Nusrat,Mariam
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Sub-Saharan African science, technology, engineering, and mathematics research : decade of development (Английский)
In March 2014, several African governments’ ministers agreed on a Joint Call for Action in Kigali to adopt a strategy that uses strategic investments in science and technology to accelerate Africa toward...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 101305 Дата подготовки документа: 19 ноября 2015 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Blom,Andreas,Lan, George,Nusrat,Mariam
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Assessing advances and challenges in technical education in Brazil (Английский)
The report is organized as follows. Chapter one presents an overview of the general education system in Brazil and contextualizes Vocational and Technical Education and Training (VET) within the broader...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 100059 Дата подготовки документа: 7 октября 2015 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Almeida,Rita Kullberg,Amaral,Nicole Lucilia,De Felicio,Fabiana
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School infrastructure in Paraguay : needs, investments, and costs (Английский)
The study consists of four chapters apart from this introduction. Chapter two provides a basic diagnostic of the state of infrastructure in Paraguay’s public primary and secondary schools. The analysis...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 100062 Дата подготовки документа: 7 октября 2015 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Wodon,Quentin T.