Documentos e informes

Service Delivery Indicators Report (Inglés)

In the framework of the country’s Education Quality Improvement Project, the World Bank carried out a survey to diagnose the state of primary education in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The service...

Measuring the Quality of MoRA's Education Services (Inglés)

The authors visited 350 primary schools and collected data from 1,838 teachers and 3,368 Grade 4 students to assess the quality of education service delivery in a nationally representative sample of schools...

Measuring the Quality of MoRA's Education Services (Bahasa (Indonesio))

The authors visited 350 primary schools and collected data from 1,838 teachers and 3,368 Grade 4 students to assess the quality of education service delivery in a nationally representative sample of schools...

Why Do Firms Pay Bribes? : Evidence on the Demand and Supply Sides of Corruption in Developing Countries (Inglés)

This paper empirically examines the demand and supply sides of bribery using World Bank Enterprise Survey data on 18,005 firms in 75 developing countries. It assesses the determinants of firms' bribe paying...

Indicateurs de Prestation de Services en Éducation en Mauritanie (Francés)

Tracking the health resources in Ukraine (Inglés)

While Ukraine has spent a significant amount of resources on health, its health outcomes fare poorly when compared with other European countries. For example, average life expectancy at birth in Ukraine...

Resource tracking in health in Nigeria (Vol. 1 of 2) : overview and key findings - volume 1 (Inglés)

In Nigeria, health care is devolved to the states and primary health care (PHC) is the responsibility of the local governments, but existing budget and capacity constraints impact delivery for an effective...

Resource tracking in health in Nigeria (Vol. 2 of 2) : main report - volume 2 (Inglés)

In Nigeria, health care is devolved to the states and primary health care (PHC) is the responsibility of the local governments, but existing budget and capacity constraints impact delivery for an effective...

PETS-QSDS in Sub-Saharan Africa : a stocktaking study (Inglés)

This study examines Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) and Quantitative Service Delivery Survey (QSDS) carried out in Africa with the objective of assessing their approaches, main findings, and...

Delivering service indicators in education and health in Africa : a proposal (Inglés)

The Delivering Service Indicators seek to provide a set of indices for benchmarking service delivery performance in education and health in Africa in order to track progress in and across countries over...

Measuring public expenditure and service delivery performance across country : a proposal for micro-level governance indicators using PETS/QSDS (Inglés)

There is a widespread consensus among scholars and policy makers that good governance and strong institutions are fundamental to achieve development objectives. While good governance has been recognized...

Bypassing health providers : the quest for better price and quality of health care in Chad (Inglés)

This paper investigates individuals' bypassing behavior in the health sector in Chad and the determinants of individuals' facility choice. The authors introduce a new way to measure bypassing using the...

Leakage of public resources in the health sector : an empirical investigation of Chad (Inglés)

In the public sector in developing countries, leakage of public resources could prove detrimental to users and affect the well-being of the population. This paper empirically examines the importance of...

Risk sharing in labor markets (Inglés)

Empirical work in labor economics has focused on rent sharing as an explanation for the observed correlation between wages and profitability. The alternative explanation of risk sharing between workers...

The World Bank economic review 17 (3) (Inglés)

Macro and micro perspectives of growth and poverty in Africa; by Luc Christiaensen, Lionel Demery, and Stefano Paternostro. Risk sharing in labor markets; by Arne Bigsten, Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon...

A firm's-eye view of commercial policy and fiscal reforms in Cameroon (Inglés)

After decades of high trade restrictions, fiscal distortions, and currency overvaluation, Cameroon implemented important commercial and fiscal policy reforms in 1994. Almost simultaneously, a major devaluation...

A firm's-eye view of policy and fiscal reforms in Cameroon (Inglés)

After decades of heavy trade restrictions, fiscal distortions, and currency overvaluation, Cameroon implemented important commercial and fiscal policy reforms. Almost simultaneously, a major CFA devaluation...

Expectations in a dynamic investment model : survey evidence from Kenya and Zimbabwe (Inglés)

The theoretical literature on investment stresses the role of expectations, but in empirical work data on expectations are rarely available. This paper draws on survey data for manufacturing firms in Kenya...

Exports of African manufacturers : macro policy and firm behavior (Inglés)

Macro policy has changed the real exchange rates for African countries dramatically in the 1990s. In this paper the possible impact of macroeconomic policy on firms in the manufacturing sector is considered...