This review identified recommendations for improving the quality of future World Bank Institute (WBI) programs. This review identified suggestions for increasing data quality to support WBI's programmatic...
Economic and sector work (ESW) advances the knowledge base of the development community because it produces knowledge for clients. ESW is valuable and useful also to Bank staff not engaged in the ESW but...
The World Bank Institute (WBI) and its partners deliver learning opportunities in 15 sector or thematic programs to policymakers, academics, business and community leaders, professionals and other civil...
Sustainable development requires capacity building at individual, organizational, and societal levels. The World Bank Institute (WBI) supports World Bank operations by providing learning activities, advisory...
This report evaluates WBI activities offered to Indonesian participants in FY02-03. These activities took place largely before the Institute started to implement a countryfocused, capacity development...
The purpose of this study is to assess whether and to what degree the improved teaming and learning practices, processes and tools provided by the Multisectoral Team Learning (MTL) program result in: (a)...
This paper analyses the level and determinants of WBI activity effectiveness and use by participants in five WBI focus countries: Brazil, Egypt, Russia, Thailand and Sri Lanka. It uses data drawn from...
The Macroeconomic Management Program (MM) Program is aimed at fostering the knowledge of key policy makers in transition and developing countries on key macroeconomic issues. Macroeconomic Management is...
This report evaluates World Bank Institute (WBI) activities offered to Thai participants in FY01 and 02. The study uses both quantitative survey data based on participant responses (N=160), and qualitative...
The authors evaluate the impact of farmer field schools, an intensive participatory training program emphasizing integrated pest management. Their evaluation focuses on whether participation in the program...
This report provides an evaluation of the impact of World Bank Institute (WBI) client programs. The report discusses the evaluation methodology, results, and recommendations. In Chapter 2 an overview of...
Weathering the storm : the impact of the East Asian crisis on farm households in Indonesia and Thailand; by Fabrizio Bresciani, Gershon Feder, Daniel O. Gilligan, Hanan G. Jacoby, Tongroj Onchan, and Jaime...
This article assesses the impact of the East Asian financial crisis on farm households in two of the region's most affected countries, Indonesia and Thailand, using detailed household-level survey data...
This article assesses the impact of the East Asian financial crisis on farm households in two of the region's most affected countries, Indonesia and Thailand, using detailed household level survey data...
Agricultural extension programs or pilots based on the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach are being implemented in many developing countries in Asia and Africa. Evidence from the Philippines and Indonesia...
This report examines the effects of the 1997 Indonesian economic crisis on the socioeconomic status of rural households, and of agricultural households in particular, using the National Farmers Household...
Special exchange rates for capital account transactions. Growth and equity in developing countries: a reinterpretation of the Sri Lankan experience. A new method for estimating the effects of fuel taxes:...
This article uses a limited general equilibrium model to investigate the growth and equity effects of a variety of economic and technical changes and selected agricultural policies in India. It explores...
Owing to the importance of fertilizers in increasing agricultural output, government intervention in the fertilizer market to encourage its more widespread production and use has been a common phenomenon...
Debates about income distribution effects of agricultural trends or policies have usually centered on "micro" effects of the differential adoption of technology, or the differential access to credit or...