Over the recent year, humanity has faced natural disasters of unprecedented magnitude and impact. However, governments and international aid organizations do not systematically plan for preventing and...
This paper focuses on evaluations with findings that challenge important assumptions of the development field. Its objective is to pinpoint the areas to watch for in operations or policies that are decisive...
The financial and food crises are reminders of the growing challenges countries face in sustaining economic growth and lifting the living standards of the poor. Equally, the emerging impacts of global...
This book examines the 35-year career of Vinod Thomas. He spent those 35 years within the World Bank Group in different positions and in different regions. This book is organized in four parts. First...
The goal of Poverty Reduction Support Credits (PRSCs), introduced in early 2001 under World Bank Interim guidelines, was to help countries implement comprehensive, country-owned development strategies...
In a recent report on middle-income countries, the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) found that countries and the World Bank Group have been relatively effective in the overarching priority of promoting...
The world faces unprecedented opportunities to reduce global poverty and improve human welfare. Strong global growth and better economic policies in recent years have substantially reduced poverty in many...
Between fiscal 1999 and fiscal 2007, the period under review in this Country Assistance Evaluation (CAE), Egypt's economic performance improved substantially, particularly after 2004, following improvements...
Ethiopia is among the World Bank's largest IDA-eligible borrowers in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a country portfolio comprising 22 active projects for a total net commitment of US$2 billion as of end-FY07...
The effectiveness and efficiency of a country's public sector is vital to the success of development activities, including those the World Bank supports. Sound financial management, an efficient civil...
Achieving rapid development calls for improved capacity in the public and private sectors to support development policies and projects. The World Bank recognizes that capacity building is a long-term process...
The overarching theme of the book is development in a land of contrasts. There have been large economic, social, and political changes. The mass of society is far more expressive and politically involved...
Young Brazilians share their recommendations on the 2004-2007 Brazil Country Assistance Strategy (CAS). The participatory approach to the design of this CAS included over 100 Brazilian youth organizations...
The authors use a Gini index to measure inequality in educational attainment. They present two methods (direct and indirect) for calculating an education Gini index, and generate a quinquennial data set...
This book is presented in the spirit of continuous inquiry and feedback in framing development thinking. It reaffirms the crucial contribution of market-friendly policies. It also highlights key missing...
Este libro se presenta en el espíritu de investigación constante y retroalimentación en la formulación de la teoría del desarrollo. Se reafirma la contribución esencial de políticas favorables al mercado...
This book is presented in the spirit of continuous inquiry and feedback in framing development thinking. It reaffirms the crucial contribution of market-friendly policies. It also highlights key missing...
This book is presented in the spirit of continuous inquiry and feedback in framing development thinking. It reaffirms the crucial contribution of market-friendly policies. It also highlights key missing...
This book is presented in the spirit of continuous inquiry and feedback in framing development thinking. It reaffirms the crucial contribution of market-friendly policies. It also highlights key missing...
This book is presented in the spirit of continuous inquiry and feedback in framing development thinking. It reaffirms the crucial contribution of market-friendly policies. It also highlights key missing...