Despite the well-known positive impact of tobacco taxes on health outcomes, policy makers hesitate to use them because of their possible regressive effect, that is, poorer deciles are proportionally more...
Countries around the globe are seeking to diversify their economies and make them competitive. For this to happen, resources need to flow to firms that can make the best use of them. This is not the case...
This brief includes the following heading: introduction; a bottom-up success; fuel for the future; procurement: where the rubber hits the road; and miles to go.
This Country Status Report (CSR) highlights some recent achievements, among them the following: 1) Enrollments increased considerably at all levels of education between 1994 and 2007, with a notable acceleration...
Until the late 1970s, the Finnish Road and Waterways Administration (RWA), under Finland's Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC), operated as a highly centralized, monopolistic agency. The...
In water and sanitation there has always been a belief that the sector has a high degree of natural monopoly. But competition is widespread at the low-income end of the retail level in developing countries...
Una encuesta de Gallup sobre opiniones de países prestatarios y la efectividad del proceso de evaluación del Banco y un estudio del DEO, de Alan Barbu, revisó la preparación de proyectos y el proceso de...
A Gallup survey of Borrowing Countries' Views, and The Effectiveness of the Bank's Appraisal Process : An OED Study, by Alain Barbu, reviewed the Bank's project preparation and appraisal process. Both...
A Gallup survey of Borrowing Countries' Views, and The Effectiveness of the Bank's Appraisal Process : An OED Study, by Alain Barbu, reviewed the Bank's project preparation and appraisal process. Both...
On April 24, 1992, the International Development Association (IDA) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and sixty five. It was resolved that the terms and conditions of the membership...
On September 4, 1990, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred sixty-five. It was resolved that, by accepting membership in the Corporation...
On September 18, 1962, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one sixty five. It was resolved that the by accepting membership in the...