Documentos e informes
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Towards a Just Coal Transition Labor Market Challenges and People’s Perspectives from Wielkopolska (Inglés)
Part of a three-region set of papers analyzing coal-related labor market challenges in Poland, this paper focuses on Wielkopolska, which is most advanced in the transition out of coal. Finding viable job...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 177190 Fecha del documento: 18 de octubre de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Christiaensen,Luc,Ferré, Céline,Honorati,Maddalena,Gajderowicz,Tomasz Janusz,Wrona,Sylwia Michalina
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Artificial Intelligence : Investment Trends and Selected Industry Uses (Inglés)
The global race to fund, develop, and acquire artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and start-ups is intensifying, with commercial uses for AI proliferating in advanced and emerging economies alike...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 143357 Fecha del documento: 1 de septiembre de 2019 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Mou,Xiaomin
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Is living in African cities expensive? (Inglés)
Although several studies have examined why overall price levels are higher in richer countries, little is known about whether there is a similar relationship at the urban and city level across countries...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 125660 Fecha del documento: 1 de abril de 2016 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Nakamura,Shohei,Harati,Rawaa,Lall,Somik V.,Dikhanov,Yuri M.,Hamadeh,Nada,Vigil Oliver,William,Rissanen,Marko Olavi,Yamanaka,Mizuki
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World Bank Concerns and Policies during the 1973-74 OPEC Embargo (Inglés)
To mark Energy Week 2011 at the World bank, and to consider the issue of rising oil prices, the Archives has chosen to highlight a drawing by Pedro-Pablo Kuczynski, created during the 1973-74 OPEC oil...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 104707 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2016 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Empowering communities : the local initiatives support program in Russia (Inglés)
Prosperity from economic growth is not shared evenly among Russia's population and regions. Local communities and rural territories face serious development challenges: including poor living conditions...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 89227 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2014 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Khachatryan,Gagik,Shulga,Ivan,Sukhova,Anna
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Empowering communities : the local initiatives support program in Russia (Ruso)
Prosperity from economic growth is not shared evenly among Russia's population and regions. Local communities and rural territories face serious development challenges: including poor living conditions...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 89227 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2014 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Khachatryan,Gagik,Shulga,Ivan,Sukhova,Anna
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School health and nutrition in Sri Lanka (Inglés)
School health and nutrition (SHN) programs are critical for achieving education for all (EFA) as research has shown that improvements in health status contribute to improvements in learning and academic...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 97773 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2014 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Drake, L. J.,Peiris, R.,Dixon. R.,Palfreyman, A.,Ebenezer,Roshini Mary,Lokubalasuriya, A.,Kwon,Jae Hyung,Medagama, R. S..,Bundy,Donald A. P.,Aturupane,Harsha,De Silva, N.
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Inclusion and resilience : the way forward for social safety nets in MENA (Inglés)
The Arab Spring and subsequent transitions provide opportunities for better governance, economies free of cronyism and more inclusive models of growth. Social Safety Nets (SSN) will be a key component...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 73006 Fecha del documento: 1 de septiembre de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Silva,Joana C. G.,Levin,Victoria,Morgandi,Matteo
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Private investment in large transport projects increases during the first semester of 2011, concentrated in India and the road sector (Inglés)
In the first semester of 2011, 34 new transport projects with private participation reached financial or contractual closure in nine low- and middle-income countries, involving investment commitments (hereafter...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 73206 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Kingston,Nicholas Alexander
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The drought and food crisis in the Horn of Africa : impacts and proposed policy responses for Kenya (Inglés)
As the world begins to feel the effects of climate change, the frequency of droughts is increasing in the Horn of Africa. In Kenya, the drought and food crisis affect welfare through two main channels...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 65758 Fecha del documento: 1 de noviembre de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Demombynes,Gabriel,Kiringai,Jane Wangui
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Foreign capital investment in microfinance : reassessing financial and social returns (Inglés)
Despite the financial crisis, in the past four years foreign investment in microfinance, including both debt and equity, has quadrupled to reach US$13 billion. This growth has been driven as much by public...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 63334 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Reille,Xavier,Forster,Sarah Jacqueline,Rozas,Daniel
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Foreign capital investment in microfinance : reassessing financial and social returns : Inversion extranjera de capital en microfinanzas: reevaluacion de los beneficios sociales y los financieros (Español)
Despite the financial crisis, in the past four years foreign investment in microfinance, including both debt and equity, has quadrupled to reach US$13 billion. This growth has been driven as much by public...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 63334 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Reille,Xavier,Forster,Sarah Jacqueline,Rozas,Daniel
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Foreign capital investment in microfinance : reassessing financial and social returns : Investissements etrangers en microfinance : re-evaluer les rendements financiers et sociaux (Francés)
Despite the financial crisis, in the past four years foreign investment in microfinance, including both debt and equity, has quadrupled to reach US$13 billion. This growth has been driven as much by public...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 63334 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Reille,Xavier,Forster,Sarah Jacqueline,Rozas,Daniel
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Global distortions to key agricultural commodity markets (Inglés)
The regional books that provided detailed estimates of distortion in developing economies are all country focused. While they include commodity details for their particular country, they are not able to...
Número del informe: 56138 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2009 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Anderson,Kym,Croser,Johanna Louise,Nelgen,Signe,Valenzuela,Ernesto
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Consensus, confusion, and controversy - selected land reform issues in Sub-Saharan Africa (Inglés)
Land reform can broadly be divided into land tenure reform-the establishment of secure and formalized property rights in land-and land redistribution-the transfer of land from large to small farmers. The...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 34515 Fecha del documento: 1 de noviembre de 2005 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Binswanger,Hans P.,Bruce,John W.,Byamugisha,Frank Fulgence K.,Crasta,Glen Thomas,Van Den Brink,Rogier J. E.
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Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors resolution ; no. 71 : Reclassification of Slovenia (Inglés)
On June 8, 1988, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors adopted resolution number seventy one. The Council of Governors hereby resolves that: i) Slovenia is hereby reclassified...
Tipo de documento: Informe del Directorio Número del informe: 82444 Fecha del documento: 31 de mayo de 2005 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Poverty in Ecuador (Inglés)
The note looks at poverty in Ecuador, assessing macroeconomic developments through its policies to maintain stability with fiscal discipline, and increase economic productivity and competitiveness, in...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 34198 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 2005 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Sanchez,Carolina
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Pobreza en Ecuador (Español)
La nota estudia la pobreza en Ecuador, evaluando los desarrollos macroeconómicos a través de sus políticas para mantener la estabilidad y la disciplina fiscal y aumentar la productividad económica y la...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 34198 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 2005 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Sanchez,Carolina
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Nicaragua sustainable charcoal production in the Chinandega Region Emergency Project : Sustainable charcoal production in Posoltega following Hurricane Mitch (Inglés)
The Charcoal Emergency Project took place from January to June 1999 in the Tololar community, Posoltega, Nicaragua. The objective of the project was to "harvest" (or collect) the logs and trees that fell...
Tipo de documento: Documento del Programa de Asistencia a la Gestión del Sector de la Energía (ESMAP) Número del informe: 35946 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2005 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Cassagne, Bernard,Engracia de Trinidad, Maria,Girard, Philippe,Masse,Rene
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Participatory video: rural people document their knowledge and innovations : Video participative: Les habitants des zones rurales documentent leurs savoirs et leurs innovations (Francés)
Indigenous knowledge and local initiatives are usually documented and disseminated by outsiders, who make their own interpretations in the process. Participatory Video (PV) provides an opportunity for...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 31260 Fecha del documento: 1 de agosto de 2004 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed