This note describes a new measure of multidimensional poverty developed for Armenia. In 2013, the National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia and the World Bank began work on a national measure...
Recognizing the importance of policy debate and knowledge sharing in the field of development, the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development and the World Bank (Middle East and North Africa Region)...
Non-energy commodity prices fell by 7.6 percent in October a third straight monthly decrease on growing worries about demand, and in part due to dollar appreciation (up 0.9 percent against a broad group...
This paper examines the relationships between climate-related vulnerabilities, adaptation practices, institutions, and external interventions to show the role and importance of local institutions in climate...
Sea-level rise (SLR) due to climate change is a serious global threat: the scientific evidence is now overwhelming. The rate of global sea level rise was faster from 1993 to 2003, about 3.1 mm per year...
The objective of this note is to provide guidance to the World Bank task teams engaged in supporting decentralization reform on useful approaches to understanding the broader political dynamics which may...
Although labor market regulations are not among the most pressing issues for a low-income country such as Madagascar, they may still have distorting effects. This paper uses a number of indicators that...
Although labor market regulations are not among the most pressing issues for a low-income country such as Madagascar, they may still have distorting effects. This paper uses a number of indicators that...
On November 27, 2006, the Honduran Congress approved the Transparency and Access to Information (ATI) Law. As an active participant in the G-161 and pro-tempore chair of its Transparency Roundtable during...
This report stresses that non-communicable diseases (NCD) account for a significant and growing share of the burden of disease of Brazil. It offers an overview of the changing face of DNT in Brazil, its...
The present report was prepared on the basis of the findings of an international workshop held from September 12-14, 2005, in Salvador da Bahia, and was attended by delegations of three to five practitioners...
This paper is focused only on this objective: the alleviation of regional concentrations of poverty. There are several reasons. First, judging from the public documents of multilaterals and governments...
The Mali Multi-sectoral AIDS Project (MAP) began implementation in late 2004 and is in the preliminary phases of the project cycle. This project has been commended by the World Bank's Board for its innovation...
The Mali Multi-sectoral AIDS Project (MAP) began implementation in late 2004 and is in the preliminary phases of the project cycle. This project has been commended by the World Bank's Board for its innovation...
Droughts are frequent and severe in many countries of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and have a devastating impact on their peoples and economies. The extreme vulnerability to rainfall in the arid and semiarid...
Droughts are frequent and severe in many countries of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and have a devastating impact on their peoples and economies. The extreme vulnerability to rainfall in the arid and semiarid...
By demonstrating the viability of private finance for a major infrastructure project in a developing country, the Hub Power Project has set an important precedent, particularly in the energy sector. It...
The author explains the drivers of the information revolution - the decline in the cost of transmitting information, the increase in the power of computing, and the shift from analog to digital information...
Este resumen titulado “La reestructuración del sector portuario de Marruecos” complementa el informe de auditoría del desempeño del Departamento de Evaluación de Operaciones (DEO) del Banco, “Marruecos:...
This Precis entitled, Restructuring Morocco's port sector, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Performance audit report, Morocco : Port of Casablanca and Mohammedia project...