The case study notes that the Regional Trade Facilitation Project (RTFP) became effective at a time when there was a significant decline in demand for political risk insurance worldwide, and particularly...
This review of the Mediterranean Environmental Technical Assistance Program (METAP) is one of 19 reviews undertaken for an evaluation by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the effectiveness of World...
This review of the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) in the Great Lakes region of Africa is one of 19 desk reviews undertaken as part of an independent evaluation by the Independent...
This report focuses on the Arab Network for Gender and Development (ANGED), which was founded in collaboration with the World Bank with the objective of aiding in the development-related gender needs of...
The report points out that in response to the continuing low access for girls and the global Education for All (EFA) declaration in 1990, five African women Ministers of Education initiated the Forum for...
This study points out that Lake Victoria, the second largest body of fresh water in the world, has experienced sustained environmental deterioration over the past several decades, compounding development...
This study discusses the Child Protection Initiative (CPI) which was created in 2003 to encourage municipal authorities to take more action on the increase in vulnerable and disadvantaged children in urban...
This paper points out that the Central Asia Biodiversity Project, approved in May 1999, aimed to achieve four objectives: (a) support vulnerable biological communities and ensure conservation of globally...
This review of the Southern Africa Power Market Program (SAPM) is one of 19 reviews undertaken as part of an evaluation by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the effectiveness of World Bank support...
This review discusses the dire conditions of the Aral Sea which has seen its surface area declined by two-thirds since 1960. The Aral Sea Water and Environmental Management Project was designed to help...
The review notes that the basic rationale for the Guarani Aquifer Project's regional scope is that the aquifer underlies the boundaries of four countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay). The...
This report points out that the OECS Telecommunication Reform Project brought five OECS countries (Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines) together to enhance...
The study points out that by the mid-1990s the economies of the OECS became increasingly dependent on the tourism industry for the bulk of foreign exchange earnings. And hence the quality of the environment...