Tobacco taxes are considered an effective policy tool to reduce tobacco consumption and produce long-run benefits that outweigh the costs associated with a price increase. Through this policy, some of...
While the Iraqi education system was widely regarded as one of the best in the Middle East and enjoyed near-universal primary enrollment until the 1980s, the next decade marked a serious downturn in results...
This note outlines a framework for assessing the extent of fiscal risks inherent in the operations of public bodies (PBs), highlighting eight applications in Jamaica. Scenario analysis and stress testing...
Climate change policies and trade policy are on a collision course. Border tax adjustments are at the center of the debate and are being considered in many Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development...
Tourism is one of Latin America's fastest growing industries, outranking remittances and even drugs in many countries as a source of foreign exchange. But the impact of tourism on the poor and on the environment...
This working paper explores strategies to identify and manage potential money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) risks in mobile financial services (m-FS). Using fieldwork in seven economies...
The principal objective of the project was to help foster the development of private sector enterprises, so that they could lead the growth of Mali's economy. The project aimed at putting in place mechanisms...
The development of the private sector in Sub-Saharan Africa is of crucial importance to the overall rate of economic growth of the region. Entrepreneurial firms have a prominent role in the private sector...
The development of the private sector in Sub-Saharan Africa is of crucial importance to the overall rate of economic growth of the region. Entrepreneurial firms have a prominent role in the private sector...
The authors discuss the impact of the East Asian financial crisis on the power sectors of four of the most severely affected economies-Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. For each country...
This Precis entitled, Two water supply projects in Malawi, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Performance audit report, Malawi : Lilongwe water supply engineering project...
This Precis entitled, Two water supply projects in Malawi, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Performance audit report, Malawi : Lilongwe water supply engineering project...
This Precis entitled, Two water supply projects in Malawi, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Performance audit report, Malawi : Lilongwe water supply engineering project...
On September 20, 1985, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred forty-six. It was resolved that, by accepting membership in the Corporation...
On September 27, 1960, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and forty-six. It was resolved that the Board of Governors shall...
This press release announces the Bank granting a loan to Colombia for 5 million US Dollars on August 19, 1949.