Tertiary and vocational learning is widely recognized as critical for all countries’ economic success. While progress has been made toward achieving the fourth United Nations’ (UN) sustainable development...
Conditional cash transfer programs, whereby transfers to households are conditional on school attendance or health checkups, have become a widespread policy tool. They are viewed as a means of immediate...
On October 9, 2015, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Council of Governors adopted resolution number ninety seven. It was resolved that, the Council of Governors of the Agency considers...
In markets with high levels of financial exclusion, actors in the financial system, financial service providers (FSPs), consumers, providers of financial system infrastructure and other market supporting...
In markets with high levels of financial exclusion, actors in the financial system, financial service providers (FSPs), consumers, providers of financial system infrastructure and other market supporting...
In markets with high levels of financial exclusion, actors in the financial system, financial service providers (FSPs), consumers, providers of financial system infrastructure and other market supporting...
This brief provides an introduction to the issue of citizen engagement (CE) as well as the piloting of the agenda in the Bank's Middle East and North Africa (MNA) region. The objective is to develop sustainable...
The global crisis of road traffic injury is escalating in low-income and middle income countries to devastating effect; with road traffic crashes a leading cause of death. The World Health Organization...
The global crisis of road traffic injury is escalating in low-income and middle income countries to devastating effect; with road traffic crashes a leading cause of death. The World Health Organization...
In 2013, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regional growth is expected to slow to 3.8 percent from 6.1 percent in 2012. Growth deceleration into 2013 reflects a return to more sustainable growth in oil...
Improvement in labor market conditions has been the main explanation behind many of the poverty success stories observed in the last decade, that is the primary conclusion of an analysis of changes in...
This paper examines the poverty impacts of global merchandise trade reform by looking at a wide range of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Overall, the authors find that trade reform...
This paper assesses the potential impacts of the removal of agricultural and other trade distortions using a newly developed dataset and methodological approach for evaluating the global poverty and inequality...
Climate change is a very serious environmental challenge that affects prospects for sustainable development. Since the Industrial Revolution, the mean surface temperature of Earth has increased an average...
Climate change is a very serious environmental challenge that affects prospects for sustainable development. Since the Industrial Revolution, the mean surface temperature of Earth has increased an average...
In early 2006, the program asked for feedback on the IK Notes series (see 36060) and to assess whether they had made contributions to reader's work. The focus of the survey was on readers' perceptions...
In India, caste and gender have historically been the two axes of stratification responsible for the major inequalities in access - in as diverse areas as education, health, technology, and jobs. Both...
A conceptual framework for women's health in the region is discussed to gain a broad-based understanding of the issues discussed at the meeting. The life cycle approach to women's health, the basic tenets...
The Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) or Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiatives cover a full range of poverty reduction strategies and policies for the country, sector-specific issues...
The overarching goal of this study, which forms part of the broader project 'Energy Use, Energy Supply, Sector Reform and the Poor', is to establish patterns in the ways poor people in Ghana are accessing...