• Japan social development fund
    The Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) was established by the Government of Japan and the World Bank in June 2000. JSDF provides grants in support of innovative social programs to help alleviate pov...
    النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 122905 التاريخ : May 1, 2008
  • Being able to make (small) deposits and payments, anywhere
    In this paper the authors put forth a vision in which people are able to make small deposits into their bank account through a variety of cash handling outlets right in their neighborhood. In fact, bu...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 43631 التاريخ : April 1, 2008 المؤلف: Mas Ribo, Ignacio
  • The early experience with branchless banking
    Branchless banking has great potential to extend the distribution of financial services to poor people who are not reached by traditional bank branch networks; it lowers the cost of delivery, includin...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 43632 التاريخ : April 1, 2008 المؤلف: Ivatury, Gautam J. ; Mas Ribo, Ignacio
  • The ICP Bulletin Vol. 5 (No. 1)
    Included in this issue: In praise of purchasing power parties (PPP) comparisons. Remarks of International Comparison Program (ICP) anniversary Interviews Alan Hestoland Robert summers. What have we le...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 43814 التاريخ : March 1, 2008 المؤلف: Arl, Bart van ; Bello, Abdullateef ; Bevacque, Graciela ; Ericta, Carmelita N. ; Fantin, Marina ; Fenwick, David ; Giovannini, Enrico ; Heston, Alan Wiley ; Locas, Robert E. ; Maddison, Angus ; Maria, Melo Quintslr ; Murria, Christopher JL ; Ruiz, Francisco ; SUMMERS, ROBERT ; Tandon, Ajay ; Timmer, Marcel Peter ; Trewin, Dennis ; Vogel, Frederic A. ; Ward, Michael ; Whitestone, Ben
  • Instrument for the establishment of the restructured global environment facility
    The Global Environment Facility (GEF or the Facility) was established in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD or World Bank) as a pilot program in order to assist in the pro...
    النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 105789 التاريخ : March 1, 2008
  • Debt Management Performance Assessment Tool (DeMPA)
    The World Bank is developing a program to assist developing countries improve debt management in collaboration with other partners. The objective of the program is to help strengthen capacity and inst...
    النوع : Debt Management Performance Assessment تقرير #: 44267 التاريخ : February 5, 2008
  • Foreign capital investment in microfinance : balancing social and financial returns
    This new investment stream is good news for microfinance providers. Microfinance needs a broader capital market to secure the funding required to scale up outreach and serve a greater number of financ...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 43629 التاريخ : February 1, 2008 المؤلف: Reille, Xavier ; Forster, Sarah Jacqueline
  • Sri Lanka - North East Agricultural Irrigation Project
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 94880 التاريخ : January 18, 2008
  • Annual integrity report fiscal year 2008 : protecting development's potential
    The Department of Institutional Integrity (INT) uses a Board-endorsed triage system to categorize allegations as high, medium, or low-priority, and it aims to investigate all high-priority cases. Info...
    النوع : Annual Report تقرير #: 49476 التاريخ : January 1, 2008
  • Lebanon quarterly update
    This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Lebanon Country Office. This issue features: Zoellick - millions will go hungry unless donors react to food crisis; the World Bank urges broad educat...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 45106 التاريخ : January 1, 2008 المؤلف: Akkaya, Sebnem ; Bou Habib, Chadi ; Brickell, Julia Claire Hazelton ; El Khalil, Zeina ; Ibrahim, May ; Sayed, Haneen Ismail ; Ziade, Mona
  • Doing business in 2008 : overview
    Doing Business 2008, the fifth report in the series, found that large emerging markets, such as China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Turkey, and Vietnam, were reforming fast. The report also found that mor...
    النوع : Publication تقرير #: 41938 التاريخ : January 1, 2008
  • Healthy development : the World Bank strategy for health, nutrition, and population results (Vol. 2 of 2)
    This paper updates the 1997 World Bank Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) strategy to enhance Bank capacity so that it continues to contribute to this virtuous circle in light of the momentous ch...
    النوع : Publication تقرير #: 40928 التاريخ : January 1, 2008
  • Doing business in Egypt 2008 : comparing regulation across governorates and with 178 economies
    Doing Business in Egypt 2008 covers three topics at the sub national level: starting a business, dealing with licenses and registering property. These indicators have been selected because they cover ...
    النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 41936 التاريخ : January 1, 2008 المؤلف: Capaul, Mierta ; Haidar, Jamal ; Hernandez, Zanaida ; Hughes Malinska, Jana ; Omran, Dana ; Sanchez Ortega, Luis Aldo
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC) annual report 2008 : creating opportunity (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report
    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) annual report continues an approach pioneered last year, combining information on the investments and advisory services, sustainability, development effecti...
    النوع : World Bank Annual Report تقرير #: 46277 التاريخ : January 1, 2008
  • IFC family business governance handbook
    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) family business governance handbook is a concise and practical description of essential family business governance components and suggested approaches to re...
    النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 45077 التاريخ : January 1, 2008 المؤلف: Abouzaid, Sanaa
  • Agriculture for development : the gender dimensions
    The design of many development policies continues to assume wrongly that farmers and rural workers are men. The important role of women in agriculture in many parts of the world calls for urgent atten...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 41385 التاريخ : January 1, 2008
  • Integrating disaster risk reduction into the fight against poverty : global facility for disaster reduction and recovery - annual report 2008
    The nature and frequency of disasters are changing. Climate change, galloping urbanization, food insecurity, and conflicts are magnifying not only the impacts of natural hazards but also the risks tha...
    النوع : Annual Report تقرير #: 48958 التاريخ : January 1, 2008
  • Supporting youth at risk : a policy Toolkit for middle income countries
    The World Bank has produced this policy Toolkit in response to a growing demand from our government clients and partners for advice on how to create and implement effective policies for at-risk youth....
    النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 43705 التاريخ : January 1, 2008 المؤلف: Cunningham, Wendy ; Cohan, Lorena Maria ; Naudeau, Sophie ; Mcginnis, Linda
  • Where is the wealth of nations? : measuring capital for the 21st century
    The book presents estimates of total wealth for nearly 120 countries, using economic theory to decompose the wealth of a nation into its component pieces: produced capital, natural resources and human...
    النوع : Publication تقرير #: 34855 التاريخ : January 1, 2008 المؤلف: Bolt, Katharine ; Hamilton, Kirk E. ; Lange, Glenn-Marie ; Markandya, Anil ; Ordoubadi, M. Saeed ; Pedroso-Galinato, Suzette ; Ruta, Giovanni ; Silva, Patricia ; Tajibaeva, Liaila
  • Regulating transformational branchless banking : mobile phones and other technology to increase access to finance
    In transformational branchless banking, technology plays the key role of inexpensively transmitting transaction details between the customer, the retail agent, the financial service provider, and thir...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 42703 التاريخ : January 1, 2008 المؤلف: Lyman , Timothy R ; Pickens , Mark ; Porteous