• Youth - An undervalued asset : towards a new agenda in the Middle East and North Africa - progress, challenges and way forward
    Youth are becoming an increasing priority for countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Youth are an asset that if properly nurtured can stimulate the economic and social development of the regio...
    النوع : Policy Note تقرير #: 43372 التاريخ : September 1, 2007
  • Electricity for rural population in Bangladesh
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 96023 التاريخ : August 20, 2007
  • Recovery of the Tarim River Basin in China brings farmers in poverty
    This paper discusses the corporate governance of microfinance institutions (MFIs). It is not meant to be comprehensive by any means, but it aims to draw lessons on governance from research studies, da...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 96022 التاريخ : August 20, 2007
  • Microfinance institutions capital structure decision making : a call for greater awareness
    Microfinance institutions (MFIs) today have an increasingly broad range of financing sources at their disposal. This allows for greater funding diversification, but it also makes decisions about capit...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 40960 التاريخ : August 1, 2007 المؤلف: Deshpande, Gauri Rani ; Nestor, Camilla ; Abrams, Julie Barnett
  • West Bank and Gaza - Investment climate assessment : unlocking the potential of the private sector
    It is the purpose of this Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) to look at what hinders the move of the Palestinians to new markets and what can be done to encourage it. The ICA reveals that shrinking m...
    النوع : Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) تقرير #: 39109 التاريخ : July 1, 2007
  • Lebanon quarterly update
    This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Lebanon Country Office. This issue features: Editorial: Lebanon's resilience and the will to move forward; the government of Lebanon embarks on bold a...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 44128 التاريخ : July 1, 2007 المؤلف: Bjerde, Anna M. ; Bou Habib, Chadi ; Brickell, Julia Claire Hazelton ; Akkaya, Sebnem ; El Khalil, Zeina ; Saba, Joseph P. ; Sarraf, Maria ; Sabed, Haneen ; Ziade, Mona
  • The World Bank annual report 2007
    This World Bank annual report focuses on the work of the World Bank Group as it relates to countries and people striving to overcome poverty in all regions, especially in Africa. The World Bank Group ...
    النوع : World Bank Annual Report تقرير #: 41188 التاريخ : June 30, 2007
  • MIGA annual report 2007
    In this report several records stand out from fiscal year 2007: Nearly half (48 percent) of projects supported by MIGA were in IDA-eligible countries, bringing MIGA's outstanding exposure in IDA count...
    النوع : World Bank Annual Report تقرير #: 43496 التاريخ : June 30, 2007
  • 158,000 soldiers demobilized in Ethiopia
    Following the cessation of hostilities agreement between the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea, the Ethiopian government approached the World Bank for assistance in financing a comprehensive post-wa...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92829 التاريخ : June 27, 2007
  • Access to technical education in India
    Liberalization of the Indian economy, its gradual integration with the world economy, and rapid transformation into a knowledge-based society are increasing the demand for a well-trained workforce tha...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92818 التاريخ : June 26, 2007
  • Better governance improves quality of education in Bangladesh
    While Bangladesh has made impressive gains in access to education, governance constraints have contributed to the poor quality of education at all levels. The World Bank has supported the implementati...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92820 التاريخ : June 26, 2007
  • Early education for poor and indigenous communities of Nicaragua
    In 1999, 23 percent of the Nicaraguan population age 10 and older was illiterate; in poor rural areas, the rate was actually 51 percent. International Development Association (IDA) started supporting ...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92814 التاريخ : June 25, 2007
  • Agricultural technology increases yields and incomes in Nicaragua
    In the 1990s the government drastically reduced its intervention in agriculture, but this liberalization was not accompanied by the provision of credit or technical assistance to farmers. The agricult...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92815 التاريخ : June 25, 2007
  • Restructuring Mozambique's ministry of agriculture
    In the 1990s, Mozambique's government had undertaken a substantial program of macroeconomic and policy reforms. The agricultural sector public expenditure program (PROAGRI) pioneered a sector-wide app...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92806 التاريخ : June 13, 2007
  • Demobilizing and reintegrating Rwanda's ex-combatants
    Years of violence and conflict in Rwanda - after the collapse of the Arusha peace process in April 1994 and the ensuing genocide - spilled over into neighboring countries, fuelling, in particular, war...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92805 التاريخ : June 12, 2007
  • Cutting the red tape boosts business environment in Nicaragua
    The competitiveness project was designed to present and test options for improving the business environment in Nicaragua and to pilot new business development services (BDS), especially through develo...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92803 التاريخ : June 8, 2007
  • Budget support for reforms yield results in Nicaragua
    Nicaragua is one of the poorest countries in Latin America and highly dependent on foreign aid. Despite recent steady progress in poverty reduction, at the launch of the program in 2004, some 46 perce...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92804 التاريخ : June 8, 2007
  • Women entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa : characteristics, contributions, and challenges (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report
    This report is the result of a research effort by businesswomen's associations and research institutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to gather the opinions, concerns and recommendations...
    النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 44201 التاريخ : June 1, 2007
  • CGAP reflections on the Compartamos initial public offering : a case study on microfinance interest rates and profits
    On April 20, 2007, Banco Compartamos, a microfinance institution (MFI) that was launched in 1990 and originally funded by grants from various sources, including Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 40959 التاريخ : June 1, 2007
  • Hedging Mexico's electricity bets : the case for renewable energy
    Few investors will risk putting all of their money into a single asset based on a 30-year forecast, yet narrowly-interpreted least-cost energy planning has often done just that. In Mexico, regulatory ...
    النوع : Working Paper (Numbered Series) تقرير #: 40760 التاريخ : June 1, 2007 المؤلف: Farchy, Daniel J.