• Lebanon quarterly update
    In this issue: Editorial: moving forward in Lebanon through public discourse! Lebanon's public debt and the international experience; by Mustapha Nabli. Economic developments in the first quarter of 2...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 34606 التاريخ : March 1, 2004 المؤلف: Abou Habib, Lima [editor] ; Bou Habib, Chadi [editor] ; Dessus, Sebastien [editor] ; El-Khalil, Zeina [editor] ; Karam, Hadia Samaha [editor] ; Nabli, Mustapha Kamel ; Pearson, James Roger ; Razzaz, Omar [editor] ; Saba, Joseph [editor] ; Zacchia, Paolo [editor] ; Ziade, Mona [editor]
  • Rules of procedure for the GEF Assembly
    The instrument for the establishment of the restructured Global Environment Facility (GEF) provides for the convening of an Assembly of all participants to review GEF's general policies, review and ev...
    النوع : Global Environment Facility Working Paper تقرير #: 46701 التاريخ : March 1, 2004
  • West Bank and Gaza Update
    Palestinian perceptions of their quality of life and of the current economic environment. New approaches to supporting Palestinian NGOs : the second Palestinian Non-Governmental Organization Project....
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 28540 التاريخ : March 1, 2004 المؤلف: Wetter, John C. ; Peresso, Elena Maria ; Koussa, Mary [edit
  • How donors can help build pro-poor financial systems
    Donors increasingly recognize the importance of integrating microfinance into formal financial systems to ensure permanent access to financial services for significant numbers of poor people. This app...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 34237 التاريخ : February 1, 2004 المؤلف: Goodwin-Groen, Ruth Patricia ; Helms, Brigit S.
  • World development report 2005 : a better investment climate for everyone : World development report 2005: a better investment climate for everyone
    Firms and entrepreneurs of all types-from micro-enterprises to multinationals-play a central role in growth and poverty reduction. Their investment decisions drive job creation, the availability and a...
    النوع : World Development Report تقرير #: 28829 التاريخ : January 1, 2004 المؤلف: Clarke, George ; Desai, Raj M. ; Hallward-Driemeier, Mary C. ; Irwin, Timothy ; Messick, Richard E. ; Scarpetta, Stefano ; Smith, Warrick P. ; Tata, Gaiv Maneck ; Vostroknutova, Ekaterina
  • Jordan : supporting stable development in a challenging region - a joint World Bank -Islamic Development Bank evaluation : الأردن : دعم التنمية المستقرة في منطقة صعبة-مشترك للبنك-الإسلامي تقييم بنك التنمية
    This evaluation, prepared in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank, looks at the effectiveness of Bank assistance to Jordan during the 1990s, from three perspectives: an analysis of the Bank...
    النوع : Publication تقرير #: 29284 التاريخ : January 1, 2004 المؤلف: Al-Saci, Djelloul ; Hassan, Fareed M. A.
  • Gender and development in the Middle East and North Africa : women in the public sphere
    This book identifies the economic and social obstacles that women in the Middle East and North Africa face in seeking employment. It also analyzes the potential economic benefits of engaging women in ...
    النوع : Publication تقرير #: 28115 التاريخ : January 1, 2004 المؤلف: Chamlou, Nadereh ; Nabli, Mustapha Kamel
  • 2004 Annual review of development effectiveness (ARDE) - The Bank's Contributions to Poverty Reduction - Overview
    This report is an abbreviated version of the 2004 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness (ARDE). It stresses that the fight against poverty is at the heart of what the Bank is about. It spells out...
    النوع : IEG Evaluation تقرير #: 38275 التاريخ : January 1, 2004
  • Jordan - Poverty assessment (Vol. 1 of 2) : Executive summary
    This report assesses poverty in Jordan in 2002-03, and examines the changes that have occurred since 1997 as a result of economic growth and the income distribution policies of the Government of Jorda...
    النوع : Poverty Assessment تقرير #: 33802 التاريخ : January 1, 2004
  • Foreign investgment in microfinance : debt and equity from quasi-commercial investors
    Microfinance institutions (MFIs) will only be able to serve massive numbers of the poor with high-quality financial services when these MFIs have tapped commercial sources of funding and deposits. Com...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 33455 التاريخ : January 1, 2004 المؤلف: Ivatury, Gautam J. ; Reille, Xavier
  • Updates and amendments to the systems of national accounts 1993
    The Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat is a vital interface between global policies in the economic, social and environmental spheres and national action. The ...
    النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 78771 التاريخ : January 1, 2004
  • Long term economic development challenges and prospects for the Arab countries
    The Arab region faces a growing realization that development paths of the past are no longer capable of achieving national objectives. The problem of insufficient job creation in the Arab region is mo...
    النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 116394 التاريخ : December 6, 2003 المؤلف: Nabli, Mustapha Kamel
  • Microinsurance : a risk management strategy
    Over two billion people worldwide lack any type of formal social security protection. Poor people are the least likely to benefit from coverage, yet they are the most vulnerable to risk and economic s...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 34207 التاريخ : December 1, 2003 المؤلف: Churchill, Craig ; Cohen, Monique ; Latortue, Alexia ; Mccord, Michael J.
  • Lebanon quarterly update
    This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Lebanon Country Office. This issue features: Editorial on launching the dialogue on the World Bank Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Lebanon. Bank...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 34605 التاريخ : December 1, 2003 المؤلف: Anos Casero, Paloma et al [editors] ; Ramadan, Bassam ; El Khalil, Zeina
  • Financial services for the rural poor
    The majority of the world's poor live in rural areas. Yet most lack access to the range of financial services they need. Financial services available to them are relatively costly or rigid, whether fr...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 34195 التاريخ : October 1, 2003 المؤلف: Pearce, Douglas
  • United Nations/World Bank Joint Iraq needs assessment
    The Needs Assessment covers fourteen priority sectors and three cross-cutting themes, as agreed among the international community at the Technical Reconstruction Meeting held in New York on June 24, 2...
    النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 41969 التاريخ : October 1, 2003
  • Iraq - Joint needs assessment
    The assessment is based on the best possible data available at the time. However, overall security and travel constraints, the tragic events and subsequent repercussions of the bombing of the United N...
    النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 80240 التاريخ : October 1, 2003
  • A new global balance : the challenge of leadership
    This Address to the Board of Governors in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in September 2003 includes the sections: the region and the world, and a time for action. The region and the world: The developin...
    النوع : President's Speech تقرير #: 36482 التاريخ : September 1, 2003 المؤلف: Wolfensohn, James D.
  • Lebanon quarterly update
    This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Lebanon Country Office. This issue features: Editorial: Moving together on the portfolio. Privatization - From panacea to preconditions. Bank Group op...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 34604 التاريخ : September 1, 2003 المؤلف: Bou Habib, Chadi ; Dessus, Sebastien C. ; El Khalil, Zeina ; Razzaz, Omar Ahmad Munif ; Saba, Joseph P. ; Zacchia, Paolo B.
  • Egypt Outreach
    The newsletter discusses activities organized by the Bank's Cairo Office during the fourth quarter of 2003. Contents include: New world development report launch; Annual meetings in Dubai; Ongoing pro...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 38594 التاريخ : September 1, 2003