• Better governance for development in the Middle East and North Africa : enhancing inclusiveness and accountability
    Development is often defined in terms of its economic aspects, as increased material well-being through ensured employment and income for all who want it. But as knows anyone whose children go to scho...
    النوع : Publication تقرير #: 27146 التاريخ : September 1, 2003
  • Microfinance and HIV/AIDS
    Over 40 million people worldwide are living with the HIV/AIDS virus, and 15,000 are newly infected every day. The consequences are exponential, touching not only those infected with HIV/AIDS, but also...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 34194 التاريخ : September 1, 2003 المؤلف: Donahue, Jill ; Kabbucho, Kamau ; Osinde, Sylvia ; Parker, John
  • Reaching the rural poor - a renewed strategy for rural development - a summary
    "From Vision to Action", the Bank's previous rural development strategy launched in 1997, had a decisive influence on global thinking - but disappointing results on the ground. In 2001, lending for ag...
    النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 30411 التاريخ : August 31, 2003
  • The impact of microfinance
    Donors want to ensure a social return on their investment. In the case of microfinance, donors must judge whether providing the poor with access to financial services yields a sufficient social return...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 34193 التاريخ : July 1, 2003 المؤلف: Cohen, Monique
  • The World Bank Annual Report 2003
    The World Bank Annual Report for 2003, reviews the strategy and action pursued by the Bank, based on the Strategic Framework, and Strategic Directions (and Management Action Plan), focused on meeting ...
    النوع : World Bank Annual Report تقرير #: 27000 التاريخ : June 30, 2003 المؤلف: Gagnet, Cathy L. [editor]
  • World Bank report on impact of Intifada
    "Twenty-Seven Months - Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis: An Assessment"(see report no. 26314), summarized in this newsletter, was prepared as a follow-up to a report published in Mar...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 26313 التاريخ : June 1, 2003 المؤلف: Mary Kousa, John Wetter, Claus Astrup, Youssef H
  • Lebanon quarterly update
    In this issue: Editorial: Renewing our strategic partnership with Lebanon - addressing new priorities, solving old problems. Trade, investment, and development in MENA. The World Bank prepares its C...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 34603 التاريخ : June 1, 2003 المؤلف: Bou Habib, Chadi ; Dessus, Sebastien C. ; El Khalil, Zeina ; Razzaz, Omar Ahmad Munif ; Saba, Joseph P. ; Bjerde, Anna M.
  • Regulation of supervision of microfinance
    To reach large numbers of people, microfinance must eventually move into institutions that are licensed and supervised by a country's financial authorities. A licensed institution can offer savings se...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 34192 التاريخ : May 1, 2003 المؤلف: Rosenberg, Richard
  • Twenty-seven months - Intifada, closures, and Palestinian economic crisis : an assessment
    "Twenty-Seven Months - Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis: An Assessment" was prepared as a follow-up to a report published in March 2002 ("Fifteen Months - Intifada, Closures and Pale...
    النوع : Policy Note تقرير #: 26314 التاريخ : April 1, 2003
  • Jordan Quarterly Update
    This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Jordan country unit. This issue features: Making micro-finance work better in the Middle East and North Africa. Recent economic developments. Vulnerab...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 27004 التاريخ : April 1, 2003 المؤلف: Brandsma, Judith et al [editors]
  • Lebanon quarterly update
    In this Issue: Editorial on looking back, looking forward…. Rich countries should show the way on trade. Water supply and sanitation: opportunities and challenges; by Anna Bjerde. Bank Group operation...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 34602 التاريخ : March 1, 2003 المؤلف: Bjerde, Anna et al [editors] ; Chamlou, Nadereh
  • Microfinance means financial services for the poor
    With an estimated untapped market of nearly a billion poor people, microfinance now stands at a crucial crossroad. Successful microfinance institutions have proven that financial services can be an ef...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 34191 التاريخ : March 1, 2003
  • Egypt Outreach
    The newsletter discusses activities organized by the Bank's Cairo Office during the first quarter of 2003. Contents include: Dr. Selima Abdel Rahim: a pioneer in her community; A new approach to irrig...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 38593 التاريخ : March 1, 2003
  • Credit components
    A significant proportion of donor funding in microfinance takes the form of credit components in multi-sectoral projects. Credit is often seen as a tool for achieving the goals of a range of projects ...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 34190 التاريخ : February 1, 2003 المؤلف: Clark, Heather Anne
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC) annual report 2003 : innovation, impact, sustainability - IFC's commitment (Vol. 1 of 3) : Main report
    This annual report reviews the oerations of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) during fiscal year 2003. IFC's operating income for FY03 grew to $528 million, more than triple the figure for F...
    النوع : World Bank Annual Report تقرير #: 27028 التاريخ : January 1, 2003 المؤلف: IFC E&S
  • Scoring : the next breakthrough in microcredit ?
    The challenge of micro-credit is to judge the risk of whether the self-employed poor will repay their debts as promised. Is scoring-a new way to judge risk-the next breakthrough in micro-credit? Scori...
    النوع : Working Paper (Numbered Series) تقرير #: 33477 التاريخ : January 1, 2003 المؤلف: Schreiner, Mark
  • Is microfinance an effective strategy to reach the Millennium Development Goals?
    The United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have galvanized the development community with an urgent challenge to improve the welfare of the world's neediest people. Donor agencies are ori...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 33454 التاريخ : January 1, 2003 المؤلف: Hashemi, Syed Mesbahuddin ; Littlefield, Elizabeth L. ; Morduch, Jonathan J.
  • Jobs, growth, and governance in the Middle East and North Africa : Unlocking the potential for prosperity
    This report identifies the following as the fundamental challenges and changes that the Middle East and Africa must meet and make in order to improve living standards over the next two decades: Betwee...
    النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 33153 التاريخ : January 1, 2003 المؤلف: Atsavasirilert, Wallada ; Keller, Jennifer L. ; Luangpenthong, Angkanee ; Matin, Kazi Mahbub-Al ; Thonggampai, Ruangrong
  • Groundwater abstraction rights : from theory to practice
    The note addresses the importance of groundwater abstraction rights, and why water rights' systems are needed. The right to abstract (or divert), and use water (including groundwater), can be granted ...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 30093 التاريخ : January 1, 2003 المؤلف: Dumars, Charles ; Foster, James Stephen ; Garduno, Hector ; Kemper, Karin Erika ; Nanni, Marcella ; Tuinhof, Albert
  • Education for all : including children with disabilities
    An estimated 40 million of the 115 million children out of school have disabilities. The vast majority of these children have moderate impairments that are often not visible or easily diagnosed. Disab...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 26602 التاريخ : January 1, 2003 المؤلف: Peters, Susan J.