• Jordan quarterly update
    This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Jordan country unit. This issue features: Recent economic development. Jordan - a pioneer in water sector reform. Bank Group Operations. World Bank...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 26417 التاريخ : December 1, 2001
  • A Multilateral donor triumphs over disbursement pressure : the story of microfinance at Banco do Nordeste in Brazil
    The CrediAmigo microfinance program in Brazil, managed by the Banco do Nordeste (BN) shows how an international financial institution like the World Bank can be a useful catalyst in the development of...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 33453 التاريخ : December 1, 2001 المؤلف: Peck Christen, Robert ; Schonberger, Steven N.
  • Lebanon quarterly update
    The World Bank in Beirut. Bank Group operations. Recent economic development. Health sector reform. World Bank publications. The World Bank Lebanon team.
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 26422 التاريخ : December 1, 2001
  • Resource guide to microfinance assessments
    This Resource Guide compares five of the better known microfinance institution (MFI) assessment services, and describes the challenges facing such assessments. It is part of a trilogy of the Consultat...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 33452 التاريخ : November 1, 2001
  • Microfinance, grants, and non-financial responses to poverty reduction : where does microcredit fit?
    This note looks at micro-credit as one element among many on a menu of possible interventions to generate income and employment, and alleviate poverty, including temporary poverty in post-crisis situa...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 33450 التاريخ : October 1, 2001 المؤلف: Parker, Joan C.
  • Strengthening Tunisian municipalities to foster local urban development
    The Municipal Sector Investment Project, partly financed by a $75 million World Bank loan made in 1992, marked the successful beginning of a decentralization effort in Tunisia to strengthen municipali...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 24568 التاريخ : September 1, 2001 المؤلف: Campbell-Page, Elizabeth [editor-in-chief]
  • In-Country Donor Coordination : In-country donor coordination
    The continuing popularity of microfinance amongst the donor community has resulted in numbers of agencies in every developing country and transition economy seeking to support the development of the m...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 33449 التاريخ : September 1, 2001
  • West Bank and Gaza update
    This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the West Bank and Gaza office. This issue features: Using poverty maps to target the poor in West Bank and Gaza. In the absence of comprehensive statistic...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 24921 التاريخ : June 1, 2001 المؤلف: Sbeih, Ma'moon
  • West Bank and Gaza update
    This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the West Bank and Gaza office. This issue features: Trade options for the Palestinian economy. The note quantitatively assesses different options for the ...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 22518 التاريخ : February 1, 2001
  • Engendering development through gender equality in rights, resources, and voice
    On one level, poverty exacerbates gender disparities. Inequalities between girls and boys in access to schooling or adequate health care are more acute among the poor than among those with higher inco...
    النوع : Publication تقرير #: 21776 التاريخ : January 1, 2001 المؤلف: Mason, Andrew D. ; King, Elizabeth M.
  • Preface and foreword for IDA ' s partnership for poverty reduction - an independent evaluation of fiscal years 1994-2000 (Vol. 1 of 11)
    The Multilingual Preface and Foreword to the IDA's partnership for poverty reduction - an independent evaluation of fiscal years 1994 - 2000 complements the main report, numbered 23958. This preface a...
    النوع : Publication تقرير #: 28103 التاريخ : January 1, 2001 المؤلف: Gwin, Catherine
  • 2000 Annual review of development effectiveness (ARDE) : foreword and executive summary
    The Multilingual Foreword and Executive Summary to the 2000 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness (ARDE), complements the main report, numbered 22027. This summary expounds on the theme of the 20...
    النوع : IEG Evaluation تقرير #: 28002 التاريخ : January 1, 2001
  • Commercialization and mission drift : the transformation of microfinance in Latin America
    Nowhere has the commercialization of microfinance proceeded more rapidly than in Latin America. A few years ago, microfinance was the exclusive domain of non-profit organizations and cooperative socie...
    النوع : Working Paper (Numbered Series) تقرير #: 33462 التاريخ : January 1, 2001 المؤلف: Cook, Tamara B. ; Peck Christen, Robert
  • World development report 2000/2001 : attacking poverty
    This report focuses on the dimensions of poverty, and how to create a better world, free of poverty. The analysis explores the nature, and evolution of poverty, and its causes, to present a framework ...
    النوع : World Development Report تقرير #: 22684 التاريخ : January 1, 2001 المؤلف: Malmberg Calvo, Christina ; Das Gupta, Monica ; Grootaert, Christiaan N. ; Kanbur, Ravi ; Kwakwa, Victoria ; Lustig, Nora C
  • West Bank and Gaza update
    This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the West Bank and Gaza office. This issue features: The impact of prolonged closure on Palestinian poverty. The note sets out a quantitative exercise, aim...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 22514 التاريخ : November 1, 2000
  • Building an equitable world
    This document is the address to the Board of Governors presented by Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, the president of the World Bank Group, in Prague, Czech Republic, on September 26, 2000. The speech points ...
    النوع : President's Speech تقرير #: 21321 التاريخ : September 26, 2000 المؤلف: Wolfensohn, James D.
  • Exploring client preferences in microfinance : some observations from safesave : Exploring client preferences in microfinance : some observations from SafeSave
    What You Do Depends On Where You Are. Microfinance products tend to be uniform across large geographic areas. For example, in Bangladesh most microfinance institutions (MFIs) offer some variant of the...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 33448 التاريخ : September 1, 2000
  • West Bank and Gaza update
    This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the West Bank and Gaza office. This issue features: Building blocks for the future. The road to sustainable Palestinian development is still unclear. To g...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 24922 التاريخ : August 1, 2000 المؤلف: Sbeih, Ma'moon
  • Those who leave and those who don't join : Insights from East African microfinance institutions
    The present products of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in East Africa explain the high rates of dropout and low outreach. The industry has adopted a small number of very similar imported ideas witho...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 33445 التاريخ : August 1, 2000 المؤلف: Helms, Brigit S. ; Matin, Imran
  • Raising the curtain on the "microfinancial services era"
    From the 'agricultural credit era' (1950s-1970s) through the 'micro-enterprise era', institutional arrangements and product designs that characterized financial services to the poor were underpinned b...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 33444 التاريخ : May 1, 2000 المؤلف: Rutherford, Stuart Edward