• Tunisia - Understanding successful socioeconomic development : a joint World Bank-Islamic Development Bank evaluation of assistance
    Tunisia has successfully shifted from resource-based exports dominated by oil and gas to manufactures and services. The economy is now driven mainly by textile, electrical, mechanical, and food proces...
    النوع : Publication تقرير #: 33348 التاريخ : January 1, 2005 المؤلف: Hassan,Fareed M. A.
  • Poverty reduction through gender-disaggregated analysis of public expenditures : the case of Cambodia
    The impact of public expenditure programs on poverty reduction can be enhanced by analyzing gender-disaggregated data in public expenditure reviews, especially by conducting a gender-disaggregated ben...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 34841 التاريخ : December 1, 2004
  • Lebanon quarterly update
    This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Lebanon Country Office. This issue features: Editorial: To the People of Lebanon; Perspectives for Pharmaceutical Reform in Lebanon; Recent Economic D...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 37124 التاريخ : October 1, 2004 المؤلف: Dessus,Sebastien C. ; El Khalil,Zeina ; Bou Habib,Chadi ; Karam, Hadia ; Razzaz,Omar Ahmad Munif ; Saba,Joseph P. ; Seiter,Andreas ; Zacchia,Paolo B. ; Ziade,Mona
  • Interest rate ceilings and microfinance : the story so far
    The high interest rates charged by many microfinance institutions (MFIs) have attracted the attention of policy makers throughout the world. Several concerns have been raised: Why do institutions that...
    النوع : Working Paper (Numbered Series) تقرير #: 33479 التاريخ : September 1, 2004 المؤلف: Helms,Brigit S. ; Reille,Xavier
  • Local economic development: a primer developing and implementing local economic development strategies and action plans
    The purpose of local economic development (LED) is to build up the economic capacity of a local area in order to improve its economic future and the quality of life for all. It is a process by which p...
    النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 33769 التاريخ : September 1, 2004 المؤلف: Goga,Soraya ; Murphy,Ian Fergus ; Swinburn,Gwen
  • Tunisia - Country assistance evaluation
    This Country Assistance Evaluation (CAE), prepared in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank, reviews Tunisia's socioeconomic development since 1990, and the challenges facing the country, as...
    النوع : IEG Evaluation تقرير #: 29669 التاريخ : July 13, 2004
  • Financial institutions with a "double bottom line" : implications for the future of microfinance
    Most participants in the microfinance movement of recent decades see their goal as improving the availability and quality of financial services for poor and near-poor clients. Thus far, much of the mo...
    النوع : Working Paper (Numbered Series) تقرير #: 33478 التاريخ : July 1, 2004 المؤلف: Jayadeva,Veena ; Peck Christen, Robert ; Rosenberg,Richard
  • What is a network? The diversity of networks in microfinance today
    Throughout the development of the microfinance industry, network support organizations (NSOs) have played a critical role in launching new institutions, developing standards, wholesaling funds, provid...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 33456 التاريخ : July 1, 2004 المؤلف: Cook,Tamara B. ; Isem, Jennifer
  • The role of goverments in microfinance
    Historically, governments have used credit schemes as a way to transfer resources to specific target populations. The negative impact of most of these schemes has led many donors and experts to advoca...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 34239 التاريخ : June 30, 2004 المؤلف: Duflos,Eric Bertrand Pierre ; Imboden,Kathryn
  • Disengagement, the Palestinian economy and the settlements
    This report stresses that the deep economic crisis in the West Bank and Gaza threatens to impoverish and alienate a generation of young Palestinians. Moreover, today's economic crisis has been caused ...
    النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 40460 التاريخ : June 23, 2004
  • 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]
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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