• World development report 2003 : sustainable development in a dynamic world - transforming institutions, growth, and quality of life
    Without better policies and institutions, social and environmental strains may derail development progress, leading to higher poverty levels and a decline in the quality of life for everybody, accordi...
    النوع : World Development Report تقرير #: 24705 التاريخ : January 1, 2003
  • Microcredit interest rates
    This paper outlines a method for estimating the interest rate that an microfinance institution (MFI) will need to realize on its loans, if it wants to fund its growth primarily with commercial funds a...
    النوع : Working Paper (Numbered Series) تقرير #: 18656 التاريخ : November 1, 2002 المؤلف: Rosenberg,Richard
  • A time to act
    This is the address to the Board of Governors, delivered by Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank. It was indicated that the development community has confirmed the Millennium Developme...
    النوع : President's Speech تقرير #: 25308 التاريخ : September 29, 2002 المؤلف: Wolfensohn,James D.
  • Long-term policy options for the Palestinian economy
    In light of deteriorating economic relations between Israel and the West Bank and Gaza, and suspended peace negotiations, it is timely at this juncture between the lapsed Interim Period and a final st...
    النوع : Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report تقرير #: 23765 التاريخ : July 1, 2002
  • Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) 2002 annual report - summary
    The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) 2002 annual report, discusses the challenges for MIGA during FY02, when a confluence of events, a troubled world economy, and the financial crisis i...
    النوع : World Bank Annual Report تقرير #: 26791 التاريخ : June 30, 2002
  • Republic of Yemen - Economic growth : sources, constraints and potentials
    High and sustained rate of economic growth in Yemen is a necesary, though not sufficient, condition for reduction of the high incidence of poverty and for raising the living standards of Yemeni citize...
    النوع : Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report تقرير #: 24514 التاريخ : May 31, 2002
  • Globalization, growth, and poverty : building an inclusive world economy
    Societies and economies around the world are becoming more integrated. Integration is the result of reduced costs of transport, lower trade barriers, faster communication of ideas, rising capital flow...
    النوع : Publication تقرير #: 23591 التاريخ : January 1, 2002
  • World Bank annual report 2002
    This annual report covers the period from July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2002, and is prepared by the Executive Directors of both the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the In...
    النوع : World Bank Annual Report تقرير #: 24908 التاريخ : January 1, 2002
  • Apex institutions in microfinance
    This paper reviews the experience of national microfinance apexes-wholesale mechanisms that channel funds, with or without supporting technical services, to retail microfinance institutions (MFIs) in ...
    النوع : Working Paper (Numbered Series) تقرير #: 33463 التاريخ : January 1, 2002 المؤلف: Levy,Fred D.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • World development report 1999/2000 : entering the 21st century
    The theme of this 22nd edition of the World Development Report is the changing development landscape in the 21st century. The Report focuses on two forces of change: the integration of the world econo...
    النوع : World Development Report تقرير #: 19279 التاريخ : January 1, 2000 المؤلف: Altaf, Anjum ; Dillinger,William R. ; Evenett,Simon J. ; Fay,Marianne ; Henderson,John Vernon ; Kenny,Charles J. ; Wu, Weiping ; Yusuf,Shahid
  • Telecommunications regulation handbook
    In recognition of the fundamental importance of an appropriate regulatory environment to accelerate connectivity, and access to information services, this handbook provides a practical reference sourc...
    النوع : Publication تقرير #: 24742 التاريخ : January 1, 2000 المؤلف: Intven, Hank [editor] ; Oliver,Jeremy ; Sepulveda,Edgardo
  • The East Asian miracle : economic growth and public policy (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report
    The report examines the public policies of 8 high-performing Asian economies (HPAEs) from 1965 to 1990. It seeks to uncover the role those policies played in the dramatic economic growth, improved hum...
    النوع : Publication تقرير #: 12351 التاريخ : January 1, 2000 المؤلف: Birdsall,Nancy M. ; Campos,Jose Edgardo L. ; Kim,Chang-Shik ; Corden, W. Max ; MacDonald, Lawrence [editor] ; Pack,Howard ; Page,John ; Sabor, Richard ; Stiglitz,Joseph Eugene
  • The East Asian miracle : economic growth and public policy (Vol. 2 of 2) : Summary
    The report examines the public policies of 8 high-performing Asian economies (HPAEs) from 1965 to 1990. It seeks to uncover the role those policies played in the dramatic economic growth, improved hum...
    النوع : Publication تقرير #: 12351 التاريخ : January 1, 2000 المؤلف: Birdsall,Nancy M. ; Campos,Jose Edgardo L. ; Kim,Chang-Shik ; Corden, W. Max ; MacDonald, Lawrence [editor] ; Pack,Howard ; Page,John ; Sabor, Richard ; Stiglitz,Joseph Eugene
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC) annual report 1999 (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report
    This report concerns the annual review of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) during fiscal year 1999. IFC earned $249 million in net income in fiscal year 1999, above the $246 million earned ...
    النوع : World Bank Annual Report تقرير #: 20800 التاريخ : August 1, 1999
  • Measuring microcredit delinquency : ratios can be harmful to your health
    Any delinquency or recovery percentage is a ratio-the result of dividing some numerator on the top of the fraction by some denominator on the bottom. Unless we know exactly what goes into the numerato...
    النوع : Working Paper (Numbered Series) تقرير #: 33460 التاريخ : June 1, 1999 المؤلف: Christen,Robert P. ; Rosenberg,Richard