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Inequality, uprisings, and conflict in the Arab World

Against this backdrop of a slowing global economy, the MENA region is stagnating. Continued low oil prices, the escalation of conflicts, and civil wars make the short-term prospects for a growth recov...
النوع : Publication تقرير #: 99989 التاريخ : October 1, 2015 المؤلف: Ianchovichina, Elena ; Mottaghi, Lili ; Devarajan, Shantayanan
Environmental and Social Management System : Self Assessment and Improvement Guide : Environmental and social management system : self assessment and improvement guide

Environmental and social responsibility is becoming more and more important in today’s global economy. There are thousands of environmental and social codes and standards in the world today. The codes...
النوع : Report تقرير #: 112104 التاريخ : October 1, 2015 المؤلف: Moss, Craig Allan ; Hwang, Jane C.
Economic monitoring report to the ad hoc liaison committee (Vol. 1 of 2) : executive summary

Palestinians are getting poorer on average for the third year in a row. As evidenced in previous World Bank reports, the competitiveness of the Palestinian economy has been progressively eroding since...
النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 99646 التاريخ : September 30, 2015
Sudan - Country economic memorandum : realizing the potential for diversified development (Vol. 2 of 2) : السودان-مذكرة اقتصادية قطرية: إمكانات للتنمية المتنوعة

From 1999 to 2011 Sudan had a period where it benefited from extensive discoveries of natural wealth through oil. But the oil economy had also clear symptoms of Dutch disease. Agriculture suffered fro...
النوع : Country Economic Memorandum تقرير #: 103352 التاريخ : September 30, 2015 المؤلف: Geiger, Michael Tobias ; Lofgren, Hans Lennart ; Bogoev, Jane ; Nishiuchi, Toru ; Nguyen, Ha ; Garlick, Robert James ; Lyasse, Omar ; Yousif, Iman Sachet ; Goldberg, Joseph R. ; Ferrantino, Michael Joseph ; Schmidt, Gabriela ; Dihel, Nora Carina ; Fernandes, Ana Margarida ; Ferro, Esteban ; Battaile, William G. ; Land, Bryan Christopher
Snapshot : financial inclusion in Tunisia - low-income households and micro-enterprises

This technical note provides a snapshot of financial inclusion trends and challenges in Tunisia. It follows the recent expiration of the Coordinated Vision for the Development of Microfinance in Tunis...
النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 96222 التاريخ : September 30, 2015 المؤلف: Mcconaghy, Peter ; Chehade, Nadine Gabriel ; Negre, Alice Edith Marie
Seaweed and Blast Fishing Ban Help Protect Tanzania’s Fisheries and Mariculture

Illegal fishing and climate change are among many challenges that the coastal communities of Zanzibar, Tanzania are contending with. Local communities are looking at banning blast fishing and turning ...
النوع : Brief تقرير #: 166723 التاريخ : September 15, 2015
Research digest newsletter Vol. 9 (No. 3)

In this issue: The State as Employer of Last Resort in Postrevolution Tunisia; What Drives Weak Job Creation in Tunisia?; Macroinsurance for Microenterprises; Testing the Effectiveness of Job Matching...
النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 99248 التاريخ : September 1, 2015
Egypt - Promoting poverty reduction and shared prosperity : a systematic country diagnostic (Vol. 1 of 2)

Egypt is a country with a distinctive geographic and demographic structure that poses unique challenges. Egyptians inhabit and cultivate a small share of Egyptian territory, with approximately 95 perc...
النوع : Systematic Country Diagnostic تقرير #: 99722 التاريخ : September 1, 2015
Bringing Electricity to Kenya’s Slums : Hard Lessons Lead to Great Gains

This story highlights the after years of struggle, Kenya’s national utility has found a way to bring electricity to the country’s poorest neighborhoods. Using a community-based approach, Kenya Power h...
النوع : Brief تقرير #: 166475 التاريخ : August 20, 2015
Environmental, health, and safety guidelines for wind energy : والصحة، وإرشادات السلامة البيئية لطاقة الرياح

The environmental, health, and safety (EHS) guidelines are technical reference documents with general and industry-specific examples of good international industry practice (GIIP). When one or more me...
النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 110346 التاريخ : August 20, 2015
Oman’s Fishery Management Dives into 21st-Century Waters

The Sultanate of Oman is trying to diversify its economy beyond oil and as part of that initiative, is working to overhaul its fisheries sector. But the ocean’s health is fragile, the êsh are migrator...
النوع : Brief تقرير #: 166714 التاريخ : August 13, 2015
Mobility and Transparent Artisanal Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo

This story highlights the motorbikes have become essential in ensuring access to remote artisanal and small-scale mining sites of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The World Bank, along with the DRC...
النوع : Brief تقرير #: 166506 التاريخ : August 13, 2015
Economic implications of lifting sanctions on Iran

Iran and the Permanent Members of the UN Security Council and Germany (P5 1) reached a deal on July 14, 2015 that limits Iranian nuclear activity in return for lifting all international sanctions that...
النوع : Brief تقرير #: 98389 التاريخ : July 23, 2015 المؤلف: Devarajan, Shantayanan ; Mottaghi, Lili
Infographic : Can Entrepreneurship be Learned?

This story highlights entrepreneurship education and training programs help address unemployment and can foster innovation. Well-designed and implemented programs cannot be successful unless economic,...
النوع : Brief تقرير #: 166480 التاريخ : July 21, 2015
Half of Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa are Out of School

This story highlights around 89 million youth, ages 12 to 24 years, are out of school in Sub-Saharan Africa. A new World Bank report examines factors that lead to 12- to 24-year-olds dropping out. It ...
النوع : Brief تقرير #: 166484 التاريخ : July 15, 2015
موضوع رئيسي محاولة لفهم تلوث الهواء وطريقة قياسه

النوع : Brief تقرير #: 166725 التاريخ : July 14, 2015
Investing in Women is Vital to Ending Poverty, Boosting Needed Growth

This story highlights aid targeting gender equality has risen in recent years, contributing to significant gains in health and education in many countries. But aid aimed at leveling the playing field ...
النوع : Brief تقرير #: 166753 التاريخ : July 14, 2015
The legal and regulatory framework for microfinance in Iraq

A well-functioning and inclusive financial sector is critical for efficient resource allocation leading to increased productivity, greater investment, higher overall levels of economic growth, and low...
النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 102555 التاريخ : July 1, 2015 المؤلف: Abdel Aziz, Teymour ; Abbassi, Alaa J S ; Chehade, Nadine Gabriel ; Lauer, Kate
New Little Green Data Book Paints Striking Picture of Pollution

The latest edition of the World Bank's Little Green Data Book includes two new indicators on air pollution based on state-of-the art methodology to measure exposure and health impacts. Poor air qualit...
النوع : Brief تقرير #: 166710 التاريخ : June 16, 2015
A Plea for Action against Pollution in Nigeria

An estimated seven million people were killed by diseases related to indoor and outdoor air pollution alone in 2012 according to the World Health Organization. Data for Nigeria included in the newly r...
النوع : Brief تقرير #: 166782 التاريخ : June 16, 2015