As Uganda continues to work towards
universal primary education (UPE)-and increasing secondary
education coverage-it is expanding the pool of educated
youth who will...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 32807Date: March 1, 2004Author:
Liang, Xiaoyang
This report reviews gender issues in
HIV/AIDS projects being developed or implemented in five
African countries (Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea, Senegal,
and Sierra...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 32813Date: March 1, 2004Author:
Ligiero, Daniela P. ;
Kostermands, Kees
What are the social and individual gains
from a policy that mandates saving for retirement? This
paper reviews the five rationales that are most frequently
given for...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 30484Date: January 1, 2004
This paper analyses the performance of
private pension systems with respect to two key indicators:
replacement rates and the return to pension contributions.
While returns...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 30490Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Yermo,Juan
Capital market development in Latin
America has been driven largely by regulations imposed by
the government on the pensions industry and other financial
institutions,...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 30486Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Yermo,Juan
Official statistics on contributions and
retirement benefits show that coverage of social insurance
is widening in Latin America. However, using maximum
likelihood regression...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 30491Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Fuentes,Eduardo Ricardo ;
Packard,Truman G. ;
Shinkai,Naoko
This empirical paper identifies the main
forces that influenced the coverage of the new Chilean
pension system during the 1990s. I find that government
policy determined...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 30495Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Valdes Prieto,Salvador
This note explores the impact of pension
reform on country risk. Emphasis is placed on conceptual
issues, empirical issues and evidence from Latin American
countries...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 30487Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Fiess,Norbert Matthias
The review examines the use of
environmental valuation in 101 projects in the World
Bank's environmental portfolio approved in fiscal years
2000, 2001, and 2002. It...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 29349Date: December 1, 2003Author:
Silva, Patricia; Pagiola, Stefano
The report discusses how to project the
impact of HIV/AIDS on education systems, how to mitigate the
impact, and how to ensure access to education for orphans,
and vulnerable...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 28248Date: November 1, 2003
This report presents findings from a
survey of 252 primary health facilities and 30 local
governments carried out in the states of Kogi and Lagos in
Nigeria in the latter...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 32815Date: September 24, 2003Author:
Gauri,Varun ;
Das Gupta,Monica ;
Khemani,Stuti
This paper investigates the potential
impact of opening up telecommunications to competition in
MENA on the sector's performance and on the
participation of the region...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 27024Date: July 1, 2003Author:
Carlo Maria Rossotto, Khalid Sekkat, and
Aristomene Varoudakis
The paper aims at identifying
interventions within the urban transport sector that are
both consistent with the national priorities of developing
countries, and with...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 26389Date: June 30, 2003Author:
Karekezi, Stephen; Majoro, Lugard; Johnson,
Todd M.;
While urbanization is stressing
Indonesia's cities, it is the urban poor who are
afflicted most. The cities, which have been neglected for
years, are unable to satisfy...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 26840Date: June 30, 2003
For many developing countries, declining
revenues from traditional commodities and the opportunities
of a globalized market have led to the adoption of
high-value agricultural...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 26393Date: May 31, 2003Author:
Dolan, Catherine S. ;
Sorby, Kristina
There have been a number of high profile
food safety disputes in trade over the past decade. These
include the widely publicized dispute at the World Trade
Organization...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 26394Date: May 31, 2003Author:
Wilson, John S. ;
Otsuki, Tsunehiro ;
Majumdar, Baishali
Global concerns regarding unsustainable
pest management have made the promotion of Integrated Pest
Management (IPM) a priority for the World Bank and many
other governmental...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 26391Date: April 1, 2003Author:
Kristina Sorby, Gerd Fleischer, Eija Pehu
This paper analyzes the available
literature about the effects of structural adjustment
programs (SAPs) on the environment and the convincing
evidence for their success...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 26375Date: April 1, 2003Author:
Gueorguieva, Anna ;
Bolt, Katherine
The paper examines the situation of
Yemen vis-e-is the Millennium Development Goal (MDG)
indicators. The analysis by indicator looks at trends and
prospects for reaching...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 27022Date: March 1, 2003Author:
Qaiser Khan, and Susan Chase
Considerable empirical evidence
indicates that agricultural growth is a priority for
reducing poverty in developing countries. Investment in
agricultural research is...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 26392Date: February 28, 2003Author:
Byerlee, Derek ;
Alex, Gary
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