This study reviews the initial results
of efforts by the Federal Court of Malaysia to improve
judicial performance, especially in the areas of backlog and
delay reduction....
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 63263Date: August 1, 2011
This poverty and inclusion assessment is
the culmination of a programmatic and comprehensive yearlong
collaboration between the World Bank and the Palestinian
Central...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 61293Date: July 29, 2011
The original aim of this poverty
analysis, prepared in collaboration with Egypt's
Ministry of Economic Development, was to help inform the
country's development strategy...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 60249Date: June 17, 2011
The Joint Country Support Strategy for
the Kyrgyz Republic (2007-2010) (JCSS), extended in 2008 to
cover the period 2009-2011, identified the weak and
inefficient Kyrgyz...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 61906Date: June 8, 2011
This report relates to the food security
pillar of the declaration on Development by G20 Leaders of
the G20 Seoul Summit. It responds to a request from Brazil,
Canada,...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 70232Date: June 3, 2011
This study, a draft of which was shared
with the Government of Ghana in November 2009, provides a
basic diagnostic of the benefit incidence and targeting
performance...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 55578Date: June 2, 2011
This learning note prepares policymakers
to engage with their technical experts and staff in
designing and implementing an evidence-informed response to
the challenges...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 70228Date: June 1, 2011
For Georgia, the 2000s were
characterized not only by sweeping economic reforms and
subsequent strong growth, but also by two major shocks.
Following the rose revolution,...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 63110Date: June 1, 2011
This study has two objectives, the first
of which is to revise the national poverty lines of Armenia.
The Government of Armenia expressed its desire for revised
poverty...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 63111Date: June 1, 2011
Since the end of armed conflict in 1999,
progress on improving living standards in the Republic of
Kosovo has been slow and uneven, despite solid macroeconomic
performance....
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 75436Date: May 1, 2011Author:
Simler, Ken; Miyata, Sachiko; Gyulnazaryan, Yeva
This report assesses the progress
Nigeria has made in improving the socioeconomic conditions
of its citizens during the recent period of high economic
growth and significant...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 70606Date: April 1, 2011
Twenty years of rapid economic
development in Ghana has done little, if anything, to reduce
the historical North, South divide in standards of living.
While rural development...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 53991Date: March 1, 2011
Between 2005 and 2009, general poverty
declined in Nicaragua, driven by welfare improvements in
rural areas. At the same time, inequality fell across the
board. Still,...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 69177Date: March 1, 2011
East Sudan has received a continuous
influx of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees
over the last forty years. Mass influxes were witnessed
during years...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 69322Date: February 11, 2011
The theme of the 2011 Philippines
development report is 'generating inclusive growth,
uplifting the poor and vulnerable'. This theme is
follows from the priorities set...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 66640Date: February 1, 2011
Sub-national Governments play an
important role in the Romanian public sector. In 2009,
sub-national spending was equivalent to 8.5 percent of gross
domestic product...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 57040Date: February 1, 2011
Crime and violence are now a key
development issue for Central American countries. In three
nations El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras crime rates are
among the top...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 56781Date: January 1, 2011
The second Lao PDR investment climate
assessment identifies the key constraints of the
country's non-resource sector firms. This Assessment
summarizes the results of...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 64800Date: January 1, 2011
Malnutrition can be transient like an
acute disease. More often, it is chronic, a lifelong,
intergenerational condition beginning early in life and
continuing into old...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 66048Date: January 1, 2011Author:
Gaukler,Christopher ;
Rajkumar,Andrew Sunil ;
Tilahun, Jessica
India's surge in growth and rapid
expansion in public spending in the past decade has created
new possibilities for its social protection system. The
growing importance...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 61275Date: January 1, 2011
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