This paper highlights the importance of
knowledge for long-term economic growth. It presents the
concept of the knowledge economy, an economy where knowledge
is the...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 35867Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Chen, Derek H.C. ;
Dahlman, Carl J.
This paper forms part of the effort of
the World Bank to deepen the understanding of the role of
parliaments in the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) process
with a view...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 38925Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Bhatia, Sabina ;
Dreger,Theodore S. ;
Sharkey,Katrina M.
With the often substantial turnover of
election officials through elections, it has become
increasingly obvious that there is a huge need for
orientation programs and...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 35866Date: December 31, 2005Author:
Johnson,John K.
This paper, explores how the composition
of public spending, and the manner in which the public
resources are spent may have affected the ability of poor
people to connect...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 35868Date: December 30, 2005Author:
Fiestas Clapes,Ignacio ;
Wilhelm,Vera A.
Achieving the Millennium Development
Goals (MDG) and poverty reduction objectives of developing
countries requires a substantially greater investment in
capacity development....
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 38910Date: December 1, 2005Author:
Alameddine,Chirine ;
Hart-Poliquin,Moira
This paper from the water sector in
Uganda turns on its head conventional wisdom about capacity
growth and how long it takes to effect enduring change. This
example...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 38909Date: October 1, 2005Author:
Matta,Nadim ;
Murphy, Patrice
This brief highlights DFID's
experience in Nigeria in adopting an issues-based approach
in which its role lies more in responding to and following,
rather than leading,...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 38908Date: September 1, 2005Author:
Butterworth, Richard
In 2002 the World Bank Institute and
Europe and Central Asia Region (ECA) launched the Community
Empowerment Network (CEN): four national networks linked
through regional...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 33090Date: March 1, 2005Author:
Caldwell Johnson, Erik
This paper explores the contribution of
parliaments to the budget process in presidential systems of
government with highly centralized budgetary systems. It
offers...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 35863Date: January 1, 2005Author:
Santiso, Carlos
National, regional, or global networks
of parliamentarians are proving important vehicles for
enhancing their capacity and the effectiveness of
parliaments and parliamentarians...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 33089Date: January 1, 2005Author:
Campbell, Meaghan ;
Stapenhurst,Frederick C.
In 2005, the Corporate Social
Responsibility practice at the World Bank Institute
conducted a survey to identify examples of business'
involvement in achievement of...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 36479Date: January 1, 2005
For many years, World Bank knowledge and
learning pertaining to social accountability stemmed from a
handful of pioneering initiatives, such as those on
participatory...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 35862Date: January 1, 2005Author:
Arroyo,Dennis ;
Sirker,Karen
The study begins with the history of
Indonesia's rural financial system; next, based on case
studies in West Java, it evaluates the factors underlying
the system's efficiency...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 31211Date: January 1, 2005
To help strengthen good governance and
promote government account-ability and transparency, the
World Bank Institute's Poverty Reduction and Economic
Reform division...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 35865Date: January 1, 2005Author:
Olson, David [editor] ;
Pelizzo, Riccardo [editor] ;
Stapenhurst, Rick [editor]
For centuries, internal audit was a
simple administrative procedure of checking documents,
counting assets, and reporting on past events to various
types of management....
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 33033Date: January 1, 2005Author:
Nordin Van Gansberghe,Cecilia
Between 2000 and 2003, the World Bank
Institute (WBI) and the Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association (CPA) collaborated on a series of projects to
foster a better relationship...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 33639Date: January 1, 2005Author:
Mendel,Toby Daniel
This paper argues that one of the best
tools a nation has at its disposal for managing conflict and
poverty is parliament. Parliament is a prime institution
through...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 33640Date: January 1, 2005Author:
O'Brien,Mitchell
This paper and learning module attempt
to clarify one aspect of the growing literature on civic
engagement: society's role in improving government
accountability-a process...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 33641Date: January 1, 2005
This report evaluates staff learning
activities offered in FY04. Institute Evaluation Group
(IEG)compiled level one evaluation questionnaires completed
by 4,750 respondents...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 31319Date: December 1, 2004Author:
Arango,Diana Jimena ;
Jha,Shreyasi ;
Ling,Cristina Marosan
This report is part of a series of
country-focus baseline evaluations undertaken by the
Institute Evaluation Group to assess the perceived impact of
WBI activities on...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 40183Date: September 6, 2004Author:
Le Rouzic,Violaine R.
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