Safety Nets are defined as mechanisms
that mitigate the effects of poverty and other risks on
vulnerable households. Risks can be temporary or permanent,
and they can...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 30167Date: August 1, 2004Author:
Mathauer,Inke
This report focuses on the first
component - a review of HDN staff learning programs. The key
evaluation question addressed is, is the HDN learning
program doing the...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 31317Date: August 1, 2004Author:
Monchuk,Louise Victoria ;
Liu,Chaoying ;
Mcintosh-Alberts,Maureen Elvira
By training and supporting key
individuals in a country, WBI expects to contribute to the
country's development and poverty reduction. This
evaluation examines the extent...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 31311Date: July 1, 2004Author:
Liu,Chaoying ;
Choi, Laurie ;
Richter,Jonathan
World Bank Institute (WBI) programs are
organized around priority themes or initiatives linked to
the World Bank's corporate aims and the Millennium
Development Goals....
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 31310Date: July 1, 2004Author:
Jha,Shreyasi ;
Zia,Heidi Shahrzad
The primary goal of the World Bank
Institute (WBI) is to provide knowledge services to build
institutional capacity in client countries. In FY03, WBI
launched a new...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 31301Date: June 30, 2004Author:
Jha,Shreyasi ;
Khattri,Nidhi ;
Nikitin,Denis
GDLN is an international network for
learning and knowledge sharing that has grown dramatically
since its launch in June 2000: in June 2004, there were 68
GDLN Centers....
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 31300Date: June 1, 2004Author:
Jennings, Helene ;
Roberts, Dawn
This paper attempts to provide a new
conceptual framework for practical recommendations, for
capacity enhancement initiatives for social development.
Most such initiatives-in...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 33023Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Mcneil,Mary L. ;
Woolcock,Michael
During the 1990s, more than a quarter of
the countries of the world revised their constitutions to
include an expand the role of their legislatures.
Legislative oversight...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 33035Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Stapenhurst,Frederick C.
As part of its Governance program, the
Poverty Reduction and Economic Reform Division of the World
Bank Institute (WBIPR) has sought to strengthen
parliamentary oversight...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 33040Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Miller, Robert ;
Pelizzo,Riccardo ;
Stapenhurst, Rick
The authors discuss why the often
neglected study of parliamentary oversight has received
increasing attention in the course of the past decade. The
authors' argument...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 33036Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Pelizzo, Riccardo [editor] ;
Stapenhurst, Rick
This paper looks at the role of
parliaments in the budget process, from the role of finance
and budget committees which scrutinize proposed government
budgets prior...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 28615Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Wehner, Joachim
The PRSP (Poverty Reduction Strategy
Paper) process is continually evolving as countries and
their development partners learn from early experience. This
report is designed...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 28613Date: January 1, 2004Author:
K. Scott Hubli; Alicia P. Mandaville
During the past decade, capacity
enhancement has become an increasingly important topic of
discussion within the development community. Both academics
and practitioners...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 28614Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Mizrahi,Yemile
As part of its Governance program, the
Poverty Reduction and Economic Reform Division of the World
Bank Institute (WBIPR) has sought to strengthen
parliamentary oversight,...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 33045Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Pelizzo, Riccardo [editor] ;
Stapenhurst, Rick [editor] ;
Olson, David [editor] ;
Reminton, Thomas F. ;
Schneier, Edward ;
Desposato, Scott W. ;
Shepard, Mark ;
Power, Timothy J. ;
Schulz, Keith
Politicians' perceived
irresponsiveness, various forms of misconduct and corruption
scandals have eroded voters' trust in politicians and
political institutions. In...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 33034Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Pelizzo,Riccardo ;
Stapenhurst, Rick
Traditionally, WBI's approach to
capacity enhancement emphasized thematic (or sectoral) and
knowledge (or learning) objectives. Over the past year,
however, in response...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 31290Date: October 1, 2003Author:
Al-Sayyid, Mustapha Kamel ;
Monchuk,Louise Victoria ;
Tawila, Sahar ;
Zia,Heidi Shahrzad
In the early 1960s, the developing
countries in Sub-Saharan Africa committed to government
interventionist policies. The failure of those policies led
in the 1990s to...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 33049Date: January 1, 2003Author:
Aloy, Marcel ;
Moreno-Dodson,Blanca ;
Nancy,Gilles
This paper attempts to analyze the
implications, for macroeconomic stability, growth and
poverty reduction, and of the choices made by governments to
raise revenues...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 33052Date: January 1, 2003Author:
Gonzalez-Paramo, J.M. ;
Moreno-Dodson,Blanca
This paper looks at capacity enhancement
(CE) at the institutional (or policy) level. It uses an
analytical framework to investigate three main elements (or
ingredients)...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 28611Date: January 1, 2003Author:
Wilhelm, Vera; Mueller, Susanne
This document presents several arguments
to support the statement postulated by Aristotle 25
centuries ago : " Policy makers should direct their
attention above all...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 33026Date: January 1, 2003
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