This report considers the science of
adult literacy acquisition, with the goal of identifying
principles that may improve the effectiveness of adult
literacy programs....
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 145579Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Thomas,Michael Stephen Charles ;
Knowland, Victoria C. P. ;
Rogers, Cathy
In the past decade, Uganda has made
significant progress in reducing poverty and sustaining high
economic growth. However, Uganda still faces considerable
challenges...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 145337Date: December 31, 2019Author:
Parikh,Vismay Bharat ;
Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter
Incentive-based conservation is a
promising approach to tropical forest conservation,
including within multiple-use protected areas. Here we
analyze the environmental...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 144519Date: December 1, 2019
After a weak performance in the first
half of 2019, helped by monetary easing, faster public
spending and some one-off effects, economic growth in Russia
picked up in...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 144672Date: December 1, 2019
Disruptive factors related to
technology, market integration, and social and demographic
change imply upcoming changes in the needs of the labor
force. This study reviews...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 144552Date: November 1, 2019Author:
Romero,Jose ;
Kuddo,Arvo
The policy note is organized into five
sections. Following the introductory section, section two
provides a brief discussion of recent trends in
organizational arrangements...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 144418Date: November 1, 2019Author:
Junquera-Varela,Raul Felix ;
Awasthi,Rajul ;
Balabushko,Oleksii ;
Nurshaikhova,Alma
Community-based natural resource
management (CBRNM) aims to realize sustainable management of
resources and improvements in livelihood. A central focus is
the empowerment...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 144416Date: November 1, 2019Author:
Smith,Graham Norman
South Asia Region (SAR) has five
governance advisors (GAs) based in the field covering
Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Sri
Lanka and Maldives....
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 143493Date: October 13, 2019Author:
Undeland,Charles ;
Rana,Naseer Ahmad
Most countries face governance
challenges at different levels: governance breakdowns are
triggered by weak systems and processes governing the
overall functioning of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 143485Date: October 13, 2019Author:
Heidenhof,Guenter ;
Morin,Denyse E.
The largest trust fund supporting
governance and anticorruption (GAC) implementation is the
governance partnership facility (GPF), with a total value of
95 million dollars....
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 143487Date: October 13, 2019Author:
Van Heesewijk,Petrus Henricus
In response to the governance and
anticorruption (GAC) Secretariat’s request, this note
outlines the combined experience of the Latin America and
Caribbean (LAC) and...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 143488Date: October 13, 2019Author:
Bhansali,Lisa ;
Kpundeh,Sahr John
Over the last years, the World Bank
engagement on so called governance and anticorruption (GAC)
global issues has had two main drivers. The first is the
World Development...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 143486Date: October 13, 2019Author:
Pesme,Jean Denis
This note examines how two functions -
coordinating the governance and anticorruption (GAC) agenda
and monitoring progress in implementation - should be best
performed...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 143489Date: October 13, 2019Author:
Beschel,Robert P.
An analysis of the state of play in
governance and anti-corruption (GAC) knowledge and learning
(K and L) was conducted in some depth during the preparation
of the GAC...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 143498Date: October 13, 2019Author:
Bernstein,David S. ;
Minoso,Maria Del Carmen
Under the governance and anticorruption
(GAC) strategy implementation, the GAC in operations work
across regions has focused on three key areas: (a)
identifying, managing,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 143495Date: October 13, 2019Author:
Kpundeh,Sahr John
The governance and anti-corruption (GAC)
agenda have provided a useful forum for exchanging ideas
relating to governance within the World Bank Group (WBG).
Through the...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 143496Date: October 13, 2019Author:
Hafeez,Rohil ;
Rogers,Stephanie
The project is the place where
governance and anti-corruption (GAC) becomes concrete for
most clients and World Bank staff. Unfortunately, there is
no more contested...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 143497Date: October 13, 2019Author:
Turkewitz,Joel A.
Sub-Saharan Africa's economic
performance has remained sluggish, hampered by persistent
uncertainty in the global economy and the slow pace of
reforms to enhance domestic...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 142439Date: October 1, 2019Author:
Zeufack,Albert G. ;
Calderon,Cesar ;
Kambou,Gerard ;
Cantu Canales,Martha Catalina ;
Korman,Vijdan ;
Kubota,Megumi
While significant progress has been made
in international tax cooperation, the interests of
developing economies require greater priority and attention.
This paper considers...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 142256Date: October 1, 2019Author:
Clavey,Colin John ;
Leigh Pemberton,Jonathan ;
Loeprick,Jan ;
Verhoeven,Marinus
This paper considers the potential for
improvements in forestry revenue management to complement
other efforts toward sustainable forest management and to
strengthen...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 144415Date: October 1, 2019Author:
Verhoeven,Marinus ;
Magrath,William B. ;
Robbins,Amanda Margaret ;
Kallaur,Emily Noel Gosse
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