The Government of the Republic of
Cameroon prepared, with the financial and technical support
from the World Bank, the South Interconnected Network
(RIS)-North Interconnected...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 148931Date: May 26, 2020
This note provides information to
Executive Directors of the World Bank Board on the extension
of the end-disbursement date of the State and Peacebuilding
Multi-donor...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 148624Date: May 14, 2020
This study examines the asset gains to
households in Kerala, India, from two types of labor
migration: moving overseas versus moving within India for
employment. It...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9237Date: May 11, 2020Author:
Seshan,Ganesh Kumar
In January 2014, the Government of
Indonesia issued Law number 6-2014 on villages with the
express intention of addressing gaps in Indonesia’s
decentralization paradigm...
This technical assistance project aims
to improve, at different levels of the data flow, the major
components of the monitoring and evaluation system managed
by the...
Type: ReportReport#: 165954Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Salazar,Manuel ;
Grigoras,Vlad Alexandru ;
Briciu,Cosmin ;
Panait,Andra ;
Bosoi,Alina Daniela ;
Mardale,Luisa Andreea ;
Chiriacescu, Sabin ;
Comsa,Mircea Ioan ;
Mete,Cem ;
Proskuryakova,Tatiana A.
Local Solutions to Poverty (LSP) is a
Multi-Donor Trust Fund that's assisting the government
to improve the quality of life of poor and vulnerable
Indonesians. Through...
Today, over 4 billion people around the
world—more than half the global population—live in cities.
By 2050, with the urban population more than doubling its
current...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 147894Date: April 21, 2020Author:
Bhardwaj,Gaurav ;
Esch,Thomas ;
Lall,Somik V. ;
Marconcini,Mattia ;
Soppelsa,Maria Edisa ;
Wahba Tadros,Sameh Naguib
The Social Observatory Team at the World
Bank conducted an impact evaluation of TRIPTI (Targeted
Rural Initiatives for Poverty Termination and
Infrastructure) in order...
Type: ReportReport#: 148845Date: April 15, 2020Author:
Kakkar,Deepti
Bihar has historically been one of
India’s most impoverished states. The poverty headcount for
Bihar was 53.5 percent in 2009-10, almost double that of the
national...
Type: ReportReport#: 148842Date: April 15, 2020Author:
Kakkar,Deepti
Self-employment promoted through women’s
groups has often been cited as a promising intervention to
transition more women back to the labor force, especially in
South...
Type: ReportReport#: 148847Date: April 15, 2020Author:
Kakkar,Deepti
Rapid urbanization in India means cities
face a tremendous challenge to finance and deliver
theincreasing demand for basic municipal services. When
compared to peers...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 147943Date: April 1, 2020Author:
Awasthi,Rajul ;
Nagarajan,Mohan
The strategic transformation in
agriculture and rural space (STARS) pilots represent the
last step in the four-step process that constitutes the
STARS reimbursable advisory...
Malaysia has experienced a rise in
foreign labor inflows in response to steady economic
expansion and demographic changes. The foreign workforce has
been hovering around...
Type: ReportReport#: 148289Date: April 1, 2020Author:
Yi,Soonhwa ;
Simler,Kenneth ;
Loh,Wei San ;
Tan Wei,Kershia
The Tuungane 2 plus program was the
extension of an earlier phase, the Tuungane 2 program
implemented by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in
485 communities...
Malaysia is no stranger to external
shocks affecting its macroeconomy. Over the past two
decades, it was buffeted by the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis
(AFC), the 2001...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 148238Date: April 1, 2020Author:
Schmillen,Achim Daniel ;
Abdul Aziz,Ahmad Hafiz Bin ;
Maluda,Alyssia Thien Nga ;
Abdur Rahman,Amanina Binti ;
Myers,Bernard ;
David,Clarissa Crisostomo ;
Mendez Ramos,Fabian ;
Abraham,Facundo ;
Raad,Firas ;
Tessada,Jose ;
Foong,Joshua Chee Yan ;
Simler,Kenneth ;
Chuah,Lay Lian ;
Bandaogo,Mahama Abdel Samir Sidbewende ;
Dorfman,Mark Charles ;
Lee,Min Hui ;
Osman,Mohamed Rozani Bin Mohamed ;
Amin,Mohammad ;
Loayza,Norman V. ;
Record,Richard James Lowden ;
Schmukler,Sergio L. ;
Kuriakose,Smita ;
Yi,Soonhwa ;
Eknath,Varun ;
Kwakwa,Victoria ;
Loh,Wei San ;
Soh,Yew Chong ;
Binti Ali Ahmad,Zainab
China’s recently established Ministry of
Natural Resources (MNR) has been given the task of
developing the country’s first National Territorial and
Spatial Plan (NTSP)....
As the world is becoming increasingly
urban, it is also becoming increasingly metropolitan. Cities
have expanded outwards and satellite cities and towns have
over time...
Type: ReportReport#: 148930Date: April 1, 2020Author:
Andersson,Mats ;
Ghesquiere,Francis
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