This newsletter highlights some of the many policies, programs, and initiatives of the World Bank (WB) which may involve or be of interest to Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). This includes: on-line...
Trade Watch is a monthly note that follows international trade flows from a global perspective. It contains up to date trade data from an array of sources, covering issues such as import and export growth...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 74204Date: March 1, 2009Author:
Freund, Caroline ;
Horenstein, Matias David
The note particularly discusses real economy in China, which has been hit hard by the global crisis, but has been holding up. Indeed, China has weathered the storm better than many other countries because...
This note presents the evidence on the role that simple early childhood stimulation inputs can play when they accompany nutrition inputs, and how the joint intervention is crucial to the development of...
This issue of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Governance News and Notes includes the following headings: a note from the publisher; governance newsmaker interview with Dr. Naser Al-Sane, chair of the...
Indicators suggest global gross domestic product (GDP) to decline again in first quarter of 2009. Given the synchronous nature of the downturn the nexus of decline in business investment, exports, and...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 88111Date: March 1, 2009Author:
Baffes, John ;
Dow, Betty P. ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Rajadhyaksha, Gauresh ;
Riordan, Elliot Joseph ;
Savsecu, Cristina ;
Streifel, Shane S. ;
Timmer, Hans
This Understanding Children's Work (UCW) newsletter includes some of the following headlines: featured research: 1) understanding children's work and youth employment outcomes in Mongolia; 2) violence...
This trade watch newsletter includes the following headings: January and February trade data show a sharp drop in exports and imports across nearly all countries. This follows already weak end-of-the-year...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 51317Date: March 1, 2009Author:
Freund, Caroline ;
Horenstein, Matias David
This issue, focusing on international waters, contains: slashing mercury releases and toxic water pollution; Global Environment Facility (GEF)-international waters/World Bank project to continue successful...
Included in this issue: interview with the Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). New demands for consumer price indices (CPI) and purchasing power parity...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 49098Date: March 1, 2009Author:
Fahle, Sean ;
Thomas, Charles ;
Varjonene, Seppo ;
Barcena, Alicia ;
Belkindas, Misha V. ;
Biru, Yonas ;
Jorgenson, Dale W. ;
Marquez, Jaime ;
Oyewole, Philemon O. ;
Sun, Changqing ;
Swanson, Eric Valdeman ;
Von Braun, Joachim Leopold ;
Vu, Khuong Minh
Indicators suggest global gross domestic product (GDP) to decline again in first quarter of 2009. Given the synchronous nature of the downturn the nexus of decline in business investment, exports, and...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 88111Date: March 1, 2009Author:
Baffes, John ;
Dow, Betty P. ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Rajadhyaksha, Gauresh ;
Riordan, Elliot Joseph ;
Savsecu, Cristina ;
Streifel, Shane S. ;
Timmer, Hans
Some of the headings included in this newsletter of the World Bank in India are: World Bank launches South Asia regional development marketplace (DM) on nutrition; development dialogue spending on infrastructure...
From last December to February, violent incidents rose back to high levels, with a peak of 36 reported cases in January, and 31 in December and 26 in February. Sixteen people died, 47 were injured and...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 47974Date: February 28, 2009
Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: global equities mixed;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60859Date: February 27, 2009Author:
De Kleine Feige, Annette I. ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Streifel, Shane S.
Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: mixed results for world...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60858Date: February 25, 2009Author:
De Kleine Feige, Annette I. ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Streifel, Shane S.
Some of the headings included in this issue of the Daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: global markets: financials, oil advance; U.S. business economics group...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60857Date: February 23, 2009Author:
De Kleine Feige, Annette I. ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Streifel, Shane S.
Some of the headings included in this issue of the Daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: world stocks remain depressed following yesterday's sell-off; Obama announces...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60855Date: February 18, 2009Author:
De Kleine Feige, Annette I. ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Streifel, Shane S.
The world industrial production declined by an unprecedented 20 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 (annualized rate or 'saar'). And the potential for further contraction is high, by a possible 19 percent...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 49388Date: February 18, 2009
Some of the headings included in this issue of the daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: World stocks decline on U.S. bank plan skepticism; U.S. trade balance...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60853Date: February 11, 2009Author:
DeKleine, Annette ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Streifel, Shane S.
Some of the headings included in this issue of the daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: Russia denies plans to seek foreign debt restructuring; and Asian Development...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60852Date: February 10, 2009Author:
DeKleine, Annette ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Streifel, Shane S.
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