The Independent Evaluation Group s (IEG) Results and Performance of the World Bank Group (RAP) is a comprehensive...... more

The World Bank Group is currently engaged in reflection and debate on how to improve the delivery of development...... more

countries, contributing about 15-20 percent of total infrastructure investment. The World Bank Group has expanded its support to...... more

, operating, and closing a business. The World Bank Group has provided extensive support to investment climate reforms. This...... more

"The World Bank Group was a principal founding partner of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in its pilot phase in...... more

"The World Bank Group A to Z provides the most concise and essential information about the mission, policies...... more

"The World Bank Group promotes small and medium enterprise (SME) growth through both systemic and targeted...... more

100-200 million people and the undernourished increased by 63 million in 2008. The World Bank organized rapidly for short-term...... more

"Fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS) have become an important focus of World Bank Group assistance in recent...... more

decade across the World Bank Group. IEG found that this investment is substantial, but its effectiveness can be enhanced...... more

100-200 million people and the undernourished increased by 63 million in 2008. The World Bank organized rapidly for short-term...... more

statistical methods and the demand for evaluations that can measure such development results are increasing. The World Bank Group...... more

Evaluation Group (IEG) evaluation of the World Bank Group’s support to countries trying to address youth employment issues....... more

World Bank Group is one of the world s largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries. Its mission is to...... more

This Peru Country Program Evaluation for the World Bank Group, 2003-2009 is part of IEG s country program evaluation...... more

The evaluation finds that the content of the World Bank s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) is largely...... more

the World Bank s lending and grant support for water activities. More than 30 background papers prepared for the...... more

into an atmosphere already polluted with two centuries of Western emissions. The World Bank, with a newly-articulated...... more

generation, more than half of the developing world’s population and between a third and one-half of its poor, will then reside in...... more

The Report identifies principles for growth to enable middle-income countries to transition to high-... more

The Report identifies principles for growth to enable middle-income countries to transition to high-... more

Migration is a development challenge. About 184 million people--2.3 percent of the world’s population--live outside of...... more

for bank supervisors, this guide will also be of interest to readers working in the areas of finance, corruption...... more

The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a worldwide statistical initiative led by the World Bank under the...... more

visualizations, primarily drawn from World Development Indicators (WDI) - the World Bank’s compilation of internationally comparable...... more

Indicators (WDI) - the World Bank’s compilation of internationally comparable statistics about global development and the quality...... more

monitor progress toward the World Bank Group s two goals of ending poverty and promoting shared prosperity. Six themes are...... more

compare the size and price levels of economies around the world. The program involved 199 economies from eight geographic...... more

"Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy: The Framework, Methodology, and Results of the International Comparison...... more

"’Trade, Investment, and Development in the Middle East and North Africa: Engaging with the World’ describes why...... more

traditional banking institutions to include insurance companies, mutual funds, market makers and other financial service providers...... more

multidisciplinary team from the Prosperity Department of the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa Region. Its findings will be of...... more

Competition is a core element of economic growth, but empirical evidence on how competition affects ... more

Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and...... more

policies that create a level playing field. Indeed, across the world, countries where opportunities are distributed more fairly...... more

The journey of economic inclusion programs has been remarkable, marked by significant strides in cre... more

For more than five decades, the World Bank’s premier annual publication on debt, now titled the International Debt...... more

higher standard more typical of upper-middle-income countries--US$6.85 per person per day--almost one-half of the world is...... more

Services are a new force for innovation, trade, and growth in East Asia and Pacific. The dramatic di... more

By assessing discrimination in laws, regulations, and policies, the Equality of Opportunity for Sexu... more

Business Ready (B-READY) is a new World Bank Group corporate flagship report that evaluates the business and investment...... more

In low- and middle-income economies, public spending policies diverge significantly from those of in... more

Sierra Leone is one of the poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a gross national income per... more

Since the introduction of free primary education in 1994, access to school has expanded rapidly in M... more

policy action at the global and national levels. Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that...... more

: Strategic Directions for Low- and Middle- Income Countries is part of a joint World Bank-IFC effort to support countries on...... more

Communities that host refugees are often concerned about how their labor markets will change. Althou... more

Health care systems must be prepared to address the expanding and complex needs of an aging populati... more

Uganda with funding from Sweden and the World Bank. These studies underscore important lessons learned and offer suggestions...... more

This report discusses how African countries can take advantage of digital interoperability, remote s... more

Women, Business and the Law 2024 is the 10th in a series of annual studies measuring the enabling co... more

and reflecting the perspectives of various stakeholders and the World Bank’s operational experiences. This report, the...... more

Steadily increasing demand for water poses a threat to sustainable development, and an increasing nu... more

Ethiopia has long prioritized creating more and better jobs as core to its sustainable and inclusive... more

Traditionally, mini grids have been viewed as ’off-grid’ systems that are built and operated solely ... more

examples from real-life World Bank projects so that policy makers, tax officials, information technology experts, and...... more

the results of a survey conducted by the World Bank of greening practices within NDFIs based in countries in a range of...... more

A structural growth slowdown is under way across the world: at current trends, the global rate of potential growth is...... more

Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and...... more

Climate change is unfolding amid the greatest information and communication revolution in human hist... more