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

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

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

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

Prosperity is the fourth volume of the World Bank Productivity Project, which seeks to bring frontier thinking on the measurement...... more

. This study, by a team of World Bank Group economists led by Michele Ruta, analyzes the economics of the initiative. It...... more

The outlook for the global economy has darkened. Global financing conditions have tightened, industr... more

The Information and Communications for Development report takes an in-depth look at how information ... more

This book presents key activities, promising practices, and lessons learned to date from the World Bank’s Tuberculosis...... more

Reforms spurred by accession to the European Union (EU) boosted productivity and integrated Romania ... more

Migration presents a stark policy dilemma. Research repeatedly confirms that migrants, their familie... more

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

With a population of 16 million, Karachi is the largest megacity in Pakistan. Despite being a large ... more

, spending, and program performance based on the World Bank Atlas of Social Protection Indicators of Resilience and Equity...... more

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

Water has always been a source of risks and opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa. Yet r... more

The Democratic Republic of Congo has the third largest urban population in sub-Saharan Africa (estim... more

Information and communication technology (ICT) has always mattered in agriculture. Ever since people... more

uncertainty in major economies. Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report. On a semiannual basis (January...... more

equally throughout the world. While the cost of such reform will likely be high, the expected benefits include an increase in...... more

public and publicly guaranteed external debt to the World Bank’s Debtor Reporting System (DRS). By providing comprehensive...... more

In 2013, the World Bank Group announced two goals that would guide its operations worldwide. The first is the...... more

Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016 is the first of an annual flagship report that provides a global ... more

Too often, even reform leaders in countries fail to adopt and implement policies that they know are ... more

Economic Prospects. The Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that has, since its inception in 1991...... more

The Nigeria Urbanization Review serves the critical and timely purpose of understanding the challeng... more

Remittances remain a key source of funds for developing countries, far exceeding official developmen... more

Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report. Semiannually (January and June), it examines global economic developments and...... more

external debt of 125 developing countries that report public and publicly guaranteed external debt to the World Bank’s Debtor...... more

"Somaliland’s Private Sector at a Crossroads is the World Bank Group’s first effort to undertake a consultative...... more

the World Bank’s ASPIRE database and other sources. Why have so many countries made a firm commitment to incorporate...... more

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

challenge to stability (World Bank 2014). Today, limited opportunities exist for reintegrating youth and ex-combatants into the...... more

economy. Based on the World Bank estimates, economic growth contracted by 5 percentage points in the region and the poverty...... more

Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report. On a semiannual basis (January and June), it examines global economic...... more

"Urbanization is transforming the developing world. However, understanding the pace, scale, and form of urbanization...... more

"Beyond the terrible toll in human lives and suffering, the Ebola epidemic currently afflicting West... more

"In 2013, the World Bank Group adopted two new goals to guide its work: ending extreme poverty and boosting shared...... more

"This Toolkit provides an overall framework with practical tools and information to help policymaker... more

good economic management remains a work-in-progress. The PER is one component of World Bank assistance to the government to...... more