Revisiting Public-Private Partnerships in the Power Sector

Maria Vagliasindi

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• Given the chronic power shortages faced by numerous developing countries, and the need everywhere to keep pace with demand, understanding the drivers ... Lees meer

Human Rights and Climate Change

Siobhan McInerney-Lankford, Mac Darrow, Lavanya Rajamani

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• This Study explores arguments about the impact of climate change on human rights, examining the international legal frameworks governing human rights ... Lees meer

Reforming Education Finance in Transition Countries

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• This book reviews the experience with one specific though widely introduced approach to funding general education, namely per capita financing (PCF), ... Lees meer

Lessons Learned and Not Yet Learned from a Multicountry Initiative on Women S Economic Empowerment

Sara Johansson de Silva, Sara de Silva, Pierella Paci

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• "The Results-Based Initiatives (RBI), launched in 2007, were a pioneering attempt to provide comprehensive, coherent, and rigorous evidence on effecti... Lees meer

Improving Learning in Uganda

Innocent Mulindwa Najjumba, James Habyarimana, Charles Lwanga Bunjo

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies | nr. 3
• Expansion of school systems through the ongoing mass education reforms in most developing countries not only translate into increased school enrolment... Lees meer

Investing in Early Childhood Development

Rebecca K Sayre, Amanda E Devercelli, Michelle J Neuman

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• This study provides an overview of Bank investments in Early Childhood Development (ECD) from 2000-2013 within the Education, Health, Nutrition and Po... Lees meer

Transmission Expansion for Renewable Energy Scale-Up

Marcelino Madrigal, Steven Stoft

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• In their efforts to increase the share of renewable in electricity grids to reducing emissions or increasing energy diversity, developed and developin... Lees meer

Sector de Las Industrias Extractivas

Havard Halland, Martin Lokanc, Arvind Nair

• Paperback | Spaans | World Bank Studies
• El sector de las industrias extractivas (IE) ocupa un lugar considerable en las economias de muchos paises en desarrollo. Los economistas y los profes... Lees meer

Reducing the Vulnerability of Moldova's Agricultural Systems to Climate Change

William R Sutton, Jitendra P Srivastava, James E Neuman

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• "Agriculture is one of the most climate-sensitive of all economic sectors. In many countries, such as in Moldova, the risks of climate change are an i... Lees meer

Drivers of Corruption

Tina Søreide

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• This report provides an overview of arguments explaining the risk of corruption. Corrupt acts are subject to decision making authority and assets avai... Lees meer

Practical Guidance for Defining a Smart Grid Modernization Strategy

Marcelino Madrigal, World Bank, Robert Uluski

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• "This document provides some practical guidance on how utilities can define their own smart grid vision, identify priorities, and structure investment... Lees meer

Assessment of the Private Health Sector in the Republic of Congo

International Finance Corp, William Martin Makinen

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• This country assessment is part of a set of studies planned in order to provide a better understanding of how to improve the business environment in w... Lees meer

Transforming Central Finance Agencies in Poor Countries

The World Bank

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• Enhancing the Capabilities of Central Finance Agencies: Synthesis Report presents the findings of a study of the functions performed by CFAs, defined ... Lees meer

Poverty and the Policy Response to the Economic Crisis in Liberia

Quentin Wodon

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• Despite substantial progress towards peace, economic growth, and better governance since 2003, Liberia remains one of the poorest countries in the wor... Lees meer

Dealing with the Challenges of Macro Financial Linkages in Emerging Markets

World Bank

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• The 2008 financial crisis has highlighted the challenges associated with global financial integration and has emphasized the importance of macro finan... Lees meer

Funding Mechanisms for Civil Society

Rene Bonnel, Rosalia Rodriguez-Garcia, Jill Oliver

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• In the past decade the global financial assistance for AIDS responses increased tremendously and the donor community provided greater resources to com... Lees meer

Social Protection Programs for Africa's Drylands

Carlo del Ninno, Sarah Coll-Black, Pierre Fallavier

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• Social Protection Programs for Africa s Drylands explores the role of social protection in promoting the well-being and prosperity of people living in... Lees meer

Increasing Professionalism in Public Finance Management

Sarah Jane Squire, Ivor Beazley

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• In countries such as the United Kingdom the need to manage finances in a professional manner has been thrown into sharp relief by the severe fiscal co... Lees meer

Assessing Low-Carbon Development in Nigeria

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• "The Federal Government of Nigeria has adopted an ambitious strategy to make Nigeria the world's 20th largest economy by 2020. Sustaining such a pace ... Lees meer

Improving Higher Education in Malawi for Competitiveness in the Global Economy

Michael Mambo, Muna Meky, Nobuyuki Tanaka

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• As the Government of Malawi investigates options to expand access to higher education and improve the quality of higher education provision, the objec... Lees meer

Parenting Education in Indonesia

Heather Biggar Tomlinson, Syfia Andina

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• There is a dynamic and growing energy in Indonesia focusing on parenting education, particularly for low-SES families. However, little is known about ... Lees meer

Financial and Fiscal Instruments for Catastrophe Risk Management

John Pollner

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• This applied study addresses the large flood exposures of Central Europe and proposes efficient financial and risk transfer mechanisms to mitigate fis... Lees meer

Old Risks-New Solutions, or Is It the Other Way Around?

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• In the last two decades, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has closed many critical gender gaps, especially in ensuring equal access for ... Lees meer

Biochar Systems for Smallholders in Developing Countries

Sebastian Scholz, Thomas Sembres, Kelli Roberts

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Studies
• "Biochar is the carbon-rich organic matter that remains after heating biomass under minimization of oxygen during a process called pyrolysis. Its rele... Lees meer