Simple economic principles tell us that investment begets investment and wealth creates wealth. Investment of money alone, however, is seldom enough to trigger this virtuous cycle, time, effort and substantial...
Hydropower development makes an essential contribution to reducing poverty, boosting shared prosperity, and improving sustainability. Water storage associated with some hydropower projects can also make...
This operation provides a $70m loan for a project that would help participating farmers in the Oum Er Rbia basin increase the productivity of their farming and to promote more sustainable use of irrigation...
Contents include: a letter from our Vice President, Katherine Sierra; director's overview ; tackling governance in the forest sector - current challenges in Russia and the way forward; how much have we...
This sourcebook was written to assist low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse...
This sourcebook was written to assist low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse...
This paper outlines what a poverty-focused environmental strategy might look like and analyzes some of the implications for the environmental community of the Bank. It draws on the 2000/2001 World Development...
This report examines the implications for Poland of complying with the European Union's environmental directives. It starts by discussing the importance of establishing efficient institutions to set policies...
This study is a synthesis of existing information on poverty in Zimbabwe. It analyzes recent data to assess how economic reforms have affected poverty in Zimbabwe during the 1990s. The paper aims to build...