Despite the obvious positive health impacts of tobacco taxation, an argument raised against it is that poor households bear the burden of the increased prices because of their higher share of spending...
Both women and indigenous peoples face key barriers that limit their capacity to access and benefit from development projects. In a country like Peru where women and indigenous peoples represent a large...
This report, Changing the Trajectory: education and training for young people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, provides an analysis of the current educational attainment and current school enrollment...
This report, Changing the Trajectory: education and training for young people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, provides an analysis of the current educational attainment and current school enrollment...
Among the most pressing questions facing manufacturing firms in Sub-Saharan Africa is how to raise productivity. Market liberalization and the move away from inward-looking trade policies has forced African...
Among the most pressing questions facing manufacturing firms in Sub-Saharan Africa is how to raise productivity. Market liberalization and the move away from inward-looking trade policies has forced African...
Reform of the natural gas industry in Ukraine started a year later than reform of the power industry. Because gas reform had no blueprint, its direction has remained ambiguous. That ambiguity is the result...
The World Bank has increased the volume of its lending to post-conflict countries by more than 800 percent since 1980, with reconstruction operations touching every region and economic sector. But the...
The World Bank has increased the volume of its lending to post-conflict countries by more than 800 percent since 1980, with reconstruction operations touching every region and economic sector. But the...
The World Bank has increased the volume of its lending to post-conflict countries by more than 800 percent since 1980, with reconstruction operations touching every region and economic sector. But the...
On May 15, 1992, the International Development Association (IDA) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and sixty nine. It was resolved that the terms and conditions upon which Turkmenistan...
On September 27, 1990, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one hundred and sixty-nine. It was resolved that the Board of Governors of the Corporation...
On September 18, 1969, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number one sixty nine. It was resolved that the by accepting membership in the...
This press release announces loans were signed with Finland and Yugoslavia on October 17, 1949.