I thank, without implicating, Gerard Caprio, Maria Carkovic, David Cole, Robert Cull, William Easterly, Mark Gertler, Fabio Schiantarelli, Mary Shirley, Bruce Smith, and Kenneth Sokoloff for criticisms, guidance, and encouragement. This paper was written while I was at the World Bank. Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, its staf...

This case study reviews a GEF/World Bank-supported rural electrification project involving SHS dissemination via exclusive concessions in Argentina. The case study focuses on aspects of the project that are most relevant to carbon abatement. Since the Argentina project will receive grant funding under the GEF’s climate change portfolio, certain carbon abatement issues are addressed in GEF and W...

In spite of many challenges faced by the Baltic States during the recent economic and nancial crisis, their progress since independence in 1991 has been remarkable. In about two decades those countries have been transformed from being centrally planned economies and part of the former Soviet Union, into modern countries that are rmly integrated into the global economy. Since the independence ...

This volume is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank. The fi ndings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this volume do not necessarily refl ect the views of the Executive Directors of The World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The bou...

This volume is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank. The fi ndings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this volume do not necessarily refl ect the views of the Executive Directors of The World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The bou...

This volume is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/ The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of The World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundar...

• The World Bank is the largest funder of global health within the UN system and the second largest funder overall • We identify five major periods in the bank’s role in global health in terms of lending, cooperation, and knowledge • Despite the entrance of major new global health organisations the bank has remained relevant through innovative financing mechanisms, close long term relations wit...

This report is a synthesis of six case studies on street vending in Africa. The case studies re drawn from Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire and South Africa. The synthesis of the case studies arose out of a World Bank invitation to Women In Employment Globalising and Organising [WIEGO] to contribute to its forthcoming World Development Report [WDR] focusing on the theme `Investment...

This volume includes chapters written by a number of different authors, and is edited by staff of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and The World Bank. Doris Buddenberg is Country Representative of UNODC in Kabul, Afghanistan; William A. Byrd is Advisor in the World Bank's South Asia Region. The views, findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this volume do not...