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poverty
 Taking action to reduce poverty in sub-Saharan Africa: an overview / World Bank
This book is a summary in both English and French of Taking Action for Poverty Reduction in sub-Saharan Africa, published by the World Bank in its Development in Practice series. The report begins with a general look at poverty in Africa, taking into account low income growth, inadequate social services, high population growth, the environment, eco [...]
World Bank; 1996 - 26p.
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estachewps3373Asia
 Are returns to private infrastructure in developing countries consistent with risks since the Asian crisis?; 1st Ed. / Estache, Antonio
This paper presents a basic assessment of the financial performance of infrastructure service operators in developing countries. It relies on a new database of 120 companies put together to track the evolution of the cost of capital, the cost of equity and the return to equity for electricity, water and sanitation, railways and port operators in 31 [...]
World Bank; 2004 - 23p; Ref.
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modywps3346
 Achieving Accountability through Decentralization: Lessons for Integrated River Basin Management / Mody, Jyothsna
While decentralization holds out the promise of increased flexibility and efficiency, the preconditions for realizing it are daunting. To draw lessons for productive decentralization in integrated river basin management, this paper surveys the decentralization experience in education, health care, roads, irrigation, and public infrastructure servic [...]
World Bank; 2004 - 66p; Ref.
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 The Futures Report. Making the AfCFTA work for Women and Youth
The Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a legal instrument – an agreement among the African Union Member States to create a single market. But the AfCFTA represents much more. On the one hand, it is a significant milestone on the journey to African integration and development [...]
UNDP; 2020 - 102 p.
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wps3037
 Regulation and private sector investment in infrastructure: Evidence from Latin America / Pargal, Sheoli
The author assesses the importance of the regulatory framework as a determinant of private sector investment in infrastructure. She uses recently compiled data on private and public sector investment in the water, power, telecommunications, railroads, and roads sectors between 1980 and 1998 in nine countries in Latin America. The author finds that [...]
The World Bank; 2003 - 43p; Ref.
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wtp298
 Girls and Schools in Sud-Saharan Africa: from analysis to action / Odaga, Adhiambo
This study presents a summary of the major research findings on the factors that constrain girls' schooling in sub-Saharan Africa. The factors are discussed under three categories: 1) sociocultural and socioeconomic factors; 2) factors related to the school environment; and 3) political and institutional factors. To help bridge the gap between the [...]
World Bank; 1995 - 112p., bibliogr.
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book
 Mauritius: recent economic development and future prospects. Annex: Transport sector memorandum /
World Bank; 1980 - 53p.
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wps2802
 Telecommunication reforms, access regulation, and internet adoption in Latin America / Estache, Antonio
The authors review the stylized facts on regulatory reform in telecommunications and its effects on telecommunications development and Internet penetration in Latin America. Relying on data from the International Telecommunication Union, the Information for Development Program (InfoDev), and the World Bank for 1990-99, the authors then test econome [...]
World Bank; 2002 - 39p., Ref.
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venkatesan
 Seed systems in sub-Saharan Africa: Issues and options / Venkatesan, Venkatachalam
This study stresses the need for the countries in sub-Saharan Africa to put in place a seed system which would meet the seed needs of a wide range of farmers, classified according to their risk tolerance capacity and resource endowments. Obviously, a single strategy cannot meet this objective. The study therefore recommends a mix of strategies, and [...]
World Bank; 1994 - 112p.
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estache
 Technical efficiency gains from port reform: The potential for yardstick competition in Mexico / Estache, Antonio
The authors show how relatively standard methodologies can help to measure the efficiency gains from reforming the organization of port infrastructure, how those measures can be used to promote competition between ports, and how competition can be built into an incentive-driven regulatory regime. As illustration, they use a case study of port refor [...]
World Bank.; 2001 - 20p.
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development report 1995
 World development report 1995 : workers in an integrating world / World Bank
This eighteenth annual World Development Report assesses what a more market-driven and integrated world means for workers. It asks which development strategies best address workers' needs, and what domestic labor market policies can do to establish a more equitable distribution of income, greater job security, and higher workplace standards, while [...]
World Bank; 1995 - 251p., Tabl
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 Regulatory tradeoffs in designing concession contracts for infrastructure networks / Crampes, Claude
Network activities typically involve collecting a good or service (such as electric utilities, phone services, and rail transportation) from many producers or distributing them to many users. Producers and users are often widely scattered, geographically. Close financial integration of networks is justified on the basis of economies of scope and sc [...]
World Bank; 1997 - 21p., Ref.
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 Structural adjustment in sub-Saharan Africa / Mills, Cadman Atta
The need for fundamental reforms to arrest economic and social decline and to provide a sound basis for promoting sustainable economic growth has been recognized. The emphasis on sustainable growth implies, however, that adjustment involves medium and long term measures in addition to immediate (stabilization) policies. The main adjustment issues, [...]
World Bank; EDI; 1989 - viii, 43p.
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 Achieving universal health coverage in sub-Saharan Africa: the role of leadership development / Janet Michel ; 2020 -
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 Moving Out of Poverty. Volume 3: The Promise of Empowerment and Democracy in India / Narayan, Deepa
This study focuses on people who moved out of poverty during the decade from 1995 to 2005 in rural areas of four Indian states: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. It also considers people who have fallen into poverty, those who have remained poor, and some who have never been poor but who live alongside poor people in the same c [...]
World Bank; 2009 - 471p, Ref
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PB-252020
 The African Continental Free Trade Area: the Role of EU Support for Africa’s Historic Trade Agreement / Lungu, Ioana
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is an exceptionally ambitious project of Pan-African integration. Eliminating tariffs on intra-African imports is, however, not enough. Key issues such as non-tariff barriers, infrastructure and industrialisation need to be addressed for the agreement to deliver on its promises [...] ; 2020 -
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 Macro Federalism and Local Finance / Shah, Anwar
The book is divided into two parts. The first part macro federalism provides a fresh look at emerging constitutional challenges arising from globalization and the information revolution, as well as the dynamic-efficiency and growth implications of existing federal constitutions. Several aspects of these systems are examined: (a) institutional desig [...]
World Bank; 2008 - 338p ; Ref.
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crossroads
 At the Crossroads Choices for Secondary Education in Sub- Saharan Africa / Verspoor, Adriaan M.
The challenges of education development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) at the beginning of the 21st century are urgent and unprecedented. Faced with persistent gaps in the coverage of primary schooling, almost all countries have launched major efforts to ensure that all children will have the opportunity to complete primary education of acceptable qua [...]
World Bank; 2008 - 387p. ; Ref.
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 Développement des infrastructures de télécommunication et croissance économique dans les pays de l’UEMOA: une analyse de la causalité sur données de panel à partir d’un VECM / Bessan, Eudoxie
Cet article examine les liens entre le développement des infrastructures de télécommunications, la croissance économique, et trois indicateurs clés du fonctionnement d'une économie moderne: les taux d'urbanisation, les investissements étrangers directs entrants, et l'ouverture commerciale. L’étude porte sur les pays de l’UEMAO sur la pà [...] ; 2021 -
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littledataonafria
 The Little Data Book on Africa 2006 / The World Bank
A pocket-sized reference on key development data for over 50 countries in Africa, this book provides profiles of each country with 54 development indicators about people, environment, economy, technology, infrastructure, trade and finance. A must have for anyone interested in today's development challenges in sub-Saharan Africa..
The world Bank; 2006 - 123p
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