Recent events have drawn the world's attention to a crisis that has been building up for a long time-forced displacement. Beside five million Palestinians, over half of the refugees worldwide originate from Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia - with Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of...

The 2005 Gleneagles G8 summit in July 2005 stimulated a concerted effort of the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to broaden and accelerate programs on access to energy and climate change mitigation and adaptation through the Clean Energy Investment Framework (CEIF). At the Gleneagles...

A growing number of developing country governments are interested in using public-private partnerships (PPPs) to provide public infrastructure assets and services. The PPP reference guide seeks to provide advice on what PPP practitioners should know, rather than provide advice on what to do. The...

The concept of authentication has been around for a long time in many forms. For example due diligence in commerce has traditionally been formalized to determine whether the data presented in commercial propositions are accurate and comprehensive. With the emergence of e-commerce the concept of...

The Global Poverty Report considers the effects of globalizing markets on poverty in developing countries. It outlines the channels through which increased trade openness can affect poverty and examines the evidence from four regions: Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Europe and...

This guide concerns the challenges, implementation, and training connected to the introduction of electronic government (e-GP) procurement. A successful strategy for e-GP requires that a marketplace be created. The idea of a marketplace differs between countries but for the purposes of this...

Borrowing countries are increasingly inclined to use electronic procurement systems and means for processing and managing MDB funded activities. This guide is intended to be used for the application of e-reverse auctions during the procurement process. Not all procurement is suitable for...

This Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) Readiness Assessment (Assessment) is intended to assist a jurisdiction to conduct a high level review of its procurement environment to determine its level of readiness to make a transition to e-GP in a sustainable manner. It will assist a...

The use of electronic means to enhance the management of the procurement process is one of the central components of Public sector reform due to its potential impact on public sector efficiency and effectiveness, on the institutional reorganization process, on businesses´ productivity and...