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Is it the journey that matters? : a fresh look at the impact of World Bank policy lending
Moll, Peter G.; Smets, Lodewijk - 2018
This paper investigates the impact of World Bank development policy operations on the quality of economic policy during the period 1998-2015. A new theoretical framework distinguishes among three effects that have been conflated hitherto: (a) marginal impacts of additional policy actions within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002353
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An evaluative look behind the curtain : World Bank Group staff's early experience with the shared prosperity goal
Smets, Lodewijk; Bogetić, Željko - 2018
In 2013, the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group endorsed two ambitious goals: eliminating extreme poverty in the world by 2030 and boosting shared prosperity. The latter is defined as fostering the growth in the income of the poorest 40 percent of the population in each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794721
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Impact of phone reminders on survey response rates : evidence from a web-based survey in an international organization
Smets, Lodewijk - 2018
This research note investigates the impact of phone reminders on response rates in the context of a web-based survey in an international organization, the World Bank. After randomly assigning treatment to 248 survey participants, the study finds an intention-to-treat effect of 19.86 percentage...
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Too global to fail : the World Bank at the intersection of national and global public policy in 2025
Evans, J. W. - 2015 - Online-Ausg.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245116
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World Bank Group support to public-private partnerships : lessons from experience in client countries, FY02-12
2015 - Online-Ausg.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245193
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The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 7 Financing and Implementing the Post-2015 Development Agenda : The Role of Law and Justice Systems
Fariello, Frank - 2016 - Online-Ausg.
The newly adopted post-2015 development agenda is centered on 17 sustainable development goals to be reached by 2030. This volume of the World Bank Legal Review looks at how law and justice systems can support the financing and implementation of these goals, including the role of the rule of law...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245286
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Trade in Zimbabwe : changing incentives to enhance competitiveness
Newfarmer, Richard S.; Pierola, Martha Denisse - 2015
Acknowledgments -- Trade as an engine of growth : patterns, potential and problems -- Revamping incentives : trade policies -- Revamping incentives : industrial policy -- Enhancing connectivity in goods markets -- Enhancing connectivity through services trade reform
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644055
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Analysis of Spatial Patterns of Settlement, Internal Migration, and Welfare Inequality in Zimbabwe
Swinkels, Rob - 2019
This report aims to assess the spatial dimensions of settlement, internal migration, and welfare inequality in Zimbabwe … at Zimbabwe's historical land allocation, land reform, and economic crisis in the 2000s. Chapter 5 discusses the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646349
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Zimbabwe Public Expenditure Review with a Focus on Agriculture
World Bank Group - 2019
This report examines agricultural spending in Zimbabwe. This public expenditure review (PER) is the sixth in a series …-cutting issues. The PERs are intended to support the Government of Zimbabwe in improving its fiscal management. Agriculture plays a … critical role in Zimbabwe's economy. About two thirds of Zimbabweans work in agriculture and many Zimbabweans, directly or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646541
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Zimbabwe Climate Smart Agriculture Investment Plan
World Bank Group - 2019
This report presents a climate smart investment plan (CSAIP) for Zimbabwe's agricultural sector. The agricultural … population and contributing 15 to 20 percent to gross domestic product (GDP). In response, the Government of Zimbabwe, with the … objectives across Zimbabwe's existing agricultural policies and climate change strategies, which will contribute to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646751