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Osborne, Simon - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

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Are Pakistan's Women Entrepreneurs Being Served by the Microfinance Sector?

Safavian, Mehnaz; Haq, Aban - Economics Research, World Bank Group

?owned businesses are small, household?based cottage industries; microfinance products should be a natural source of start?up and … working capital finance for this clientele. Microfinance portfolio data suggest that although Pakistan's sector has shown … improvement in reaching women, it still lags its regional peers, only 59 percent of microfinance clients are women. The original …

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OED Review of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process : Albania Case Study

Economics Research, World Bank Group; Operations …

This report analyzes the experience of Albania with the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process. The focus of the report is on evaluating the performance of the World Bank in supporting the PRSP initiative, not on appraising the authorities policies. The main emphasis of the report is on...

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The Logic of Renewal : Evaluation at the World Bank (1992-2002)

Picciotto, Robert - Economics Research, World Bank Group

Modern psychology confirms that in order to adapt to the demands of a changing, sometimes hostile environment, and organisms must be able to profit from past experience. Therefore the textbook definition of learning is in three parts: (i) to find out how the operating environment works; (ii) to...

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The World Bank Group Goals : End Extreme Poverty and Promote Shared Prosperity

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank Group

Although poverty has declined rapidly over the past three decades, humanity still faces urgent and complex challenges. The World Bank Group has established ambitious but achievable goals to anchor its overarching mission and to galvanize international and national efforts in this endeavor....

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An Evaluation of World Bank Assistance to China for Poverty Reduction in the 1990s

Khan, A.R. - Economics Research, World Bank Group

This paper attempts an evaluation of World Bank s assistance to China for poverty reduction during the 1990s. It begins with a summary of China's performance in poverty reduction during the decade as a backdrop to the subject in section two. Section three, presents an analysis of the causes why...

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Summaries of Ten Country Case Studies Undertaken as Part of the IEO Evaluation of the PRSP/PRGF and OED Review of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank; …

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched the poverty reduction strategy (PRS) initiative in 1999 to improve the planning, implementation, and monitoring of public actions geared toward reducing poverty. The PRS paper and poverty reduction and growth facility (PRGF) were...

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OED Review of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process : Cambodia Case Study

Economics Research, World Bank Group; Operations …

This report analyzes the experience of Cambodia with the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process3. The focus of the report is on evaluating the performance of the World Bank in supporting the PRSP initiative, not on appraising the authorities policies. Given the early stage of the PRS...

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The United Republic of Tanzania : Evaluation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Process and Arrangements under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility

Economics Research, World Bank Group; IMF Independent …; …

This evaluation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) and Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) processes in Tanzania was jointly undertaken by the Operations Evaluation Department (OED) of the World Bank and the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the IMF. The goal of the...

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The Effectiveness of World Bank Support for Community-Based and Driven Development : Engaging the Poor through CBD and CDD Initiatives--A Brazil Country Study with a Focus on the N...

Pozzoni, Barbara - Economics Research, World Bank Group

Since the 1980s and early 1990s, the World Bank has been supporting projects that involve communities own development. This has been largely manifested in the design and implementation of community-based development (CBD) and community-driven development (CDD) initiatives, with the latter...

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