. We assess this persistence across economic geographies within countries, focusing on youth employment in off-farm wage … improves their access to off-farm employment. The gender gap persists for married young women independent of connectivity …

governance features such as corruption. The World Development Report 2005 argues that improving the investment climates of their … data from the World Bank's new program of Investment Climate Surveys, the Bank's Doing Business Project, and World …

the World Bank, held in September 2003. At the meetings, key researchers and policy makers from Europe, the United States …, and developing countries around the world met to identify and brainstorm on development challenges and successes that are … examined in-depth in the World Development Report 2005: A Better Investment Climate for Everyone (report no. 28829). This title …

This impact evaluation reviews the investment climate (IC) reform programs implemented by the World Bank Group (WBG) in … impacts (changes in enterprise formation and formalization, investment, and employment); section six analyzes the …

governance features such as corruption. The World Development Report 2005 argues that improving the investment climates of their … data from the World Bank's new program of Investment Climate Surveys, the Bank's Doing Business Project, and World …

consumers, and the tax revenues governments can draw on to fund health, education, and other services.The World Development … exploring these and related issues, the Report contains selected data from the World Bank's new program of Investment Climate … Surveys, the Bank's Doing Business Project, and World Development Indicators 2004. This Report offers practical insights for …