Search Results - subject:"DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS"

KNOWLEDGE ASIA from ideas to impacts : Knowledge Management Directions and Action Plan (2013–2015): Supporting “Finance ++” at the Asian Development Bank

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013

through partnership plus knowledge that will maximize and accelerate development effectiveness for ending poverty across the … prioritizing and implementing knowledge solutions; enriching the quality of ADB and DMCs’ knowledge capabilities for development … effectiveness; advancing ADB’s knowledge assets, information systems, and communications; and empowering and resourcing high …

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Development Effectiveness Report 2012: Private Sector Operations

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013

fourth annual report on the development effectiveness of ADB’s private sector operations reviews how the Private Sector … Operations Department has contributed to promoting ADB’s development effectiveness agenda. The report features the direct and …

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Intrahousehold Bargaining and Resource Allocation in Developing Countries

Doss, Cheryl - In: World Bank Research Observer 28 (2013) 1, pp. 52-78

Many key development outcomes depend on women s ability to negotiate favorable intrahousehold allocations of resources. Yet it has been difficult to clearly identify which policies can increase women's bargaining power and result in better outcomes. This paper reviews both the analytical...

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Impact Evaluation of Productive Use - An Implementation Guideline for Electrification Projects

Bensch, Gunther; Peters, Jörg; Schmidt, Christoph M. - In: Energy Policy 40 (2012), pp. 186-195

There is a consensus in the international community that rural electrification and, in particular, the productive use of electricity contributes to poverty alleviation. At the same time, efforts to evaluate the impacts of development projects have increased substantially. This paper provides a...

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Partial Credit Guarantees and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Colombian National Guarantee Fund

Stucchi, Rodolfo; Arráiz, Irani; Arjona, Marcela Meléndez - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This paper studies the effect of government-backed partial credit guarantees on firms' performance. These guarantees are automatically granted to firms without enough collateral in order to lift their credit constraints. We put together a panel, covering the period 1997-2007, that combines data...

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The Pedagogy of Science and Environment: Experimental Evidence from Peru Title: La pedagogía en ciencias y medio ambiente: Evidencias experimentales en Perú

Beuermann, Diether Wolfgang; Ruprah, Inder jit; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

In today's knowledge-based societies, understanding basic scientific concepts and the capacity to structure and solve scientific questions is more critical than ever. Accordingly, in this paper we test an innovative methodology for teaching science and environment in public primary schools where...

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Review of the Project Completion Reporting System for Sovereign Guarantee Operations Title: Revisión del Sistema de Informes de Terminación de Proyecto en Operaciones con Garantía Soberana

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2012

: (a) revising the current template to better harmonize with the newly updated Development Effectiveness Framework (DEF …

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Approach Paper: OVE Mid-Term Evaluation of IDB-9 Commitments Title: Documento de enfoque: Evaluación intermedia de OVE sobre los compromisos del Noveno Aumento General de recursos del BID

Soriano, Alejandro; Velarde, Marco; Soares, Tatiana - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This approach paper describes OVE's approach to evaluating the implementation of the commitments contained in the Ninth General Increase in the Resources of the IDB (IDB-9). OVE's core objective for this evaluation will be to document the progress and effectiveness of implementation to date of...

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Panorama de la efectividad en el desarrollo (DEO) 2011

Azevedo, Viviane; Bertachini, Helio; Cossens, Shakirah; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

El Panorama de la Efectividad en el Desarrollo (DEO) es el informe corporativo anual del BID que da cuenta de la efectividad de su trabajo y expone los resultados logrados con la implementación de la agenda de Efectividad en el Desarrollo del Banco. El DEO 2011 informa sobre el estatus de los...

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Indicators to Assess the Effectiveness of Climate Change Projects

McCarthy, Nancy; Winters, Paul; Linares, Ana Maria; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

Determining reasonable indicators for climate change projects is complicated by the long-term horizon of both mitigation and adaptation project impacts as well as the uncertainty associated with climate change impacts. Actions taken now are often designed to have an impact in the uncertain and...

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