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World Bank Access to Information Annual Report FY2014

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank

July 1, 2013, marked the beginning of World Bank's fourth year of implementing its Policy on Access to Information (AI Policy). In this fourth year, covering the period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014 (hereinafter FY 2014), the World Bank continued its efforts to maximize the public's...

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Problem-Driven Political Economy Analysis : The World Bank's Experience

Fritz, Verena; Levy, Brian; Ort, Rachel - Economics Research, World Bank Group

Problem-driven political economy analysis holds considerable promise to help development practitioners identify what policies and strategies are most likely to succeed in addressing difficult and persistent development challenges. This volume is the result of a systematic effort to take stock of...

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Past and Future Bank-IFC Cooperation at the Country Strategy Level

Group, Independent Evaluation - Economics Research, World Bank Group

The needs of World Bank Group (WBG) clients have been changing with the private sector increasingly becoming the engine of growth, and the governments attention shifting from public projects to dealing with the growing private sector: regulating it, establishing partnerships with, and/or...

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Multi-Donor Trust Fund for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

Group, Independent Evaluation - Economics Research, World Bank Group

The main finding of this review is that the Multi-Donor Trust Fund-Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (MDTF-EITI) program is in the process of achieving its objective of increasing transparency of revenues in resource-dependent countries. Given the resilience and pervasiveness of the...

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The World Bank Group and Public Procurement : An Independent Evaluation

Group, Independent Evaluation - Economics Research, World Bank Group

Good public procurement practices are a major determinant of the effectiveness of public expenditure. Effective policies enable better use of government budgets and are therefore an essential element of the poverty reduction focus of the World Bank. More effective public procurement in countries...

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The Many Faces of Corruption : Tracking Vulnerabilities at the Sector Level

Campos, J. Edgardo; Pradhan, Sanjay - Economics Research, World Bank Group

This paper explores the use of prototype road maps to identify corruption vulnerabilities, suggests corresponding warning signals, and proposes operationally useful remedial measures in each of several selected sectors and for a selected sample of cross cutting public sector functions that are...

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Governance Reform : Bridging Monitoring and Action

Levy, Brian - Economics Research, World Bank Group

Governance reform: bridging, monitoring, and action lays out a broad framework for analyzing and monitoring governance … in developing countries. It identifies fourteen core indicators for governance monitoring- both broad measures of overall …, media and information, and local governance); highlights improvements in transparency as a relatively low-cost and low …

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The Role of Parliaments in Curbing Corruption

Stapenhurst, Rick; Johnston, Niall; Pelizzo, Riccardo - Economics Research, World Bank Group

In most countries, Parliament has the constitutional mandate to both oversee government and to hold government to account; often, audit institutions, ombuds and anti-corruption agencies report to parliament, as a means of ensuring both their independence from government and reinforcing...

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Governance of Technical Education in India : Key Issues, Principles, and Case Studies

Blom, Andreas; Cheong, Jannette - Economics Research, World Bank Group

. Good governance is an area where effective partnerships are crucial. Strengthening links with industry and local … Quality Improvement Project and the need for ongoing capacity building. Developing effective governance will underpin long …

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How Can Financial Supervisors Improve the Effectiveness of Corporate Governance?

Palmer, John; Hoong, Chang Su - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2010

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