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  The environment for women’s entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa Region

  N. Chamlou / World Bank, 2008

  Despite a commonly-held perception that women-owned firms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are small, informal and low-tech, this study demonstrates that there is, in fact, little difference between female-owned and male-owned firms.
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  Making finance work for Africa

  P. Honohan, T. Beck / World Bank, 2007

  Across Africa, access to finance is seen as a key to unlocking growth for poor farm families as much as for expanding export firms. This book explains that Africa needs not only funds, but also a more effective and inclusive means of channelling funds and other financial services to where they can be most effective.
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  Does money matter? The effects of cash transfers on child health and development in rural Ecuador

  C. Paxson, N. Schady / World Bank, 2007

  This World Bank paper examines how a government-run cash transfer programme targeted to poor mothers in rural Ecuador influenced the health and development of their children. Unlike other transfer programmes that have been implemented in Latin America, the receipt of the cash transfers was not conditioned on specific parental actions.
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  Gender Equality as Smart Economics: A World Bank Group Action Plan (Fiscal Years 2007-10)

  World Bank, 2006

  To promote economic development and attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) the global community must renew its attention to women's economic empowerment and increase investments in women.
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  Vietnam: increasing access to credit through collateral (secured transactions) reform

  S. Simavi, A. Welsh, E. Wohlers / World Bank, 2007

  This report analyses Vietnam's secured transactions framework and the decade-long reform efforts within the context of global best practices. It is based mainly on the financial sector survey, a series of individual and focus group meetings in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city, analysis of the Vietnamese laws, and international best-practice reviews.
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  Global Fund - World Bank HIV/AIDS programmes: Comparative advantage study

  A Shakow / World Bank, 2006

  This study was undertaken at the request of the Global Fund and the World Bank (HIV/AIDS Global Program Team) in response to a recommendation in June 2005 from the Global Task Team (GTT) that the two institutions should “evaluate and clarify areas of overlap, comparative advantages and complementarities”.
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  The US$500 million multi-country HIV/AIDS programme (MAP) for Africa: Progress review mission

  World Bank, 2001

  This report from the World Bank evaluates the Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Program (MAP) for Africa, a project that aims to support national HIV/AIDS programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa to accelerate and expand existing programs of prevention, care, treatment, and capacity building. The report lists criteria for successful MAP implementation followed by recommendations for future process improvements.
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  Interim review of the multi-country HIV/AIDS program (MAP) for Africa

  World Bank, 2004

  This interim review of the first phase of the Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Programme (MAP) for Africa was carried out by the World Bank in January/February 2004. It examines projects in six countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique and Sierra Leone.
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  Committing to results: Improving the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS assistance. An OED evaluation of the World Bank’s assistance for HIV/AIDS control

  World Bank, 2007

  This evaluation report from the World Bank’s Operation Evaluation Department (OED) assesses the development effectiveness of the Bank’s country-level HIV/AIDS assistance.
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  Evaluation of the World Bank’s assistance in responding to the AIDS epidemic: Ethiopia case study

  D Vaillancourt, S Chakraborty, T Taha / World Bank, 2005

  This evaluation report from the World Bank’s Operation Evaluation Department (OED) assesses the effectiveness of the World Bank’s country-level HIV/AIDS assistance in Ethiopia.

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