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  International companies and post-conflict reconstruction: cross-sectoral comparisons

  J. Bray / World Bank, 2005

  This paper assess the role of international companies in post- conflict situations. It begins with a review of the extractive industries, but then broadens the discussion to discuss three other sectors: mobile phones, construction and commercial banks.
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  Online database of World Bank Impact evaluations

  World Bank, 2005

  The Poverty Analysis, Monitoring and Impact Evaluation Thematic Group in the World Bank has launched a new online-searchable database of impact evaluations. This database provides access to impact evaluations of World Bank-supported interventions and impact evaluations undertaken by World Bank staff over the past few years.
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  Good practice note: Using poverty and social impact analysis to support development policy operations

  World Bank, 2008

  This note aims to promote the use of Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) in integrating it within the World Bank's development policy support operations.The report broadly covers three topics, namely:embedding PSIA in country work: where promoting evidence-based decision-making may require substantial support from the Bank and other development partners to carry out PSIA.
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  Nicaragua: responding to the needs of farmers using agricultural technology and innovation systems

  N. Piccioni, F. Santucci / World Bank, 2005

  Focusing on Nicaraguan farmers and their use of agricultural technology and innovation systems, this brief highlights recent lessons emerging from the operational and analytical programme of the World Bank‘s Latin America and Caribbean Region.In response to a number of structural problems in the agricultural sector, the Nicaraguan Government in partnership with the World Bank, launched a long-
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  Community based targeting mechanisms for social safety nets

  M. Kevane, J. Conning / World Bank, 2001

  This paper reviews case studies and theory on community involvement in beneficiary selection and benefit delivery for social safety nets. It highlights four key issues: communities vary in their ability to mobilize information and implement effective monitoring systems, and this will influence whether community based targeting leads to cost saving advantages or just opens up more opport
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  Terms behind pensions discussion, World Bank

  World Bank, 2005

  Short description of multi-pillar pension system terms as used by the World Bank.
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  A lecture on the political economy of targeted safety nets

  L. Pritchett / World Bank, 2005

  This paper sheds light on the importance of political support towards designing safety net policies. In drawing on the crisis safety net programs in Indonesia from 1998 to 2000, the author reviews 5 major issues namely, models of electoral politics, safety ropes vs.
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  Pro-poor growth: a review of what we know (and of what we don't)

  J. H. Lopez / World Bank, 2004

  Over the past few years pro-poor growth has become a very popular topic among development practitioners. This despite the fact that in many cases we do not even know what other people mean by pro-poor growth. Is it growth that leads to income redistribution or instead growth that leads to poverty reduction? More importantly, what do we know (and what we don't) about how we can achieve it?
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  Increasing client's power to scale up health services for the poor: the BAMAKO Initiative in West Africa

  Y. B. Camara, A. El Abassi, R. Knippenberg, F. Traore Nafo, R. Osseni, A. L. B. Soucat / World Bank, 2003

  This World Bank background paper reviews the experiences of the Bamako Initiative, which has focused on community involvement to improve health service delivery in West Africa.
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  When I use a word?: pro-poor growth and poverty reduction

  L. Cord, H. Lopez, J. Page / World Bank, 2003

  This paper critically reviews the debate on pro poor growth. Using new data that focuses on long run spells of growth and poverty reduction the authors demonstrate that poverty outcomes differ widely relative to the overall rate of growth across regions and countries. In adopting the least restrictive definition of pro-poor growth i.e.

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