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  Issues and options for improving engagement between the World Bank and Civil Society Organizations

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper assesses the World Bank’s recent relations with civil society organisations (CSOs).
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  Gender in Transition

  P. Paci / World Bank, 2002

  The extensive socio-economic transformation undertaken by the transition countries of Europe and Central Asia over the last decade has substantially affected the structure of these countries' economies and the living standards of their people. A relatively under-explored issue is the extent to which this process has differently affected men and women in each country.
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  Reaching out to Africa’s orphans: a framework for public action

  K. Subbarao, D. Coury / World Bank, 2004

  This report examines and discusses the risks faced by African orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs); the costs and pros and cons of interventions working with OVCs; and provides guidance on what kinds of intervention or approaches might work in a given country context or situation.The study emphasises three concerns: the vulnerabilities associated with orphanhood require immediate attention;
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  Predicting the poverty impacts of trade reform

  T. Hertel, J. Reimer / World Bank, 2004

  While a wide range of research methodologies are available for assessing the micro-economic incidence of micro-policies, as well as for assessing the impact of macro-level policies on markets and broad groups households, the authors of this paper have identified a gap in research for eliciting the disaggregated household and firm level impacts of trade policies.
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  Power, rights and poverty: concepts and connections

  R. Alsop / World Bank, 2004

  This volume brings together background materials and discussions from a two-day working meeting on "Power, Rights, and Poverty Reduction" held jointly by the World Bank and the United Kingdom Department for International Development in March 2004.The arguments presented within this report suggest strong conceptual affinities between rights and empowerment approaches to poverty alleviation.
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  The price of inconvertible deposits: the stock market boom during the Argentine crisis

  E.L. Yeyati, S. Schmukler, N. Van Horen / World Bank, 2003

  This paper analyses the boom in the stock market during the Argentine crisis. It points to a new set of literature that attributes this development to a boom in stocks of companies with American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) that may have been used as a channel for capital outflows.
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  Equity in educational expenditures: can government subsidies help?

  J. Das / World Bank, 2004

  This paper examines government education subsidy schemes in Zambia. It asks the following questions:do resources allocated by the central authority actually reach intended recipients?
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  Monitoring and evaluation: some tools, methods and approaches

  World Bank, 2004

  This document aims to strengthen awareness and interest in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), and to clarify what it entails. It has been prepared for government officials, development managers, and civil society.
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  Workers' remittances: an important and stable source of external development finance

  D. Ratha / World Bank, 2003

  This paper examines the relative importance of workers’ remittances as a source of development finance in developing countries and discusses measures that industrial and developing countries could take to increase remittances.The paper first analyses trends and cycles in workers’ remittances in developing countries and compares them to other sources of foreign exchange earnings, such as exports
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  Why process is important for capacity enhancement

  C. Steward / World Bank, 2004

  As part of a series of policy brief on capacity enhancement, this brief describes the use of the "accelerating results together" (ART) process, which has been applied by the World Bank and the State of Ceara.

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