Participation [get by e-mail] September 30, 2002 This chapter provides operational guidance for planning and carrying out a participatory process in the PRSP. It offers a range of...
This article discusses how the IFC-managed Mekong Project Development Facility helped revive one of Cambodia’s key industries, rice production, by supporting millers’ associations in eight provinces.
This report contrasts the effects of foreign aid on developing countries when it is imposed from abroad and when it supports a country's own development strategy.
This report analyzes the detrimental effects of corruption in transition countries, traces its sources and develops a multi-pronged strategy to fight corruption.
This report introduces two micro-level tools, the Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) and the Quantitative Service Delivery Survey (QSDS), which can be used to assess the quantity and quality of frontline service delivery from public, private not-for-profit, and private for-profit providers.
This paper explores the relationship between micro-credit and the reduction of poverty and
vulnerability by focussing on BRAC, one of the largest micro-credit providers in Bangladesh.
This paper on Bangladesh's Female Secondary School Assistance Project (FSSAP) illustrates another successful example of providing monetary incentives for girls to reduce the direct cost of schooling and to encourage participation.
This article announes the World Bank's approval of a US$120.9 million credit for the Second Female Secondary School Assistance Project (FSSAP II) which aims to improve both the quality and accessibility of girls' secondary education in rural Bangladesh. The project builds on a successful stipend program previously operating in the country, which gives girls from poor, rural families financial assistance to attend school.
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