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  1. Library Resource
    February, 2013
    Yemen

    The report, Land Tenure for Social and
    Economic Inclusion in Yemen: Issues and Opportunities was
    completed in December 2009. The report addresses the
    problems of land ownership in Yemen and the various social
    and economic problems associated with the system of land
    ownership. Property rights under Yemeni Law are expressed
    both in custom and statute, but both are informed by shari a
    (Islamic law), which provides the basic property categories

  2. Library Resource
    March, 2016
    Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka is in many respects a
    development success story. With economic growth averaging
    more than 7 percent a year over the past five years on top
    of an average growth of 6 percent the preceding five years,
    Sri Lanka has made notable strides towards the goals of
    ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity (the
    ‘twin goals’). The national poverty headcount rate declined
    from 22.7 to 6.7 percent between 2002 and 2012/13, while

  3. Library Resource
    November, 2015
    Indonesia

    The systematic country diagnostic (SCD)
    is designed to identify the most critical binding
    constraints and opportunities facing Indonesia in ending
    extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. In line with
    the World Bank Group’s (WBG’s) new country engagement model,
    the findings of the SCD will provide inputs for the
    preparation of the country partnership framework (CPF),
    which will outline the WBG’s engagement with Indonesia to

  4. Library Resource
    March, 2016
    South-Eastern Asia

    This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD)
    covers eight small Pacific island countries (PIC8):
    Kiribati, Marshall Islands, the Federated States of
    Micronesia, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. The
    objective of the SCD is to identify the most critical
    constraints and opportunities facing the PIC8 to meet the
    global goals of ending absolute poverty and boosting shared
    prosperity in a sustainable manner. The report is intended

  5. Library Resource
    June, 2015
    Myanmar

    This report provides a baseline
    institutional and regulatory assessment of the oil and gas,
    mining (including jade and gemstones) and the hydropower
    sectors in Myanmar. As such the report is an input to
    Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in
    Myanmar. However, it is not exhaustive with respect to all
    the sectors that may be considered under a scoping study for
    EITI .This report is the first in-depth study of the context

  6. Library Resource
    November, 2015
    Sri Lanka

    Between 2002 and 2012-13, most of the
    reduction in poverty was due to increased earnings, as
    opposed to higher employment or higher transfers. Although
    it is hard to be certain, increases in earnings are
    associated with: (i) a slow structural transformation away
    from agriculture and into industry and services that led to
    productivity increases; (ii) agglomeration around key urban
    areas that supported this structural transformation; (iii)

  7. Library Resource
    July, 2016
    Sri Lanka

    The new Country Partnership Framework
    (CPF or framework) presents the engagement of the World Bank
    Group (WBG) in Sri Lanka over the next four years (fiscal
    years 2017-20 (FY17–20)). The CPF aims to support the
    achievement of some of the government’s medium-term goals in
    areas that are critical for reducing extreme poverty and
    promoting shared prosperity, and that are consistent with
    the WBG’s comparative advantage. Notably, the CPF provides

  8. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    India

    This paper has been prepared in
    accordance with the terms of reference for a study on power
    system planning in India: incorporating externality costs
    and benefits. It reviews estimates of the external costs of
    power in international studies as well as in India and
    compares the figures available. It also comments on the
    validity of the external cost estimates available and the
    use made of them in power system planning and regulation

  9. Library Resource
    March, 2013
    India

    This report provides an assessment of
    damages and needs resulting from the earthquake that struck
    India on the 8m of October 2005. It provides a preliminary
    estimate of the total cost of damage identifies the needs
    for reconstruction and discusses strategies and guiding
    principles for the implementation for a program of
    reconstruction, the whole based on a need to mitigate future
    impact of natural disasters through the strengthening of

  10. Library Resource
    September, 2013
    Iran

    This report addresses key structural,
    institutional, and sectoral policy impediments to achieving
    a higher, and sustained economic growth in the sector, and
    poverty reduction in rural areas of Iran. It focuses mainly
    on an assessment of agricultural development outcomes, a
    discussion of the agricultural policy agenda, and provides
    recommendations for future policy dialogue between the Bank,
    and the Government of Iran. On examining development

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