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Haiti's real per capita income fell during the last 15 years, and roughly two-thirds of the population lives in poverty, with economic and social indicators comparable to those of the poorest countries in the world.…

Haiti's real per capita income fell during the last 15 years, and roughly two-thirds of the population lives in poverty, with economic and social indicators comparable to those of the poorest countries in the world.…

Haiti suffers from severe institutional weaknesses that have impaired the pace of economic development and led the World Bank Group to classify it as a fragile state as reflected in its score of 3.2 or less in the Bank'…

As Haiti faces the daunting task of recovery after the devastating earthquake, past experiences provide some lessons. Making a crucial difference to the effectiveness of actions seem to be the nature of the immediate…

The Third Education Project for the Ivory Coast was unsatisfactory. The project did not achieve the majority of its objectives, institutional development was negligible,…

This note was prepared as background information for for the OED Conference on "Effectiveness of Policies and Reforms" Washington D.C., October 4, 2004. It explores recent experience of the World Bank with post-conflict…

Countries may move in and out of the Low Income Country under Stress (LICUS) category depending on the severity of external shocks and the responses which they elicit. Sources of stress vary. Shifting country…

Haiti is one of the poorest countries worldwide, and it has suffered from a long history of natural disasters, compounded with high poverty, weak institutions, and political instability. A major earthquake struck Haiti…

Overall, the First Education Project in Pakistan had mixed operating outcomes, but the majority of the investment has been successful. The physical objectives of the project were…