The article reports on the results of the World Bank (WB) Group Institutional Integrity Department's investigations of fraud and corruption in WB financed projects. The bank debarred 58 firms and 54 individuals due to fraud and corruption, rendering them ineligible to participate in all WB-...
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World Bank Report: Government migration to cloud ecosystems The Microsoft Public Sector Center of Expertise is proud to have supported the development of World Bank’s new report, Government Migration to Cloud Ecosystems: Multiple Options, Significant Be
1A 1994 World Bank report concluded that ___ girls in school was probably the single most ef- fective anti- poverty policy in the developing world today. A.involvingB.enrollingC.assigningD.admitting 2A 1994 World Bank report concluded that ___ girls in school was probably the single most...
SHANGHAI students’ stellar performance on international tests is linked to a strong education system and great teachers, according to a report released by the World Bank report at a global conference on basic education, which kicked off in the city yesterday and will run until tomorrow. ...
r open-data rstats r-package worldbank world-bank world-bank-api Updated Dec 2, 2023 R worldbank / LearningPoverty Star 32 Code Issues Pull requests Learning Poverty: an indicator with global coverage that combines schooling and learning. education stata worldbank human-capital-project learni...
The World Bank has a new report that shows that red ink is a growing problem in the rest of the world. More specifically, the report is about “fiscal space,” which some see as a measure of budgetary flexibility but I interpret as an indicator of budgetary vulnerability. Here’s how it...
The World Bank estimates that seven in ten students in low- and middle-income countries are living in “learning poverty,” unable to read a simple text by the end of elementary school. The same is true for nearly nine in ten students in sub-Saharan Africa. This m...
The Monthly's college guide features a "Best Bang for the Buck" ranking of colleges in each region, rewarding schools that help students from all economic backgrounds attain degrees that will serve them well in life without breaking the bank. Schools like those in the Cal State system (Los ...