Share your university papers! At the World Bank, we highly value your academic work. Often university papers written on the World Bank do not receive the exposure that they deserve, both inside and outside the World Bank. This website gives you the opportunity to share the papers you have prepared as part of your university curriculum and which have a focus on development and on the action of the World Bank ...more PHD WORKSHOPS ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS The World Bank also co-organizes a series of workshop for PhD and early career post-doctoral researchers studying the World Bank and other international organizations. More... NEW: Apply before February 16, 2009, for the upcoming Workshop in Washington DC!  New university papers A SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF MARKET BASED LAND REFORMS IN ZAMBIA My research was based on structural adjustment programmes implemented by the world bank in developing countries. This saw rapid changes in socio-ecomic policies leading to land reforms especially in...By Mweembe Muleya Mudenda (Zambia)- Paper posted on 09/14/2007 07:09:44 AM Analysis of World Bank's Community Driven Development approach This essay focuses on the World Bank’s approach of Community Driven Development (CDD) and draws a comparison with Citizen Community Boards (CCBs) in Pakistan. The first part of the paper provides a ...By Aneela Salman (Pakistan)- Paper posted on 09/29/2007 11:19:30 AM Does Accountability reduce Corruption in a Corrupt Political Environment? Recently the World Bank published a report indicating that control of corruption is a key element for good government performance. The report explores the impact of corruption on government and conc...By Carmen R Apaza (-Select one country-)- Paper posted on 04/03/2007 06:20:58 PM Financial Innovation for Infrastructure Financing According to PPI World Bank Database that infrastructure investment in East Asia (China Indonesia Philippine Malaysia and Thailand) from 1998 to 2005 was stagnant where infrastructure investment in ...By Lukas B Sihombing (Indonesia)- Paper posted on 04/04/2008 01:58:28 AM Financial Reform Literature Review on Theory and the experiences of Developing Countries: The case of Egypt Keynes (1937) Tobin (1965) and their followers believe that financial repression reflects on higher savings investment and economic growth through monetary expansion and by lowering interest rates. ...By Ahmed Mohamed Rostom (Egypt)- Paper posted on 12/04/2007 04:07:46 AM Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria:An Analysis of the Oil Industry Statistical data from international organization reveal that Nigeria is one of the largest recipients of foreign direct investment in Africa(FDI) yet Nigeria's economic development remain stagnant a...By Ifeanyi Malu (-Select one country-)- Paper posted on 04/22/2007 04:53:37 PM How to provide Humanitarian Aid in Post-Conflict countries? Donor’s good intentions of providing humanitarian aid for reconstruction can have positive or negative direct or indirect deliberate or unforeseen impacts on the conflict environment. This can mainl...By Laura Smeets (Netherlands)- Paper posted on 12/11/2007 01:27:56 PM Increased Funds for Development Cooperation: Budget Support and Aid Effectiveness – Potentials of and Limits to “Mutual Accountability” This paper analyses impacts in terms of aid effectiveness originating from mutual accountability in aid relationships on the basis of a case study namely the general budget support programme in Tanz...By Thomas Marc Benninger (Switzerland)- Paper posted on 03/30/2008 12:40:34 PM The IFC and the Role of Private Entities in Poverty Reduction Programs This paper examines the historical and contemporary role of the IFC as a private-sector actor concerned with addressing issues of global poverty. In light of the recent emergence of more private act...By Rafael Keenan Mazer (-Select one country-)- Paper posted on 04/18/2008 12:34:08 PM TRANSPORTATION AND SHANTYTOWNS: WORLD BANK LITERATURE AND THE CHRONICLES OF MEXICO CITY AND RIO DE JANEIRO Contextualized within the setting of urban development this paper considers contemporary manifestations of international development policy alongside the work of chroniclers in Latin America. Speci...By Sean Paul Knierim (United States)- Paper posted on 08/17/2007 04:03:58 PM

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