scholarly journals Off-Grid Solar for Rural Development

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 368-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wole Soboyejo ◽  
Roger Taylor
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Rural Populations ◽  
Light At Night ◽  
Weekly Basis ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Electric Services ◽  
Automotive Batteries ◽  
Dry Cell

The World Bank estimates that over two billion people on the planet live their daily lives without access to basic, reliable electric services. Rural populations in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and island nations need clean water, health services, communications, and light at night. Small, simple, solar electric systems are part of the solution—increasing the quality of life, often at a cost that is less than what is presently being spent for kerosene, dry-cell batteries, and the recharging of automotive batteries that must be lugged to the nearest town on a weekly basis (see Figure 1).

scholarly journals RELAÇÃO ENTRE OS INDICADORES DE GOVERNANÇA DOS PAÍSES E O ÍNDICE DE DESENVOLVIMENTO HUMANO

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Aguiar Filho ◽  
Marco Antônio Tomé ◽  
Adilson De Brito Farias ◽  
Celso Machado Machado Junior ◽  
Daielly Melina Nassif Mantovani Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Development Level ◽  
The World

O desenvolvimento humano dos países se trata de um tema em destaque que exige ações governamentais para a melhoria da qualidade de vida de seus cidadãos. O problema de dimensionar este desenvolvimento frente às ações de governo determina o objetivo de analisar a existência de correlação entre os indicadores de governança dos países calculados pelo Banco Mundial (WGI) com o índice de desenvolvimento humano calculado pela Organização das nações Unidas (IDH). Para investigar essa hipótese foram efetuadas análises de correlação entre o IDH e as seis dimensões de governança do WGI. Os resultados da pesquisa confirmam a existência de significativa correlação positiva entre o IDH e o WGI, estabelecendo assim o entendimento da complementariedade destes indicadores, e a possibilidade de sua utilização no estabelecimento de ações governamentais.Palavras-chave: Governança dos países. WGI. Desenvolvimento humano. IDH. Desenvolvimento sustentável.ABSTRACTThe human development level of the countries is a key issue that requires government actions to improve the quality of life of its citizens. The problem of dimensioning this development in relation to government actions determines the objective of analyzing the existence of a correlation between the indicators of governance of the countries calculated by the World Bank (WGI) and the human development index calculated by the United Nations (IDH). To investigate this hypothesis, correlation analyzes were performed between HDI and the six governance dimensions of WGI. The results of the research confirm the existence of a significant positive correlation between the HDI and the WGI, thus establishing the understanding of the complementarity of these indicators and the possibility of their use in the establishment of governmental actions.Keywords: Worldwide governance. WGI. Human development. HDI. Sustainable development.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF SOME BUSINESS MACRO ENVIRONMENT FORECASTING METHODS

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 111-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vulfs Kozlinskis ◽  
Kristine Guseva
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Future Expectations ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Forecasting Methods ◽  
The World ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
System Of Parameters ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Further Development

Latest studies in the field of business macro environment (BME) assessment and forecasting have been undertaken and successfully implemented by the World Bank (2003–2004). Considerable contribution to the field has been made by Nobel Prize winners in Economics F. Kydland and E. Prescott in 2004. Nonetheless, a number of issues concerning BME evaluation and forecasting is still left unstudied. The Article highlights two major issues of BME: the fist part of the paper is focused on assessment of BME and the quality of BME development prognosis made by entrepreneurs. Based on key findings the following second part of the research examines the accuracy (validity) of businessmen prognosis and identifies key indicators businessmen rely on for formulating their future expectations. For that purpose a system of parameters and trends, as well as entrepreneurs’ survey results have been applied. The study concludes by illustrating the effect of inaccurately formulated prognosis and expectation on further development of BME events in conjunction with new assessment and forecasting proposals.

A healthy body and a healthy mind: the relationship between ill-health and cognitive function in school-age children

1996 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 452-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Nokes
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Infant Survival ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Health Programmes

Health of school age children and the Partnership for Child DevelopmentUntil recently, health programmes in developing countries have focused on infant survival and on the health of adolescents and, consequently, the health concerns of children of school age, falling between the ages of infancy and adolescence, have been neglected. The World Bank Development Report of 1993, stated a need to move beyond the focus on survival and to capture the concept that community health depends on the quality of life and opportunities for development. In response, the Partnership for Child Development was set up in 1992 to address the problem of ill-health among school-age children in the developing world.

Closing remarks

1977 ◽  
Vol 199 (1134) ◽  
pp. 187-187
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Rural Populations ◽  
Complex Interplay ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Intractable Problems ◽  
Voluntary Agencies

We have all learned much during these two days, as we have been taking a broader view of the complex interplay of health and economics and development in the rural populations of the world. We are now better able to appreciate the need for an informed multi-disciplinary approach to the multifactorial basis of ill-health and poverty. Just as friction generates heat, and the rubbing together of rough ferrous surfaces produces sparks, so we have seen here a display of multi-professional sparks that should ignite policies and people. And remember Augustine’s phrase. ‘One loving spirit sets another on fire’. We have seen the urgent need to work together if these intractable problems are to be solved. This cooperation will embrace the World Bank and governments; governments and voluntary agencies; international organizations with their flexibility and initiative, and executive bodies like ministries of health; the technical and the cultural; the indigenous and the imported.

scholarly journals How the Legal Environment Affects the Structure of Employment

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 2005-2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Litzman ◽  
Luděk Kouba
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Legal Environment ◽  
Transparency International ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Corruption Perception

The quality of the institutional environment is considered a crucial determinant of economic growth. Low quality of the formal institutional environment can slow down economic development via various mechanisms described in the literature. The present paper will analyse formal institutional factors leading to the structure of employment that Murphy, Shleifer and Vishny (The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1991) found to be associated with lower rate of economic growth. They assumed that a high proportion of lawyers in the country may be associated with slower economic development. Thus, the aim of the paper is to examine some of the parameters of institutional environment that can lead to such a distribution. Results show that quality of law measured by the World Bank (Doing Business database) and the Corruption Perception Index obtained from Transparency International may have some explanatory abilities regarding the structure of employment.

scholarly journals Selected Approaches to the Business Environment Evaluation

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 515-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Chládková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
World Bank ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

This paper contains views of managers on the quality of business environment and also reflects the results of the World Bank, which annually assesses the conditions for doing business in different countries, including the Czech Republic. The business environment of the Czech Republic was evaluated based upon the results of the World Bank, which assesses conditions for doing business in various parts of the world. Secondly, views of SME managers on the quality of the business environment were presented. The World Bank’s „Doing Business 2011“ report puts the Czech Republic in the 63rd place (out of 183 examined countries) when it comes to the quality of the business environment. The Czech Republic improved its score in two categories (Property Registration and Ending a Business) compared to the same evaluation conducted in 2010. SME managers evaluated the business environment with SWOT Analysis. „Technical and technological development along with increase in demand for innovated products made by new technologies“ was perceived as the most significant opportunity (82%) while „Competition and rivalry in the industry“ was identified as the most significant threat by almost all respondents (92%) in their 2010 evaluation.

scholarly journals Does the quality of public policies and institutions matter for entrepreneurial activity? Evidences from the European Union’s member states

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 425-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogdan Dima ◽  
Oana-Ramona Lobonţ ◽  
N Nicoleta-Claudia
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Control Variable ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Member States ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

By using data related to the 15 European Union ?old? and ?new? Member States, for a time span between 2001 and 2014, the present paper supports the thesis of a positive and significant correlation between the quality of governance and entrepreneurial activity. In order to test such correlation, the elements of Governance Quality reported by the World Bank?s Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project were considered. Some key aspects of entrepreneurial activity reflected by Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity, Perceived Opportunities and Perceived Capabilities were taken into account based on The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) database. In addition, in order to reflect the structural rigidities and tensions from the labour market, the unemployment rate provided by the World Bank?s World Development Indicators database was considered as a control variable. The effect of the inclusion of a country in a certain development group, according to the most recent World Bank classification (?low-income economies? to ?high-income economies?), was also considered in a multi-level analytical framework with a two-level model. The results of this study clearly indicate that higher levels of public policies and institutions? credibility/effectiveness produce a positive and robust impact on entrepreneurial climate.

scholarly journals Assessment of Corruption Level as a Component of Governance Indicator: International Experience and Russian Practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Bakhtairova ◽  
Alexandra Anganova
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
National Level ◽  
Governance Indicator ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Quality Of Governance ◽  
The Government

As corruptions is one of the most important problems in most modern states, its assessment forms an important part of integral governance indicator. Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI), a technique, worked out by The World Bank, is widely used in the international level. Since 2019 the technique “Methodology of Conducting Sociological Surveys for Corruption Assessment in the Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation” (further in the text — Methodology of the Russian Federation Government), adopted by the Government Decree of the Russian Federation, is used in the national level. The main purpose of the present research is to evaluate how the national methodology of corruption assessment reflects the quality of governance in this sphere. The research focuses on the main techniques for corruption assessment in different levels. The study analyses the main scientific statements for corruption assessment as a component of integral quality indicator of governance. Secondary data of corruption survey’s findings formed the information and empirical base of the research. The novelty of the study is in developing original author’s approach towards methodological aspects of comprehensive governance assessment. It was found that the national methodology is an alternative approach, characterizing the quality of governance in this sphere. The research revealed several drawbacks of the indicative methodology issued by the World Bank. The Methodology of the Russian Federation Government more appropriately reflects the corruption level and more accurately characterizes the governance quality in the sphere of fighting corruption in the regions of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals RETRACTED ARTICLE: Global Assessment in the World Bank Education Strategy 2020

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher S. Collins
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Education Strategy ◽  
Retracted Article ◽  
Intended Learning Outcomes

This article examines the language of global accountability as well as the recommended tools used to assess the quality of higher education as noted in the new World Bank Education Strategy 2020. This article concludes that intended learning outcomes often reflect ideological dispositions and when imposed on countries considered “developing,” have the potential to replicate the pattern of placing greater value on knowledge produced in “developed” countries. This trend may continue to relegate developing countries to the role of consumers in the knowledge economy.

scholarly journals Does the Political Environment Affect Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment? Evidence from Emerging Markets

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 2017-2026
Author(s):  
Michal Mádr ◽  
Luděk Kouba
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Political Instability ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
Quality Of Democracy ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

The main aim of the paper is to identify and quantify the influence of the political environment on the inflows of foreign direct investment in emerging markets. The paper defines emerging markets as Middle Income Countries according to the evaluation of the World Bank. Our sample of countries contains 78 states. The reference period focuses on the period of 1996–2012 due to data availability. The evaluation of the political environment is based on three dimensions: the quality of democracy, political instability and the level of corruption, which are related to three subcomponents of the concept, Governance Matters, provided by the World Bank. The paper distinguishes between two types of political instability omitted in thematic literature, elite and non-elite. The former represents non-violent instability (minority governments, tension related to the holding of elections) while the latter deals with violent forms of instability (civil wars, coups, ethnic and religious riots). The paper uses panel data regression analysis for the purpose of identification and quantification. The research uses fixed effects model with a cluster option. According to the results, the influence of the political environment on FDI is not entirely unequivocal in emerging markets; nevertheless, there is a statistically significant dimension – political instability (both parts). The quality of democracy and the level of corruption are significant only in some cases. The paper combines indicators frequently occurring in empirical literature (the Corruption Perception Index, Freedom in the World, Governance Matters) with alternative proxies (the Herfindahl Index Government, the Political Terror Scale, the State Fragility Index), which seem to be a perspective for a future research.

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