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SheWorks: Putting Gender Smart Commitments into Practice
This report marks the completion of the IFC-led SheWorks global private sector partnership to advance employment opportunities and improve working conditions for more than 300,000 women by…
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WEConnect International
Global Supplier Diversity & Inclusion – Reaching the Gold Standard. The Gold Standard Checklist helps multinational corporations and multilateral organizations assess their global supplier…
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Guidance Notes to Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability
Guidance Notes to Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability - 2012 EditionRelevant IFC Performance Standards are Performance Standard 1 (Assessment and Management of…
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The Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database
Website of The Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database.
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Discriminatory Laws Against Women: A Survey of the Literature
This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women's outcomes across various domains (categories) that constitute the Women in Business and…
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Policymakers’ Decisions on Public-Private Partnership Use: The Role of Institutions and Fiscal Constraints
Evaluates the criteria that governments utilize when deciding to procure a project using a PPP.
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APMG PPP Certification Program Guide
The PPP Certification Program Guide, referred to as the PPP Guide is the Body of Knowledge (BoK) on public-private partnerships (PPPs), will help public officials and their advisors implement…
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Contracting for the Delivery of Education Services: A Typology and International Examples
LaRoque, Norman. 2005. "Contracting for the Delivery of Education Services: A Typology and International Examples." Paper presented at the PEPG and World Bank Conference, "Mobilizing the Private…
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Handshake Issue #3: Health & PPPs
Handshake Issue #3, Health & PPPs, explores innovative and successful approaches by governments that are tapping the private sector for healthcare infrastructure, service delivery, and insurance…
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Closing the Infrastructure Gap: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships
Deloitte. 2006. Closing the Infrastructure Gap: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships. New York: Deloitte.In this report, Deloitte examines the current shift in how governments provide…
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Output Based Aid: Lessons Learned and Best Practices
OBA projects are delivering a range of essential services, from improved water supply to electricity access, reproductive health services, roads, telephone and Internet access, and education. OBA is…
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Bridging global infrastructure gaps
Describes state of global infrastructure needs and opportunities to mitigate the spending deficit.
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Infrastructure productivity: How to save $1 trillion a year
This report first addresses the question of the size of the infrastructure gap, focusing on transport (road, rail, ports, and airports), power, and water, as well as communications…
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Public–Private Partnerships Policy and Practice A Reference Guide 2010
Section 7 reviews PPP experience in Commonwealth developing countries. Annex 5 presents case studies of 11 PPP projects, in the water, transport, power, and health sectors in Africa, Asia and…
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Explanatory Notes on Key Topics in the Regulation of Water and Sanitation Services
This paper addresses some of the confusion that has come up on what regulation means in the context of water supply and sanitation (WSS) services. In particular, it strives to answer questions about…
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Public-Private Partnerships: Principles of Policy and Finance
This book reviews the general policy issues which arise for the public sector in considering whether to adopt the PPP procurement route, and the specific application of this policy approach in PPP…
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Understanding Options for Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure
This paper provides a methodology for categorizing public-private partnerships in infrastructure, based on the following key characteristics: whether the project involves new or existing business,…
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Website of the United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commission.
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Body of Knowledge on Infrastructure Regulation (BoKIR) - Regulation Process: Institutional Design
Body of Knowledge on Infrastructure Regulation (BoKIR) - Developed by the Public Utility Research Center (PURC) at the University of Florida, in collaboration with the University…
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Setting Standards for Communication and Governance: The Example of Infrastructure Projects
Website of Open Knowledge Repository, The World Bank Group.
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World Bank StAR Corruption Cases Search Center
StAR; Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative.
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Actionable Governance Indicators Data Portal
The World Bank’s Actionable Governance Indicators Data Portal (AGI)
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Development, Aid, and Governance Indicators (DAGI)
The Development, Aid and Governance Indicators (DAGI)
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Guidebook on Promoting Good Governance in Public-Private Partnerships
Website of UNECE
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IDB Procurement Policies and Procedures
Website of IDB, Inter-American Development Bank