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9536: Cameroon - Debt Relief Grant under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative

Lawrence Mastri

9535: Malaria Booster Program for Africa: Gaining Ground against a Major Challenge to Health and Development

Jumana Qamruddin and Nansia Constantinou

9534: A Strategy for Improving Land Administration in India

Klaus Deininger

9533: A New Model of Public-Private Partnership for Land Access and Rural Enterprise Formation

Malcom D Childress and Tom Korczowski

9532: Brazil Land - Brazil Land-Based Poverty Alleviation Project

Malcom D Childress

9531: Land Policy and Administration as a Basis for the Sustainable Development of the Brazilian Amazon

Malcom D Childress

9530: China: Integrated Land Policy Reform in a Context of Rapid Urbanization

Li Guo, Jonathan Lindsay and Paul Munro-Faure

9529: Kyrgyz Republic: Benefits of Securing and Registering Land for Development

Edward Cook

9528: Implementing Low-Cost Rural Land Certification: The Case of Ethiopia

Klaus Deininger

9527: Uganda’s Virtual Poverty Fund: Pro-Poor Spending Reform

R. Sudharshan Canagarajah and Tim Williamson

9526: Mali - Private Sector Assistance Grant

Lawrence Mastri

9525: Africa Region - Regional Environmental Information Management Program

Lawrence Mastri

9524: PREM Anchor Support to the Africa Region

Danny Leipziger

9523: Extending Financial Services with Banking Agents

Hannah Siedek

9522: Microinsurance: What Can Donors Do?

Alexia Latortue, Aude de Montesquiou and Vanessa Ward

9521: Are We Overestimating Demand for Microloans?

Malika Anand and Richard Rosenberg

9520: Assessing the Investment Climate for Rural Enterprises

Gunnar Larson, John Lamb and Cornelis VanDer Meer

9519: Lesotho - Education Sector Development Project

Lawrence Mastri

9518: The Rapid Results Approach: A Tool for Leadership Development and Institutional Change

Lawrence Mastri

9517: Parliament's Role in Poverty Reduction Strategies

Cindy Kroon and Rick Stapenhurst

9516: Linking Financial Service Providers to Commercial Capital: How Do Guarantees Add Value?

Alexia Latortue and Jasmina Glisovic-Mezieres

9515: National Microfinance Strategies

Eric Duflos and Jasmina Glisovic-Mézières

9514: Eritrea - Cultural Assets Rehabilitation Project

Lawrence Mastri

9513: Madagascar - Building Leadership and Management Capacity through the Rapid Results Approach

Lawrence Mastri

9512: Learning by Doing: The Japanese PHRD Fund and Capacity Development

David Potten

9511: From Agriculture to Nutrition: Pathways, Synergies and Outcomes

Corinna Hawkes and Marie Ruel

9510: Variations in Microcredit Interest Rates

Christoph Kneiding and Richard Rosenberg

9509: Zambia - Social Investment Fund Project

Lawrence Mastri

9508: The Next 4 Billion: Characterizing BoP Markets

Allen L. Hammond, William J. Kramer, Robert S. Katz, Julia T. Tran and Courtland Walker

9507: Burundi - Investing in Leadership Development through the Rapid Results Approach

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9506: Ghana - High Forest Biodiversity Conservation Project

Lawrence Mastri

9505: NGO MFI Transformations: Ownership Issues

Kate Lauer

9504: Financial Services to Improve Access to Water and Sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Brigitte Biesinger and Maren Richter

9503: Financial Services for Developing Small-Scale Irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gunnar Larson

9502: Appraising Microfinance Institutions

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9501: Foreign Investment in Agricultural Production: Opportunities and Challenges

Vera Songwe and Klaus Deininger

9500: Managing Drought Risk for Food Security in Africa: An Innovative Solution in Malawi

Joanna Syroka and Kara Bunte

9499: Efficiency Drivers of MFIs: The Role of Age

Christoph Kneiding and Ignacio Mas

9498: Are Microcredit Interest Rates Excessive?

Richard Rosenberg, Adrian Gonzalez and Sushma Narain

9497: Tracking Results in Agriculture and Rural Development in Less-Than-Ideal Conditions: A Sourcebook of Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation

Gunnar Larson

9496: Improving Agricultural Productivity and Markets: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies

Kerry McNamara

9495: Building Post-Crisis Capacity in the Solomon Islands

Laura Bailey

9494: Are Deposits a Stable Source of Funding for Microfinance Institutions?

Julia Abakaeva and Jasmina Glisovic-Mezieres

9493: Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant: Prospects for Commercial Agriculture in the Guinea Savannah Zone and Beyond

Gunnar Larson and Michael Morris

9492: Poor People Using Mobile Financial Services: Observations on Customer Usage and Impact from M-PESA

Olga Morawczynski and Mark Pickens

9491: Bioenergy Development: Issues and Impacts for Poverty and Natural Resource Management

Elizabeth Cushion, Gerhard Dieterle and Adrian Whiteman

9490: MIV Performance and Prospects: Highlights from the CGAP 2009 MIV Benchmark Survey

Xavier Reille, Jasmina Glisovic-Mezieres, Yannis Berthouzoz and Damian Milverton

9489: Reduced Emissions and Enhanced Adaptation in Agricultural Landscapes

Erick Fernandes, Dipti Thapa and Sonia Madhvani

9488: Window on the Unbanked: Mobile Money in the Philippines

Mark Pickens

9487: Improving Effectiveness from Within: SmartAid for Microfinance Index

Alexia Latortue, Mayada El-Zoghbi and Barbara Gähwiler

9486: The Rise, Fall, and Recovery of the Microfinance Sector in Morocco

Xavier Reille

9485: Creating Pathways for the Poorest: Early Lessons on Implementing the Graduation Model

Mayada El-Zoghbi, Aude de Montesquiou and Syed Hashemi

9484: Venezuela - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9483: Uruguay - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9482: Paraguay - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9481: Peru - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9480: Panama - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9479: Nicaragua - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9478: Mexico - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9477: Honduras - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9476: Haiti - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9475: Guatemala - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9474: El Salvador - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9473: Ecuador - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9472: Dominican Republic - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9471: Costa Rica - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9470: Colombia - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9469: Chile - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9468: Brazil - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9467: Bolivia - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9466: Argentina - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

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9465: Investors Implementing the Client Protection Principles in Microfinance

Estelle Lahaye and Katherine McKee

9464: Rethinking Collaborative Arrangements with Local Partners

Kenneth Rosenbaum, Diji Chandrasekharan Behr and Gunnar Larson

9463: Empowerment and Poverty Reduction through Infrastructure and Service Provision in Rural Pakistan

Qazi Asmat Isa, Naila Ahmed and Gunnar Larson

9462: Unmet Need for Contraception

Samuel Mills, Ed Bos and Emi Suzuki

9461: Apexes: An Important Source of Local Funding

Eric Duflos and Mayada El-Zoghbi

9460: Gender and Governance in Agricultural Extension Services: Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia

Sonia Madhvani and Eija Pehu

9459: Health Expenditures, Services and Outcomes in Africa

David H. Peters, Kami Kandola, A. Edward Elemendorf and Gnanaraj Chellaraj

9458: Microfinance Investors Adjust Strategy in Tougher Market Conditions

Jasmina Glisovic and Xavier Reille

9457: Is There a Business Case for Small Savers?

Glenn D. Westley and Xavier Martín Palomas

9456: Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) for Youth in MENA: Policies to Promote Employment Opportunities

Gloria La Cava, Carlo Maria Rossotto and Cecilia Paradi-Guilford

9455: Emerging Developments and Challenges in the Arab World

Shamshad Akhtar

9454: Middle East and North Africa Local Service Delivery Initiative: Promoting Social Accountability and Demand for Good Governance

Sabine Beddies, Mariana Felicio, Gabriel Dedu, Fatou Fall and Caroline Vagneron

9453: Agricultural Innovation Funds

Riikka Rajalahti and Gunnar Larson

9452: Measuring Changes in Client Lives through Microfinance: Contributions of Different Approaches

World Bank

9451: Enhancing Access to Micro-Data in the Middle East and North Africa

Anne Hilger, Diego Angel-Urdinola and Ingrid B. Ivins

9450: Towards a New Partnership for Inclusive Growth in the Middle East and North Africa

World Bank

9449: Branchless Banking in Pakistan: A Laboratory for Innovation

Chris Bold

9448: Trends in Cross-Border Funding

Barbara Gähwiler and Alice Nègre

9447: Georgia - Beeps-at-a-Glance

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9446: Lithuania - BEEPS-at-a-Glance

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9445: Azerbaijan - BEEPS-at-a-Glance

World Bank

9444: Can Postal Networks Advance Financial Inclusion in the Arab World?

Mayada El-Zoghbi and Meritxell Martinez

9443: Financial Inclusion and Stability: What Does Research Show?

Robert Cull, Asl? Demirgüç-Kunt and Timothy Lyman

9442: How Have Market Challenges Affected Microfinance Investment Funds?

Jasmina Glisovic and Louise Moretto

9441: A Structured Approach to Understanding the Financial Service Needs of the Poor in Mexico

Xavier Faz and Paul Breloff

9440: Microfinance Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Turning Opportunities into Reality

Jasmina Glisovic, Senayit Mesfin and Louise Moretto

9439: Can Digital Footprints Lead to Greater Financial Inclusion?

Kabir Kumar and Kim Muhota

9254: Women in Agriculture: Some Results of Household Surveys Data Analysis

Manuel Chiriboga, Romain Charnay and Carol Chehabay

9253: Where Have All the Young Women Gone? Gender-Specific Migration from East to West Germany

Steffen Kröhnert and Sebastian Vollmer