Climate change poses a huge threat to
the agricultural sector and food security: about 75 percent
of the world’s poor men and women live in rural areas and
depend on...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114441Date: Author:
Karttunen,Anna Kaisa ;
Sisto, Ilaria ;
Sadler,Marc Peter
This study explores the technological
options and investment requirements needed to boost
electricity access levels in Afghanistan and presents a
method for performing...
Urban areas will undoubtedly be critical
spaces for pursuing the objectives of integrating the
social, economic and environmental goals set forth within
the new 2030...
Motorization management is the process
of shaping, through public policies and programs, the
profile, quality, and quantity of the motor vehicle fleet as
motorization...
Type: ReportReport#: 170103Date: Author:
Gorham,Roger ;
Hartmann,Olivier ;
Qiu,Yin ;
Bose,Dipan ;
Kamau, Henry ;
Akumu, Jane ;
Kaenzig, Robin ;
Krishnan,Raman V. ;
Kelly,Alina ;
Kamakaté, Fanta
This graduation approach focuses on
helping the poorest and most vulnerable households develop
sustainable livelihoods, increase incomes, and move out of
extreme poverty....
India has achieved significant economic
growth over the past decades but the progress on health has
not been commensurate. India along with other countries has
committed...
The main objective of this report is to
identify and analyze the main issues faced by the WSS
services in Turkey and to initiate a dialog with authorities
on opportunitiesto...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 110547Date: Author:
000244848:Xavier Chauvot De Beauchene:xchauvot@w ;
orldbank.org;
South Asia Region (SAR) has decreased
maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by 65 percent between 1990
and 2013, which was the greatest progress among all world
regions. Such...
The benefits of higher tobacco and
alcohol taxes are obvious, both in terms of good health
outcomes for individuals and entire communities, which
result from reduced...
The sector is in the process of
repositioning itselftoward the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs).Under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
theinternational focus...
Interest Bearing Notes is a product of
the Finance and Private Sector Research Team in the World
Bank's Development Research Group. It reports on
research by the team,...
The main objective of this report is to
provide data and insights on the role of grant funding and
concessional financing in meeting the Sustainable
Development Goal...
Korea is a peninsular country located in
Northeast Asia at the triangular point of contact between
China, Japan, and Russia. The country had spread its
cultural heritage...
According to a recent study by the World
Bank Group (WBG), for the first time in history, the number
of people living in extreme poverty has fallen below 10
percent...
More than 1.1 billion people in
developing countries are lacking access to electricity.
Based on the assumption that electricity is a prerequisite
for human development,...
In 2013, the World Bank Group announced
two goals that would guide its operations worldwide. The
first is the eradication of chronic extreme poverty --
bringing the...
The health workforce has received major
policy attention over the past decade,driven in part by the
need to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and
more...
Type: PublicationReport#: 109155Date: Author:
Herbst,Christopher H. ;
M. Scheffler,Richard (editor) ;
Lemiere,Christophe (editor) ;
Campbell,Jim (editor)
This is a statement by Mr. Angel Gurría,
Secretary-General, of Organization for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD) at the ninety-fourth meeting of the
Development...
This is a statement by Mr. Roberto
Azevedo, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization
at the ninety-fourth meeting of the Development Committee
held on October...
This is a statement by H.E. Michel
Sapin, Minister for the Economy and Finance, France at the
ninety-fourth meeting of the Development Committee held on
October 8, 2016....
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