Natural capital accounting provides an
approved and comparable framework to collect information on
how water resources interact with the economy in a way that
is compatible...
Fragility, conflict and violence (FCV)
constitute one of the most pressing challenges to the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Globally, around 1
billion fewer people...
The IDA Results Measurement System (RMS)
is a framework with quantitative indicators to monitor and
aggregate the results of development activities in countries
supported...
As the World’s Premier Fund for the
poorest and ‘an absolutely critical element inDevelopment’
IDA is uniquely positioned to help realize the ambition of
eradicating...
At the UN General Assembly of September
2015, countries around the world committed to the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By 2030, counties
committed to attain...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 112946Date: Author:
Lustig,Nora
As the world aims to achieve a new set
of sustainable development goals (SDGs) and to eradicate
poverty, global conditions are creating significant
headwinds. In the...
In the context of the strategic
discussions on its Forward Look, the WBG is assessing how
its four arms – IDA, IBRD, IFC and MIGA – can best support
clients in meeting...
One of the sobering lessons of the
recent Ebola crisis in West Africa was how ill prepared the
world was for such a deadly disease. Pandemics pose a
serious threat to...
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,...
Poverty reduction is not just a matter
of improving incomes. Other dimensions that people value,
and that cannot be measured by looking at income, include
the ability...
Type: BriefReport#: 105631Date: Author:
Beegle,Kathleen G. ;
Christiaensen,Luc ;
Dabalen,Andrew L. ;
Gaddis,Isis
There is a growing global consensus that
governance and institutional issues are critical binding
constraints to the achievement of better development and
service delivery...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS15044Date: Author:
O'Meally,Simon Carl
Tanzania is a democratic republic of 44
million people with an average annual gross domestic product
(GDP) growth rate of 6 percent to 7 percent over the past
decade....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 107507Date: Author:
Anderson,Jamie Barbara ;
Marita,Collins ;
Musiime,David
Meeting the sustainable development
goals and the climate targets agreed on by most countries in
2015 will require bold and ambitious action across all
sectors of the...
World Development Indicators (WDI) is
the World Bank’s premier compilation of cross-country
comparable data on development. The database contains more
than 1,300 time...
Type: World Development IndicatorsReport#: 105051Date:
Strengthening tax systems - policy and
administration - has emerged as a key development priority,
being a core part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
framework...
This is a statement by Xiaozhun Yi,
Deputy Director-General at the ninety-third meeting of the
Development Committee held on April 16, 2016. Today's
meeting takes place...
This is a statement by Mrs. Kemi
Adeosun, Minister of Finance at the ninety-third meeting of
the Development Committee held on April 16, 2016. She states
that amid continued...
This is a statement by Rt. Hon. Helen
Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development
Program and Chair of the United Nations Development Group at
the 93rd meeting...
This is a statement by Mr. Johan Van
Overtveldt, Minister of Finance at the ninety-third meeting
of the Development Committee held on April 16, 2016. He
states that...
This is a statement by Mr. Ilho Yoo,
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance
at the ninety-third meeting of the Development Committee
held on April...
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