By implementing proven interventions and
adopting appropriate policies, countries can make
substantial progress. The West and Central Africa Education
Strategy (World...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 172881Date: May 1, 2022Author:
Bentil,Ekua Nuama ;
Azevedo,Joao Pedro Wagner De ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
The World Bank is the largest donor for
education in low-and middle-income countries, but apart from
providing financing, it also aims to serve as a knowledge
bank....
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 172880Date: May 1, 2022Author:
Wodon,Quentin T. ;
Vasconcellos,Bernardo Da Cruz ;
Mcdonald,Laura S. ;
Cameron,Emma Ward Richardson
Mining, particularly gold mining, plays
a crucial role in the economy of the Kyrgyz Republic. The
post-soviet mining business model emphasizes the leading
role of the...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 184521Date: May 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
Pakistan has made impressive progress in
immunization coverage in the past thirty years with 117.6
percent increase in the proportion of children (ages 12 to
23 months)...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 170323Date: April 11, 2022Author:
World Bank
The Latin America and the Caribbean
(LAC) region was suffering from a deep learning crisis,
before the COVID-19 outbreak, with most students being below
minimum proficiency...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 170069Date: April 1, 2022Author:
Alonso,Juan Diego ;
Chen Peraza,Juliana ;
Ramirez,Maria Jose ;
Schutt Pardo,Erika ;
Vargas Mancera,Maria Jose ;
Yanez Pagans,Monica
A year and half into the pandemic,
employment had not recovered yet to pre-pandemic levels,
with women and the population without higher education
finding it harder...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 172516Date: March 31, 2022Author:
World Bank
Eastern Wielkopolska is an area that is
economically heavily dependent on coal and energy production
(it generates 5 percent of Poland’s electricity)
and is characterized...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 182284Date: March 31, 2022Author:
Honorati,Maddalena
The Yangtze river and the economic belt
it defines are central to China’s economy, yet they face
severe environmental challenges. The river plays a major
role in the...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 163646Date: February 11, 2022Author:
World Bank
This policy note looks beyond levels of
vulnerability to examine sources of vulnerability by
decomposing vulnerability into two components. For details
of the methodology...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 178952Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Ali,Rabia ;
Setiawan,Imam
Liberia is a fragile state that has
experienced numerous shocks in the past several decades,
including a fourteen-year-long civil war, outbreaks of
infectious disease,...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 166736Date: December 6, 2021Author:
World Bank
Pakistan has made impressive progress in
immunization coverage in the past thirty years with 117.6
percent increase in the proportion of children (ages 12 to
23 months)...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 170344Date: December 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
Tanzania achieved lower middle-income
country status in 2020, marking an important milestone in
the country’s goal to reach middle income status
by 2025. Enrollment...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 166582Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Najjumba Mulindwa,Innocent Kibira ;
Natarajan,Dharini ;
World Bank
This note aims to summarize policy
reforms and investment priorities required to increase the
productivity and competitiveness of the rice value chain. It
discusses...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 185967Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Mghenyi,Elliot Wamboka
Bringing temporary increases in food
insecurity, the COVID-19 outbreak showed that many
Indonesian households remain food insecure despite years of
solid progress. According...
This note aims to summarize policy
reforms and investment priorities required to increase the
productivity and competitiveness of the cassava value chain.
It discusses...
Investing in children’s human capital is
one of the most critical investments a country can make to
break the cycle of poverty and reap the demographic
dividend. It...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 165956Date: November 10, 2021Author:
Sabbih,Mostafa Amir ;
Coudouel,Aline ;
Rahman,Aneeka
With a female enrollment rate of 38.5
percent in 2018 in higher education, Tanzania is performing
below the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) average of 42.3 percent.
The situation...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 166581Date: October 31, 2021Author:
Najjumba Mulindwa,Innocent Kibira ;
Natarajan,Dharini ;
World Bank
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
range far and wide going from direct impacts on the economy
and jobs to indirect effects of learning losses among
children that...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 172515Date: October 31, 2021Author:
Lara Ibarra,Gabriel ;
Paffhausen,Anna Luisa ;
Castaneda Castrillon,Carlos Alberto
Girls’ education is a global
development priority, as it is an effective approach to
address broader structural social issues and drive the
growth of national...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 172914Date: October 19, 2021Author:
Wang,Lianqin ;
Savrimootoo,Tanya June ;
Elseed,Omer Nasir ;
Natarajan,Dharini ;
Kahla,Manal M A
This document presents a strategic
framework for establishing and supporting fragmented efforts
towards a more resilient education system in Sudan; it is
meant to be...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 172917Date: October 19, 2021Author:
Wang,Lianqin ;
Savrimootoo,Tanya June ;
Elseed,Omer Nasir ;
Gortazar,Lucas ;
Moreno Olmedilla,Juan Manuel
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