The South Asia Women in Power Sector
Professional Network (WePOWER) is a partnership of over 31
electricity utilities and energy-sector organizations, who
collectively...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 183489Date: December 8, 2022Author:
World Bank ;
Asian Development Bank
The project intends to improve
agricultural water productivity to obtain more value from
water supplies affected by climate change, induced
disasters. By improving the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 181082Date: December 5, 2022Author:
World Bank
As the fourth industrial revolution
unfolds, technology, markets, and economies are changing
pace, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and geopolitical
instability...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS0003204Date: December 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
To address key knowledge gaps related to
compound risk, this report by Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam’s IVM Institute for Environmental
Studies and World Bank’s...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 177371Date: December 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
This labor markets power point outlines
jobs diagnostics, macro and demographic growth, structural
change, spatial transformation, and labor supply and demand.
Type: Working PaperReport#: 183647Date: November 30, 2022Author:
World Bank ;
Sanchez-Reaza,Javier
In August 2018, a significant outbreak
of the Ebola virus disease was declared in the eastern
provinces of North Kivu and Ituri in the Democratic Republic
of Congo....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 178148Date: November 30, 2022Author:
World Bank
The burden of overweight and obesity
have been escalating globally, which contributed to over 5
million deaths in 2019. Historically, obesity was primarily
a concern...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 180036Date: November 28, 2022Author:
Mounsey,Sarah ;
Cobiac,Linda Jane ;
Veerman,Jacob Lennert
Both the public and private sectors rely
on intensive data use in the 21st century. While data is
everywhere, accessing that data is difficult. Accessing that
data then...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 177874Date: November 21, 2022Author:
Karacsony,Sandor I. ;
Kawasoe,Yasuhiro ;
Silva Parsons,Kenia Hatsue ;
Tzimas, Giannis ;
Zhang,Lansong
E-commerce has the potential to expand
market opportunities for businesses. However, it is not
guaranteed. The World Development Report on Digital
Dividends (World Bank...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 151178Date: November 16, 2022Author:
Apedo Amah,Marie Christine ;
Coville,Aidan ;
Piza,Caio ;
Raja,Siddhartha ;
Scarpari,Raquel
The sixth policy forum on natural
capital data for better decision-making brought together
more than six hundred data providers, statisticians,
policymakers and investors...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 178906Date: November 3, 2022Author:
World Bank
Every person has the right to
participate fully in their society and economy and to be
recognized as a person before the law. Yet, as many as 1
billion people across...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 112614Date: November 3, 2022
Consuming too much salt in the diet is a
key risk for developing high blood pressure, and high blood
pressure is the leading risk factor for developing
cardiovascular...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 180035Date: November 1, 2022Author:
Cobiac,Linda Jane ;
Aminde,Leopold Ndemnge ;
Veerman,Jacob Lennert
The Disability Inclusion and
Accountability Framework, updated in 2022, lays out a road
map for (i) including disability in the World
Bank’s policies, operations,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126977Date: November 1, 2022Author:
Mcclain-Nhlapo,Charlotte Vuyiswa ;
Koistinen,Mari Helena ;
Lord,Janet Elaine ;
Martin,Anna Hill ;
Rana,Trishna Rajyalaxmi
Pakistan has one of the highest
out-of-school children in the world, with an estimated 20.3
million of its 63.3 million school-age children are out of
school. In addition,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 183891Date: November 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
Many countries in South Asia (SA) have
evolved from having a high burden of undernutrition to
having a double burden of malnutrition (DBM), which is a
high prevalence...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS0003143Date: November 1, 2022Author:
Kathuria,Ashi Kohli ;
Anand,Deepika ;
Chakrabarti,Suman
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