Many governments in developing countries
have pursued policies targeting specific geographic areas
over the past several decades. However, only a few have
rigorously...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9477Date: November 19, 2020Author:
Li,Yue - ETICI ;
Sinha Roy,Sutirtha
Access to identification is a vital
priority. In developing countries, persons with disabilities
are among those most likely to face barriers in accessing
government...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 154452Date: November 17, 2020Author:
World Bank
Globally, cities are the source of over
70 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
Cities are also the engines of the global economy,
concentrating more than...
Montenegro’s high public sector wage
bill reduces fiscal space for social sector or capital
spending and debt reduction. The high wage bill is driven by
the unusual...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 154409Date: November 13, 2020
Government accountability has become a
global moral imperative. Governments over the world aim to
continuously improve public service delivery, transparency,
and accountability...
Type: ReportReport#: 153448Date: November 12, 2020Author:
So,Sokbunthoeun ;
Yilmaz,Serdar ;
Andrews,Donna Louise ;
Ly,Sodeth ;
Allison,Margaret Ann ;
Koh,David Wee Hock ;
Phlong,Pisith
Key challenges to discover new potential
and enhance exploration promotion are: poor data quality and
density yield low interpretation results; there is a need
for review...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 154380Date: November 10, 2020Author:
Blaizot,Marc Rene Michel
Who decides the formulation of social
policy? What resources do actors bring to decision-making
processes? How do those resources position them within
decision making...
Type: PublicationReport#: 154099Date: November 2, 2020Author:
Bonvecchi,Alejandro ;
Scartascini, Carlos
The Modernizing Higher Education Project
aims to strengthen Uzbekistan’s higher education system
managerial capacity and to improve the labor market
relevance and...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 154540Date: November 1, 2020
The World Bank Group (WBG) has been
financing digital government solutions for decades. GovTech
is the term used to describe the latest generation of these
reforms....
Decades of political, economic and
security shocks have shaped major structural imbalances in
Iraq's economy, reinforcing Iraq's current
fragility trap. Iraq remains...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 154260Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Mansour,Wael ;
Kazemi Najaf Abadi,Majid ;
Maseeh,Ashwaq Natiq ;
Phadera,Lokendra ;
Wai-Poi,Matthew Grant
This report provides the findings of an
administrative inquiry by the World Bank Group Integrity
Vice Presidency (INT) into allegations of misconduct in
connection with...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 154543Date: November 1, 2020
The Accelerated Electricity Expansion
Project for Liberia aims to increase access to electricity
and strengthen institutional capacity in the electricity
sector in the...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 154537Date: November 1, 2020
The First Phase of the Inter-Zonal
Transmission Hub Project WAPP (APL3) Program aims to reduce
cost and improve security of the electricity supply to
Burkina Faso while...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 154536Date: November 1, 2020
The Oil and Gas Capacity Building
Project aims to support Ghana’s efforts to (i) improve
management and regulatory capacity while enhancing
transparency, and (ii) strengthen...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 154542Date: November 1, 2020
This brief details the current status of
our GovTech agenda that aims to support task teams engaging
with clients to work on public sector modernization using
technology...
The Transport and Urban Infrastructure
Development Project for Burkina Faso aims to improve
mobility and access to infrastructure in targeted urban and
rural areas...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 154541Date: November 1, 2020
The forest tenure assessment tool (FTAT)
and user guide consists of an integrated set of
methodologies and guidelines for assessing both why it is
important to secure...
Type: ReportReport#: 155642Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Segura Warnholtz,Gerardo ;
Childress,Malcolm D. ;
Springer,Jenny
Coordination between secured
transactions law and rules regulating financial products and
institutions is of primary importance to support
establishing a sound and inclusive...
Type: ReportReport#: 154313Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Castellano,Giuliano Giovanni Francesco ;
Chhabra,Pratibha ;
Wilson,John Martin ;
Uttamchandani,Mahesh
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,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 154054Date: October 31, 2020
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