Limited local tax revenue and low public
sector efficiency are two critical problems of public sector
management and key constraints for the economic and social
development...
Type: ReportReport#: 169575Date: March 17, 2022Author:
Stoykov,Petar Georgiev ;
Yilmaz,Serdar
In 2015, the government of Tanzania
launched the Dar es Salaam Metropolitan Development Project
to expand the economy and increase the emergency response
capacity of...
This paper extends the World Bank's
Long-Term Growth Model (LTGM) with the addition of a natural
resource sector to analyze how long-run growth evolves in
resource-rich...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9965Date: March 14, 2022Author:
Loayza,Norman V. ;
Galego Mendes,Arthur ;
Mendez Ramos,Fabian ;
Pennings,Steven Michael
In a recently liberalized power sector,
scaling up access to electricity relies heavily on the
capacity of the government to properly oversee its
expansion. Through...
Brazil has a pressing need for better
water supply and sanitation services (WSS), but in recent
years public investment in the sector has been declining
both in real...
Type: BriefReport#: 161240Date: March 1, 2022Author:
Makino,Midori ;
Borja-Vega,Christian
A 250,000 US dollars ESMAP grant helped
support the reengagement of the World Bank in the Yemeni
power sector through the 50 million IDA-funded Yemen
Emergency Electricity...
How do refugee camps impact the natural
environment? This paper examines the case study of Cox’s
Bazar, Bangladesh, a district that hosts nearly 1 million
Rohingya refugees...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9948Date: February 28, 2022Author:
Dampha,Nfamara K ;
Salemi,Colette ;
Polasky,Stephen
An ongoing challenge with Environmental,
Social, and Governance (ESG) efforts is access to robust
data. In response, commercial data providers are continually
developing...
Kenya adopted a new Constitution and
began the process of devolution in 2010. The new
Constitution was the institutional response to longstanding
grievances over the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 168915Date: February 22, 2022Author:
Muwonge,Abdu ;
Williamson,Timothy Stephen ;
Owuor,Christine Anyango ;
Kinuthia,John Muratha
These keynote remarks were delivered by
World Bank Group President David Malpass to the European
Union-African Union Summit on Peace, Security and Governance
on February...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 168866Date: February 17, 2022Author:
Malpass,David
This report highlights the innovation
component of Mozambique problue program (MozAzul) pillar 2,
focused on promoting an enabling environment for innovation
on the...
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 paper investigates the
characteristics of resource-backed lending across
Sub-Saharan Africa. To shed light on this type of lending,
the paper presents new information...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9923Date: February 2, 2022Author:
Mihalyi,David ;
Hwang,Jyhjong ;
Rivetti,Diego ;
Cust,James Frederick
The transportation of goods and people
via inland waterways has lost its position in Pakistan
during the last decades due to the development of land
transport systems...
Type: ReportReport#: 165820Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Zaidi,Hasan Afzal ;
Hoang,Dung Anh ;
Dahdah,Said ;
de Leijer,Harrie ;
Chaudhry,Farooque ;
Haneef,Rashid ;
van Liere,Richard ;
Paracha,Muhammad Bilal ;
Malik,Sehar Javed ;
Nasim,Usama ;
Quamber,Rubina
As climate shocks increasingly impact
the water dependent sectors, it is vital that countries
embrace integrated, cross-sectoral policies and programs.
Water projects...
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