The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), two institutions focused on private sector development, are leading our efforts to create markets and...
Climate change poses a huge threat to the agricultural sector and food security: about 75 percent of the world’s poor men and women live in rural areas and depend on agriculture, forestry, and fisheries...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114441Date: Author:
Karttunen, Anna Kaisa ;
Sadler, Marc Peter ;
Sisto, Ilaria
Urban areas will undoubtedly be critical spaces for pursuing the objectives of integrating the social, economic and environmental goals set forth within the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development....
Motorization management is the process of shaping, through public policies and programs, the profile, quality, and quantity of the motor vehicle fleet as motorization occurs. Across Africa, governments...
Type: ReportReport#: 170103Date: Author:
Akumu, Jane ;
Bose, Dipan ;
Gorham, Roger ;
Hartmann, Olivier ;
Kaenzig, Robin ;
Kamakaté, Fanta ;
Kamau, Henry ;
Kelly, Alina ;
Krishnan, Raman V. ;
Qiu, Yin
This graduation approach focuses on helping the poorest and most vulnerable households develop sustainable livelihoods, increase incomes, and move out of extreme poverty. It consists of a carefully sequenced,...
India has achieved significant economic growth over the past decades but the progress on health has not been commensurate. India along with other countries has committed to the adoption of sustainable...
The main objective of this report is to identify and analyze the main issues faced by the WSS services in Turkey and to initiate a dialog with authorities on opportunitiesto enhance the quality, sustainability...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 110547Date: Author:
000244848:Xavier Chauvot De Beauchene:xchauvot@w ;
orldbank.org
South Asia Region (SAR) has decreased maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by 65 percent between 1990 and 2013, which was the greatest progress among all world regions. Such achievement implores the question,...
The benefits of higher tobacco and alcohol taxes are obvious, both in terms of good health outcomes for individuals and entire communities, which result from reduced tobacco use, prevent the initiation...
The sector is in the process of repositioning itselftoward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) theinternational focus of the water sector was predominantlyon...
Type: BriefReport#: 110619Date: Author:
Cardone, Rachel ;
Kingdom, Bill ;
Kolker, Joel Evan ;
Trémolet, Sophie ;
Winpenny, James
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, as well as non-World Bank research,...
Korea is a peninsular country located in Northeast Asia at the triangular point of contact between China, Japan, and Russia. The country had spread its cultural heritage over Japan from early times to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 115151Date: Author:
Joon Song, Dr. Hee ;
Kang, Dr. Minah ;
Kim, Ms. Churin ;
Kim, Yeonsoo
The main objective of this report is to provide data and insights on the role of grant funding and concessional financing in meeting the Sustainable Development Goal for water (SDG 6 known as the water...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 110656Date: Author:
Cardone, Rachel ;
Kingdom, Bill ;
Kolker, Joel Evan ;
Mountford, Lyndsay ;
Trémolet, Sophie ;
Winpenny, James
According to a recent study by the World Bank Group (WBG), for the first time in history, the number of people living in extreme poverty has fallen below 10 percent of the global population. Despite this...
More than 1.1 billion people in developing countries are lacking access to electricity. Based on the assumption that electricity is a prerequisite for human development, the United Nations has proclaimed...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 140687Date: Author:
Anicet Munyehirwe ;
Grimm, Michael John ;
Maximiliane Sievert ;
Peters, Jorg
In 2013, the World Bank Group announced two goals that would guide its operations worldwide. The first is the eradication of chronic extreme poverty -- bringing the number of extremely poor people, defined...
The health workforce has received major policy attention over the past decade,driven in part by the need to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and more recently the Sustainable Development...
Type: PublicationReport#: 109155Date: Author:
Campbell, Jim (editor) ;
Herbst, Christopher H. ;
Lemiere, Christophe (editor) ;
M. Scheffler, Richard (editor)
This is a statement by Mr. Roberto Azevedo, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization at the ninety-fourth meeting of the Development Committee held on October 8, 2016. He states that in 2016,...
This is a statement by Mr.Ibrahim A. Al-Assaf,Minister of Finance at the ninety-fourth meeting of the Development Committee held on October 8, 2016. He states that it has been eight years since the onset...
This is a statement by Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) at the ninety-fourth meeting of the Development Committee held on October 8,...
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