Natural capital accounting provides an approved and comparable framework to collect information on how water resources interact with the economy in a way that is compatible with traditional gross domestic...
Fragility, conflict and violence (FCV) constitute one of the most pressing challenges to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Globally, around 1 billion fewer people live in extreme poverty compared...
The IDA Results Measurement System (RMS) is a framework with quantitative indicators to monitor and aggregate the results of development activities in countries supported by IDA funds. Currently consisting...
As the World’s Premier Fund for the poorest and ‘an absolutely critical element inDevelopment’ IDA is uniquely positioned to help realize the ambition of eradicating poverty by 2030. The ambitious development...
At the UN General Assembly of September 2015, countries around the world committed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By 2030, counties committed to attain poverty and hunger eradication, healthy...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 112946Date: Author:
Lustig, Nora
As the world aims to achieve a new set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) and to eradicate poverty, global conditions are creating significant headwinds. In the face of these challenges, trust in...
In the context of the strategic discussions on its Forward Look, the WBG is assessing how its four arms – IDA, IBRD, IFC and MIGA – can best support clients in meeting the objectives of eradicating extreme...
One of the sobering lessons of the recent Ebola crisis in West Africa was how ill prepared the world was for such a deadly disease. Pandemics pose a serious threat to both global health and economic security,...
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,...
There is a growing global consensus that governance and institutional issues are critical binding constraints to the achievement of better development and service delivery outcomes. However, there is a...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS15044Date: Author:
O'Meally, Simon Carl
Poverty reduction is not just a matter of improving incomes. Other dimensions that people value, and that cannot be measured by looking at income, include the ability to read and write, the ability to...
Type: BriefReport#: 105631Date: Author:
Beegle, Kathleen G. ;
Christiaensen, Luc ;
Dabalen, Andrew L. ;
Gaddis, Isis
Tanzania is a democratic republic of 44 million people with an average annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 6 percent to 7 percent over the past decade. Agricultural development is key to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 107507Date: Author:
Anderson, Jamie Barbara ;
Marita, Collins ;
Musiime, David
Meeting the sustainable development goals and the climate targets agreed on by most countries in 2015 will require bold and ambitious action across all sectors of the economy, but particularly transportation....
World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank’s premier compilation of cross-country comparable data on development. The database contains more than 1,300 time series indicators for 214 economies...
Type: World Development IndicatorsReport#: 105051Date:
Strengthening tax systems - policy and administration - has emerged as a key development priority, being a core part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) framework and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda....
This is a statement by Xiaozhun Yi, Deputy Director-General at the ninety-third meeting of the Development Committee held on April 16, 2016. Today's meeting takes place against a backdrop of weak growth...
This is a statement by Mr. Johan Van Overtveldt, Minister of Finance at the ninety-third meeting of the Development Committee held on April 16, 2016. He states that the World Bank Group (WBG) is faced...
This is a statement by Mr. Ilho Yoo, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance at the ninety-third meeting of the Development Committee held on April 16, 2016. He states that a number...
This is a statement by Mr. Ignazio Visco, Governor of the Bank of Italy at the ninety-third meeting of the Development Committee held on April 16, 2016. He states that the Bank’s role in crisis prevention...
This is a statement by Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Finance at the ninety-third meeting of the Development Committee held on April 16, 2016. She states that amid continued uncertainty, high income countries...
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