In 2015, 159 million children under the
age of five were chronically malnourished or stunted,
underscoring a massive global health and economic
development challenge...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 108645Date: Author:
Shekar,Meera ;
Kakietek,Jakub Jan ;
Dayton,Julia M. ;
Walters,Dylan David
Crowdsourced geospatial data,
particularly in OpenStreetMap, is helping fill data gaps at
the micro level as well as providing insight into
sustainable development goals...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 139458Date: Author:
Clark,Courtney ;
Maron,Mikel ;
Patel,Drishtie ;
Radford,Tyler ;
Soden,Robert John ;
Uithol,Paul
The world faces major threats that
undermine developing and developed countries alike – three
of the most pressing ones are: (1) climate change and
related natural disasters;...
A substantial increase in sector
financing will be necessary to achieve Sustainable
Development Goal 6 calling for universal access to safe
water and sanitation while...
The Ghana 2030 bond benefiting from an
IDA partial guarantee set a strong precedent and opened the
way for other select Sovereigns, quasi-Sovereigns and SOEs
to access...
The paper deliberately focuses on the
broader phenomenon of international economic migration, thus
directly addressing the one of the two global compacts, that
on safe,...
The Government of Jordan, the WBG, and
the international community are working towards aparadigm
shift in their collective response to the refugee crisis - a
holistic...
Type: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentReport#: 102746Date:
The Committee on Development
Effectiveness met to discuss the IEG report entitled World
Bank Group Engagement in Situations of Fragility, Conflict
and Violence: An Independent...
The ninth Sustainable Development Goal
advises countries to build resilient infrastructure, promote
inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster
innovation....
Access to adequate, reliable,
affordable, and safe water and sanitation services is
fundamental to human development and welfare. This in not
just a goal in its own...
Access to adequate, reliable,
affordable, and safe water and sanitation services is
fundamental to human development and welfare. This in not
just a goal in its own...
The idea of social inclusion has
garnered considerable attention, especially in the context
of two recent developments: the Sustainable Development
Goals and the heightened...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7713Date: Author:
Das,Maitreyi B
The Government of Jordan, the WBG, and
the international community are working towards aparadigm
shift in their collective response to the refugee crisis - a
holistic...
Type: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentReport#: 102746Date:
Convenient access to safe water is
central to human health and development. Water-borne disease
remains a major cause of mortality and morbidity in the
world, much of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS18765Date: Author:
Khalayim,Oleh P.
For more than 50 years, the
International Development Association, IDA, the World Bank’s
fund for the poorest, has taken on the most difficult and
complex challenges....
Globally, around 1.1 billion people live
without access to electricity. Ensuring universal access to
affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy by 2030
is one...
There is by now substantial consensus
within the development community over the need for a more
climate smart agriculture, which consists of three defining
principles:...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 105162Date: Author:
Braimoh,Ademola ;
Emenanjo,Ijeoma ;
Rawlins,Maurice Andres ;
Heumesser,Christine ;
Zhao,Yuxuan
Sustainable development goals (SDGs)
placed access to basic services at the center of
international development in 2016-2030. Out of 17 goals,
five address the access...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS18763Date: Author:
Khalayim,Oleh P.
Urban sanitation remains a significant
challenge for most low- and middle-income countries. The
urban population of the group of Least Developed Countries
(LDCs) more...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 106804Date: Author:
Ross,Ian ;
Scott,Rebecca ;
Blackett,Isabel C. ;
Hawkins,Peter M.
This report presents poverty indices at
the district level based on small-area estimations, anduses
the results to present maps of poverty in the country.
Acknowledging...
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