This year the World Development
Indicators database has been improved to include more
indicators that cover the Sustainable Development Goals and
more data disaggregated...
Over the past decade, the debate on
access toenergy has tended to lean mostly on
technology,finance, and policy as key drivers. Thanks to
this approach, there has been...
Type: BriefReport#: 115075Date: Author:
Colombo,Emanuela ;
Mattarolo,Lorenzo ;
Politecnico di Milano ;
Bologna,Stefano ;
Masera,Diego
This report highlights the results
achieved by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and
Recovery (GFDRR) during fiscal year 2016 (FY16). It provides
an overview...
This Work Plan sets out a detailed
program of work for the Global Facility for
DisasterReduction and Recovery (GFDRR) during financial year
2017 (FY17). It provides...
Energy is at the forefront of the
development agenda. Recognizing energy's vital role in
development and prosperity, the world has committed to
Sustainable Development...
Achievement of the Sustainable
Development Goals, the Paris Agreement, and the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction is challenged by a
world of accelerating...
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...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114441Date: Author:
Karttunen,Anna Kaisa ;
Sisto, Ilaria ;
Sadler,Marc Peter
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...
In keeping with our goal of informing
the World Bank Group's activities and operations with
timely, relevant evaluations, IEG refocused its work during
the year. We...
This paper advances the proposal for an
IFC-MIGA Private Sector Window (PSW) in IDA18 based on
Participants’ broad support for its creation at the second
IDA18 replenishment...
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...
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 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:
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
Type: World Development IndicatorsReport#: 105051Date:
This is a statement by Rt. Hon. Helen
Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development
Program and Chair of the United Nations Development Group at
the 93rd meeting...
This is a statement by Arun Jaitley,
Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information and
Broadcasting at the ninety-third meeting of the Development
Committee...
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