This year the World Development
Indicators database has been improved to include more
indicators that cover the Sustainable Development Goals and
more data disaggregated...
The State of Electricity Access Report,
2017, aims to prompt governments, donors, the private
sector, civil society organizations, and practitioners to
develop interventions...
Significant additional resources from
the private sector will be needed for infrastructure in
emerging market countries if the Sustainable Development
Goals are to be...
Through FIAS, the Facility for
Investment Climate Advisory Services, the World Bank Group
and development partners work with client countries to
improve the climate...
This graduation approach focuses on
helping the poorest and most vulnerable households develop
sustainable livelihoods, increase incomes, and move out of
extreme poverty....
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,...
This is a statement by Mr. Ignazio
Visco,Governor of the Bank of Italy and Governor of the
Constituency of Albania, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, San
Marino and Timor-Leste...
This is a statement by Mrs. Rt. Hon.
Priti Patel, Secretary of State for International
Development and Mr. Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond, Chancellor of
the Exchequer at the...
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...
The Committee on Development
Effectiveness (CODE) met to discuss the IEG report entitled
with Industry Competitiveness and Jobs: An Evaluation of
World Bank Group...
The newly adopted post-2015 development
agenda is centeredon 17 sustainable development goals to be
reached by 2030. This volume of The World Bank Legal Review
looks...
Type: PublicationReport#: 108171Date: Author:
Frank Anthony, Fariello [editor] ;
Boisson de Chazournes,Laurence [editor] ;
Davis, Kevin E. [editor] ;
Lucas,Samuel V.P. [editor]
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
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....
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...
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...
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...
There is a growing global consensus that
governance and institutional issues are critical binding
constraints to the achievement of better development and
service delivery...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS15044Date: Author:
O'Meally,Simon Carl
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...
This is a statement by H.E. Magdalena
Andersson, Minister of Finance at the ninety-third meeting
of the Development Committee held on April 16, 2016. Time
has come to...
This Country Partnership Framework (CPF)
presents the World Bank Group (WBG) program for the Republic
of Uganda for the period FY16-21. The CPF responds to the
Government...
Type: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentReport#: 101173Date:
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