On December 13, 2023, the World Bank Group (WBG) held a virtual consultation on the proposed WBG gender strategy 2024-2030. This meeting was co-convened by the secretariats of the World Bank’s Human Rights,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192229Date: December 13, 2023Author:
World Bank
On December 13, 2023, the World Bank Group held a virtual consultation on the proposed World Bank Group Gender Strategy 2024-2030 with representatives from the governments of Denmark, Finland, Iceland,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192215Date: December 13, 2023Author:
World Bank
In Recife, Brazil, the water and sanitation utility company is responsible for constructing the public sewerage network. However, connecting a house to the available network in the street is each household’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 186381Date: December 11, 2023Author:
Jorge Luis Castaneda Nunez ;
Juliana Neves Soares Brescianini ;
Pfeifer,Flora Finamor ;
Murilo De Carvalho Marques ;
Santos,Leonardo Gill Correia ;
Helena Dill
The Recife Metropolitan Region (RMR), located in the state of Pernambuco in Northeast Brazil, has 4.1 million inhabitants, of which 99% have access to water and 34% (SNIS, 2019) to sanitation. However,...
Type: BriefReport#: 186991Date: December 11, 2023Author:
Castaneda Nunez,Jorge Luis ;
Brescianini,Juliana Neves Soares ;
Finamor Pfeifer,Flora ;
De Carvalho Marques,Murilo ;
Correia Santos,Leonardo Gill ;
Dill,Helena Cristina
Climate change has profound and far-reaching impacts on people’s health and health systems. The climate crisis is increasing global temperatures, altering rainfall patterns, and increasing uncertainty...
Type: BriefReport#: 186331Date: December 8, 2023Author:
World Bank
Between December 4 and 7, 2023, the World Bank Group conducted a series of consultations on the proposed World Bank Group Gender Strategy 2024-2030 in Peru. These discussions aim to engage, learn, get...
Type: BriefReport#: 192218Date: December 7, 2023Author:
World Bank
Investing in nature and the services it provides
is an affordable approach to tackling climate
mitigation and adaptation, landscape restoration,
and livelihood development.
Type: BriefReport#: 186231Date: December 5, 2023Author:
World Bank
Teach Secondary comes with a suite of complementary resources that are intended to support the use of the tool through every stage of implementation. Please note that the complementary resources are updated...
Type: BriefReport#: 186200Date: December 4, 2023Author:
World Bank
Until recently, Nairobi’s informal settlement residents did not have access to household-level piped water and sanitation services. That began to change when, with World Bank support, the Nairobi Water...
Type: BriefReport#: 186141Date: December 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
This Knowledge Note, produced by the World Bank’s Integrating Gender Equality into Tax Reform project team of the Global Tax Program, provides a broad overview of issues in building gender equality in...
While the scientific understanding of climate migration is advancing, major gaps prevail in addressing the related humanitarian and socio-economic challenges. Drawing from recent research, this policy...
Type: BriefReport#: 193090Date: December 1, 2023Author:
Hoffmann, Roman ;
Vinke, Kira ;
Šedová, Barbora
Despite considerable efforts to reach the sustainable development goal (SDG) target 6.2, about 2.3 million people globally still lack basic sanitation services and only 39 percent of the global population...
Type: BriefReport#: 180351Date: November 30, 2023Author:
Joseph,George ;
Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi ;
Cardona,Alejandra Quevedo
This case study presents lessons learned by the Africa Gender
Innovation Lab (GIL) and its partners from pilots of different
models of low-cost childcare provision across four countries
in Sub-Saharan...
Climate change has profoundly affected Pakistan, manifesting in altered weather patterns and devastating floods. According to projections, Pakistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to decrease...
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) for water are a greater challenge than the millennium development goals (MDGs) before them. In addition to the addressing the funding gap, existing investments...
Type: BriefReport#: 180352Date: November 30, 2023Author:
Joseph,George ;
Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi ;
Cardona,Alejandra Quevedo
Key findings: • Mangrove loss in Indonesia has been rapid and linked to market incentives, land tenure issues, regulations, and institutions. • Efforts to rehabilitate and protect mangroves have had mixed...
Type: BriefReport#: 186092Date: November 29, 2023Author:
World Bank
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global problem and a widespread issue in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where nationally more than one third of women have reported experiencing physical or...
Data collection methodologies for mobilities influenced by environmental factors still grapple with the multicausality of movement, the differentiation between forced and voluntary instances, the outcomes...
Type: BriefReport#: 193089Date: November 25, 2023Author:
Nicoletti, Alessandro ;
Melde, Susanne ;
Guadagno, Lorenzo ;
Bilsborrow, Richard E.
On November 24, 2023, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) held a consultation workshop with stakeholders from the private sector and academia in Viet Nam on the proposed World Bank Group Gender...
Type: BriefReport#: 192220Date: November 24, 2023Author:
World Bank
IFC supports private sector clients as they develop investment projects in E2W and E3W markets, helping identify viable business models and piloting innovative solutions. Working in collaboration with...
Type: BriefReport#: 186008Date: November 23, 2023Author:
Lazaro Aranda,Indo Jesus ;
Pruna,Madalina ;
Pulido,Daniel
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