Critical gaps persist in providers’ clinical knowledge in management of depression and emergency intrapartum cases. Providers already have a high workload and are further stretched by authorized/ official...
Type: BriefReport#: 192837Date: August 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
Middle-income countries are in a race against time. Many of them have done well since the 1990s to escape low-income levels and eradicate extreme poverty, leading to the perception that the last three...
Type: BriefReport#: 192949Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. IFC help developing countries achieve...
Type: BriefReport#: 192815Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
International Finance Corporation (IFC) helps renewable energy companies build the case for action on gender. IFC catalyze renewable energy companies to take-up gender-smart initiatives. IFC enable senior...
Type: BriefReport#: 192819Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Lazarus, Kate M. ;
Maynes, Ellen Claire
IFC’s renewable-energy investment and advisory service support spans the globe, from Africa, Asia, Eastern and Southern Europe, Latin America to the Middle East and North Africa. With experts on the ground,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192810Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Gender gaps in access to, and use of health and long-term care services affect both women and men, albeit differently. While male mortality due to key non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly in...
Type: BriefReport#: 193503Date: July 31, 2024Author:
Al Tuwaijri, Sameera Maziad ;
Boudjadja,, Meriem ;
Saadat, Seemeen
South Africa’s green transition will have major implications for its workforce. The World Bank recently published several complementary reports that more elaborately describe existing knowledge about the...
Type: BriefReport#: 196770Date: July 31, 2024Author:
Duncan, Ken ;
Franz, Jutta ;
Hoftijzer, Margo A. ;
Ninan, Elizabeth
Providing care for older parents or parents-in-law significantly reduces the probability of employment and annual earnings, particularly among women and intensive caregivers, which remains the most prevalent...
Type: BriefReport#: 193502Date: July 31, 2024Author:
Al Tuwaijri, Sameera Maziad ;
Boudjadja, Meriem ;
Saadat, Seemeen
The Republic of Congo (RoC) is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. RoC is committed to the Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and advance low carbon development. In...
Type: BriefReport#: 192831Date: July 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Recent indicators of economic activity point to a gradual recovery, supported by improvement in manufacturing production, goods exports, and tourism. The number of tourist arrivals expanded, nearing pre-pandemic...
Type: BriefReport#: 192773Date: July 30, 2024Author:
Puthong, Warunthorn
The training is based on research funded by the UK Government-UNHCR-World Bank Building the Evidence on Forced Displacement (BEoFD) research program and organized by BEoFD in collaboration with the World...
Type: BriefReport#: 192733Date: July 25, 2024Author:
World Bank
In recent years, forced displacement has become a phenomenon of tragic proportions. Every year, more people are forced to flee their homes to safer shelter, either within their countries’ borders or in...
Type: BriefReport#: 192735Date: July 25, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Uganda High-Frequency Phone Survey (UHFPS), regularly collected by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) in collaboration with the World Bank since 2020, included questions to measure youth's (age...
Type: BriefReport#: 192620Date: July 18, 2024Author:
Atamanov, Aziz ;
Cochinard, Frederic Pierre Francois Hugue ;
Ilukor, John ;
Kemigisha, Audrey ;
Mupere, Andrew ;
Ponzini, Giulia
In the borderlands of the Horn of Africa, climate variability and population growth are leading to the increasing scarcity of resources, including pasture and water. This pattern is intensifying vulnerability...
Type: BriefReport#: 192593Date: July 17, 2024Author:
Balfour, Nancy
Launched in March 2018, and implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Government of India (Gol), the POSHAN Abhiyaan (or the National Nutrition Mission) aimed at achieving improvement...
Type: BriefReport#: 192588Date: July 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
Launched in March 2018, and implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Government of India (Gol), the POSHAN Abhiyaan (or the National Nutrition Mission) aimed at achieving improvement...
Type: BriefReport#: 192587Date: July 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
Launched in March 2018 and implemented by the Ministry of Women & Child Development (MWCD), Government of India (Gol), the POSHAN Abhiyaan (or the National Nutrition Mission) aimed at achieving improvement...
Type: BriefReport#: 192589Date: July 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
Small and remote island nations in the Pacific are custodians of the last great ocean fishery, but face huge challenges in economic development and managing the impact of climate change. The Pacific fisheries...
Type: BriefReport#: 192554Date: July 12, 2024Author:
World Bank
Current levels of climate financing for developing countries fall short of what is needed for mitigation purposes. While public policy is key, private sector must play a leading role in adopting a clean...
Type: BriefReport#: 192543Date: July 12, 2024Author:
World Bank
Women entrepreneurs are changing the face of the global economy, helping to sustain job creation and economic growth. It is estimated that women-owned entities represent over 30 percent of registered businesses...
Type: BriefReport#: 192546Date: July 12, 2024Author:
World Bank
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