The brief is the second in a series of five briefs that investigate different aspects of the jobs and economic recovery process from the COVID 19 pandemic Nepal. It uses data from the two rounds of the...
Type: BriefReport#: 183559Date: June 26, 2023Author:
World Bank
Using phone survey data collected in Belize, Dominica, Haiti, and Saint Lucia in 2021, this note presents recent evidence on natural disaster risk exposure and preparedness at the household and community...
This study aims to better understand the role of cash transfers to support recovery and resilience efforts in Fiji. It was conducted in Ba, Rakiri, Tavua, and Korovou districts in December 2019, prior...
Type: BriefReport#: 183183Date: June 23, 2023Author:
World Bank
Cyber violence against women has been rising at alarming rates in recent decades. Such acts not only harm women as individuals but have severe detrimental effects on society and the economy at large. This...
Type: BriefReport#: 183241Date: June 22, 2023Author:
Affoum,Nelsy Reyhanne Marikel ;
Isabel Micaela Santagostino Recavarren ;
Vohra,Nayantara ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
On June 22, 2023, the World Bank Group (WBG) held a discussion with representatives of the Uruguay National Gender Council on the WBG Gender Strategy 2024-2030 in Montevideo, Uruguay. The aim of this discussion...
Type: BriefReport#: 192256Date: June 22, 2023Author:
World Bank
The proposed diagnostic fills a void between widely available quantitative indicators and detailed diagnostics of the capacity of an NSS. Statistical capacity can readily be ranked across countries using...
Type: BriefReport#: 184063Date: June 22, 2023Author:
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Shearing,Matthew ;
Danielewitz,Thomas
Ulaanbaatar is the largest city in Mongolia, housing nearly half of the country’s population. From 2001 to 2019, the city grew from 780,000 people to 1.45 million, an 87 percent increase, even as the population...
Type: BriefReport#: 183076Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
Izmir is a renowned innovation city in Türkiye and is now one of the 100 cities under the EU ‘Climate-Neutral Smart City’ Mission that aim to scale and speed up their climate actions to become climate...
Type: BriefReport#: 183079Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
Indonesia is undergoing a major and rapid structural transformation into an urban manufacturing, and service-based economy. About 158 million people, 57 percent of Indonesians, live in cities and towns...
Type: BriefReport#: 183074Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Global Smart City Partnership Program (GSCP) was launched in 2018 with an objective to support the World Bank Group (WBG) teams and clients in developing smart city best practices and enhancing the...
Type: BriefReport#: 183072Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
On June 21, 2023, the World Bank Group (WBG) held a virtual discussion with The Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) Partners Working Group. This included representatives from the International Monetary...
Type: BriefReport#: 192261Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
Morocco is currently in a relatively advanced stage of its urbanization due to rural emigration and the rapid growth of its urban population in the last decades. 23 million inhabitants currently reside...
Type: BriefReport#: 183078Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
The armed conflict in El Salvador during the 1980 and 1990s left lasting impacts on the country. Today, there are an estimated 250,000 persons with disabilities in El Salvador (approximately 4.1 percent...
Type: BriefReport#: 183073Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
Jordan is progressive and relatively advanced in terms of digital economy and e-government in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) is ambitious in seeking to...
Type: BriefReport#: 183075Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
This is the second in a series of three technical briefs produced by the World Bank’s Poverty and Equity Global Practice to share results of a multi-country data harmonization exercise concerning forcibly...
Type: BriefReport#: 183035Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
Градските планове очевидно не отразяват реалистичните прогнози за населението и повечето планове изглежда насърчават още по-голямо разрастване и ще изискват значителни капиталови инвестиции за обслужване...
Type: BriefReport#: 182943Date: June 19, 2023Author:
World Bank
A smart urban development strategy should include the structural transformation of well-located vacant, abandoned, or disused buildings and areas. This is in contrast to new development in green field...
Type: BriefReport#: 182944Date: June 19, 2023Author:
World Bank
Compact city: Spatial urban form characterized by compactness, with key characteristics as (i) dense and proximate development patterns; (ii) urban areas linked by public transport systems; and (iii) accessibility...
Type: BriefReport#: 182942Date: June 19, 2023Author:
World Bank
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