The World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) conducts impact evaluations of development interventions and leads policy research to generate evidence on how to close gender gaps in earnings, productivity,...
Type: BriefReport#: 182634Date: June 7, 2023Author:
World Bank
The recent turmoil in US and European banks is a timely reminder of the potential for financial shocks to spill over into financial sectors in emerging market and developing economies. So far, banks in...
This is the third 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#: 183036Date: June 2, 2023Author:
World Bank
This policy note presents evidence-based guidance for the effective design, implementation, and utilization of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) interventions in the Sahel region....
Type: BriefReport#: 183842Date: June 1, 2023Author:
Lufumpa, Nakawala Lyapa ;
Hilger, Anne ;
Ng, Odyssia ;
Leroy De La Briere, Benedicte
The brief explores ways for the private sector to help protect Bamako from flooding in a commercially viable and sustainable manner. When looking at opportunities for partnering with the private sector,...
Type: BriefReport#: 183071Date: June 1, 2023Author:
Pilkington,Robert William
IFC maintains strong relations with DFAT. Australia ranks 7th among IFC’s development partners in terms of contributions to IFC’s Advisory and Upstream Services globally with cumulative signed contributions...
Type: BriefReport#: 188284Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Macro shocks like COVID-19, geopolitical turmoil and extreme weather events have hit
economies hard. This reduces the funds that can be allocated to new infrastructure and highlights the need for governments...
Type: BriefReport#: 183897Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Women entrepreneurs in Tajikistan confront disproportionate challenges in their businesses compared to their male counterparts, with cross-border traders being no exception. The World Bank initiated the...
Type: BriefReport#: 184592Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Canada has been an active member of the World Bank Group for over six decades through its thought leadership and financial support. Over the last ten years (2013-2023), IFC’s total financing in projects...
Type: BriefReport#: 188283Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Social and familial financial transfers are common in low-income communities and have positive social effects. To address this challenge, the authors designed and implemented a financial innovation to...
New Zealand is an important contributor to IFC’s Advisory programs through Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). MFAT funding focuses, among others, on the East Asia and Pacific region, with a...
Type: BriefReport#: 188278Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
The grievance mechanism is based on a survivor-centric approach i.e., empowering the survivor of gender-based violence by prioritizing their rights, needs, and wishes. This note provides an overview of...
Type: BriefReport#: 184035Date: June 1, 2023Author:
Rawal,Palak
The Lao economy faces increased challenges from currency depreciation and high inflation. Economic recovery from COVID-19 has been gradual, undermined by macroeconomic instability and external factors....
Type: BriefReport#: 201854Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
The World Bank’s Road Maintenance Group project in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic offered road maintenance jobs to women in remote villages, targeting the poorest households. The project had three...
Type: BriefReport#: 184591Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
This brief discusses the economic development of Vietnam for June 2023. Continued weak external demand and global uncertainties are adversely affecting the economy, translating into contraction in exports...
Type: BriefReport#: 182908Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
In the mid-2000s, like many Latin American countries, Uruguay had limited access to digital technologies, including personal computers and the internet. Moreover, access to these technologies varied considerably...
Type: BriefReport#: 183601Date: June 1, 2023Author:
Han,Ahram
The Republic of Korea’s relationship with IFC has grown over the last 50 years from a recipient country to a key partner in outbound transactions and a significant source of mobilization and grants. Korea...
Type: BriefReport#: 188282Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Access to basic human development programs in West Africa is particularly low. Individually, the sub-region’s countries perform poorly on the Human Capital Index (HCI). It is the second-lowest African...
Type: BriefReport#: 184247Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
With Kinshasa facing infrastructure and social exclusion challenges, the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) partnered with the World Bank on the Kinshasa Multisector Development and...
Type: BriefReport#: 184590Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
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