Poverty declined rapidly between 2010 and 2015, mainly driven by the improved labor market opportunities, pensions, social assistance, and agricultural sales. Since 2016, the progress of the poverty reduction...
Type: BriefReport#: 201145Date: April 30, 2023Author:
World Bank
In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, with the support from the World Bank, has launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 to track the impacts of the pandemic on a monthly basis for...
Type: BriefReport#: 181785Date: April 27, 2023Author:
Atamanov,Aziz ;
Cochinard,Frederic Pierre Francois Hugue ;
Ilukor,John ;
Kemigisha, Audrey ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Mupere, Andrew ;
Ponzini,Giulia
In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, with the support from the World Bank, has launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 to track the impacts of the pandemic on a monthly basis for...
Type: BriefReport#: 181785Date: April 27, 2023Author:
Atamanov,Aziz ;
Cochinard,Frederic Pierre Francois Hugue ;
Ilukor,John ;
Kemigisha, Audrey ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Mupere, Andrew ;
Ponzini,Giulia
On April 27, 2023, the World Bank Group (WBG)—consisting of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and The World Bank-- held a hybrid discussion...
Type: BriefReport#: 192245Date: April 27, 2023Author:
World Bank
On April 27, 2023, the World Bank Group (WBG) held a virtual discussion with representatives from Breakthrough -- an organization with the vision to create a world where discrimination and violence against...
Type: BriefReport#: 192260Date: April 27, 2023Author:
World Bank
Proper management of geothermal data is essential to the long-term development of geothermal resources at economically attractive costs. Even after a particular
geothermal resource has come on stream,...
Type: BriefReport#: 181726Date: April 25, 2023Author:
De Wit,Joerie Frederik ;
Hallgrimsdottir,Elin
Cooking programs in camps and other settings for the world’s 100 million
displaced people have typically provided substandard stoves and fuelwood rather than clean, modern fuels. But clean cooking solutions...
Type: BriefReport#: 181727Date: April 25, 2023Author:
Bellur,Sharmila ;
Paul Antony,Anish
The Global financing facility (GFF) for women, children and adolescents’ health and nutrition was launched in July 2015 with the objective of reducing maternal, newborn and child mortality and improving...
Type: BriefReport#: 181704Date: April 24, 2023Author:
World Bank
Since 2018, technically and financially supported by the World Bank through Nicaragua Strengthening the Public Health Care System Project (Pl52136-D0720-NI), the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health has been...
Type: BriefReport#: 182709 Date: April 24, 2023Author:
Gordillo-Tobar,Amparo Elena ;
Herrera Gonzalez,Emilce Del Socorro ;
Rodriguez,Evelyn
The Global Financing Facility, The Global Fund, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Gavi, UHC 2030 - who have come together with regional partners Impact Santé Afrique (ISA) and WACI...
Type: BriefReport#: 181703Date: April 24, 2023Author:
World Bank
On April 24, 2023, the World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) met with partners in the MDB WGG to present early thinking on and discuss the 2024-2030 WBG Gender Strategy. Key takeaways...
Type: BriefReport#: 192259Date: April 23, 2023Author:
World Bank
In a surveyed sample of 131 IFC client financial institutions (FIs) in CY21, the
average NPL ratio for loan portfolios of Women-Owned SMEs was 4.4%,
significantly lower than the average NPL ratio for total...
Type: BriefReport#: 181673Date: April 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
This brief investigates differences in countries’ jobs-related policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Four main patterns emerge. First, the type of labor policies adopted by countries varied greatly...
Type: BriefReport#: 181620Date: April 19, 2023Author:
Contreras Gonzalez,Ivette Maria ;
Khamis,Melanie ;
Newhouse,David Locke ;
Weber,Michael
On April 18, 2023, the World Bank Group (WBG) held a virtual roundtable discussion with The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting women’s rights in conflict-affected areas,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192247Date: April 18, 2023Author:
World Bank
The economy expanded moderately as private consumption and tourism improved. However, lingering soft global demand continued to weigh on manufacturing goods exports. Inflation slowed and returned to the...
Type: BriefReport#: 181592Date: April 18, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Global Tax Program Health Taxes Knowledge Note Series focuses on topics linked to implementation of health taxes, or excise taxes on tobacco, alcoholic drinks and sugar-sweetened beverages. The purpose...
Type: BriefReport#: 184436Date: April 18, 2023Author:
Drope,Jeff ;
Lane,Christopher ;
Prinz,Daniel ;
Blecher,Evan Harold ;
Ozer,Ceren ;
Bloom,Danielle Elena
This report argues that Digital Transformation (DTs) are an essential element of a good-jobs strategy for African countries. The evidence shows that internet use has significant inclusive job impacts on...
Type: BriefReport#: 181556Date: April 17, 2023Author:
World Bank
Tanzania’s economy has maintained its growth momentum, expanding by 4.6 percent in 2022, up from 4.3 percent in 2021. GDP per capita rose by 1.4 percent in 2022 and the international poverty rate dropped...
Type: BriefReport#: 181390Date: April 13, 2023Author:
World Bank
On April 13, 2023, the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Umbrella Facility for Gender Equality (UFGE) held an in-person partner dialogue on the WBG’s Gender Strategy 2024-30. This was part of the WBG and International...
Type: BriefReport#: 192253Date: April 13, 2023Author:
World Bank
Economic growth is estimated at 1.8 percent in 2022, a slight deceleration over 2021, driven by industry and services. Agriculture contracted due to insufficient rainfall and delays in fertilizer distribution....
Type: BriefReport#: 181350Date: April 12, 2023Author:
World Bank
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