The World Bank’s investments on Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience are growing and GFDRR is a driving force behind this growth. This report focuses on GFDRR grants for NBS projects from 2012...
Type: BriefReport#: 204574Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
This report provides a guide for governments and other stakeholders in low- and middle-income countries about what works in improving learning and education outcomes. Produced by the Global Education Evidence...
Type: BriefReport#: 206148Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
Transport must be decarbonized if climate commitments are to be met. Colombia is a leader in the adoption of electric vehicles in Latin America. However, the growth of the electric vehicles (EV) market...
Type: BriefReport#: 186677Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Estevez Magnasco, Roberto Luis ;
Torres, Arcenio ;
Vasquez Suarez, Claudia Ines
Green bonds help to finance sustainable, climate-smart projects with a positive environmental impact, with the goal to speed the transition to a low-carbon economy. Green bonds are an integral part of...
Type: BriefReport#: 188295Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
IFC is working to develop solutions to close the micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) financing gap, collaborating with 129 financial institutions (FIs) across 39 International Development Association...
Type: BriefReport#: 192943Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Hommes, Martin ;
Sorokina, Aksinya
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began February 24, 2022, has caused significant civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure and productive assets, and has taken a severe human, social, and economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 187897Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
The remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) increased by an estimated 3.8 percent in 2023. This represents a slowdown in growth after the sharp increases in 2021–2022. The remittance...
Type: BriefReport#: 193029Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Chandra, Vandana ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Plaza, Sonia ;
Ratha, Dilip ;
Shaw, William
Sightsavers welcome the recognition up front in the strategy about the importance of intersectionality, including gender and disability, and the mentions of disability throughout the strategy in key areas...
Type: BriefReport#: 192323Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
The eagerness with which governments across the world rushed to digitize their court systems during the COVID-19 pandemic might create an impression that new technologies alone can solve the multitude...
Type: BriefReport#: 186855Date: December 22, 2023Author:
Maroz, Raman ;
Popova, Oleksandra ;
Santiago Satizábal Acosta
This policy brief addresses the impact of climate migration on urban areas, emphasizing the need for research and data, and collaborative multilevel governance to support local governments and communities...
Type: BriefReport#: 193091Date: December 19, 2023Author:
Rosengärtner, Sarah Katharina ;
Sherbinin, Alexander de ;
Stojanov, Robert
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has shown that public health emergencies can have devastating impacts on health and essential health services, education, inequalities, and economic growth. In fact, many Latin...
Type: BriefReport#: 172936Date: December 19, 2023Author:
World Bank
This Brief presents data collected by the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law (WBL) project on legal and supportive frameworks to curb domestic violence and sexual harassment in 55 countries, including...
About half of Brazil’s wastewater goes untreated, a situation that creates significant health and environmental problems. To achieve the benefits of formal sanitation systems, households must connect to...
Type: BriefReport#: 186990Date: December 18, 2023Author:
Brescianini, Juliana Neves Soares ;
Castaneda Nunez, Jorge Luis ;
Correia Santos, Leonardo Gill ;
De Carvalho Marques, Murilo ;
Dill, Helena Cristina ;
Finamor Pfeifer, Flora
Coaching is used in 90 percent of economic inclusion programs and is increasingly seen as a critical component of such interventions (Andrews et al. 2021). It is a cross-cutting element in economic inclusion...
On December 14, 2023, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) held a consultation with stakeholders from the private sector in Kenya on the proposed World Bank Group Gender Strategy 2024-2030. These...
Type: BriefReport#: 192208Date: December 14, 2023Author:
World Bank
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:
Brescianini, Juliana Neves Soares ;
Castaneda Nunez, Jorge Luis ;
Dill, Helena ;
Finamor Pfeifer, Flora ;
Marques, Murilo De Carvalho ;
Santos, Leonardo Gill Correia
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:
Brescianini, Juliana Neves Soares ;
Castaneda Nunez, Jorge Luis ;
Correia Santos, Leonardo Gill ;
De Carvalho Marques, Murilo ;
Dill, Helena Cristina ;
Finamor Pfeifer, Flora
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