Private equity can play a catalytic role in closing economic gaps between men and women—while strengthening enterprise growth, job creation, and financial security. The COVID-19 pandemic is steering the...
Type: BriefReport#: 185405Date: February 12, 2020Author:
World Bank
Over the last decade, Cote d’Ivoire has witnessed a remarkable shrinking of its gender gap in agricultural productivity. When comparing similar households, the gender gap has been reduced by 32 percent.
Type: BriefReport#: 145922Date: February 10, 2020Author:
Donald,Aletheia Amalia ;
Lawin,Kotchikpa Gabriel ;
Rouanet,Lea Marie
Fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) is a critical development challenge that threatens efforts to end extreme poverty, affecting both low- and middle income countries. Therefore, preventing and mitigating...
As part of the digital economy for Africa (DE4A) initiative, the World Bank (WB) has developed a series of diagnostic reports to provide a comprehensive review of progress made towards digital economic...
The Mashreq region and, in particular, the countries of Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon are facing major policy and fiscal challenges to growth and job creation. The Maximizing Finance for Development (MFD)...
Type: BriefReport#: 146415Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Ahmad,Aijaz - IPGFS ;
Dornel,Arnaud D. ;
Alzahrani,Hussam Hassan J ;
Cuvillier,Emmanuel F.
Economic development is typically accompanied by the movement of labor from agriculture to the non-agricultural sector, a pattern commonly referred to as structural transformation. This note aims to better...
Type: BriefReport#: 145807Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Deudibe,Gildas Bopahbe ;
Merfeld,Joshua David ;
Ndoutamou,Justin ;
Newhouse,David Locke
The short-term impact of coronavirus outbreak (i.e., 2019-nCov) on Vietnam’s economy could be significant, as high 6-10 percent of monthly output, but short-lived if the outbreak is rapidly contained....
Type: BriefReport#: 148589Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Morisset,Jacques ;
Mitra, Deepak
Improving energy efficiency in Turkey is crucial for reducing expensive energy imports and meeting climate change targets. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a very important role in the Turkish...
Type: BriefReport#: 147007Date: February 1, 2020Author:
ESMAP
The floor area of the buildings we occupy is expected to double by 2060, with most of this growth occurring in residential construction. And population growth and urbanization in emerging markets will...
Type: BriefReport#: 147673Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Saberi,Ommid ;
Menes,Rebecca Ann
In an effort to improve the efficiency of the HIV response in Zimbabwe, the World Bank in collaboration with the Government of Zimbabwe and the Burnet Institute conducted a mathematical modelling analysis...
Umbrella 2.0 programs, the central innovation of trust fund reform, will strengthen the link between funding and the priorities of the World Bank, its clients and partners, and deliver impact at scale...
Digital connectivity has enormous potential to support development. Yet today some four billion people in emerging economies remain offline, partly due to a lack of affordable Internet access. Sharing...
Type: BriefReport#: 147675Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Strusani,Davide ;
Houngbonon,Georges Vivien
The need for greater efficiency and accountability in the power sector in the Middle East and North Africa has renewed pressure for reforms. A major new World Bank report, Rethinking Power Sector Reform...
Type: BriefReport#: 148151Date: January 31, 2020Author:
Nguyen,Tu Chi ;
Rana,Anshul ;
Fernstrom,Erik Magnus ;
Foster,Vivien
The Enterprise Surveys (ES) are an ongoing World Bank project in collecting both objective data based on firms’ experiences and enterprises’ perception of the environment in which they operate. This document...
In January 2020, the energy ministers of seven countries and territories established the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum. EMGF’s objective is cooperation to overcome obstacles to exploitation of the region’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 148150Date: January 31, 2020Author:
Huurdeman,Alexander Johannes
The Enterprise Surveys (ES) are an ongoing World Bank project in collecting both objective data based on firms’ experiences and enterprises’ perception of the environment in which they operate. This document...
These are key highlights from the publication “Data in Action” which consolidates the findings of the natural resources data assessments conducted in: Colombia, Ghana, Mongolia, and Peru by the From Disclosure...
Type: BriefReport#: 185396Date: January 31, 2020Author:
World Bank
Since the first oil crisis in the 1970s, countries have recognized the need for energy conservation and alternative energy development. Renewables have emerged as alternatives to fossil fuels to play a...
Type: BriefReport#: 146617Date: January 31, 2020Author:
Hwang,Inchul ;
Jung,Yonghun
The Enterprise Surveys (ES) are an ongoing World Bank project in collecting both objective data based on firms’ experiences and enterprises’ perception of the environment in which they operate. This document...
These are key highlights from the publication “Transparency for Impact” which intends to help natural resources companies, government agencies, and development practitioners, design and implement transparency...
Type: BriefReport#: 185395Date: January 31, 2020Author:
World Bank
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