This brief contains the economic highlights of Indonesia as of August 7, 2019. Indonesia's international reserves rose by USD 2.1 billion in July. Destry Damayanti is officially the new Senior Deputy Governor...
The Jakarta Composite Index rose by 1.5 percent over the week, in line with major markets in the region. The Rupiah appreciated against the US dollar, Euro and Japanese Yen by 1.0 percent, 0.8 percent...
Insurance technology, better known as Insurtech, is a rapidly growing industry that is beginning to disrupt traditional insurance provision in advanced and emerging economies alike, and is creating opportunities...
Type: BriefReport#: 141432Date: August 1, 2019Author:
Holliday,Susan Claire
Efforts in Afghanistan have sought to enable systematized data disclosures and simplify data collection efforts, given security concerns that often restrict movement and coordination. In this context,...
Type: BriefReport#: 140974Date: August 1, 2019Author:
Cuvillier,Emmanuel F. ;
Kannan,Sridar Padmanabhan
Reducing gender inequality makes economic sense apart from being the right thing to do. Achievinggender equality and empowering all women and girls is the fifth sustainable development goal and is a top...
Type: BriefReport#: 141002Date: August 1, 2019Author:
Wodon,Quentin T. ;
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa
The latest note examines the impact of a social enterprise's attempts to shorten the supply chain between farmers and small retail stores in Bogota, an idea that was one of the winners of the SME ideas...
Type: BriefReport#: 140547Date: August 1, 2019Author:
Iacovone,Leonardo ;
Mckenzie,David J.
Fiscal transparency is a vital requirement for effective fiscal policymaking. Budgets, including their underlying fiscal forecasts, must provide a clear statement of the government’s budgetary objectives...
Type: BriefReport#: 140972Date: August 1, 2019Author:
Cuvillier,Emmanuel F. ;
Kannan,Sridar Padmanabhan
The proportions of girls marrying or having children before age of 18 have been declining slowly in Uganda according to data from the latest publicly available Demographic and Health Survey for 2016. Using...
Type: BriefReport#: 141003Date: August 1, 2019Author:
Wodon,Quentin T. ;
Male,Chata ;
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Savadogo,Aboudrahyme ;
Yedan,Yaya
Despite strong, sustained economic growth between 2005 and 2015 rural poverty in Mozambique persisted due to low agricultural productivity, particularly in the agricultural zones of the Northern and Central...
Access to safe sanitation prevents the spread of bacteria and viruses that cause illnesses such as diarrhea, a leading cause of child mortality and a contributor to stunting in children. Without access...
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